Financial outlook and Roosevelt visit in South Dakota
Speech by Geo A Silsby as bank examiner notes slight fall in eastern deposits due to corn crop failure and cattle financing. He says loan demand rises with property improvements, rates easing, and asserts no hard times. Roosevelt visit boosted support, shifting some voters toward Teddy. overall prosperity seen despite national tariff debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Longstaff
Iowa
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Sioux Falls
Teddy
Mitchell
West
Statement on Roosevelts 1904 nomination and election
A public figure asserts that no political power within or outside the Republican Party can stop President Roosevelt’s nomination or victory in 1904. The speaker emphasizes that only life and death issues could influence his chances, framing the political landscape as orderly and favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Y W C T U Hosts Public Entertainment at G A R Hall
The YWCTU and its flourishing branch held a Friday evening public entertainment in the G A R hall to support young women. Miss Lottie Tenney led the program with various musical readings, including performances by the Turneaure family orchestra and soloists Hazel Lathrop Lila Ewart Bernice Lathrop Sadie Scallin Merle Tillotson Goodykoontz. Prof Hoff urged valuing goodness over money, and refreshments followed. The event raised a neat sum for the youth treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Hall
Lottie ‘Tenney
Turneaure Family
Hazel Lathrop
Lila Ewart
Hoff
Milly Pratt
Grace
Olive Maughan
Carl Ruth
Miss Tillotson
Miss Goodykoontz
Miss Scallin
Convention A Failure In South Dakota Referendum Effort
A mass convention of qualified voters in Aberdeen failed to attract a larger crowd after an initial turnout by S H Cranmer. The meeting, adjourned for better attendance, later gathered S H Cranmer Samuel Lovett A G Hunt and T B Wells to discuss submitting ten to fifteen legislature measures to a referendum including a $5000 appropriation for a cruiser gift. Socialists and Populists signed the call but few outside Aberdeen attended, with socialists considering an initiative to place their favored measures on the statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. H. Cranner
S. H. Cranmer
Samuel Lovett
A. G. Hunt
T. B. Wells
Cranmer
Firemen Hold Dancing Party in Odd Fellows Hall
The firemen gave a dancing party in Odd Fellows hall Friday evening with Hoyt's orchestra providing music. They appeared in new uniforms and the scene was a gay one, attendance was very good.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Hoyt
WAS MUSICAL FEAST Ordinary Thief Swiped a Pair of Shoes
A man described as an ordinary thief stole a pair of shoes during a musical feast and was arrested, fined, and freed within forty minutes. Company D of the National Guard faces an inspection by a state officer next Monday.
Splendid Musical Event by Georgia Kober and Dr Hugh Schussler
A Chicago concert at the opera house left a large audience delighted by Miss Georgia Kober and Dr. Hugh Schussler. Kober impressed with piano pieces including Moskowski’s Waltz in E and a two piano Greig concerto with Maude Silsby Nichols. Schussler’s bass baritone renderings, notably Vulcan's Song and The Lost Chord, drew hearty applause. The program featured encores and benefitting the Woman's Library Association with provided services and expenses covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Kober
Hugh, Schussler
Chicago
Opera House
Rober
Schussler
Miss Koter
Hollander
Moskowski
Schuett
Strauss- Tausig
Miss Kober
Maude Silsby-Nichols
Greig
Dr. Schussler
Vulcan
Gounod
Sullivan
Woman’s Library Association
The
Associa
Concert Oversubscription Boosts Public Fund Raising
A brief report notes that the concert will yield a strong sum for the local public entertainment fund, supplementing the amount recently raised by a separate community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Quick Theft at A T McGovern Sons Shoes Capture
Fred Williams caused a scene on Main Street when he bought a shoe pair at A T McGovern Sons and fled with a box under his coat. Chief Keith pursued him to the railroad and he was jailed by Justice McKinley after pleading guilty to a $10 theft. The recount notes only one shoe in the stolen box and reveals Williams was traveling from Iowa to North Dakota with a camp party nearby.
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Fred Williams
Main Street
A. T. McGovern & Son
McGovern
Williams
Mr. McGovern
Keith
Juttice McKinley
Iowa
North Dakota
Inspections for Co D and state units scheduled
Members of Company D prepare for a company inspection on Monday April 27. Adjutant General Conklin set dates for most second and third regiment companies with northern and southern state schedules listed. northern towns include Gary Watertown Clark Redfield Milbank Britton Eureka Huron Miller Aberdeen Pierre. Southern towns include Volga Howard Flandreau Kimball Armour Yankton Canton Sioux Falls Centerville with dates from April 23 to May 20.
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Co. D
Readi~ Ness
Conklin
Gary
Watertown
Clark
Redfield
Milbank
Britton
Eureka
Huron
Miller
Aberdeen
Pierre
Volga
Howard
Flandreau
Kimball
Armour
Yankton
Canton
Sioux Falls
Centerville
John Bately Sails for Home From England
John Bately sailed Wednesday on the Oceanic from Liverpool for this country. He has spent three years in London studying to become a pharmacist and has completed his work. He is expected to reach Mitchell in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bately
Liverpool
England
John
London
Mitchell
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Scallin Bros
S. H. Scallin
Outfitters OF Mankind
Norfolk
W. H
Mitchell Greenhouse
John Canham
Bidwell Land and Loan Company
Mitchell, South Dakota
SSR
UN State
National Bank
Silsby
Nat’l Bank Examiner
Geo. A. Silsby
Arcus
and Social
Woman's Library Association
National Guard
Dr. Schussier
Citizens
Mitchell Company
U.S
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