Mitchell Hosts State Methodists Education Convention
Mitchell welcomes the Methodist delegation for an educational convention aimed at supporting Dakota University. The gathering discusses expanding facilities like the New Century Memorial Hall and advancing the college’s program. Delegates Bishop McCabe Dr McDowell and others receive a warm reception as the event seeks lasting benefit for the institution.
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Mitchell
Dakota University
Methodist Church
Bishop McCabe
McDowell
Vagaries of the Yak in Arctic Journey
Dr. Sven Hedin recounts yak behavior during ascent and descent on glaciers. The beast moves stubbornly yet with sure footing, balancing on rocks and coasting slopes. A snowstorm tests rider balance as the yak returns to camp. a race with camels at Pumir mountains shows yaks’ obstinacy and occasional wins.
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Sven Hedin
Dr. Hedin
Pumir Mountains
New York Tribune
Benefit Concert for Two Murderers in Brisbane
A recent Brisbane benefit concert supported two condemned men whose guilt was proven. After the performance their father, brothers, and sister, all brothers to the defendants, came on stage to applause from the audience.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Alphabetical Significance in Letters B and D
A writer notes foes of horticulturists begin with W like worms and wind, prompting a question on natural groupings by letters. He contrasts B with blessings such as bread beef bacon beans and butter and a cheerful meal, then D with damp dark dreary depressing and dismal, suggesting a dreary association.
The Rackney on Parade Hackney Exhibition
Sewell Ford in Horses Nine describes a high bred hackney at a major horse show. Spectators in rails boxes and tiers admire a strawberry roan with a crest and rippling muscles as it rears and swings its legs in hackney style. A short legged groom bounds along the reins with extraordinary strides.
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Sewell Ford
Saving as Thrift Inspires a Chicago Contest Prize
More than 500 contestants in Chicago offered thoughts on saving. The winner urged will power and regular deposits, noting thrift brings peace of mind over reliance on friends in misfortune. He urged depositing part of income weekly or monthly and saving extra receipts. The piece frames thrift as a sermon on two forces will power and habit.
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Chicago
Rebuking an Organist and Notes on Politeness
A humor piece recounts an organist seeking a compliment from Dr. Nathaniel Emmons of Franklin Massachusetts and the doctor quipping that false pipes may outperform real ones. It then pivots to a column on true politeness stressing originality over rigid social rules and ending with a Bridget story about a letter of recommendation in Philadelphia.
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Nathaniel Emmons
Franklin
Mass
Chicago Record-Herald
Hiram
Bridget
Philadelphia Press
Hardly a Love Match in Hawthorne Style
A dialog chisels a marriage as a clash of motives with Miss Smilax and Mr Gotnix. Wary contrasts between fears of spinsterhood and poverty spark a sharp, cynical exchange. The speaker laments discipline and future troubles as play ends and work returns.
Their Privilege
Applicant and janitor discuss desired changes in a flat. The janitor notes that when people want them very badly they generally move.
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Brooklyn
Missing Moments in a Child’s Quip
A children's quip from a 3 year old named Mildred is noted as humor about people standing up and lacking laps, reflecting a light humorous aside in a local chronicle. The line captures playful innocence and observational wit from a young child.
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Mildred
Little Chronicle
Clarion Voice in a Novel Sparks Real Life Dispute
A Detroit Free Press quote contrasts a husband who leaves book work to clerks with a blunt notion that a clarion voice in fiction signals a loud talker in real life, as discussed in the Atchison Globe. The exchange highlights social attitudes toward literary interest and public discussion.
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Atchison Globe
Canada’s New Transcontinental Railroad Ambitions
Canada plans multiple transcontinental lines led by the Transcanada route from Quebec and Montreal through northern belts to Port Simpson near the sea. The 2,830 mile line would shorten Atlantic to Pacific travel and cut Liverpool to Yokohama distance, tapping James and Hudson Bay trades and northern Ontario minerals.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Transcanada
E. T. D. Chambers
Quebec
Chicoutimi
Montreal
Port Simpson
B. C
Clever Robbery in St Petersburg Jeweler Heist
A Grand Duchess Xenia impostor and footman in court livery duped a leading jeweler. Jewels valued at about £25,000 were handed to the domestic for delivery to the palace, but the grand duchess denied knowledge of the transaction. No suspects have been found. Great tanning changes cut leather processing from months to hours using chemical methods.
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St. Petersburg
Xenia
Charcoal Eph’s Daily Thought Prompted By Family Incompatibility
Charcoal Hph comments on men dodging pots and women fleeing a brick stove as a sign of temperamental incompatibility in families. The remark is quoted from the Baltimore News.
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Charcoal Eph
Charcoal Hph
Mistah Jackson
Baltimore News
And Hoopskirts. Everything old-fashioned seems to come back
An Atchison Globe item reflects on fashion trends that revive old-fashioned styles while noting modern concerns like Sabbath observance and corkscrew curls returning to popularity in retro fashion circles.
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Atchison Globe
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