Oddities and Anecdotes From Around the World and America
A collage of curiosities and social oddities includes a London drunkard count, a Moscow beggar once wealthy, a Shreveport coffin revival tale, a silver wedding in Russia, and a Roxbury boy blamed for fires. Also notes on emigration, ancient compasses, street pretzel vendors, and garden composting tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
St. Petersburg
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
Great Britain Leads World Exhibition Race in 19th Century
Britain dominates early world fairs with top or near top exhibits at Paris 1855 Philadelphia 1876 Paris 1878 and 1889. United States lags but wins high prizes. Space and exhibitor counts vary by country with colonies often financing larger displays. Predictions favor Britain for Chicago 1893 while Mexico and Argentina fund large showcases at Paris 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Dispatch
Great Britain
Paris
Philadelphia
England
France
United States
London
Colonies
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Italy
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Turkey
Egypt
Denmark
Holland
Portugal
China
Japan
Vienna
Tulsa
Switzeraid
Spain
Austria-Hungary
Algeria
Melbourne
British India
Mexico
Chicago
Beateiet
Mae
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Eugypt
Venezuela
Orange Tree State
Peru
Dominion of Canada
Cape
Good Hope
New South Wales
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Netherlands
Tunis
Austro Hungary
Olivia
Brasil
Ecuador
Greece
Finland
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Roumania
San Domingo
Servia
Dakota finances loom as state faces $114000 shortfall
The article warns of severe state fiscal strain with revenues under 2 mill tax yielding $276000 while last winter’s appropriations exceed income by $114084.05. It lists past appropriations, notes constitutional debt limits, and outlines possible cuts to keep essential services and institutions funded, detailing impacts on prisons, hospitals, and universities. The piece reflects on a daunting budget dilemma facing the newly elected legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Immigration
Reform School
Agricultural College
School of Mines
School
Insane
Esesereeeseee
Supreme Court
Ghiaete Esc Enealec
Tet Theielecist
Lsieels
Immigration
Penitentiary
Hospital For Insane and University
Senate
Reform
Commission of Labor
Commission of Irrigation
Wiiter
Pierre Daily Capital
Kew
Astate Dairymen’s Association
DeSmet
Ith
State Horticultural Society
Christ
H—L
Miles
Harold Star
A. J. Ler
Jerauld County
Lake Mills
Dakota Knights of Labor
Aberdeen
Yankton
Warden & Gates
Star
L. W. Stillwell
J. Sterett
Spearfish
Runmatter
Muant
Sterett
Hill City
Deadwood
Jacos Stallocher
Fred Wilvett
Okobojo
Fritz
Steinpaca
Sioux Falls
Phillips Avenue
Seventh Street
Retriever Mining Company
Omaha
Deadwood Times
Frank Lusk
Indemnity Lands Debate Highlights Dakotas News
In Pierre the Land Commissioner plans to select indemnity lands to fulfill 70,000 acres promised. Watertown and Yankton districts lose the balance risking 40,000 acres. The case goes to the interior secretary. Also: a Tacoma court ruling frees about fifty prisoners, and other state items from the Dakotas and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Pierre
Watertown
Yankton
Secretary of the Interior
Dakotas
Tacoma
Wash
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
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Torics OF the Times
de Tete
Jas
Prnsk
New York Fifth Avenue
Butte, Mont
Clara Morris
Gamillie
Moscow
Bud
Shreveport
Jesse Pomeroy
Frank Valois
Roxbury
Mass
Valois
Leopold Ettel
Innsbrunck
Straits Settlements
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
North America
Hong Kong
Amoy
Swatan
Straights Settlements
Siam
Australia
Mozambique
New York
Europe
Mozart
Gambetta
Mirabeau
Pantheon
Louis XVI
Saint Marcel
Vick’s
Baron Dat Borno
Espartero
Baron del Borgo
Madrid
Baron Dal Borgo
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Albion, Mich
Board of Reference and Control
Palmer
Charman McKenzie
Waller
Massey
Lindsay
St. Clair
Martindale
Sewell
Gage
Bryan
Jeffery
Walker
Peck
Strong
Winston
Kerfoot
A. T.goshorn
Thomas Donaldson
Davis
Rollin A. Keyes
Press and Printing Committee
W. E. Strong
Keyes
Congressman Flower
Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau of Publicity and Promotion
Abu
Stanley
English Society For Psychical Research
Aero
Justice Furner
Supreme Bench
Queen Victoria
Florence
Carl Prienrs
Emin Bey
Munich
Thomas A. Epison
George Parsons Lathrop
Judge Coorey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yale Law School
Lew Wallace
Constantinople
Tracy
Navy
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Indiana
Massachusetts
Oregon
Dakota
Dakota News
Chamberlin
Twe County
Brule County
South Dakota Artesian Well Company
Algona
Canton
Dakota State News
State
Mellette
Carson
Ringsrud
Taylor
Dollard
Vletcher
Sherif
Brown County
Messrs. Eisenhood
Bowler
Lot
Garretson
Sisseton
Ipswich
Byron Ripiey
Samaritan Hospital
Old
McPherson County
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