Local News Matters from Mitchell and Vicinity
Mitchell area items include Tannett in Sioux Rapids for depositions, deaths in Sun Prairie, and a G A R Decoration Day plan. Also notes on baseball bandwagon, Tipton buying east Third street residence, weather impacts on wheat, a ladies party at Mitchell Club rooms, and local court and oil-field interests.
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JP. Miller
Tannett
Dar Rapids
Iowa
W. W. Corcoran
Corcoran
Sun Rairie
Wis
Sioux Falls
Canaries
Cedar Rapids
Argus
J. G. McCartney
Spencer
Mitchell Club
Casey Craner
Anna Lewis
Roxy Butterfield
Margie Becker
Anna Sickler
Grace Beckwith
Imperial Orchestra
Leech Weather Prophet Warns of Storms and Frost
The Toledo Blade reports a folk method using a leech as a weather predictor. A leech in water responds by changing position to signal fair or stormy weather, wind events, frost, or snow based on its movement and water exposure.
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Toledo Blade
The Newspaper and Public Fame
A quotation from the New York Press extols the newspaper as essential to public life and personal reputation. It argues that without the press no achievements, ventures, or voices reach the public or endure for posterity.
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New York Press
Philanthropist Heads to Finland to Aid Poor
International philanthropist whose relief work spans nations travels to Finland to assist the needy and improve living conditions among the Finnish poor. His mission reflects broad humanitarian outreach and ongoing aid efforts abroad.
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Finland
Pr. 1c. Scb
Origin of playing cards from a stick game
The New York World traces playing cards to a stick game from this country. Fifty sticks formed a pack and the trick was to guess which hand held more. Carvings evolved from ivory to wood, then into face cards as legends yielded to fixed caricatures.
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America
New York World
The Coining of Starvation and Dundas
The entry explains how the term starvation was formed by Henry Dundas later Viscount Melville. It traces its 1775 parliamentary usage in the American debate and its subsequent pejorative nickname for Dundas. It notes earlier forms starve starved starving and starveling and cites the hybrid Latin ending and 1809 dictionary appearance.
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Henry Dundas
Viscount Melville
Dundas
Edinburgh
Deep Sea Fish and Hidden Ocean Treasures
Describes vast forests of seaweed and diverse deep sea life including spiders, crabs, sea urchins, and turtles. Notes that no deep sea fish has been brought up alive and highlights untapped resources awaiting human invention. Calls deep sea bottom as fertile as any land.
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Tropics
Wet Shoes Care For Drying Boots Properly
The correct method to dry wet boots is to place them soles upward near a gentle heat, not on a fender or radiator or standing on their soles. Keep air access to the feathered area and avoid heat cracking leather. turn soles upward even when only slightly wet.
The Colossus of Rhodes Overview
The Colossus of Rhodes was a 105 foot bronze statue by Chares completed after twelve years of labor. It stood in Rhodes harbor for sixty six years before an earthquake in 224 BC toppled it. The fallen statue lay 894 years before being sold for scrap, with a buyer carrying off about 120,000 pounds of bronze in 900 camel loads.
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Rhodes
Chares
Transposition lines cite mother’s claim of necessity
Dialog excerpt features Margaret urged to return home by her mother, while Elizabeth quips that necessity invents things more than mothers. Kansas City Journal caption notes the exchange as a brief, witty line.
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Margaret
Elizabeth
Kansas City Journal
Witness asks killer about theft in court dialogue
The judge questions a long familiar witness about the prisoners guilt in stealing money. The witness asks for the amount as a key detail in the case.
Editor rebukes author over mid story hero death
In a witty exchange quoted by the Atlanta Constitution a editor tells an author his story is not serious because the hero is killed early. The author answers he killed the hero early to end the fatigue of writing the character.
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Aberdeen
Atlanta Constitution
Suitors Seek Role as Captain of Life’s Sea
Subordinate Byrnne Coyne Ah asks to be guide and captain but Mrs. Berrymore refuses and offers a different role as second mate in a playful Detroit Free Press exchange.
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Byrnne Coyne
Not at Any Price The Unpopular Man Funeral Plot
A Georgia man, unpopular in his community, insures his life for 2000 dollars and tells his wife he wants a 1000 dollar funeral. He plans to hire attendees if no one attends for free, but returns home defeated and tells her she can have the full policy.
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Alexandria
Dr. Williams
Presbyterian Church
J. T. McMaster
S. H. Chappell
White Lake
North Carolina
Lertha
New York Post
Georgia
Maria
Marin
Atlanta Constitution
Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Pistil Panic in Conservatory Sparks Secret Plans
In a brief Chicago Post item a youth snatches a flower to impress a girl and is warned the pistil may reveal the truth. The incident foreshadows retaliation when they meet alone. A Washington Star piece adds a rural tale of Josh and finances with mortgage pressures.
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Chicago Post
Youthful Wisdom or Secret Longings in a Parlor Scene
In a satirical exchange a young Elschen questions marriage and singleness, asking if she will marry like her father or remain an old maid like Aunt Anna. Her mother provides cautious responses as the dialogue ends with Elschen sighing over her predicament.
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Elschen
Anna
Volks Kalender
Insomnia Tales and Humorous Exchanges From Papers
A fragment from Philadelphia Press quotes Mrs Sharpe about her husband’s sleep troubles and a claim of burglars, while Boston Globe humorously contrasts Dusty Daniel asking for a dime with a waiter tip quip.
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Dusty Daniel
Boston Globe
What He Was Doctor Of
Tommy Figgjam and Paw Figgjam debate why the Rev Longwynde is called a doctor. The joker claims he cures insomnia, while the other laughs at the idea, implying no real cure is shown in the remark.
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Tommy Figgjam
Longwynde
Paw Figgjam
Baltimore American
Puck and Press Quips Highlight Tiny Tales
A string of lighthearted newspaper quips and captions recaps various humorous lines. The snippets mention a pianist in love with a widow, a professor and pupil exchange, and light domestic banter about meals, reflecting period humor and chatter from rival papers.
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