Mitchell Local News Highlights Fragments From Town
Local notes from Mitchell and vicinity include social visits, travels to Chicago and Minneapolis, a fire loss to John Long Opera Co. in London, Imperial Mystic Lodge initiations, Salvation Army changes, school land appraisals, and reports on theater accidents, creamery gains, and state institutions in Gary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Dougherty
Mt. Vernon
Mitchell Plumbing Co
Tyan Weekly Capital
Chicago
Wu. Miller
Mitchell
Beebe
W. E. Crane
St. Paul
Mason City
Edgar Dix
John Long Opera Co
Hila Rogers Garnhardt
London
Canada
Miss Garnhardt
Detroit
Salvation Army
Vermillion
Moses
Seville
Board of Charities and Corrections
Plankinton
School For the
Gary
Gov Lee
The Biter Bitten in a German Saloon Trick
A tall young man and two companions con the German saloon by using fake change to claim 60 cents as a prank. The scheme collapses when a conductor returns the fare as bad, leaving him stranded five miles from home in a Chicago Journal report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Hoyt
Will Gregory
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
H. D. Butterfield
New York
Preston
N. J. Neilsen
Parketon Esos
A. Hill
Great Northern Road
R. F. Dundass
William Wilkinson
Missouri
Wilkinson
Alumni Literary Society
Quigly
Prof
Herbert
Aone
Eureka
D. R. Tomlin
Redfield
Home Missionary Board
The
Congregational Church
National Board
Mr. Thrall
Teachers Institute
L. A. Stout
Dakota University
Rures
Chicago Journal
Thumb Impressions in Classic Forensic Tales
The piece discusses thumb impressions as a basis for testimony in historic cases. It cites Conan Doyle and Chambers Journal on the case of Asa Guy Gurney charged with stealing from an express company in 1834. Evidence used thumb print matches, yet the jury acquitted, and Gurney later confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark ‘Swain
Express Company
Gurney
Carvalho
Chambers’ Journal
From Easterlings to Modern Sterling Purity in Silver
The piece traces the term Sterling from eastern German Easterlings of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, notes their praised money and silver quality, and recalls 1597 punishment of counterfeiters in Westminster pillory. It cites Elizabethan silver prices around £70 10s per ounce, with old pieces selling £5 to £17 per ounce depending on workmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Westminster
Cheapside
Fleet
London Telegraph
Impatient author traps doctor with book joke
A patient reveals insomnia after a tale of woe. Dr Paresis suggests reading The Impressions of a Bohemian, claiming he fell asleep in three minutes. The patient, author of the book, responds with dry wit and bids good evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Paresis
Fraudulent claims threaten life insurance profits
Big life insurers spend heavily to prevent fraud and hire top detectives to expose deceitful claims. The Indianapolis News notes companies may spend more than the policy amount to uncover fraud. A tangential line remarks on youth and a cheese mite’s tenacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nana Intry
Nausea
Gulf
Nore
Mitchell and Vicinity
Cleveland Minstrels
Sparks
Crouch
McNaughton
Eastman
Browne
Snd
James Ottman
Ethan
Estelle Litsey
H. L. Bras
R. R. Bowdle
Minneapolis
Hor Sale
Plymouth Roch Leggs
Prizs
J. N. Crow
John Brown
Charles City
Iown
J.O. Walrath
Wisconsin
L. E. Stair
Armour
Stair
Sperry Dwight
Dave Mizener
South Dakota
Drxve
J. D. Kresa
John
Minnesota
Bachelor Club
John Baldwin
Baldwin
Indiana
Stie
F. E. Brown
Ipswich
Noble Theatre Co
Opera
Dramatic Company
Oscar Anderson
Champeny
Prosper Township
Oscar
Aberdeen
Chamberlain
Dred Metean
McLean Medicine CO
ST. Louis
H.scallin Druggist
Bridge of Sighs
Gale
C., M. & St. P. Railway
A. H. Pearson, Mitchell, S. D
Dodd
Grocery Department
Chicago Shoe House
Harker Bros
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