Direct Primary Law Outlines Election and Petition Rules
The article explains the direct primary system for state, judicial, and county offices, and for United States senators, with municipal offices excluded unless a majority vote initiates direct selection. It covers filing petitions, required signatures, filing fees, precinct ballots, election conduct, and rules for county and state conventions, plus details on presidential year delegate selection and alternative county convention pathways.
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Our Party
United States
Congress
Circuit Court
Secretary of State
Central Committee
Tostate
Supreme Court
AGT
Calendar of dates for county and state political conventions
The schedule lists key deadlines from February 24 to July 14 for primaries, nominating petitions, and conventions. It includes county central committees fixing hours, precinct judges, and calls for state and national nominating processes, with deadlines tied to the last gubernatorial vote and specific percent requirements. It ends with an advertising line about a lot’s value and a want ad invitation.
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Chicago
State Central Committee
State County Central Committee
Watertown Republican Committee Surprises Reported
The Watertown county central committee meeting yielded surprises as Crawford’s indorsement faltered and Wilbur S Glass gained support for Congress. The group also backed Taft for president while considering delegates split between Crawford and Kittredge. Weather outlook ahead hints at storms and a March transition.
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Watertown
Republican County Central Committee
Crawford
Burt
South Shore
Wilbur S. Glass
Vongress
Elemen
Glass
Beadle
Hall
Parker
Congress
Kittredge
Daily
Public Opinion
Taft
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Claim
Advertisement asserts deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can be cured only by constitutional remedies. Claims Wall’s Catarrh Cure fixes catarrh related deafness and offers $100 for successful cases. Promotes Wall’s Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo Ohio makers KF J Cheney & Co.
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KF. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Diigusts
February Weather Forecast for Storm Period 1908 Almanac
A weather note outlines a reactionary storm period centered on February 17 to 19 with a full moon on the 17th and a vernal equinoctial approach. Seismic shakes are predicted within seventy hours of the new moon on the 2nd. The storm period spans February 21 to 26, peaking across central to eastern regions from Sunday the 16th to Tuesday the 25th with falling barometers in western areas.
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West Indies
One Word in Time Kidney Cure
A Mitchell man, Robert B. Mayberry, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief after years of kidney trouble. He describes swelling, painful passages, and scalding, noting significant improvement after using the product purchased at Diehl & Brown's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is the U.S. agent. price 50 cents. remember the name Doan's.
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Mitchell
Robert B. Mayberry
Lawler St
Mitchell, S. D
Dean
Bright
Deans
Diehl & Brown’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
Divorce Refused Over High Kicking Grounds
A Spokane dispatch reports Mr. Julian Tiffany sought a divorce from his wife of a few years. Tiffany, living in Clinton Town but based in Mitchell, argued her social associations and boating outings. The court denied the decree, ruling high kicking did not qualify as grounds for divorce.
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Spokane
Wash
Julian Tiffany
Tiffany
Mitchell
Railroads seek repeal of 2 cent fare laws
Springfield Republic discusses western railroads that enacted 2 cent fare laws last year and now plan to repeal them. The piece argues revenue fell due to broader business downturn and not solely the lower rates, and that higher fares would not restore profits amid ongoing losses.
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Springfield Republican
South Dakota Charities and Corrections Meet at Redfield
The state conference of Charities and Corrections for South Dakota will be held in Redfield on April 1 2 and 3 with speakers from Iowa Chicago Minnesota and South Dakota discussing home and state training defectives crime reform child welfare and social reform themes. Secretary W E Tipton will issue the preliminary program and additional details may be obtained from the Mitchell secretary.
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State Conference of Charities and Corrections For
South Dakota
Redfield
North-West
Judge Robinson
Board of Control
State of
Iowa
Jane Addams
Hull Mouse
Chicago
Tomlinson
St. Peters
Minn
EB. GC. Ellison
Board of Regents of
Thomas Nicholson
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mishap O’gorman
Sioux Falls
Alice Jewell
The
Childrens Home
FF. M. Crain
Warren
Yankton College
W. E Tipton
Mitchell
Primary clause sparks challenge from Prohibition party
The Prohibition party attacks a primary law clause requiring fees for ballot access. They argue the fees impose financial barriers, violating no-property qualifications in selecting officials. Quincy Lee Morrow of Brookings leads the case, hoping the Supreme Court will void the clause and restore voters' rights.
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Prohibition Party
North Dakota
Supreme Court
Quincy Lee Morrow
Brookings
State Prohibition Committee
Morrow
An Overvaunted Virtue in a Baltimore Item
S I Kimball of the life saving service warned that steadiness can mislead in hiring. He recalled Mrs Madden who quipped that if he were any steadier he would be dead, illustrating how virtue can be taken too far in evaluating applicants.
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Baltimore American
S. I. Kimball
The
Life Saving Service
Prominent Health Product Endorsement for Family Use
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted ethical laxative. It promotes genuine California Fig Syrup Co. products as the world trusted choice, available through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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