Interview With A B Kittredge Reveals Senatorial Hopes
The Sioux Falls Press discloses a terse interview with A B Kittredge on the United States senate race. Kittredge dodges specific candidacy names while hinting at shifts in the Minnehaha delegation and offering cautious judgments on Pettigrew. The piece also notes a broader post year 1900 landscape of western land patents, immigration, and rising real estate inquiries shaping South Dakota’s prospects.
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Sioux Falls
A. B. Kittredge
Kittredge
A. B Kittredge
Bamning
Minnehaha
United States
Ts J. Tomlinson, Jr
Post Office
Nye Phillips
Pettigrew
O'Brien
Iowa
Secretary of the Interior
South Dakota
Seventeen year old Myrtle Philips dies after heart trouble
Myrtle Philips, aged 17, dies at 6 am Saturday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs F T Philips after long heart illness worsened by grippe. A cashier at her father’s restaurant she was known for cheerfulness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the parental home conducted by Rev A D Frasier. Burial followed at Graceland Cemetery with many floral tributes and a large procession.
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F. T. Phillips
Myrtle
Myrtle Philips
T. Philips
Second Street
A. D. D. Frasier
Graceland Cemetery
Look for big immigration near Huron from King return
Col John H King returned Thursday night from Washington where he has been three weeks. He has been promoting South Dakota farm properties and acted as counsel for O'Brien county Iowa settlers in an action.
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John H. King
Washington
South Dakota
O’brien
Iowa
The Mutilated Bill Swindle Exposed by News Sun
A swindle thrives on selling torn bill fragments for a fraction of value. The scam uses partial pieces of a $16 or $10 bill and claims full redemption at the treasury. Victims pay $5 to $7 for fragments that are worth only a portion of the real amount. The mechanism hinges on public ignorance of redemption rules.
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United States
Treasury
New York Sun
Supreme Court collar button patent quip stuns court
A famed American lawyer in a patent rights case defends a collar button maker while Justice Shiras interjects with a biting quip about a button that won't roll under a bed. The court presses for silence as the lawyer pivots to emphasize the invention’s benefit to mankind.
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Supreme Court
United States
Shiras
Chicago Record
Moon Worship Festival in China Observed Eight Month
Leslie's Weekly describes the mid autumn fete lasting six days with moon figure presents a illuminated pagoda firecrackers music and family reunions. A midnight feast ends the celebration before the Descent of the goddess of the moon arrives to grant mortal wishes. The moon is tied to poetry and autumn for Chinese worshipers.
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China
Leslie
How a Dog Stopped a Dogfight on Cleveland Street
A large dog guards a small fox terrier on a Cleveland side street. When a rival terrier attacked, the big dog acted as umpire, intervening to end the fight by quickly separating the combatants. He comforted and disciplined his terrier friend afterward, and the pair grew closer and more obedient.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Faithful Dog of Athens Guarded Temple Follows Thief
A legendary Athens dog guarded a heathen temple, chased a thief through night and day, and kept the robber in sight to Cronyon before the thief was arrested. The judges rewarded the faithful animal by ordering daily feeding at public expense for life.
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Athens
Cronyon
Evolution of Vanderbilt Name Origins
An old acquaintance recalls how the Vanderbilt name evolved from Van der Bilt. A commander noted the shift as William Jr. signed Vanderbilt with a space between n and d, mirroring his father. The New York Press cites the modern one-word form used by most generations.
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Vanderbilt
van der Bilt
van Derbit
William Jr
New York Press
Parsley Folklore and History Across England and Ancient Greece
Parsley carries belief and caution in Devonshire Suffolk and Hampshire as a plant of good fortune or danger. Plutarch notes Timoleon halted his march to dispel a parsley omen and later crowned himself with parsley wreaths at the Isthmian games, helping his soldiers win a decisive victory, per the Chicago Times-Herald.
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England
Devonshire
Suffolk
Hampshire
Plutarch
Timoleon
Chicago Times-Herald
Measuring Medicines And The Perils Of Spoons
Measuring medicines by spoons is unreliable. a glass ensures accuracy. Teaspoonful equals one dram, dessert spoonful two drams, tablespoon four drams. Stand the glass on the table to avoid crooked pouring and potential dosing errors. A snippet from the Indianapolis Press recounts a theatre anecdote about Turned Adrift and Walker Barnes Tormer.
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Barnes Tormer
Indianapolis Press
Infancy of British manufacturing aided by Dutch engineers
The infancy of British manufacturing was nurtured by Dutch engineers who supervised wind and water mill construction. It is a privilege to learn, but some men appear to learn far less than they seem to know.
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Holland
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Col. King
Liverpool Post
William the Conqueror
H. D. Butterfield
Parsley
Heekin’s Line of
Orient
C. Burnside
A. H. Bailey
Mitchell South Dakota
Pelinding
Republican Office
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