Mexico life and disease amid drought and burial customs
A dated reflection on life in Mexico cites harsh living conditions, desert silence, and mass deaths in Mexico City. It notes funeral conveniences provided by the government and highlights Dr. W. D. Rue and Dr. Rea for various cures with patient testimonials from multiple American towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
W. D. Rue
N. Y
Rea
Red Cross
F. E. Neuman
Canal Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chicago
Gotlieb Passhing
Great Bend
G. J. Erickson
Mountain
N. D
Albert Berg
Adrian
Minn
Walter Snow
Koscobel
Wis
Dr. Rea
H. C. Myers
New Prague
W. Martin
Mora
Victor Anderson
Fargo
The Bonaparte Name Origin in Corsica
In Corsica a pious Bonaparte family named their first child Napoleon after a martyr whose feast day matched August 15 Assumption. The priest, unable to name him Assumption Bona parte, chose Napoleon from Lives of the Saints, preventing scandal and tying the infant to a brave martyr.
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Corsica
Bomapartes
Assumption Bonaparte
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Metter
Philadelphia
North American
Blunder In Poets Not Unique in Recent Street Fame
A blunder in poets shows that Tennyson is not the only poet laureate recognized by the recent street buzz. The piece highlights public ignorance and misattribution in familiar literary names.
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Tennyson
Southey and Campbell's ludicrous scrape in the Quadrant
The Westminster Gazette recounts a comic incident where Campbell seeks to change a sovereign for a poor woman, the shopkeeper delaying service, and Southey’s temper prompting a police call. A Glasgow constable recognizes Campbell as the lord rector O'Glaisgie, prompting a warm, forgiven closing handshake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southey
Campbell
Worthy
Work in the Gallery at the Corn Palace Reveals Community Craft
The gallery within the Corn Palace showcases intimate displays crafted by Mitchell women since 1892. Booths feature corn art including Lincon life scenes, a Japanese tea display, a popcorn filled shoe, and a Parthenon corn mosaic. Dakota University symbols and Villa Grove summer resort scenes decorate the booths while Newburys atop the west wing display extensive greenhouse flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Palace
Mitchell
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
White House
United States
Schochman
Dakota University
Villa Grove
Parthenon
Newburys
South Dakota Exhibits Show Strong Corn and Grain Year
County exhibits in the corn palace display Brule Buffalo Aurora Jerauld Sanborn Turner Stanley Lynan Munson and Davison with heavy yields of wheat oats barley rye flax Speltz macaroni wheat and diverse corn varieties. The 1906 crops matured before frost and impressed eastern visitors as a sign of the state’s rising corn belt and agricultural strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Corn Palace
Brule
Buffalo
Aurora
Jerauld
Sanborn
Turner
Stanley
Lynan
Munson
Davison
Lyman
South Dackta
Responsive crowd packs concert with encores and fine singing
A lively audience at the Kitties concert Tuesday evening demanded many encores. Weber Oberon overture and Mc Fraser bagpipe drew strong responses while the Mad Caps LaTelle Bros. and the Al Deans kept up vaudeville flair. Mrs Hattie Brush Murray of Murdo, in town this week, delivered a superb contralto with rich tone and warmth, earning an encore supported by Ruth Youngman. She repeated her performance to an admiring crowd this afternoon.
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Oberon
Weber
Mc. Fraser
Mad Caps
LaTelle Bros
The
Aldeans
Hattie Brush-Murray
Murdo
The Marvels of Science in Pursuit of Truth
A Pall Mall Gazette reflection praises science's astonishing feats from photography through iron to mapping the heavens to the plant roots and parasites uncovering disease sources. It lauds two unassuming scientists whose work with a few grains of an element reshapes our view of physical forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Beauty of Clouda and the Unexplored Sky
A Saturday Review excerpt extols the sky’s beauty and its vast, largely unmapped realm. It contrasts cloud study with other natural phenomena such as cuckoo eggs and caterpillar defenses, noting humanity’s limited grasp yet enduring curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonders of Nature
Cork
Canada
Saturday Review
Golightly Mocked for Misquote on Athletic Manhood
A heated exchange notes a serious error by commentators who transformed a word changing the description of Golightly from a capable athlete to a ragged specimen of athletic manhood. The remark highlights editorial missteps and public reaction.
Gossip at the boarding house sparks whispered rumors
A witty exchange cites the walls as eager listeners in a Baltimore boarding house and adds a joke about the dumb waiter, capturing a scene of social chatter and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Vegetable and Fruit Classifications Across Everyday Use
A St Nicholas note explains how terms like vegetable and fruit depend on use and cultivation. It discusses celery and apples as examples, and notes tomatoes and quinces blur the lines between classes. It also lists buds leaves stems and tubers as different plant parts served as vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
The Women of Tehuantepec
Rene Bache notes Tehuantepec isth has mild climate and thriving farms with coffee cacao tobacco vanilla and sugar cane. About 50,000 people, Zapoteca ancestry, hardy inhabitants, women historically dominant, men at home with children, women bearer burdens to market, adorned in artistic native dress and headdress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec Isthmus
Panama
Rene Bache
Technical World Magazine
Pacific
The Afternoon Concert at the Corn Palace
A magnificent audience filled the Corn Palace auditorium on Wednesday with every seat taken and many standing in the rear. The program featuring vaudeville artists the Kitties drew heartiest appreciation and received multiple encores.
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Corn Palace
Glasgow Talk Shows Field Notes From Farm Satire
The exchange traces two rural characters, Hiis Retort and Sandy Laird Well, debating corn stalks and herd behavior in a Glasgow News style joke. The playful banter hinges on straight and hanging ears as a humorous metaphor for livestock and crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
Sandy
Glasgow News
Western Trip Discount Airfare to California and West
Train agent W. WW. George notes daily sale through Oct 31 offering one way tickets to California for 31.10 and low rates to Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho. Contact agent George if planning a western trip.
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C. M
St. P
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
W. WW. George
One Way Second Class Rates to California and West
From August 27 to October 31 the C P M and Ry offers one way tickets to California and other western points at reduced rates. California $31.10, Washington state from $22.50 to $25.00, Montana from $17.90 to $22.50. For details contact agent C B Wilt.
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California
Washington State
Montana
C. B. Wilt, Agt
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Arville
Nellie Dragsdale
Lydia Buck
Wheatland
P. G. Rogalie
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Cecelia Foss
Honeyford
N. T
John H. Grote
Grove City
T. S. Bergin
Abbottsford
Gilbert Johson
Colfax
William Colwell
Litchfield
Birdie Vorys
Thomas Hanley
Enerado
Fosston
Josie Short
Lillo
Minon
A. Richel
Red Lake Falls
Minne
Frank Freeman
Verona
J. T. Burrall
Olney
Ill
Louisville
Emma Geving
McIntosh
Arthur Miller
A. J. Bill
Harley
Iowa
Johnson Harris
Harrison
St. Napoleon
Ladies of
Palace Building
Tural Productions
Science
Beauty of
Clouda
Hostetter
John McArthur & Son
Eiffel
S. Main St
Mitchell, S. D
Chickering
A. B. Chase
Mason & Hamlin
Conover
Kimball
CABLE
Kurtzmann
Kingsbury
Wellington
Whitney
D& Abe
John McArthur
Geo Holleran
Hiis
Western
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