University Foundation Progress and Stone Work Beginnings
Concrete for the university foundation is being laid and stone work will begin once finished. Masons have dressed stone for four weeks. a larger crew started Tuesday to ensure timely progress. Fall extending into October and November allows much stone work. public events are planned for September 18. plans remain tentative. Additionally, a 1886 note shows a sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney & Co regarding Hall's Catarrh Cure and related products.
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Orry
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & CO
Hall
A. D
County Board Advances Tax Levy and Back-Tax Amnesty
County commissioners set the forthcoming year’s levy totaling 48 10 mills with 13 297 dollars appropriated for county operations and add one dollar for school poll and dog tax. State taxes include 2 mills and bond sinking funds totaling several mills. An amnesty on back personal taxes through 1847, expiring October 1, encourages timely payment to avoid sheriff collection fees.
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County General
Bridge
Insane
Auction Sale by Francis Hodge Ends Farming Career
Francis Hodge announces sale to wind up farming listing 30 head of cattle 8 horses 100 chickens and assorted machinery and household goods. Notable stock includes high grade Durhams and well bred colts Succesa German Boy and New Ideal. Sale September 19 at 10:30 a.m. one mile west two south of Mt Vernon on the Highland place with free lunch.
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Succesa
Charley Fewell
Ong
Grant Trotters
New Ideal
Douglas
Charley Powell
Mt. Vernon
Highland Place
Francis Hodge
New Fire Chief George Like to Fill Unexpired Term
A special meeting of the volunteer fire department was held Wednesday to elect a chief for the department. Sigmund Schirmer, who led the department for the past year and a half, tendered his resignation as he planned to leave the city permanently. George Like is slated to assume the unexpired term of chief Schirmer.
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George Like
Chief Schirmer
Sigmund Schirmer
Election appoints leaders at BreciV drug store Yankton
George Liko becomes chief of the department with L E Willson as treasurer and Will Slade as timekeeper after a vote. Schirmer earns broad respect for faithful service as chief retires. Liko to serve until the next annual election in March.
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Breciv S
Yankton
George Liko
L. E. Willson
Will Slade
Schirmer
Liko
Curiosities of the cacao tree and handy pocket scissors
The article notes cacao cultivation requires shading by banana trees and mature cacao by tall immortelle trees. It describes cacao pods growing on trunks, seeds as large beans, and the curing process. It also highlights folding pocket scissors as useful to carry, and a classroom quip on adages about birds of a feather.
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Scientific American
Trinidad
Quirts
Venezuela
Unappreciative Milk Man Comment Cited by Detroit Journal
A brief Detroit Journal quip shows a milk man dismissing praise for spring water as a dairying advantage. He quips that most milk buyers cannot distinguish spring water from other water, underscoring skepticism about noted benefits.
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Detroit Journal
A Good Bargain Minister Wedding Scene
A punchy comic wedding line set in a Brooklyn page, where the minister asks Hans Frankfurter to wed, and Hans replies with a comic bargain about a wife and money, noting she has $40 and he has nothing. The moment parodies nuptial vows with humorous scarcity and sarcasm.
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Hans
Hans Frankfurter
Brooklyn Pagte
Reciprocal Help in a New York Times Exchange
A brief dialogue depicts a patient requesting a quarter from a doctor while instructing that the act of help be known to all. The exchange mirrors social expectations of aid and public acknowledgment in a city setting.
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New York Times
A Boston Printer Retells a Humble View of Human Nature
A Boston Transcript note recalls Josiah Johnson Howes, America’s oldest daguerreotypist, who photographed famous figures such as Webster, Sumner, Choate, Emerson, Longfellow, Dorothea Dix, and Jenny Lind with a steady hand and a keen eye for character, even in his later years.
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Boston
Josiah Johnson Howes
America
Webster
Sumner
Rufus Choate
Nossyth
Theodore Parkes
Emerson, Channing
Jared Sparks
Alcott
Lyinia Beecher
Thomas Starr Wing
Dorothea Dix
Lucy Larecom
Holmes
Longfellow
Jenny Lind
Otto Goldschmidt
Notice to Hunters on Lands in Mitchell and Perry Townships
Notice to hunters not to trespass on lands in section 5 Mitchell township and section 34 Perry two. Hunter incurs prosecution to the full extent of the law. Nels Goodbla.
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Mitchell Township
Perry
Nels Goodbla
Excursion to Duluth on Omaha Line Scheduled
An excursion to Duluth via the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha route is planned for Friday September 18 leaving Mitchell at 430 PM. Round trip fare is 3 dollars with arrival in Duluth that night at 930 PM and a full two days for sightseeing. Return departs Duluth Monday morning at 5 AM September 16. Agent Wilt will provide further details.
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Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
Omaha Road
Duluth
Mitchell
Wilt
Sitte
State of
South Dakota
Davison
Lily Grady
William H. Grady
Lily Graninor
Lily
New Baby Opens a World of Happiness and Health
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening for mothers and babies, promising easier childbirth and healthy nursing. A testimonial from Mrs. Victor J. Hadin of Riley County Kansas claims rapid recovery and a thriving nine-pound newborn, with no medicine given after birth. The piece also notes a free Common Sense Medical Adviser offer and provides Dr. R. V. Pierce's address in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Mammoth Electric Road Planned From Sioux Falls to Madison
Sioux City Tribune reports Mitchell included in a proposed electric railway loop from Sioux Falls to Madison. A circuit over 400 miles would connect Sioux City Yankton Mitchell Woonsocket and Madison with freight and passenger service. Promoters claim cheaper operation than railroads to make the system profitable. Moreaux, Madison Sentinel editor, says South Dakota capitalists back the plan and discussions have occurred with several interested parties.
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Sioux City Tribune
Michell
Sioux Falls
Madison
A. T. Moreaux
Madison,sd
Sentinel
Sioux City
Falls
Atlanta, Ga
Gapitaliste
Moreaux
South Dakota
Sioux Malls
Madison Road
Yankies
Mitchell
Woonsocket
Milwaukee Railroad
Eletric Road
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Lo Potter
G. W. Adans
Micenera, S. B
Witchcock
Mitchell, S D
Calion
Ed Wells
Joe
Farmer City
Mitchell, S. D
Kelley's Land Agency
Webway
Main and
Wirst Streets
Gamme Ofice
Huron
I. Mitchell
S. D
University Foundation
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
Sorghum
Mammoth Electric Road
John Mebride
Atdaw
John Mesride
John Rogers
John McBride
Mitchel
Mitchil
W. Abbey
Bobb
Garrett L. Collns
Garrett J. Collins
A.B. Hacer
F. H. Winsor
York
Chicago
J.T Morrow
Geo. H. Rew
H. R. Kibbee
W.C. Huyck
First National Bank
D. T. Gilman
J.8. Daniels
D. L
Li. Welch
J. S. Daniels
Oc. M. Swans
T. A, Duncan R
N. Arata
Bransin
Pune
RED Seal
A .H. Bailey
South Baka
Jobe At
The
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