Cavalcade of small town notes from Ethan and surrounding towns
Ethan and nearby communities report weather crops and dances. Messages mention visits to Wisconsin Mitchell and Parkston, a bridge project by Fred Brodstrup, county fairs and school events, a horse loss, a burial, a fired railroad work train, fishing trips, and local marriages and baptisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan
C. Vonk
Louisa Schmitz
Wiconsion
Matt Schlimgen
Wisconsin
Fred Brodstrup
Mitchell
Lena Myer
Parkston
Fred Tobey
Rockport
Bert Porteous
A. O. U. W. Hall
Will Green
E. H. Bowers
Hanson
Hanson County
Ma’ama
Victims of Illusion in a Chicago Record cartoon note
A brief 1920s style quip jokes about a woman who marries one man believing him to be another. The reporter notes that many women in the week do the same thing, reflecting societal attitudes of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Higgins
Tobias
Gazette
Union
Worthy Gazette
Webster
Chicago Record
Americans Drive Spanish Guerillas at Guantanamo Harbor
Reports say Marines and Cubans attacked Spanish guerrillas at Guantanamo harbor, routed 400 enemies, and captured their camp. Four American soldiers were killed and mutilated in a thirteen hour fight. Gen. Shafter sails 15,000 troops toward Cuba's invasion, with landings expected by Friday. Morro Castle works at New Orleans destroyed. Prohibition party mass county convention set for Mitchell on Saturday June 25 1898 at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Perry
Chas, Lindsay
Myrtle
Sanborn County
Dist. No.3
Luta Lindsay
Wm. Pratt
Hast Badger
Alex. Lockhart
W. W. Waugh
Guantanamo Harbor
Shafter
Key West
Cuba
Santiago
New Orleans
Morro Castle
Mass
Prohibition Party
Court House
Mitchell
J. Sykes Wilson
Truth and Fiction Across a Century of Odd Tales
A comic note on a seven year old girl who swallowed cherry stones and a plane tree seed growing in the ear. It also recounts a London kangaroo colony near Leith Hill, said to have escaped from Wootton House and thrived close to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburgskaya Gazeta
Amelia L
Belgard
Ain
London
Leith Hill Common
Wootton House
Leith Hill
Far West
Theological Point Sparks Dead Prayer Debate
The Rev John Hemphill a Calvinist clergyman and a Roman Catholic rival argue over prayers for the dead. The layman presses with a hypothetical bequest of 50000 dollars, but Hemphill answers he would not pray for the deceased, only for someone like him. The note cites editorials from the San Francisco News Letter and comments from the St Louis Star and Boston Globe about abbreviations and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hemphill
Calvary Church
San Francisco
No Allowance
Comic dialogue quoted from the Detroit Free Press about Blokely and his wife with an independent fortune. The exchange shows the man failing to access his wife's money, framed as humorous domestic banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Age of baldness and Shakespeare in multilingual editions
A comic exchange notes a man’s typical baldness age and asks if a man is married or single. The item also mentions the British Museum library holding complete Shakespeare editions in fourteen foreign languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
British Museum
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Plano
C. C. Brown
Ethel Jewett
Messrs Barnes
Jeff Allen
Ethel LaFortune
Lizzie Brown
Alexandria
Teachers Institute
Bayley
Farwell
Bethel
Plato and Vicinity
Grove
Robi. Smith
Artesian
Elsie McCurdy
Jno. Gleason
Perry
Weat Perry
M. Lawrence
Ony Clark
Jno
Dondelinger
O. A. Bates
Mr. Woodcock
Badger
Blendon
Jamison Kilborn
Henry Schlund
Mary Kelsey
Sioux Falls
Claus Westbo
Christopher
Ashley Reed
Rosa Hellgson
H. F. Kilborn
Allen Farm
John Fisher
Maye’s Chappel
C. E. Gardinier
Towo
Prat Farm
MT. Vernon
Della Cook
Mr. Cooper
Creamery Company
Gertie McEwen
Sioux City
Iowa
Emerson
Neb
Emma Haynes
Vermillion
Rev. Cory
DeSmet
M. E. Church
C. N. Hatch
F. M. Hatch
M. C. Betta
KH. H. Garey
Dakota University
Davison County Bank
Mt. Vernon Merchandise Cos
Beulah
Smith Brothers
Orlando Kipp
Beloit
Wis
Geo. A. Sibby
O. D. Stearns
Canton
Mr. McLain
Mr. Young
J. E. Watkins
E. D. Watkins
L. R. Bingham
Edward
Sadie
Mabel Watkine
Spencer
Mrs. Hall
Mr. Wilson
Allie Cooper
Earle
Illingsworth
Paniards
Guantanamo
Aerican
Kitbog
St. Louis Star
Boston Globe
Star
Loton Globe
South Dakota
Jin
Ina Reliable Old Line Company
A. B. Hager
Mitchell, S. P
Deerings
Deering
Masaercel
Deering Ideal
Binder Twine
E.B. van Alstine
Ferguson
Kettle
Looking Glass
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