University adds two professors to fall faculty
Dr Graham announces two new faculty members for the fall term at the University. Prof M J Griffin from St Paul will chair French and German history, Prof Chiffin to lead modern languages, and Prof R B Miller from Rochester Indiana will head science. A commercial department principal will be announced. Dr Lhos Nicholson plans to arrive with his family from Mt Vernon Iowa next week.
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Chicago
Graham
M. J. Griffin
St. Paul
Syracuse University
N. Y
Chiffin
R. B. Miller
Rochester
Indiana
Wabash College
Chicago University
Lardner
Miller
Lhos. Nicholson
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Train Delays Hit Worthington Minnesota After Floods
Heavy Friday night rains washed out rails near Worthington Minnesota causing long train delays. Passenger trains from the area ran five to eight hours late and did not reach Worthington, turning around at Laverne and Mitchell. A derailment further west worsened the situation, but most washouts were repaired and freight traffic halted by an embankment collapse.
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Omaha
Worthington
Minn
Laverne
Mitchell
St. Paul
Postoffice Adopts Expanded Hours After Move
The postoffice, relocated recently, sets public hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. with money order and registered letter service 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Stamps will be sold in that department at all hours. Sunday service runs 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Postmaster Bras notes ongoing adjustments to mail distribution.
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Postmaster Bros
Bras
Request for additional clerk at general delivery window
Application to the Post Office Department seeks another clerk to staff the general delivery window so the public may access mail during more hours. If approved, the widow will be open to the public throughout all business hours to reduce long waits.
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Mide
Post Office Department
Davison county exhibit ships to Yankton State Fair
Dr J Moore Newell Blackman and J M Erion led an exhibit project sending Davison county crops to the Yankton state fair. Wheat corn oats and vegetables were loaded on four drays and will be refreshed with fresh produce next week. County commissioners budgeted 250 dollars for collection and display costs with the exhibit to return to Mitchell for the corn palace presentation.
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J. Moore
Newell Blackman
J. M. Erion
Davison County
Yankton
Hugh Jaeger
Brion
Jaeger
Mr. Blackman
Mr. Brion
Mitchell
Lecture course endorsements boost forthcoming season attractions
Letters from lecture course committees across the country praise Roney's Boys and other acts as top attractions for the coming season. Endorsements call the troupe “best on course” and “artist of highest type.” Season tickets remain $2.00. booklets soon ready.
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Darlington
Wis
Kansas
Wesleyans
Garrettsville
Roney
Greenville
Thos, Dixon, Jr
LaCrosse
Mitchell
Brookings Plans Bright Street Carnival Week
Brookings will host a city street fair and carnival starting Monday September 21 and continuing through the week. The committee arranged an attractive daytime and evening program, predicting large crowds and a festive city gathering.
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Brookings
Scovilles Move from Lisbon Farm Amid Illness
G. Scoville and wife have relocated from their Lisbon town ship farm for the time being. Mr Scoville is confined to the house with inflammatory rheumatism.
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G. Scoville
Lisbon
Mr. Scoville
Mrs. Francis A Foster Dies on Claim Northwest of Gann Valley
Funeral services held in Mitchell for Mrs. Francis A Foster a Berry Pioneer who settled near Yankton in 1864. Remains were brought from Buffalo County to Mitchell and then to the Miner home on Park Avenue. Death caused by neuralgia of the heart after a day of severe chest pains. Family members including Miss Fannie Foster and T Max Foster traveled from Sioux City to attend.
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Francis A. Foster
Gann Valley
Mitchell
Geo. H. Miner
Park Avenue
W. A. Barber
Pukwana
Mrs. Foster
Remains laid to rest for Frances A. Foster at Methodist church
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 o clock for Frances A. Foster. Despite bad weather the church was fairly well filled. Music by local choir members accompanied a eulogy and life sketch read by Rev. T H Youngman. Foster, born January 17 1835 in Spafford New York, moved with an early Dakota colony to Yankton then Mitchell, where her family settled and she taught in the first Dakota schoolhouse.
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Frances A. Foster
Methodist
Windle
Lathrop
R. N. Kratz
H. C. Clark
T. H. Youngman
Frances A. Ripley
Spafford
Onondaga
N. Y
James §. Wester
Syracuse
Dakota
Yankton
Troster
New York
New Territory
Bon Homme County
Mitchell
Multigenerational Dakota Family Mourns Loss of Mrs Foster
The Mitchell community bids farewell to Mrs. Foster, mother of seven, who died after a sudden heart neuralgia while planning a land claim with her daughter Fannie and son-in-law in Buffalo County. Survived by six children and several grandchildren, she was a devout Methodist and a beloved figure in local life. Funeral held at Graceland Cemetery with family and neighbors in attendance.
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Dakota
Deadwood
Foster
Cora Miner
Frankie Shaw
Methodist Church
Buffalo County
Fannie
H. McCormick
H. B. Rogers
C. H. Kibbee
A. B. Seaton
J. O. Walrath
Graceland Cemetery
Banda Rossa Praised Above Sousa In St Louis Visit
The St Louis Post Dispatch lauds the Banda Rossa as a wonderful organization whose St. Louis concert by Maestro Eugenio Sorrentino and fifty players outshines Sousa. The review highlights flawless balance, tone, and fortissimo power, calling it the greatest musical engagement in the state at Mitchell's corn palace during its ten day stay.
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Banda Rossa
St. Louis
Sorrentino
Sousa
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gilmore
John Philip Sousa
St. Louisans
Eugenio Sorrentino
Fortissimo
Corn Palace
Mitchell
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Late Books
Prince of Good Fellows
Canute
Darrel
Blessed Isle
Lovey Mary
Spenders
Scallin Bros
Tewelers
Opticians
McKibbin
Brita W. H. Conyes
Price Clothier
Broadbent & CO
So. Dak
Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Wutchell
Mircuet
National Bank
U. S
W. G. Davison
N. L. Davison
E J. Quigley
Wm. M. Smith
Womore
Minnesota
University
Mitcha
Berry
Francis Foster
O. H. Carney
G. H. Miner
Albert Foster
Grangeville
Idaho
Fannie Foster
Sioux City
T. Maxon Foster
Hilk
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