Minnesota Politico Notes and State Appointments in 1901
The Mitchell Capital reports several political and administrative items. Minnesota Republicans debate senatorial candidates while Gov Herries names H Shober insurance commissioner. Vermillon Republican recalls ex Gov Lee’s quiet year with a landslide claim. Quay’s Pennsylvania Senate election ends after 29 ballots and a 1900 appointment dispute. Brookings College seeks 165 000 in state funds. a cut is expected. State penal officials face job security as governor Herried names three board members of charities and corrections amid pending legal challenges.
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Matt Quay
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Stone
Mr. Quay
Senate
Herried
Board of Charities and Corrections
Pyle
Lee
Supreme Court
Governor urges revival of immigration commissioner post
Gov Herried urges the legislature to reestablish the immigration commissioner as a separate state office. He argues that official presence will better promote South Dakota than advertising alone. Opposition exists but the public good from the office is seen as worth the cost. Some提 talk of merging with auditor or secretary of state is dismissed as undesirable. The writer hopes the legislature will consider presenting South Dakota’s features accurately to outsiders.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Bryan hints at future non candidacy in Lincoln speech
The Lincoln speech by William Jennings Bryan signals he may stay a private citizen and not seek office. Democrats rush to block another presidential bid while Bryan says he will remain active in public discussion and journalism to advance democratic principles.
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William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan
Camputeen
Dim
Col James George Pushes Impeachment of Judge Moore
Col James George of the Black Trills appears set to press impeachment proceedings against Judge Moore of that district. The prefiled matter indicates a case against his longtime rival and will be offered to the legislature as a resolution at the earliest opportunity.
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James George
The
Black Trills
Moore
Readers recall Isitt and Kittredge senate race
The papers that boasted Isitt would win now revisit Kittredge's prior statement from last fall that he would not seek the senate seat. The line about saying no is understood, though some boys have yet to learn it.
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AB. Isittrede
Mr. Kittredge
Wit
Steere replies to Lee over governor’s retirement and state penology
Jank M. Steere of the board of charities and corrections answers the ex governor’s criticisms. He defends the current management of insane asylum operations, disputes allegations of misused funds and boiler purchases, and questions the adequacy of accounting for a money loss in bank failures.
Purge Pill Promises Harmless Cleanse
Dr King's New Life Pills claim to gently stimulate liver and bowels to purge poisons and cure constipation and headaches. Location mention includes LeeX ee) poisonois mater and Dr. King style ad copy. Also notes Mrs. Fred Mores ill with diphtheria in Prosper township and a daughter recovering from same illness.
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Dr. King
Fred Mores
Prosper Township
Mitchells High School Football Champs in State Title Run
Mitchells high school football team finished the season with a state class championship no defeats except a learning game against the University first team. They beat Yanktons 5 to 1, tied the University second team 10 to 10, and defeated the second University team 16 to 0 and Madison 10 to 5, with a 27 to 0 win over Aberdeen on Thanksgiving. Captain and coach C W Chase led the squad with Vermilyea at center and Kimble at full back among the lineup.
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Mitchell
Yanktons High School
University
Madison High School
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Madison
Vermilyea
Bushnell
Grace and
DeCell
Waistrom
Turney
Adams
Seaman
Kimble
Chase
Perry
Dix
C. W. Chase
Airgun injury linked to brotherly play near town
Birney Garmong carries a bullet in his upper lip after being shot with an airgun by his brother Harry late Wednesday afternoon. The boys live about a mile east of town. The shot occurred during a dispute while at play. The bullet could not be found due to swelling. Airguns are dangerous in boys' hands.
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Birney Garmong
Harry
Well Contractor Layne Arrives to Begin Artesian Well
City Auditor McCormick received a telegram stating Mr. Layne the well contractor would arrive this evening on the Omaha road to begin cleaning out and deepening the reservoir well. The job was delayed from mid November with extensions and a stop for railroad well cleaning before reaching Mitchell by year’s end.
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Layne
McCormick
Omaha
Mitchell
Former Mitchell Pastor Praised For Parish Work
A Elkton special extols Father Sheehan for the Mitchell parish now serving Mikton. The report notes a newly completed Catholic school reopened with increased attendance and a large pupil roll.
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Elkton
Father Sheehan
Pricet
Mitchell
Mikton
Tha Naw Catholic
U Winety
Catholic Parish Builds Noted Brick Complex Under Father Sheehan
The presentation nuns head the boarders and belong to the state trading sisterhood. Father Sheehan receives credit for a substantial building project. Under his care Elkion parish prospers with a brick council house church and parsonage in sound financial shape, fitting Catholics’ pride.
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Presentation Nuns
Father Sheehan
Elkion
Davison County Members Named to Key Legislative Committees
In the legislature Davison County delegates were assigned to major panels. Senator Johnston leads the public printing panel and joins judiciary education cities and municipal corporations incorporations irrigation. Representative Bras chairs education and serves Ways and Means engrossed and enrolled bills and Banks and Banking. Clerk W C Baker from Davison was named chief clerk of the education committee.
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Senate
House
Johnston
Representative Bras
Senator Johnston
Gov. Lee
Insane Asylum
Reform School
Col. Ainsworth
Plankinton Reform School
W. C. Baker
Committee On Education
Dakota University Sees Enrollment Rise in Winter Term
Enrollment at Dakota University reaches 325 for the winter term amid a faculty expansion with Miss Anna Ellsner directing elocution. Students actively train in athletics under the gymnasium program and female students show growing interest in sports. By spring, university athletes should be in strong condition for upcoming trials.
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Dakota University
Anna Ellsner
Traveling Man Speaks At Salvation Army Meeting
F H Breyfogle spoke at the Salvation Army gathering recounting years on the road. He began traveling at 19 and spoke about his experiences, later sharing religious reflections after services at the Baptist church.
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F. H. Breyfogle
Salvation Army
Blooded Horses Barn Fire Destroys Needham Stock
The Kimball Graphic reports a week old blaze at Blooded Horses Barn destroying Don O. Needham’s hotel barn. Eight horses including two full blood Morgan stallions valued around $2,000 were killed, along with harness, buggies, hay and grain. The loss saddens Mr. Needham and prompts statewide sympathy.
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Kimball
Kimball Graphic
Don O. Needham
Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad praised as universal healer
It extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for cuts burns bruises sores boils ulcers felons and skin eruptions. It claims it is the only infallible pile cure and promotes 26e four box sales at S E B Scullin's drug store.
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Bucklen
S. EB. Scullin
Uray
Death in Pere Marquette accident shocks Saginaw
W. V. Meredith known as Van of Saginaw dies after being crushed between a pile driver and a car at Melvin on the Port Huron division. Born October 1836 in Coshocton County Ohio he served as yard master and division superintendent in Michigan before later working on the Pere Marquette. He leaves a wife Mary Dyer a son Edward and a daughter Mrs. McLain of Mitchell South Dakota. Funeral arrangements await announcement.
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Saginaw
Mich
W. V. Meredith
H. H. McLain
Van
Melvin
Port Huron
Sanilac County
Genesee Avenue
Coshocton County
Cleveland
South Haven & Eastern Road
Paw Paw
Pere Marquette
Delaware County
Mary Dyer
Edward Meredith
McLain
Mitchell, S. D
Good Fortune for Editor After Dr King's Discovery
A small item in Chris Reuter of the Saginaw Post and Zeitung reports his family suffered grip with no relief from their doctor. After trying Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds the family claims cure after three bottles. Trial bottle offered free at Scalia's drug store. Prices 50c and 1.00.
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Chris, Reuter
Saginaw Mich
Scalia
Short Term of Court to Hear Fred St Peter Case
A brief circuit court term will be held Tuesday Jan 22 in this city to try Fred St Peter who is jailed on a charge of disturbing a religious meeting. His preliminary examination was recent and he was bound over to the circuit court. A juror list from the November term includes E Spangler H Carlson Michael Grady J P Hashill Cal Betts Samuel Whyte G W Mabbott B C McCollum J J Gilborn Julius Rier A G Gibson Frank Baughman Gus Mielenz John Altheu H H Olson A C Berry Edwin Chancellor and J M Parker.
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Fred St. Peter
E Spangler
H. Carlson
Micael Grady
J. P. Hashill
Cal Betts
Samuel Whyte
G. W. Mabbott
B.C. McCollum
J. J. Gilborn
Julius Rier
A. G. Gibson
Frank Baughman
Gus. Mielenz
John Altheu
Mr. H. H. Olson
A.C. Berry
Edwin Chancellor
J. M. Parker
Hair Restorer Vendor Declines Impossible Claim
A Detroit Journal item satirizes a vendor who refuses to claim hair restoration from evolution, amid a bystander’s faint smile and a citizen’s firm refusal to buy. The exchange highlights the humor of overreaching miracle cures.
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Detroit Journal
Epitaph on Forgotten Grave Unearthed in South Vernon
A visitor to a cemetery in South Ver non, N. FL, notes an irregular epitaph carved on a gravestone. The verse laments departure and absence, hinting at sorrow and the finality of death with archaic spellings and fragmented phrasing.
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South Vernon
N. FL
Historic flag of Cuba presented to State Historical Society
A slice of early 1900s news covers Governor Lind presenting the last Spanish flag captured in Cuba to Minnesota's State Historical Society. Other notes include deaths of John B. Laing and Albert Emmett Kent. a Herrington explosion in Mexico. and various political and social updates from Jan 10 to Jan 16.
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Lind
Minnesota
Cuba
John B. Laing
United States
Chicag
Hondo
Cahauila
Mex
Philadelphia Clearing Hous Association
Albert Emmett Kent
West
Chicag Board of Trade
Genoa
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Tompkins
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Bell
Magner Rothers
Harry Garmong
Sheehan
Elkton Astorate
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Asia
Tadga
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Morningside
Mr. Weyand
Mr. Blank
Pittsburg
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Adee
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Philip D. Armour
Armour Interests
Kansas City
Hom
Svante Anderson
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Nat Burbank
New Orleans Picayune
Wilson
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Hay
George T. Jarvis
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
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Pipe Trust
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Marquis of Salisbury
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Maine
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Odessa
London Daily News
Venezuela
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Japan
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Elsie French
Newport
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London
Oscar
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Taku
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