Bridge and railroad project funded amid delays and interest
Historical note discusses Yankton bridge over the Missouri to the railroad, with bonds once sold and funds needed to proceed. Mentions repeated delays, the weight of money, and silent subjects finally moved to action. Includes mention of a January color plate feature and various craft and art topics in a London art periodical.
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Yankton
King
Phil
Flower Ting
London
Ter
Artateur
Pilates
Indian Territory Whisky Smuggling Egg Trick Reported
The St. Louis Democrat notes creative liquor smuggling into Indian Territory. Peddlers mix water with sky to dilute alcohol. barrels with false bottoms ship across borders. A novelty egg smuggling ruse hides sky inside plaster eggs sold for 25 cents to insiders.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Ian Territory
St. Louis
the Democrat
Man of Many Parts handbill from Cumberland 19th century
An old Cumberland handbill highlights James Williams as parish clerk town crier and versatile tradesman offering haberdashery repairs teaching reading singing and sums dental and horse services. The quirky notices promise street cries and odd jobs around the church and horse shop with humorous bids and local shop details.
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Williams
E. B
Local Notes From Mitchell And Surrounding Events
Local briefs cover travel homecomings from Parker and Iowa, visitors from Alexandria and Mt. Vernon, and Pell journeys to Buffalo Albany and Vermilion. Community life includes a wedding in Beulah township, a Salvation Army assist at Vermilion, a concert at the Grand Opera house January 17, and a hospital stay for a gunshot foot injury. The piece notes railway delays from Chamberlain and a chain of social events, with ads and club offers from Koch’s Store and a farm paper subscription deal.
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M. Jacquemai
Iowa
Jacquemai
Sioux City
Emma Haynes
Mt. Vernon
Vermillion
State University
Helwig
Buffalo
Albany
N. Y
Frank Conant
Raymond Hotel
A. D. D. Fraser
Chamberlain
Mitchell
Kia
Jamies Curlan
Armour
Lown Points
Sherwood Concert Co
Grand Opera House
Gale
Wagner
Carson Anderson
S. D
Wiggins and
Stuivenga
Salvation Army
Milwaukee
Round House
Delay halts artesian well dynamiting as cable missing
The artesian well project stalls because the cleaning cable ordered from Chicago has not arrived, delaying the planned dynamiting though the battery wire and dynamite are on hand. The article also notes Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s pills as remedies for impure blood, then recounts a Andamanese widow who uses her husband’s skull as a treasure box for valuables.
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Chicago
Contested Governorship Moves to Supreme Court in South Dakota
Pierre Jan 4 Special Correspondence The supreme court was petitioned for a writ of quo warranto in the guber natorial contest with notices served on Governor Lee The lengthy documents challenge the results and expect a decision in two to three weeksPhillips camp claims a recount would prove his victory and the court would award the governorship The governor’s lengthy message was not read but placed on the records and reviews actions in various suits and state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Supreme Court
Lee
Phillips
Herried
State Liquor Association
Mayhew
J. E. Hipple
C. H. Anderson
Gaffy
Kipp
Railroad Commission
Ek Frank Petersons South Dakota Map Released in Vermillion
A new mounted wall map of South Dakota 30 by 36 inches in five colors is announced. Corrected through December 1898, it shows new post offices and county boundary changes. Described as the best and most complete state map yet. Introductory price valid 60 days at one dollar. Agents wanted. Circul ars free. Address E Frank Peterson, Vermillion, South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peterson
South Dakota
E. Frank Peterson
Vermillion
S. D
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar for 1899 praised
A prominent art critic endorses Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar for 1899, calling it the finest color work of the year. The edition features the "American Girl" portrait with a delicately painted flag, described as artistic and useful. Drugstores likely carry it, or a copy can be obtained by sending six cents to C I Hood & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Minnow Trap Described and Soap Washing Problems
The Minnow Trap details a glass six to eight quart bottle shaped trap with a conical bottom and a perforated metal cap. It explains how minnows enter for bait and how the cap end allows escape blocked by the other end. The article then notes soap and hard water chemistry causing soap to cloud water with calcium sulfate and muriatic acid effects in salt water.
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New York Sun
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E Mitchell Capital
Don
Scott
Bowne
PF. B. Elie
Parker
Mary Wilson
Alexandria
James Lyons
Ralph Bowdle
Carl E
Clarence Swartout
Gann Valley
Peter Jorgenson
Chris Vuien
East First Street
Cora Miner
Lucy
Orpha Fish
Parkaton
Koch’s
Koch
Mitchell, QO. A. Bates
Judge Smith
Wolsey
Salem
Omaha
Washington
O. W. Coursey
Alpena
Graham
Manila
Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Journal
Humane Alliance
Homestead
Special Institute
Mutual Insurance Journal
Kirk G. Phillips
Roddle
Hfe
Enceisa
Karl
S. C. Wells & CO
Leroy
N.Y
OLE
8. H. Scallin
Scallin
Capitalj
Capital Family
West
Egular Price
Special Farmers’ Institute
Worth
F. D. Coburn
Kansas State Bourc of Agriculture
the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Journal
the Humane Alliance
National Humane Alliance
Mitchell Capital
Davison County
The
Mitchell Printing Co
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