Akron Ledger items reflect politics and world events
A mixed late 19th and early 20th century collage notes a candidate filing for sheriff in Akron and argues party strategy, alongside brief world and national items. It mentions lynchings and racial tension, stock market losses for Rockefeller and Morgan, Calamity Jane’s death, golden weddings in town, and Jewish sorrow over Jerusalem’s destruction, concluding with Pope Pius X and Venice Cardinal Sarto’s election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Guiseppe
Sarto
Venice
Pius X
Pope
Cardinal Sarto
Rampollo
Pius X . Cway
State Education Targets Prompt Firing and Cuts
A surge of prosperity in South Dakota is praised for crops and land, yet critics charge political moves harm state schools. Supt. James Simpson of the Sioux Falls school for the deaf faces removal after a salary cut. The state board then cuts dairy cows and dairy facilities, draining the school’s milk supply and halting the dairy program and printing office progress for graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
James Simpson
School For the Deaf
Sioux Falls
State Board of Education
Iyis
South Dakota School Board Blamed Over Trade Training Loss
The article condemns the state board for dismantling trade programs and removing the tin shop from the Gary school, arguing it destroys practical training and harms pupils' future labor prospects. It cites Miss Donald’s appointment as superintendent and warns of politicized decisions, urging protest to authorities while noting Canada and U S migration of workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Board of
Eiucation and Corrections
South Dakota
Miss Donald
Gary
Supt
Simpson
Anid
Quackery and biographies blend in old county extracts
A rambling paragraph asserts plant remedies for malaria cancers and sore throats, cites lemons and watercress as cures, plus a claim about mercury in tomatoes. It then covers Frederick William T. Peck’s move to Holland House, his long service, and contrasts a Rock Valley Bee note lauding W C Kimmel’s stock farm with Roosevelt alignment and a long reminiscence on Humboldt, Garibaldi, and Caribbean voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick’ William T.peck
Sioux County
Holland
Alexander von Humboldt
America
West
Mexico
Garibaldi
Haat Indies
Sioux City
Des’ Moines
Alton Democrat
LeMare Sentinel
Roosevelt
Kimmel
Sheldon
Poland
Kimbel
Overheated summers call for Maple City Spelf Washing Soup
A local saleby warning readers about the heated term and urging the use of Maple City Spelf Washing Soup rather than improvised methods. The ad implies summer discomfort and promotes a specific cooling wash product to ease chores.
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D. Cuann
Prey
D.G. Bunpy
Cashier
Geo Way
Vico-Pros
B.A. Younosrhom
Chi
Akron Savings Bank
K. D. Clark, Geo, Way
Duncan Ross
Thomas Stinton
Boyson Ross
Rtiple
Iowan
Foreign Exchange
Moore Bros
Akron and Chatsworth
W.,, T. Kidd
Office
Ain Glee
Savings Bank Ising
J.B. Hampton
R. D. Clare
Clark-Cilley Building
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Offes
Clark-Cilley ‘Building
G. V. Ellis, M. D
Zeleyhone
Ken Yacy
EE. K. Duncan, M.D
Galls
Chatsworth
Iowa
A. W. Peterson
Tres
Adams
Akron
G.H. Wooton
Clark- Cilley Bloch Alrign
F. W. Sargent
Toy
C. M. Hilliker & Son
A. Weidenfeller, Prop
Coryrights &C
Secial
Vernon Arnoes
Son —— Scientific American
Gurney
York i&Co
Sedaraivy
New York
Washington
LPH Metz
Wigan
Big Collar
Register. Tribune
Round & Smith Bros., Publishers
Lews
LeMars
Lomions Reowar Tameng
Ows
Sharif
Cleveland
Washington Post
New Jersey
United States Senate
Rockefeller
Morgan
Gates
Keene
Jane Burke
Jane
Deadwood
Wild Bill" Hickok
Jerusalem
Temple
Solidiere
Titus
Canadian Pacifico Railway
United States
Northwest Territory
Canada
New England
J. C. Mellen
Mellen Bros
Moline
Goodenough
Moline Hatwas
Gretchen Cort
Trybel Sisters
Columbia
van Brunt
Moore and
Acorn
Queen
City and Rex
Surreys
Mason Troy
Owensboro
Norka
McCorkeill’s
Tuat
Kot
Childrens
Farmers Loan & Trust Company
Burgess & Smith
Chas
Filérton
Geo
W. Raish
Mgr
Akion, Towa
Woofield
Chataworth
Pouweny
James G. Hayween
Simeon
Andrew Paulson
Waterbury Bros
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