Davison County Commissioners Meet In April Session
Board called to order at 10 am with C H Grimm H H Olson and C F Drake present. They elect Grimm chairman pro tem and abate taxes for Pla no Mig Co Rome township and $100 city tax for Mitchell 1893 and 1897. Payments listed include sheriff fees wolf bounty books and court house costs. Minutes and adjournment follow with annual tax rates set for lands cattle horses and other property. road work limits and approvals recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Grimm
H. H. Olson
C. F. Drake
Plano Mig. Co
Rome Township
Mitchell
Nelson
J. Anderson
Drake
Dundass
Hardesty Boy
Geo. H. Brooks
Frank Grout
Wolf Bounty
R. C. Warne & Co
Vay & Co
Montague
Goodykoontz
F. H. Winsor
E. S. Johnston
Salary County
Ieee
Richard Hennessey
Court House
Frank Livingston
Chas, Ferguson
Mdise
Atty
Asa Dodd
Mdse
Fedroeff
James Campbell
Rierson
L. W. Champlin
Salary County Auditor
W. H. Saul
Geo. A. Thomas
Wolfgang Schutzman
Elizabeth Stolp
Geo. Shipton
Daisy May Campbell
Jos Saget Minee
John Cook
John McClurg
G. L. Brown
J. G. Anderson
A. H. Betts & Co
J. G
P. T. McGovern
Hammer & Hammer
A. B. Kelsey
C.N. Vegas
J. G. Anderley
Drake County
Alf. Carlson
Perrys
Weta Pee Ary
O. A. Bates
Eagevere
J. E. Wilson Blendon
Q. O. Johnson
Mitchell City
C. W. Taylor
Mitchell Township
W.H. Saul Beult
G. West de Bee
A. J. Loon Fey Pet
A. D. Stevens
Irion
Eel Fein
Henry Hiedinger
Sation
Caine
Brett
MeNebs
Newell Blackman
Mt. Vernon
Rome
Lisbon
Bsr
Board of County Commissioners
James McKinley
J. P
John Brown
Jacob Long
Raymond Knowlton
Cook
C.F. Drake
First Annual Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Convention
The first annual convention of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society will meet in this city on Friday and Saturday May 13 and 14 at the Methodist church starting at 9 am. The event includes surrounding counties with an engaging program for advancing the missionary cause. District officers named are Mrs. L. M. Potter president Mrs. R. B. Hager corresponding secretary Mrs. A. OC. Stevens recording secretary and Mrs. S H. Swartz treasurer. The reception committee comprises Mrs. A. C. Stevens Mrs. L. M. Potter, Mrs. J. T. Morrow and Mrs. M. Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Womens’ Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Church
L. M. Potter
R. B. Hager
A. OC. Stevens
Washington Widows and Grateful Husbands Anecdote
A Washington man marries a wealthy widow and builds a fine house. He honors her late benefactor by placing the portrait where it is seen, while another widow remarries a man with the same initial, joking about keeping Mr W’s handkerchiefs.
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Washington
Mr. W
Willie
Washington Post
Ages of the World’s Charmers in Miss Browning’s View
The piece argues that great women who influenced nations were not young. It cites figures like Joan of Arc at death age 19, Mary Stuart under 25, Cleopatra around 50, Diane de Poitiers 43, Mme Scarron 45, and Lady Hamilton at 40, noting health and wit as factors.
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Miss Browning
France
Helen of Troy
Cleopatra
Antony
Mary Stuart
Diane de Poitiers
Mme. Scarron
Lady Hamilton
Nelson
London News
Cod on Ash Wednesday and Shrove Tuesday Salt Cod Fest
The piece notes Anglicans’ annual Ash Wednesday salt fish tradition featuring cod. Shrove Tuesday is described as a London fish shop festival focused on salt cod, half lemons, and egg sauce. Lemons’ origin is unclear, with lemon possibly tied to pancake surplus or old Lenten fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cornhill Magazine
Rain in the Streets and a Child's Question
A Strand Magazine excerpt questions why rain falls on streets and grass grows after, as a child asks if angels wash windows and if rain serves the flowers. The dialogue contrasts practicality and whimsy in a rainy day scene.
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Strand Magazine
The Bulwer Lytton motto deemed inappropriate
The Lytton Bulwer family motto The work of valor is criticized as singularly inappropriate given the family’s fame from literature rather than warfare.
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Lytton
Bulwer Lytton House
Mitchell Market Quotation Report
Market prices in Mitchell for wheat No 2 northern, corn oats butter and dairy products, fat sheep fat cows and heifers stockers and feeders yearlings and calves. Quotes show ranges from 3.00 to 5.00 for several categories with weekly corrections Fridays at 10 o clock.
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Mitchell
Eppa Soraa
Fogsesesa
Local notices and society updates from Mitchell area
Mrs W O Mason returns home to Running Water. Wanted a girl to do house work. Mrs WM Smith. Hitchcock visits Sioux Falls to review farming implements. Mrs C E Hager attends meeting in Madison. F P Stearns returns from northern state. Judge Haney to speak at Mt Vernon Old Settlers on June 1. W C T U convention held in Banger township. Mrs Bidwell and Mrs Prescott attend convention. Travel tickets and baggage to US and Canada offered. C M St P M O will sell home seekers excursion tickets on select dates. Elks meeting in New Orleans with rail fare special rates. Capital highlights weekly war news service. Mitchell militia drills nightly with 30-40 men. Omaha railroad runs special train to Sioux Falls to view militia. Spangler visits Howard on business. editor and journalist noted. Myra Collins Comedy Co closes at Grand Opera House with The Runaway Wife. Dr Eugene Mayan Cuba lecture scheduled May 9 at the Grand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Banger Township
F. A. Bidwell
R. D. Prescott
United States
Canada
C. B. Wilt
Agent C
St. P
M. O
PF. E
Clark
Benevolent and Protective Order Elks
New Orleans
Mitchell
Messie
Howard
E. Spangler
Spangler
The
Hot Springs
Grand Opera House
Bennett
the Grand
Eugene May
Cuba
Earliest Pianoforte Mention In 1767 Playbill
A May 16 1767 Pittsburgh Dispatch note records The Beggar’s Opera with Mr Beard and others and highlights a new instrument called pianoforte used to accompany a song from Judith. The item marks the pianoforte’s early public introduction in theatre.
Waldorf Astoria Billiard Room Noted for Attendant Service
The London Globe describes a Waldorf Astoria women’s billiard room where attendants promptly fetch lounge jackets for men who remove coats. Guests keep their eyes closed until a bell signals sleeves are covered.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
The
London Globe
Start Up of a Giant Pump Engine at Alleghany Waterworks
Chief Engineer Michael Hodge demonstrated the start sequence for Alleghany waterworks three pumping engines at Monroe station. He explained it takes about 15 minutes to warm the jacket and bring the machine to full speed, delivering 500 gallons per revolution at 15 revolutions per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hodge
Alleghany
Monroe Station
Hodge
Pittsburg
Boston SULLIVAN House Noted as City’s Great Man
A Philadelphia Record account recalls a Boston visitor who is told by locals that John L. Sullivan’s house stands out as the city’s defining landmark. The anecdote satirizes era pride and the city’s fixation on the famed heavyweight champion.
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Boston
United States
John L
Sullivan
Philadelphia Record
Shark charmers and a sailors season in the Persian Gulf
In the Persian Gulf divers rely on shark charmers to distract sharks as the fleet sails out at midnight for oyster banks at sunrise. Charmers’ power is hereditary and rituals occur on shore with huts and bazaars as up to 100 boats depart, divers and steersmen aboard, while others chant on shore to avert attacks.
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Persian Gulf
Frank H. Sweet
Lippincott’s
The Split Infinitive in English Usage
G Bernard Shaw defends split infinitives against critics in a London Chronicle letter. He argues the infinitive is a mood and word order affects style, not grammar, and mockingly praises editors who police usage while praising natural phrasing.
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G. Bernard Shaw
London Chronicle
Academy of Letters
Black and white effects shape spring fashion trends
Black and white silks and textiles dominate imports for spring dress and millinery. Designers show checks and stripes in waists and costumes, with cream silk blouses edged by black net and ribbons as favored accents.
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New York Post
Crossing Swords In the House and Real Fun Insights
The piece recalls a 1870s congressional debate over Sunday sessions with Ben Butler and Sam Randall, noting Butler’s clash over Sabbath respect. It also critiques what passes for fun, arguing true amusement requires a lively, uplifting spark that cannot be faked.
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Congress
Ben Butler
Sam Randall
Butler
Randall
Benjamin
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Borrower's Way Cartoon Quote
A short Christian Work quip notes that lending seed leads to future requests for a lawn mower, illustrating a humorous cycle of borrower behavior.
Curious Kentucky legal anecdote about a tailor bill
A Kentucky correspondent recalls a case where a young man, unable to pay a tailor, faced a vice chancellor. The man wore a diamond stud in his shirt and claimed no property beyond it. The tailor’s lawyer sought its surrender as apparel, but the judge ruled the diamond remained in the shirt. The court refused to require an ex amicable exam to rebut the presumption of the law about shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Bilge
Etiquette at Nice and the Riviera Promenade
A visitor notes life in Nice where piazza culture differs from American resorts. Residents avoid visible comfort outside homes, keeping fronts clean with plants and restraining chairs or signs of living aloud. Sitting on one’s own front after breakfast, smoking, is described as a brazen social defiance.
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Nice
Atlantic
Nine
New York Times
Promenade Des Anglais
Riviera
Puzzling Graveyard Encounter Ends With Laughter
A Connecticut tale recalls Felix Mahoney the pension examiner who asks a deaf gravedigger where Jim Smith lives. The digger reveals Smith is at home, while Mahoney discovers he is literally about to bury him in the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Mahoney
Connecticut
Mahoney
Jim Smith
Mr. Mahoney
Fortissimo
Washington Star
Paper Quandaries From Ages Past: Esparto to Wood Pulp
A New York Times note recalls a 19th or early 20th century view on papermaking materials. It cites Spain as unstable for esparto, deems bamboo impractical due to bulk and transport cost, bagasse fiber value limited, rag supply unreliable, and wood pulp too expensive and fiber-poor.
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Esparto
Spain
England
Scotland
New York Times
Lions and Buffaloes in African Wildlife Traditions
A passage describes the African lion and buffalo bull, noting lions’ prey on bulls yet preferred packs to attack alone, the buffalo’s quick defensive feet and dangerous horns, and a guide’s tales of mauling incidents from Africa. The excerpt also includes a quip about bargain hunters and gullible buyers from American journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur O. Hunbert
Harper’s Magazine
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the Commissioners Meeting
H.H. Olson
South Daxora
Davison
Womens’ Missionary Society
A. KE. Hitchcock
Sioux Falls
Wm. Koch
C. E. Hager
Madison
F. P. Stearns
Commercial Mutual Insurance Co
Judge Haney
Old Settlers’ Re-Union
Shark Charmers
Texas
Los Angeles Express
Darky
Lewiston Journal
Borneo
Klondike
New York Ledger
Eben
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