Timeline events in South Dakota from 1804 to 1922
Entries note a Sioux camp visit in 1804 near Yankton, births of O C Stokes 1845 and Peter Norbeck 1870, a 1857 settlement at Sioux Falls, 1861 Yankton surveyor general’s office, 1875 Yankton agriculture fair, and death of Joseph W. Jones in 1922 at Sioux Falls.
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Yhis
South Dakota
Nath, Pryor
Pierre Dorian
James River
Yankton
O. C. Stokes
Harding County
W. W. Brookings
J. L. Phillips
John McClellan
Sioux Falls
Surveyor General
Peter Norbeck
Vermillion
Joseph W. Jones
War With Iodine Aims to Eradicate Goiter in Great Lakes
A wartime public health campaign highlights iodine to curb goiter in the Great Lakes region. Edith L. Weart cites thyroid influence on body and mind as 70,000 in India show crippling effects without iodine. Michigan Ohio and other states adopt iodized salt and iodine in school tablets, with goals to wipe out goiter and improve future generations.
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Aso
Great Lakes
Edith L. Weart
India
Goiter
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Utah
Washington
Oregon
Long range advice on county courthouse bonds
The editorial argues against costly courthouse bonds in Jerauld county citing Beadle county’s own courthouse design as inefficient. It notes misallocated space on upper floors, missing basement, impractical plumbing, and jail design flaws, urging lessons from other counties before new construction.
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Jerauld County
Beadle County
Jerauld
Beadle
Resignation of French Communist Propaganda Chief
Sympathizers of soviet rule in Russia received a boost as Paul Marion resigned, ending his role as the so called French communist propaganda chief.
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Russia
Paul Marion
Disillusioned by Russia After 15 Months Abroad
A former colleague, after a 15 month stay in Russia, declares Soviet rule brutal and corrupt. He criticizes demagogue leadership and predicts a drift from socialism toward predatory capitalism. The letter references a Brookings county publication and regional paving activity in Rapid City and Huron.
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Russia
Marion
Iava
Workers’ Movement
Let Hikers Hike Says Aberdeen Editorial Voice
A Aberdeen editorial urges motorists to let hitch hikers continue their journeys amid mixed motives and warns of dangers from downstate aviators. The piece criticizes political figures who voice populist causes yet oppose them once elected, urging voters to study economic issues amid a general wakeup for accountability.
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Aberdeen Armerican
Cleveland
Pacific
Alexandria Herald
Detroit Revered by English Traveler as Modern Bagdad
A winter anecdote recalls an English novelist’s boast that Detroit is the modern Bagdad of the mechanical age. The narrator notes Detroit’s skyline, car production, and world interest, contrasting it with Windsor and Canadian towns, while pondering the English view of American industrial centers.
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Mich
United States
New York
Bagdad
Detroit
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Moscow
America
Loos
Oldyit
Windsor
Ont
Sarnia
Walkerville
Pioneer Days In Huron And Central South Dakota
A Beadle County sheriff maintains a lax jail regime amid rough frontier humor and light discipline. In Huron the two inmates include a prankster with a loaded shotgun and a restless railroad worker known as Picketvine Pete whose mischief leads to brief lockups and a jovial, permissive order.
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Huron
South Dakota
Noth
Beadle County
Bell
Meiser & Weeks
Beadle
Judge Incersoll
Charum
Pete
Prairies
Red
Steer
Robinson & Rowe
Gem
Icketrone
Peckham
Sheriff Bell
Red Steer
Colonel Foster
Clarence Tipton
Clarence
Bros.‘Grocery
Wright Nouse
Fragmented Crime Hints From Provocative Bar Night
A jumbled scene at the Gem bar shows Deputy Dalton with a prisoner and guests before Pete is jailed. The overheard conversation mocks lawmen, mutters about a limp and disguises, and references farm machinery, Frankfort’s founding, Lawton residents, and a peculiar morning club routine.
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Dalton
Pete
Lawabidin
Colonel Foster
Sheriff Bell
Bell
de Smet
Fiow
Hind Lair
Yoortin
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Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Volga Tribune
Brookings County
Tribune
Rapid City
Orient
Ord
General Motors
Bashrine
Gilberi
NEA Service
Arthur’ E. Towne
Geauga Republican Record of
Chardon Ohio
Prairie Dogs
Magine
Lawton
Oklo
Hollywood
FOUR
Riverside
Riversides
Ward
Wardwears
Montgomery Ward & CO
Dak. Ave
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