Town News Briefs From Mitchell Nebraska World
Mitchell local items report Atttorney Spangler in Chicago on business Dr and Mrs Wreyberg in Springfield J L Quinn visits from Parkston on state affairs Bert Morgan and John Carlson buy Earnest Goldhammer meat market Effective first of month. Several obituaries and hospital thanks note. W. W. Davis ships hogs to western points Rail and coal shipments address shortages. Rectory moving near Lawler Street and new sanitarium efforts by F Burton Jewell. Clyde Bobbis undergoes appendicitis recovery. Monument handling accident at marble firm. Thanksgiving travel and school visits noted. Carnegie library receives National Prison Association volumes.
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J. L. Quinn
Parkston
Tlutchinson
Bert Morgan
John Carlson
Earnest Goldhammer
Mary U Louise Burns
Myr
Joseph Syers
Passports in France and the Ciphered Cards of Vergennes
The article explains Count de Vergennes issued mock passports in Louis XVI era to identify strangers. Color signified nationality while card shape hinted age, border fillet marital status, dots wealth, decorative flower appearance, punctuation reveals religion. It allowed authorities to judge morals and profession at a glance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count de Vergennes
de Vergennes
Louis XVI
France
Materialistic view mocked by Sir James Crichton Browne
English physician Sir James Crichton-Browne urged against explaining humanity by mere material factors. He warned medical practice risks becoming a glue-like, water-rich brain and claimed modern view reduces humans to self-propelled machines with no true agents behind action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crichton-Browne
Sir James
One Way Blind
A courtroom exchange centers on an impostor who denies claims of blindness yet admits moral blindness. The judge sentences the defendant to six months after noting the deception and the lack of harm in the supposed innocence.
Ingredients of the Play
Brief opinion notes that serious drama depends on a mix of aristocratic texture a moral tone and fine attire. The passage praises how a range of varied and interesting results can still emerge from this traditional recipe in contemporary playwriting.
The Recognition of a Humbled Moiety
Scotty and Pat greet each other in a dialogue about shaving and not recognizing themselves in the mirror. The exchange emphasizes shared humor and a transformed appearance.
Yukon River Navigation Tale Through Ice and Rapids
Mrs. C. R. Miller recounts a Yukon river voyage aboard the Casca and Selkirk. They battle ice, sand bars, and shifting channels, lift the boat with poles and pulleys, endure mosquitos, and crawl through Five Finger rapids on a perilous, adventure filled journey upriver toward Lake La Barge and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selkirk
Lake la Barge
C. R. Miller
Leslie
S Weekly
Proper Hatband Choice Sparks Yacht Club Pride
A well dressed man picks a colored hatband in a bat shop. The clerk identifies the New York Yacht Club colors and warns it would suit only members. The man insists he is a member, prompting the clerk to concede, and the exchange ends with the clerk defeated.
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New York Yacht Club
Sonny
New York Press
Gasoline Power Test Covers New York to New Haven
Yue tests on country roads compare fuel efficiency using two gallons of gasoline across sixty five cars. A 12 horsepower four cylinder achieved 87 miles while another similar model got 58 miles. Iron Age notes 1500 pounds moved 87 miles on two pounds of gasoline, about one ton mile per half cent.
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Yue
New York
New Haven
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Shephe Blenner
the Man On the
Box
the Man From
Glengary
Eben
Hese
Rae
Wy Fey
Ae Py
Spangler
Chicago
Anu
KF. W. Wreyberg
Neal
Springfield
Marcius Lo
Joseph
St. Josephus Hospital
Ir. MW. Melenzie
San Francisco
Melkenzie
Moody Colportagve Association
Geo. Williams
Seward, Neb
Thos. Wallace
M. Tyler
J. S. Bonham
Loomis
Blue River
Wis
Undertaker Broadbent
W. W. Davis
Mt. Vernon
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Chamberlain
Preslio
Kennebec
Mr. Davis
Mitchell
C W. Hoon
St. Mary’s
Lawler Street
Anderson Co
F. L. Rowley
Mr. Bell
The
Republican
F. Burton Jewell
Battle Creek
Mich
Jewell
Clyde Bobb
Wong
L. M. Simons
Sioux Rails
Wendle Smith
Mitchell Marble & Granice
W. E.purner
Rockford
Clinton Smith
S. W. Smith
Mitchell Marble & Granite Works
Pukwana
White Lake
Ramer
Milbank
de Carment
C. Miltimore
Hanson County
Tle
W. &. Tipton
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Carnegie Library
National Prison Association
Reformatory
Ealers
BND Guirance
Robert Burns Lumber Company
Minneapolis Paper Co
Minneapolis
MINA
McUovern
Gray Fox
A.T. McGovern & Sons
Mitchell, South Dakota
Scotty
Pat
Y Yuku River
Jewelry
Townsan Jewelry Co
Hand
Hyde
Champeny Block
South Dakota
Lewis Shuster
Wisconsin
White Sand
Bradstreet Wonewoc Mill CO
Wonewoc
Wia
South Dakota School of Telegraphy
de Smet
S. D
Richard Webber
South Dakotaé
Foster Robe & Tanning Co
Fifth Street
Minnesota
Minneapolis Minn
A [Waite
Prici
White
Middle House
Park
T. White
Col
Arthur C. Miller
Webber’s
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