Alliance financial questions and misused funds raised in state
Reports from Huron and Vermillion critique the State Farmers Alliance finances including a 5 cent per dollar membership levy funding a Ruralist subscription and a $1,400 purchasing of equipment. Questions arise over misused funds 320 acres near Watertown sale proceeds and guilding transfers to a banker. Prohibition and party attitudes receive editorials amid regional political sniping and a local press showcase in Armour, Mitchell, Brookings, and Watertown.
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Huron
Farers’ Alliance
Alliance
Cooley
Pulishing
Watertown
Fidelity Insurance Com- Bey
Roberts
Armour Chronicle
South Dakota
Mitchell
Minneapolis
Scott
Armour
Patrick Carey Murdered Near Iron Mountain Station
Patrick Carey was killed near Sa gola a small station on the Milwaukee and Northern line. He traveled with Frank Stein who left at Reidville. Carey walked two miles to his camp and Stein later killed him with a forehead shot after taking his money and watches. The loss is about 70 000 with 45 000 insurance. Carey had cashed checks at the First National bank.
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Patrick Carey
Iron Mountain
Mich
Sagola
Here
Carey
First National Bank
Frank Stein
Stein
Reidville
Lagola
Hisville
Heer
Maiden’s Wail of Toe at Ludlow Shoe Sale
A rustic poem recounts a maiden’s toe corn caused by a tight shoe. She seeks relief at a square corner where C. C. Champeny offers Ludlow Shoes to comfort her with a boastful remedy. The verse blends humor and social scene in a local shop setting.
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S. E
E. Champeny
C. C. Champeny
A Year of Mourning for Poland in 1892
Poland observes a year of deep mourning with women from princess to peasant wearing black throughout 1892. Black attire will cover bonnets gloves dresses furs and jewelry as large firms return stock and supply black materials after a 1792 independence loss is recalled. London Is Progressive, London public health department begins under new act. jurymen strike in Jones v Gordon case. train collision near Whitehall kills horse and injures driver. Nashville reports a fire at Clarksville.
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Plains
Baby Ruth Cleveland
Abyssinia
Walt Whitman
Totten
Peter Henderson & Co
Arkell Weekly Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
Poland
Warsaw
Vilna
Lemberg
Cracow
Vienna
London
London County Council
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S. H. Scallin’s
Eviin DI
Eliance
Prohibition
Republican Party
Norzer
Brookings Register
Mitchell Republican
L. D. Lyon
Wheelock
Lyon
Leslie
Nashville
DotLurtu
George
John Kreist
Pastorel
City of
Mexico
United States
Graves
Denver
T. Thatcher Graves
Judge Furman
Mr. Furman
Dr. Graves
Arbroy
Harlem
Henry Turner
BuRmerton, Ia
Jones Ve. Gordon
Whitehall
Wis
Green Bay
Winona
St. Paul
Finnagan’s
Seymour
Windinck
Tenn
Clarksville
Royal Baking Powder
State
City Boards of Health
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