Talk on County Option Draws Mitchell Audience
Dr. G C G Jordan of Ohio spoke at Mitchell city hall on county local option, presenting business reasons and comparing Maine and Kansas wealth. He urged farmers and rural voters to take part in licensing decisions. A Sunday Methodist church address followed with strong vows to ignite reform and curb liquor.
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GC. G. Jordan
Ohio
Mitchell
C. J. Bliss
O. A. Philips
Messrs
Tournier
Lindsey
Manthey
Dunn
Jordan
Maine
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Nis
Arrest of Lena Knight in House of Hope scam at Brookings
Brookings Register reports a young woman Lena Knight was arrested in Volga on fraud charges for soliciting funds for a Grand Island Neb based House of Hope. Knight claimed she worked for Mrs Bessie Wilson who hired travelers to collect money, with investigations suggesting Wilson orchestrated the operation and used multiple girls.
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Black Hills
Brookings Register
House of Hope
Grand Island
Neb
Mitchell
Brookings
Lena Knight
Volga
Bessie - Wilson
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Public Health in Mitchell
An early 1900s public notice highlights Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney trouble with a Mitchell user testimonial. It recounts backache, irregular urination, and dropsy symptoms followed by improvement after taking the pills, noting Foster-Milburn Co as the U.S. distributor. The article also describes a political rally where William Jennings Bryan spoke in Mitchell, with details of campaign themes and departure.
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Mitchel
Dean
Mitchell
Percy Anderson
First St
Diehl & Brown
Bryan Address Draws Masses at Mitchell Depot
William Jennings Bryan spoke to a surging crowd at the Omaha depot site in Mitchell. He stood on a winded stand decorated with corn palace collars and national emblem, introduced by W T LaFollette, with Andrew Kh Lee and Mayor Hitchcock nearby as Democratic leaders watched.
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Taft
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Mitchell
Chicago
United States
Cannon
House of Representatives
Corn Palace
Hitchcock
Sioux City
Omaha
William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Kh. Lee
W. T. laFollette
Pettigrew
Democratic Party of
Scribner's Magazine Excerpt Cites Caution on Benefit Delay
A fragment notes that a person should not be slow to be benefited, reflecting a lesson from Scribner's Magazine on prompt advantage and timely reward.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Champlain’s 300 Year Vision Spurs New France Home Tale
The article highlights Samuel de Champlain for cutting down nut trees at Quebec and guiding early exploration that tied New England and Northern New York to Champlain’s coast surveys. It notes Champlain’s reports on land, people, animals, timber, plants, and minerals and predicts a great future for Canada as more than a trapping ground.
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Champlain
New England
New York
North Atlantic
Connecticut
Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
Canada
New
France
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Dr. Jordan
Gray
Republican Party
Mitchell TuwAy
S. H. Scallin
C. F. Paige
Wm. Scallin
See-Treas
Scallin Brothers CO
Colorado River Dredging Company
North American Telegraph CO
St. Paul
Minnesota State Fair Association
Great Northern RY. CO
Minneapolis Ste
Subli
Apolis
TRE
Colorado
New York Life Bidg
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Manhattan
Wilson Brother
Hart Scaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
W. C. Metcalf
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