Mitchell News Briefs Show Gentle Seasonal Drift
Local items recount Mrs. Berkwith returning home from Elk Point and Clyde Bobb visiting St. Louis for medical studies. Notes on relatives, moves, travels, and social visits across Mitchell with plans for quarrying, mining, and construction projects. A wedding in Cass City, Mich., and arrivals in town accompany civic updates on a new stone hall, a hotel project, and railroad station changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Berkwith
Elk Point
Clyde Bobb
St. Louis
Diagnostician to Meet at Raymond Hotel in Mitchell
The Chicago specialists' Diagnostician will be at the Raymond Hotel Mitchell on Tuesday March 17 for a free consultation. Reports from Manager Wilson say Freeland Extension Mining Co. bids are weak, not reaching peak Colorado production. For farm machinery and supplies, B. B. Van Ailstine, near Milwaukee depot in Mitchell offers stock, prices, and terms to fit buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson Bros
Jasper
Minn
Fred Widmann
Wilson
Freeland Extension Mining Co
Chas. Gottschalk
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Daniel Sully
Mill Stream
Sully
United States
Walrath
Republican
Chicago
Diagnostician
Raymond Hotel
Colorado
St.ck
B. B. van Ailstine
Milwaukee
Mitchell, S. D
Biased Son of Erin Pursues The O Sullivan Cascade
From Aubrey de Vere's recollections a tale of an Irish traveler in Switzerland who proclaims Wicklow Mountains far superior to Mont Blanc and mocks the O Sullivan cascade at Killarney for its insufficient height or breadth, despite praise from others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Sullivan
Aubrey de Vere
Switzerland
Wicklow
Mont Blanc Range
Chamouri
Killarney
Chinese engagements and the role of red cards in marriage
The article explains that Chinese engagements date from the exchange of parental red cards, enormous documents used as future dispute evidence. It notes that broken engagements are rare, with law sometimes imposing fines, and describes how the bride’s arrival in bridal dress before the groom’s house fulfills the contract. It also explains wedding dates chosen by the groom’s parents and imperial lucky days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
An Irish Squires Advice and Ancient Masks
An Irish squire counsels a hopeful challenger to soap his nose to slip past Healy of Loughlinstown. A Kansas City editor calls the Irish stance contemptuous. The piece surveys ancient masks from Mycene to Egypt and Peru to illustrate masks’ cultural roles. African languages nearing 700 posed missionary challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healy
Loughlinstown
Kansas City Independent
Mycene
Schliemann
Peru
Rameses II
Memphis
Egypt
Africa
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H.c.tapp
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J. O
Tiffany
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Vermillion
Florence
State University
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Mt Vernon
Mr. Rowley
William G. Colvin
Austin Berry
Parkston
F. H. Winsor
George
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Reuben Dwight
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R. D. Prescott
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H. H. Garey
J. M. Newell
Frank Hatch
T. B. Smiley
Mt. Vernon
Yankton
Masonic Temple
Woodbury Higgins
McKinley & Eddy
Higgins
Swindler
West Hirst Street
New Century Memorial Hall
Sioux Falls
Geo. M. Rowley
H. G. Nichols
Gertrude Becker
John Tuckey
Cass City
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John
Michigan
William Hoyt
Torney
Thomas Dean
Jay A. Dundass
Madison
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Jay
John Dunlevy
Fifth and
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John Slater
O. J. Fish
0. Hi. Perry
Mr. Fish
Walter H. Broadbent
Dubuque
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Y.fw. Broadbent Furniture Co
George Lindsay
Chamberlain
Congregational Church
Faver
Rockies
Mr. Tomlin
Lindsay
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Milwaukee Co
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Erin
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Rocky Mountain Tea
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New York
Milo
JB. Stevens
11Th St
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A. B. Hager
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Champeny Block
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Serveson & Son
A. E. Hitchcock
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