Street Talk and Local Notices
The county canvassing board meets in the court house Saturday at 10 a.m. to canvass the vote. Various patent medicines are advertised as sold locally with claims to cure ailments including croup diphtheria and dyspepsia. A large prairie fire is reported south of the city. Baptists attend a convention, and a public auction is planned in Mitchell, South Dakota on Monday October 14, 1889 for an open buggy.
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County Canvassing Board
Court House
Mary Bidwell
Curtis & Mills
Mitchell
South Dakota
New Chautauqua Circle Seeks Members
Another Chautauqua circle will be organized with entries due by Oct 7. Prospective members may request information on required books from M. J. Hesse, secretary of Dakota.
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M. J. Hessse
Sec
Dakota
Clothes donations sought by Womans Relief Corps
Mrs. Susie Tenny, chairman of the Relief Committee, requests donations of any clothes old or new for a charitable purpose. Please drop items at her residence at the corner of Lawler and tenth streets in Mitchell.
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Womans Relief Corps
Lawler and
Tenth Streets
Mitchell
8. D
Susie Tenny
Notice to Contractors for coal bids in Davison County
Notice to contractors bids for furnishing 40 tons of coal for Davison county must be received at the auditor's office by 12 o'clock noon October 7 1889. Auditor will furnish bid form. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. K T Robinson Mitchell Sept 9 Auditor.
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Davison County
K.T. Robinson
Mitchell
Editor Scott Leaves Sidney Telegraph for New Opening
The Sidney Nebraska Telegraph notes WV A Scott formerly of the city is its new editor. The departure was unexpected, suggesting a temporary absence, and the Republican expresses regret at losing a citizen of his character and ability while hoping he finds a promising outlet for his newspaper talents.
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Sidney
Nebraska
WV. A. Scott
Advertised Letters For Mitchell Post Office Sept 30
List of uncalled letters in the Mitchell post office for the week ending September 30 includes Cooper Joseph Connelly WA Congleton J T Cavalier L E Dillon A 3 Damon Emma J Hoyt MJ Howard W Hayt Adolph Hippr Lowras Higgins Mrs W Jackson Alfred Johnson S McCollum B G Miss Ella Parker Laban Henry Lauds Edward Tuspin L Tewell A B Williams E N Walker J Watson Mrs A E Wyland Jacob. Callers told to say advertised. unclaimed letters will be sent to the dead letter office after two weeks.
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Mitchell
Cooper
Joseph Connelly
Congleton
T Cavalier
E Dillon
Damon Emma J Hoyt
Howard W Hayt
Adolph Hippr Lowras Higgins
W Jackson
Alfred Johnson S McCollum
Ella Parker Laban
Henry Lauds
Edward ‘Tuspin L
Tewell
Williams
N Walker J Watson
E Wyland Jacob
D. Hauer
P.M
Y M C A Leader Urges Aid and Expansion in Mitchell
T A Hildreth of St Paul, secretary for Dakota and Minnesota Y M C A, visited Mitchell and spoke to a Monday evening meeting. He urged thorough committee work and organized membership to boost service to local young men, requesting at least 600 dollars for enlarging rooms and operations, plus 300 dollars from city ladies to furnish the rooms. He departed for Chamberlain on the west train.
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T. A. Hildreth
St. Paul
Dakota
Minnesota
Mitchell
Main Street
Y. M
Edgerton Honored at Republican Ratification Meeting
Mitchell and Davidson counties held an enthusiastic meeting at the Rink opera house to celebrate the recent election victory and to show support for Hon. A. J. Edgerton’s bid for the United States Senate. Speeches praised the result and Edgerton’s open stance on issues including prohibition and the capital question. Capt. Silsby led three cheers for the honored candidate.
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Mitchell
Davison County
Rink Opera House
A.j.edgerton
United States Senate
T.E. Blanchard
Everitt Smith
G. A. Silsby
RB. N. Kratz
A. E. Hitchcock
J. L. Hannett
J.N. Crow
R. W. Wheelock
Col. Aug. Moore
Judge Edgerton
Senate
Col. Moore
Ife
Northwest
South Dakota
Huron
Commonwealth
Lucy M Drake Dies After Illness in Dakota Home
Lucy M Moor Drake died September 28 158 aged 32 years 2 months 20 days in Davis County Missouri born June 8 1857 joined the M E Church at seventeen married Milo F E Drake December 24 1873 moved with family to Davison County Dakota in 1881 mother of two daughters Effie and Ettie aged ten and twelve and a son who died two years earlier. Funeral held September 29 in Ethan M E Church with Rev H T Curl delivering the sermon. the house was filled with mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy M. Drake
L. W
Cynthia Moor
Davis County
Missouri
Milo FE. Drake
Davison County
Dakota
Effie
Ettie
Charles Drake
Cynthia
Lesley Moor
M. E
Ethan
H. T. Curl
University Opens Fourth Annual Session at New Dakota Campus
Dakota university opened its fourth annual session on Wednesday in a new commodious building with a large well lit chapel. Morning exercises featured remarks by President Wm Brush and professors and reverends. The welcome praised the building program and looked to a bright future. Attendance was high but exact enrollment was pending. Regular college work begins today.
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Dakota University
Wm. Brush
A. W. Adkinson
C. B. Clark
I. T. Curl
Duncan wins two premiums at Aberdeen show with Enterprise and Champion
M. Duncan of this city earned first premium for his horse Enterprise and second for Champion at Aberdeen. The class drew 300 entries, and Duncan is congratulated for his achievements.
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FE. M. Duncan
Aberdeen
Enterprise
Champion
Duncan
Our Mother Memorial by Effie and Etta Drake
A brief memorial poem honors a mother, Effie and Etta Drake present verses about loss and heavenly reunion. It recalls a loving, guided mother and references a preacher’s hope of family reunion in heaven.
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Effie and
Etta Drake
Beall School Enlarged and Immanuel Church Dedicated
In Plainview the Beall school house was enlarged and improved while Immanuel's Lutheran church was dedicated Sunday by Rev. Waechter with two visiting ministers. Mr and Mrs Geo Fuller visit Yankton area and Miss Winnie Palmer will attend Mitchell normal school. D G Mabie and family travel south for health reasons. Mr Wm Goldhammer and Miss Mary Beninde wed at Immanuel's church on September 24 with best wishes from friends.
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Beall
Geo. Fuller
Yankton
Immanuel’s Church
Waechter
D. G. Mabie
Wm. Goldhammer
Mary Beninde
Patent by a Mitchell Man for a buggy shaft guard
Dr J F Kellogg of this city has devised a simple metal guard to attach to the shaft or pole and back band of the harness. It aims to prevent a buggy from running onto the horse when holds fail on hills and to hold the vehicle if the whipple tree breaks. Kellogg seeks exclusive manufacture rights with an eastern firm offering 25 cent royalties and a minimum daily output. A patent has been applied for.
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J. F. Kellogg
Whippletree
Dr. Kellogg
Holy Rosary Month Services Placed in Holy Family Church
During the present month Catholics observe the Holy Rosary month with daily services at Holy Family church starting 8 30 a m and 7 30 p m The evening devotion includes the Rosary Litany of the Blessed Virgin benediction of the most Holy Sacrament The Rev Thomas Rabsteineck of Wahpeton N D will hear confessions in Bohemian and German Masses are at 8 30 and 9 a m with a Bohemian sermon for the occasion by Father Rabsteineck.
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Holy Family
Thomas Rabsteineck
Wahpeton
N. D
Vather Rabsteineck
Republican delegate convention for 4th district county commissioner
Republicans of the 4th district convene at Peck school house Badger township on Saturday Oct. 12 at 3 p m to nominate a candidate. Badger 4 delegates Blendon 5 delegates Perry 3 delegates participate in the convention.
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Peck School
Badger Township
Badger
Blendon
Perry
Death notice for Mrs Harwood in Neillsville Wisconsin
The Maronite of Tuesday reports the death of Mrs J Warwood of Neillsville Wisconsin. Mrs Harwood was the mother of Mrs A L Seaton and Charles Harwood of this city.
Soldier Sleeps Cause of Death of Gen Samuel D Sturgis
Sturgis died at 611 Ashland Ave in St Paul at 1 am aged 67. A retired army officer, he served in the Mexican War and Civil War, earning brevets and commands across Kansas Nebraska and Washington. Survived by a wife and eight children, funeral at the cathedral Monday with Archbishop Ireland.
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St. Paul
D. Sturgis
Ashland Avenue
John Lawler
Dakota
Sturgis
Samuel Devis Sturgis
Shippensburg
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania
James
Mary Sturgis
Armagh
Ireland
Gen
Scott
Lundy’s Lane
West Point
McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
Reno
Mexico
Taylor
Buena Vista
Chihuahua
Los Angeles
Fort Leavenworth
Iansas
Albuquerque
N. M
Territorial
First Cavalry
Kansas
Nebraska
Lyce
Springfield
Wilson’s Creek
Sigel
Lyon
St. Louis Arsenal
Washington
Pope
Bull Run
Samuel
Second Artillery
Arlington Heights
Baptist Convention Opens Eighth Annual Session in City
The Baptist convention began its eighth annual session in the city yesterday with an initial service at the Baptist church. Officers for the ministerial union were elected and the annual sermon was delivered by Rev. F. M. Horning of St. Lawrence on National Probation.
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The
Baptist Convention
Baptist Church
F. M. Horning
St. Lawrence
Submarine Valleys and Deep Basins Off California Coast
An 1860s style geologic survey describes deep Pacific regions and submarine valleys along the California coast, noting the eastern Pacific is broadly uniform in depth with notable plateaus, while the western Pacific hosts archipelagos and deltas. It highlights off Point Hueneme and Monterey Bay submerged valleys, and Farther offshore a vast 1800 mile deep water crescent near Kamchatka. The article contrasts shallow coastal ledges with deep trenches and cites depths to 4,600 fathoms in the Okhotsk entrance.
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Pacific Ocean
Aleutian Islands
Patagonian
Great Ocean
Australia
New Zealand
Asia
Pacific
Ducie Island
Point Hueneme
Santa Barbara Channel
Monterey Bay
James Alden
Salinas River
Topher
Davy Jones’ Locker
Kurile Islands
Japan
Sea of Okhotsk
San Francisco Chronicle
Cheap Cigars But Not Made Of Paper, Dealer Says
The dealer declares that cheap cigars sold in the city are not made of paper coated to imitate tobacco though rumors claimed otherwise. He emphasizes the cigars are tobacco and denounces the belief as unfounded.
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Hatever Foundation
The Gentlemen of America and the Meaning of Nobility
A Cincinnati Commercial quotation asserts that in America there are no hereditary nobles or formal coats of arms. True gentility rests on personal character and conduct, not birth or lineage, and can be found in humble homes or grand houses alike.
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America
Jones
Mr. Smith
Dinkinspeil
Mr. Flahherty
Cincinnati
Grant questioned Wellington’s military training origin
Sir William Fraser’s tale of a Grant remark at Apsley House is debatable. The London Life commentary argues Grant did not reveal ignorance but asked whether the Iron Duke had formal schooling at a military academy or learned warfare in the field, contrasting with West Point graduates.
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William Fraser
Gen. Grant
New York Herald
London
Iron Duke
Lee
Sherman
Stonewall Jackson
West Point
Marlborough
Frederick
London Life
Milledgeville church tunes bold song into hymn
A Milledgeville Methodist revival sprinkled Good-by My Lover Good-by into There is a Fountain Milled With Blood, turning a popular plantation ballad into a church tune. Night after night the new interpretation rang out, drawing smiles as a novelty waned then settled into the church song service. The tune, once seen as a Sabbath desecration, now opens Sundays in good taste. The Macon Tele notes this shift in a regional taste for liturgical music.
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Georgia
Milledgeville
Macon
Soldiering the Wind Fate in Carmen Sylva Poem
A fragment from Carmen Sylva in Sunny Hour speaks to a child about becoming a soldier. The speaker praises courage and sacrifice, linking earth, sun, and time to the child's future role. The verse blends wind imagery with funeral resolve and patriotic themes.
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Carmen Sylva
Let Husband and Wife Keep Harmony at Home
A New York Mail and Express piece urges couples to observe simple acts to strengthen marriage. It counsels husbands to frequent home, share feelings, and confide in wives, and wives to avoid gossip, support business cares, beautify the home, and greet with a kiss.
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Ict
Marrage
New York Mail and Express
Ceak
One Way of Trade and a Teenager’s Clever Quip
A Father and son Rob, fascinated by trade, encounter a bookseller who jokes about selling the latest work in paper. Rob suggests splitting the price difference and not reading the book, prompting a playful exchange that ends with a wry remark about profits and reading.
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Rob
The Man with the Lantern Haunts Oil Regions
A Philadelphia Press piece warns of the dangerous man with a lantern in oil fields. Explosions and fires follow his visits to gas enveloped tanks, while his fate remains elusive as he vanishes after each disaster, only to return as long as oil wells operate.
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Gopertols
San
Philadelphia Press
Tla
Atlanta Punishes Profanity With Bitter Mouthwash
A quassia infused rinse is said to curb public school profanity in Atlanta. The piece notes loud discipline, jokes about harsher remedies, and reflects on family methods of reform with biting humor. It mentions quassia as a cure and mocks harsher punishments.
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Atlanta
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