Court Renders Not Guilty Verdict In Local Trials
The court directed a not guilty verdict for William Blacker after a morning of testimony from States Attorney Spangler. Peter Young pleaded guilty to assault and battery after his maiming charge was withdrawn. A hospital-bound Mrs. Kelley was excused until Friday morning. Community speeches lauded a local football victory and upcoming celebrations with bonfires and a planned banquet for 150 guests at Widmann.
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Whiting
Peter Young
Young
Flanders
Preston
Spangler
Kelley
Look
L. B. Stair
Board of Education
Redfield
Nicholson
Dakota Wesleyan
Mitchell
University
Lauritz Miller
G. D.hardy
Enthusiastic High School Celebrates Football Victory
Monday and Monday night saw around 1000 students, parents, and staff celebrate Mitch ell’s state championship win over Aberdeen. Commodore Brady of Dakota West Penn guided the bonfire event with school songs and yells at the West Side grounds.
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Mitchell
Aberdeen
Aken
Commodore Brady
Dakota WestJeyan
Scallin Bros Missing Rocky Mountain Tea Hint
A note reports the Scallin Brothers forgot their Rocky Mountain Tea last night and mentions feeling off today. No further details or locations provided.
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Rocky Mountain
Scallin Bros
His Profession
In a Parisian restaurant a tall man in a frock coat visits the young master and leaves after a brief talk. Marcel notes the man looks distinguished and wonders at his errand as he and Miss Betham-Edwards discuss a government functionary or bond owner. The couple’s toothpick supplier is a well dressed husband and wife earning six to eight dollars weekly, a case of gilded poverty.
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Marcel
Baltimore
Harper’s Weekly
Second Annual South Dakota Corn Show At Mitchell
The South Dakota State Corn Growers and Breeders Association announces the second annual corn show in Mitchell December 17 to 19, with a corn school led by Prof. M. L. Bowman and addresses by experts. Prizes total 2400 across divisions A B and C, with county exhibits and entries due by December 10. Tuition to the school is free and entries may be sent to Forestburg then Mitchell.
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South Dakota
Corn Growers’ and Breeders’ Association
Mitchell
Brookings
A. J. Wimple
Beresford
H. C. Warner
Forestburg
J. M. Elion
City Hall
M. L. Bowman
Iowa Agricultural College
Cole
Brookings Agricultural College
W. A. Wheeler
A. E. Chamberlain
John Brenner
Robert Slagle
A. C. Collins
Sioux Falls
John Lakin
Hurley
J. B. Parkhurst
Huron
Bert Dye
Vermillion
Prof
Bowman
C. BE. Twambley
Alexandria
Missouri River
Tugger County
Gregory County
Turner County
Sanborn County
Lyman County
Ethel’s Teeth and a Changing Smile in Puck
A poem by Charles R. Barnes notes Ethel’s early bright teeth and charm as a maid, then aging altered the smile. At sixty she seeks artificial aid, replacing worn teeth with artifice. The verse reflects changing beauty standards across life.
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Charles R. Barnes
Puck
How She Stood And Munich Beer Myth
A New York World item quotes a girl teacher saying Carrie stands pigeon toed but hopes to fix it. A London Mail recounts a Bavarian Hofbrauhaus episode where a five finger beer measure becomes five quarts and a porter solos the first round for sixpence before refilling another quart.
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Carrie
New York World
Munich
Bavaria
Hofbrauhaus
London
German Gleanings and Local German Trade Practices
The piece notes thirty two American consuls in Germany and towns turning skins for fur, explains a Plimsoll mark on beer mugs indicating legal load, and details Freiburg’s municipal enterprises including pawnshop insurance theater restaurants newspaper and schools plus a cemetery offering cheap interment.
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Germany
Freiburg
Mitchell 21 Yankton 0 in decisive football win
Mitchell defeats Yankton 21 to 0 as forward passes and strong line play dominate. Hardy and Seaman score for Mitchell with solid defensive pressure by D W line, while Yankton struggles to mount any scoring threat amid windy conditions.
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Mitchell
Hardy
Seaman
Gordy
Holdridge
Yankton
D. W
McNaught
Vermillion
Wesleyan
Adventures in Lake Chad by Lt Boyd Alexander
The English officer recounts hardships during exploration of Lake Chad in Africa. He describes wading through mud for food, roasting birds, hunting rats for six days, rampant mosquitoes, and boats forced to sleep aboard. He also details an encounter with Buduma fishing fleets and the discovery of four slave boys rescued from trafficking.
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Boyd Alexander
Lake
Chad
Africa
Lake Chad
Long Courtship Ends With Village Wedding
After nine years of courting Jennie on the farm Tom muses about Niagara falls drying up in 60,000 years. Jennie laughs and urges cheer, then the couple wed the next day as wedding bells ring in the village.
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Jennie
Niagara Falls
Tom
Gal
N. B
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Shakespeare
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Robbie Burns
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Madole Stephens
McGreyvor Graham
Byer Smith
Brannigan
Todnem
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Dobson Waterbury
W. Tanner
Coulson Hardy
Melick Holdridge
Gardiner
Levings
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Miller
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Auckland
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