Ethan and Mitchell News Briefs From September 1906
Local notes report Charlie Bauer's sickness and burial costs covered by subscription. A new ninth grade and extra room are added at the school with a partition and a third teacher hired. S. C. Outhout nearly won county superintendent nomination. An elevator is planned at the old stock yard site. Community condolences are offered to Bauer family. Teachers and visitors come and go, with Oktobers wedding month chatter and Corn Palace attractions drawing crowds in Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan
Charlie Bauer
Bodrn
Dave
Oathout
Maude Richardson- Green
S. C. Cathout
Hanson
Anton Bauer
M. A. Bracha
Father Brones
Charlie
A.M. Pierce
S. C. Outhout
F. Drake
Vera
Milo Snyder
Iowa
Mitchell
Corn Palace
Jane
Craig
Esley Moore
Wilson
A. C. Drake
Krank Klotz
Mitchell and
The
Albert Smith
Henry Schiech
Lillie Conk
Ed. Cook
Yankton
Pierce
Loomis News Roundup of Local Families and Travel
Ira Fraser bought new top buggy and harnesses for his two sons Richard and Alex. Ned Smith returned from Murdo to Loomis to visit relatives and friends. George A Johnston of Mitchell crews on winter wheat on his Loomis-adjacent farm. Loomis residents attend the corn palace daily while William Fraser returns from Helena to visit family. Mrs Will Merit accompanies him. Eva Gilliangan travels to Wesington Springs for college. Joe Jacobs returns from Holland to Loomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis
Ira Fraser
Richard
Alex
Corn Palace
Ned Smith
Anna Smith
Murdo
Geo. A. Johnston
Mitchell
William Fraser
Helena
Mont
Will Merit
Eva Giliillang
Wessington Springs
Joe Jacobs
Holland
Riverside Social Notes Reflect Harvest Week
Riverside residents share visits and travel news with Mrs Wallis expected home from Iowa. Mrs Bantz of Independence visits daughter Mrs Wallis and kin. William Walker from Sheldon Town visits relatives. W L Wallis moves hardware to new building. Hanson township schools get a holiday Friday to attend the corn palace. Mr Cox of Mitchell stays with S Kielwyr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
J. &. Knupp
Corn Palace
W. J. Wallis
Iowa
G. W. Bantz
Independence
J. F. Wallis
William Walker
Sheldon Town
W. L. Wallis
Hanson Township
Corp
Cox
Mitchell
S. Kielwyr
Self Threading Sewing Machine Needle Co Investment Pitch
An advertisement touts the Self Threading Sewing Machine Needle Company of Minneapolis as a guaranteed profit opportunity with a monopoly in needle manufacturing. It claims 600 percent profit potential and invites small investors to seek 12 percent initial returns, noting offices at Suite 708 Andrus Building, Minneapolis.
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Noe
Minneapolis
Self Threading Needle Co’s
Suite 708
Andrus Bldg
Bidders Granted Chance on Mitchell SD Site
Treasury Department announces final consideration for a site for a U S government building at Mitchell South Dakota. Purchase closes October 24 1906. Persons may submit further statements in writing if on file before the deadline. C H Keep Acting Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Office of the Secrtary
Washington
United States Government
Mitchell
South Dakota
C. H. Keep
Letter on Devoe paint and learning through experience
Mr Krank Robinson of Titusville Pa bought Devoe with strong feeling against mixed paints. Agents Kernochan Co urged him. He is pleased with the job and reports leftover paint and long wearing results on older Devoe jobs. He laments the same school of trial and error to learn which paint to use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krank Robinson
Titusville
Devoe
Messrs. Kernochan & Co
Tobacco as National Flower Proposed by Picayune Editorial
The New Orleans Picayune argues tobacco could serve as a national flower since it is native to Virginia, grown widely, and used globally, noting its pink blossom but odor. It contrasts with maize and suggests laurel as an alternative symbolic plant for the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Republic
Virginia
Florida
Louisiana
Connecticut
United States
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Submarine Kite A Swedish Engineer's Deep Watch System
A Swedish engineer designs a two section underwater kite to warn ships of shallow water. Connected by a coupling the lower section can detach to trigger a deck alarm if depth is unsafe. The device floats at a safe depth and is reeled by a deck winch for immediate deployment and readjustment.
Alligator in Chartres Street Curio Shop Enjoys Daily Bath
A New Orleans Picayune item describes a five foot alligator kept in a Chartres street curio shop. Each morning a worker scrubs the reptile with hot soapy water, and the animal stays still, turning for washing and seeming to enjoy the ritual. A second seven foot alligator is less friendly, and both are kept for exhibition by the proprietors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curio
Chartres Street
New Orleans Picayune
Theatrical Hints and Star Movements Across 1900s Stage
May Irwin studies a new play by George W. Hobart while Pinero’s His House examines New York. The Red Mill by Blossom and Tierbert heads to Chicago with promising chorus recruitments. Loncoavallo’s Youth of Figaro debuts in the United States under Rudolph Aronson. Sothern and Marlowe plan a London spring tour after Independent circuit work. Lulu Glaser expands into management with The House of a Thousand Candles and a leading actor Tierz.
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May Irwin
George W. Hobart
Margaret. Twlington
New York
Pinero
Jong
Red Mill
Ilenry Blossom
Victor Tierbert
Montgomery and
Stone Star
Chicago
Loncavallo
Figaro
Rudolph Aronson
Shuberts
H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
London
Lulu Glaser
Tierz
English Etchings and Distant News From England
English farmers find milk sales more profitable than butter and cheese. Minster-on-Sea will gain England’s longest pier at 7 600 feet. A London furniture dealer left a suicide note blaming a friend’s request. A Bradford teenager edits the Lamplighter monthly to promote courtesy. A Boultham well reached water after boring since 1902, 1 560 feet deep, with a thunder like noise and water rising rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minster-on-Sea
Isle of Sheppey
England
London
Bradford
the Lamplighter
Boultham
Lumbermen urged to guard forests under federal guidance
Ralph D Paine warns that without stopping waste and renewing forests the lumber industry may vanish and vast American lands could turn to desert in the next century. He cites Tunis as a cautionary example of forest destruction and desert expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortry
America
Tunis
Tripoli
Ralph D. Paine
the Builders
Outing Magazine
Editorial Snippets Spark Across Newspapers
A collage of quotes from Chicago Tribune Milwaukee Sentinel New York Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago Record-Herald touches on purity in diet presidential hints for John D Rockefeller rail links between Chicago and New York gold depth in Australia and Boston school board rules equating teacher marriage with resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Tribune
Australia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boston
Chicago Record-Herald
Farm names painted on barn gables in Springfield area
In Springfield Massachusetts farmers proudly display chalked or painted names on barn gables. The practice echoes country life traditions where properties carry distinct appellations such as the Allen Farm and North View Farm, visible to travelers and express trains.
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Springfield
Mass
North View Farm
New York Press
Bad Luck Belts Tennessee and Missouri Pennants
The Philadelphia Record notes sailors at League Island believe the Tennessee battleship’s ceremonial pennant wrapped around its mast, a rare omen of misfortune, a fate echoed when Missouri, linked to a disastrous turret explosion during commissioning, likewise saw its pennant bind itself around the mast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Island
Tennessee
Missouri
Philadelphia
Decline of English Horses in French Grand Prix
The article notes a historical pattern where English horses were favored in France and paid well, but times changed. From 1863 to 1886 twelve English horses won the Grand Prix, including Kisber, but since then English entries have consistently failed to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Kisber
Illustrated
Guide’s Kiss Sparks Pay Question in Swiss Alps
In the Swiss Mountains a guide’s kiss prompts talk of pay adjustment as a humorous remark from a traveler named Ethel questions whether to deduct or add to his fee. The remark appeared in Pliegende Blatter.
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Ethel
Will of Edward P. Herendeen Saved From San Francisco Fire
A burned but legible will of Edward P. Herendeen, stored with other papers, was filed for probate in Oakland. The document survived by carefully pasting fragments onto thin paper to read the ink tracing when held to light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oakland
Edward P. Herendeen
Edge of Extremes Moderation in Aleyn Text
A brief medieval note notes moderation and restraint against violence. It references Aleyn as a namesake or scribe and emphasizes turning edge toward sobriety and steady conduct.
New York City Markets and Odds and Ends
New York City notes show 453000 more seats in amusement venues than churches. Manhattan post office contributes one eleventh of receipts to the U S postoffice department. A dull market day sees 5 million eggs and 500000 pounds of butter unpaid. Wall Street’s oldest building is the government assay office built in 1823, eighty three years old. A Broadway shoe dealer estimates 22 pairs of shoes worn out each minute in the city.
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Manhattan
United States Postoffice Department
New York City
Wall Street
New York Herald
PITH AND POINT
A reflective snippet contrasts typical human behaviors about love, charity, and respect. It notes how kindness and respect can lead to humiliation or anger, and ends with a cynical remark about spite. The quote cites universal patterns of interpersonal conflict and social friction.
Linguistic puzzles echoing phonetic quirks in verse
This New York American piece toys with English spellings and sounds, comparing words like blow, broth, dough, cough, and doe to provoke questions about spelling rules and pronunciation in a playful, riddle like column.
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New York American
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Charlie Lambert
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G. M. Bowers
Standard Oil Prosperity
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Chicago Tribune
John D. Rockefeller
Milwaukee Sentinel
Swiss Mountains
Will
Aleyn
Atchison Globe
Gillis
Oal
T Va
Inneapolis
Northwest
G. M. Langum
First Avenue South
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Nebraska
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Chas. Heelsche
L. E. Stair
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