Local Notes Include Visits and Chrysanthemums Show
Mount Vernon visitors, arrivals from Champlain, and residents returning from trips headline a bustling Mitchell scene. Moves include Mr Sayles and family settling on West Fifth, Dr C P Smith visiting his daughter, and Frank Gibbs renting a cottage. Obituaries note Mrs Breer’s death 25 miles southwest. interment in Union township. Chrysanthemum show draws crowds from Mt Vernon, Plankinton, Kimball. Buckwheat flour promotion and regional rail news also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene
Capital
T. B., Haynes
J. Ff. Reynolds
Mt Vesnon
City
John H. King
Champarlain
Sisseton
Jack Roeta
Waukesha
Wis
Sayles
Woonsocket
West Fifth Street
Duff
C. P. Smith
Columbia
A. C. Stevens
Cas
Wm. Breer
Union Township
E. J. Haynes
Br. O. McEwen
Mt. Vernon
S. G. Scoville
Hanson and
Kimball Streets
Wisconsin
Monmouth Merchant Mills
Frank Gibbs
Milwaukee
Frank Weller
West Fourth Street
Gibbs
Sioux City
Mitchell
Milwaukee Road
F. L. Bouquet
Alexandria
Operal House
Frank Baughman
M. M. Price
Plankinton
Farrie Estes
Hawarden
Iowa
J. F. Bradley
E. J. Garmong
Coyt
Shelby
E. Garmony
C.H. Obland
Masonic Aid Insurance Co
Yankton
Nebraska
Redfield
Chamberlain
Hood
Noah Kellar
B. F. Spenger
Edgar Dix
East Fourth Street
Canton News
Reierson
M. O. Nickelson
R. D. Prescott
Geo. Bomgardner
Hammond
Homer Sampson
Temple
Texas
Will Scallin
Scotland
Kimball Index
Frank Durant
Vermillion
Parker and Hurley
Father Hopan
Earth on a Narrow Margin for Life on Our Planet
A terse essay notes that small shifts in temperature could kill all life on Earth. It argues Earth sits on a razor edge of habitability, where size, tilt, and orbital factors influence whether we can survive. The piece cites moon size, year length, and atmospheric stability as critical constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parketon
A. H. Ladd
Milltown
Chicago
Allan Ladd
Daniels
Hubbard
Tilgner
Shepard
Miss French
The Great White Crane in Fancy Verse and Detective Wits
A collage of prose notes and quips. An Outing magazine quote praises the great white crane Grus americana. A Washington Star line about a keen detective finding a place the criminal avoids. A Cleveland Plain Dealer gag ends with a railway magnate joke about fares and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed W. Sandys
The Early Life of Beethoven in Bonn
The piece recalls Beethoven's birth in Bonn and his father’s drinking problem. It notes Beethoven shielded his father from critics, learned resilience from hardship, and gained an iron character that sustained him through heavy burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Bonn
The Time of Meeting in the Key of G
A musician teases a friend by naming a meeting time as 1 sharp. The friend asks for the hour and the musician replies in a cryptic cue about music, then the musician leaves into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Curls as a Mirror of a Woman’s Life
The Atchison Globe notes that young women curl their hair for social ambitions, but curls fade as marriage lasts, leaving a knot that shows time and neglect. When an older woman reverts to curling on Sunday evenings, a light glows in her parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Whose Portrait on the Ten Dollar Silver Certificate
A dialogue in the Buston Courier debates whether the ten dollar silver certificate features Garfield or Hendricks. Wiggles asserts Garfield while Waggles claims Hendricks, presenting a bill as proof before conceding uncertainty. The exchange ends with a casual request for ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggles
Garfield
Hendricks
Bill
Old Man
Buston Courier
Growing Men and Shifting Skew: A Look at 19th Century Outlooks
The article surveys rising athletic records among young men and a trend of increasing average male size over two generations. It also notes a humorous regional observation on political trust, describes Ripon England’s old mayor horn signal, and reports Lord Kelvin proposing extreme subsurface temperatures with no climate impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
The First English Duke Created in 13387
A historical note claims the first English duke title was created in the year 13387. The statement reflects an ancient hereditary office tied to medieval noble ranks. Further verification of the date and title origin is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Davis
Omaha Bee
Bee
Northwest
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. Clark
F. E. Clark
Montevideo
Minn
Henry George
San Diego
Cal
C. G. Rathbun
Buffalo
Stevens
O’gorman
Holy Family Church
Davenport Iown
Roy Boggs
Rev
J. H. Babcock
Huron
Alfred Fowler
Webster
Presbyterian Church
Cydnie White
Bernice Brown
Bessie Stair
Judge Smith
Pierre
Judge Gatty
Howard
Miss Denning
Peter Christinson
Dan McDermaid
Hood’s
Burma
Hartford Times
Washington Star
Porris Davo
Janus
Ripon
England
Kingdom
Market Cross
Lord Kelvin
I. J. Coppedge
Elmo, Kaufman Co
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Common Sense
RV. Pierce
Levinger’s
ONE Cent
Supolio
Rash Rhine
A. H. Pehrson
Mitchell National Bank
U. S
W. G. Davison
E. J J Quigley
N. L. Davison
W. M. Smith
Nic Dondelinger
L. O. Gale
C. W. Adams
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!