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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
3
A long list of Republican candidates pledges support across multiple statewide and county offices. Names include A. B. Kittredge for senator and C. H. Burke for congress, with several officials such as N. Herreid, W. Snow, C. Berg, C. Collins, and more, followed by local district representatives and judges. The page also features two short cultural anecdotes about education and a Persian traveler.
Gilbert kneels during prayers and is corrected as a servant. a kettle joke and a child dialogue reveal domestic scenes. A family morning unfolds with humor from children aged four to six and a polite household exchange.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls two ladies in a park debating a passerby near an Achilles statue. The piece then shifts to a Higginsville Lyceum manager boasting an ambitious winter lecture lineup including a missionary, gambler, trained animals, a heathen convert, a moving picture machine, and a professional impersonator.
A collection of brief humorous lines and captions from various papers. Jokes include family banter about a baby and a dog collar, a strike scene with hungry kids, a Middlebury cemetery inscription, and a plain woman’s remark about stopping a clock. The items reflect early 20th century light humor and quips.
A verse from American Kitchen Magazine extols common sense as divine and guiding through life. It contrasts plainness with brilliance, declares its power to trace the true path, and recalls how order arose from chaotic seas when common sense prevailed.
An ad praises Dr. Pierce and his remedies for women facing weak backs headaches and nervousness. It claims thousands addressed by letter to Dr. Pierce received confidential guidance and credits Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets with restoring health. A testimonial from Mrs. Alviena Scholtz describes severe illness in 1900 and full recovery after using the medicines.
Anna Theise Althen wife of John Althen died Monday in Blendon township after a four month illness of neuritis and rheumatism. Born in Trier Germany in 1848 she emigrated with her parents to Chicago then Elgin before moving to Iowa Falls and finally Blendon township where she lived since 1882. She leaves seven children C F Coffee of Silgin Illinois Carl John Casper Anna Millie and Lottie Althen and sister Mrs Hemming of Elgin. The community offers sympathy to the bereaved.
A prominent watchmaker notes constant inquiries about where watches go as production runs in the thousands daily. The life of a watch is claimed to be five years while many owners report only one watch in a lifetime. The piece cites vanished New Jersey factories and widespread disappearance of key winding watches.
A collage of light jokes and anecdotes from the Chicago Post Philadelphia Bulletin and Philadelphia Telegraph. Snippets include a man with a paralyzed side after an idea, a maid unavailable to help, a funeral romance, brain foods versus brains, and General Butler's pepper tale.
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