County Superintendent Notes and School News
County education updates list W I Smith visiting Hand county and Will Bromwell in Alpena. June 20 set for county school picnic. R Z Kirkpatrick withdraws from Lon ors. Miss Clara Hatheway completes Rome township term then pursues Dakota University Normal. Miss Mamie Ward resumes business studies at Western Business College. Maud Snow joins Mitchell Fruit Company. Three more county graduates Agnes Seebeich Blanche Jones Gertrude Hoffman. Miss Belle Spink teaches. Prof Hof to Woonsocket then Plankinton. G A Fry to Brule institute. Potter county engagement canceled. H G Coursey visits Beadle county after Prosper township stint. Belle Spink hosts a taffy pull. grandfather Spink dies Sunday. Ethan Board of Education discusses bonds for new two department school. vote postponed pending valuation and bonding amount.
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W. I. Smith
Hand County
Will Bromwell
Alpena
R. Z Kirkpatrick
Vermillion
Clara Hatheway
Rome Township
Dakota University
Mamie Ward
Western Business College
Maud Snow
Mitchell Fruit Company
Agnes Seebeich
Blanche Jones
Gertrude Hoffman
Belle Spink
Mitchell High School
F. H. Hof
Woonsocket
Plankinton
G. A. Fry
Brule County Institute
Potter County
Wrosper Township
H. G. Coursey
Beadle County
Tyler School
Prosper Township
Mitchell
Angel of Death
Private trolley car with sleeping and dining facilities
The article notes a $15,000 private trolley car ordered by a wealthy Massachusetts investor. It argues such fully equipped cars will enable extended trips on electric lines and promote luxurious trolley travel, offering convenient access to towns rail service only skirts.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
Butte Metal Boom Outstrips Nations in Wealth
Butte's wealth from mines rivals national income with about 55 million dollars from mining and a copper output that powers a quarter of world production. The Anaconda group leads in copper, while silver and gold output add to Butte's vast mineral bounty, equaling large state totals in Colorado and Colorado.
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Butte
Butte City
Holland
Department of Electrical Development
United States
Anaconda
Germany
Colorado
Montana
Ray Stannard Dakerine
Illumination of Philadelphia church marks love of God sign
Above the cornice of John Chambers Memorial Church in Philadelphia, electric letters spell Church of the Love of God a distance away. Forty feet above, a six foot revolving star lights the night with flashing national colors, kept running by an electric motor and donated by John Wanamaker.
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Philadelphia
John Chambers
John Wanamaker
Keep a Cheerful Mind in Adversity, Milwaukee Journal
The piece urges maintaining cheerfulness under hardship as a true virtue, arguing it surpasses bravery in battle. It stresses self control in small matters, readjustment after losses, and optimism that every cloud has a silver lining despite dark appearances.
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Milwaukee Journal
Ormskirk Church Tower and Spire Stand Side by Side
An architectural curiosity in England features the parish church of Ormskirk in Lancashire with a tower built over the west porch and a spire placed immediately beside it. A legend says Orme the Saxon pirate’s daughters argued over the design, each winning in part, leaving both tower and steeple to observe the countryside.
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England
Ormskirk
Lancashire
Orme
Coun
Government Waste Paper Streams In Daily Tons
Waste paper from English government offices totals at least fifteen tons each day. It is collected at the waste paper office and sent to a mill to be pulped and remade into paper. Telegraph department ribbons also arrive at the waste paper office.
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Government Telegraph
Labor costs thwart Southern California crops
Great efforts in southern California to grow tea sme opium and perfumery fail due to prohibitive labor costs making crops unremunerative despite suitable climate and plant growth.
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California
Heredity Reflected in Tiny Market Mood
A Baltimore American fragment shows a father with a gloomy face pushing a perambulator while the baby babbles. The father notes heredity by citing the infant’s cheerful urge to go shopping, just like the mother, even as he confesses debt.
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Baltimore
Parker-Whats wrong You seem worried
Streeter confesses he wrote two notes to his broker and Miss Golding asking about his worth and about a possible romance. A mysterious telephone reply of Yes arrived while he was out, and he cannot tell which note prompted it.
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Parker
Streeter
Miss Golding
Auntie Finds Jackie sobling in Corner
In a Boston Courier excerpt, Auntie discovers Jackie sobling in a corner and asks what troubles her. Jackie explains Mma missed some jelly, and Auntie realizes the culprit is her sipper’s slip.
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Jackie
Mma
Boston Courier
Definition of a contingent fee offended lawyer
A Cleveland Pisin Dealer quips about Gruber's contingent fee rule. The response reveals a client’s disdain for the idea that payment depends on case outcome. The joke hinges on the lawyer client distinction, highlighting skepticism toward contingency arrangements.
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Gruber
Cleveland
For the Children's Sake Rent installment request
A woman with a large family tells the rent agent she has paid this month's rent and asks to paper the house again in spring. She notes her children have no more room to draw pictures, highlighting housing strain in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis Sun
Fragmented dialogue and stray notices in early edition
A collage of clipped lines and garbled chatter from varied papers includes quips about a father’s retirement and a mocked blessing, plus snippets like a butcher joke about meat supply and a Yonkers Herald line, reflecting a noisy, unreadable page segment with mixed voices.
Paris Street Car Depot Notice To Burglars
A quaint notice outside a Paris street car company depot informs burglars that no money or valuables are left at night and asks burglars to spread the fact among the fraternity to avoid trouble and loss of time. Mortgages largely finance property growth or business needs rather than disaster, per census.
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Paris
Aged Citizen Volney H Spink Dies After Week of Illness
Volney H. Spink dies at his south side residence after a week of sickness due to bronchitis and heart disease. Born May 3, 1824 in New York, he moved to Dakota in 1879 and farmed near Ethan. Survived by wife and five children, funeral at the Methodist church with service by Presiding Elder Hager. burial in Graceland cemetery.
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Volney H. Spink
New York State
Dakota Territory
Ethan
R. M
8. B. Spink
Charles
William
Washinon
B. A. Bobb
John
Methodist Church
Litsey
Tillotson
Kratz and Briggs
Hager
T. H. Youngman
Graceland Cemetery
Chas. Palmer
C. N. Vegus
E.lowrie
4. S. Barnard
J. C. Purdy l
Asa Dodd
Postoffice Building Contract Awarded and Plans Revealed
Bids for a new postoffice building were submitted to Smith and Davison and awarded to A J Kings. The 55 by 110 foot structure on Main Street will house the post office on the lower floor and business space, with the oak-finished upper floor leased to the Mitchell Club except for offices. Contractors Kinus sublets stone work to Gottlieb Scheurenbrand and will start once excavation ends. walls to be pyrasite and front brick. The basement soil delay due to excess water, but completion is aimed quickly.
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Postoffice
Smith & Davison
A. J. Kings
Main Street
Post Office Department
Mitchell Club
Kinus
Gottlieb Scheurenbrand
Omaha
Queen Mary Chairs Fetch 220 in London Sale
Two black oak chairs claimed to have belonged to Mary Queen of Scots and saved from Linlithgow Palace during Hawley’s Dragoons raid sold in London for 220 dollars each. The sale highlights historic royal artifacts changing hands in the capital.
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Queen Mary
Mary Queen of Scots
Hawley’s Dragoons
Linlithgow Palace
London
Cole Younger Remembered as Bible Student in Youth
Mrs. Frank Armstrong of Nevada Missouri recalls Cole Younger the pardoned Minnesota bandit as a devoted Bible student who learned much of the New Testament by heart during his youth.
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Cole Younger
Frank Armstrong
Nevada
Minnesota
The Perpetual Quest for Exact Time
A household habit of correcting every detail exhausts patience. The piece notes how minor factual corrections over days and hours disturb family harmony when exact precision isn’t needed and no truth is violated. It argues against overemphasis on exact times for unimportant matters.
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Papa
Mamma
Jenny
Jane
Labor Saving Soup Tricks At A Busy Table
A waiter at a table d hote restaurant explains that the chef, short of food, added pepper to soup so portions seem larger. He argues guests will accept small portions if the consommé is very hot, likening it to tabasco sauce, and notes tricks in cooking.
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United States
T. M. Roberts Supply Co., Incorporated
Paid Capital
S. L. Ingram
Dept. 8
Minneapolis
Minn
New York Press
Algonquin Verbal Heirlooms and Common English Words
An article notes Algonquin derivations in English, listing many words such as moccasin raccoon snowshoe powwow tomahawk totem wigwam and woodchuck, reflecting the tribe’s influence before forced removal and highlighting everyday terms that entered usage.
Taxpayer laments missing hearing on assessment
A frustrated Chicago taxpayer says he cannot obtain any hearing to reduce his assessment, claiming he stands in line for hours daily without progress, while a friend suggests he does not have influence with officeholders.
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Chicago Tribune
A Tea Legend From Ancient China Emerges in Folklore
An old legend credits King Shen Nung, the divine farmer of forty centuries ago, with discovering tea when leaves from a tea branch fell into his boiling water. The tale portrays how accidental infusion sparked a global beverage practice.
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Shen Nung
The Polyglot Menu and La Moyne-It's Language Spark
The Philadelphia Record notes La Montt-It offers a multilingual menu. English dishes receive French names when leftovers linger and then Latin on the third day, reflecting evolving branding and economy.
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la Moyne
Philadelphia Record
A Safe Time to Crows
An inland old lady notes her grandson’s Europe trip during a dry summer. she jokes the sea won’t be as deep as usual. The remark blends rural weather with distant plans, reflecting cautious optimism about travel amid seasonal heat.
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Europe
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