Capital relocation debate dominates South Dakota politics
The editors argue for moving the state capital from Pierre to Mitchell, noting the ongoing strife among Aberdeen Redfield Huron Mitchell and Sioux Falls and claiming vast costs. They cite Mitchell's central location railroad links and future Milwaukee line completion as reasons, urging action to reflect the will at the polls. R Parkston December 17 1903.
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Yankton Freie Press
South Dakota
Pierre
Aberdeen
Redfield
Huron
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
C. M. & St. P. Railway Co
Chamberlain
Black Hills
Milwaukee Road
R Parkston
S. D
Colchester Oyster Feast Through the Ages
Colchester’s oyster feast is famed as a high town honor inviting guests to a meal with unlimited native oysters. Historical notes cite Roman praise, a Richard I charter granting exclusive rights, and Elizabethan gifts of oysters to courtiers.
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Colchester
London Chronicle
Richard I
Elizabeth
Massinger
Greedy
Nero the Roman butcher in Victorian parliament
In a Melbourne parliament anecdote a wealthy but ill informed butcher challenges the chief secretary over remarks about the opposition leader. The chief secretary asks who Nero was and answers Nero was a celebrated Roman butcher.
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Charles Gavan Duffy
Melbourne
Nero
London
Balm of Gilead: Dried shrub resin from Syria
The dried juice of a low Syrian shrub yields the balm of Gilead valued for its scarcity. One shrub gives at most sixty drops daily. Josephus links the balm to the Queen of Sheba gifting Solomon, and ancient Jewish physicians used it for dyspepsia and melancholia.
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Gilead
Syria
Josephus
Sheba
Solomon
Bargains and Quips in a Quick Shopping Pause
A playful exchange unfolds as a wife complains of a shopping tour and fatigue while the husband quips about shop worn weariness. A sharp line from a woman with a square chin follows, and a barbed remark from a man with three marriages nods to male baldness as a punchline.
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Philadelphia
Puritan Style Church Business Meeting Elects Officers
The Baptist church held a Puritan themed meeting Friday electing Geo W Law for three years O H Perry clerk C C Halphide treasurer W Gillis and naming Sunday school officers J W Broadbent CO W Gillis Edith Soper and Elmer Loomer Plans include a Puritan party for older members with songs recitations and costumes and a friendly gathering to strengthen church ties.
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The
Baptist Church
Geo. W. Law
O. H. Perry
C. C. Halphide
W. Gillis
J. W. Broadbent
CO. W. Gillis
Edith Soper
Elmer Loomer
Reservation land claims spark rail of uncertainty for settlers
Volga Tribune reports trouble ahead for Hughes county settlers who filed for 160 acres each, built homes, and final proofed last spring but lack of actual residence and grazing use derails patents. Interior department cites failures to meet residence requirements, risking thousands in losses.
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Pierre
Volga Tribune
Mont Henry
Frank Freeman
Hans Kalbert
Willie Nelson
Harvey
Harry Porter
Hughes County
Washington
Interior Department
Note of warning on safety in opera house
A citizen letter warns of panic risk in a crowded opera house. The author urges easier exits including a south side door and a balcony door to prevent a potential death trap during dense crowds. Dated January 1, 1904 in Mitchell.
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Republican
Educators in Aberdeen Report South Dakota Meeting Best in Years
Mitchell delegation to the South Dakota Educational Association in Aberdeen praised the program quality and social events. The next meeting will be in Deadwood, not summer. O. W. Coursey urged a wage statistics study across professions, and Supt. Lotta Bailey narrowly survived gas exposure en route home.
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Mitchell
South Dakota Educational Association
Aberdeen
New Normal School
Deadwood
CG. C. Bras
Reading
O. W. Coursey
Lotta Bailey
Gregory County
Redfield
Piano Voting Contest Collects Votes At Ferris Drug Store
City Auditor Mackham tallies ballots for a piano voting contest. Participants include Dakota University and various churches and lodges with votes listed next to each title. The ballot box sits at Ferris drug store amid a long roster of organizations from Episcopalian to Modern Woodmen.
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Mackham
Ferris’ Drug Store
Weteed Ate
Dakota University
Ho'y Family Church
Damastics Lodge No
Presbyterian Church Union Center
Baptist Church
Congregational Church
Pudhintel
Church
Tepeee Eerie
High School
Lady Maccabees
Sons of Rest
Rebekabs
Pilgrim Sunday School
Fearladar
Presbyterian Church
Yeoman Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Weather of a Month: December Snow and Temperature
December weather report shows warmest day 41 above on the ?, coldest 23 below on the 13th. Temperatures below zero seven times. Snow fell on five days totaling 20 inches, with 0.95 inches of moisture from melted snow.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Mother Gray's Powders for Children
Nurse Mother Gray of the New York Children’s Home recommends her powder to cure feverishness teething disorders and bowel issues while destroying worms. Over 30 000 testimonials claim success and it is sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free sample at Allen St. Omlsted LeRoy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Adderss
Allen St. Omlsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Washington, D. C
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Beck Telephone
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Davison County
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Ton Freie Press
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Jan
Haid
S. S.S
Lewis
Stoll, Hamilton & Co
Lexington
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SWIFT
Atlanta
Gai
Bidwell Land and Loan CO
Dak
Co. N. Vogas & Sons
Mirched Nationa Bank
Oman
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E J. Quigley
T. M. Smith
Levi Peirce
Coal and Wood
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