Norbeck Urges Tax and Prohibition Reforms in Inaugural
Gov. Norbeck outlines a sweep of revisions in his augural address urging a state prohibition commissioner, tax amendments, a market commissioner, and state terminal elevators. He calls for a second insane hospital at Watertown, a budget system, a state bank within rural credit, school system survey, fewer laws, lower maximum contract interest, water power development, and utilities regulation.
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Wetler Norbeck
Watertown
State Bank
Jernink M. Byrne
South Dakota
Byrne
Norbeck
Inaugural changes urged by South Dakota governor Norbeck
Governor Norbeck outlines a broad program for the new session including a state prohibition commissioner, a budget system, and a state land bank. He calls for a market commissioner, grain elevators, a second hospital for the insane, and a constitutional change to modernize taxation and possibly abolish one legislative chamber.
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South Pakoti
Carfieult
J. S. Guies
Supreme Court
Polley
Senate
S. Whiting
House
Brine
House of Representatives
Norbeck
State Capitol
Governors
Byrne
W. Hi. McMaster
McMaster
Gates
Whiting
J. 11. McCoy
McCoy
J. G. Smith
Smith
F. M. Rood
Rood
J. ©. Trandlin
Handlin
A. W. Jéwert
Ewert
G. H. Helgerson
Helgerson
C.H. Lugg
C.H. Lugg, Mrs. Lugg; Attorney General Co
South Dakota
Watertown
Yankton Hospital
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Death Takes Toll Among World Famed People in 1916
A World War I memorial collage lists Earl Kitchener Franz Josef Richard Harding Davis Sir Roger Casement Inez Milholland Jack London John D Archbold James J Hill Henry James James Whitcomb Riley and Hiram Maxim among notable figures who died in 1916.
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Earl Kitchener
Franz Josef
Austria
Hungary
Bohemina
Richard Harding Davis
Gallagher
Sir Roger Casement
Inez Milhelland Boissevain
Jack London
Jockey Frankie Robinson Secures $500 Option Deal
Frankie Robinson, a 19 year old jockey from 1916, has been paid a $500 option by Harry Payne Whitney, a New York millionaire horseman, reflecting his high demand on the turf.
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Frankie Robinson
Boy
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Hoberts Named to Speakership and Senate Posts
The open caucus selected Speaker A. C. Roberts and other house officers with Chas. R. Gardner re-elected chief clerk and G. St. Johns as first assistant. A contest arose for pill clerk and assistant sergeant at arms. Senate chose W. N. VanCary secretary, J. Opsal second, and G. B. Mackey postmaster among others.
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Martin Monson
Sigur
Falls
S. W. Gardner
Iturean
Ed Stoddard
Vierre
Arthur Nowlin
Wuolf
G. M. Livingston
Pierre
Senate
South African Troops Earn Glory in French Winter Skirmish
South African soldiers serving with a British force in France conduct a night withdrawal action. A young subaltern leads six men through German lines, shoots a German sergeant, and with two allies restores fire to kill twelve more and seize twenty two prisoners. The group forms a ring and safely returns to Allied lines amid jubilation.
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South Africa
Muvance
Associated Press
France
Britain
Boerwich
Fuballern
First marriage license of 1917 awarded to Meyers Tobin couple
Credit for securing the county’s first 1917 marriage license goes to Charles A Meyers and Mrs Leola Tobin of Bihan. They secured their permit yesterday and were married at once. The 1916 records show Charles E Hartman and Miss Ina 2&8 of Pittsburgh Kansas as first in that year. The year 1916 exceeded 1915 in births.
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Charles A. Meyers
Leola Tobin
Bihan
Charles EE. Hartman
Ina
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Repudiation of Prof Jones Methods by Two Authority Figures
Two prominent educators Wallace Russell of Columbia University and Thomas Storey of the College of the City of New York reject Prof Jones of the University of South Dakota for his physical and sexual examinations of students. They argue examinations should be conducted by licensed medical professionals and oppose non medical staff or routine sexual exams in schools.
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South Dakota
Jones
University of South Dakota
James K. Russell
Department of Education
Peachers College
Columbia University
New York City
Thomas A. Storey
Department of Hygiene
City of
New York
United States
Russell
Dean Russell
Storey
College of the City of New York
College of City of New York
Monthly Births Deaths and Marriages Totals
The record shows last year 304 births and 157 deaths versus 271 births and 146 deaths in 1915. June leads in births. October and January follow. December tops marriages with 21 licenses, November and August tied at 20. Deaths peak in November with 21. September is 1 percent. Monthly breakdown lists births and deaths by month with licenses per month.
It Isat on Verge of Sanity Version
Secretary Lansing may admit Carranza seems on the verge of some move as he hastens to advance a policy possibly balancing caution and action. The wording suggests tension in diplomatic effort amid uncertain Mexican affairs.
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New York Sun
Lansing
Carranza
Thebes Dies in Unclear Circumstances
Indianapolis Star notes the death of Mme Thebes with unclear details about possible tyags or causes. The report omits definitive information and preserves uncertainty surrounding her passing.
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Sawviteh
Indianapolis Star
Mme. Thebes
Perk Up and Lansing Diplomacy Stir in Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch critiques Lansing's diplomacy and Brother Hughes' election, noting the unease over Perkins as a figure of reaction and public sentiment.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Brother Perkins
Lansing
Brother Hughes
Explanation of the Whopper in Politics
A Toledo Blade remark notes that lawyers enter courtrooms and claim extravagant feats, suggesting campaign claims are always record breaking due to the large number of lawyers in politics. The quip satirizes political rhetoric and its legal-leaning tone.
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Toledo Blade
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