Resolutions Unite South Dakota Merchants For Reform
South Dakota Retail Merchants and Hardware Dealers Association passed unanimous resolutions at Mitchell urging support for Roosevelt rail rate reform, a national pure food law, and opposition to rural mail box numbering. They demand replies from senators and representatives and threaten further action if not answered. Major Coursey critiques machine voting forecasts for next state convention. They note railroad rate opposition by local papers and discuss state livestock market moves toward independent Sioux City stock exchange, proposing a Huron market idea.
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South Dakota
Mitchell
Hardware Dealers’ Association of
Roosevelt
Congress
Post Office Department
Association
State Senate
Pierre
Sioux Falls Argus
Kittredge
Martin-Burke Com Pine
Martin
Burke
Elrod
Lauriston Ward
Railroad Press Bureau
National Association
Railroad Commissioners
Samuel H. Elrod
Sioux City
Chicago
Siux City
Exchange
Huron
Railroads and Governor Elrod Face Valuation Claims
An Idaho newspaper argues against the Elrod machine in the governor race. It accuses the Kittredge faction of backing Elrod while opposing railway rate increases, claims Elrod’s rise was due to corporate influence, and urges a thorough valuation review to curb corporate control in state politics.
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T’ Daily Astonisher
Elrod
Longstaff
Daily Astonisher
Kittredge Corporation
Railway Commissioners’ National Convention
Paramount Issue Sparks Party Alignment Debate
The piece notes national debate over hate regulation with Roosevelt and Republicans split. The rank and file and the party support the measure while the Republican corporate wing opposes it. Senator Kitredge is not for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Party
Republican Corporation
Kitredge
Anti Machine Appointments Debate on Insurgent Faction
The piece argues that Coe I. Crawford’s election would lure appointees from his own faction for roles like bank examiner and insurance commissioner. It challenges claims that insurgent picks would fail, noting capable reformers exist in both insurgent and opposition ranks and dismissing the argument as folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe I. Crawford
Flandreau Herald
Machine Gang
Flandreau
Republican Party
Sioux City Refuses South Dakota Stock Exchange Seat
Sioux City rejects South Dakota's bid for a seat on its stock exchange after South Dakotans paid hundreds for an option and tendered the remaining $1,000. The exchange president refused to grant membership despite the payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange
South Dakota
Sioux City Stock Exchange
Sioux City
South Dakota Live Stock Commission
Sioux City Exchange
South Dakota Commission
Stock Exchange
South
Apple Trees for Shade on Huron Streets
A reprinted Farm Stock and Home article argues for planting apple trees as street shade in towns like West Concord Minnesota. It praises their dense foliage beauty in bloom and notes abundant fruit, with the writer claiming apples from street trees rival those from box elders and suggesting nurseries and town groups promote combined beauty and utility in urban planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Thomas
West Concord
Minn
A. L. Bullis
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Huron Weekly World and the Wolsey Journal
World Publishing Company
Heparated
Arthur G
Beadie County
Dakota Ave
Second
Beadle
Arthur G. Keene
Huron Weekly World
Beadle County
H. A. van Dalsem
Notary Public
Bon Homme
Brookings
Gregory Sidineat
Hanson
Gee
Aperesa
Hyde
Sean Eensans Levee
Union
Vanktor Shin
Eies
Eedeves
Jerauld County
Bancroft
Brookings County
Kingsbury
Major Coursey
Reat
Paramount
Edison
Victor Machines and Records
Victor
Geo. H. Costain
Huron, S. D
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