Married at High Noon in Mitchell Wedding
A wedding took place at high noon Wednesday as Frank Wedlord wed Minas Grace Mark. Rev. John H. Webcock officiated at the bride's home near Mea, W. W. Minor, with intimate friends present. The bride wore white silk and carried roses. the groom in black. The couple soon moved to a new home on Sanborn and Fourth streets. Medford, a longtime resident of Mitchell, is noted for his many warm friendships.
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Frank Wedlord
Minas Grace Mark
John H. Webcock
Writor
Mea
W. W. Minor
Mrs. Medford
Sanborn and
Fourth Streets
Mr. Medford
Mitchell
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Mattoon
Vincennes
Rockford
Uncle Billy
Dominie
A Thankegiving Reunion
A long tale of Uncle Billy and Chloe, enslaved pair separated by fate and time, ends in a tearful reunion after years apart. Billy, once a slave in Kentucky, escapes with Chloe’s plan but is later reunited by a pastor’s intervention in Rockford. The couple, after eleven years, finally meet again and live out their days together, honored by their community.
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Mitchell Defeats Yankton in Strong Football Showdown
Mitchell 28 Yankton 0 in a hot game as Mitchell college overwhelms Yankton. A separate anecdote recounts Fanny Kemble at Lenox where a driver charged sass at $5, prompting her bemused inquiry and the rider’s perfunctory horse-directed remarks.
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Mitchell
Yankton College
Yankton
Creamy New York Post style whipped cream method
A New York Post recipe description details whisking two eggs with two titles gearfal of segar and two cups of milk, adding half a cup of milk, melting butter, boiling, cooling, and straining to a thick cream. It notes the result may be served fresh or pre served fruit and will not whip.
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cormeSarch
New York Post
The Simple Minded Duke and Waterloo Dinner Tale
The Duke of Wellington, famed for self effacing modesty, confesses a blind spot for meals while boasting he once fought at Waterloo. A friend notes his talent for spotting battle weaknesses yet he cannot tell if his dinner is cooked properly.
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Waterloo
Burglar Mistakes Scarecrow Clothes For Man in House
A retired burglar describes entering a dwelling and finding a suit of clothes perched on the dining room table dressed with a hat, mistaken for a man. He waited in the library chair until he realized the clothing was weathered and dry, belonging to a man asleep elsewhere, a scarecrow image that foiled the break in.
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New York Sun
Haste and Doubt Mark Detroit Journal Vigilante Scene
In a Detroit Journal snippet, a tense vigilante assembly prepares to hang a suspect. The chairman voices doubts, warning that the accused might be telling the truth, and urging caution as the crowd presses toward execution.
Bribing Spurgeon Autobiography Excerpt Reveals Humble Odds
The text describes young Charles Spurgeon’s first earnings and moral lessons from a strange tale. It recounts his grandfather countering hymn-pricing with a penny and a halfpenny, then offering two shillings a dozen to kill rats, implying a pragmatic early choice. Spurgeon reflects that rat catching proved more profitable than study.
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