Missionary Union Convention Opens in Mitchell Week
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society holds a multi day convention in Mitchell starting Friday, with delegates from Minnesota North and South Dakota. Prominent speakers include Mrs. W. H. Landis Mrs. J. W. Joyce and Miss Anna Stone from China and Malaysia. Local music and a full daily program mark the opening events.
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Mitchell
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Northwest
W. H. Landis
Minneapolis
Ll. W. Joyce
D.B. Gardner
St. Paul
C. W. Hall
Mesdames W. H. Landis
W. Joyce
Bishop Joyce
RF. G. Lindsey
J. M. Totton
Wm. Fielder
H. E. Sloan
J. T. Stewart
Anna Stone
Kiu Kaing
China
Clara Martin
Penang
Malaysia
North Dakota
D. Risenbark
Watertown
Winchell
J. W. Joyce
Kh. F. Nelson
R. B. Hager
Witchell Hymop
E. Mason
Minneaplis
C W. Hail
Miss Anna
Henry Clay Trotter Sold For One Dollar A Pound
William Wadsworth of Geneseo bought the famed American trotting stallion Henry Clay from George M. Patchen of New Jersey after Patchen set a price of one dollar per pound based on the horse weighing 1,050 pounds. The tale notes Henry Clay’s speed hauling a doctor to Rochester and a 95 mile drive before a race, contrasting old harnesses with modern gear.
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George M. Patchen
William Wadsworth
Geneseo
John Gilmer Speed
New Jersey
Henry Clay
Patchen
Mr. Wadsworth
Mr. Speed
Liszt Interprets Chopin With Dramatic Intensity
Silas G. Pratt describes Liszt performing Chopin as his demeanor shifts with the music. The somber fantasie unleashes intense expression, eyes blazing, jaw set, and hands striking terror as a diabolical passion roars through the performance.
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Chopin
Lilat
Silas G. Pratt
Booklover
By Hook or Crook explained in old jokes
The piece outlines the origin of the phrase by hook or crook with anecdotes about two London lawyers named Hook and Crook who helped locate post fire property. It notes voters bribery straw men and judges Hook and Crook and habeas corpus writs leading to outcomes seen as by hook and by crook and hailed as hocus pocus.
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Hook Or Crook
London
Hook and Crook
Hook
The Women of Moro in Bongoa Dress Style
The article describes Moro women with varied colorful dress but notes unattractive features like blackened arching teeth and untidy hair knots. Wealthier women wear long silver-nail extensions, use carved bone or sticks as adornment, and smoke through a bone or cigarette holder.
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Pathway Unte Prayer Use of Words in Bacon Extract
The fragment shows how spelling and phrasing shift over time. It cites Bacon’s Pathway Unte Prayer with lines invoking the preservation of the kingly majesty and the success of Edward the prince. The text includes altered spellings like brat and brood of John Bull, illustrating language evolution in early modern prose.
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Edward
John Bull
Self Milker Town Tale Ends With Cow Sale
Mrs Meadows-Yaas and Mrs Borntop-Dew discuss a brindle cow that once stole milk. Hiram got rid of the animal and speculation suggests he took most anything he could for her. Mrs Mc Wat tew fows notes the beast was sold to the city as a self.
Spur of the Occasion and the Fight Within
A fragment discusses using spur as a metaphor for seizing opportunity. It warns that one cannot create spurs but must rely on them to drive action, urging readiness to act and to oust doubt before the moment of conflict.
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Branson
H. E. Hitchcock
L. K. Lord
Parker
Republican
Better Suited Hank Becomes College Preacher
Beverly Times notes Hank, formerly tied to the Big Bills, is stepping toward a college preacher role as part of a personal career shift.
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Hank
Beverly Times
Green's Addition Becomes City Block Unanimously
The Gre en e s Addition was voted into the city limits by a unanimous council, tying into the eastern section’s growth and tax privileges. The action follows prior requests and debate over taxes and street rights.
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Greene
Hannett
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