Death of W D Knapp Noted In County News Brief
A message from San Jose California reports the death of W D Knapp of Fairview township after years in farming and stock raising. He served as cashier of Hanson county bank for a decade before moving to the Pacific coast five years ago. Survived by widow two daughters Mrs J M Hield and Mrs Hird Broderick of San Jose Mrs Tom Reed of Arlington and his aged mother living with Mrs Reed.
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Ileandria
D Elends
W. D. Knapp
San Jose
Fairview Township
Hanson County
Pacific
Beneft
J. M. Hield
Hid
Broderick
Tom Reed
Arlington
Merchants Debate Catalogue Houses at Mitchell Convention
The meeting focused on competition from catalogue houses and the effect on local retailers. Speakers from the Commercial Bulletin and traveling merchants outlined advertising strategies, cooperation, and the push for national pure food laws to standardize labeling, preservatives, and enforcement.
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Respsit
Thees
O. L. Schutz
Commercial Bulletin
Northwest Trade
Minneapolis
W. C Jones
CG. T. Kroner
Schutz
W. F. Enright
St. Paul
South Dakota
Traveling Mens’ Association
Retail Merchants’ Association
Enright
Grimm
Tyler
Merchants’ Convention
National Pure Foods
George L. Dingman
Pure Food
Minnesota
Dingman
California
Indiana
Oregon
Wiley
Local notes from Ethan North Dakota area town
Ethan January 24 reports include Joe Crainz home visiting, Dan Redmond returning from Emery, Jack McDonald seen again. Gallagher abandons restaurant plan. Fred Cole of Brookings at Mitchell convention visits mother and sister. Drake remodeling, Losin couple welcome daughter. Ice houses filling. Clement, Schurz, Donovan serve meat market and saloons. Ladies Aid expects church pews in ten days. Wallace Gleason sells household items before moving to Geddes.
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Central
Ethan
Joe Craixz
Dan Redmond
Emery
Ethan Mondlay
Jack McDonald
Gallagher
Fred Cole
Brookings
Mitchell
Carrie Cole
M. A. Bracha
Drake
John Losin
John Clement
Don Schurz
Mr. Donovan
Ladies Aid
Wallace Gleason
Geddes
Silsby Couple Leave For Town Points
Mayor and Mrs. George A. Silsby depart this morning for Town points. Mrs. Silsby visits Esther Wille while Mr. Silsby conducts examinations of several national banks in that state.
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George A. Silsby
Catalogue Proposition Aims to Entrench Home Merchants
A Sioux Falls editor presents a plan to counter national catalogue houses. The scheme calls for a national catalogue with shared prices, state mercantile supply houses, and joint purchasing by retailers to keep trade local and protect main street business. The idea envisions state cooperatives forming to publish catalogues and supply goods at low cash prices through home merchants.
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J. J. Mannix
Sioux Falls
Commercial News
South Dakota
United States
Cepy
General Manifold Co
New York
State Supply House
State
National Supply Company
Land seekers urged to contact W M Lewis in Stanley Co
Notice invites parties desiring land west of the Missouri river to correspond with W M Lewis at Stearns Post Office in Stanley County South Dakota. It mentions choice relinquishments and locating services.
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Missouri River
W. M. Lewis
Stearns P. O
Stanley Co
S. D. Choice
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Alexandria
F. Klotz
Hanson
Frank Schiech
Joe ‘Koch
Mitchded
Little Fe
Me ‘Watson
Charles ‘Grady
ME Nicholson
John Carson
Geo. Sand
Sollie Nolt
Sexton
Fred Tobey
Dobey
Ava Cutts
Hardware ‘Merchants
Caneeney
MT. Vernon
M. GC. Betts
E. S. Fitch
Retail Merchants
W. W. Davis
Iowa
Margaret Shanley
Woonsocket
Helen
Mesdames
J. M. Sewell
L. A. Mabbott
Teft
W. E. Irwin
Plankinton
J. K. Brown
Loomis Loomis
Jessie Kidd
J. H. Ferris
Grog
Kidd
Etta Smith
Loomis
Tom Murphy
M. B.A
Roy Bates
M. I. Bates
H. L. O’mealy
J. B.” Taylor
Ralph Clark
E. Perry
Loomis School
Brion
Hal Taylor
James Woodcock
Charlie Smith
Kate Davenport
Cedar Falls
Davenport
J. Miller
Loomis School House
Nelson
New York City
Chicago
Gillis
Lively
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