Land Seekers Tour With Kelley Lands Deals Near Town
Alderman Kelley of the Kelley Land Co. hosted thirty two visitors from Hebron Bruning Odell and P o lo Ill and others for a country land survey trip. Photographers Hill captured the group before departure as seven autos lined up in front of the Gale theatre building. The party traveled Loomis Mt Vernon Stickney then toward the city with dinner in Mt Vernon and plans to reach the area by evening. Kelley reported two sales yesterday at 58 to 80 dollars per acre.
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Alderman Kelley
The
Kelley Land Co
Hill
Gale Theatre
Landseekers
Kelley
Loomis
Mt. Vernon
Stickney
Digesting Food and Kodol Support for a Weak Stomach
The text argues for eating a sufficient amount of wholesome food to live and maintain strength. It stresses thorough digestion and states that when the stomach is weak one should rest it and use Kodol to digest the food, claiming only this helps.
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Kodol
Guarantee offers refunds for Kodol bottle use
A drugstore offer promises to refund the full price of a dollar bottle of Kodol if the user did not receive any benefits after finishing the bottle. The maker asserts 2% more content than the fifty cent bottle and notes production at E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago.
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E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Treed the Escaped Coon on Fourth Floor Chase
A wild pursuit across city streets ends with Tom Cooper fleeing into the Western National bank building. Police Foran and Spry corner him on the building’s fourth floor and bring him to the county jail after a brief struggle, following earlier shots at the ground.
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Western National Bank
Davison County
Robert Foran
Tom Cooper
Foran
Justice Markham
Policeman Foran
Jim Spry
Cooper
Spry
Third Street
Purdy and Foran
Cooper in Disturbing the Peace Fined after Bank Incident
Tom Cooper faced Judge Markham on a disturbing the peace charge and pleaded guilty. A $25 fine or 20 days in jail was imposed with an appeal noted. George Williamson, involved in the vehicle incident, received a $5 fine for disorderly conduct as witnesses say the trio had been drinking that day.
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Cooper
Markham
George Williamson
Tom Cooper
Young People Camp Near Greene's Grave
A large early 20th century group of young men and women set up camp near Greene's Grave after two weeks of preparation. Tents, a music room in the woods with a piano, and automobiling for transport are planned. Mrs. C. W. Hoon and Mrs. Paul Scott will oversee cooking and camp duties as the party grows with out of town guests joining over the weekend.
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Greene
Ioch
C. W. Hoon
Paul Scott
Rapid City Indian School Sees New Additions and Pupils
Superintendent House returns from Chamberlain and Crow Creek trips with plans for about seventy five new pupils at Rapid City Indian School. Twenty five orphans from Chamberlain join, a new $5,000 domestic science building is added, a $2,500 septic tank installed, and new cattle barns for 120 head are planned before snow flies.
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Rapid City
House
Chamberlain
Crow Creek
Land Sale Doubling Value Sparks Confidence in Local Market
A sale on the A B Test farm saw S Olson purchase 19 acres at $200 per acre, reflecting pent up demand as land near the city grows. The former York Neb buyer, Mr Test, paid $100 per acre five years earlier and his tract has since doubled in value. Olson plans a residence on the north farm tract, anticipating a future housing upswing.
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A. B. Test
S. Olson
I. Test
Mr. Test
York
Neb
Jacob Schmidt
Nebraska
Mr. Olson
Olson
County Board Awards Bridge Contract After Bid Opening
At a county commissioners meeting in the auditor's office the Hennepin County Bridge Co of Minneapolis won the steel bridge over Enemy Creek between Davison and Hanson counties and the three wooden bridges. The contract price was 1994 dollars, four less than the nearest bid from Central Bridge Co. Other bids ranged from 999 to 1150 dollars for steel and wooden bridges. Three firms quoted identical prices for both steel and wooden bridges.
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Board of County Commissioners
Auditor’s Office
Nash
Annis
Allison
Hennepin Company of
Minneapolis
Enemy Creek
Davison
Hanson County
Central Bridge Company
Twin City Bridge Co
Central State Bridge Co
Fred Brodstrup
Hennepin County Bridge Co
Beach Manufacturing Co
Back to the altar again for renewal of vows
Charles Wyatt and Louise Grady were remarried in a Catholic ceremony at 8 a m with Father Shea officiating. Mrs Wyatt wore white with wreath and veil, reflecting a renewed life after two years since initial marriage and a background of Grady's convent upbringing in Minneapolis.
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Charles Wyatt
Mr. Wyatt
Mitchell’s Growth Amazes Seventy Niner Settler Betts
O R Betts, a seventy-niner returning to Mitchell, marvels at the city’s growth from his old home sites. He notes new modern residences, rebuilt landmarks, and a “city of trees” as evidence of Mitchell’s progress over thirty years. Betts reflects on old friends thriving in business and anticipates Mitchell’s lasting prominence.
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Mitchell
O. R. Betts
Mr. Betts
Betts
Fifth
Roweley
Rowley
Mitchel
Enezens
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Furnish County
Devhl & Brown
Music Store
Rattan
Cees Een
J. W. Broadbent & Co
Essessse
Diehl 2 Brown
Liberty
Fis
Mni
En Cooper
Greene’s Grove
Peo
Government Indian School
Miss Brady
Shea
England
Sir Robert Wyatt
Wyatt
Madagascar
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