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Newspaper
Dakota Daily Leader
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1883
Page
2
The June 7 issue from Huron declares South Dakota’s dedication to securing division on the forty-sixth parallel as the price of accepting statehood. The public notice emphasizes unity, accountability, and keeping pledged stances, repeating the slogan Forty-six or fight and urging adherence to promises.
The last Dakota legislature moved the capital from Yankton to Bismarck Burleigh County citing the site for the capitol and 160 acres as decisive. Bismarck’s geography and access, plus southern Dakota's bloc backing, secured the prize. The note praises Bismarck and mocks Yankton critics.
The New York Sun reports Harvard College declines to award Benjamin F. Butler the LL D degree, reversing a former practice of granting it to any notable Massachusetts figure. The decision pleases Butler but harms Harvard’s prestige.
London Echo outlines the development of Russian coronation rituals from Ivan III who introduced the ceremony to Ivan IV who added the unction and Eucharist, noting the shift from strong church role to subordinate current practice and the parallel with Western primatial rites. It ends with a note on Bay St. Decl., Miss. containing sixty thousand orange trees.
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