Mitchell News Summary From Local Encounters and Events
W B Rowley visits Miller area land holdings and notes new cement sidewalk. Fr M White improves after appendicitis. Mayor Sanford catches a 25 pound catfish near the Missouri river. Dr Geo P Dix and mother visit Mitchell. Captain Allison recounts Custer Last Battle at city hall. Various visits, travels, and crop reports across Mitchell with weather, insurance, and business notes. Death of Major M H Rowley referenced. several local exchanges and upcoming events documented.
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W. B. Rowley
Miller
John Steinmetz
Chamberlain
Missouri River
Sanford
Geo. P. Dix
Aberdeen
Allison
Custer
Gen. Custer
Rev
A. ©. Shepherd
Vermillion
W.S. Shepherd
Watertown
Horace
Ernest
Bran- Stadt
Racine
Wis
Tile
Mitchell National Bank
Keith
Juttice McKinley
A. EB. Hitchcock
Lake Okoboji
Iowa
John Klenkiron
Josephine
Roy Townsead
W. E B. Rowley
Gunnison
Colo
Geo. A. Silsby
Mayor Silsby
Wm. Koch’s
Jessie Laidlaw
John Ryburn
Alexandria
Ryburn
E. B. King
St. Mary’s Guild
City Hall
Mowery
Guild
Obituary Notices Man Described as Upright Patriot
A local obituary notes the man as a good citizen and ardent patriot while humorously recording his limited knowledge of circular saws. The incident involved a circular saw accident that resulted in his death.
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N. H. Motley
Sioux City
Frankfort
Two Seats Desired Together in Packed House
A Browning’s Magazine quote asks for two adjacent seats for a couple, insisting on no standing room and specifying they be together. The excerpt reflects demand for paired seating in a full venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Question of Time and Early Lighthouses in England
A fragment discusses a tilted house from a northern hurricane, with the owner choosing to wait for another direction to straighten it. It then shifts to the first English lighthouse, Dover castle’s Roman watch tower, noting its octagonal outer shape, thick walls, and use as a government storehouse. A brief joke about the Scadwells’ skeleton is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Crow
Portland
Crow
Yellowstone Park
Wolsey
Chicago Tribune
England
Dover Castle
Great Britain
London Chronicle
A Silent Partner
A brief comic exchange describes a woman who shares joys with her partner but visits her mother when faced with sorrows, implying a lighthearted domestic misalignment and affectionate dynamic.
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Nibbitt
Tenderness and courtesy aid repairable lives
An old Scotch village tale tells of a man with a large eight day clock carried on his back to a watchmaker. A passerby greets him lightly, then recalls the helper’s gentle wisdom: kindness helps more than effort in guiding others toward goodness.
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A. H. Daniels
Duluth
Kansas
Milwaukee
Lua Sams
Omaha
Fred Widmann
The
Republican
Widmann
Jos. Winter
Winter
J. G. McCartney
Third Avgency West
Chris
Lau
Justice McKinley
Asmus Assmussen
T. J. Spangler
J. G. Markham
Cat
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Aul Welch
Charles Gardinier
W. E. Hitchcock
London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance Co
J. E. Wells
Hitchcock
Mitchell
Haninah Koll
Salem
Ohio
4. I. Test
Wilt
Ben Regan
Mason City
Newton Withey
Chicago
Warren Wells
Mary Mason
Waterloo
A. J. Davis
Donald
Andalusia
Davis
Mr. Davis
White
J. O. Walrath
O. P. Graham
Union Grove
Clarence Walrath
Janesville
Wisconsin
Mr. Walrath
South Side
Procery
Grand Army of the Republic
Blackmar
Boise
Idaho
State Department
Boston
Mass
G. J. Corwin
Fairfax
Gregory County
Lillie Weslin
Minneapols
J. P. Lindahl
Mrs. B. Anderson
Minnie Anderson
Minneapolis
Frank Maynard
Bridgeport
J. Allen
Frank Weller
Richmond
Anna Haynes
Emma Haynes
Sioux Falls
Gustavus Loevinger
City
State University of Minnesota
J. R. Meevinson
Bellevue
Oamha
McCormack
Will Koch
Merlen Tillotson
Des Moines
Osceola
Tillotson
Parkston
Florence Labollette
Assisant
McCrossan Commnission House
Dean
Eighth Street
Bidwell Land & Loan Co
Ninarace
Loomis
W. J
A. Duncan
Wand
Slyde
Wranx
Harry Woodruff
Gillis
Fourth Avenue
Greene Addition
C. C. Looney
LaCrosse
J. K. Wells
Looney
Virgil Boyles
Mary
Yankton
Wayles
Kf. A. Braymer
Guy Multimore
CG. I. Multimore
L. W. Pepper
Idella Pepper
Rev. W. Delos Smith
Kansas City
J. W. Scriven
Manchester
M. H. Rowley
S. H. Scallin
Big Stone Lake
Scallin
Anna Scallin
Robert Burns
W. R. Ball
Tie
Corn Palace
D. M. Tiffany
Tiffany
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
Minn
W. H. Swett
Wolfsboro
N. H
Barber
Sri Ree
Casper Walton
Michigan City
Ind
A.W. Chase
Grandpa
Hor
Theo
Detroit Free Press
Scadwells
Rivers
Brooks
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