Educational notes from Mt Vernon and area schools
Community updates cover losses and sympathy for Carl Murner, student fund gifts for Rome No 3 and Beulah No 25, graduates' essays and census deadlines, Reading Circle diplomas, teacher placements, and school policy changes. Mt Vernon schools close with an entertainment and staff reappointments, while the high school adds an eleven year course and an extra department pending hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Murner
Lisbon No
Mattie Wittstruck
Rome
A. R. Reitzel
Beulah No. 25
Mae
Minnie Lewis
Mattie Craig
Ethan
Chamberlain
Mitchell
J. E. Chase
Lizzie Sherman
Ashton
Lora Cathout
Verdon
S. Dak
Educator School Supply Company
Mt. Vernon
Gertrude Bromwell
Tyndall
Bernice Brown
Clarence Pine
Board of Education
Browne
Canton
Hasty Judgment Slights Women as Listeners
Brief Kansas City Independent item mocks the notion that women are good listeners, pairing a tag line about Jones and Johnson to criticize snap judgments and stereotypes about women's attentiveness.
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Jones
Johnson
Kansas City
Homeopathic Society Holds Annual State Meeting
Doctors gathered Wednesday at 2 oclock for the State Homeopathic Medical Society annual meeting in Mitchell Club rooms Artesian presiding. Attendees included J. H. Smith Huron F S Mitchell Artesian H F Kilgore Laverne E W Fiegge Woonsocket and others from Pierre Plankinton Sioux Falls Bradley Aberdeen Oneida. Kilgore spoke on How I Cure Diphtheria Hoyt read Cases From My Practice and Clark presented Electro-Therapeutics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Mitchell
Artesian
O. A. Bower
State Homeopathic Medical Society
Mitchell Club
J. H. Smith
Huron
F. S. Mitchell
H. F. Kilgore
Laverne, Minn
H. C. Shouse
Plankinton
G. H. Fulford
Sioux Falls
O. N. Hoyt
Pierre
E. W., Fiegge
Woonsocket
W. P. Cowen
Howard
E. W. Strong
Bradley
August Beil
Selby
A. C. Clark
Aberdeen
A. H. Pease
Oneida
E. E. King
Doctors Adjourn Work at State Homeopathic Meeting
The State Homeopathic Medical Association adjourned at noon Thursday after a highly profitable session in Mitchell. Drs. Lowman Hanchette and Battin of Sioux City participated in clinical work with about a dozen patients from across the state. Officers elected: C. A. Bower president, O. N. Hoyt first vice president, August Biel second vice president, E. E. B. King secretary and treasurer. Redfield chosen as next meeting site. Condolences offered for Dr. F. A. Remington of Sioux City. his funeral in Woonsocket. A Mitchell District Medical Association banquet closed the social program. Delegates return home satisfied with their trip.
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State Homeopathic Medical Association
Sioux City
C. A. Bower
Mitchell
O. N. Hoyt
Pierre
August Biel
Selby
E. E B. King
Redfield
F. A. Remington
Woonsocket
Perry House
Mitchell District Medical Association
Lots Sold at Public Auction in Gleason Addition
The Gleason addition in the eastern city was auctioned by T. C. Burns with 220 lots sold in under an hour. D. A. Mizener and D. A. Braught of Germania Land Co led most purchases, with nine-tenths bought by outside parties. The sale, advertised statewide, drew large turnout and included mandolin selections by Nichols’s club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Burns
Gleason
Nichols
Mandolin Club
J. S Serveson
D. A. Mizener
D. A. Braught
The
Germania Land Co
Messrs. Mizener
Braught
Property sale yields quick gains for local buyers
The sale drew city residents as bidders while Mr Burns praised the result saying all Jets met marked prices and performed as expected. He projected a 15 to 25 percent value rise after the sale, noting buyers increased holdings rapidly.
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Burns
Chamberlain firemen tournament opens with racing results
Opening day at Chamberlain saw Briggs take second in single men’s coupling and Briggs with Schlimgen second in double events while Fox of Yankton led the others. Cropp won a special 100 yard foot race, Yankee opponents noted tensions over spikes and harness in racing, causing friction with the board of control and Yankton entrants.
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Chamberlain
Wil! Barber
Briggs
Fox
Yankton
Schlimgen
Magner
Cropp
Mitchell
Board of Control
Falkenburg
Scotland Journal
Tyndall Department
Board of Contol
Yanton
Advise an Old Man to Marry a Young Wife
A short quip from the Atchison Globe suggests advising an older man to wed a younger woman, noting he may wonder if he is being treated as a fool yet will not take offense.
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Atchison Globe
Sore Hands with Itching Nails and Painful Ends
A brief health note describes sore hands with itching and burning palms, painful finger ends, and nails that are brittle, shapeless, and discolored. Symptoms point to a dermatologic or systemic issue needing medical evaluation.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Skin Treatment Ad
A promotional notice extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills as a complete skin cure. It claims dramatic relief for hands eczema itching burning and scaly humours with a one dollar package offering and guidance for home nightly use. It emphasizes ease of rest and promises permanent cure by combining soapointment and pills.
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Ninner
Sioux City Piano Sale Promises Big Savings Festival Offer
L H Jones & Co. markets wholesale and retail pianos in Sioux City Iowa promising savings of 85 to 100 on a single piano through a mid summer festival. Offer lists Emerson Gramer Vose Ludwig Co Price & Teeple and other brands with prices cut and flexible monthly payment options for cash or installment buyers. Special inventory includes ten returned pianos and assorted damaged cases plus Organs from Story Clark Mason Hamlin Crown and more at discounted cash prices and installments.
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Sioux City
Emerson
Gramer Vose
Ludwi & Co
Price & Teeple
Bultell & Co
Story & Clark
Mason & Hamlin
Crown
Chicago
Hamlin
Estey
L. H. Jones & Co
4Th Street
Iowa
Preferred Hogs to Land Flip Satirized by Real Estate Tale
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a Waurika real estate agent touting a Beaver Creek claim as overflow free. A prospector spots red mud in a tree and learns hogs rubbed mud on the trees in Chickasaw country. The prospector declines the land but offers 4000 for a pair of the hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waurika
Beaver Creek
Kansas City Journal
Cranberry Medicinal Uses Highlighted in Early Text
The Cranberry is described as an ancient remedy used by American aborigines to treat venom in arrows and later as a general antiseptic. It is cited for erysipelas, malaria, typhoid, and digestive issues, with raw berries praised as a health food though overstraining should be avoided.
Sugar Making in 1700 and the Mirage of Glory
The text notes Latttall’s 1700 observations of Indians boiling sugar from water drawn by hatchet incisions and learned methods from French, with Bossu 1756 confirming sugar malt sources. It then shifts to a meditation on Glory as a transient dream fading like a mirage, citing Roanoke Times reflections on laurels and fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latttall
Bossu
Fergotten
Roanoke Times
Names of Moses Across Bible Create Eight Identities
The article notes Moses bore eight different names in biblical texts. Bathia calls him Lim Moses for being drawn from water, Jochebed names him Jekuthiel, Miriam calls him Jared, Aaron Abi Zanach, Amram Chabar, Kehath Abighor, the nurse Abigho, and all Israel Shemaiah.
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Moses
Bathia
Pharaoh
Lim Moses
Jochebed
Jekuthiel
Miriam
Jared
Aaron
Abi Zanach
Amram
Chabar
Kehath
Abighor
Jacob
Abigho
Tabernacle
Israel
Shemaiah
A Coffin Turned Bread Cupboard in a Staffordshire Cottage
A writer recalls finding a coffin repurposed as a bread and cheese cupboard in a collier’s Staffordshire cottage. The couple quarrelled over the coffin until it became shelves and a storage piece, after which they stopped arguing.
Banker's Redheaded Office Boy Story
A bank president recalls hiring a redheaded office boy who sought a banking job to "multiply." The boy explained he was good at multiplying and that a banker aims to make all he can, leading the president to hire him. The tale travels from a New York paper via the club retelling.
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New York
Lrickbat
Steuben County
Old Time Remedies From a Roxborough Family Bible
The Philadelphia Record notes medical rules written over seventy years by a great-grandmother in a Roxborough man’s family Bible. Rules include brimstone in pocket for cramps, loadstone for rheumatism, and rum-based cold remedy. others advise onion ear drops and eating peanuts for consumption. A Chicago Tribune passage describes a boy’s tearful confrontation with his father over temper and punishment.
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Roxborough
Philadelphia Record
Misunderstood Man Warned by Chicago News Note
A Chicago News quip observes that men who lament being misinterpreted should thank their luck. The remark suggests a stoic view of personal perception and misunderstanding.
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