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Water works boom and a note on failed wells
The year features widespread water system installs in South Dakota towns with rising per capita use. Some towns face water shortages in artesian districts and shallow-well areas. A tale compares well water limits to sending for Lake Erie, while also noting labor strikes in Chicago hotels and a rabble of political posts involving Platte’s Illinois fakir and several South Dakota figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Ciites
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Illinois
Platte
Chas.h. Burke
Pierre
United States
J. D. Kennedy
Sioux Falls
J. M. Greene
Frank Crane
C. R. Tinan
Kiwaii Gramic
Graphic
Chas
Chicago
Hotel and
Waiters’ Union