Longstaff the Acrobat in South Dakota Capital Debate
Discussion praises western growth and opposes moving the state capital from Pierre. Arguments stress unity across Yankton Canton Sioux Falls Huron regions, while opponents predict western development will bring population and economic density. The piece cites local papers and views from 1903 1904 on settlement patterns and political power.
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South Dakota
Pierre
Mitchell
Beadle County
Yankton
Canton
Sioux Falls
Perre
Pierre Her Own Undoing
Sioux Walls Journal notes rain threats around Pierre as eastern papers brim with shower accounts.
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Pierre
Sioux Walls
No Sirkus For Pierre In State Route
Sioux Falls Journal notes Barnum and Ringling circuses plan tours across the state and question Pierre as a hoped for stop. Superintendent Collins reports Milwaukee company work starting west from Chamberlain this fall or next spring with hundreds of thousands of ties purchased for the project.
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Pierre
Sioux Falls
Chamberlain
Supt. Collins
Milwaukee Company
They Went In the Hearse at Gannvalley Serenade
A small crowd hired a Gannvalley hearse and rode to the home of W N Stroud to serenade him and his bride. Charlie Saunders led, with Jakey Miller and Martin Johnson aiding, as two and a half planks were used to raise a toast with peanuts and lemonade.
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Gannvalley
Charlie Saunders
Jakey Miller
Martin Johnson
W. N. Stroud
Chamberlain Free-for-all Pace Set To Be A Hot Race
The Chamberlain track hosts a Tuesday June 28 free-for-all trot or pace expected to be among the hottest races in the state. Seven horses entered boast records from 2 02 to 2 14, including Lola Mix G D Cole Wheeler B D Castlewood G Thomas Eau Clair Wisconsin Miss Klopping Parker S D Betty Walker E N Allen Marion Iowa Grasshopper Ingham Ewart Pierre S D and Seigle F E Ellis Eau Clair Wis.
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Chamberlain
Lola Mix
G. D. Cole
Wheeler
Castlewood
Eau Clair
Wisconsin
Miss Klopping
Chicago man proposes forty foot tower for telescope view
A Chicago visitor offers the Rosebud trustees a permit to erect a forty foot tower in town with top telescopes to view thirty miles. The device would let homesteaders survey the reservation from within city limits to select a claim without leaving Bonesteel.
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Rosebud
Chicago
Board of Trustees
Miss Lea Hinrichs Weds Albany Man at Kimball
In Kimball near this city a wedding took place at noon with Rev. W. LT. White officiating. The bride Lea Hinrichs daughter of Mr Unrichs and the groom Alfred Wreeksen son of Mr Wreeksen were married in the home. Only relatives present. Many local friends send best wishes.
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Lea Hinrichs
Albany
Oregon
Alfred $. Wreeksen
Wreeksen
Unrichs
LT. White
Kimball
Uni
Bonesteel camp hotel project draws Sioux City interest
W B Nation returned from Bonesteel where E J Wallen of the Sioux City Tent and Awning Co. is erecting a unique camp hotel. Nation will oversee a second Bonesteel trip for the Rosebud reservation opening. About 2,000 strangers were in town with a growing building boom and tents for workers. A 60 by 90 foot dining tent will be built with a cook's shack behind it. No wood will be used.
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Sioux City Journal
W. B. Nation
Bonesteel
E. J. Wallen
Sioux City
Nation
Rosebud Reservation
Mr. Nation
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Warrner
Bowles’ Furniture Store
A.W. Hanneman, V. Pres
Kimball State Bank
Fred Griswold
Buffalo
Chas Mix
Aurora
Brule County
F. A. Reynolds. Kimball
Longstaff
Acrobat
Missouri River
Pierre Register
Beadle
Kingsbury
Brookings
Great Range
Schaeffer Piano
J. H. Wolf Co
S. Dak
GEC. W. James
Sioux
J.D. Gannaway
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