Local notes from DGER and Vernon area farms
March reports from Redfield and nearby farm communities detail new settlers, land purchases, and preparations for spring. Missing school clock and a shop now ready for various repairs are noted alongside weather impacts and a planned Old Settlers celebration. Additional items include local visits and the spread of travel tales like the mythic devil tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dger
Badger
J. P. Shaw
Redfield
Mr. Greenburg
New Richmond
Ind
E. D. Watkins
J. A. Kipp
L. R. Bingham
H. L. Omealey
A. M. Logana
Mary
H. H. Williams
Iowa
Titus
Miss Grace
Clay Young
Eight Nationalities and a Night Watchman Quip
An east side alderman boasts he was elected by eight nationalities but names seven. A reporter suggests Americans as the eighth, sparking a humorous exchange. The note recalls Charley the night watchman tolling the hours in Ely Place London. Snobbery and pretension are contrasted with the irony of elevated status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Detroit Free Press
Ely Place
Holborn
Charley
London Globe
Samuel
Local notices and ads from Yankton Gazette edition
Local items advertise Webster's grocery and hardware stores Henry Koch offerings from combs to groceries and new stock. Mentions Mrs A Scallin visiting Scotland and J N Crow on farms. John Scriven in city. new light prints at Henry Kochs. binding twine contract. Royal baking powder plea. Also auctions, milk cows for sale, farm equipment war prices, coffee lines, stoneware and churns, and spring millinery plans. Social events include WCTU reception at Odd Fellows hall and a Milwaukee man buying property in Mitchell. plus clock at Pehrson store, death of Lillian Dundas, and Day family moving in with cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry King
Parker
Koch
A. Scallin
Scotland
Joan
J. N. Crow
Yankton
John R. Scriven
Senate
Henry Koch
Crown
M. C. Porter
East First Street
L. E. Stair
Royal
J. E. French
C. T. Stockton
Fulton
Frank Baughman
Main Street
John Hasley
Milwaukee
Running Water
Hasley
Mitchell
A. H. Pehrson
Washington
Western Union
H. E. Marquardt
Minneapolis
Pherson
Milwaukee Road
J. O. Walrath
East Sixth Street
Day County
Burr Farm
Monkeys in India Use Tactics to Break Up Packs
A Strand Magazine tale details how tribes disperse aggressive monkey packs by capturing leaders. Men lure the big male with a trap near orchards, bind him to a tree, soap his head, shave him, then release him. without a leader the pack falls apart. The account notes the nuisance to villagers and the ritualized, nonlethal capture method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bengal
Gotha
Willy Nilly
Shikari
Strand Magazine
The True Manna A Lichen From the Sahara Desert
The article describes the true manna of Scripture as the lichen Canona esculenta also called Lichen esculentus found in the Sahara and spread to Persia Arabia and Mesopotamia. Nomads collect it at dawn when it forms a morning crust on sand and dries in sun. it yields a sweet gel when boiled into a paste used in various dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saharan
M. Chastrey
Sahara
Algeria
Ousseh-el-Ard
Persia
Arabia
Mesopotamia
Chaambra
San Francisco Chronicle
A Weighty Question in a Private Tutor Tale
A Chicago gilded youth is tutored in algebra using Christ as the plus baseline. The tutor asks how many years between 10 B C and 10 A D, but the student replies only if he knows Christ's birth year. The anecdote appears in the Chicago Record. A London satirical note mocks opera fans freed from the burden of a stall complaint, joking about impatience and wasted time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christ
Realistic Act and Viennese Women From a Bygone Era
A Philadelphia Post nugget describes an onstage mishap where Rip Van Winkle stays asleep midperformance until a prompter pricks him, ending with a hurried curtain. It also surveys Vienna’s women in a retrospective piece praising charm, economy, and marriage-minded culture from Edward A. Steiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip van Winkle
Chicago
Jefferson
Rip
Goda
Prommer
Philadelphia Post
Vienna
Austria
Edward A. Steiner
Her Liquid Voice
A London Fun gag line depicts a talk about a wife with a liquid voice. Mr F compliments the phrase and Mr T explains the name derives from it never drying up, in a light exchange between two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. F
Mr. T
London
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MT. Vernon
Mis. Vernon
C. B. Hoppock
Rock Valley
Annie Haynes
Wm. Westphall
Walt Baker
Fred
Mr. Bailey
Dakota University
M. E
Coon
Alexandria
Old Settlers Association
C. W. Kellie
R. W. Hughes
Sioux City
Manitoba
Bucklen
Amnica
S. H. Scarlin
Borneo
Sumatra
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sarah E
Miner
Lincoln
Homor Geeas
Porren D.axpc. Corp
Bole Props
Boston
Chas. Burnside
THE
Gillis Shoe CO
Combs
Webster’s
Webster's
Wm. Koch
Henry Koch’s
R. F
Dundase
Marvin
Mass
Lillian
Monkeys
London Saturday Review
Jeffers Rip van Winkle
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