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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1899
Page
11
A sensational ad-like fragment touts a famed healer and miracle operation. Mentioned figures and phrases resemble a medical miracle claim aimed at attracting patients seeking restoration of vigor and health.
The annual Baptist state report by Dr. T. M. Shanefelt shows 109 churches with 6,030 members, including 3,830 Americans, 948 Scandinavians, and 1,252 Germans and Iranians. It notes new houses of worship for Germans and Russians, several church additions, and total benevolence and expenses of over 45 thousand dollars.
The list of uncalled letters for the Mitchell post office includes Hecock Mrs H J Heidner Mr Andrew Petersen J H Pursell Mr Fred Roesch Mr John T 2 Smith Miss Cecilia 2 Stein Mr Andrew Stewart Mr Art. Call “advertised” when collecting. If unclaimed in two weeks they go to the dead letter office. A.C. Clark P.M. A local tale recalls a young man misfortune after spying a light at a young lady’s parlor window.
Washington Iowa press reports a young couple traveling to visit in an Iowa town celebrated a wedding night on a train. The groom, flustered, announced the bride by her maiden name causing a conductor to insist on lower berths for both bride and groom. Rice showered and vain dances could not overcome the rule bound seating.
The Plankinion Standard praises Milo Hoon and Miss Kore Kliebenstein on their marriage in Plankinton this week. The bride is described as a woman of rare worth. The couple will reside on the Hoon farm south of town and the paper offers best wishes for a happy prosperous life together.
The Milwaukee railroad company has acquired all Charles Mix county holdings of the Iowa Land company along the route of a proposed extension. A large mortgage, among the state's biggest, was filed with the Charles Mix register of deeds. J. Q. Saami and wife of Cook County Illinois executed the mortgage to the Iowa Land company covering about 25 488 acres for 134000 dollars with 66 50 in revenue stamps. Adama represented the mortgagee for the Milwaukee railroad company.
A Mississippi farmer visiting Memphis ordered sirloin and glossed it with Tabasco sauce mistaken for ketchup. He bit a hot piece, gasped as his tongue burned, and flung the bite from his mouth while shouting Now, hang you, blaze in a dramatic scene at the cafe.
A physician recalls a patient in east Tennessee whose nurse replies in local slang. The doctor asks about the patient and the nurse says Bill is “mighty bad today” and his “whole nervous system in a perfect strategy” reflecting regional speech. An Ohio man links superstition to a rainstorm in a $13 suit of clothes.
Mt Vernon Township No 04 reports 11 pupils enrolled with weekly attendance records. It highlights Yageys Geographical Portfolio, top students, librarians, visitors, and a new rhetorical society with reading circle plans. The piece mentions poetry, parliamentary study, Waelish history, and local social notes from Baker Township No 2 and surrounding schools.
F M Higgins of Senica Illinois reports years of piles cured after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He claims two boxes fully cured him and calls it the surest pile cure and best salve. Sold by S H Scallin at 25 cents with guarantee. Also touts Cascarets for constipation with 10 cents or two for 20 cents. If ineffective, druggists refund.
A poem fragment titled The Poets Wife contrasts a wife’s knitting and a poet’s vanity with her blunt verdict that poetry is stupid. The long lived elephant tale cites ancient authorities and Alexander the Great. A joke from Chicago Post notes a man’s blunt response to a fiancée returning a ring.
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