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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1906
Page
10
A debate over Section 2330 of the school law centers on how long a vacancy holder remains in office. The Attorney General asserts the appointee serves until the original term ends, delaying new elections. A governor's committee is set to revise the law to fix inconsistencies.
Davison county prohibitionists met Tuesday at the Kree Methodist church and nominated a full county ticket. Chairman Wim Duncan and secretary Lee W Kreidler led the proceedings.
Candidate L. W. Kreidler pledges to furnish his own clerk if elected to the register of deeds, claiming to save the county about $800 during the term and asks for supportive votes at the polls.
Texas authorities reject an oil company offer to compromise anti trust cases and will pursue prosecutions with penalties totaling three million dollars. If followed nationwide this stance urges trusts to operate legally and cautions against leniency.
The George Inn in North St. Philip is claimed as England’s oldest licensed village ale house with a license dating to 1307. The building features bay windows, a porch, stone steps to a doorway in the wall, rear doors and windows, a turret with an outside stair, and yard galleries from the middle ages, plus a distinctive chimney on each gable.
Professor James Sully compares white children in civilized lands with adult savages in studies of childhood. He finds both groups favor red and yellow colors first noticed by children and both derive pleasure from bright shiny glittering objects, revealing shared sensory interests.
An Irishman visits a barber shop for a shave while the barber is detained. A pet monkey left alone finishes the lather and even sharpens a razor. The Irishman protests and insists on being shaved by the barber himself despite the monkey’s mischief.
Lola suspects Lola-Young Huggins has substantial funds after Grice notes a book with nearly a hundred unbanked checks. The claim highlights concealed funds and potential financial irregularities reported by the Chicago News.
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet quotes two actors praising a new play for its quick acts and brief intermissions. The dialogue notes no long waits and questions the actors’ salaries, highlighting a brisk, efficient production rhythm.
A humorous brief notes a fortune teller foretelling trouble with a dark woman described as stout and imperious, while the fortune teller jokes that the victim will have to fire the cook, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
A brief exchange from the Houston Post notes a girl recalling a former football player named Weather and a humorous mistaken identity as a ball. The scene unfolds around a cuckoo clock reading 10 10 and a departing young man.
A husband and wife exchange terse remarks during a spat. The husband asks if she married for a home, and she confirms the home motive, adding she thought he married out of spite. The Detroit Tribune reports the brief exchange.
A light exchange recalls land once cheap but now costly due to daughter’s singing lessons, as noted in a Washington Star article. The cartoonish dialogue highlights rising prices and changing value in a rural setting.
A humorous exchange from the Minneapolis Journal features a party with unbarbered hair asking about a vacancy in the joke department and the editor replying that one will open when the office boy empties the wastebasket. The playful line captures newsroom banter and workplace humor.
A Philadelphia note records Miss Verner recounting her father saying the youth wished to see him. The exchange shows strain as the youth stammers responding to the hint of a planned meeting.
A collection of light European jokes from Italy France and Austria. Bits feature a vet misnaming, a would be papa comment from a widow and a fort game among nephews. Various gags involve misunderstandings about travel tickets, rent, and painted furniture.
A foggy day tale about a Dutch tollgate keeper replying to a traveler asking for directions to A. The gatekeeper answers with a stubborn “Shoost a leetle ways” and finally “Thinks it is,” leaving the distance unclear. The humor rests on language and miscommunication.
A brief, witty dialogue mentions a plan to marry and reform a man named Wilde. The Friend jokes about jail risk if reform fails, while the Maid asserts she will not keep him out if reform does not occur.
Mrs Slapdash realizes she wears only one earring as they sit in the carriage. Her husband quips that her carelessness mirrors his lectures on one ear and out the other. The exchange showcases light domestic humor in a Philadelphia Press item.
A judge notes the presence of dust on chairs and recalls the lack of visitors for nearly a week, reflecting on the quiet state of affairs. The exchange highlights a domestic or courtroom observation about routine life and social contact.
A cartoonish debate quotes a character boasting that a compound has food value and can be cooked in under one minute and eaten in less than another. The exchange, tagged to Puck, hints at a humorous commentary on rapid food preparation.
A witty exchange on romance questions whether time and distance can strengthen affection. The rejected suitor presses and the heartless girl quips that absence is said to make fondness grow.
In a Washington Star exchange Miss Cayenne notes Briggins believes duty binds him to overlook others faults. Briggins responds with a terse remark about self esteem reflecting in his character in a brief quoted dialogue.
A Chicago News quip suggests the man’s flashy salt green clothing implies poor taste and mocks his hearing. The remarks attribute the fashion choice to possible deafness, delivering a short satirical punch.
A playful exchange unfolds as Hackney laments not selling his writings while the editor, aboard a hackney, jokes about selling all that he writes in a Philadelphia setting. The brief vignette hints at literary commerce and street humor.
A mutual friend states Briggins believes in the survival of the fittest, while Miss Sayenne retorts that he flatters himself, as reported by the Washington Star.
A terse exchange between Hardart and New York Life notes a moving tale about a poor man. The dialogue hints at an emotional impact and a humorous aside about a rocketbook, suggesting a lighthearted, human interest moment in a broader publication.
The Flonston Post notes a humorous take on fear of microbes, joking that the unscientific person avoids panic until trying to spell or pronounce microbe names. The snippet hints at language play and public attitude toward science.
A Tenerife to Andalusia falcon flight covered 750 miles in sixteen hours. Scottish bankers wore convict dress in 1606 1688. A Winthrop man quit tobacco at ninety five after eighty years. The national Baptist convention plans a seminary and publishing house. New York builds the $10 million Cathedral of St John the Divine. A timber church in Santa Rosa seats 200 from a single redwood. Lafayette’s elm struck by lightning but survived. Pan Islamism figures in London and Constantinople. Madison Square roof garden tables vanish to thieves. Parnell estate sold. Avondale becomes forestry school. King Leopold’s coral bath encounter. Buenos Aires hosts 180 papers in many languages. President Roosevelt banks at Riggs. uncashed checks yield profits. Browne skull returned, Shakespeare skull debates condemned. Churchill nicknamed Blenheim pup for bulldog comportment. Mme Flammarion hair pillow art decorates Paris home. Hair clippings pile grows from thirty years of trims.
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