Educational notes on county school activities fading into summer
A county education column highlights student fundraising for library books at Mt Vernon No 14 and No 1a, spelling contests, and a district institute. Teachers such as Miss Jessie Elion and Miss Agnes Schiech win prizes. Prof Browne plans to leave for Washington.
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Dora Williams
Mt. Vernon No. 14
Blanche Orswell
Mt. Vernon No. 1A
Miss Williams
Lulu Stoughton
Baker No. 1
Bennie Brown
Mattie Gordon
Victor
Mitchell
Mitchell No. 6
Jessie Elion
Prosper Township
Estella Hofstetter
Maud
Mable Jackson
Ethan
Schlund
Blendon Township
Henry Hendrickson
Mae Noit
O. E. Browne
State of Washington
Mt. Verron High School
Regular Teachers Examination Set for Mitchell Dates
Notice states a regular teacher's examination will be held at the west side school building in Mitchell on March 18 and 19 1904. Applicants may seek state first second or third grade certificates with required teaching experience and fees 5 2 dollars respectively. Examinations begin 8 00 a m on Friday with travel needs noted for distant residents.
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West Side
Mitchell
Davison County
W. Coursey
County Superitendent
Make Money with Aluminum Card Case Offer
Advertises Marsh Manufacturing Co of Chicago selling a sample aluminum card case engraved with your name and 100 business cards. Postpaid sample case and 100 cards for 40 cents, case included. Retail price 75 cents. Send 40 cents for case and 100 cards or 80 cents for 100 cards without case. Mention this paper.
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Jex
Marsh Manufacturing Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Mitchell not a knock er in capital debate insists on fairness
Tyndall Tribune argues editors backing Mitchell for the capital do not knock western South Dakota. It claims Pierre and its boosters misrepresent the plains west of the Missouri and cites Peterson's Illustrated Atlas as offering a stronger rebuke to Pierre's claims. It says distributing the atlas to voters could settle the capital location next November.
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Tyndall
Bon Thomme County
Tribune
Mitchell
Commonwealth
Pierre
Great Plains
Table Land
Missouri
Sioux Falls
Chicago
Peterson
South Dakota
Henpecked Joke Excerpt From Princeton Tiger Comic
A Princeton Tiger comic quips about a man urged to mail a letter to his sharp tongued wife. The joke contrasts a “pore feller” driven from pillar to post with a plan to escape domestic scolding.
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Princeton Tiger
Favorite Prescription Posed as Cure for Female Ailments
A testimonial from Tarboro North Carolina praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for restoring regularity reducing discharge and healing uterine trouble. The ad claims backache headaches and other female diseases are cured and notes the product aids sleep appetite and energy.
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Dr. Pierce
Hyomei inhaler promise cures catarrh for a dollar
Mitchell merchants Scallin Bros back Hyomei with a money back guarantee if catarrh remains after use. The pocket inhaler delivers antiseptic balsams to the lungs nose and throat, claiming to kill germs and relieve irritated mucous membranes.
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Oost
Mitchell
Scallin Bros
Leeland Art Company Advances Stereo Scope Holder Venture
Leeland Art & Manufacturing Company, formed to run photograph galleries and market stereo scope picture holders, takes possession today from Rothenberger & Myers. The gallery will be remodeled with modern furniture and fixtures. production of the holders will begin soon for city distribution. Inventor Q.O. Leeland leads with partners O. C. Thompson H. H. Garey John Oppedahl Edward Fitch.
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Leeland Art & Manufacturing Company
Rothenberger & Myers
Rothenberger and Myers
O. C. Thompson
Mitchell
H. H. Garey
John Oppedahl
Edward Fitch
Dolan's Ointment Promoted as Cure for Plague
A boastful ad claims a single safe cure for a skin plague that has afflicted most people. Dolan's Ointment is offered at 50 cents in a small drug store.
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Dolan
Republican judicial convention scheduled for Mitchell May 2 1904
The fourth judicial circuit held a brief meeting led by Chairman Foster and set a Republican convention in Mitchell on Monday May 2 1904 at 1 o clock p m. Delegates are allotted by votes for Charles N He tried for governor in 1902 with a county delegate at large. Counties listed include Aurora Buffalo Brule Dav ison Hanson Jerauld Lyman Sanborn. Attending members were A S Stover Kimball W C Cook Chas McDonald and T J Spangler.
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Fourth Judicial Circuit
Foster
Mitchell
Sioux Halls
Chas. N
Aurora
Buffalo
Brule
Davison
Hanson
Jerauld
Lyman
Sanborn
A. S. Stover
Kimball
W. C. Cook
Plankinton
Chas. McDonald
Wessington Springs
T. J. Spangler
Millet Seed Wanted for Carload Purchase
Reliance Elevator Co announces urgent need for about 600 bushels millet seed to fill a carload. Contact E. VanAlstine, agent, Mitchell, S. D. Also a medicinal note promotes Cole's Cough Cure for coughs common in March, sold by druggists.
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Millet Seed
Millett
Reliance Elevator Co. E
VanAlstine
Mitchell, S. D
Cole
Mrs Bixby To Die And Join Father
Mrs Bixby declares she is going to die and join her husband. A companion hopes to warn the father about the impending death, reflecting a grave family conversation in Town Topics.
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Bixby
Cole's Veterinary Carbonsalve and Bloodbuilder Ad
An old advert touts Cole's Veterinary Carbonsalve as a guaranteed cure for wounds and sores with no scarring. It promotes Cole's Bloodbuilder to improve blood health and overall vitality, claiming satisfaction guaranteed by druggists and a price tag of 50 cents to $1.00.
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Cole
Fortunes of a Fool book tease from Hicks Scribbler
Somerville Journal hints at a new work by Hicks Scribbler titled The Fortunes of a Fool. The note humorously questions whether it is an autobiography or fiction.
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Hicks—Scribbler
Wicks
Somerville Journal
Dr Wood’s Pine Syrup Promotes Family Medicine Chest
A vintage health pitch urges every home to keep Dr Wood’s Pine Syrup as the first remedy for coughs and colds, marketed as nature’s treatment. The message emphasizes household preparedness and the product’s comforting, medicinal appeal.
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Dr. Wood
Stock Exchange Offer Left Unclaimed by Friend
A Philadelphia Ledger note quotes a man who, meeting a friend in the stock exchange, is offered a good opportunity but cannot lend any money. The reply: sorry, no cent to lend.
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Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Ledger
Sale at Cost Offer by Local Storekeeper
Mr Wm Koch owner assigns sale of overlarge stock of implements harness and buggies at cost due to family illness and state assent. George Murner states he will not be undersold by anyone in the trade.
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Wm. Koch
George Murner
Mitchells Chancellor Capital Fight Gains Momentum
Ralph W. Wheelock notes South Dakota visitors to the Twin Cities view Mitchell advancing in the capital relocation campaign. The piece suggests mounting pressure ahead of election day could revive early statehood dynamics and indicate broad statewide interest.
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Ralph W. Wheelock
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Twin Cities
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Remarkable Virginia Baby Cough Cure Story
In a small Virginia town in winter 1902 Mrs. John F. Harmon of Melfa Station recalls using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after her baby suffered a severe cold. She credits the remedy with preventing pneumonia and urges others to try it, noting it is sold by all druggists.
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Virginia
John F. Harmon
Melfa Station
Chamberlain
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