State proposes district prizes and county schools for agricultural work
The proposal outlines prizes for excellence across work lines and district contests with state entry under the state department of instruction. It calls for statewide supervision by the superintendent and staff to standardize the program, a prescribed industrial course with diploma credits, and agricultural and industrial schools in every county using county poor farms as experiment sites. It urges legislative funding to sustain the program, claiming it will improve farming productivity and economy.
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State Department of Instruction
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Thief Steals Traveling Man’s Trousers From Hotel Arlington
A. A. Long, a traveling man, found his trousers missing after arriving at the Hotel Arlington Tuesday morning. The garments were fished out through the transom during the night and a search with pillows led to their recovery. He had twelve dollars in the pockets, but the pocketbooks were found abandoned in the alley without stamps. No arrest reported.
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A. A. Long
Arlington
Giant carp drown calf in Grant township canal
In Worthing South Dakota a high water event drove pickerel and a giant carp into a drainage canal in Grant township. Farmer Henry Hanson waded knee deep to save a calf but the monster fish pulled it under and drowned it. Melvin Sundvold relays the Sioux Falls Press report.
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Worthing
S. D
Grant Township
Henry Hanson
Melvin Sundvold
Sioux Falls
Resolutions Passed by State Superintendents
A 1907 Canton committee reports to the Superintendent of Public Instruction advocating practical agricultural and industrial instruction in rural schools. It urges schools to implement department provided experiments and to report results, and counties to hold annual contests in the work at a central location.
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South Dakota
Canton
Department of Education
William A. Howard 1878 1880 Dakota Governor
William A. Howard, sixth territorial governor of Dakota, succeeded Pennington in 1878. A former Michigan appointee and Vermont native born 1812, he served as Detroit postmaster and in Congress. His health failed early in 1880, but his tenure left a lasting, prudent imprint on the territory.
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William A. Howard
Dakota
Pennington
Michigan
Vermont
Detroit
Summons in Kingsbury County Circuit Court 1908
State of South Dakota greets Nancy Melyneaux. Defendants must answer the complaint within thirty days after service. The filing occurred July 9, 1908, in De Smet with Warren & Warren as attorneys for plaintiff Frank W. Melyneaux.
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South Dakota
Kingsbury
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Frank W. Melyneaux
Nancy Melyneaux
State of
Circuit Court
Kingsbury County
de Smet
Warren & Warren
Plaintiff
De Smet School District Receipts and Expenditures 1907 08
Statement of receipts and expenditures for De Smet School District No 8 Kingsbury county South Dakota year ending June 6 1908 published by law. Receipts show 2400 00 tuition fund 1528 82 general fund 75 00 sinking fund 400 00 total 4198 82. Expenditures include 228 87 tuition 126 25 houses and furniture 72 50 interest on bonds 1889 35 debts and liabilities not itemized 3 00 total expenditures 839 // Note: figures reflect OCR reading.
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Brave
South Dakota
Kingsbury
de Smet
Kingsbury County
Notice of Hearing on Real Estate Conveyance in Kingsbury SD
In Kingsbury county South Dakota notice is given that Annie Helvine Madsen petitions for an administrator's deed to the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 4 township 112 range 53. A court hearing is set for July 28 1908 at 9:00 AM at the county judge's office in De Smet. The petition stems from a living contract during the deceased Christen Robbero’s life. EB Green F A Carpenter Clerks Warren & Warren Attorneys for Administrator De Smet SD. j-24
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South Dakota
Kingsbury
Christen Robbero
Annie Helvine Madsen
Kingsbury County
de Smet
Charles E. Miller
Grace H. Welch
Charles EE. Miller
Kingbury County
A. D
E. &. Green
F. A. Carpenter
Warren & Warren
Dakota
Notice of probate contract for Miller estate in South Dakota
In the matter of the estate of Charles E. Miller deceased a verified petition by Grace H. Welch claims conveyance of the southeast quarter of section 20 township 109 10 in Kingsbury County SD under a 1907 contract. A 1907 court order set July 21 1908 for hearing before the county judge in De Smet SD. Warren & Warren represent the administrator.
Editor’s Regrets on Drawings from Office Boy
The editor thanks you for sharing drawings but declines to use them. The office boy truthfully notes the editor’s remark was not explicit. He recalls the editor saying, Take ’em away, Pimple, they make me sick.
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Office Boy
No clear news headline detected in dialogue fragment
Conversation fragment shows Gobsa Golde and Mydass discussing a deal worth a million and a plan tied to promotions, suggesting strategic earnings and future leadership.
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Gobsa Golde
Mydass
The Happiest Hour and a Faint Dialogue Moment
A humorous exchange recalls a proposed night and a quiet hour. The tale echoes a Catholic Mirror anecdote about a couple's wedding proposal and an offbeat quip about stars and the moon.
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Catholic Mirror
Poor Advertiser Dialogue About Engagement Duke
A humorous exchange notes a daughter engaged to a duke who is described as a poor stick and lacking the enterprise to smash a camera, highlighting social satire in light gossip.
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Vessey
Howard C. Shober
S.C. Polley
S. W. Clark
John Hinning
Geo. G. Johnson
0.C. Dokken
Hans A. Astrud
F C. Robinson
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Thorson County
Jacob Johnson
Vanee Zz
J. English
Mark Plowman
F. Green
P. A. Carroll
J. Flanders
Knud Knudsen
Henry Hinz
Wim. H. Warre
C. A. Cripps
E. Haberman Trees
F. B. Danley
S “Wss
Farmers Co-operative Association
Abee Wenare
J. W. Callahan
Udge
Foxton Land & Loan Co
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Jinx
McLaughlin
de Smet Mere. Co
Burdick & Co
F. Schaub
Delvecchio
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Laird Norton Yards
W. J. Kohler
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A. W. Stone
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