May Term Opens in Mitchell Court for 1896
Judge Smith presides the regular May term of the fourth judicial circuit court in Mitchell. Only the petit jury and court officers attend as eight of sixteen civil cases are unsettled or postponed. First verdict awards plaintiffs 1450 dollars in Godard and Stewart v McDermaid. Slocum v Lyons yields 144 dollars after jurors deliberate. Garey v Cook adjourns to finish Slocum verdict. attorneys named for both sides.
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Cook
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Judge Smith
Godard & Stewart
D. McDermaid
James Slocum
James Lyons
Mr. Slocum
H. H. Garey
John Cook
Slocum
Garey
Anton Koch
A. E. Hitchcock
J. L. Kennedy
Mr. Garey
J.L. Hannett
T. J. Spangler
McClure's June issue praised for varied fiction and criticism
McClure's Magazine for June features Stephen Crane's battle study praised as dramatic and broader than The Red Badge of Courage, Kipling's In the Rush with Mowgli, Cy Warman's true tale The Locomotive that Lost Herself, and Anthony Hope's Phrase. Elizabet Stuart Phelps recalls James T. Fields and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Will H. Low profiles the Pre-Raphaelites with Rossetti and Burne-Jones illustrations. Aberdeen News notes a Watertown city ordinance jury trial ruling. A lost blanket shawl advertisement seeks its return from Mitch ell area.
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Kipling
Mowgli
Cy Warman
Anthony Hope
McClure
Elizabet Stuart Phelps
James T. Fields
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Andover
Will H. Low
Rossetti
Holman Hunt
Burne-Jones
Neighborhood Notes Ethan And visitors Spread Local News
Neighborhood notes note visitors in Bridgewater and Sioux City, farm movements near Starr and Letcher, depot care, sheep shearing, milk train, rain, church events, ice cream social, Decoration day plans, and a district W C T U convention with delegates to Pittsburgh. Names include Ethan Maggie Sexton John Tobin Wallace Waldeck Geo VanAlstine Bessie Crawford T. Dean and J. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
John Sexton
Bridgewater
John Tobin
Schlimgen & Fergen
Starr
Wallace Waldeck
Parkston
Mr. Crandall
Plano
Wn. Pattison
Geo. VanAlstine
Letcher
Victor School House
Rob Schnee
Mr. Morgan
Clarksburg
Iowa
Bessie Crawford
W. H. Dean
Edd Herr
Jessie Pringle
Frank Rowley
B. Dean
T. Dean
Epworth League Endeavor convention nets active turnout
Mt Vernon hosts a well attended two day Epworth League and Endeavor convention with delegates from Davison and Aurora counties. Laura McDowell elected president and Milton Webster secretary. Ben Washburn to Chamberlain for hardware job. Old settlers plan June 3 gala day with music speech sports and a dance. Creamery orders another separator as milk supply grows.
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Epworth League and Endeavor
Davison
Aurora
Laura McDowell
Milton Webster
Ben Washburn
Chamberlain
Judge Keyes
West
Mt. Vernon
V. Sherman
Death of David Drake of Ethan at 90 in Philadelphia NY
David Drake aged 90 and born in 1805 in Saratoga county died after a long illness in Philadelphia New York. He leaves his twin brother Isaac and siblings in heirs. funeral held Sunday at 1 pm with Rev. Flint officiating. He never married and owned about 1200 acres. His estate to be divided among his brother’s children.
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Chas. F
Milos
C. D. Drake
Ethan
David Drake
Philadelphia N. Y
Monitor
Flint
M. E. Church
Madison
Drakes
England
Sir Francis Drake
Long Pioneer Dies as Riverside Cemetery Mourns
Isaac Drake, longtime resident and pioneer settler, rests in Riverside cemetery. The article notes his life and final years with nephew Alonzo Drake two miles from town, along with local notices, including Epworth League seventh anniversary at the M. E. church run by Dr. B. A. Bobb, unread mail in Mitchell post office, an insanity case involving Louie Kersting, and an upcoming teacher certification examination on June 5 in Mitchell led by Jennie C. West.
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Isaac
Riverside Cemetery
Mr. Drake
Alonzo Drake
M. E
Epworth League
B. A. Bobb
Court House
Mitchell
Jennie C. West
Umbrella Confusion In Streetcar Story
In Cleveland a young man rode a Euclid avenue car with a birthday umbrella in hand. A mother and her precocious five year old boy sat opposite. The child asked if the umbrella looked like his papa's, prompting the mother to hush. The man then rose and left the car.
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Euclid Avenue
Papa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Story of the Prince and curious royal reporter anecdote
An English tale of the Prince of Wales who visits fires and humorously handles a cigar offered by a reporter. The anecdote notes the prince’s gracious wit and the reporter’s memento cigar, reflecting on press and royalty dynamics of the era. Nearby clipped items reference a comic exchange about notes and society, and a playful misinterpretation of a street as a thoroughfare.
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England
Prince of Wales
Royal Romance in a Portuguese Betrothal Tale
A lighthearted sketch contrasts notable lawyers hobbies with a royal engagement tale. It recounts 16th century figures like Fitzjames and Erskine and then details Prince Carlos of Portugal seeking a bride, guided by the Marquise de la Ferronay. The arc leads to a match with Princess Amelie of Orleans after she arrives in Nice.
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Portugal
Carlos
Braganza
Venice
Marie Valerie
Paris
Marquise de la Ferronay
Amelie of Orleans
Nice
Ornaments as Indulgence Among India's Masses
In India the mass purchases of ornaments reflect a social habit where savings rarely alter diet or housing, and where ornamentation becomes the final asset to be sacrificed in hardship. Even the poorest layers delay selling these pieces until all brass or copper utensils are gone.
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India
At the Spanish Restaurant in overheated air
A vivid New York Times scene inside a Spanish restaurant shows a young man in evening dress with a Venezuelan gold watch chain, an old dark man, and a tall brown girl talking as a waiter serves oysters, peppers, chicken and Chile con carne. Valdepenas wine flows in cracked cups as the proprietor smokes a tree-sized cigar. plates burn hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
New York Times
Recipe For Rheumatism And Other Snippets
A collection of short curiosities and anecdotes including a touted rheumatism remedy with egg vinegar spirits of turpentine camphor and a note on its preparation and shelf life Also a summary of Alexis St Martin’s digestion observations a Boston bookstore anecdote about Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and a quip about knaves and a note on Borneo savage clubs modeled after a thorny fruit.
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New York Mercury
Savage
Borneo
That
Island
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Circuit Court
Aberdeen News
Watertown
Haney
Neighborhood Notes
Red Cole
Blendon
Bethel
Padger
Mr. DeGroit
All Nature
H. L. O'Mealey
Wisconsin
J. S. Wilson
Artesian
Wilson
Pittsburg
Flanagan
A Kettner
Dr C McLaughlin
John E Mena
Ales McHagins
Mr J Moore
J W Petrie
Irwin
Saml. T. Green
P. M
Claus Grimm
Mr. Kersting
Baker Township
Louie Kersting
Aurora County
University
T. A. Duncan, Mitchell, S. D
Rachel
Chicago Tribune
Roxbury Gazette
Fitzjames
Wolsey
Yeovil
Amyas Paule
Erskine
Cline
Stowell
Camden
Wickens
Jessel
Maule
Temple Bar
Alexis St. Martin
Boston
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Paradise
Boston Transcript
J BR. D. Welch
V.president
O. P. Graham
Ass’t Cash
Onal Bank
Suth Dakota
CT. M. Swan, J. W. Seaman
Stors
J. O. Walrath
Welch
J. D. Wood
Chicago Record
Harrisburg
America
New York
Prof
J. T. Hatfield
Evanston (Ill
Madison St
L. O. Gale
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