Mitchell Daily Life Scene Highlights And Arrivals
Several local residents visit relatives and attend events as Mitchell hosts visitors from St Paul Sioux City Oakland and Alexandria. University staff conduct institute teaching music while churches mark Children Day. Community notices include travel to St Louis for exposition and a new grocery firm opening on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TP. HW. Kintigh
Miller
I. EB Wintiph
N. Clark
St. Paul
Sharood Shoe Co
Ithel Taylor
Sioux City
E.J. Haynes
Jank B. Smith
Una
Jeff
Ixansas
A. H. Doyle
Jessie McGrath
Darlington
Wis
Caroline Cooke
Cooke Ranch
Jerauld County
Thos. Morgans
Sioux Falls
All Saints
Mitchell
Ella Preston
Marion
Lowaggs
Milwaukee
Miss Preston
Marion School
Preston
Lillian Johnston
St. Louis Exposition
Wisconsin
Binder Trust
Acme
D. W. Collins
Card of Thanks for Sickness and Death of Husband
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of our husband and father. The old soldiers who attended the funeral and took part in the services are particularly remembered. Mrs. T. Goldammer and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Goldammer
Resolutions of Ransom Post on Memorial Sunday and Decoration Day
The following resolutions thank all who assisted in Memorial Sunday and Decoration Day exercises. It is gratifying that many took part as our part will be a thing of the past in a few years. William Nash, S. J. Moore, C. I. Miltimore, Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn and
Fargo
Milwaukee Road
Mitchell
Aberdeen
Eureka
Sioux City
John Webber
Yankton
Webber
Moran
Scott
Glenn
Kargo
Ransom Post
William Nash
S. J. Moore
C. I. Miltimore
It Is the Mind That Sees How Do We See
A reflection on vision stressing that sight is a mental process not just a physical act. The mind interprets images, so people may fail to perceive details or faces until perception aligns with mental recognition. It notes times when people glance at a watch yet cannot recall the time.
Music in Japan viewed as inferior art by public opinion
The piece notes a long standing bias in Japan where music is deemed fit for women and children and the profession of musician is seen as insulting to masculine dignity. It cites traditional songs by workers and sailors alongside a history of music being gendered as a female domain.
Bird Feet and Bills Describe Avian Specializations
The article surveys national bird traits noting hawks and parrots use feet as bands, scratching and wading birds develop large feet, birds in flight have delicate feet, and a wide variety of bills. It cites kestrels, herons, meadowlarks, orios, and the bobolink with stiff tail feathers aiding upright support.
Unlucky Salt Spill and Thirteen at Table Origins
The article traces two superstitions to the Last Supper Judas overturning salt and Christ dining with his twelve apostles. It notes spilling salt predicts ill luck and the number thirteen bears enduring ominous significance beyond meals, linking to historical beliefs about fate and caution at table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Judas
Earliest Women Journalists Traced to 18th Century
The article notes Mrs. Ebenezer Watson of Hartford who ran the Courant in 1777 1778 as an early woman journalist. It adds that Charleston’s Mrs. Timothy, after her husband’s death in 1788, continued publishing and editing the South Carolina Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Watson
Hartford
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Scal Lin Bros
Burnside’s
Burnside
Han Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner
T Mart
FALR
I. Lindra
Obapasarasararrai
Edna Daniels
University of Minnesota
Anderson
Toronto
Canada
Mr. Anderson
Geddes
Otto
Alexandria
County Teachers’ Institute
Congregational and
Baptist
Salvin E. Barber
Shenandoah
Iowa
Omaha Road
C.W. Johnson
Hey
Sunshine Club
Okoboro
UC. T
Mitchell Club
Fred L. Tiffany
Emily Pras
A. F. le Claire
Merle Tillotson
George Winsor
J. M. Wood
J. G. Miller
Clem
Ralph
St. Louis
Maud Van‘Tassel
Myrtle Kuhns
Ajenandria
Marion Turney
Frank Gibbs
Los Angeles
Cal
G. L. Brown
S. F. Clark
City
Prosper Township
James Smith
East Sixth Street
Joseph Winter
I. W. Seaman
Austin Berry
United States
White Lake
Mr. Berry
Stoltzman & Co
Winsor & Hayer
Main Street
First Street
Stoltzman
Ife
Paul Welch
R. D. Welch
George McCaslin
Portland
Ore
Jos, McCaslin
Nicholson
University
Feutieman
John W.hamilton
San Francisco
Music In
Japan
Grocere
Northwestern Yeast CO
Chicago
Antiseptoid CO
Dept. M
Dearborn Street
Chicaco, Ill
New York
Washington, D. C
E. F. Reamer, M. D
Mitchell, South Dakota
Berg Medicine Co
Des Moines
John Havlatko
Opera House
So.dak
Foleys
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