Sioux Falls and Pierre political and press shifts reported
The Mitchell Capital reports Sioux Falls seeking the next national butter makers meeting while Flandreau claims the national American Coursing Club gathering. Pettigrew opposes Hawaii annexation with little cross party change. Governor Lee and Insurance Commissioner clash in Pierre. Maine explosion rumors stir US sentiment toward Spain. Major Barrett revives the Pioneer after leaving land office duties. The Star merges into the Pioneer to gain legal standing as a Democratic paper. Yankton Gazette plans a May 1 monthly on South Dakota news if 500 subscribers sign up, with Doane Rubinson to manage.
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Sioux Falls
Flandreau
American Coursing Club
Major Barrett
Aberden
Pioneer
Star
Kidd
Yankton Gazette
South Dakota
Doane Rubinson
Republicans weigh convention site and state projects
The piece notes Governor Lee appointing Tom Ayres as commissioner while the court decides the case. W R Smythe proposes a $1,000,000 Jim River canal plan. It discusses William J Bryan’s periodic manifestoes and the national butter convention seeking Sioux Falls or interior South Dakota locations, with Mitchell preferred to be away from Sioux Falls if possible.
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W. R. Smythe
Jim River
Chicago
Sioux
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Weather of a Week Temperature Range Report
Government local station records for the week ending February 16 show daily temperatures with a dash indicating below zero readings. Observer Huyck submits the tabulated data detailing the range and extent of nightly and daytime temperatures across the period.
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Huyck
Capital plans expansion and reader incentives
The Capital, praised as Davison county’s best paper, aims to raise circulation. Jesse K. Coates will tour townships to enlist new subscribers while reporting county news and county commissioners minutes. The paper has expanded to ten pages and holds annual rates of one dollar in advance.
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Davison
Jesse K. Coates
Board of County Commissioners
The Trading Stamp Habit Debate
Mr. Whimply voices strong disdain for trading stamps as he pays for cigars. He laments family stamp mania driving up bills and mis allocating funds, noting daughters, a son, and even his wife chase stamps and extra purchases rather than savings. He warns never to mention trading stamps again.
Venomous Reptile Strikes Man in Burma Hotel Cuff
A Detroit Free Press correspondent recounts a Burma stay where a friend was bitten by a poisonous Debone Russell snake. Two puncture marks and a greenish stain appeared on his shirt cuff before the reptile was slain.
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Detroit Free Press
Burma
Debone Russelli
Mitchell Market Quotations Prices for Wheat Butter Cattle and Hog
Market reports from Mitchell updated Fridays at 10 am list prices for wheat No 2 northern dairy butter fat cows and heifers stockers and feeders yearlings and calves and hogs. The figures show current quotations though text is fragmented and partially garbled.
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Mitchell
Local notes echo community life in Mitchell region
Miss Emma Harker travels north for elocution shows. Frank Shepherd recovers from Milwaukee line injury. Grand opera house hosts a drama, A Mistaken Identity, with notable performances. The AOW lodge plans a Monday dance with Mandolin Club. Cuba enlistment grows in Aberdeen amid Cuban club query. Cyrus Warne suffers a month long injury from an accident. A large consignment arrives for Harker Bros. and local livestock and sale notices appear.
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A. O. U. W. Lodge
Mandolin Club
Black Diamond
Aberdeen
Cuba
Spain
Mitchell
Frederick
Miss Vinton
Miss Flamma
Besnah
Dawson
Mr. Maganti
Cyrus Warne
Harker Bros
Flour avalanche traps boy in Woonsocket store
In a Woonsocket store a flour pile toppled as a worker stacked to the ceiling. Cyrus was buried beneath nearly a ton, rescued by clerks, and taken to a brother’s drug store for treatment. The left knee cap was fractured and head injuries noted, with unsure long term impact.
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Woonsocket
Mr. Warne
Cyrus
Wandering trunk carries umbrellas from circus across country
A battered trunk touring with a circus proved to be unrelated to the show and held hundreds of umbrellas worth 800 dollars. The trunk vanished after a Columbus hotel stay, causing arrests for a local agent before the trunk resurfaced later in Cleveland and was returned to the importers in New York.
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New York Post
Columbus
Central Office
Cleveland
Broadway
Unfamiliar History of a Port Name Origin Story
An amusing imperial tale describes how a Chinese port was named Kia-Chou after an exchange with the emperor and his grand-niece. The narrator notes the German emperor later misinterpreted the exclamation, influencing actions tied to recent events.
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Germany
Peeks-ti
Son
Heaven
Golden Pagoda of Rangoon Shines in Gold
The 4 Goden Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma's capital, is covered entirely in gold. Devotees worldwide offer gold leaf to the temple, a tradition that has marked the facade for years. In the last century King Tshen byo Yen donated his weight in gold, an offering valued at £9000.
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Goden
Rangoon
Burmah
Buddha
Tshenbyo Yen
Novel stalls for bazaars and charity fairs in eastern city
Read about a Christmas charity bazaar with diverse stalls: Adirondack log cabin decor with rifles and furs. a post office run by French gendarmes. an international ship stall with national flags. flower stalls with girls as blooms. oriental houris offering embroideries and Turk ish sweets. Russian and Polish books. Holland stall with delft china. Japanese kimonos. Italian stall with cheese wine and plaster casts.
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Tolstoi
Sienkiewicz
Holland
Delft China
Remarkable Bullet Tale From Paris Journal
The Petit Journal recounts M. Charles Jaberat wounded in the 1870 war who carried a bullet in his left temple for 27 years. Surgeons could not remove it, yet he lived normally until last May when it moved toward the brain and caused temporary insanity before shifting again and letting him recover. He later felt a throat sensation and found the bullet in his mouth.
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Petit Journal
Paris
M. Charles Jaberat
M. Jallerat
Thought He Was Racing Man From Westminster Gazette
Henry George was the famed lecturer known for his doctrines but a Sydney racing club officer doubted his fame and asked who he was. A friend offered a complimentary race meeting ticket, and the secretary learned he owned two fast trotters named Progress and Poverty.
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Westminster Gazette
Henry George
Sydney
George
Mr. George
James Drowned in Milk Saves Milford Farmhouse
A Milford Connecticut dairy farmer Geo I Platt faced a barn fire after shingles ignited from hot ashes stored in the cellar. Firefighters and workers saved the farmhouse by dousing flames with 240 quarts of milk. water was unavailable due to a broken well curb. The dairy operates sixty cows.
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James
Geo. I. Platt
Milford
Conn
Platt
River Bank Protection Method Proposed in Britain
A British proposal seeks a river bank protection system that not only strengthens banks but also deflects currents from weak points and reduces flow strength to prevent erosion. The claim argues current methods fail to address both stabilization and redirection of the water.
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Great Britain
Georgia editor calls for support amid wartime wood needs
A Georgia editorial notes publication of the governor's message as a supplement and states the paper will not charge extra. It expresses strong patriotism and urges action to secure needed wood, framing it as a public duty during the period.
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Georgia
Flowers in Polar Regions Show Arctic Flora
The arctic hosts 762 flower kinds with fifty unique to the region. All observed specimens are white or yellow in color, highlighting a limited palette in extreme climates.
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Polar
Arctic
Age of Frogs
The common pond frog lives about twelve to fifteen years in nature according to records.
A Russian Saint's Day Saint George Festival at Winter Palace
The St George celebration at the Winter palace honored thousands of cross bearers in a day of ecclesiastical and military rites. The czar and empress led ceremonies with the metropolitan blessing, a grand banquet followed, and soldiers took home plates and mugs as souvenirs. A later banquet occurred in Nicholas Hall with officers of the order and a fortress salute marked the festival.
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St. George
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
London Times
Nicholas Hall
Order
Grand Canyon of the Colorado Described as Vast City of Color
The Canyon of the World article extols the Grand Canyon of the Colorado as an earth shattering spectacle. It lauds its 6000 foot depth and ten to fifteen mile width, noting no waterfalls yet a roaring river and a labyrinth of rainbow colored cliffs. The piece claims nature built a sublime, architecturally rich city within the canyon walls.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado
Atlantic
Rim
Diana’s Mirror lake in Latium to be sold at auction
The Nemi Lake in Latium is to be sold by auction by judicial decree. The lake, long sacred to Diana, bears a history of ancient rites and imperial pleasure craft. A submerged royal trireme yielded bronze coinage, heads of beasts, and a Medusa image.
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Nemi
Latium
London Daily Graphic
Diana
Dean Farrar
Tiberius
Medusa
Largest captured python dies at London Zoo
A 20 plus foot python from Malta, held over twenty years in the London Zoological Garden reptile house, died last November. It fed mainly on ducks and was usually fed weekly though it sometimes refused food for a month.
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London Zoological Garden
Malacca
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Frank Pettigrew
Hawaii
Pierre
Lee
Maine
United States
Insurance Department
Tom Ayres
Ayres
Kipp
Supreme Court
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Max, Ge
Enn Rap
Steee
Mitchell Market
Vene D
S. H. Scallin
Emma Harker
H. M. Clark
Parkston
Eastern Star Lodge
Geo. A. Johnston
Yankton
Masonic Aid Association
Jacob French
Ed. Leehan
Frank Shepherd
Milwaukee Road
Walrath & Healey
Grace Weiner
Alexandria
F. 8. Smith
Grand Opera House
Fred Widmann
St. Paul
Minneapolis
First National Bank
Harry Robinson
Diana’s
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