City Lots Ad Offerings Close To Main Street
You Can Not Do Better presents two fine lots 100 feet wide by 167 feet deep facing south one block from Main street two blocks from the courthouse Only 600 for Lots 2 and 3 block 12 Burrs addition and lots 2s and 3 block 31 Cooley and Guernseys addition 100 feet wide fronting Fifth street 142 feet to alley One block and a half from East side school house in nicest part of the city.
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Rowley
Main Street
Court House
Burr’s
Cooley and Guernseys
Fifth Street
East Side
Jas B. Ambrose
Mifflin St
Hiingdon
Dr. Pierce
Tay
Golden Medical
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Estate of C J Haines seeks sale to pay debts in Davison County
In the Davison County Court of South Dakota the administrator H C Preston seeks an order to sell the real estate of C J Haines deceased to pay debts. He asks heirs Elgin Haines Fred C Haines Charles E Haines Oma L Haines Neva M Haines and all interested parties to show cause at Mitchell Court House on May 2 1903 at 10 a.m. why the court should not authorize a private sale of needed real estate. Signed W Abbey Judge. Attest S Catterell Clerk. Preston Hannett attorneys for petitioner. Herbert E Hitchcock attorney for administrator. Also notice of hearing for Letters of Administration for Mollie M Kufus deceased with hearing May 6 1903 at 1 p.m. at Mitchell Court House.
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County of Davison
C. J. Haines
Elgin Haines
Fred _C. Haines
Charles E. Haines
Oma L. Haines
Neva M. Haines
H. C. Preston
Mitchell
Davison County
South Dakota
Mitchell, S. D
W. Abbey
State of
Davison
Mollie M. Kufus
Mollis M. Kufus
A. D
Notice to Bidders for Courthouse Improvements 1903
Notice is hereby given that bids will be received at the county auditor s office up to May 20 1903 for cement sidewalks around the courthouse block and walks to the courthouse from surrounding corners. Also a walk from north door to street, building a water closet on the north side with plumbing and city sewer connection, and painting exterior woodwork. Bids in by 12 o clock May 20 1903. Plans and specifications filed at the county auditor O D Stearns office.
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County Auditor’s Office
Court House
O. D. Stearns
Election Tuesday yields large license majority in city
Voters elected aldermen and school officials with no opposition, while the license question dominated turnout. License supporters won 443 to 282, a 161 margin, the largest since state prohibition days, as the council and school board members prepare to assume office in May.
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Council
Board of Education
License carries easily in city election sparsely contested
Voters in four wards largely backed license despite low student turnout at the university. Ward results show strong support for licenses in First 95 116, Second 114 39, Third 94 49, Fourth 140 0. Other towns mirrored this trend with Woonsocket approving license by 51, Lanton losing by 57, Dell Rapids voting against by 42, Faulkton shifting to license by 2 after years of prohibition.
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Board of Education
Corles- Newbury
C. C. Halphide
N. L. Davison
Second Ward
Martin Gleason
Gottlieb Scheurenbrand
Wm. Herbert, Jr
Third Ward
Geo. E. Foster
C. E. Reeves
School Board
H. L. Bras
W. H. Conges
Fourth Ward
J. E. Wells
H. Scallin
Woonsocket
Lanton
Dell Rapids
Faulkton
Prohibition and School Bonds Win Big in Beresford Vote
In Beresford the prohibition measure passed by a 50 vote margin and the accompanying school bond issue also carried by a large majority, reflecting strong local support for both measures.
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Beresford
Meade County Plans Publication of Personal Tax Assessments
Meade county officials in Meade County Meade county in the Black Hills area move to publish the 1903 personal property assessments in July. The county board will raise suspected unjust valuations and prosecute evasion by under listing as perjury.
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Meade County
Black Hills
Sturgis
Circuit Court Opens Next Week in Davison County
Davison County circuit court will start Tuesday, three weeks earlier this spring under new law. Sheriff Kintigh completed juror summons in four days. seven criminal cases on docket, but likely only one tried. Two liquor cases and two against Fred Stevens await Supreme Court on first indictment. George Yorty to be tried for alleged hay theft. Civil docket includes Summers vs Wocknitz, Summers vs Koch, Jewell vs Van Wagenen, Fowler vs McGovern, Fletcher vs OConor, Hamilton and Berndt, Jewell vs Van Wagenen, Femler vs Van Wagenen, Baughman vs Baughman, Morgan vs Crow, Fowler vs Lockhart, Irwin vs Seaman, Williams and Ellis, Kelsey vs Schomberg, Tschetter vs Boynton, Sound vs Thackeray, conserveson vs Seaman, Fosse vs Van Wagenen, Prescott vs Bidwell, Bidwell vs Smith, Morgan vs Crow, Crow with others.
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Davison County
Kintigh
Fred L. Stevens
Supreme Court
George Yorty
George Summers
Albert Wocknitz
George H. Summers
William Koch
Charles S. Jewell
Frank van Wagenen
W. A. Fowler
P. T. McGovern
H. G. Fletcher
William O’connor
Thomas Hamilton
Theodore Berndt
Charles
Jewell
Frank van- Wagenen
Franz J. Femler
Edith M. Baughman
Frank Baughman
Marietta Morgan
John N. Crow
M. Lockhart
H. Irwin
I. W. Seaman
W. T. Williams
J. EF. Ellis
A. B. Kelsey
Philip Schomberg
Jacob Tschetter
Albert Boynton
J. G. Sound
Thackeray
Thackeray andsAmos Thackeray. ~ J.eonserveson Vs. I. WW
Seaman
Adam
Fossz
Frank
van Wagenen
R. D. Prescott
F. A. Bidwell
Patrick Smith
Marietta
E. Morgan
Cora Crow
N. C. Johnston
Johnston
Mary M. Martindale
Snake Bites Off Cobra Returns With Rattle Snake
A resident of Ceylon killed a cobra after noticing a large cobra with a small tail fragment hanging from its mouth. During death struggles the cobra regurgitated three fourths of a rattlesnake. The survivor measured the cobra at 4 feet 8 inches and the rattlesnake at 5 feet 2 inches.
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Ceylon
Bequest Tied to Farm Hand and Widow’s Care
By the will of William Lysaght of Monroe Wise, farm hand Frank Mackey receives a farm valued at 25000 dollars if he keeps the widow’s carriage clean and provides fresh milk to the widow for the rest of her life.
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William Lysaght
Monroe, Wise
Frank Mackey
Testator
Private Theater Fad Spreads Among English Magnates
Private theaters become fashionable in new mansions and renovated houses as aristocrats follow in the footsteps of the Marquis of Anglesey and Madame Patti, adding to the gaiety of their era in Wales.
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Marquis of Anglesey
Madame Patti
Wales
Mt Vernon News Highlights Local Doings and Rainy Spring Work
Mt Vernon reports a busy week with dental trips to Mitchell, visits from Minneapolis and St Louis residents, and social events at the opera house for Irvine Hambly who heads to Canada. Union notesSunday school and church plans, Duggett family mentions, whooping cough among youth, and farmers planning planting with many eyes on Mitchell’s state hub race. Local farming, tree planting, bridge conditions, and road repairs feature amid community updates and travel plans.
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MT. Vernon
Vernon
E. E. Weeks
Mitchell
C. W. Woodward
Marion Fitch
Fisher
Minneapolis
C. C. Fitch
John Momsen
Frank Long
Iowa
Ben Schlund
St. Louis
Mary Hogan
Howard
Fred Wagner
Bessie Bobb
Louie Bras
Our Town
Opera House
Irvine Hambly
Coulee
Canada
the Bailey
Hambly
Union
Center School House
Potter
S. Champlin
Elk Point
Grace Cornwell
Shane
Christopher
Hugh
Oscar Cornwell
T. Phillips
Local notes from East Aurora farmers and new marriage
East Aurora reports farmers busy with corn field prep as small grain seeding ends. Ww. M. Carrington sold fat steers in Sioux City with poor profits. W. S. Brady improves his Hopper township farm with a new house, barns, fences, and fruit trees. I. T. Muabott and Ada Mullen wed at Ada’s Pleasant Lake home and reside at Elm Cottage on Mab bott farm, with plans for a happy future. Ethel Teesdale’s extended visit ends.
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East Aurora
G. W. Atkinson
G. W
M. Carrington
Sioux City
W. S. Brady
Hopper Township
W. S
T. Muabbott
Llopper
Ada Mullen
Pleasant Lake
Miners' Federation Rated Most Powerful Union
The South Wales Miners Federation is described as the strongest trade union, boasting over 127000 members. In contrast the Amalgamated Society of Engineers counts about 87000 members, highlighting the relative size of these labor groups.
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Miners’ Federation
South Wales Miners’ Federation
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
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Riverside Department Store
Riverside
Sole de Lyon
Ecru
Geneva
W. L. Wallis
Missouri Slope
North Dakota
S. Catterell
Preston & Hannett Attorneys
Williard Williams
J. M. Newell
Mt. Vernon Bank
S. D
Williard
Williams
Herbert E. Hitchcock
Ptice
Attest
Cattrell
Mead County
Circuit Court
Dudley
Hopper
L. A. Mabbott
Southeast Hopper
L. H. Smith Nursery Co
Dakota
Joe Ryan
Joe
Farmers* Lumber Co
Knutson’s
Jake Weick
Jake
Pierce
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