Local Notes Highlight Community Happenings In Mitchell
Various items from Mitchell reflect city life including visits by Rev John Lewins and Miss Currens the university instructor, a fire scare and rescue by A J Chambers, and George’s Operatic Minstrels performances. Residents attend auctions, funerals, and church events as winter weather resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Helwig
Equal Sullerage Club
A .T. Hubbard
Moyer
Lawler and
Third Streets
Nisit
Mitchell
Hubbard
George
Grand Opera House
Mr. George
James Brown
Chamberlain
Yankton
Mr. Brown
Brown
C. M. Daley
Huron
Plankinton
Congregational Church Association
Ben Oleson
Milwaukee Road
Chas. Hedden
Hanson County
Harvest of Human Hair Sparks Global Trade
A Washington Star piece explains the global scale of human hair commerce with 12 million pounds used annually and New York importing over four tons yearly. It notes one woman’s hair at six feet could fetch $590, describes origin sites in Switzerland Germany and France, and highlights a lively market in the Pyrenees with daily sales and varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Switzerland
Germany
Ierlans
Lower Pyrenees
United States
Washington Star
A Self Sacrificing Friend Political Quip
The Washington Star quotes a politician who proclaims himself the workingman's friend while admitting he does no work. A man with calloused hands counters that he never did work, noting the need is for work, not rhetoric. The piece contrasts public persona with practical labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Subsidised Hotels in Norway Sketch
Subsidised lodging in Norwegian villages allows prominent locals to host travelers for a four person minimum per stay. The system, likely government regulated and offering very moderate tariffs, underpins Norway’s tourism-driven prosperity as described by a traveler. A separate anecdote recounts a condolence visit where a widow contrasts sympathy with lack of life insurance.
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Norway
Scotland
Ireland
Eio
A Dame School In England 1837
The scene depicts a dame school in England in 1837 with a cock and two hens on a porch forming a triangle, a dog kennel under a stump bed occupied by three black terriers, and a single small window where the teacher blocks most of the light, as described in a Parliamentary Report.
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England
Ash Pit Emptier Describes Locomotive Ash Removal System
A track at the pit bottom supports steel cars that receive dumped ashes from locomotives. An overhead derrick lifts the cars for emptying, enabling continuous ash removal from the pits.
Thickest Coal Seam in Wyoming Profiled
An article notes the Wyoming Green River basin hosts the world’s thickest coal seam near Twin Creek with up to 300 feet of coal covering 4 000 acres. It also oddly mentions a London clergyman who sent Jubilee banquet invites to the poor, receiving 70 acceptances, and claims 53 guests declined or faced a loss, with a unrelated aside about a newspaper glitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Twin Creek
Green River Coal Basin
London
Guyca
Nature
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Thomas Harris
Wakefield Station
Sussex Co
Helen
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
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Wee the Capital
ML. E. Spooner
Beresford
Spooner & Nordacker
John Lewins
Methodist Conference
Alexandria
City
Homer Bostwick
Sioux Falls
J. E. Wells
J. C. Willite
Mra J. K. Sin
Marshalltown
Iowa
East First Street
Mitchell National Bank
Art
Republican
A. J. Chambers
Parkston
Henry Schurz
Jacob Koch
Jacob
Jake
Faust
Dean
Howard
Milner
Mortimer Brown
White Lake
Fred Widmann
Spaulding
St. Paul
L.c. Whitcher
Ambrose Curtis
Asa Tyler
Odd Fellows Hall
Mr. Tyler
Miss Saul
K. T. Taubman
Aberdeen
Washington
Mr.Taubman
Macon
L. Moyer
Austin Berry
Moyer & Berry
Hick
Harry Parry
Chas Boyden
Mr. Parry
South Africa
Watts
Oliver
DeSmet
E. O. McEwen
Mt. Vernon
Bridgewater
Canton
McEwen
Jay Dundas
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Jay
Messrs. Moore
Krom
Boggs
Scallin
Turner
Frink
Bradley
C. E. Hager
Vermillion
S. H. Scallin
West Fourth Street
Mr. Hager
Hager
Kirkpatrick
Letcher
Frank McCormick
Spooner & Nordaker
Judge Fellows
John Tuckey
Springfield
Hoood
George Rathbun
H. Matteson
Payette
Col
J. M. Adams
Los Gatos
Cal
Adams Haid
Mer Sweet Charity
New Yorks Press
Bae Roy
PoTter Drvua & Crem, Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Toledo Blade
Levinger's One Cent Store
A. H. Pehrson
U. S
WAG
Gavison
Faveson Cashier
Nic Dondelinger
Co. W. Adams
C. W. Adams
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