Local notices and social items from Mitchell
Mitchell daily reports a busy array of local happenings. ILl Henry Koch returns from the east with a new stock of dry goods and shoes while Henry Kocu promotes outing flannel. Weddings, visits, and travel fill the pages, including a double wedding in Tobin township and relatives visiting from Waterloo and Sioux City. A hypnotism exhibit at the Grand Opera House draws a fair audience, with demonstrations by Prof. Fontana and his daughter Miss Ouita Fontana, plus community updates on farming, sales, and excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Prescott
Howard
Omaha
Henry Kocu
Anderson
Mitchell
J.D. Anderson
Aberdeen
Geo. Douthit
Volin
Si Olmstead
Nis Dondelinger
Scott
al. Field Minstrels
Europe
F. E. Clark
W.R. Smith
Belle Bard
Bard
Jerome Wiltse
W. H. Conyes
J. H. Whittlesey
Pecatonica
Sioux City
H. B Rogers
Geo. A. Silsby
Rogers
John Colvin
Milwaukee
Henry Koch
Schleck & Co
H. M. Clark
Wright
West Third Street
L. C. McCurdy
Jos. Swift
Hager
Edmunds Street
Orman Kibbee
Mesopotamia
Ohio
C. H. Kibbee
Tobin Township
Oscar Warfield
Pleasant Farm
Warren Warfield
Anna Marner
John Anderson
Lida Warfield
C. W. McConnell
C. C. Fontana
Grand Opera House
Grace Eden
Ouita Fontana
Fontana
Emma Haynes to Vermillion for State University attendance
Mt Vernon notes busy week with Emma Haynes off to Vermillion for university. Others report Colorado trip, cattle trading from Clear Lake and Manson, Iowa, and local family visits. W R Edgington drills for stronger water, weather improves, and a promotion for Dr Kings New Discovery features in local ad notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Emma Haynes
Vermillion
State University
O. McEwen
Colorado
Clear Lake
Manson
Iowa
Momson
Armour
Joseph Ryan
Farmers Co
F. B. Rich
Hartley
Lowa
Huyck
Mitchell
Edgington
Akron
Bixby
LeMars
W. R. Edgington
W.R. Edgington
Sulphate trade fuels beet root cultivation in Germany
The article notes that much of England's sulphate is exported to Germany where it fuels beet root cultivation. It states that over 2,000 people earn a living in this industry in Ture Lytteriune telling, with annual earnings estimated at about $2,000,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Ture Lytteriune Telling
Democratic mass convention names delegates for district meeting
A Democratic mass convention at the courthouse named 15 delegates for the upcoming district convention. L. E. Whitcher was chairman and H. C. Greene secretary. committee to present names included John D. Wood, John Michaela and W. Abbey. Delegates named: Joe Fergen, Mike Dougherty, A. I. Schlund, Peter Anderson, Wm. Herbert, John Michaels, L. E.K. Whitcher, W. Abbey, H. C. Greene, J. K. Smith, S. Willison, A. A. Hammer, Ed. Reier, Eugene Foley, J. J. McDougall. Wood’s request to resign as county central committee chair was rejected by vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
L. E. Whitcher
H.C. Greene
John D. Wood
John Michaela
W. Abbey
Joe Fergen
Mike Dougherty
A. I. Schlund
Peter Anderson
Wm. Herbert
John Michaels
L. EK. Whitcher
J. K. Smith
The Al G Field Real Negro Minstrels At Grand Opera
The Al G Field Real Negro Minstrels, a large colored revue, come to Grand opera house on Wednesday September 15. A 50 plus cast travels on its own palace cars and promises a lively first part overture olio and sensational specialties with dancing, jokes, and ballads as the troupe seeks a harvest of public praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. G. Field Real Negro Minstrels
Grand Opera House
al. G. Field
Anecdotes on Farrar Kingsley and a Pulpit Wish
Dean Farrar shares pleasant anecdotes about the late Archbishop and Charles Kingsley in an English magazine. The archbishop advised his chaplain to answer foolish letters with a kind bluntness. Kingsley confessed his nerves about preaching in Westminster Abbey, joking that stepping onto the pulpit step he wishes the audience and himself dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vait
Kingsley
Dean Farrar
Archbishop ‘Lait
Charles Kingsley
Westminster Abbey
Edwin Forrest and the starving artist tribute
The Boston Transcript recalls Edwin Forrest amid a Winthrop House visit by a needy artist. The painter left a self portrait as Spartacus wrapped in a note, and Forrest told the clerk to give ten dollars, noting the artist’s likely starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Edwin Forrest
Boston
Winthrop House
Forrest
Spartacus
A Whim of Louis XI and a Turkish Bride
Excerpted passages depict Louis XI deciding Vincennes should become a dungeon amid sardonic humor as he critiques its walls and flanked by a hangman and barber. Another account from Richard Davey details Gul Hanum, the Lady Rose, in an elaborate Parisian bridal gown with orange flower wreath, pink veil, and canopy throne, surrounded by ornate attire and heavy jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XI
Paris
Tighe Hopkins
Chateau
Vincennes
Louis
Tristan
Oliver
Richard Davey
Gul Hanum
Rose
Make the Most of Yourself Health Claim Ad
An advertisement urges readers to maximize personal potential through health, linking vitality to pure blood. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the true blood purifier and claims to cure salt rheum scrofula catarrh dyspepsia and rheumatism by addressing blood origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Notice for Final Proof in South Dakota land claim
Notice in Mitchell South Dakota on September 9 1897 states Frank Kammpshof filed intention to make final proof for west half of section 11 township 104 range 593. Proof to be given October 16 1897 before Register Abraham BornTon. Witnesses named: Erick Kompaonratt Pes0 Mitchell Joseph Switt Sr Mitchell Am bits L Jackson Farwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
S. D
Frank Kammpshof
West
Erick Kompaonratt
Pes
Joseph Switt, Sr
Mitchell S. D
L. Jackson
Mirabele
Charles A. Swift
Farwell P. D
Abraham BornTon
Special election in Mitchell First and Second wards
Notice for a September 21 1897 special election in Mitchell to elect two aldermen one for First ward to May 1899 and one for Second ward to May 1898 fills vacancies from removal and resignation polls 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Van Epps building and Juvenile Band room with appointed judges M M McDonald H B Rogers J C Purdy W H Bloss Jos McLaughlin A J Parshall approved Sept 8 1897 mayor Thos Fullerton auditor J K Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mitchell
B. A. Bobb
N. J. Nielsen
Paloche A
van Epps
West First Street
Main and
Langdon Streets
M. M. McDonald
H. B. Rogers
J. C. Purdy
First Street
Main
Lawler
W. H. Bloss
Jos. McLaughlin
A. J. Parshall
Thos. Fullerton
J. K. Smith
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A. H. Pehrson
Foley
L. O. Gale
Mitchell, South Dakota
C. W. Adams
Becker
Geo. A. Johnston
Waterloo, Iowa
John T. Kean
Woonsocket
Geo. W. Cooley
J. A. Baker
Ethel
Minneapolia
Buffalo
Purdy
Sherbane
N. Y
W. J. Kerby
Washington, D. C
M. H. Russell
Dr. Kerby
Catholic University of Washington
Hans Hendrickson
Cherokee
Mr. Hendrickson
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Neighborhood News
W. M. Repine
Tiskilwa
Ill
Dr. King
Seallin
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
S. H. Scallin
Gale
Hein
Ice
Mitchell, S. D
J.T. Morrow
Samuel Webber
H.R. Kibbee
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