Notable remarks and gifts span politics and exploration
Senator Martin of Virginia with six years in the Senate has yet to deliver a set speech. Lord Roberts' goatee, popular in London, hints at a revival in fashionable facial hair. Peter James of Yazoo City funds an observatory and a $2000 telescope for Millsaps College as a memorial to his father. The queen regent of Spain reportedly opposes bullfighting. English Commons members include men over 80, notably Spencer Charrington and Sir W Mappin. Mile. Crettier climbs the Brelluorn in winter, a 15,000 foot peak. Lionel Moulton of Lewiston recalls Sam Houston and possesses many Houston letters.
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Martin
Virginia
Senate
Lord Roberts
London
Peter James
Yazoo City
Miss
Millsaps College
Jackson
Spain
House of Commons
Spencer Charrington
Sir VT. Mappin
Tare
Mile. Crettier
Amsterdam
Lianlel Moulton
Lewiston
Sam Wonstomw
Santa Annao
Houston
Washington Birthday Card Party at Mrs Spangler’s Home
Mrs. I J Spangler hosted a card party Friday afternoon for about twenty friends. Mildred Healey dressed as Martha Washington greeted guests, red carnations decorated rooms, and a Washington picture hung prominently. Prizes included a hand painted cherry plaque, with games using paper hatchets as markers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I’. J. Spangler
Washington
Mildred Healey
Martha Washington
J. G McCartney
Emily Bras
Red Cross Pile and Fistula Cure Free Sample Offering
Rea Bros. & Co. of Minneapolis advertise a cure for piles and fistula with quick relief. They offer a sample treatment and a free mailed book describing the method. The notice targets readers seeking private home remedies and medical folk cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea Bros. & Co
Minneapolis
Mion
Committee Probes Plankinton Reform School Charges
A legislative investigating committee visited Plankinton to probe ex governor Lee’s charges against Col. C. W. Ainsworth at the reform school. The panel found no evidence of mismanagement and vindicated the school’s leadership, while populists plan a minority report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plankinton
Col. C. W. Ainsworth
State Reform School
Frank M. Steere
Board of Charities and Corrections
Repulican
Steere
Republican Party
Campbell
Vance
Martin
Benedict
Goddard
McDougall
Gross
Huron
Perre
Reform School
Pierre
Pyle
Lee
Book promises cure for biliousness and dyspepsia
Advertisement for a medical remedy by Nea Bros. & Co. of Minneapolis claims to cure biliousness constipation and dyspepsia or money refunded. Price 50 cents and a free mailed book explaining causes and cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Dewitt &Co
Chicago
S. H. Seasllin
Nea Bros. & Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Hood
Preacher Practicing Medicine Draws Church Debate
The Madison Leader discusses Rev. A Striener, a Wilmot Presbyterian minister, who may treat patients if it does not conflict with church duties and operates within legal bounds, highlighting the clash between religious duties and medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
A. Striener
Wilmot
Demands of Medicine and Priesthood Stir Controversy
The piece contrasts doctors pursuing licenses with a priest turned healer whose church and bishop revoke privileges. It notes fines for a physician and hints at quitting medicine. An aside praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for headaches from stomach disorders, sold by druggists.
Firebreak Burning Machine Attracts Attention In Butte County
Black Hills correspondent reports four men in Butte County developed a firebreak burner inspired by a four horse rake. Each tooth carries a flame using kerosene gas to burn grasses up to eight feet wide. Fire is later extinguished by workers trailing the machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Butte County
Lingering Grippe Cough Relief Quoted in Letter
A Chicago reader from 157 Osgood Street reports his wife suffered a severe la grippe cough but found immediate relief from Foley's Honey and Tar. He cites a 50 cent bottle curing the cough entirely, noting prices of 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Vacher
Osgood St
Chicago
Foley
H. Scallio
Odd Fellows Encampment Initiates Six New Members
A lengthy Monday session of the Odd Fellows Encampment in Parkston initiated six candidates into the three degrees Homer Stickney L A Hosmer J J McLaury P A Wiertz J F Simmons and G C Randall of this city also completed the journey through the degrees. The group adjourned to the G A R hall for supper served by Rebekah lodge members before resuming work late in the evening. The encampment began that summer with the grand lodge meeting and has since grown to become one of the largest in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Parkston
Homer Stickney
L. A. Hosmer
J. J. McLaury
P. A. Wiertz
J. F. Simmons
G. C. Randall
G. A. Rv
Rebekah Lodge
Eceimpmenot
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
Still After The Druggist Ail Sold Liquor
W C T U women in Meckling press Druggist Tice for liquor sales after he left town and later kept selling with a new clerk not licensed. Secretary Bent of the State Pharmacist Association intervened by fining the unlicensed clerk ten dollars. The ladies vow further action to enforce liquor law compliance.
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Meckling
Tice
Bent
State Pharmacist Association
Tite
Legends, Armenia, Persia and a New World Question
A caricature of cultural legends unfolds as an Armenian trader recalls a Persia England France America anecdote about God’s world. The piece includes notes on New Jersey schoolhouses of a century ago and a fossil insect timeline, ending with a quip about the Protocimex silurius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarth
Persit
Allah
God
France
Ferenghistan
Persia
Animals Without Feet and the Advantage of Limbless Locomotion
The text argues rooted animals like horses and stags move on nails, gaining longer strides and fewer soft injuries. It notes monkeys with four hands aid climbing, while water and arboreal travel favor limbless forms. Tadpoles swim with tails, snakes slip through holes, and even slow worms hedge through with ease. It concludes legs and feet were trimmed by natural selection toward efficiency.
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Underwood
Tobin and Webster Auctioneers Sale Notice
Tobin and Webster Auctioneers announce sales in Davison county and statewide. Terms are reasonable. Contact Phil Tobin Hill side 8 D or Webster at Farmers Sheds Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison County
Phil Tobin
Hillside
8. D
Webster
Farmers Sheds
Mitchell
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