Mitchell items show local moves and incidents
Mitchell residents and visitors are active with travels, marriages, business openings, and property changes. Notable notes include a marriage of Thomas H Newman and Agnes Hlavka, new store openings at Vermilyearos and the Potts marble works, plus visits by King of Scotland and Rev Hammond. News also reports break ins, court cases, and upcoming entertainments in Mitchell and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. If. Potts
Chalkstone House
North Main Street
Mr. Potts
Mitchell Granite & Marble Works
Thomas H. Newman
Agnes Hlavka
Justice McKinley
Thomas Chopski
Mary Hlavka
Vermilyearos
Stewart Tailey
Republican
Jesuesday
Colorado Springs
Colo
M. Talphide
First Avenue
Genie Austin
Tar and feathers punishment tale from 12th century England
A London Mail account describes Richard I ordering a 1189 penalty for theft involving shaving the head, pouring boiling pitch, and shaking a cushion of feathers, followed by abandonment at the first landfall. It notes modern interest in such swift, extralegal justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Richard J
Holy Land
London Mail
The Quest for True Beauty Through History Gossip
A famed sculptor dismisses perfect beauty as unattainable and notes that Cleopatra may have had reddish hair and freckles, while an English scholar argues Mary Stuart likely squinted and Mme. Du Barry used dentures. The passage playfully travels through historic rumors about famous women’s flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleopatra
Ptolemy
Boks
Mary
Queen of Scots
Mme. du Barry
The Women of Carthage and the Siege
A grand old story tells how Carthaginian women, led by a heroic queen, supplied ropes during a siege when the city lacked a flag. They endured hardship to aid the defenders as Romans pressed the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Thea
English trip reflects gardens crops and potatoes voyage notes
The writer recounts an Atlantic crossing to Liverpool and a London visit. He lists English and Irish plants, early potato varieties like Newman's Perfection, and hopes for Dakota cultivation. On board Saxonia, a Seaman's Charities concert raised about 200 dollars for the orphan home in Liverpool amid stormy seas and wireless news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ss. Idately
Imerrie
London
Mitchell
Crimson Thorne
Ohio
England
Ireland
Dakota
Newman
Saxonia
Boston
Seaman’s Charities
Seaman’s Orphan Home
Liverpool
America
Hoeland
Auld Lang Syne
Russia
Japan
How Sculptors Work In Marble And The Women Voter
A detailed look at marble sculpture outlining the division of labor from model to final cut. It explains sculptors rely on skilled artisans for cutting and finishing while maintaining overall direction and occasionally contributing to facial work. It also describes rough shaping, drilling holes to map form, and removing perforated sections to reveal the statue’s outline. A cartoonish anecdote about a cynical bachelor’s answer to a woman’s suffrage question closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
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TH. N. Lewis
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Anita
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Virgil Boyles
Jasper
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Artie Drake
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Sioux City
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Ethan
Henry Lewis
John McDonald
Justice Tobey
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Main Street
I. P. Trammond
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Fl. Cassil
Canton
Widman
Taylor
Alexandra
Katharine Ridgeway
Greeree W. Watkins
Redfield
W. Co. Wapp
A. C. Shepherd
Watertown
Mt. Vernon
O. HW
Perry
I. L. Rowley
Lailian Patterson
Elippe
Hiuirkharde
Ms . Goodlad
Hivelk
Ien
Mas. J. Waynes
Mebane
Biteh
Wello
Mr. Vernon
Mitehull
Fin Katharine Rideaway
Perry House
United States District Court
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George Hammer
Walt M. Leslie
Leslie
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
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Pagan
Wilborn
Africa
South Side
C. I. Holshire
Johnson & Co
Mitchell Steam Laundry
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Thos. Yaubman
Plankinton Herald
Doursday
O. I Cassem
Mite
O H Walshire
Mitewell
Rob. McCardy
Atis Et Racine
I. BR
Valistine
Jerome Werte
Viktor
Salvation Ariy
O. J. Cassen Western National Bank
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Opera House
BE. GB van Alstine
Yankton
Yankton College
Huron
C. I. Holmes
Winfred
Holmes
Gayville
Js. B. van Alstine
Will Harker
Geddes
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Los Angeles
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Harker
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the Women of
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L. E. Stair
Photographic Studio
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Joab B. Mcormick
Chaims
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Jonsh BK
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