Local notes from Mitchell and vicinity reported
A broad column reports on residents and visitors in Mitchell in the Happenings column. It notes A B Hager’s trip to White Lake, Hagerty family travels to McGregor Iowa, Prof Ray Carhart illness, Will E Phillips wintering with F T Phillips, and Wilkins family moving to a new West Third Street home. It also covers business moves, social events, university student Floyd Dean’s recovery, and local civic matters including John Marshall Day plans and a wedding in Badger township.
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A. B. Hager
White Lake
D. Hagerty
Mies
Maggie Hagerty
McGregor
Iowa
Salem
Ray Carhart
Will E. Phillips
Danville
Frl
F. ‘7. Phillips
Metropolitan
Phillips
W. H. Wilkinson
West Third Street
Mr. Wilkinson
C. E. Reeves
Mitchell
Sanborp County
Dr. Burr
East Fifth Street
O. L. Brancon
A. H. Bailey
Kinney
Spencer
Milwaukee Road
Floyd Dean
Milwaukee
Thos, Sterling
Redfield
N. B. Reed
Woonsocket
A. E. Hitchcock
John Marshall
State Bar Association
Association
Pierre
United States Supreme Court
Danforth
Vermillion Republican
Huron
Insurance Commissioner’s Department
H.C. Shober
Highmore
Woonsocket Herald
Mt. Vernon
Newa
John Momeen
Momeen
Main Street
Momsen
Vernon
John
Chamberlain Democrat
Will Perry
Pukwana
John Colvin
New York State
H.C. Preston
Register Foster
U. S. Land Office
Alexandria
Mastery Tests Boy for a Place in Shop
A merchant in an eastern city tests applicants by reading a book without pause while distractions are shown, hiring the one who remains focused. Over 80 boys fail until a single candidate stays steady, proving himself master of himself and earning higher wages and promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Floating Fields in China Provide Practical Food Source
The Brooklyn Eagle details Dr. MacGowan's description of floating gardens and ricefields in China. Bamboo rafts support straw and mud soils, allowing plants to root in water. fields mature as water levels rise or fall. These floating crops help avert famines during droughts or floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
MacGowan
Yangtse
Yellow
Brooklyn Eagle
A Confusion of Ideas Sir Henry Haworth and a Dinner Jest
The Yorkshire Post recounts a tale about Sir Henry Haworth, author of History of the Mongols, who after years of serious inquiry is teased for his supposed fondness for dogs. A dinner remark reveals the quip that he wrote a famous history of mongrels, prompting amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haworth
Mark
Sir Henry
Yorkshire Post
Wedding Fee Possum Joke Shared by Colorful Citizen
A colored man paid a justice of the peace with a big possum as a wedding fee. A year after the marriage the bridegroom was asked how married life suited him. He replied that he wished he had eaten the possum instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Jim
Atlanta Constitution
Child’s Moscow mistake sparks a satirical outcry
A mother chastises a teacher after Johnny is kept late for failing to locate Moscow on a map. The boy is told Moscow was burned in 1812, and the mother calls the punishment an outrage in a sharp, humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Europe
Johnny
Last Cent for a Drink Sparks Barroom Outburst
A gambled drunk seeks credit with bartender Jim in a Detroit style tale. The soaked man slaps down a single cent and orders a drink, prompting Jim to threaten with a bat before the patron flees through the door. The second anecdote recalls Judge Backus insisting a French witness answer clearly, provoking a stunned gallery and comic misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Tick
Efridient Torres
Chicago Chronicle
King Charles XII Feared Beauty More Than War
From Countess Potocka's Memoirs a tale shows Charles XII fearing beauty ruling him. A young woman seeks justice for an octogenarian father maltreated by soldiers. The king, a disciplinarian, wonders if she is beautiful and orders her to wear a veil before hearing her case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles XII
Sweden
Alexander
Countess Potocka
Little Bessie’s Clowning Smiles End in a Slip
A short anecdote from London Answers describes Little Bessie punished for misbehavior slinking to the room’s far end and crying. Her mother turns to see repentance yet finds Bessie making faces at her and explains she tried to smile but her face slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
London
Still Free After Moonlit Pursuit
A terse romantic vignette ends with a playful exchange as a woman teases a man about sweets against a doctor’s orders, with moonlight retreating behind a cloud. The Philadelphia Record captures a lighthearted flirtation in a nocturnal moment.
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Philadelphia
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Xed
Mitchell and Vicinity
Annie Haynes
Frank.Craft
Frank Ward
James Lyons
Mr. Lyons
Albert Boynton
Wavener
Wagner
Boynton
First State Bank
R. J. Gamble
Yankton
United States Senate
Gamble
S. G. Boyan
E. T. Underwood
Platte
Ethan
Underwood
Hager
Graham
Prof. Stout
Paul Graff
Badger Township
Anna Schuenter
Plankinton
Father Shea
Henry T. Backus
Sault Ste. Marie
Backus
Detroit Free Press
Standard Oil
Compa
L.o.gale
Gillis Shoe Do
C. M
St. P. Ry
A. H. Pearson
Mitchell, S. D
Davison County
J. B. Turner & Son
Lindra
Clothier
the Republican
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