The Battle for Health and the Nerve Pills Promise
The advertisement promotes Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a tonic and nerve remedy. It cites Dr. Chase as a physician and author, claims to restore blood and nervous strength, and includes a customer testimonial from G B BXine of Day ton Ohio about improved sleep, energy, and seven pounds gained. The piece notes availability at druggists and the Buffalo company address.
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A. W. Chase
M. D
A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Summons in Davison County Court Case 1908
William Goldammer sues John Navin and James Navin in the Fourth Judicial Circuit South Dakota to quiet title on the N1/2 of the NW1/4 of section 30 township 101 range 61 in Davison County. Defendants must answer within thirty days of service or risk default. Court date set in Mitchell.
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Circuit Court
Fourth Judicial Circuit
State of
South Dakota
Davison County
Mitchell
T. J. Spangler
Notice of Sheriff Sale on Foreclosure in Davison County
A sheriff s sale is set in Davison County South Dakota for the northeast quarter of section 7 township 103 north range 60 west at the Mitchell courthouse front door on August 4 1908 at 10 a m to satisfy a mortgage judgment of 3654 75 with costs and interest. The case is Wm M Smith vs Michael Foley filed June 30 1908 and docketed July 1 1908. C Cook sheriff of Davison County executes the sale with Preston Hannett attorneys for plaintiff.
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Circuit Court of
Fourth Judical Circuit
South Dakota
County of
Davison
Wm. M. Smith
Michael Foley
A. D
Circuit Court
Fourth G Judicial Circuit
Southakota
Mitchell
C. Cook
Davison County
South Daota
Preston & Hannett
Order to Show Cause on Filing Petition to Sell Land
In Mitchell South Dakota 1908 County Court orders show cause why executor W S Snyder may sell estate real estate. Hearing set for August 22 1908 at 10 am in Mitchell Court House with four weeks newspaper notice in The Mitchell Capital.
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South Dakota
Davison
Wiliam Shannon
Snyder
W. S.snyder
Mitchell
W. S. Snyder
Mitchell Capital
S. D
Cornerstone Laid at Congregational Church in Mitchell
Impressive ceremony marked by Pastor Bowdish and Contractor Goetz as they laid the cornerstone of the new Congregational church at 7 PM. Speakers included Rev. Bowdish and Dr. H. K. Warren of Yankton College, with a large local and interchurch audience present for the event. The report also notes ongoing construction and future dedication plans, along with a lengthy aside on county and school origins of Congregationalism.
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Bowdish
Goetz
Congregational Church
J. S. Daniels
Co. W. Adams
C. W. Derr
W. B. Diehl
J. N. Ferris
A. HE. Hitchcock
D. Kt. Miller
EB. J. Quigley
S. H. Scallin
Geo. A. Silsby
E. M. Keller
Loomis
Emily Bras-Swift
Hazel Doud
M. R. Tournier
John W. Barprave
Roxena Butterfield
Rowdish
New Temple
Brackett
H. K. Warren
Yankton College
Congregationalism
Plymouth Rock
England
New England
Mitchell
Sr. Warren
Harvard
Warren
Keeler
Sixth Annual Interstate Fair Livestock Show at Sioux City
F L Wirick secretary announces the Sixth Annual Interstate Fair will run September 7 to 12 at Sioux City Iowa. Early inquiries for space exceed those of 1907, signaling a strong livestock exhibition with big breeders expected to participate.
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F. L. Wirick
Sioux City
Iowa
Mitchell Home Guardian Lodge initiates fifty new members
A special Mitchell Home Guardian Lodge meeting on Wednesday night initiated about fifty new members into the order. Although many more were written, heat kept the class smaller than hoped. After work, attendees enjoyed lunch at Mitchell Catering, with recitations and songs by several members. The next meeting is set for August 4 with committees preparing for a grand time.
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Mitchell Home Guardian Lodge
Michell Catering Company
German Gleanings and Details of Haeckel Memorial Museum
Jena plans a biological museum in memory of Professor Haeckel. A 1590 Bible in wooden covers was found built into a wall near Danzig at Stutthof. Berlin workers gain higher wages and are regarded as Germany’s best tradespeople. Germany’s savings banks hold about 19 million pass books with deposits totaling 13.5 billion marks, largely guaranteed by municipalities.
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Jena
Haeckel
Stutthof
Danzig
Berlin
Empire
Germany
Chess and piano duel charms Oxford professor in Tenbury
Sir Walter Parrott, newly named professor of music at Oxford, played two opponents in consultation at St Michael's College Tenbury while performing piano pieces from memory. He never looked at the board, while conversing with onlookers. The hourlong game ended in his victory as he played works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Chopin, noting his attention was on a spider’s web entangled fly.
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Walter Parratt
Oxford University
St. Michael’s College, Tenbury
Sir Walter
Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Chopin
Westminster Gazette
London Jewish crowd in Merchant of Venice production
The Jewish Chronicle reports Beerbohm Tree’s staging of The Merchant of Venice includes real Jews in the ghetto crowd. Tree warns the Christians will pretend to spit, offering remuneration to the actors. An elderly Jewish crowd member asks for higher pay to allow actual spitting.
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London
Jewish Chronicle
Beerbohm Tree
Ghetto
Mr. Tree
FOR THE CHILDREN Game of Statuary
A description of a rainy day party game called Game of Statuary. Players act as statues escaping from a museum while a catcher tries to identify them. The game emphasizes posing like statues and guessing based on hints, with rotation if guessed or not.
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Eateher
Why a Philosopher's Stone Like Neptune
A collection of quips explains humorous comparisons and puns from the Philadelphia Ledger. It blends riddles about science lore, animal humor, tree habits, editors, and everyday objects with wry wordplay and double meanings.
The Wonders of Paper Making
A historical note catalogs the vast range of materials used in papermaking listing leaves and woods from trees to hemp plants straw moss seaweed and many unlikely fibers such as banana skins tobacco stalks tanbark hair wool and old bagging. The text highlights there are well over two thousand patents related to paper manufacture and suggests nearly any plant fiber or waste product can serve as pulp.
How Animals Work Inborn tools of birds fish and beasts
The Philadelphia Ledger explains how animals use natural tools to perform tasks. It compares a woodpecker’s bill to a drill, a fish’s tail and fins to an oar and balance, an elephant’s tusks to dig, and a hen’s feet to a spade, illustrating instinctive adaptations.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Henry Learns a Soft Answer Prevents a Fight
Henry recalls the lesson that a soft answer turns away wrath. At school Tommy Jones taunts him, but Henry says he kept his promise and did not fight. He admits only throwing a rotten apple that hit Tommy in the eye, revealing a harmless outcome.
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Henry
Tommy Jones
Casket Homer: Alexander’s Golden Treasure
The tale recalls Alexander the Great carrying a jeweled golden casket found in Darius’s tent after Bela battle. He chose to place his notes in the casket, calling it the Casket Homer, an edition of Homer with Aristotle’s corrections.
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Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Arbela
Darius
Alexander
Grandpa Could Not Be a Boy Like Me
A child recalls wishing grandpa could be a boy to share toys and games. The grandpa’s retort makes the child realize the value of being himself and the ache of growing up, yet content to keep his grandpa as is. The poem reflects memory and affection from Youth's Companion.
Taft's Successor General Wright Chosen for War Post
Memphis native General Luke B Wright, who led the Philippines as governor general, is named to succeed Taft as secretary of war in Roosevelt's cabinet. A Democrat who served under Roosevelt, Wright is a former Confederate soldier whose wife is a Semmes, daughter of the Alabama’s captain. Wright recently resigned as American ambassador to Tokyo after serving in the Philippines.
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Luke B. Wright
Memphis
Tenn
William H. Taft
Philippines
Mr. Roosevelt
General Wright
Taft
Wright
Roosevelt
Raphael Semmes
Alabama
Kearsarge
France
Tokyo
Economy extremism warned by Rockefeller in Bible class
John D. Rockefeller Jr discusses economy with a Bible class member noting that economy can become a fad. He cites a farmer near Cleveland who ties a hen to his buggy to minimize waste. At noon the hen eats feed spilled from the horse’s nosebag, preventing waste.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Mr. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Henry Miller Revival Draws Sparse Brooklyn Matinee
An old Henry Miller actor-manager story is revived as half the audience attends a Brooklyn matinee. A schoolgirl sits in an orchestra chair and a young man in the balcony watches a yacht deck scene. Miller speaks line about the sea being purple, then a balcony voice replies.
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Henry Miller
Brooklyn
Mr. Bryans Only Son
William J. Bryan Jr., eighteen, son of the Democratic standard bearer, studies at Nebraska State University in Lincoln and plans a journalism career. He has traveled with his father abroad, met Count Tolstoy in Russia, and was received by the pope in Rome. He is athletic, sociable, and recalls encounters with various royalty.
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Mr. Bryan
William J. Bryan, Jr
Nebraska State University At
Lincoln
Bryan
Russia
Count Tolstoy
Rome
A Country Game Stings and Words For Children
A Philadelphia Ledger item presents a word game with sting clues and answers. Each sting pairs a concept with the related activity or outcome such as Resting for fatigue, Feasting for hunger, Dusting for tidying, Roasting for meat, Jest for laughter, Roasting for fools, Toasting for browning bread, Rust for tools, Interesting for reading, Testing for tries, Adjusting for adapting, and Trusting for shopkeepers.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Party Word Guessing Game Passed Around The Group
A group game assigns an adjective chosen by the players. One member leaves, returns, and questions others. Each answer must hint at the chosen word by tone or gesture. The guesser deduces the adjective from replies, then exits and a new word is chosen for the next round.
Umbrella Warning in Paris Zoo Enclosures
A Paris zoo bans umbrellas inside animal houses. Attendants forbid carrying a sunshade when viewing animals. A 20 year old incident in the tiger house led to mauling and escape attempts, suggested by a fear of a coming thunderstorm.
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Zoological Gardens
Paris
Postmen In Ceylon Night Mails And Spear Guard
In Ceylon outlying districts native runners deliver night mails in pairs for safety. Each carries a spear with a bell to clear the way and attract attention, the spear used for defense against wild animals. Journeys once held more danger and gave postsmen many perilous tales.
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Ceylon
Six Reasons for Kindness to Animals
Six reasons urge children to be kind to animals. They are a duty to avoid ill treatment, unable to understand, cannot defend themselves, deserve good treatment, animals love caretakers, and they feel pain like humans.
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Jook
Deserted Flowerpot Game with Flag Challenge
A simple children’s play item features a pot filled with sand or earth and a small stick with a flag. Players must remove sand without disturbing the flag while a child cries Take care The player who upsets the flag pays a for felt. The game grows tense as sand is removed repeatedly.
Phosphorescent Light At The Seashore Explained
Many youths wonder about the glow seen in breakers at the shore. The light is usually from decaying fish matter in the water or from shoals of glow producing fish, similar to fireflies.
We Raised Him Here A Colt Not For Sale
A farmer sings of a beloved colt raised on the farm. The horse is gentle and safe, never abused, and loved by the family and boys who know his speed. They refuse to sell him, valuing daily life and country air over any price. The bond with the animal is framed as a protector and friend.
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Poland
Northwetern
Iowa
Nebraska
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Minneapolis
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Diehl & Brown
Riddlemerce
Neptune
His
Homer
Mr. Taft
Luke EB. Wright
William É. Bryan, JR
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