Back From Old England Sidney Smith’s South Dakota trip notes
Mitchell readers publish Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith’s three month journey to England and Europe. He recounts London growth Sun’s streets and embassies, Windsor trip, Paris Eiffel Tower view, and impressions of France. Also contains ads, postal notices, and medical cures cited, with local interest about travel and commerce.
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Sidney Smith
Mitchell
Old England
United States
Mr. Smith
Atlantic
America
South Dakota
Republican
London
Little Island
City of London
Banks and Stock Exchange
East Indies
St. Pauls
Westminister Abbey
Houses of Parliment
Surrey
St. Thomas Hospital
Thames
Henley
Windsor
Old Castle
Queen Vic
Isle of Wight
Astor
Duke of Westminster
Charleston Court
Kent
Inigo Jones
Robert Fillmore
Queen Elizabeth's Court
John Corlett
London Sporting Times
Canterbury
France
Bolougne
Paris
Gay Paree
Eiffel Tower
Napoleon
England
Menominee
Spain
Democrats Win Place on Davison County Ballot in Court ruling
Judge Smith ordered Auditor Champlin to place the corn palace democrats ticket on the ballot, creating two Democratic tickets under the party heading. The ruling follows three or four supreme court decisions allowing factional differences to be represented. Costs taxed to Davison County.
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Davison County
Champlin
Corn Palace
Smith
Goodykoontz
Fellows
Supreme Court
Pelican and Duck Duel in Kew Gardens
A spectacled duel between a pelican and a duck at Kew Gardens draws a crowd. After a short water bout, the pelican seized the duck and jammed it in its pouch, leading to a frantic struggle inside. The duck finally escaped, then fled, leaving the pelican to reflect on a contested victory. In another note, a London Family Doctor discusses cheese as a rich future staple, its digestibility varying by stomach and offering notable nitrogen content, with skimmilk cheese highlighted for its protein.
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Kew Gardens
London
Her Splendid Hair and the London Dinner Enchantment
Mrs Norton hosts a dinner for Italian visitor with introductions in London. Lord Normanby admires a beauty famed for her abundant hair and asks to see it let down. She complies, unplaiting coils as envy grows among the fashionable guests.
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Mrs. Norton
London
Lord Normanby
Giles In the Pulpit and A Sufficient Diet Excerpt
The piece recalls Giles as a local preacher in Norfolk with Sam a born teacher whose burlesque similes surface in his sermons. It also quotes Westminster Gazette on practical preaching and a New York Ledger note on milk beef and bread as a balanced diet and nutrients.
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Giles
John Wesley
Norfolk
Sam
Paul
Mr. H
Haarvest
Westminster Gazette
New York Ledger
Othello Whitewashed in Venetian Manuscript Findings
Italian papers report 1542 notes by a Cretan diplomat in Venice claiming Desdemona survived and died of natural causes. The files, found in a convent archives, challenge Shakespearean tragedy by stating there was no Moor of Venice fatal tragedy.
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Venice
Republic of Venice
Othello
Mnor
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