Vital Statistics Law Enforced For Birth Death and Marriage Records
July 1 marks the start of a new statute requiring physicians midwives sextons justices of the peace and pastors to obtain blanks from county clerks and report births marriages and deaths. Penalties for noncompliance are heavy and enforcement will be strict to ensure official records for inheritance and property rights for future generations. Clerks in every county will supply the required forms and ensure timely distribution to responsible officials.
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South Dakota
City Huron Rejects Gas Plant Franchise
City fathers of Huron turn down a request for a gas plant franchise. Morality laws and vital statistics changes loom, with July 1 enforcement for registering marriages births and deaths. The piece notes railroads and Sunday excursions on high ground amid ongoing disputes.
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Huron
Ing
Unclear Text From Iowa Ardent Note
Fragmentary words reference AR and Iowa, mentioning stock and ads with unclear meaning. No coherent event, names, places, or dates are discernible to summarize a coherent news item.
Mrs Gould Question Sparks Trial Hype In New York
Public interest swells as evidence centers on whether Mrs Gould directed profane remark to her architect. Jury decides the remark cost the architect 24000 dollars, suggesting broad fault lines in judgment and financial risk amid a era of high tension.
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New York
Investigation at Chicago Strikes Cited as Corrupt
The Chicago investigation suggests the strike began and ended by misdeeds. Employers allegedly paid 30000 to labor leaders to fuel the strike. Widespread sympathy was misused to serve base interests, and those involved should face penalties.
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Chicago
Eee
Emp
York
Ministers face church critique over use of automobile
A Indiana minister is attacked by his congregation for using a car in pastoral duties, raising questions about private life and public role. The piece contrasts past criticism of bicycle use and wider debates on clergy conduct amid broader labor and diplomatic commentary.
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Indiana
Conspirators blamed as laborers suffer public fallout
A shortened excerpt notes that conspirators are at fault while laborers are maligned as fools, and the public bears the consequences of those actions. The passage emphasizes public harm resulting from hidden schemes and misused influence.
Hill organizes Minnesota North Dakota fight against rate regulation backers
James J. Hill leads a political effort in Minnesota and North Dakota aimed at senators and congressmen who support railroad rate regulation. He targets Senators Nelson of Minnesota and Hansbrough of North Dakota as part of a broader railroad plan to defeat Republican lawmakers. The drive reflects wider opposition to Roosevelt era reforms and hints at a sustaining public push for tariff reform Panama canal prosecution of trusts and other people centered changes.
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James J. Hill
Minnesota
North Dakota
Hill
Nelson
Hansbrough
Washington
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
North American Diptera catalog by Prof Aldrich stirs science
Prof J M Aldrich of the University of Idaho has published a 680 page book on North American Diptera. The Smithsonian published 1 100 copies to libraries with many institutions receiving it. The work, produced after fifteen years, catalogs 8 327 fly species from Central America to the United States.
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J. M. Aldrich
University of Idaho
Brookings Press
Aldrich
North America
Panama
Smithsonian Institute
South Dakota Agricultual College
Moscow
Idaho
Farmers' Co-Operative Association Stockholders Meeting Notice
Stockholders of the Farmers Co Operative Association will hold their annual meeting at 2 p.m. on Saturday June 24 1905 at DeSmet City Hall South Dakota. Officers to be elected for the ensuing year and any other business may be acted upon. De Smet SD June 5 1905 P A OHana President F W Wriaut Secretary
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Farmers’ Co-Operative Association
DeSmet
S. D
Aon de Smet
Question on Railroads and State Officer Elections
A Brookings reader asks how many South Dakota state officers or lawmakers have been elected without railroad support, challenging the claim that government ownership would grant rail interests veto power over state and national offices.
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South Dakota
Brookings
Senate Report and Rail Rates Favoring Monopolies in 1887
An 1887 Senate Interstate Commerce Committee report warned that secret rates rebates and concessions foster monopoly and deter competition by charging based on what traffic would bear rather than actual costs. It notes the 1887 Interstate Commerce Commission Act aimed to curb these abuses but has not corrected the evil as intended.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
United States Senate
Congress
Senate
Primary nominating reform urged to curb railroad power
The piece argues railroads influence officials through machine politics, claiming citizens gain nothing from restrictive rate laws. It urges a direct primary system to replace state conventions and curb railroad control, asserting voters can run their own affairs without corporate capture.
When I Was Your Age Teacher Tales a Put Down
A teacher brags that at the pupil's age she could answer any question. The child retorts that she forgets her own earlier teacher was different, implying changes in standards. The exchange ends with the schoolmaster collapsing from the implied rebuke.
Foley's Honey and Tar Heals Bronchial Coughs
Chronic bronchial troubles and summer coughs can be quickly relieved and cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. For sale by L. E. Sasee.
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Foley’s
L. E. Sasee
Was Wasting Away
A Salem Missouri man Robert R Watts writes of five years suffering kidney disease. Despite doctors and various remedies he found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure, which he says cured him in under two bottles and restored his health.
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Robert R. Watts
Salem
Foley
Mortgage default triggers public sale of Kingsbury property
By virtue of a December 1 1899 mortgage to Thomas C. Kirk and later assignment to Hattie Bradley, defaulted payments and taxes have led to foreclosure. The amount due is 932.02 dollars plus interest and costs. The mortgage will be foreclosed and the mortgaged property sold at public auction at the Kingsbury County Courthouse De Smet South Dakota on December 5 at 7 o’clock p m.
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Alice C. Armstrong
A. F. Armstrong
Kingsbury
South Dakota
Mortgstete Thomae
Hattie Gradley
de Smet
Register of Deeds
Ringeiniry County
Bradley
Smet
Slave
South
de Dabo
Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters of Administration
In Kingsbury County Court a hearing is set for June 26, 1905 at 9:00 AM in De Smet to determine Lydia A. Shepard's petition for letters of testamentary for Luther G. Shepard. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted. The notice is issued by County Court Clerk A. B. Alquist with the seal of the court.
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State of
South Dakota
Kingsbury
Luther G. Shepard
County of Dane
Wisconsin
de Smet
Albert R, Abel
Alquist
Notice to Creditors Estate of Fayette C Clark Deceased
Administrator with the will annexed of Fayette C Clark deceased calls all creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims must be presented to the administrator at his DeSmet South Dakota office in Kingsbury County. Dated May 15, 1905. E Sasse administrator with will annexed.
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Fayette C. Clark
DeSmet
South Dakota
Kingsbury
Notice to Creditors Estate of L O Dill
Estate of L O Dill deceased issues notice by executor William Buckley to creditors and all persons with claims to present vouchers within six months after first publication at Bank Kingsbury County South Dakota. Dated June 12, 1905.
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L. O. Dill
William Buckley
Bank
Railway history compendium on the Northwest published
The Chicago and North Western Railway releases a over hundred page history of the Northwest railway era from early Indian cession to modern times. Printed in strong paper covers, postpaid for ten cents. WW. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., Chicago.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Northwest
United States
Mississippi
Summer Tourists Rates to Wisconsin and Northwest Resorts
Summer tourist literature outlines rates to Wisconsin and Northwest resorts via the North Western Line. Send a 2 cent stamp for literature to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago. For rates and tickets, consult Chicago and North Western agents.
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Wisconsin
Northwest
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
North-Western
Ba Y
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