Dakota Elections Across Cities Reported April 2
Aberdeen voters elected a Democratic mayor and four aldermen while Republicans won treasurer justice and four aldermen. J. H. Teller led Yankton’s city slate defeating a saloon aligned faction. Plankinton backed labor ticket. Canton and Casselton chose city leaders. Grand Forks and Rapid City saw varied results. The piece notes Dakotan influence in Washington and a quarrymen strike near Rapid City.
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Aberdeen
Justice
Aberdeen News
Barnes
Pratt
Yankton
Oday
J. H. Teller
Icket
The Work Reviewed Lessons and Doctrine for First Quarter
A summary of religious instruction for the first quarter detailing Herod's sin, Jesus miracles, charity, forgiveness, laments on the priesthood, and guidance on entering the kingdom. It covers the Transfiguration, Pilgrim teachings, and the moral notes from Peter, along with clothing science and coinage curiosities.
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Herod
Herodias
Philip
John the Baptist
Jesus
John
Sea of
Tiberias
Naraoa
Judea
Peter
Christ
Moses
Elias
Heaven
Rick
Jerusalem
St. Matthew
Zebedee
Mills tariff bill criticised as all compensating virtue
Henry George argues the Mills tariff bill disguises protection as virtue. He says it undermines protection while professing reverence for it and urges the president to stop George from speaking. The Indianapolis Journal remarks on the political maneuver.
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George
Henry George
Two Clergy Divisions in the Russian Church
A summary of the Russian priesthood describing two classes white and black clergy. Black clergy include monks who supply bishops and officials, teach in schools, and tutor nobles. white clergy are city and village priests. Monastic wealth declined after 19th century reforms and serf emancipation, with 500 monasteries remaining. hostility exists between the two classes.
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William Eleroy Curtis
The Modern Ajaxes Defy Presidential Lightning
Cleveland and Hill face a risky contest as political currents swirl around the presidential issue. Analysts weigh whether the rivals can avoid a decisive strike or whether one side will be knocked back by the storm.
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Cleveland
Hill
How the Republican Standard Bearers Were Chosen
A historical note outlines ballot tables from three Republican National Conventions: Cincinnati 1876, Chicago 1880, and Chicago 1884, showing candidate votes by ballot and the majorities needed to secure a nomination, including Blaine’s nominations on the seventh, sixth, and fourth ballots respectively.
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Cincinnati
Birt
Eesees
Blaine
Morton
Ind
Bristow
Conkling
Hayes
Hartrantt
Jewell
Conn
Chicago
Oye
Grant
Sherman
Edmands
Woodburne
Windom
Minn
Garfield
Bal T
Bal T. Balt
Arthur
N.Y
Edmunds
Logan
Ills
Hawley
Lincoln
Ken
Political chatter across Northern and Southern papers
A collage of editorials mocks tariff reform and party lines, noting regional stances from Illinois Republicans to Southern Democrats. It references Mills tariff, free trade debates, local jokes about wool, mail service issues, and a Chicago Herald ride on curiosities like a multilingual Lord's Prayer parchment in a dead letter office.
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Illinois
Atlanta Constitution
Mills
Chicago Journal
Philadelphia Press
Virginia Senate
Boston Journal
Washington
Richmond
Philadelphia
New York World
South
St. Peters’s
Rome
Chicago Herald
Delights of Literature and the Sweet Girl Discussion
In a chatty exchange from Omaha World, readers discuss plot twists in Delights of Literature with characters Eleanor, a doctor, Blanche, Arthur, Adelle, and Gynnede. The conversation covers engagements, a cousin, a deathbed scene, a vengeful valet, and a murder ending with a hanging, while a reader plans to borrow another book from Annie Blank.
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Eleanor
Blanche
Arthur
Adelle
Gynnede
Annie Blank
Omaha
Sour Strawberries on the Hill of Fate
A dialogue excerpt depicts a woman and George discussing picking strawberries in March. She insists a few may be worth the sour season, acknowledging they won't be at their best. The tone hints at fate and imperfect rewards in life.
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George
Aaron Regulator
Buffalo
N.Y
Monkeys humor from a Carlisle student
A young Sioux boy Fred Big Horse writes a playful spoof about monkeys noting their many similarities to humans. He recalls a voyage from Dakota to South America where they see diverse monkeys, catch a shipload, sell them for money, buy a balloon that then escapes, leaving them with no monkeys no money and no balloon.
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New York Sun
Fred Big Horse
Carlisle
Fred
Dakota
South America
United States
Nonsense Chowder Talk and Odd Market Outbursts
A chorus of short comic items appears from late 19th century papers. A wife seeks the secret of clam chowder after a husband describes quantities in jest. A Fulton Street market scene features a hiccup cure tied to a missing bill. Short quips touch on politics, forgery trials, and trade stances.
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Ashland Avenue
Chicago Herald
Fulton Street
Albany Journal
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GEO. P. DIX & Daughter
Mitchell Dental Parlors
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