Territorial Matters at Brule Indian Reservation
Government surveyors landed on the Brule reservation aboard the Last Chance amid chiefs protests and multilateral talks. Maj. Anderson said the survey would proceed as planned. The steamer Last Chance will return with flour, while Gen. Tompkins moved troops toward Fort Sully from Fort Randall. Chamberlain's roller mill shut for ten days for a 125 horsepower Corliss engine upgrade. Crop prospects near Chamberlain look strong with excellent wheat quality corn potential and abundant grass and hay after favorable summer rains.
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Brule Indian Reservation
Lower Brule
Maj. Anderson
Last Chance
Standing Rock
Gen. Tompkins
Fort Randall
Fort Sully
New York
Corliss
Chamberlain
Local notices mix with temperance politics and military news
A youth near Brookings suffered a severe dog bite eight days old with a five inch wound. A petition by half the county voters seeks a November election on the local option law. Temperance backers push for success while college farm supporters gather animal offerings. Company G of Brookings rifles celebrates a center color role in the second regiment amid local political maneuvering. Governor Church and a judge enjoy metropolitan life while staying at the Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooxkines
Slartivixen
Coller
Friends of Temperance
Brooking’s Rifles
Missouri river washout halted by rocks and willows
The Missouri river washout near Yankton has stopped after rocks and willow barriers were placed. Land loss feared for the Milwaukee line subsided as the river fell. Harvesting has begun with favorable prospects for small grain and corn, which farmers say will be above average and among the best in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Missouri
Conde Wins Two Day Redfield Base Ball Tournament
Redfield July 18 two days of base ball tournament close with six clubs Ashton Do land Frankfort Conde and Redfield competing Conde takes the first purse of 60 dollars Ashton 40 Do land 20 and Redfield wins the ball and bat Redfield's games drew a good crowd and were of interest to local fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
Ashton
Doland
Frankfort
Conde
Ashton Driving Park meeting yields big crowd and races
The first meeting of the Ashton Driving Park association drew over 400 attendees. J. D. Goddard's Gladstone won the free for all, M. L. Reed's Bay finished in the 3:00 minute race, and Clyde defeated Snake Creek 15 to 14 in baseball. The next gathering is planned for four weeks with a larger program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astron
Ashton Driving Park Association
J. D. Goddards
Gladstone
M. L. Reed
Bay Mary
Clyde
Snake Creek
Governor Church and Judge Spencer Visit Dakota City
Gov Church and Judge Spencer dropped into St Paul yesterday for a brief, politically harmless visit. They spoke of a projected record wheat yield in Dakota and praised the territory’s progress while noting opposition to the Yankton asylum matter.
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St. Paul
Dakota
Yankton Asylum
Cleveland
People of
St. Louis
Barrett
Aberdeen
Stranger cheers amid wind at Sun office corner
A contented looking stranger stands at the Sun office on Frankfort street as a 60 mph gust blows by. He declares he is losing homesickness after a half week in New York and vows to praise the city upon returning to Bismarck, then jokes about possible punishment from a Digger Indian buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bismarck
Profitable Cow Reubenoff Holds Twin Calves Record
Amos Robidou, owner of a cow in North Dakota, reports the animal gave birth to twins this Wednesday. Over ten years he has had eighteen calves, twins eight times, leading him to claim the best cow in America. He would not sell readily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Amos Robidou
Major Barrett Fleeing Hecla After Train Departure
The column reports Major Barrett left Hecla on a Tuesday train. As the train pulled out, a wind swept away his straw hat. Aberdeen parties were telegraphed that Barrett had been driven from Hecla with shot guns and bore two bullet hole marks in his hat, alleged to influence votes by Columbia men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Sentinel
Major Barrett
Hecla
Aberdeen
Columbia
Prairie game hunting ban cited in Dakota laws 1887
Section 2 of the Dakota laws of 1887 bans shooting prairie chickens pinnated grouse ruffled grouse between January and September and bans wild ducks snipe geese brant plover curlew between May 15 and September 1 as well as any song birds at any time.
Krete Hunts for President Cleveland with Shotgun
The Pierre Free Press reports Krete is on the war path and chasing President Cleveland using a breech loading ten bore shotgun. The account notes only a few fear the major danger given Krete’s rough past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Free Press
Krete
Cleveland
Demand for Hay Expected for Eastern Market
The Yankton Press reports that farmers in the local region can profit by selling hay to the eastern market. It notes a failure of the hay crop around Chicago and predicts strong demand for western wild hay in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Press
Chicago
Dakota
Manilla
Wheat harvests and new projects across Dakota towns
The first new wheat arrived in Huron on the 12th as farmers report strong yields despite short straw. Hyde county funds its outstanding debt while Turner county awards a 2300 dollar jail contract at Parker. A stock company plans a 25000 dollar hotel near Watertown's Manitoba depot. James Terry of the American Museum investigates the Ole India 1 cemetery south of Mandan. T J Nichols, early Chicago and Northwestern official at Huron, becomes general manager of the Jackson & Columbus railroad spanning 100 miles with office in Natchez.
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Huron
Hyde County
Turner County
Parker
Manitoba Depot
Watertown
James Terry
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park
New York
Ole India 1
Mandan
Chamberlain
T. J. Nichols
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Jackson
General Sheridan Comment on Cleve land Flag Blunder
General Sheridan remarks on the flag incident near Cleveland calling it unfortunate and saying the flag should be surrendered only by an act of Congress. He praises the president for cancelling the prior approval and notes few such acts should pass Congress.
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Sheridan
Cleveland
Wanted stock farm for rent with option to buy
Advertisement seeks a cash rent stock farm of at least half a section with 80 or more acres in tillable land for three or five years and an option to purchase. Address box 19 Ethan Davison Co. Also mentions insurance claim update and a note about Prussian commerce minister prospects
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Ethan, Davison Co
Raerempants
Paris
West Broadway
New Yorks
Work of Railroad Clerks and a West Point Wedding Tale
The article describes railroad clerks as underpaid, long hours, and heavy responsibility from receiving to billing with overtime common. It explains receiving clerks, checkers, and freight checkers roles, pay, and promotion challenges. It then recounts a Washington anecdote of two former spouses married to different officers, reuniting unexpectedly after years.
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Tabor
New York Sun
Yakima Indians Hold Ancient Pumpums Dance
On the Yakima reservations below the gap, Indians gathered in their medicine house for a pumpums or tumanimus dance led by head medicine man Ko-ti-a-con. The low tile-covered lodge housed about 200 people in colorful attire as they danced and chanted for a bountiful Chinook salmon run and propitiation of a good spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Gap
Medicine House
Ko-ti-a-con
New English Alticycle To Be Tested At Alder Shott
A new vehicle shaped like a long racing boat will be tested in Alder shott England. A dozen soldiers can ride in single file and propel it at sixteen miles an hour drawing eight baggage wagons. Steering is by one man, rough roads have little effect, and it turns in a small space. the invention will not be offered outside England.
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Aldershott
England
Boston Transcript
Dining at the Wabashes Praised by Miss Breezy
Miss Breezy of Chicago extols the Wabashes with Mrs. Wabash’s hospitality and superb service. She praises the quality of everything, noting especially the soups, which she enjoyed in multiples during a single meal.
Price response to Dakota carpetbag speech shocks Letcher
M. M. Price denounces a Sioux Falls Press special for misrepresentation and defends democratic integrity. He questions the insult of Gov. Church and blasts carpetbag rhetoric while defending republicans in Dakota and recalling wartime loyalties. Price cites Highmore and local figures, ending with a call for truth.
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Ephor CariraLt
Sioux Falls
Gov. Church
Dakota
Col. Price
Price
Huron
North Dakota
Highmore
Church
Highmore Special
Caldwell
Cal
Sheridan
Claudia
South
Chicago Times
Chicago
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Mr. Press
M. M. Price
Letcher
Fatal Harvest Accident Near Marion City
Henry Buller died four miles southwest of town after a harvester team ran away last Thursday. A boy operating the machine was present when the accident occurred.
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Marion Sentinel
Henry Buller
Harvester
Buller
Tragic Farm Accident Leaves Man Dead After Sickle Bar Collision
Eyewitness describes a distant observer rushing to intervene as horses bolted and a sickle bar struck. The blow tore him forty to fifty feet, slicing through skull and brain tissue. Dr. Hamilton treated severe injuries including broken arm ribs and deep chest wound. The man died Friday morning.
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Hamilton
Kansas City Thrives on Nine Street Cable Line and Transit
Ephor Caprican asserts Kansas City as the finest in the Union with the Ninth street cable line drawing heavy patronage. The system includes an elevated road from the union depot west to Edgerton Place with branches to Chelsea Park, Armourdale, and Wyandotte. An electric motor line addition is under trials, while Missouri River June rise slows water supply though improving.
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Ephor
Union Depot
Kansas River
Armourdale
Wyandotte
Kansas
Edgerton Place
Missouri River
Kansas City
The Street Talk and the Golden Medical Discovery
A farmer urges publishing the game law to keep sportsmen off land. A factory worker cites twine shortages amid crop prospects for Dakota. A schoolgirl named Edith wins praise for kind nature and beauty after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to clear her blood and ease headaches.
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Edith
Dr. Pierce
Controversy Over Secretary Lamar Appointing Supreme Court Seat
Journal notes widespread chatter on Lamar’s possible appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy. It argues the region would regret a shift that could produce an interior secretary who might sustain Sparks' decisions rather than oppose them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City Journal
Lamar
Brandreth's Pills Promote Vitality and Health
An advertisement extols Brandreth's pills as concentrating vitality to defend against disease. It claims the product helps nature reassert her strength when illness invades the body and urges readers to take Brandreth's pills and nothing else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandreth
Jandreth
Nature
Father Nichols Visits Yankton College Pulpit
Rev. D. B. Nichols known as Father Nichols spoke at the Congregational church about Yankton College and gathered a substantial contribution. He also secured three pupils for the college during his visit.
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D. B. Nichols
Father Nichols
Yankton College
Local notices on church address and hotel lease
The passage notes a speaker visiting Plankinton to address a church about a matter tied to the upcoming term this fall. It also reports J C Bennett, formerly of the Union House in Diana, leasing the Commercial Hotel in Vilas.
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Plankinton
J. C. Bennett
Union House
Diana
Vilas
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Brookings
the Ryan
Late Dakota News
Epirok Caprican
Dakota Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Mitchell, Dak
Hillman
Miirenecy
Miguel
Prince Bismarck
Commerce
Enoch Arden
West Point
John Barleycorn
Washington
Washington Capital
The
Sioux Falls Press
Kansas City Enterprise
Cirin School
Pond’s Extract CO
Fifth Avenue
Fred
Lye
V. Parmel Lee
Mitchell, Dakots
Callan
E.B. Brady
Gale
Mitchel Dakota
Blanchard
J . É Atone
T. Ee
ITC
Vai
Miain
Secong
Uin
John D. Lawler
J. E. Gilbert
Cash
A. M. Bowdle
Vice Press
N. Grant
Dikott Board of Agriculture
First National Bank
Mitchell
Mitchell Oak
First National Bank of
Hh, . Patterson
G. A. PaAppock Michell
W. A. Scott, Mitchell Dak
Ormsby & Clute Building
Sage
Warner Bros
State Street
Chicago, Ill
Arbuckles
Andy Directions
Derk, Dersok -Smith
Gunder K. Gunderson
J. H. Roo
Warne
Atore
James Leslie
South Main ST
Mitchell, Dre. W. Abbey
Mitchell Dakotas
Alex. Mitchell House
C. H. Shaw
Propritor
Minneapolis
Chicago & Northwestern
St Paul
Sioux City
Omaha
Des Moines
California
Duluth
Ashland
Eau Claire
Ais
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
T. W. Teasdale
McCullough
MM. M.wheeler
Lord & Thomas
Randolph St
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