Local notes mix from Mt Vernon Bethel Blendon and Beulah
Mt Vernon reports a busy mix of rural business and social items. It notes Tom Ynes and Henry Mulebott at work, cattle traded from Mitchell, new barn plans, and school openings. Bethel covers sermons, visitors, a large audience, and upcoming recitals. Blendon lists teachers and artesian well work. Beulah reports haying, a small district school restart, and a creamery payout.
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MT. Vernon
Tom
Ynes
New Scales
Henry Mulebott
C. Stolby
Mike Dougherty
Wm. Smith
Mitchell
W.R Edgington
J. Baker
Gary
Garey
Fuaning & Livery
Charley Asapton
Hiresley
Lil
LeRoy Boggs
Enebo
Beulah
Theodore Schneider
Miss Ortman
Real Country Place Piques Summer Boarder
A Chicago Post quip notes a summer boarder asking if cows graze on the front lawn and a farmer’s boast of an ideal summer resort, sparking light satire on rural charm and nostalgia. The exchange highlights mismatched expectations of a genuine country setting.
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Chicago Post
Her Way of Getting It
A humorous Brooklyn Life snippet shows a wife earnestly requesting a tailor made gown after praying fervently, declaring it would be Flying in the face of Providence to delay getting measured. The light tone highlights domestic, gendered humor of the period.
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George
Brooklyn
Council grants Dreyfus in principle freedom
Paris report says the Council of Ministers pardons Dreyfus in principle and he relinquishes any appeal. The pardon to take effect in a few days and ends the court martial reversal bid.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
Dreyfus
President McKinley to Visit North and South Dakota
The Minneapolis Journal reports President McKinley plans a western trip itinerary reaching Minneapolis on October 12 before touring Fargo Aberdeen Sioux Falls and possibly Mitchell. He will review soldiers in North and South Dakota with brief stops along the route and the executive committee is urged to pursue a passing presence for the reception.
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Washington
Minnneapolis Journal
McKinley
North
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Fargo
North Dakota
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Executive Committee
Shipping Out Cattle From Local Buyers
Several Iowa cattle buyers have been in the city for days to purchase cattle for shipment into Iowa to help consume the large corn crop. John L. Wright bought about 500 head, added 100 more at Alexandria, paying around $14,000 for a, choice lot. Crow & Co. of Sioux Rapids spent over $5,000. An Omaha road train departed about 11 o clock. Prices averaged around $4 per hundred, yielding profit for the buyers who had acquired cattle earlier in spring and winter.
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Iowa
John L. Wright
Larchwood
Alexandria
Wright
Crow & Co
Sioux Rapids
Omaha
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Bethel
Ellen Jackson
Plano
Annie Dean
W. C. Sholes
Frank Sanders
al Hillman
Emma Harker
Jackson School
Bethel Choir
Blendon
J. E. Wells
H.S. Bras
Gust Heljeson
Annie Althen
Millie Althen
McLeod Bros
S. C. Michener
Prescott Place
Badger Township
W. M. Smith
Joy Stevens
Chamberlain
Dell Mays
Manitoba
H. W. Smith
Theo
Leo Oanald
O. A. Shay
Lewis Risiter
Elliott Township
John Chappel
S. A. Heljeson
Mint
Uncle Sam
Benvenuto Cellini
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Michigan
Erin
Mike
Ohio
Detroit Free Press
Lincoln
Charles Lanman
Chicago Record
Hardin County
Illinois
Tommy
Willy
Miss Meek
Boston Transcript
Cuba
Boynton
C.C.C
Arkansas
Atlanta Constitution
H. D. Butterfield
Old Stand of Mitchell Dry Goods Co
Mitchell, S. D
Standard Oil Co
What Is
Castoria
Ang Ox
Entrecord
Baltimore
Mde
J. L. Hannett
Mitchell,s.d
A. E. Hitchcock
D. W. Burright
Security Bank
Jones
Sam
Geo. Summers & Son
Geo. Summers
L.J. Shaw
Champeng
Mitchell, South Dakota
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