Libby Prison Lecture at Mitchell Ends Convention Session
A large audience at the Corn Palace attended the closing session of the Methodist Educational convention. Bishop McCabe spoke on The Bright Side of Life in Libby Prison with a long career of talks. University musicians performed while Dr. Clark offered an opening prayer. A resolution praising McCabe and Dr. McDowell was adopted, and a bank offering raised $100 for the bishop’s church debt.
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United States
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Dakota University Notes on Convention and Stage Night
The article recalls a university convention week at Dakota University with many students visiting from home and a special train to Huron for the events. It also describes a Philomathian Literary society program where women impersonated faculty and mimicked professors, with lively mocks of work and chapel, all well received by the crowd.
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Mitchell
Philomathean Literary Society
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Lot Sale and Races at Mitchell June 24
The Corn Belt Racing Circuit meets at Mitchell on June 24. On June 3 TC Burns will conduct a sale of over two hundred fine residence lots in the state capital area. The sale promises value, with prices rising as capital grows.
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Corn Belt
Mitchell
T.C. Burns
Capiital
Low Excursion Rates for Colonist Tickets Across Regions
The C. St. P. M. O. Ry plans May 19 June 2 and 16 July 7 and 21 sales of one way second class colonists tickets to Arkansas Colorado Indian Territory Louisiana Kansas Missouri New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma. Fares set at $2.00 above half standard one way rates with exceptions to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo where fare is $4.00 above half. For details call at depot. Also advertise Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot relief at 25c.
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Missouri
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Agriculture Is King Exports Hit 860 Million Last Year
The article proclaims agriculture as king with two thirds of exports, noting farm exports totaling 860 million dollars in the previous year. It also cites Mme. Ratozzi claiming beauty benefits from Rocky Mountain Tea, priced at 35 cents, from Seallin Bros.
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Seallin Bros
Origin of the Nine Tall Ors Saying Reexamined
The old adage linking nine tall ors to a man arises from tolling a bell three times three for a man and six tolls for a woman. The piece also notes that Rocky Mountain Tea may enhance feminine looks, while Scallin Bros. reports England facing rising dyspepsia and appendicitis linked to poor digestion per Sir James Crichton Browne.
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England
James Crichton- Browne
Made Young Again Dr King’s Pills Claim Teaspoon Teeners
D. H. Turner of Dempseytown Pa reports taking Dr King’s New Life Pills nightly for two weeks and feeling rejuvenated as in his teens. The pills are described as vegetable, non gripe and effective for liver stomach and bowels sold for 2K at Scallin Bros drug store.
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Scallin Bros
Humor of the Hour Jokes About Marital Mixups
A chat between Mrs. Benham and Benham about a wedding gift, a picture packed in old paper. The punch rests on using Longfellow leaves as packing material joking that the boy knew his business with Excelsior hidden in poetry. Another quip questions perennial wedding plans among Mayme Edyth friends.
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Fragmented Theatre Quotes Across Publications
A collection of comic lines and exchanges from plays and gossip in multiple papers. Snippets include a diva and manager clash about prescriptions and money misdeeds. Jests critique drama, wealth, and social pretensions with witty snippets from Life and Town Topics.
Melon Patches Angelic Call Amid Racial Tensions
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution quotes a chant about sun and melons, weaving phrases that reference enslaved people fleeing under white threats. The excerpt reflects the era's racial tensions and violent undertones.
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Summer Sun
Atlanta Constitution
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