Will Evade the Law on Railroad Stations
The 1907 legislature barred railroads from closing established stations without written permission, but two companies plan to skirt the rule and the nine hour telegraphers law. They aim to close telegraph offices at Vienna Oldham Erwin Garden City Elrod Lily Milwaukee road and Grover Ranville Labour Booge Great Northern. Local residents seek commission action, yet the agency seems powerless as telegraph and express services are owned by others and not named in the law. If carried out, Kingsbury Hamlin Clark and Day counties may push for amendments in the next session.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Congress
State Railway Commission
Vienna
Oldham
Erwin
Garden City
Elrod
Lily
Milwaukee Road
Grover
Ranville
Labour
Booge
Great Northern
Railway Commission
Kingsbury
Hamlin
Clark
Day
Grant county faction splits over Taft instruction in 1908 SD race
At the Grant county Republican central committee meeting on February 1 the stalwarts defeated a resolution endorsing Roosevelt and instructing delegation to back Taft at the state convention. Progressives argued for uncommitted delegates and a split vote carried 15 to 7. In the same era a separate item reports a five-bandit bank robbery near Willard Missouri with $10,000 stolen after a pistol battle and an ensuing posse pursuit.
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Milbank
Grant County
Republican Central Committee
Court House
Roosevelt
Taft
Mitchell
Kittredge
Republican County Central Committee
South Dakota
Grant
William H. Taft
Springfield
Willard
Here
Roosevelt Taft Club Members Split Over Delegation
At a committee meeting the Roosevelt Taft club president voted against the Taft resolution. No substitute was offered by the stalwarts and they appeared to favor an uninstruc ted delegation.
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Roosevelt-Taft Club
Advertising Fortunes and Publicity for Union Pacific
The Union Pacific railroad allocated $400000 for advertising in 1908. The Exchange comments that a country merchant would assume people already know the railroad and would ride if they want, missing the power of persuasive publicity to attract travelers.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Kittredge Back in 1891 Pierre Dakotan
The piece recalls Senator Kittredge as aligned with corporate interests opposing direct election of U S senators. It notes his 1891 state senate vote on a joint resolution advocating a constitutional amendment for direct popular election and links him to Rex Beach’s The Spoilers in this issue.
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United States
Senate Journal
Kittredge
End of an Era as Huron Land Office is Moved to Pierre
The U S land office at Huron will discontinue on March 31 and its business and archives move to Pierre. Most claims have been proven with a few outstanding in western counties. The piece reflects on frontier life, homesteads, and the transition from wild frontier to settled farms.
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Pierre
Western Counties
Huron
Huron Land District
Register Blake
Tur Journal-Worldspirnt
Huron Land Office
South Dakota
Mary
Indian pupil Jessie Eagle Horn loses toes after desertion
Jessie Eagle Horn a 17 year old pupil at the agency Indian boarding school deserted around December 25 1907 and walked over fifty miles home. She had both feet frozen and the toes of one foot and part of the other amputated.
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Pine Ridge, $. D
Jessie Eagle Horn
Local nine and nine clash in fevered 1908 baseball game
A baseball game on January 19, 1908 at Pollock grounds pitted two local-nines. Nine innings were played with a final score of 13 to 14 amid thrilling plays and feverish excitement to the finish.
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Pollock Grounds
Abraham Lincoln as Everyman Leader in Verse
A poem portrays Abraham Lincoln as humble, plain, and practical yet capable of guiding a divided nation. It contrasts his rustic background and cautious, inclusive thinking with lofty rulers, praising his preservation of the state and his humane, thoughtful nature.
Monoply restricts train status calls sparking outrage
The Dakota Central telephone monopoly bans operators from calling to verify train punctuality or share timing details with the public unless paid for. The note condemns the policy as brazen greed. A spring shower started Tuesday afternoon around 3 PM with light drizzle continuing into the evening.
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Dakota Central Telephone Monopoly
Life in the Hills in Rapid City Frontier Letter
A 1908 letter from Rapid City South Dakota describes frontier life near Hangman’s and Cowboy’s Hills. It praises Rapid City’s growth, schools, churches, natural gas, scenery, and proximity to Black Hills mining, lumber, and cattle regions while recounting Underwood Pennington’s boom and early rail construction hardships.
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Rapid City
Hangman’s Hill
Cowboy’s Hill
Rapid Creek
School of
Mings
Black Hills
Underwood
Pennington
Royal Welcome for Taft in Kansas City
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Kansas City for a series of conferences with Republican leaders from Missouri and neighboring states. The day included a Midland hotel breakfast, closeted talks with Victor Rosewater and William Hayward, delegations from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas, a reception at the Missouri Republican club, and a large banquet at Convention Hall with about twelve hundred plates.
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Kansas City
Taft
St.Louis
Walter S Dickey
Missouri Republican Central Committee
St. Louis
Missouri
Midland Hotel
Victor Rosewater
Omaha Bee
William Hayward
Nebraska State Central Committee
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri Republican Club
Association of Young Republicans of
Convention
Nebraska
Clay County Preaches Tax Talk Scare Fails
Plain Talk accuses Brother Wiley of misleading the Clay county delegation and inflaming farmer voters with hidden tax ideas. The writer predicts taxes will no longer be a campaign issue in Clay County after the contested remarks.
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Bro. Wiley
Clay County
Makes a Good Impression Hudson
Hudsonite reports meeting Senator Vessey of Wessington at Water Town last week. Vessey's honest countenance and integrity impressed the writer, who asserts his record and persona promise an honest fearless administration and a square deal for the people if elected governor.
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Hudson
Hudsonite
Senator Vessey
Wessington
Watertown
State Board of Agriculture Orders Written Purchase Vouchers
The South Dakota State Board of Agriculture adopts a rule that all purchases for the board must be made by written orders signed by the Superintendent or board officers and members, and all bills must present these orders. The resolution aims to guide the Fair Board in preparing invoices and complying with the new requirement.
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South Dakota
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U. S. Land Office
Lady Injun
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Henry Stoddard
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Bryant Register
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