McKinley Vantage Sparks Talk of Extra Session
St Louis secures a five million dollar appropriation for a world exposition while New York banks report record deposits exceeding one billion dollars. Indications favor an extra congressional session with plans for both houses to meet after adjournment. Nationwide reaction weighs on military promotions as President McKinley’s choices draw mixed views.
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Ambassador Choate Prefers London To Return As Attorney General
The article notes Choate choosing to stay in London for a better paid and more esteemed post, rather than returning to the United States as attorney general. It also recounts a curious Ohio tale where a man celebrated a fortune of $200,000 by having his wife stand on her head, and she seeks a divorce despite the wealth.
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Choate
London
United States
Ohio
Government pensions debated and a Philippine policy note
The article surveys varied issues including pension refunds for a Pennsylvania man and a substitute, constitutional echoes in the Spooner amendment, Croker taxation in Britain versus New York, new army dental contract appointments, a redesigned Dewey portrait for the Navy, progress in the Cudahy kidnapping inquiry, a novel inland recruiting ship concept, and Water town efforts to relocate a reform school to Watertown, with skeptical local sentiment on the plan.
Roosevelt calls hunting reports fake news from Colorado
Former governor Roosevelt rebukes Colorado hunting trip stories as pure fakery. He asserts no newspaper correspondent was within 50 miles of him or his party and says sensational escape tales originated in a writer’s imagination.
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Roosevelt
Colorado
Saloon raid in Millwood ends in death
A drink house raid in Millwood led to the saloonkeeper's wife being shot dead amid the clash. Mrs. Nation is jailed in Topeka under peace bonds of 2000 dollars.
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Kansas
Songwriters Weigh Pathetic Tune On Ex Governor Lee
The day’s songwriters face a chance to pen a lament about ex Governor Lee reclaiming the chair he once held as governor and which the legislature had presented. The governor fears precedents for minor gifts could invite larger ones, while the ex-governor occasionally soars to notable heights.
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Lee
Justice Brewer’s Carriage Bill Sparks Treasury Debate
A Supreme Court justice received a 52 dollar livery bill while on circuit. The marshal explained that the comptroller refused payment due to lack of appropriation for carriage hires for justices. An inquiry revealed traveling expenses of Supreme Court justices had been paid from funds intended for transportation of criminals.
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Great Northern Rail Line Route Through Mitchell Debated
Sioux Falls dispatch debates a Mitchell to Denver route for the Great Northern extension, arguing the Mitchell path opens rich cattle and settlement country, despite a longer distance. The plan would connect Sioux Falls to Mitchell, Valentine, Chappel, and finally Denver, with 500 miles from Mitchell to Denver.
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Cherry
Nebraska
Valentine
Burlington
Mullen
Rooker
McPherson
Keith
Duel
Union Pacific
Chappel
Chappell
Logan
Morgan
Weld
Valentine and
Pile and Fistula Cure Free Sample Offer
A nationwide ad offers a free sample of Red Cross Pile and Fistula Cure with promise of cure and quick relief. The mail order pitch is from Rea Bros. & Co. in Minneapolis Minnesota, promoting treatment by mail.
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Rea Bros. & Co
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Mitchell area notes and local updates from February
Mt. Vernon reports note E O McEwen traveled to Mitchell to erect a grave monument at Graceland cemetery. Several residents in Mitchell, Badger Bethel and surrounding towns are mentioned with travels, sales, and visits. Events include a Willard anniversary service with temperance program, boatload of small town comings and goings, creamery shifts, a blacksmith shop, and school activities amid weather and community entertainment.
Dakota University Notes Clarify Campus Happenings
Miss Edla Laurson has recovered from the grippe and may return to campus. Miss Ruth Youngman was absent Friday due to illness. Rev Tomlin from the city led devotional exercises in chapel Thursday morning. The Kappa society has decided that a banquet is out of the question, plans made about a month ago. it seems to have taken the society a long time to decide what they wanted.
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Kratz
Graham
Edla Laurson
Ruth Youngman
Educational column notes school activities and birthdays
The column reports many area schools preparing for March certificates, welcomes a Washington Birthday souvenir, and notes teachers visiting schools. It covers a Tyler school entertainment success with music and debates, a funeral in Ethan, and upcoming Ethan Literary Society debate on women’s rights. It also mentions dances at Will Smith’s and a farewell event at Mrs. Lowrie’s as neighbors head to Mitchell.
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Edith Earl
Washington
Lizzie Sherman
Mt. Vernon No. 14
Iona Stemster
Alpena
Jerauld County
E. H. Wood
Ethan
Will Smith
Temperance meeting and small town notes at Letcher
A temperance speech was given at the Christopher schoolhouse last Saturday night. Levi Browne plans to open a harness shop in Ethanon around March 1 with a large harness shipment en route. Residents Roy Michener and S. C. Michener visited Alpena and southern Missouri, while Jake Stemler bought a horse at H. W. Smith’s sale. A colored troupe performed in Letcher Tuesday, and S. Cowan moves from the Ryan farm to Mike Lawrence’s in Perry township.
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Letcher
S. Cowan
Ryan
Mike Lawrence
Perry Township
Frederick W Herr Dies In Blendon At 73
Frederick W Herr of Blendon township Davison county died of a stroke at his son in law John H Graves home on February 11 aged 73 years 1 month 24 days He was born in Nuecklenburg Germany and came to the U S at about 18 settling in Milwaukee where he married Mary Pagel He later lived in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin before moving to Dakota in 1886 His wife Mary died in 1891 His daughter Aggie George died in 1896 Since then he lived with his daughter Mrs John H Graves Funeral services were held and he was laid to rest in Letcher Cemetery beside his wife and daughter He was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
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Frederick W. Herr
Blendon Township
Davison County
John H. Graves
Nuecklenburg
Germany
United States
Milwaukee
Mary Pagel
Prairie de Chien
Wisconsin
Dakota
Herr
Aggie George
George
Auction Sale on Farm in Lisbon Township Davison County
Public auction to be held Tuesday March 12 1901 at 10 o'clock in the morning on the JOHN Cook farm near Mitchell South Dakota. Livestock include geldings mares a Shire colt a brood sows and a Poland China boar. Farm implements and miscellaneous goods listed with cash and credit terms and no doubt about sale since the owner quits farming. Auctioneers Boyden Welch Boss.
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Lisbon Township
Davison County
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Poland
Great Western
Thompson
John Cook
Boyden & Welch
Oblications Discharged in Old Philadelphia Record
Dialogue notes Mrs Buggins and Mr Buggins describing paying calls owed for long. Mrs Bjones and Mr Bjones are named as odious individuals. The Philadelphia Record reflects themes of restitution and social duties through a brief exchange.
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