Government v Homestake Mining case to be tried in Sioux Falls
The United States versus Homestake Mining Co over cutting Government timber involves more than $700000. Judge Garland will lead the case in Sioux Falls federal court for the July term with about 1600 witnesses from the Black Hills and an estimated court cost near $50000 for the hearing lasting over two months.
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United States
Homestake Mining Company
Sioux Falls
Homestake
Dundy
Garland
Homestake Company
Black Hills
Yankton Reservation Likely Not Open Before June
Register Boynton of the Mitchell land office says there is little chance the Yankton Reservation will open before June 1. He cites Commissioner Lockhart’s demand for state first claim on 50,000 acres and notes no lands are opened without 30 days notice by Presidential proclamation.
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Register Boynton
Yankton Indian Reservation
Two Sticks
Ghost
Mitchell Land Office
Yankton Reservation
Lockhart
Boynton
J.w.muchow
Minnehaha County
Muchow
South Dakota Praised by British World Fair Commissioner
British official Henry W. Pearson extols South Dakota during a 1893 lecture tour in England. He described Dakota scenes from farms to Indian life, urged rail expansion to connect the Sioux Reservation, and praised the state's diverse resources and opportunities for settlers, workers, and tourists.
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England
Henry W. Pearson
Birmingham
South Dakota
Pearson
Dakota
Liverpool
Pierre
Huron
Redfield
Watertown
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Brookings
Agricultural College
Rocky Mountains
East
Pennsylvania
First of the Season Crop Conditions in South Dakota
Forty seven counties report to the Weather Bureau from Huron on weekly crop conditions. March began cold then milder. precipitation above average through the 27th with rapid snowmelt. Winds dried plowed ground and slowed seeding, especially southeast and west. Some wheat sown early March as ground was prepared awaiting moisture. Late March and early April brought opportune and copious precipitation across western and southern portions.
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South Dakota
United States Weather Bureau
Huron
Sowing Advances Across South Dakota Amid Strong Spring
The week brought favorable weather for spring farm work as seeding pushes forward. Wheat and oats sowing progress across the state, with early wheat sprouting in southeast counties. Rumors of the Two Sticks ghost at Sioux Falls penitentiary involve executions and prison lore.
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Early
Two Sticks
Sioux Falls
Humphrey
Red
Deadwood
President Cleveland on Sound Money and the Silver Question
President Cleveland sends a reply to Chicago businessmen declining to attend their meeting on sound money. He argues for a strong currency, warns against debased or silver monometalism, notes the farmer and wage earner would suffer under easy money, and urges broad, shared benefits from a stable currency. The letter emphasizes national solvency and financial credit.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
J. Baker
George W. Smith
John A. Roche
T. W. Harvey
David Kelly
Henrys. Robbins
Arisin
Seaboard
Grover Cleveland
Bimetallic League
W. T L. Marvey
The
United States
Reply to President Cleveland from Chicago Bi metallic leader
W H Harvey chairman of the Bi metallic Executive Committee in Chicago issues a formal reply to President Cleveland. The letter denounces demonetization of silver and urges open minting to silver, warns of rising debt costs, and calls for broad public access to official financial acts and data.
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Chicago Committee
Europe
Washington
W. H. Harvey
Bimetallic
Place Name Origins In Housatonic River Tale
A linguistic note explains Housatonic as a corruption of Wassa tonic meaning Bright Stream Slowing through Rocks, tracing from native or early settler terminology to the modern river name.
Soldier's Widow Honored for War Nursing and Valor
A long tribute to Mrs. M. A. Newcomb of Effingham Illinois, veteran nurse from Cayuga County New York who cared for sick and wounded soldiers from 1861 to 1865. She tended at Vicksburg Helena Arkansas and with Lew Wallace's brigade, aided Grant and Logan, distributed sanitary supplies, and remained a respected figure in her community.
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Hffingham, IL
Grand Army of the Republic
M. A. Newcomb
Cayuga County
New York
Hiram A. W. Newcomb
Illinois
Lincoln
Fort Donelson
Cairo
Grandma
New Orleans
Matton
John A. Logan
Vicksburg
Effingham
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the Homestake Mining CO
Central Dakota Veteran’s Association
Executive Council
Lake Kampeska
On. Campbell
C. T. Campbell
Scotland
Yankton
Campbell
Fifty-seventh
Gen. Taylor
United States Land Office
Chamberlain
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Harry Eller
J. T. M. Pierce
Pierce
Yankton and Norfolk
Ruth
Crawford
Commissioner of Lands
Thomas H. Ruth
Taylor
Hughes County
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
S.A. Wheeler
Minnesote
Minnesota
New Ulm
Philip & Stembe
Elkton Co-Operative Creamery
Elkton Co-operative Creamery Company
N. A. Schonweller
Hot Springs
Holy Terror
Milbank
South Dakota Christian Endeavor Societies
Board of Control
State Firemen’s Association
State Board of Agriculture
Amelia Rives-Chanler
Pratt
Denver
Mr. McNatt
Big Coulee
Sisseton Agency
John Blue Day
Gallagher
Grover
Finance
Herr Steinitz
I Emmanuel Lasker
Dutch Guiana
Muncie
Chancellorsville
Fifth Corps
Chancellorsville House
Captain Williams
Thirty-Ninth
Ohio
Virginia
Johnny
Virginia Hills
Atlanta
Gen. Lee
Gordon
Lee
Andrew Jackson
Scott
Ulysses Grant
Napoleon
Sons of Freedom
Jenas
Marengos
Gettysburg
Spottsylvania
Manassas
Tennessee
Indiana Field Artillery
Min
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