Kitching's East African Odyssey and Sleeping Sickness
Rev A L Kitching and wife, early visitors to Teso, Uganda, recount ten years among tribes from Bugoma to Bugahya and the Bakonjo. The Sleeping Sickness camps near Iganga reveal famine, death, jiggered feet, and wrecked lives under harsh conditions.
Rouen Visit Recounts Jeanne d'Arc Lore and Farm Feast
A letter from Flora Dear describes a Rouen trip with Jack noting the Gothic cathedral and the Place de la Pucelle where Jeanne d'Arc was burned. They sketch interiors, meet a Normandy hostess who presents an antique rosary linked to Jeanne, and share a farm luncheon before continuing to Paris.
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Rouen
France
Flora
Jeanne d'Arc
Jack
Richard Coeur de Lion
Place de la Pucelle
Maid of
Normandy
Jeanne d’Arc
G A B Men Elect Officers At Grand Army Session
Delegates of the Grand Army and Women’s Relief Corps elected officers in Mitchell on Friday. G A R officers named include Commander C S Gifford and delegates to the national encampment J C Purdy, Joseph Elsom, J C Luce with alternates H C Anderson and Washington Eddy. Relief Corps chose President Mrs Nevada and other officers. Over 200 veterans paraded, Aberdeen to host next encampment, with a nurse resolution for Hot Springs home.
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Mitchell
Grand Y of the Republic
Women Relief Corps
Ofcers
Grand Army
C. S.gifford
Canton
Henry Ferry
Vermillion
J. C. Purdy
F. A. Fassett
Hot Springs
Phil Lawrence
Mary Ward
Yankton
Ella Berger
Jane Mason
Louise Houser
Norton
Aberdeen
Mary Osborne
Mary Oldenfeld
Clark
Fox
Brookings
Miller
Tourists Arrival Boosts Black Hills Prospect
Tourists are arriving in the Black Hills and the season is expected to be the largest yet. Efforts target eastern South Dakota western Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska visitors. Heavy spring rains boosted verdure and crop prospects. Farmers report planting heavier than in years past with only hot dry winds risking bumper yields.
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Black Hills
Deadwood
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Websters complain over Grand County Tel rates and local notices
Websters residents express dissatisfaction with local telephone charges. Eva Ochsner of Ardmore gains a water permit to irrigate 74 acres from Cow creek. Reuben Nelson dies at Yankton state insane hospital after eight years there. Baltic plans a loud Fourth of July celebration with committees forming. Hennie Henry suffers severe injuries when a hitch of horses drags a corn planter over him. Bass fishing at Lake Andes touted as superb with frequent catches. Lewia Peterson, 11, dies from infantile paralysis in Fairview region. Sully County Sunday School convention set for June 22 23 at Onlda with State Secretary Lesch speaking. Alma Omenen 16 dies after taking paris green against her father's wishes to marriage. mother previously died by own hand.
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Webster
Grand County Telephone Company
Eva Ochsner
Ardmore
Cow Creek
Reuben Nelson
Grant County
State Insane Hospital
Yankton
Baltic
Hennie Henry
Wood
Lake Andes
Lewia
Peterson
Fairview
Sully County Sunday School Association
Onlda
Lesch
Sioux Falls
Alma Omenen
Chamberlain
Paris Green
Evening dress passenger falls from crowded Chicago car
A man in evening clothes clings to a footboard as a surface car rounds a curve in Chicago. He falls to cobblestones after the jerk, is helped up by the conductor and about 20 passengers, and quips that he would not have alighted if he knew there was no track collision.
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Mr. Kitching
Iganga
Buso
Chicago
Popular
Cuticura Skin Care Ad Warns Against Neglect
An old newspaper-style ad urges readers to prevent skin and hair neglect, touting Cuticura Soap and Ointment for red hands dry hair and complexion issues. It offers samples and a 32 page booklet by mailing to Cuticura Boston Dept L.
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Dept. L. Boston
Law of Life and City Editor Jokes
Two men walk in California when sudden rain floods strike and one jokes about paying water rates while the other complains of climate costs, a comment on journalism follows with a city editor tallying staff. A Paxton Toilet antiseptic ad promotes a 25 cent box by mail order.
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California
Paxton Toilet, Co
Boston
Mass
It Does It Does a Presidential Preference Puzzle
A garbled OCR fragment references a presidential preference puzzle and a string of unrelated, distorted phrases. It mentions social circles, a syrup brand spoof, and a question about whether a man can be straight and make both ends meet.
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A. L. Kitching
Teso
Nile
England
Algot Lange
East Africa
Uganda
Bugoma
Bugahya
Yorkshire
Tennyson
Albert Lake
Ruwenzort
Kitcbing
Mount Elgon
Elgon
Tourleta
Inquisition
Beauvais
Charles VII
Jeanne
Jean
Paris
G. A.B
Gifford
South Dakota
Hera
Indammar Doe
Bowie