Local items recount travel and business notes
Rev A Craig Bowdish returns from Lake Preston after aiding in meetings and reports strong interest. Dr E Vermilyea arrives home from New York City with a spring and summer goods line for his dry goods store, expecting restock. Rep Gurrell of The Warning Bell company promotes an upcoming appearance and says the show will appeal to all. Chas Reed visits from Woonsocket for the Odd Fellows grand lodge, plans to sell the Herald and later homestead in Butte County, aiming to return to journalism with a reservation paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. E. Vermilyea
New York City
Gurrell
The
Warning Bell
Chas. Reed
Woonsocket
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Reed
Herald
Butte County
F. J. Kurka
Washington
Iowa
Mitchell
Local weekly notes reflect town growth and travels
Week’s events include visits by Miss S M Watkins and Miss Mildred Hough, a sale of property to Patrick Condran, sewer bond plans, goose hunting trips near Mitchell, and plans for the Thomas orchestra. Fire forces 2000 Aberdeen audience to evacuate. community programs and school visits feature prominently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Condran
Perry
Town
J. N. Cook
Poe Second Avenue
Kimball Street
English History Snippets and Notable Facts
A collection notes that Liverpool residents owe about £40 per person. The first English temperance hall appeared in Bradford in 1837. Chimney taxes were two shillings during Charles II’s era. Welbeck Park near Welbeck covers ten miles with forty one lodges. A 1670 ruling fined a British jury for defying court will. Savernake Forest’s Grand Avenue in Wiltshire stretches five miles, England’s longest tree-lined path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Bradford
Yorkshire
Welbeck
Doctor Declines Immediate Bill From Patient
A sick man asks the doctor to present his bill. The doctor refuses saying he does not want to worry the patient. The man agrees and the doctor says he will send the bill to the executor in due time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Standard and Times
Gause For Alarm and Benham Banter
A brief New York Press exchange shows Gause warning of an alarm and Mrs Benham joking about early arrival. Benham replies that worrying would imply something wrong with him. The light remark captures a domestic humor moment from the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gause
Benham
Mrs. Benham
New York Press
Talkative acquaintance halves chance to teach new insights
A New York Press line notes that a very talkative acquaintance, given half a chance, will reveal a wealth of knowledge you didn’t previously know. The quip underscores how dialogue can unlock learning through conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Dooley Wins Bid for Parsonage Paint Job in Lancaster NH
Dear Sir recounts painter Dooley of Lancaster NH hired to paint Episcopal parsonage. He predicted 20 gallons of Devoe, agent L F Moore offered 10 gallons. Eleven gallons sufficed, the 10 plus one. The note ends with Moore not painting parsonages on shares this year.
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Dooley
Chicago
Lancaster
Episcopal Parsonage
Devoe
L. F. Moore
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A. Craig Bowdish
Omaha Road
Lake Preston
S. M. Watkins
Tall
Waedneseday
Ter Hotge
Marion
Ohio
John Y. Kean
Mildred Hough
Algona
Vermillion
Sioux City
Yankton
Max Korn
London
Canada
Korn
Mr. Korn
Grand Army of the Republic
George A. Silsby
Silshy
Fred M. Bailey
North Dakota
Barnum
Barnum & Bailey
W. B. Smith
Lennox
Lewis Jacobs
Exchange Bank
John JL. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
J. G. McCartney
J. F. Atkinson
W. A. Greene
Pukwana
Dr. Atkinson
Greene
McCartney
Atkinson
Breckenridge
H. Kelley
Beadle County
Omahi Road
Aronday
John Brown
Harry
Sanborn Iowa
Mrs. Brown
Dr Wower
Mitchell Club
Ains- Worth
D. ©. Bassett
D. M. Tiffany
W. H. Wilkinson
Jack Mueller
Lane
T. J. Johnson
Emery
Milwaukee
Jay H. Craton
Wessineton Springs
Agno
Mt. Vernon
Charles Seaman
Will Chatterdon
We Are King” Company
Lady Elks
United States
Colonel Scott
Capt. Storey
Salvation Army Hall
Storey
Doane
Frizzell
C. A. Miller
Plattsburg
N. Y
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Miller
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Evangelist Johnson
Aong
C. W. Owen
Bonesteel
Andrew J. Grout
M. Tymeson
Grout
Grippe
Frank Grout
John BE. Nelson
Viroqua
Wis
AW. Rozsell
Pienksilen
Jook
Walter Scott
Dakota
Wesinvyan
Cumberland
M. Wright
Parkston
S. B. Spink
A. L. Mann
Miner County
Mann
LaDue Street
Ff. J. Herrick
Turner Produce Co
Rockford, Ill
Mr. Herrick
J. L. Woods
Northwestern Live Stock Commission Co
Mr. Woods
Agene
Singer
Eugene
Thomas
Fr. P. Stone
HE. Brion
A. L. Jensen
J. M. Johnson
Sioux Falls
Chamberlain
Sioux Halls
Omaha
Canton
Meckling
L. D. Milne
J. C. Milne
Haron
Olympia
Wash
Order of Home Guardians
Mr. Milne
Wyoming
China
Scott
Salvation Army
City Hall
Listol
Will
Locallion Bros
Western National Bank
MR. Farmer
Farmers’ Tribune
West
Minnesota
Nebraska
John Thompson
University of Minnesota
H. G. McMillan
O. F. Curtiss
Iowa Agricultural College
H. R. Smith
Nebraska Agricultural College
J. W. Wilson
South Dakota Agricultural Cost
T. L. Haecker
Daily Republican
Republican
Farmers’ Tabune
Mitchell Capital
Jewelry
Townsan Jewelry Co
Hand
Hyde
Champeny Block
Lewis Shuster
J. Llewellyn Morgar
Sanborn
Mitchell Printing Co
Col. J
Serverson & Son Mitchell, S. D
Great Wheat Plains
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
WM. Pearson CO. Ltd
Northern Bank Building
Winnipeg
Dr. King
MR. William Koch
Mitchell, S. D
Mr Moore
F. W Devoe & CO
New York
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