Brule County Delegates to Huron Convention Chosen
Brule county held a convention to elect delegates to the Huron division and admission convention on the 13th inst. Fifteen delegates were chosen including John A. Stroube H. E. Gates and W. L. Pharndyke. Resolutions favored separate state admissions for North and South Dakota and rapid South Dakota entry under the Sioux Falls constitution. The license petition neared a majority with over 650 names. Miss Sanborn left for Chicago educational meetings then Freeport. Crop notes: oats poor, wheat fair, corn and potatoes good and booming.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Sanborn
National Educationals Association
Chicago
Freeport
Harley
Local option debates mark Yankton convention day
Delegates to the Yankton division convention include W. Arnold and L. P. Chapman among others. Local option petitions exceed two thirds, enabling county commissioners to order a November election. Liquor licenses face county-level contest amid tension over recent laws and cross-border actions.
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Yankton
Yawkoyn
Yankton City
Redfield
Board of Commissioners
Early Locomotives and David Matthew’s Life Sketches
The article chronicles David Matthew, the man who ran New York's first passenger train, now living in California, and his illustrated sketches tracing locomotive evolution from crude engines to modern iron horses. It recounts early rails, key figures like Richard Trevithick, hackworth, and Cooper, and notes historic engines such as Tom Thumb, Best Friend, and West Point foundry creations, with dates and locations across the U S.
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David Matthew
New York
New York State
Matthew
California
Robert E. Lee
Iron Horse
San Francisco
Cal
Mr. Matthew
de Witt Clinton
Wylam
Middleton
Leeds
Fenton, Wrood, Murry
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Honesdale
Stonebridge Lion
H. Allen
Tom Thumb
Peter Cooper
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Relay House
Ion
Peter
Ellicott Mill
Baltimore and Ohio
America
Charleston and
Hamburg
J. D. Pevech
E L Mitler
West Point
Citr
Cender
China
Japan
New York Directory
Brooklyn Eagle
Matthew sketches mark milestones of Mohawk and Hudson rail era
The article reviews David Matthew’s rail sketches from 1851 to 1887 on the Mohawk and Hudson line, detailing the first cab engines, the English built locomotive, the Brother Jonathan, and the first Americanized engine. It notes key figures like John Mills and John Green, and describes innovations, water and snow plows, and international interest sparked by these historic drawings.
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America
Mohawk and
Hudson River Railroad
TL Jame Verpoon
John Green
Matthew
Jonathan
Hudson River
West Point
David Matthew
John Mills
Pisin
San Francisco
Albany
Schenectady
West Pi Its
Robert Fulton
John Bull
Utien
Austria
Vienna
Chevalier van Gousner
St. Petersburg
Col
Melenkoff
Prussia
Washington
Union College
Ioventor
Interchoser
Machienus
Utica
Pioneer rail and directory anecdotes spark memory of steam era
A reminiscence in Brook lyn Eagle and New York Star recalls early rail history, the Mohawk valley’s stock of light engines, and the first steam applications to locomotives on the American continent. It also quotes a directory canvasser’s hardships and a sales clerk’s take on masculine shoppers, plus notes on Confederate canteens and a Pasqual Yuma funeral item.
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Mohawk Valley
A. D
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Grace Willoughby
New York Star
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Dakota News
Brule County
Alexandria
Huron
Ws. Arnold
L. P. Chapman
John Jackson
L. Gray
L. C. Paylor
S. M. Wiener
W. H. Murphy
W. McCrone
Robert Dott
Necue
Dak
Isaac Hanson
Winchester Hotel
Pembina
Faree
William Williamson
Lamar
Range
Huron Land District
Sparks
Miller and McFarland
Williamson
Walter Ross
Vermillion
Sioux City
Elk Point
Boyce
Ross
Charles H. Clark
Ortland
Casco Bay
plomee@r
South Wales
Irb Richert
Tom Thames
Jonatha
Pasqual
Colorado River Agency
Azigzona
Indian Bureau
Youngblood
W. Adams
Walter A. Wood
Wood
Dain
J. M. Gaines
F. Arnett
Huckeye Hardware More
Gleason, Baily & Co
Caines & Arnett
R. McMillen & CO
A. G. Bellam
Geo. A. Johnston
Geo. A. Silsey
Dakota Fire and Marine Insurance CO
OF Mitchell
Dwelling and Mercantile Insurance
Royal Rockwood
Ben Hur
My Place
South of
Town
Lewis A Coleman’s
Tobin Township
George Miller’s
Lisbon Township
Tom Tillson
Red Barn
Sanborn House
Mitchell
P. E
Page
Webb Gillingham
Ethan
Schwarner
Il. C. Lee & Coo
Dakota
Mt. Vernon
C. N.R.R
James River
Main Street
Woonsocket
M. M. Hitchcock
Randall & Wheelock
F. Weller
J. S. Daniels
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