Balance ledgers and warrants in several school districts
A fragmented Treasury statement lists balances on Dec 31 1899 and 1900, warrants paid, treasurers commissions, abatements, and collections for multiple entities including Badger Civil Township, School District Nos. 14, 20, 22, 17, 18, and 28 to 29, Lisbon Townships, Mt Vernon Township, and Lisbon School Bond interest, with July 1 1900 and July 1 1909 balance figures and credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Township
Badger
Dalance
Easurers
Bilkinee
Lisbon
Balan Beulah
Beulah
Treasurer's Commission
Comuit
Balan
Bala
Board of County Commissioners
B. Kelsey
Davison County
S. D
Rome
Among the Man Fat Mers? Adventure Amid Cannibals in Solomons
An extract from John Caggin's Among the Man Fat Mers recounts a tense Solomon Island encounter. A girl saves a life then protects a child from execution, prompting a hunt by villagers and a violent standoff resolved by purchase rather than bloodshed. The narrator defends his role and claims mastery over the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Islands
Solomon
John Caggin
Wrong Institution Call Cracks Up Pittsburg Woman
A Pittsburg woman visiting New York tried to call her son at Sing Sing by dialing number 71. The hotel exchange misrouted, and she learned the warden’s office answered. She realized the son faced four more years in prison, prompting the humorous exchange cited by the Pittsburg News and Chicago News observations on hunger and attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Sing Sing
New York
Fifth Avenue
Old Indian Sports and Their Games Across the Ages
The Chicago Chronicle notes that American Indians played bowling, running, wrestling, ball games and gambling with stakes, alleys carved in fields, stone balls, and large crowds. It describes long hours, public spectacles, and female participation, alongside parallels to modern games and social customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ashtabula
Joseph Smith
Modern Scarecrow Compared With Older Farmers Year
The mawkin or scarecrow is now seen as a poor creature unlike the past when it wore a hat coat stick and painted face. Thirty years ago it was a work of art feared by birds and children in twilight. Today a rag and cloth cap suffice, with talk of tying a dead rock to a stick for effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rider Haggard
Also Mentioned on This Page
G P. Wesseys
Davison Rounty
Board of County
Nly
Pogo
Pines
Tan
Balane
Jan T, Lat
County
General Scho
Balanc
ING Fund
Dan
Nat Duane
Pes “U
Balan Aliello Is
Institute Fund
Bilance Mol
Dalane Pit Halance
Bia
Delance
Mitchell
Hee
IY OF Mitchell
Crer
N Township
Mitchell Township
Treal
Bilanca
SCHC
Biles Dee
Balant Collections
Banna Dee
Lisbon Township Fund
MT. Vernon Village
Balance
MT. Vernon Township
Cedits
Dalmer
Sions
MT. Vernon
GY & GY
OOL
Dee
BU Ali
Uly
NO. Y
Balar
Tobin Townsiip
Tobin ‘Township
Pee
Davison
Sran
County Institute
Mitchell Mt. Vernon
State of Southery
National Ban Mitchell National Bank
Davison County Bank
Total
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Treasu
South Dakota
G.B. Kelsey
G. K. Kelsey
Auditor's
M. L. Bonn
Commissioners of Insanity
Attorne
Kees
Treasury
State OF
H. B. Anderson
M. L. Born
Prosper ‘Township
Sorgol
Union Civil Townshipy
Vance
Delanee
Jbak Nec ‘Treast Baline
Balanee
Speasurer
Chicago News
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