State Normal School Commencement and Madison News
Madison July 1 The annual commencement of the State Normal School drew about six hundred attendees at the opera house. Graduates include Lillie Zimmerman Ida L Jones Jennie L Hawkins Fred H Millard George G Ackley John L Jones. The school prospers and next year is expected to be especially successful. Madison hosts a veterans reunion July 12 to 14 with speakers C. J. Palmer T. D. Kanouse M. M. Price and W. V. Lucas and bands from Madison Wentworth and Diana. Rail expansion continues with the Bug Line adding two miles daily and coal sheds nearing completion over 250 feet long. Madison aims to be division HQ once the Bristol line is finished. Local talk centers on the South Dakota Press Association meeting at Sioux Falls and Lake Madison. Dr S M Jenks has left for San Diego. Citizens Bank block and Kennedy Bros new building progress at Egan avenue and Madison street.
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Lake Madison
C. 3. Palmer
Sioux Falls
S T. D. Kanouse
Woonsocket
M. M. Price
Leteher
W. V. Lucas
Chamberlain
Madison
Wentworth
Diana
Dell Rapids
Mitchell
Bristol
South Dakota Press Association
8. M. Jenks
Dr. Hutt
San Diego
Cal
Citizens Bank
Kennedy Bros
Egan Avenue
Madison Street
Quiet Kimball town rocked by horse whip attack
July 2 Kimball residents recall a late evening incident as Mrs. Bryan Coffee attacked landlord Truman Wilson with a horse whip on the sidewalk. A crowd gathered before the city marshal arrested Coffee who was fined 5 dollars by the City Justice.
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Kimball
Bryan Coffee
Truman Wilson
Scott Hayes
Brule County
Sparks
Seven new buildings rise as town grows with trades
SPENCER July 3 Seven buildings making twelve in all have been built since last Saturday and next week Peavey will install an elevator. Mr Miller of Centerville a newspaper. Three stores already have goods for sale Adler's first to open Cuba of Mitchell with furniture second Rush of Bridgewater groceries third.
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Spencer
Peavey
Mr. Miller
Centerville
Adler’s
Cuba
Mitchell
Rush
Bridgewater
Ten Year Anniversary at Reed Residence in Woonsocket
The July celebration for Mr and Mrs N B Reed marked Woonsocket s most imposing social event as about 150 guests attended. Speculation links W J Williams Jerauld county s former treasurer to a wheat market crash and public fund losses though friends doubt premeditated default. Local rains improved crops and wheat harvest began as St Luke s guild hosted a lawn social on church grounds.
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Woonsockkeet
N. B. Reed
Woonsocket
W. J. Williams
Jerauld County
Williams
Ladies of St. Luke’s Guild
Sailors and Soldiers' reunion set for late August in Woonsocket
Preparations are underway for entertaining the Sailors and Soldiers' reunion to be held in Woonsocket on August 30, 31 and September 1 with a benefit concert for the Woonsocket band.
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Woonsocket Band
Sailors and Soldiers
Editorial Idiosyncracies in Rail Boards and Press
Aberdeen News argues railroads shape commissioner boards in Dakota with seats for Abe Boynton of Milwaukee Griggs of Manitoba and N T Smith defending Northwestern interests. Fargo Argus defends excerpt misinterpretation about Bismarck houses and mocks readers with a quip about a clove.
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Aberdeen News
Dakota
Railroads’ Board
People's Board
Abe Boynton
Milwaukee Company
Alex Griggs
Manitoba
N. T. Smith
Northwestern
Fargo Argus
Argus
Bismarck
Public examiner report links Yankton insane hospital scandal
The public examiner’s report accuses Secretary Cobby of abusing his board position for private gain and alleges auditor Caldwell aided by voucher checks. The Sioux Falls Press notes the warrants drawn by Caldwell appear to comply with the law, with no firm conclusion yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Public Examiner
Yankton Insane Hospital
Cobby
Caldwell
War on carpet bag judges looms in Woonsocket press
Woonsocket News decries carpet bag judges censoring the press as small business, criticizing their stance on what papers like the Huronite and the Mitchell Republican may print. Alexandria Herald notes a purported destined child’s failing explanation of the rebel flag.
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Woonsocket News
Territorial
Huronite
Mitchell Republican
Alexandria
Dakota entries and trades in regional papers
A collage of short notices from Dakota and Nebraska papers notes a furniture store change of management in Woonsocket, optimistic farmer prospects in Yankton area, migration hopes in Aberdeen region, a newspaper press breakdown in Aberdeen, and a health ad praising cod liver oil with hypophosphites. It mentions J N True leaving Hutchinson county and a Minnesota move, plus Scott’s Emulsion testimonials.
New York Woman Appointed Commissioner of Deeds
The New York suffrage movement scores a point as Miss Minna M. Pollock is named commissioner of deeds. Born in Manchester and raised across Europe, she speaks several languages and has traveled widely. The appointment, pushed by Alderman Patrick Dwyer, was opposed by the salaries committee but supported by the Woman Suffrage party led by Hamilton Wilcox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Metropolis
Minna KR. Pollock
Julius L. Pollock
Hamburg
Germany
Elliot Haswell Pollock
Glasgow
Scotland
Manchester
England
N York
Vienna
Austria
Minnar
Pollock
Hungary
West Indies
Havana
Nmiotler
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Ele
Patrick Diyver
Woman Suffrage Party
Hamilton Willcox
Driver
New York Press Club Monument Dedication at Cypress Hills
The New York Press Club unveiled a granite monument at Cypress Hills Brooklyn on its burial plot honoring twenty five journalists. Notables buried include John B. Wood and Charles H. Putnam with eleven other members. ceremony featured a dirge prayer and orations by Joseph Howard Chauncey Depew Talmage and others.
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New York Press Club
Cypress Hills
Brooklyn
John B. Wood
Charles H. Putnam
Greenwood Cemetery
New York
Franz von Aldenhoven
Fred
Erick Bingham
William Donnelly
John Campbell
Horace H. Harrison
Terence A. Brady
James M. Odervain
Amphion Society of
John Worrall
Thirteenth Street
N. Y.) Presbyterian Church
The Thistle Yacht Aims For the America Cup
The Thistle, a 130 ton British clipper cutter, has dominated recent races on the English coast and aims to challenge for the America’s Cup. With a forward mast and extended boom, she carries more canvas than any craft of her size, and recent 50 mile races near Harwich and the Thames showcased her speed. Expected to reach the American coast in September, the race will attract national and international attention.
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Thistle
England
Irex
Genesta
Harwich
Thames
Bromide portraits stir market fear at Chicago convention
A critic notes the bromide printing process, showcased at the 1885 Chicuro convention, remains experimental and hurts crayon portrait artists. He cites fading color, cheap pricing, and low wages for finishing work as signs of poor quality and questionable durability, questioning the practice's value.
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United States
Chicago
St. Louis
Some well known women in public life and letters
Queen Kapiolani receives 8000 a year from the Hawaiian government. Mrs Grant has earned 34459 from memoirs. Princess Dolgouriki leads Parisian society. Mrs Jenness Miller advocates corsetless dress at Vassar. Miss Holly’s new book Samantha at Saratoga is to be published by Hubbard Brothers. Ada Leigh has raised 60000 for a Paris building fund. New York women board of education members focus on school sanitary and comfort conditions. Sophie Markle found autograph letters from Washington to Arthur. Mrs Mary L Bart rose to prominence as a writer after tragedy, becoming a governess and author in New York.
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Kapiolani
Miller
Miss Holly
Samantha
Saratoga
Josiah Allen
Messrs. Hubbard Brothers
Philadelphia
Levi P. Morton
Ada Leigh
Young Men’s Home and Club
Paris
Miss Leigh
New York Board of Education
Agnew
Mary L. Bart
Texas
New York
A. T. Stewart
Don't You Know Who I Am A Humorous Illustration
A collage of anecdotes on fame and insignificance. A California state official flees a bull after boasting of his power, a farmer reveals the bull’s owner, and a stranger’s quip ends with a comic showdown. Also includes regional quips about hog breeds and notes of hand.
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Creation
California
Itate
General
San Francisco Chronicle
Childs quips and giggles in playful home scenes
A collage of brief vignettes shows children mispronouncing grown up ideas and misbehaving in innocent ways. An Omaha World note recalls a toddler expecting a sister or brother. a Philadelphia News item has a girl promising to pay later. others capture mother child interactions and a daffodil moment in spring.
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Little Dot
Little Dick
Omaha
Tor
Philadelphia News
Mamma
Scientific Probes Move San Francisco Longitude Closer
Prof Davidson and peers refine longitude of San Francisco correcting old calculations by several hundred feet. Key West reports a process to evaporate oysters and shellfish like fruit, preserving flavor. Berlin doctors warn telegraph operators risk nails shedding from constant tapping. several cases noted. A large meteor seen near Kis simmee Florida split in two, pink-tinged head and blue edges, resembled a distant rocket.
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Davidson
San Francisco
Key West
Berlin
Kissimmee
Fla
Seven Deaf Schools in Canada and Noted University Facts
The piece surveys education and institutions, noting seven Canadian schools for the deaf, Harvard gymnasium cost 110000, Yale 125000, Columbia 156000, and the world’s largest graduating class at Chautauqua university with 4624 grads in 1886. It cites Columbia College’s large enrollment, Paris alumni in law and medicine, a spelling reform meeting in Chicago, a Princeton prize, and a sample dialogue from a Detroit crime column.
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Canada
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Chautauqua University
Columbia College
United States
University of Paris
National Educations] Association
Chicago
O. C. Blackmer
la Salle Street
Princeton College
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
Princeton
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Idiosyncracies
Buffalo County Sentinel
Person
Hutchinson
Ife
Oliver
Minnesota
Alexandria Herald
Daily News
Major Barrett
Republican
Scott
John Sullivan
Morganz
Peon
Wendell Phillipe
Russia
Mont Blanc
Machiavelli
Faneuil Ball
Daily Advertiser
Harvard College
Griswold Street
Detroit Free Press
St. Paul
Minn
Yacht Thistle
Lime Kiln Club
Secretary of State of
Ohio
Georgia
Gangia
Fraulein
Dwight Wasp
Allie
Los
Harper's Bazar
Boston Record
Educational Matters
Wigwag
Filtrip
Detroit Free
Kansas
Depot
Amusement Republic
Sit Mite
Joe
St. Petersburg
Juno
Selasans
Doc
Ben Butler
Eiland
A. J. Peak & CO. Druggists and Jewelers
W. G. Davison
L. N. Seaman
N. L. Davison, Cashier
H. G. Chandler
Iness
John D. Lawler
J. E. Gilbert
A.M. Bowdle
Vice Press
N. Grant
James Leslie
South Main ST
Hitcrell
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapois
Chicago & Northwestern Hy
St Paul
Sioux City
Des Moines
Kansas City
Duluth
Ashland
Lake Suc
Paul
Minneapolis
Eau Claire
Chicago, St. Paul
T. W. Teasdale
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