Local notes on visits and events in St Mary's area
Rectory painted and improved. Dr Tatman in Hartley for business. Helwig in Chamberlain. Miss Flavin of Omaha solicits for Western Cyclist. Rev Stevens at Redfield for commencement. gave address. Motley couple from Fort Wayne arriving for Dakota University graduation. Major Treen speaks at State Medical Society on education and American Indians. Dr Clark elected unanimously as commander of state G A R. Willis Bass plans another drama to aid local baseball. Rathman guests of Goodykoontz. remembered as Singeiser. Effort to arrange baseball with Indian club at Flandreau. Indians beat Salem. P J Maguire returns from Cambria Wyoming. to Chicago for journalism. Capt Bennett and Lieut Young in Alexandria for Salvation Army meeting. growth noted. Christian Endeavor convention to San Francisco. rail rates listed. S. Cattrell and family move to Manchester, Iowa. weather too warm in south. Yankton circus note from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey via Coxey. Mitchell tennis tournament invites issued. June 29 start. Mrs Healey hosts euchre. prizes awarded to Mrs Becker, Mrs Werneicke, and Mrs Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Frankfort
Dakota University
Fred Treen
Crow Creek
Willis Bass
Geo. H. Rathman
Sioux City
Goodykoontz
Chicago
Capt
Bennett
Lieut
Young
Alexandria
Salvation Army
Christian Endeavor
San Francisco
St. P. Ry
Mitchell
J’. E. Clark
Mrs Healey Hosts dainty refreshments after party
The event ended with praise for Mrs Healey's delightful entertainment and a games session where the aim was winning the least number of games. Dr Windle resumes medical practice in Mitchell, located at room 4 over the post office with hours 10 to 12 m and 2 to 4 pm.
Bethel Beats Plano Nine In Weekend Ball Game
Plano notes report Bethel defeating Plano at a weekend baseball game. Mentions residents visiting, local illness, a dance at Al Hillman, and upcoming School No 2 events including Children’s Day on Sunday June 13. Also references Mt Vernon Old Settlers picnic, crop conditions after rain, and a planned skimming station meeting at Badger Tylar school house. Local people named include Miss Luta Lindsey Miss Ethel Jew and Mrs D C Bayley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Plano
D. C. Bayley
C. P. Morse
al. Hillman
Beulah voters oppose changing school textbooks
In Northeast Beulah on June 8 residents voiced unity against altering current school texts, hoping the board of education will reject a change to avoid harming the schools. The drive noted wheat fields, sparse corn, cutworm issues, and local residents like Miss Leothe Nelson, Miss Anna Nelson, and Marie West traveling or returning, with a frost observed on the ith. The Mt. Vernon picnic drew strong attendance and praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah
Pooley
Board of Education
Leothe Nelson
Iowa
Anna Nelson
Vermelyen
Gilbert
D.G. West
Clay County
Mt. Vernon
Marie West
Evangelical tent meetings in Victor draw crowds
In Blendon on June 9, Rev Hoy and Evangelists Peterson and Bobner lead enthusiastic tent meetings at Victor. A near accident at the skimming station injured J B Davis when steam scalded him as he lifted a milk can. Milk receipts at Victor totaled over 40 000 lbs last week in May with 14 000 lbs skimmed yesterday. Farmers plan to replant core seed after worm and poor germination. A rain last week aided crops. Mt Vernon was well represented. Mrs W H Dean plans a trip east soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blendon
Evangelical Church
Victor
Hoy
Peterson
Bobner
J. B. Davis
W. H. Dean
Mitchell Fourth of July celebration plan and races
Citizens of Mitchell are invited to a free Fourth of July event funded by local banks. The program includes street amusements on Main from First to Fifth, races for bicycles, walking and running contests, barrel and potato races, poultry and mule events, a noon fire department exhibition, and a grand free dance at the corn palace. A special railroad ticket offer and farm visits are noted. KE Clare and Catherine Koch return from Madison. Patric of Yankton visits. Petrie wins Mackay prize at the normal school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Davison
Mitchell National Bank
O. L. Branson
First National Bank
H. R. Kibbee
Commercial Savings Bank
Mitchell
Ourcorn Palace
Prise
Fair Grounds
Corn Palace
Geiger Bros. Orchestra
KE. Clare
Catherine Koch
Madison
Patric
Yankton
Miss Petrie
The Largest Poultry Farm of Isaac Wilbur in Little Compton
Isaac Wilbur of Little Compton operates what he claims is the world’s largest poultry farm. He ships 180000 to 160000 dozen eggs annually and houses about 40 birds per coop in 8 by 10 or 8 by 12 foot buildings set 150 feet apart in long rows across several fields. He maintains 100 coops across three to four fields with a mobile low wagon delivering feed to each house. Fowls are fed twice daily with a morning vegetable mash and mixed meals prepared the previous day, and an afternoon corn mash fed year round. eggs are collected after the afternoon feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Wilbur
Little Compton
New York Chess Women Club First Incorporated
The Women's Chess Club of New York marks the first incorporated chess club for women in the United States. Incorporators include Eliza Campbell Foot Jean L Nesbit Emily Somers Haines Winthrop Parker and Sophie Downer. The season runs from November to April with 26 meetings planned and the group continues to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Women’s Chess Club of
Eliza Campbell Foot
Jean L. Nesbit
Emily Somers Haines
Winthrop Parker
Sophi Downer
New York Sun
Tortoise Shells and Long Lives in English Palaces
In Lambeth palace a tortoise shell brought in 1623 lived until 1730. A Fulham palace specimen, procured by Bishop Laud in 1628, died in 1758, and another tortoise at Peterborough reportedly lived 220 years.
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Lambeth Palace
Fulham Palace
Laud
Peterborough
Stylish dress costs and charity party price noted
In a brief chat a woman boasts about a stylish dress costing 30 dollars made for the last charity card party while a reader asks the cost to attend a party, answered with twenty five cents in Cleveland Plain Dealer style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Woman Reprimanded For Not Thanking Street Car Seat Offer
In a Broadway car incident a well dressed woman failed to thank a man who offered her his seat. He gently rebuked her with Not at all Widam, You're quite welcome, drawing amused stares from other passengers. She blushed deeply and avoided eye contact, then exited, leaving readers convinced she will thank future seat givers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bkde
Fourteenth Street
New York Times
Barney Barnato
Barnato
Mr. Barnato
South Africa
Bermaid
Kimberley
Europe
King’s Road
Brighton
London
His Sweet Voice Leads to Unintended Gunshot Stabbing
A Leicestershire man awoke to a supposed burglar and fired into the hall, wounding a neighbor who sought to serenade his daughter with a song. The elderly shooter claimed fear drove the misfire, while the youth blamed excitement and lack of warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leicestershire
Pearson’s Weekly
Hunter's Fancy in Jewell County Buffalo Kill
A report recalls a buffalo sighting near Columbus Palmer's ranch in Jewell County on May 28, 1872. Palmer, pursued by a charging bull, dropped to one knee and shot the beast through the forehead, claiming the animal died on the spot and refuting the idea that a buffalo cannot be killed by a skull shot, as cited from the Kansas City Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell County
Columbus Palmer
Palmer
Jehosaphat
Kansas City Journal
Oyster Soup Rescue Engineer Story
A Wisconsin forest fire tale features a locomotive engineer who fills a dry boiler by dumping milk and oysters from a milk car into the engine tanks. The improvised oyster soup fuels steam to blast through the fire belt, prompting witnesses to mythicize the event as a dramatic scientific phenomenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Chicago Times-Herald
Tall gray haired woman wears green silk spider web headpiece
A dignified older woman exits a Broadway Oriental shop with a six inch green silk web and red velvet spider on her comb. Bystanders smile at the display as she walks unaware, the ornament likely from a store exhibit hung on wires. The scene ends with her continuing down town in calm ignorance.
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New York Sun
Witnesses and Counsel in a Sharp Exchange
A London Sketch style exchange shows a clever witness and defense counsel in a biting cross examination. A humorous aside about needles and Cleopatra objects follows as Mrs Darley asks for money while a bank cashier dies from handling paper money, illustrating a satirical domestic vignette.
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London
Travel beliefs and the pull of knowledge across ages
A reflection on how belief travels with knowledge from Marco Polo to modern discoveries. It contrasts ancient trust in travelers stories with modern skepticism toward near at hand facts, noting that ignorance breeds credulity and that only complete knowledge resists belief. The piece comments on the public rush to accept the Roentgen rays as a dramatic new discovery and how reception can outpace understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marco Polo
John Mandeville
Scribner’s
How Dr Cuyler Became a Minister in Golden Rule
Peter Carter recounts how Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler turned toward the ministry under his mother's influence. His family favored law, but his mother sent him abroad and secured a seminary path. After European study and local preaching, he embraced the religious calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuyler
Peter Carter
Theodore L. Cuyler
Theodore
Europe
Princeton Theological Seminary
Ludlowville
N. Y
Bargain hunting prompts cold exchange in Chicago Post excerpt
In a Chicago Post piece a woman laments local swindles after a Milwaukee visit and recalls paying $1 for a white shirt in Chicago while spotting an exact replica in Milwaukee for 98 cents. Her companion quips about chasing bargains across cities including St Paul and Winnipeg, prompting her to end the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
William
Chicago
St. Paul
Winnipeg
Chicago Post
Lincoln's Grave and Monument Details in Illinois
The Lincoln tomb 114 miles north of Springfield is buried under a 120 foot monument of marble granite and bronze. The cost reached 260000 funded by public contributions. Several theft attempts occurred before robbers ceased after the coffin was sunk and sealed with six feet of concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coln
Springfield
Ills
Abraham Lincoln
Crete
New Yor Press
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S. Cattrell
Hammond
Manchester
Sioux Falls
W.'T. Coxey
Ringling Bros. Circus
Ringling’s
Barnum & Bailey
Ringlings
Coxey
W. J. Healey
Emil Becker
O. EK. Werneicke
Frank B. Smith
Neighborhood News
Luta Lindsey
Ethel Jewevt
Barcer
Edwie Wilson
Sanborn County
Marcent Sayles
John Wilson
Tylar
Badger
Frank Simpson
Northeast
C. M
South Dakota
Mellette
S. D
Hunter-Salter Farm
Koch
Eift
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