Anniversary praise for Mitchell Republican press
The Pierre papers hail the Mitchell Daily Republican on its fifth and sixth anniversaries, noting a new press and better quarters. Editors from Kimball, Bridgewater, Vermillion, Pukwana, and others praise the paper as well edited, prosperous, and influential while congratulating Wheelock & Dean on their success. A local letter criticizes a G A R program incident and a County Contests note mentions Hannett and Johnston in a contest dispute.
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Huronite
MitoneLa Daily Republican
Kimball Graphic
Mitchell Printing Co
Republican
Wheelock
Bridgewater Times
Mitchell Daily Republican
ReposeLican
Pukwana Press
Mitchell Republican
Cranston Press
Robinson Opts Not to Prosecute Over Lacking Evidence
Robinson decides not to pursue charges in the case after failing to locate the evidence needed, signaling no prosecution will proceed. The decision follows a review of the available material and the absence of a viable evidentiary basis.
Contest heats up in Davison County political fight
Davison County Mitchell contest reaches climax as a knockdown incident draws in the judge. Pease, challenging for Preston’s seat as an independent, appears to have provoked the clash. The Sioux Falls Press defends its coverage while St. Huron Independent notes new arrest practices in the county, urging self-protection. Bloomington Courier echoes the call for reforms and criticizes bribery and witness tampering in the political fray.
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Pierre
Huron
Davison
County
Preston
City Council Special Session on Artesian Well Contract
The city council held a special session to state that the contract with Gray Bros to sink an artesian well had not been fulfilled. Prof Culver of the State University analyzed samples from the well bottom and found sandstone with iron pyrites, not quartzite. W R Smith answered questions about his upcoming marriage set for nine at the warehouse after days of inquiry by reporters.
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Gray Bros
Culver
State Universiity
Beulah Farmers Club Gains Interest and Members
Beulah Township Farmers Club led by President M H Ward and Secretary Wm Camfield has forty members. Meetings discuss practical subjects and foster sociability and neighborliness while sharing useful agricultural information.
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Beulah Township
Farmers’ Club
M. H. Ward
Wm. Camfield
Indian Inspector visits Pine Ridge after Crow Creek stop
United States Indian Inspector R.8 Gardner told the Republican he came from Standing Rock where conditions were quiet. He visited Chamberlain Crow Creek and will proceed to Pine Ridge, saying he does not anticipate serious trouble there or elsewhere this time of year.
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Gardner
United States
Alex Mitchell
Standing Rock
Chamberlain
Crow Creek
Pine Ridge
Holiday Offers Entice Subscribers to First Class Papers
Four subscribers of both weekly and daily editions take advantage of our holiday offers. The promotions are substantial and designed to provide valuable inducements to readers who seek first class local and general newspapers.
Private Sale At Frat House East Of Congregational Church
Household effects offered at private sale at residence east of Congregational church. Items priced very low before departure for Arkansas. Call at residence. Rev. T. H. Walker.
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Congregational Church
Arkansar
Tesidence
T. H. Walker
Tobin South Dakota Weather and Crops Report
From Tobin in mid December farmers plow amid mild weather and migrating geese. Cattle die from black leg recently. Frank Saod’s family recover from diphtheria. Most farmers have corn in crib. Tobin township leads Davison county crops. Lon Stevens visits Iowa. Joseph Schunfelder taps water at 150 feet. Mrs H B Anderson celebrates 30th birthday with a buggy horse gift.
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South Dakota
Frank Saod
Tobin
Davison County
Lon Stevens
Rome
Iowa
Joseph Schunfelder
H. B. Anderson
Bourbon Democrats Hold Senatorships Amid South Upheaval
The Alexandria Herald notes continued Senate control by bourbon democrats and rebel brigadiers despite intense south political upheaval sparked by the farmers alliance. The piece implies shifts in power did not alter who held the seats.
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Alexandria Herald
South
Farmers’ Alliance
A Chair for Mrs Colton Charitable Fund Raised
A sum of money was raised to buy an invalid's chair for Mrs Colton a widow in ill health who lives north of town on the river. The chair was organized by Mr Smith with the University who reports it has arrived and will be presented to Mrs Colton tomorrow.
Brule County Father Seeks Help After Daughter Loses Sight
James Lilly of Brule County has visited the city with his young daughter whose vision was likely damaged weeks earlier by a dirt-filled gun discharge. He seeks relief from Dr. Halphide as he pursues care.
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James Lilly
Brule County
Lilly
Halphide
Course of Lectures by Epworth League Opens December 22
The Epworth League of the M F E church has arranged a five lecture course for the season. It opens Monday evening December 22 with Col. E E Clough, President of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers Home, delivering a lecture titled John A Logan. The talk has received high commendation wherever given.
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Epworth League of the
M. FE. Church
E. E. Clough
Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers: Home
John A.logan
Progressive Sinch party at Baughmans with prizes
Mr and Mrs Frank Baughman entertained guests Thursday evening for a progressive Sinch party described as highly enjoyable. Miss Clara Wedehase won first prize and Miss Allin Spangler second. An elegant supper followed the games.
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Frank Baughman
Clara Wedehase
Allin Spangler
Paper by Kindelan at Northwestern Track meeting
At the next Northwestern Track and Bridge builder's Association meeting in the city, Joseph Kindelan of Mitchell roadmaster of the J. D. division will present a paper on Track Joints. Kindelan is noted as a leading student of railroad matters in the northwest.
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Pioneer Press
Northwestern Track and Bridgebuilder’s Association
Joseph Kindelan
Mitchell
Kindelan
Northwest
Railroad Talk in Mitchell Promises Salem Road Extension
Mitchell business leaders push for railroad expansion to Wheeler urging the Salem road now reaching Mitchell be extended to the river by spring. They believe right of way can be secured if the company commits to the extension.
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Chas
Mitchell
Salem
Mitchel
County Republican League Meeting in Mitchell South Dakota
Davison County Republican League holds a meeting at the courthouse in Mitchell on Saturday afternoon December 20 at 2 o clock to elect delegates to the state league meeting in January at Pierre and to handle any other proper business. Attendance urged by Everitt Simph President and Dew, 1890.
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Vermillion — ‘Republican
Mitchell Republican
Ita
Republican Leagues
Davison County
Court House
Mitchell
State League
Pierre
Everitt Smiph
Pres. Mitchell
S. D. Dew
Mr Armin's Departure from Pottsdam
Mr Armin left today for Pottsdam New York with plans to spend the remainder of his years in and around the old home area.
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Armin
Pottsdam
Mitchell Argues On Local Interests And Alumni News
The article recalls Mr. Armin leaving Mitchell with the remains of his wife, and notes Mitchell people will remember him fondly. It mentions a proposed $1,000,000 cement plant in Mitchell with backing by a Milwaukee capitalist, and reports on various regional discussions, board meetings, and local lodge elections, highlighting civic and educational developments.
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Mitchell
Mr. Armin
Holiday Excursions by the CMStP Railway
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will sell excursion tickets at one fifth fare for round trips to points within 200 miles during Christmas and New Year holidays. Tickets valid December 24 25 and 31 1890 and January 1 1891, with return until January 5 1891. FJ Cleman3.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Wheat Prices and Fraternal Resolutions Highlight Local Page
The local wheat market prices drift 68 to 70 cents a bushel amid forecasts of no material rise after January 1. Dealers note a prior spike to 82-85 cents driven by U S shortages and global surpluses, with prices easing as world crop yields became known and financial strains faded. Also reported are resolutions from Ransom Post G A R thanking supporters of a campfire event and notices from Damascus Lodge No 11 K of P mourning the death of F M Duncan with official condolences to his family.
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United States
F. M. Duncan
Duncan
Damascus Lodge No. 11
DaiLy Republican
John Hi. Bascock
A.H. Daniels
Advertised Letters at Mitch ell Post Office 1890
List of uncalled letters remaining at Mitch ell post office for the week ending Dec 13 1890. Names include Adams Stella Bell J B Dutton & Phillips Eastmen OC Hilton Mrs J A Houseman J W Flutchinson Bessie Karamykid W Ladd OF Linstad Hans A Lincey Ch McCollum Nora Moford J W McClurg John Niisby Rowland W Scott H N Solem Henry Wilson Julia Wilds J B Wittie Albert Wendeboe Nora Wendel J M Weaver and Ben When called for please say advertised. If not collected in two weeks they are sent to the dead letter office.
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Mitchell
Adams Stella Bell
Dutton & Phillips Eastmen
Hilton
A Houseman
Flutchinson
Bessie Karamykid
W. Ladd
Linstad
Hans A
Lincey
Ch McCollum
Nora Moford
W McClurg
John Niisby
Rowland W
Scott H
N Solem
Henry Wilson
Julia Wilds
B Wittie
Albert Wendeboe
Nora Wendel
M Weaver
Ben
J. W. Beattie
P.M
Unlucky Number Nineteen in Local Election
A Georgia newspaper notes a curious link to the last legislature primary as Mr Cobb lost by nineteen votes, a family pattern echoed by his father and grandfather. The item jokes that Cobb might be nineteen times old to complete the coincidence.
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Cobb
Cobbs
Athens
Sioux on the March Heads to Pine Ridge Agency
Nearly 8,000 Sioux lodges led by Two Strike and Short Bull march from the Bad Lands toward Pine Ridge agency under Gen. Brooke, aiming to report by night. A battle in Grass valley reportedly left twenty to forty dead as rival chiefs skirmish for supremacy. Little Bat and five others were sent back with Two Strike, later not returning. one report says Little Bat may be killed, unverified.
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Omaha
Two Strike
Short Bull
Pine Ridge
Brooke
Pink Rivee Agency
Grass Valley
Little Bat
Starving Sissetons Seek Rations for Week
1700 Yankton Sioux at the agency lack sufficient food as drought dries crops. Despite willingness to work, winter unemployment leaves them with rations only for two days out of seven. Some $1750 owed for railroad right of way sits blocked. unpaid services dating to 1862 loom large. Troops dispatched to intercept warlike Indians near Wounded Knee, with recapture expected hourly. Brooke orders a march on the Bad Lands, with troops to be ready.
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Cuiango
C. H. Conard
Miles
Yankton Sioux Agency
Conrad
United States
Washington
Brooke
War Department
Wounded Knee
Cheyenne River
Donnelly Seeks Alliance Bid for U S Senate
Donnelly appeals for Alliance backing for a U S Senate seat at an Alliance meeting in Feracus FAxts Minnesota. He cites farmer aid achievements and argues for concessions from the other side to advance harmony and Alliance goals. Separate notes report a Wadena Farmers Alliance boycott resolution against local newspapers, and a Fort Dodge Iowa coal firm formation to challenge larger operators. A Lincoln man seeks help recovering $45 in gifts from his former fiancée Carrie Struber after a failed marriage plan at Burlington depot.
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United States
Feracus Faxts
Minn
Pete Narine Donnelly
United States Senate
Senate
Alliance
Donnelly
Wavena
Wadena County
Farmers’ Alliance
Neweaepers
Dr.Fish
The
Great West
Lathrop
Fort Depaz
Iowa
Fort Dodge Fuel’ Company
Bni
Wenge
Amek
William Shoneman
Lincoln
Neb
Carrie Struber
Miss Struber
Shoneman
Burlington Depot
Omaha
Cor
Omaha World-Herald
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Pierre Capital
Mitchell Re
Davison Co. Gazette
G. A.R
John M. Pease
G. A. R. Baton
Gero
Silsey Mitchell
J. L. Hannett
E.8. Johnston
Mr. Hannett
A.J. Annig
Sioux Falls
Pease
Bloomington
Wang
the City Council
W.r.smith
Prince Albert
Mr. Smith
Beulah Farmers’ Club
County Republican League
Mr. Armiin
Redfield
Mitchell. Republican
Baum
Aberdeen
J. E. Camburn
Watertown
State Board of Agriculture
Woonsocket
Maclay
Hanter
Iwo
Grand Jury
Phreno Cosmian
Mitchell University
Mitchell Printing Company
A.C. Shepherd
A. B. McKeel
Agegie L. Dunlap
W. 3. Shepherd
Winifred McVay
L. C. Sage
Emma Babcock
R. Ot P
W.A Scott
A. E. Dean
W. B H. Coxayes
F. J. Clemans
John H. Babcock
C. F. Espy
A. N. Daniels
T. Green
Grand Lodge
G. A. R. Resolutions
Ransom Post
Wnereas
W. H. Dixon
St. Paul
F. C
W. Abbey
Luke Richards
H. W. Mill
Com
K. of P
New York City
Pitteburg Chronicle
Tor Trial
Bingo
Honeymoon
John
Beligeret Reds
Cascado
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