Two Drownings At Firesteel Creek Desolate Deaths In Mitchell
James A Gillilan and son Dallas drowned at Firesteel creek north of Mitchell while swimming. Bystanders, including Roy Perry and Alfred Dix, retrieved bodies after a delayed rescue effort. Gillilan, 42, a Butte Nebraska resident, left his home for Day County with his family. wife and children left in shock as the community aids the bereaved family. Funeral services were held at the Odd Fellows hall with A O U W lodge support and interment at Graceland cemetery.
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Roy Perry
Charlie Ford
Alfred Dix
Drs. Bobb
Dundas
Firesteel Creek
James A. Gillian
Gillian
Carrie
Currie
Dallas
Isaac Spears
Butte
Boyd County
Nebraska
Day
North Main Street
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Odd Fellows
James A. Gillilan
Odd Fellows Hall
Workman Colvin
Graceland Cemetery
West First Street
Butte, Neb
Lodge
Gillilan
Mitchell
Encampment Rates Higher Irk Veterans and Officials
Old soldiers express indignation over rail rates to the St. Paul national G A R encampment with only limited one cent per mile offers. From Aberdeen to Yankton and Pierre the excursion fares range from about six to twelve dollars, prompting plans to press railroads for the promised penny rate and possible losses to roads. In other items, Lawn Tennis results in Alexandria see Mitchell visitors, with Scullin Windle defeating Peckham Broderick and Hayes prevailing in singles. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Ferguson head to Chicago and Traverse City for fall shopping and vacation plans.
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St. Paul
Ackley
Aberdeen
Citizens’ Committee
Columbia
Groton
Pierre
Watertown
Wolsey
Yankton
Alexandria
S. H. Scullin
F. T. Windle
Peckham and
Broderick
Scallin
Windle
Hayes
Sound Argument: One of the Bast Addresses Delivered Here
The item notes a sound argument described as among the Bast Addresses delivered in the city by Mr. Silsby. It presents a dated, formal concern with oration style and regional speech patterns. Silsby appears as the referenced speaker in a historical civic context.
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Mr. Silsby
Silsby Replies to Hitchcock on Crime of 1873 Debate
The article details Geo. A. Silsby’s Tuesday address at the corn palace defending sound money and countering A. E. Hitchcock’s views on the crime of 1873. Silsby argues silver demonetization harmed the republic, cites Treasury data from 1866 to 1878, and contrasts gold and silver standards, asserting wage growth and price trends under a gold standard and recalling Civil War pay promises to soldiers.
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Corn Palace
Geo. A. Silsby
A. E. Hitchcock
T. J. Spangler
Mr. Silsby
Hitchcock
Mr. Crawford
Crawford
Silsby
Donnelly
Weaver
Waite
Llewelling
Outlook
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Siisby
Dr. Abbott
United States
U. S. Treasury
Redpath
Mitchell
Ridpath
Blaine
Scott
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S. H. Scallin
C. G. Rathbun’s
Chase & Sanborn
South Dakota
GEO
Logan Furniture Company
Day County
James Gillilan
Noor
McEs of
The
Chas. Ferguson
Chicago
4. E. Hitchcock
Mr. Hitchcock
U.S. Gov’t
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