Local Notes From Beulah Badger and West Perry Sept 14
Reports from Beulah Badger and West Perry detail farming updates, residents travels, and local incidents. James Tibbs and John Schmidt are highlighted along with threshing progress and cattle trades as Mrs. Young and others suffer minor mishaps. Local events include a piano purchase and church activities while Dr. Barton visits from Texas.
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Beulah
James Tibbs
John Beddoes
Minnesota
John Schmidt
John Titus
Emily Raymond
Mitchell
Chicago
W. C. T. U. Convention Set in Mitchell Next Week
South Dakota WCTU plans a Mitchell convention September 22 to 26 with Mrs. Luella A. Ramsey urging full union representation. The letter notes strong local hospitality, aims for a large gathering, and calls for dues, banners, and a Demonstration Night featuring national and state speakers.
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Luella A. Ramsey
South Dakota
Mrs. Cranmer
Bids Sought for County Coal Supply and Road Grading
County calls for coal bids due by noon October 3 for the year starting then. Offers must specify delivery options to Mitchell city or court house basement. Auditor L W Champlin lists bid terms and grading plan for aroid running east west in section 13-103-60.
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Hocking Valley
Perton
Mitchell
L. W. Champlin, Co
W. Champlin, Co
Grand Gift Distribution War Memorial Spoons Offer
Quacker Valley Mfg Co promotes a sixty day free gift of a six spoon WWI memorial set with any household furniture order sent directly to the factory. Each spoon features a different design including the Maine and other soldiers motifs.
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United States
U. S
Maine
Cubs
Morre
Sunday School Musical Convention Holds District Program
The District Sunday School Musical Convention schedules events at Hammitt school house Union township on Sunday September 25. Activities include opening devotional by C M Peck at 10 00 Sunday School lesson by Mrs James Earl and Miss Kipp at 11 00 a basket dinner at 12 00 and singing at 1 45. E T Moyer speaks on The Mission of Sacred Music and Miss Quigley presents Authors of Sacred Music before a 4 00 business session. Each district Sunday school will perform two selections and Gospel Hosannas will be used.
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Hammitt
Union Township
C. M. Peck
James Earl
Surgical removal relieves years of pain in Mrs Bateman
Dr Crane and colleagues perform a difficult operation in Woont socket with Dra Templeton Roselle Smi ley and Ball to remove the uterus and all its appendages. The patient tolerated shock well and rests comfortably. Plus a separate land notice from Mitchell South Dakota dated September 15 1839 lists final proof date October 22 1894 for Francis M Chandler with witnesses Ettel Hardman Kelley Buck.
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Crane
Woont,socket
Dra. Templeton
That City
Roselle
Alexandria
Smiley
Mt. Vernon
Ball
Mitchell
S. D
Francis M. Chandler
Nely
Jacob Ettel
D D. Hardman
M. Kelley
D. T. Buck
Letcher
P. O
S. D. Grorss
Register
Heroism of the Fishermen
A Century Magazine excerpt lauds modern fishermen as lone heroes rivaling Vikings. It contrasts daring for survival with glorious piracy, praising Jack the Fisherman as the world’s bravest sailor and a vital asset to any nation.
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Portland
New Orleans
Jack
Herbert D. Ward
Century
Bank Clerk-Teller Drinks with Night Patrolman on Cold London Night
A bitter cold night in Lombard Street ends with a police visit to a bank where a clerk invites in the officer for warmth and a drink. The night shift ends with the clerk absconding with about 50 000 pounds from the bank.
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Lombard Street
London
Editor's Hard Lot Lampoons Critics Of Newspapers
A Roslyn Michigan correspondent notes the editor endures endless critique for every choice from jokes to reprints to praise. The piece mocks the tireless fame and blame cast on editors who juggle wit, original reporting, and courteous words amid a perpetual cycle of social judgment.
The Black Hole of Calcutta Diurnal Reflection
A 18 by 18 foot dungeon held 146 men on June 20 1756. The men endured extreme heat thirst and death as nitrogen from their lungs and lack of air caused delirium fever and collapse. by morning only 23 survived, many in putrid fever.
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Calcutta
Thervicerep
Exquisite military notes on Ney and Paris siege letters
During the siege of Paris fewer than 22,000,000 letters sailed from the city in 54 balloons dispatched between September 19, 1370, and January 28, 71. Marshal Ney is described as handsome and brave, calm at execution, with a request to keep his face intact, while a Somertville Journal quote reflects a dramatic exchange about fate.
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Marshal Ney
Somertville Jourminl
Paris
Toilers of the Air on a Suspension Bridge
George E. Walsh describes bridge workers who ascend towers to weld hot steel bands onto cables. They descend risky inclines, secure three inch cables, and forge joints while hanging high above chancy gaps. The piece compares their peril to sailors, noting weather extremes and minimal use of ladders.
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George E. Walsh
Godey’s Magazine
First Elephant in America and O'Connell Wit
An Owensboro man Moses Smith reportedly brought the first elephant to America and faced fortune changing shows in New York. Colonel Frank McKernan is a grandson of Smith. the piece also recalls Daniel OConnells Dublin election wit and a barberless retort to judges.
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America
Owensboro
Moses Smith
Panther Creek
Sorgho
Moses
New York
Smith
Frank McKernan
Adairville
O’connell
Daniel O’connell
Dublin
Shaw
Hamlet
O'Connell
San Francisco Ware
Free Passes for French Deputies Highlight Privileges
The article notes universal free railroad travel for all members of the French Chamber of Deputies, who are issued an identification medal to ensure access. It compares their pay, earning about $3 a day in indemnity versus the United States Congressman's $5,000 yearly salary.
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France
Chamber of Deputies
United States
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