President Roosevelt's Message to Congress Sparks Debate
The president urges fiscal restraint and disciplined government spending. He backs organized labor under fair rules and condemns improper tactics. He argues for direct government action on big interstate corporations and endorses publicity over secrecy for public utilities while highlighting irrigation forest preservation agriculture and military and colonial needs.
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Messares
Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau of Industry
Army
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Farley Sheds Madison Outlook. Schlosser to Oversee
Editor Glenn Farley resigns to seek health rest and turns Madison Outlook over to George Schlosser of Sioux Falls who will handle business until the winter meeting. Schlosser seeks invitation from towns hosting visiting newspaper boys. Congress tariff debate splits lawmakers with a push for change to ease conditions.
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Glenn Farley
Madison Outlook
F. W. Georgia
Farley
South Dakota Press Association
George Schlosser
Sioux Falls
Schlosser
Pierre Endorsements Signal Land Rush Fears
Pierre newspapers back a bill allowing settlers to file on 640 acres west of the town. They foresee a Bonesteel style rush to acquire four times the land once allowed at opening. Critics once called Mitchell a knocker before the election.
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Pierre
Mitchell
Knockers
Library Ladies Hold Annual Meeting and Plan Improvements
The Woman's Library Association met in the basement with President Mrs. H D Butterfield presiding. Reports show year end funds 334.04 and 235 new books added raising total volumes by 300 plus. 400 volumes added last year including donations. About 1000 patrons use the library as committees plan improvements including double doors to join Relief Corps rooms. Officers elected: President Mrs H D Butterfield, First VP Mrs S J Moore, Second VP Mrs Jennie Wiltse, Recording Sec Mrs Frank Winsor, Corresponding Sec Mrs Louise Hitchcock, Treasurer Mrs N L Davison, City Edress Mrs Mattie Barber. Committees named for year.
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Woman’s Library Association
H. D. Butterfield
Associaton
Relief Corps
Library Association
S. J. Moore
Jennie
Grace Goodykoontz
Maud Sislby-Nichols
Laetla 2B Smith
Mary Windle
Cora Boice-Crow
Merle Tillotson
Kate Burright
Growth of the library and local women’s association pride
The city celebrates the library’s expansion driven by a women’s association, with yearly book additions and community support. An advertisement touts Cole’s Cough Cure for children, claiming it cures croup and other lung and throat troubles with guaranteed results, priced 2 cents and 50 cents.
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Cole
Physicians Meet in Mitchell District Discuss Fee Uniformity
Physicians of the Mitchell District Medical Society held a Wednesday evening session at City Hall. A committee of E F Reamer A J Buffaloe and B A Bobb was named to draft a uniform fee schedule for the district with aim to extend statewide. Officers elected include President Fred Treon W R Ball Secretary K E Reamer and F W Freyberg.
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Mitchell District Medical Society
Maytum
Alexandria
Scotiela
Parkston
E. F. Reamer
Mitchell
A. J. Buffaloe
B. A. Bobb
Fred Treon
Chamberlain
W. R. Ball
KE. KF. Reamer
F. W. Freyberg
Waverly
Hyomei Promises Fast Catarrh Relief and Cure
Hyomei offers quick relief for catarrh with the first breath soothing irritated air passages. A complete outfit costs $1 includes inhaler dropper and Hyomei for weeks. extra bottles 50c. ZScallin Bros refunds money if Hyomei does not help, supporting strong efficacy claims.
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Zscallin Bros
Notice to Bid on Rent and Care of Poor Farm Inmates
County auditor O D Stearns invites bids to rent the poor farm and provide boarding and inmate care from March 1, 1905 to March 1, 1906. Bids to be opened January 10, 1904. Included in the notice is stationery advertising copy about Tollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Scallin Bros. products.
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County Auditor’s Office
Tollister
Scallin Bros
Death of Butcher Wil Litt Kroeger at Epiphany
Word from Mitchell reports the death of Wil Litt Kroeger, a prominent Epiphany butcher and former Catholic priest healer, who died of dropsy on Epiphany Wednesday. His extensive business built large sanitarium facilities attracting patients nationwide. Epiphany, a small inland town, required patient registration for consultations as crowds grew. The notice ends with an advertisement for Carbolisoap and Cole's products.
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Mitchell
Willitt Kroeger
Kuthher Kroeger
Epiphany
South Dakota Schools Show Growth in 12 Months
For the year ending June 30, South Dakota paid teachers 1,303,824.37, over 100,000 more than the previous year. Thirty seven school buildings were erected, 10,722 pupils enrolled out of 13,996. Women outnumber men among teachers 4,049 to 946. State school districts hold 4,838,644 in resources with 1,900,026 in liabilities, leaving a net 2,938,667.
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South Dakota
The Markets in Mitchell Grain Prices
The following are the prices paid for grain in Mitchell today. They are furnished by the Truax & Ketts Elevator Jo.
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Mitchell
Truax & Ketts
The Law of Nature and Perfect Balance
The passage argues that nature is governed by universal law, flawless and balanced. It asserts no natural law can be defective, and any theory claiming imbalance stems from flawed reasoning rather than the law itself, citing Orlando J. Smith's Balance: The Fundamental Verity.
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Orlando J. Smith
Her Revenge at the Dinner Party
A wife at a formal dinner confronts her rude husband James by asking what story he told to lead up to the meal. The moment draws guests’ attention as a subtle act of retaliation unfolds at the elegant table.
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James
Village News Gap From Local Clerk Demands
A countryman cites his wife in the women’s club a daughter in millinery and another in postal delivery plus a local grocer to explain not subscribing to a paper he already gets all the news he needs. The quip highlights a reliance on community ties for information rather than a paid newspaper.
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Woman's Club
Boston Commercial Bulletin
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