Haunted Campus Revels Sparked by Ghost Legend Night
A student gathering described as a Halloween event featured rooms with games and demonstrations, including fortune telling, a football game, a soda fountain, and gastronomy exhibits. At 11:15 the 400 attendees assembled in the chapel for songs and personal stories from Dr. Nicholson and Profs. Jayne Seaton and Weir, followed by a jack o lantern light ghost tale and a good night song led by Miss Beebe.
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Sim Geronimo
Ina Kjarce
Baker and Berry Drug Co
Nicholson
Jayne
Seaton
Weir
German Gleanings Folklore and Oddities Abroad
A cork two story house built as a shop and baths in Leipsich attracts notice. An elephant at Jena killed a man after a knife taunt. Berlin army officers now face longer hours reducing their restaurant and theater presence. A 12 cent post card offers a photo and signature enabling mail and scores access without extra ID.
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Leipsich
Cork
Jena
Germany
Tageblatt
Berlin
Anc
Money and plans questioned by Senator Badger remark
The Milwae Ree Sentinel notes a dialogue where a son comments that money is not a good plan and Senator Badger agrees that those who found money become sensitive to the touch, reflecting caution about wealth.
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Badger
Milwae
Educational Conference Reconsiders State Course of Study
A major educational conference meets at Mitchell city hall to revise South Dakota's state course of study. State Superintendent M M Ramer chairs, M A Lange serves as secretary, and a committee from multiple districts is formed to report on grade and high school course revisions with plans to submit findings tonight or tomorrow.
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M. M. Ramer
Mitchell
Ramer
M. A. Lange
C. H. Lueg
Parkston
Schellenbarger
Yankton
Cochrane
Aberdeen
Thompson
Webster
Dunlevy
Pierre
Prairie Fire Damage and Lectures Planned in Alexandria
Alexandria notes a prairie fire near the city caused major hay loss and timber damage on the Lowrey farm south of Wayne township. Captain S Alberti of Chicago will lecture in Alexandria on November 6 about his twenty years in northern Asia. The event is highly regarded by locals as a rare entertainment.
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Alexandria
S. Alberti
Chicago
W. S. Hill
Wayne Township
Lowrey
Fire leads to new home plans for Waterloo man
Cyrus Montgomery of Waterloo Wis who recently bought the John Chase farm in the northern part of the city returned to Wisconsin yesterday and will bring his family back soon to Alexandria to establish their future home. Sixteen carloads of steers totaling 57 head were unloaded and moved to the Hanson county farm of Frank Boehmer and Mrs Reid for winter grain feeding. Editor Durkee of the Journal and Supt F P Saunders left for western Lyman county to claim homesteads leaving the Journal in charge of printer Chase in Mitchell.
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Cyrus Montgomery
Waterloo
Wis
John Chase
Wisconsin
Alexandria
Bev Evans
Parker
S. G. Fhelps
Parker New Era
Hanson County
Frank Boehmer
Reid
Fulton
Quizzing as in Fine Art at Lord Melville Trial
Theodore Hook mingles with spectators at the Lords trial and jokes about bishops as dowager ladies while misidentifying the Speaker of the House as Cardinal Wolsey. A Sussex lady challenges his claim, and Hook defends with urbane gravity. The anecdote appears in the Telegraph via London rumor.
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Lord Melville
House of Lords
Theodore Hook
Sussex
House of Commons
Hook
Cardinal Wolsey
Busy October at United States land office in this city
Receipts were large with October busy as Register Foster and Receiver Burns processed final proofs. There were 86 final proofs all from the Rosebud agency. Receipts for the month neared 36000 dollars. Visitors report rapid settlement and substantial houses rising on claims with active land sales and strong faith in future agricultural prospects in the area.
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United States Land Office
Register Foster
Burns
Chese
Rosebud
University Being Remembered Adds Clocks and Clock Gifts
President Nicholson announced at chapel that three essential items were added to the college equipment. A regular clock donated by H. G. Nichols of the city now sits in Main Hall, a chapel clock came from J M Roberts Supply Co of Minneapolis, and a mantel clock from a Chicago firm will be placed in Memorial Hall. The gifts ease daily routines for faculty and students and are highly appreciated by the constituency.
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Nicholson
H. G. Nichols
7. M. Roberts Supply Co
Minneapolis
Memorial Hall
Chicago
Man Eaters in India Haunted by Theories and Hunters
The jungle night mare of India, the man eater, draws many explanations. Some say an old tiger cannot catch other game. others claim a sickly tiger turns to man killing as easier prey. Experienced hunters and observers share a consensus view.
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India
Man eating tigers more a threat to people than cattle
The analysis argues that man eaters stem from cattle killers enraged by familiarity and contempt for humans. It notes that cubs inherit no human flesh appetite and suggests female tigers may strike more often due to cub defense, foraging needs, and population dynamics.
A Two Edged Cure
A tale from Harper’s Weekly recounts a deaf patient cured by hearing a Wagner opera near the orchestra. The doctor accompanying him remains silent as the patient exclaims he can hear, yet the physician himself ends up deaf.
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Allent
Harper’s Weekly
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Ww. J. Frad & CO
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