Mitchell corn palace season to start with decor improvements
Mitchell prepares for the 1909 corn palace events with planned exterior decor, new displays, and extended exhibitions. Visitors from across the state are drawn by affordable rail rates and special trains as counties reserve space in the palace building for displays during Sept 27 to Oct 2.
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Mitchell
Washington
United States
Lynn
Massave Buch
Corn Palace
Milwaukee
North-Western
Brookings experiment station aids South Dakota farmers
South Dakota farmers should follow the Brookings agricultural experiment station and the state college to boost yields. Professors and tests show oats that yield twelve more bushels per acre over seven years, promising about 500 extra bushels on a 40 acre field at similar cost. Farmers are urged to seek information and help from the Brookings institution.
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South Dakota
Brookings
Yankton Press
Dakotan
Wate
Agricultural College
Prof
Willis
Brookings Farm
The Farmer of Today and the Rise of Prosperity
The piece argues the farmer gains status as prosperity grows with open lands and irrigation projects. It credits government land policies, western migration shifts, and Secretary Wilson’s agricultural education efforts for smarter farming. It notes farming adapts to more science and predicts farmers ride out hard times better than others.
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Washington Post
United States
British Columbia
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Elongated School Year Advocated by City Superintendent
The St Paul Dispatch reports the city superintendent favors a twelve months school year with three selectable terms. Attendance would not be mandatory for all months, and the aim is faster completion of schooling without excessive costs. The paper argues current methods push hurried study and overcrowded curricula.
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St. Paul
Ex governors fall to grafters in SD history
The report details two South Dakota ex governors entangled by con artists. Lee trusted a Chicago railroad promoter who duped him out of 15000 dollars, currently jailed his suspect with some chance of restitution. Herried of Aberdeen met a real estate grafter, cashed a $40 check, and lost the funds, with he remaining in limbo.
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South Dakota
Lee
Chicago
Herried
Aberdeen
Mining patent dispute at Rapid City land office
Two men faced the U S land office over mining claims they had worked since the 1890s. The government refused patents, claiming low mineral value and possible forestry use, while a special service assay suggested poor value. Some later evidence hinted an earlier assay found the land excellent for mining.
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Rapid City
States Land Office
Theovernment
Special Service Min
Bryan proposes binding platform clause for Democrats
The Commoner reports a plan by Mr. Bryan to insert a binding platform statement in Democratic conventions. It would pledge candidates to carry out the platform in letter and spirit to curb wavering among congressmen on tariff issues.
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Bryan
Local notes from Aug 16 Mitchell area and Loomis news
Mesdames Tifft and Gallagher vacationed in Alexandria. Mason Tifft visited grandparents for four weeks. Various preachers and families attended services in Mitchell Parkston and Loomis. New births, barn trades, land sales, and a schoolhouse auction are recorded. A police incident in Mitchell prompts citizen identification pleas amid harvest season.
Examination of Titles to Lands and Lots
An 1882 notice from Davison County Abstract Co. urges careful title examinations in Mitchell South Dakota. It explains why reading an abstract is insufficient and the importance of inspecting full records at the courthouse. It warns against affidavits and patches, noting costs and potential legal pitfalls.
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Foss & Taylor
John Olson
Carl Goodbin
Nels Goodbin
James River
Lou Merriman
Mitchell
Davison County Abstract Company Real Estate. Loans and Insurance
Mitchell, South Dakota
Court House
Davison County Abstract Co
F. A. Bidwell
Parkston News Briefs Include Stock Trade and Posts
John Clement travels to Sioux City with stock. John Weepie and Joe Weepie form stock partnership. A. GC. Drake and L. H. Swartz accompany him to Canada. Mrs. A. C. Drake and children return from Sioux City. Postmaster at Parkston to be named after bond approval. Grace Sargent visits Mrs. J. W. Bryant. Ladies Aid of M. E. church meets Aug 25. Schoolhouse second story brick work advances. Frank Green drives mail route No. 1 likely purchasing the route. Elmer Barker plans to return to Canada.
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Loomis
John Hadenfield
Gleat Lake
Iowa
Frank Kidd
Harry Shipton
Mitchell
Bert N. Beaumont
Castile
N. Y
Tom Wagner
Dr. Kidd
I. G. Alexander
Charley Pool
Warren Green
Hawarden
Joe Gilfillan Sr
Joe Vickers
Elmer Marsden
Marsden
Charley Clark
Elk Point
Ralph
Hager
Winsor
A. C. Drake
Sioux City
Parkston
Davis
Grace Sargent
Vermillion
J. W. Bryant
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
R. Gammill
Elmer Barker
Canada
Frank Green
Flight of the Spirit and Thespius’s Posthumous Conversion
Plutarch records a case where Thespius, thought dead after a high fall, revived on the third day. His near death experience allegedly freed his spirit to travel to distant realms where it learned of past sins and future virtues. The tale ends with Thespius adopting a virtuous life after the glimpse of another world.
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Plutarch
Thespius
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Ane Mitchel Capital
Happy
Tongsign
Ethan
Edna
Christine Rowley
Edith Trow
Evans
M. E
L. A. Oathout
L. H. Swartz
John Bracha
Dauhett
Chester Witts
Harrington
A. G. Bauer
Wentworth
Martin
Aid Society
Farmers’ Elevator
Nels Marks
John Oleson
Oleson
Marks
Ralph Clark and Sons
Loran and
Donal
Will Clarke
Main Street
A. B. Keeler
Watertown
Davison County
First National Bank
Chas. Brown
Charles Hendrickson
A. Wittstruck
Dorothy Wittstruck
Darling
W. A. Darling
Bidwell Land and Loan Company
John Clement
John Weepie
Joe Weepie
A. GC
Drake
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