Local Notes From West Perry Area Share Farm Life
West Perry reports fine weather aiding corn work. Residents mention visits from Carl Althea and Jos Yuesten, upcoming Thanksgiving events at Jackson school, and sales of turkeys. Beulah district notes cattle plans, wheat yields, and local social gatherings. Ethan and Letcher communities record depot trips, haying, and school socials.
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West Perry
Carl Althea
Mt. Vernon
Jos. Yuesten
Vermillion
Wm. Lilly
Grand Island
Neb
Will Clark
Will Ferrier
John Lockhart
Alex Lockhart
Luta Lindsey
Robert Clark
Sanborn County
Martin Gleason
Chae. Lindsey
Myrtle
Alta
Smith
Jackson School
The Food We Need Diet Guidance by Dr Pavy
Dr Pavy an eminent authority on diet states that a resting man can live on 16 ounces of food daily and a light worker on 23 ounces. A laboring man needs 26 to 30 ounces. This refers to food free of water, as all eaten items contain water. Total intake depends on work, ranging 48 to 60 ounces.
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Pavy
Cold Night In China Masses Of Ice Claim Lives
North China Herald recounts a New Year incident in Newchwang where 85 ice masses each held a living man overnight. The thermometer sank well below zero Fahrenheit and the men, just leaving opium dens, slept in the extreme cold and did not wake.
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China
Newchwang
North China Herald
Thomas Gray and thegem of his elegy
The poet Thomas Gray kept his elegy for nine years shaping it like a gem before publication. He wrote little in life and explained his small output was due to the labor of composition and its exertion.
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Thomas Gray
Gray
Dairymen Prepare as South Dakota Convention Plans Form
Business Men's League met in the First National bank rear room Tuesday evening to organize the South Dakota Dairy Association and Buttermakers Association conventions set for December 12 13 and 14 in the city. About 150 delegates are expected with committees named for reception finance and arrangements and speaker Prof Henry of Wisconsin agricultural college will join the program.
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Business Men's League
First National Bank
South Dakota Dairy Association
Buttermakers Association
S. S. Bately
W. E. Turner
John G. Bately
Frank Redford
Thos, Fullerton
T. C. Burns
Geo. E. Logan
W. J. Healey
S. G. Boyce
C. W. Johnston
C. W. Downey
W. EE. Turner
Prof
Henry
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Winnebago Medicine Co to Open Mitchell Office
D. C. Sneller, rep for Winnebago Medicine Co, plans Mitchell location and has secured an office with Dr. Ammerman. He will specialize in rheumatism treatment with his company's medicine and is brother in law of Capt. Craig once affiliated with Winnebago Co before joining the Salvation Army.
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Anglus Gerkin
Plankinton
Mabel Downing
Emaley
Art Teneyck
M. W. Higgins
Ed Moses
Ethan
Ottman
Oelwein
Miles
Geo. Phillips
Egan
Stewart
Phillips
Elk Point
Sexton
Mitchell
Katie Craig
Thos. Navin
Schlimgen
Parkston
Maggie Sexton
Etta Ottman
Matt Schmitz
Fergen
Anna Ottman
Frank
Miss Vegus
D. C. Sneller
Winnebago Medicine Co
Ammerman
Sneller
Capt
Craig
Winnebago Co
Salvation Army
Weather Week Likely Mild With Rain Recorded
The chart shows a week ending November 23, 1899 with daily highs and lows from November 17 to 23. Notable is 15 inches of rain on the 19th and a max of 68 degrees and a min of 26 on November 19.
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Huyck Hands
The Bird’s Petition and Roman Printing Pitches
A poem on birds urges freedom for song and space to nest and fly. The piece discusses ancient Rome near movable type printing, noting wooden blocks stamped on soft pottery, a hand written daily newspaper, and a Roman Senate record akin to the Congressional Record. The text references Roman children playing with clay marbles.
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Rome
Senate
Goat's Milk Says Modern Medicine Challenges Dairy Beliefs
Modern medicine argues goat's milk is less digestible and less nutritious than cow's milk, despite more solid matter. It notes a strong odor and flavor from biroic/bircine, an excess fat content, and says it is too rich for infant diets.
Quotations on Race and Wealth in Early Press
A collage of jokes and satire cites a Bostoner mockery of a white man marrying a Black woman, shifts to a tale of a prosperous friend bragging about wealth and a patent, and ends with a quip on money in America and quinine in Africa, reflecting era humor about race and finance.
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Boston
Texas
Bostonian
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Blendon
Henry Nelson
Lecher
Philip Holder
Gordinier Farm
Delt
Earnest McLand
Ohio
Jayson Powell
Albert Streek
Aurora County
Hayes Chappel
S. C. Michener
C. F. Booth
E. Spangler
Michener’s
H. F. Kilborn
Frank Hatch
Leet School
Mise Tillie Schlimgen
Martin Chappell
Hayes
Semsley
Beulah
Hoyt Cox
Cox
Geo. E. Foster
Alpena
Joe Drephal
Paul Graft
Greenacre
Arthur Earl
Ia Praser
Sandy Kjelmyr
Fraser
Styra
England
South Hants Brewster Court
Duke of York
Admiral Field
M. P
Royal Oak
Radstock
Field
London Telegraph
Atlanta Constitution
Charles
Gentleman’s Magazine
Cordova C
Standard Oil Co
J.L. Hanne
Counsslor - At- Law
Griggs
Briggs
Stentor
George
Boston Transcript
America
New York Evening Journal
D. W. Burright
Security Bank
Jones
Sam
Geo. Summers & Son
Geo. Summers
Butterfield
Cailand
L. J. Shaw
Champeny
South Dakota
Baldwins
Kings, Russetts
Belleflowers
Prescott & Bidwell
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