Corn Palace week highlights and local notices in Parkston
Mitchell and surrounding towns recount corn palace week events. Notables include Mrs Grimm and Miss Pendleton visiting, Mayor Thomson and Miss Duthie guests, and Hoyt Cox lighting a violet ray lamp for daylight exposures. Local firms advertise cures and fixtures while a band, street entertainments, and law enforcement actions pepper the reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F E. Grimm
Parkston
C. W. Johnston
May Pendleton
Sioux City
Mary Windle
Chas. Thomson
Margaret Duthie
Miller
C. C. Dean
Miss Harlan
Canton
Virginia Doyle
Florence Fosdick
Corn Palace
Wim. Metcalf
John DP. Peckham
Peckham
Palace
Hoyt Cox
Justice McKinley
Rodell Warne
Sheriff Healey
Chamberlain
Taft House
Cook
D. Anderson
Edith
C. W. Downey
Ashton
Miss Edith
Brookings ,Agricultural College
DeWitt
Scallin Bros
Kennedy
Scalia Bros
Sioux Falls
Physical Degeneration in England Warns Of War Readiness
Arnold White in the London Chronicle argues England faces declining male and female health due to urban life. He cites hospital stays, costly sickness, and lower army heights and weights from 1845 to 1900, claiming Britain’s soldiers are far less healthy than Germans and French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold White
London
England
Germany
Manchester
East Prussia
Britain
Gibraltar
Egypt
Gibraltar's Rock Decays Under Hidden Crumbling Force
Sea captains report Gibraltar's eastern fortress slope shows large silver cement patches masking ongoing disintegration. The rotting stone requires constant masonry to hold the cliff, and experts warn the phrase the strength of Gibraltar may soon lose its meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Chicago Chronicle
Democracy of Swiss Institutions Evident in Hotel Anecdote
A guest in the Engadine hotel asks a Swiss president's name. none nearby know it, including the head waiter and the proprietor. An almanac finally reveals the name, illustrating the openness of Swiss democracy. The piece then notes The Washington Post's quip about English as a universal language and cites the Portsmouth treaty, whose French text is deemed final in case of doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsby
Nore
Seallin Bros
Switzerland
Baron Nomura
Washington Post
Portsmouth
Post
Columbia
Brazil’s Prize for Cancer Cure Awarded by Chamber of Commerce
The Brazilian chamber of commerce sets aside £400,000 as a prize for a lasting cancer cure. An international jury of six expert scientists will judge, including two Medical Academy members from Rio Janeiro and four pathologists from London Paris and Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Brazilian Chamber of Commerce
Medical Academy
Rio Janeiro
London
Paris
Rome
London Pall Mall Gazette
Liverpool Seaport Remains Vital as Dredging Totals Rise
The London Chronicle notes that over 9,000,000 tons of sand were removed from the Mersey bar and channels by sand pump dredges in the last year. Since 1890 dredging has totaled more than 88,000,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scaliba Bros
Letcher
Brooks Vaudeville Co
Main
Second Streets
Liverpool
Mersey
London Chronicle
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A. H. Pehrson
Main Street
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Bowdish
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Harry C. Price
Arabella Moon
Yankton
Mr. Owdish
Hannah Johnston
Harry Berg
J. M. Devers
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Mary Xveidler
Lee
Hame
Jerauld
A. J. Rowley
Wibash
Ind
Rogge
Charley Ropee
Lester
N. A. Rover
Roath
D. M. Halside
St. Louis
James Rogan
Conde
Rogan
Johnston
Widmann
T. EB. Stewart
Neatrice
Neb
J. Wh. Just
Stewart
Republican
John Wallis
Commercial Savings Bank
He Is
M. Ruchet
Ayer
Weill
Er R Co
Lowell
Massacturers
Wickwire
Kupperhiem
Becker
BIG
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