Governor Herreid Endorses St Louis Corn Palace Plan
Governor Herreid backs duplicating Mitchell's Corn Palace for a South Dakota building at the St Louis fair. He favors a Mitchell-style state exhibit, citing state-wide support and potential site selection with world fair management. He may travel to St Louis to help choose the site.
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Pierre
Herreid
Fair Grounds
St. Louis
South Dakota
Mitchell Corn Palace
Mitchell
Aberdeen Workmen Report Shows 1901 Finances and Growth
J D Lavin, grand recorder, sends Insurance Commissioner Shober the 1901 annual report of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in South Dakota. The year saw 178,568.76 collected, 160,093.80 disbursed, leaving 18,484.96 in the depository. Major outlays included 121,490.42 to beneficiaries, 11,576.60 supreme lodge relief, and 10,904.14 to the supreme lodge. Beneficiary certificates in force reached 12,694, with a total value of 24,469,000, and membership grew by 825.
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Aberdeen
J. D. Lavin
Order of United Workmen
South Dakota
Shober
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge
THAT HALLELUJAH WEDDING IN SALVATION ARMY
An audience paid admission to witness a hallelujah wedding at Sioux City barracks on Pearl Street. Photographer Laurence Peterson and Ida Fidroeff a Salvation Army lieutenant wed after a festive ceremony led by Spy Lieut. Col. J. E. Margetts.
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Salvation Army
Sioux City
Laurence Peterson
Fidreotf
Mitchell
the Journal
Pearl Street
Fourth Street
Ida Fidroeff
Mitchell, S. D
J. E. Margetts
Army officer brides in Salvation Army wedding ceremony
In Minneapolis a large crowd gathered for a Salvation Army wedding in a barracks setting. Captains Beltz attended as ceremony officers while Capt. C. Schober, the bridesmaid, and Daniel Fidroeff, the groom’s brother, stood nearby. The couple joined hands as Col. Margetts led a ritual stressing service over military duty. Rice rained down as the colonel blessed them and warned against excess.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Michigan
Tllinois
Sioux City
C., Schober
Yankton
Daniel Fidroeff
Mitchell, S. D
CG. W. Beltz
Minnie Beltz
Margetts
Peterson
Salvation Army
Dee
Capt. Beltz
Inestore
Fesuivation Army
Nichols Return From Southern Trip
Mr and Mrs H G Nichols returned home Saturday night on the delayed Milwaukee after a month long southern journey. They visited Pensacola Florida near Mr Nichols uncle and met Frank Mayes a former Mitchell resident now running a large daily paper. They traveled by Gulf route to New Orleans spending about two weeks there and saw Mardi Gras sights. A visit with George Bomgartner and wife occurred in Hammond. They began home January 3 stopping at several towns. the trip benefited Mrs Nichols health and was described as very pleasant.
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H.G. Nichols
Milwaukee
Pensacola
Fla
Nichols
Frank; Mayes
Mitchell
Proportions ‘Andtis
Frank
New Orleans
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Hammond
George Bomgartner
Ice shipments compare Mitchell and Chamberlain sources
John Pazour fills his ice houses with 18 inch ice from the Missouri river. Mitchell ice costs about 9 cents per hundred packed and is praised as higher quality than Firesteel ice from Mitchell. Chamberlain ice is quoted around 7.46 cents per hundred packed. Mitchell ice costs 30 cents more per ton on track, freight adds 40 cents, and ice at Mitchell is 10 cents per ton cheaper.
Mitchell Council Accepts Carnegie Library Donation and Plans
Mayor Van Alstine convened a special meeting where Mitchell's council unanimously accepted Andrew Carnegie's gift of 10,000 for a new library and approved 1,000 yearly for maintenance. The vote followed a petition signed by 391 taxpayers showing strong local support for the project.
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van Alstine
Andrew Carnegie
MaeCormick
Stout
Perry
Koch
Beckwith
Miller
McLaughlin
Scriven
Mitchell
S. Jonhston
the Gazette
Carnegie
Physicians Hospital
South Dakota Impressions From Chicago Live Stock Journal
A Chicago paper sent a representative to cover southern and central South Dakota. The report praised the state highly, highlighting its rural character and agricultural prospects, reflecting positive impressions from outside observers.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Chicago Live Stock Journal
South Dakota's Rise as Livestock and Farm Hub
An Iowa correspondent cites South Dakota’s transition from failed early agriculture to a diversified farming state with strong livestock, rich artesian water, and a promising future. It notes corn belt expansion east of the Missouri, climatic suitability, and major growth in education, irrigation prospects, and population into 1902.
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Iowa
Dakotas
South Dakota
Mississippi
Missouri
Chicago
Prairie
United States
Campbell
Walworth
Missouri River
Dakota
James
Big Sioux
State Agricultural College
Aimnioupt
California
Pacific Coast
Artesian
South ‘Dakota
Illinois
Northwest
Farewell party for Mrs L W Adams by Maccabees
A surprise gathering of Maccabees ladies at Mrs L W Adams home bid her goodbye as she leaves for Thatcher Oklahoma. The social evening included refreshments and the presentation of a society pin. Mrs Adams will join her husband in Thatcher where he runs a hardware business.
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The
Maccabees
L. W. Adams
F. L. Moyer
Adams
Going to Court in Oacoma Term
H R Horner and R W Stewart of Pierre traveled by afternoon train to Oacoma to attend the term of court and defend several criminal cases scheduled for hearing.
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H. R. Horner
R. W. Stewart
Pierre
Oacoma
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S.H. Scallin
W. E. Crane M
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A. H. Daniele M
H. Conyes
W. H. Webster & CO
South Main Street
Mitchell, South Dakota
Avenarius Carbolineum
M. H. Gosche
Herrerd
St. Louis Exposition
Hallelujah Salvation Army
Ding
Mitch
Ell's Corn Palace
Sioux
Mrs. Nichols
City Council
Lady Maccabees
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