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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
11
The seventh and eighth graders presented a varied concert at the high school auditorium on Saturday directed by Miss Doane and Miss Writzell. Vivian Duncan accompanied with skilled piano. performances included songs, choral pieces, readings, and a final Sousa march.
Edward Boyer of the Order Railway Conductors No. 22 interviewed Mason City volunteers on a potential strike against the Milwaukee railroad. He gathered opinions in Mitchell and planned to survey Chamberlain conductors, but reported no clear result on member sentiment.
The Mitchell Republican and Alexandria Herald run a dispute over a baby found on a doorstep in Alexandria and placed in charge at St. Joseph's hospital. The Herald defends the child’s dignity while denying any knowledge of his parents, labeling the Mitchell piece a travesty.
A brief note notes someone savoring a hearty meal with Webber's beefsteak and ham and eggs, described with a flourish and a nod to fame.
Rapid City hosts a three day session of the Western South Dakota Stockgrowers Association starting April 8 marking a new era in western stock raising. The event attracts record attendance with capitalists visiting the Black Hills. Chief Whill-a-Hundred of the Ogallala Sioux leads 300 followers for war dances and exhibitions as cowboys compete in races and sports, with a possible U S cavalry detachment.
Retired Supreme Court justice Samuel Freeman Shiras has taken up wildlife photography as a hobby and study and is credited with making the first photograph of a wild animal by flash. The note of public figures continues with legal and colonial topics as the text moves through a series of short notices.
The annual meeting of the Leeland A t Co stockholders is set for March 16 at 10 a.m. to elect officers and address other business. O. S. Leeland serves as president.
The Hatavia system shows one teacher handling both lesson preparation and recitation in rooms with about thirty to forty pupils, yielding improved attendance and progress. The piece argues for attentive teaching that prepares pupils for mental work, cites Pestalozzi, and notes upcoming school board meetings and teacher examinations with a $1 fee.
In Washington on March 6 President Roosevelt convened Senator Gamble and Senator Kittredge at the White House to urge reconciliation and guide federal patronage decisions. Gamble and Kittredge left differing views on the president's position regarding the federal attorneyship appointment to succeed J. D. Hilio.
Senator Kittredge departs with allies for Panama to confer with President Taft on patronage and attorneyship. A three way conference is planned with Gambler to formulate recommendations before or after travel. Parker and Cook discuss Elliot defeat fueling sentiment in the state.
Miss Ridgway headlined a Mitchell lecture night, drawing full house praise with her readings from Libe French Revolution and Christmas homecoming pieces. Miss Rae LaGrange opened with a piano solo, and Mr. Chalmers offered two bass songs before the program announced Congress man Littlefield of Maine on March 19.
Market report summary shows fluctuating quotes with mixed prices across commodities. Prices range from around $3.25 to $6.50 with various figures presented, reflecting a volatile trading day and ongoing buyer activity.
A dressmaker shows a costume on a dummy priced at thirty nine francs. A country yokel admires it noting the cost is not expensive if it yields cow milking skills, as translated from Le Rire for The Literary Digest.
A reader voice in Illustration for The Literary Digest declares if trains remain full, they will withdraw patronage and switch to buying an automobile, urging the company to act lest rail travel lose riders.
New York City faces a varied snapshot with claims on blackmail reputation, William Street nicknamed Horse and Cart Street in the 1700s, a daily 47090 pounds of condemned food disposed by the Board of Health, and plans for 78 miles of salt water mains with 2021 fire hydrants. The Cathedral of St John the Divine on One Hundred and Tenth Street and Amsterdam Avenue seeks completion in 1950, aiming to rival Europe’s historic churches in cost and beauty.
A Wisconsin ex governor, famed as a storyteller, recounts a New Jersey clambake where his low neck clams joke lands flat. A stern listener quips about clams having no feet while the crowd laughs, then an onlookers question about the governor’s wisdom leads to a final jab at his seaside savvy.
A parsimonious gentleman lures critics to dinner then traps them into funding a supposed charity. He begins a 10 shilling list and, after collecting donations, reveals the joke is his own test of generosity. The London Mail recounts the twist ending.
In Devizes Wiltshire a public subscription monument marks a tale of a village woman who cursed the Almighty during a dispute at the Corn Exchange and died on the spot, with her forged gains later found in her clenched hand.
A playful list maps Kansas towns to punny clues. The jumbled lines hint at towns like Great Bend Abilene Leavenworth Smith Center Paola Manhattan and others through wordplay and homophones. The column from the Kansas City Star reflects a humorous youth activity.
An angry buyer storms into a real estate office claiming his plot sits thirty feet underwater. The agent apologizes and offers a dry suit with each plot, promising to send the buyer his parcel today.
Prince Roland Bonaparte son of the late Prince Pierre who died in 1881 has been elected a member of the Academy of Sciences of France. Thury Winsler veteran died in Wabash Indiana left a fortune of 30000 mostly from a government pension of 50 a month. Amear of Afghanistan delighted by bagpipe music during visit to India pipers may join his establishment. Brown university graduates include Charles E Hughes Edward C Stokes and James H Higgins governors of New York New Jersey and Rhode Island. J B Martin of Tacoma owns an Alaska mine to be used for the total cause.
The article highlights ambitions for profits, a Roosevelt dedication speech in Canton, a Boston zoological society drive, Alfred Smith the top cotton raiser in Oklahoma, and remarks on E H Harriman’s energy and his large Boys Club in New York. It also notes German dramatist Ludwig Walda’s Impressions, and Madison Horn’s Seminole War link.
A New Hampshire hotel keeper notices a female guest repeatedly fetching water from a hall cooler. After offering to fetch it himself, he explains she should ring for service and shows her a bell by her bed, only to learn she mistook the fire alarm for a bell.
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