Mitchell Hometown Happenings Highlight Local Moves
Local column notes a flurry of Mitchell events including visits by residents from surrounding towns, sales and transits of stock and goods, theater attendance, new business ventures, and preparations for spring repairs.
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Die
Dakota Post
Mitchell
A. H. Wheaton
Wheaton
South Dakota
C. H. VanTassell
Sanborn County
George Bryan
Bryan
Sanborn
Emma Haynes
Vermillion
State University
Mt. Vernon
Letcher
Plankinton
Alexandria
Fulton
Chas, Ferguson
Kansas City
Ferguson
Hood
Machem
Daisy Rudloff
Iowa
Geo. Meuters
Frank Ives
Ed. Beebe
Pueblo
Colorado
Geo. Slater
Rosedale Township
Hanson County
First Street
Col
J. M. Adams
G. G. Cowhick
Sue C. Moulton
Faulkton
W.R.C. Corps
Clara Lukens
Frank Calhoun
Lou Lord
Lisbon
N. D
F. L. Mease
Madison
Editor Mease
The
Sentinel
R. N. Kratz
C. E. Hager
Jennie Parshall
Portland
Oregon
Artesian Wells Prove Successful in New South Wales
Artesian wells have proven successful in New South Wales where underground water lies across a vast area. The aquifer extends over about 62 000 square miles and promises broader access to groundwater resources in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New South Wales
Bachelor Girls Club hides a secret oath bound circle
Twelve Mount Vernon women formed the Lovely Dozen a secret bachelor girls club aimed at restricting the city’s twelve most eligible bachelors. The initiation involved disguises and an oath as outsiders were excluded. Father of founder Belle Metz describes the ordeal with blindfolds and staged dares, leaving victims marked with indelible ink hieroglyphics.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Lovely Dozen
Mr. Metz
Belle Metz
Bachelor Girls’ Club
Wood Alcohol From Wood Liquids Promises Industrial Boost
Mining and Scientific Press notes over 60 percent of wood can be turned into liquid through pyroligneous processes. A cord yields pyroligneous acid nine gallons of crude wood alcohol, lime acetate, tar, and charcoal. Wood alcohol serves as a cheaper grain alcohol substitute for solvents, shellac varnish, cellulose, photography, and dyeing, with wide U.S. production and Sweden also exporting.
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United States
Sweden
Stockholm
Old Time Papermakers Craft Paper For Pratt Institute
The article notes Morris used unbleached linen rags and handmade molds to achieve surface variety, rejecting machine-made wood pulp paper. Paper, made for him by Mr. Batchelor near Ashford, recalls early printer papermaking with three water marks the apple, the daisy, and the perch with a spray, initials W M.
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Mr. Morris
Batchelor
Little Chart
Ashford
W. M
Pratt Institute Monthly
Might Be Better Dadlow Song Prompt
Dialogue snippet shows Dadlow and Roxbury Gazette editors discussing whether a song sung by Jaggins is popular. Dafney confirms and Dadlow suggests an unpopular choice. Context suggests a newspaper column or caption style exchange. No clear event or outcome.
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Dadlow
Jaggins
Dafney
Roxbury Gazette
Carrying a Flattery Too Far
A humorous item from Tid-Bits features a doctor declaring twins and a young husband quipping that his wife’s hobby is living cheaply in pairs. The exchange highlights domestic wit and frugal insight in a playful dialogue.
Health and vitality through Dr Pierce Medicine
The piece extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for appetite loss headaches nervousness and fatigue. It claims the remedy purifies blood strengthens nerves and builds flesh with high success against consumption and related illnesses. It also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and laxative relief.
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Pierce
All Medicine
Rebecca F. Gardner
Grafton
York Va
Dr. Pierce
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J. W. Norris
J. K. Berg
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Geo. Douthit
Jewett Bros
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W. A. Blyan Wriday
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J. J. McDougall
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Vanatian Pacific
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J. W. Broadbent CO
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Mitchell, South Dakota
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