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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

Fairfield Lodge. No. IS. I. Q. Q. F.
will soon go to Albion to institute {
lodge of odd Fellows.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

Edward Gilblare Walter Doyle and
John Cary left "Wednesday for Spring
field. Mass. where they have employ
ment in a wooden mill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

A special meeting Of the Benton
Grange was held Wednesday evening
in order that the team might rehearst
for work in the near future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Cowen are
being congratulated on the arrival of a
son Thursday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01
SKOWHEGAN.

James Tierney left Thursday for Au-
burn. where he will remain for tn
rest Of the winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

The students Of w. H. school I'M
able to attend on account Of severe
colds are Ralph Edison, '07. Joseph
White, '0S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

Mrs. Daniel Mason and Mrs. w. H
Bowden have been on the sick list,
also Mrs. Spring and Miss Julia Pat
terson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

The startling assertion is made. and
admitted by the Government authorities,
that in Saxony two-thirds of all the cat
tie in the kingdom are affected with
tuberculosis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

Mrs. H. F. Arnold left Thursday for
Boston. where she will pass few
weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01
FAIRFIELD.

Miss Kate Jewell will give a Thimble
tea at her home this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01
WINSLOW.

calico ball will be held at the Ia:
comet clubhouse, Friday evening,
Feb. 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

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New York Money Market.

New York. Jan. 81.
Prime mercantile paper js.niGA per cent
Sterling exchange weak ut iN46aGf4S4 10
for demand, and at 4S0.Jolt 4SO. 50 for 60
day bills.
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17

Union, | volume; Twentieth Century
Clue 6 Volumes; Mrs. John Brown,
10 volumes; Mrs. Conllor, 2 volumes;
Roxena Butterteld, / volume; Kate
and Virgil d. Boyles, l volume:
Emily Kings, l volume.
-Fhe library has just purchased ID
volumes comprising a series called
Great cities. The list of gifts and
purchases: Boyles. Langfora OF the
Three Bars; Dixon, Leopard's
Spots; Conwell. Manhood's Morning:
Urine, What all the Worlds a Seek
ing Buell., Beautiful Story Dunbar.
Lyrics of Lowly Life; Mabie, Books
and Culture: Warner, Being a Boy;
Palgrave, Golden Treasury: Sander
son, Six Thousand Years of History
10 volumes; Francis, Londoc, 3
volumes; Lansdale Paris, 2 volumes;
Wey, Rome, 2 volumes; Yriarte,
Florence, 2 volumes; Yria1te, Ven
ice; Amicis, Constantlnople, 2
volumes; Leroy eaulieu, United
States in the Twentieth Century:
Sherman. Recollections, 2 volumes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
Health the Prize
Most Sought For

You wan to be strong and healthy
Everybody does. Women as we'll as
men.
There was a time when women prided
themselves. on looking pale and delicate
That day has past.
Today robust health is the ideal. A
w~ell-rouRded form, firm flesh and
muscles. strength and elasticity OF
movement and a healthy glow to the
complexion-these are what all are
striving for and many are attaining
their object by the use II DR.. A. w.
Chase's Nerve Pills.
When the food which is taken into
the body fails to supply the required
amount of rich, DEMONSTRATING blood
external assistance must be sought I'M
til the system is fully restored.
DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills supply
the very material which goes directly
to the formation of blood-pure, health
giving blood.
Weakness, Irregularities, headaches,
dizzy spells. feelings of fatigue, dis
couragemenl and dependency soon
disappear before the splendid restora-
tive influence Of this great medicine
30 cents a box, at all dealers, or DR.. A.
w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17

able rejoicing owe this fact, for the
athletic meet will be contested on
other points -much stronger. Brook
ingS and Nermilllon are the only two
colleges which have a gymnasium
where the athletes can do their
spring training and consequently
have the edge on the other colleges,
who have to depend on warm weather
or outdoor training, and as there has
been SO little OF it this spring these
teams are not in the best shape for
the meet.
On Wednesdy evening will take
place the annual o%ratorical contest, in
which five colleges will be repre-
sented. Owing to the fact that
Vermillion had not decided to return
to the association in time to have an
orator prepared for this contest she
Will not be represented. The follow
I'M are the orators and their sub
Jects; and the place they will appear
in the contest: Yankton, Howard
Warren, 1.-The New Orient;" Red
field, Walter Loomis, "James A.
Gartield:" Mitchell, George w.
Norvell, "Joan Of Arcs" Huron.
William Smith, "Our Democracy's
Greatest Problems;" Bookings, Carl
Reich, "a Patriot of Two Nations"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17

found that he didn't know a soul
who could vouch for him to get the
marriage license. How the difficulty
was overcome is stated by an Aber-
deen correspondent as follows:
II Charles f. Brennan, a plumbing
contractor, Of C%rookston, MIMI,
ever was thankful that ne vas an
Elk, it was yesterday, for by virtue
CT his membership in that fraternity
be was helped out of his direst
extremity and enabled to wed the
girl Of his choice.
Mr.. Rrennan's bride Was Miss
Jessie Cutten OF Evansville, Mimi.
whether the young woman's parents
objected to the match Or for
other reasons they decided to come
to Aberdeen to have the marriage
ceremony performed.
the office Of the clerk of courts for
find that he could not obtain the
precious document without some
person swearing to bis identity.
Brennan was an entire stranger and
knew not a soul in the town except
his prospective. bride. He so in-
formed the clerk, but that official
was obdurate and refused a license
unless the applicant was properly
identified.
AS he stood on the sidewalk medi-
tating upon the necessity of inform
ing mis- fiancee OF the complication
which had arisen and the possibility
OF a necessary retracing OF their steps,
he was %accosted by a stranger who
slapped him heartily on the back and
greeted him with Hello, Bill
Brennan saw that the stranger was
wearing an Elk's button and then
for tue first time be remembered
that lie also had such a button in bls
button hole Brennan explained to
his e found friend the difficulty
in which he vas placed and it did
not take long for the latter to satisfy
himself Of The identity Of the Crook
ston a Together they tLen re-
paired to the clerks office, seculed
the necessary legal documents and
the marriage speedily was performed
by Rev e. e. Bronson. The newly
welded couple at once took a train
for their future home in the Red
river valley.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
How Times Have Changed.

How Times Have Changed.
Philadelphia Record: When the
veteran magnate, j. j. Hill, visited
the White House the other day the
president was at breakfast, and so
he jo%urneyed on to the west without
an interview. There was a time not
long since when the Hills had not to
knock twice at the White House door
to receive a cordial greeting. But
the recognition Of favors having
been succeeded by rancor and abuse,
the White House doors are closed
upon them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
SOME OF THE NUMBERS
A Description Of One of the selec
tons That Thomas Orchestra
Will Play in Concert.

One Of the grand selections that
will be played by the Theodore
Thomas orchestra during the May
Festival Will be the andante from
'symphony No 5, Z Moor, Opus
ga, written by Peter Iljitsch Tschaik.
owsky. who was born May Z, 1870, at
Wotkihsk, and died Nov. 6. 1893, at
st. Petersburg.
This symphony of Ischaikowsky's
was a product Of the years lSS6-'87,
from which time date also the four
act opera "Charodeika" (The En-
chantressl, the fourth orchestral
suite-"Mozartiana' Opus 6l), and
numerous lesser compositions.
The Andante cantabile con alcuna
licenza falls within the general style
of a romanza. First a few shifting
chords in the deeper strings, bv way
OF Notwithstanding i'm B
minor and gradually Neering round
to d major; and then a w%ondrously
beautiful melody for the horn floats
out over a placid accompaniment.
Presently the oboe gives out a new
theme lat first in + Sharp major,
with answers fIom the horn) which
afterward is taken up lin ID MAORI
by the first yiolins and violas -snbse-
quent to a repetition of the opening
tbeme-and developed in conjunction
with a t1jplet accompaniment from
the wind instruments.
AS the key changes to + sharp
minor and the movement to Mod
erato con ANNA and "A time, the
clarinet brings in still another
melody whose development mounts
gradually to a tremendous climax, in
which the full orchestra pours out
the portentous theme of the intro
d%uction. The second part Of tile
movement adheres in a general way
to the outlines sketched already, the
opening theme (now in G string of
the violins) leading of and working
up gradually to another full-orchestra
climax. from which emerges the
second theme. Again the ominous
theme Of the Introduction is heard,
and then the clarinets and bassoons
lead over into the coda-tased upon
the second theme.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
ORATORS and ATHLETES
Six Colleges Will Send Representa-.
tiyes to Participate in Events
Next Week.

Next week occurs the big oratorical
and athletic contests OF South
Dakota, which will ..be held in this
city Wednesday and thursday. Six
colleges will be in Mitchell for the
athletic contests which start on
Wednesday morning for the prelimi-
nary trials. The colleges TO be
represented are Huron, Redlield,
Yankton, Vermil]ion, Brookings and
Mitchell. The advent of Verc.illion
into the athletic association is going
to upset the calculations of the
Brookings athletes, who have carried
off tht honors in the athletic contests
ever since Vermillion retired from
the association some years ago. The
differences and disagreements that
took place with the dropping OF
Vermillion have been patched up IN
a friendly way and there is consider
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
FAIR EXCHANGE
. New Back for an Old Onc.-How
it Can be Done i'll Mitchell.

The back aches at times with a
dull, indescribable feeling, making
you weary and restless, piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
kidneys, and again the lcins are SO
lame, to stoop is agony. No use to
rub or apply a plaster to the back in
this condition. You cannot reach the
cause. Exchange the bad back for a
new, and stronger one.
j. G. Burton living on Julia street,
Deadwood, South Dakota, says: 81
had marked symptoms of kidney
complaint which were most distress
sing especially if l had an attack of
a cold. A physician prescribed for me
but | could not take the medicine as
1T did not agree with me. l learned Of
Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a
box. took them regularly and can
say since taking them | do not feel
any symptom of kidney trouble. 1t
must have been Doan's Kidney Pills
that cured me as l used nothing else.
1 have great confidence in them"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
New 1907 Map of South Dakota.

The Capital has arranged with Il.
Frank Peterson, the South Dakota
nap publisher, of Lake Andes, South
Dakota. to mail each Of cur sub
scribers his new 1907 pocket map OF
South Dakota free upon receipt of
five ] cent stamps TO pay for postage
and cost of mailing. This map is
the regular % cent edition and shows
all the new towns and railroads in
the state and is otherwise strictly
up-to-date. We have paid for the
maps, but each request must By
accompanied by five | cent stamps to
pay postage and cost of mailing. To
delays send your request direct
to e. Frank Peterson, Lake Andes,
South Dakota, and state you are a
subscriber to this paper.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
WANT HELP OF THE LADIES
They Are Asked to Participate in the
Travelling Mems Parade at
June Convention.

To the Ladies of the City OF
Mitchell: AS chaifman of the COM
mittee on parade during the
travelling men's Meet, June 2l-22,
| am DESTROYS of having. as MANY
ladies on horse back as can be
procured and with that end in view,
| want the ladies to get together and
organize a Battalion of Lady Horse
Back Riuers. Get together, get your
horses and saddles and commence
practicing by riding four abreast,
keeping your horses well in line, equal
distance. l will furnish your with
Il gentleman escort. | would perfer
that all should ride astride. You can
manage your horses better. AS this
will be a musical and spectacular
parade. l had hoped to call on a
numbsr of you personally, but unex-
pectedly l am called to the Black
Hills to be gone up to forepart Of
June.
! would also like to have our
citizens who have automobiles and
carriages to have them come out
with their vehicles, dressed in silk
and bunting so that you can't tell
what the harness or carriages are
made Of. Let US hear from you so
that a place will be provided in the
street parade pageant.
Truly Yours,
j. B Wolgemuth,
Committee on Parade.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
Clerk and Carrier Positions.

A civil service exmiEation will be
held at Mitchell on June 1, or clerk
and carrier in the local post office.
In view OF the fact that better
salaries are assured for these posi-
lions it is expected that a much
larger class of applicants than usual
will be exmined at this time. There
are vacancies in the positions Of
substitute clerk and substitute
carrier to be filled at once. For full
information and application blanks,
apply Immediately to the local secre-
tary at the post Office.
Chas. w. Boggs,
Local Secretary.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
WHAT The CORPS IS DOING
Report of Press Correspondent Show
ing Work Done by the Relief
Corps of Mitchell.

The members are all very busy
these MAY days" On Friday, May
B, a supper was served in their
hall, which proved to be one of the
very hest they have ever served to
the public and was a success, both
socially and financially. The pro-
ceeds Of this supper will be used to
purchase flags for the east and south
side public schools. A committee
has oeen appointed to procure the
flags and we hope to see the stars
and strips floating over every school
building in the city by Flag day,
June Ia.
This year is the t%welty-hfth ami
versarY. of the organization of the W..
r. G. and is to be celebrated as the
Jubilee year by making a voluntary
silver Offering to the National Depart
ment of the 6. A. r., which meets
at Saratoga Springs, N. Y, in
general encampment in September.
AS Ransom Corps is the largest in
membership in this department, we
hope to present the banner Offering.
AS decoration day is neal at hand
the chairman of the floral committee
las placed an order for cut flowers
to be used for the living as we'll as
the departed or that day.
The chairman of the relief COM
mittee gave a good report Of work
along that line.
Miss Chapman, of Alexandria, was
a visitor at out last regular meeting.
She was formally introduced as
Department Aide. a pleasant re-
Spouse was given in return for this
unexpected compliment paid her by
u president.
Our Corps has been recognized this
year by two national appointments
from among It's membership. 1t is
we'll known that Clara A. Lukens
has charge of quite an extensive
field as assistant national press
correspondent.
Mamma Moore,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the Odd Fellows, the
Workmen and the Degree Of Honor
for the many courtesies extended to
US in the death Of our little daugh-
ter: also to the neiehbors and friends
whose assistance is appreciated for
what they did in our trying hour.
sh Ill ever hold your acts in the
most grateful remembrance.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Dickson.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
This Makes Pierre Wake up.

Pierre Capital journal: Mitchell
has a wholesale furniture company.
The new concern has not got its
building completed yet, but a carload
of furniture was sold to a new louise
on the line in Stanley county and
several other smaller orders shipped
Pierre is a rafting good poin. for a
wholesale company TO stalt selling
furniture
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
Mamma Moore,
Press Correspondent.
WAS SAVED BY AN ELK
Stranger in a Strange Town Found
Assistance in Getting Married
By Brother Elk.

The free-hearted and open.handed
nature of one Elk TO another is DEM
onstrated when two of the fraternity
meet-particularly when they are not
personally acquainted. A good
illustrator OF this point was shown at
Aberdeen last week, when stranger,
who was an Elk, took his sweetheart
to Aberdeen to get married and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17

Theodore Thomas Orchestra cosuss
TO Mitchell Mex, Week for
Grand Concerts.

The greatest spring musical event
which has ever been beld IN Mitchell
viii take place Monday evening,
Tuesday afternoon ana Tuesday
evening. May 20 u, when the
Theodore Thomas orchestra viii he
hele for the May Musical Festival.
Tuesday evening 4 chorus OF 100
voice will sing The Messiah
assisted by Mis-. Ryder-kelsey,
sopraho, Miss Janet Spencer. con-
tralto, Edward Johnson. tenor, and
Herbert Witherspoon, oasso. f. ".
Hobson, OF the Dakota Wesleyan
Conservatory of Music, has been
drilling the chorus since early last
winter and he has brought the
singers down to a tine and com
%prehensive understanding Of the
music. With the assistance of The i
Solo singers. The MESSIAH will
receive Il tini>hed representation at
the hands of The SINGERS
The Tnotuas 0 rheSura will arrive
in Mitchell Suiuiay evening at 80
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
straining National Digestion.

st. Louis Globe Democrat: Immi-
grants are arriving at the rate of
more than 100, 900 a month, and still
the demand for labor exceeds the
supply. What an astounding state
ment this would lave seemed ten
years ago.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17

on a sp, ciaI train over the omaha
road. coniug direct from Mt. YER
non. Iowa. The first cuncert will be
given i'll the corn palace Monday
evening Aside ftom the singers,
are Leopold Kramer, the violin
soloist. and Bruno Steindel, the cello
soloisJ. both Of whom are regarded
as the leading musicians on their
favorite Instrument. Mr.. Steindel
has all international reputation as
a %cellist, and he will be highly enter
tanning III his solos.
AS the conductor OF the orchestra
Frederick Stock has risen to a high
position since he las taken the place
Of Theodore Thomas, the originator
Of the orchestra, and who died in
Chicago about two years ago. In
casting about for a succeAsor, the
Orchestral Associations looked over
Europe and the east. and in the
meantime Mr.. Stock, who was the
assistant conductor OF Mr. Thomas,
was carrying on the usual concerts
in such il manner that he wun the
public approval, and the Orchestral
Association looked no farther for a
conductor. Mr.. Stock vas rendered
the positicu aud lie has carried the
orchestra successfully. The conductor
is paid tile salary OF SIS, 0uO per year
for Ills services of conducting the
orchestra
lhe indications point to a very
large altenuance outside of Mitchell,
and Undoubtedly the first May Musical
Festival will be crowned tile success
that it deserves, both ..frou an artis-
tic and financial standpoint.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17

Acknowledge Receipt of Books.
The libraty management wishes to
make a publ Acknowledgement Of
the many gifts f1oM generous friends
of the library. During the last
month aud Il hall, y volumes. all
we'll selected wele given by the
following individuals and organic
aIiOns:
Woman's Christian Temperance
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-03-30
Maryland Day

Monday was Marylarv Day-the day
set apart by the State Board oi Educa-
ti"n tu be observed in all the public
schools of the State to commemorate
the landing OF the Maryland Pilgrims.
March 3. 1894, and the occasion was
marked by appropriate exercises in all
the schools from the AllcganeS to the
Chesapeake. Prominent educators and
men oi letters set forth how Lord
Calvert'S sturdy pioneers put into
practice, government by the consent
of the government from the subject.
beginning OF Popular Government in
Maryland'
At the Elkton High School, the ex-
crciSeS consisted OF readings. and
music. The first thing on the pro-
gram was the singing OF Maryland. My
MARYLAND. which was followed by the
reading oi appropriate selections BY
Jennie Swing, Charlotte King. Mary
Blake. David Sloan and Wilson Cou-
don. lr.. interSperSesd with music by
Prof. Carroll EDGAR and Ralph Davis
and Charles McChesncv. with mando-
lin>. accompanied by Miss AliceFrazer
on the piano.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-03-30
The Mems Meeting

The speaker at the Mems Meeting
on last Sunday in the Opera House
was Rev DIR. 5. Henry Bell. Senior
Chaplain in L. S Army and Chaplain
at Fort DUPONT Dir. Bells address
was based upon the suggestive ques-
tion, III not Christ, then Who" with
forceiul illustration and eloquent die
ton the speaker brought his audience
face to face with the choice OF Chris
tian faith or spiritual bankruptcy No
man in all the audience could we'll fail
to realize the vast Importance OF max
ing that choice Alright
The speaker at the meeting tomor-
row afternoon will be the Rev. DR.. /.
F. Barrett, the new pastor oi the NJ
F. Church in this town Dr. Barrett
comes to Elkton with fine reputation
as preacher and a large audience
should greet his initial appearance
The hour of service is $50