Populists Break With Parker in South Dakota Letter
An Meade County populist open letter to William J. Bryan declares the Populists will not follow Bryan into Parker’s camp. It argues Parker’s nomination makes the Democratic Party a gold party and positions the Populists as the only reform party offering Jeffersonian and Lincoln principles.
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Meace County
Bryan
Sinux Palls
S. 19
South Dakota
Judee Parker
Poe
Socrats
Boneny
William J. R
Meade County
Meade Ury
South Dakotie i Mijorningg
Democrats
Bryan Democrats
Democratic Party
Reform Party
Ma. Bryan
People’s Party
St. Louis
People's Party
Judge Park
Parker
People's Army
Jose
Grover Cleveland
Tie
Mr. Bryan
Reform Democrats
Hearst backed Black Hills Grade launches in S D
Democrats of Lead, South Dakota start a weekly paper called the Black Hills Grade edited by J. W. Jones. Locals say it is financially backed by Hearst and mirrors his papers with similar cartoons and tone. The paper is expected to run four years as a weekly before possibly becoming a daily to promote the Hearst boom.
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Lead
S. D
Black Hills
J. W. Jones
Hearst
Crop outlook cheerful across county as harvest nears
D D Huron dispatch reports favorable conditions across the county with ample moisture and strong growth in wheat oats barley and rye. Rust appears on some blades but not threatening grain heads. Warm clear weather needed. barley and oats harvest underway this week. potato millet and feed crops promise large yields. hay is abundant.
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Huron
D. D
Steadle
Wonderful Growth of South Dakota Corn This Year
Sioux Falls, S. D. July 27. Reports from across South Dakota indicate unusually vigorous corn growth after a warm ten day spell. Yields are expected to surpass last year barring early frosts, with six foot corn tasseling noted in Okoboji Sully County. Farmers shift to harvesting barley and oats as corn ripens, while local conditions remain favorable overall.
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Sioux Walls
South Dakota
Okoboji
Sully
Austin Olson
Centerville
Darley
Fight on at Lincoln over railroad tax assessments
The Burlington and Northwestern railroads reopened the dispute in Lincoln Nebraska by filing with the state board of equalization a demand for reduced tax figures. The action follows a hard fought battle over assessments fixed last June.
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Lincoln, Neb
Burlington and Northwestern
State Board of Equalization
Daring Horse Thief Raid Strikes Garretson Area
Sioux Falls police believe they captured Mrs. W. H. Wilson in connection with a bold raid by horse thieves across the Minnehaha County line. The culprits took four colts near Garretson and later seized six more horses near Sherman, with several animals recovered along the road.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Minnehaha
Minnesota
Garretson
Laverne
Minn
Charles Millard
Thomas Kauffeld
Fred
Arne Larsen
Sherman
Ida Duvall Dies After Buggy Accident
Henry Duvall and his family were returning home when six year old Ida Duvall was thrown from the buggy and fatally injured. Her neck was broken and she died before medical help could arrive eight miles north of Pukwank on July 26.
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PukwWank
Henry Duvall
Ida
Woman Wilson Arrested in Sioux Falls Fore forgery case
A woman giving the name Mrs W H Wilson was arrested by Sioux Falls Chief Martin as the suspect wanted in Mankato Minnesota for forgery. She had been staying at the Cataract hotel with a man who used the name J B Wilson and fled after a forged check case.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
W. H. Wilson
Martin
Mankato
Minn
Wilson
Charles Voelsech
Shot By Mistake In Black Hills Ranch Believed Fatal
Mrs. John Jacobs of the Black Hills is believed to survive after an accidental shotgun discharge by her husband. Two strangers slept in a hay stack near the ranch. the husband fired when he saw a figure at the window, tearing away the upper shoulder. The Jacobs family is well known in Deadwood and nearby towns.
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Belle Bourche
S. J
John Jacobs
Forgot His Bride. DeSmet Man Misses Wife on Return
Andrew Staenke of DeSmet wed a woman in the east and traveled home by train with her. A night miscue left them unaware their town had passed. The brakeman stopped the train two miles from DeSmet and Staenke, waking to find his wife in Miller, miles beyond. They reunited at their DeSmet home.
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DeSmet
Huron
Andrew Staenke
Mr. Staenke
Andrew
St Pierre bound over in double murder case Elk Point
In Elk Point South Dakota the preliminary hearing for John St Pierre charged with the May 24 murder of Albert and Clarence Chaille began with a crowded court room. State witnesses including Joseph and Ernest Chaille testified detailing the shooting at St Pierre’s shack and the chase. The defendant sits with his lawyers as the case heads toward the October circuit court term.
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Elk Point
S. D
County Court House
John St. Pierre
Albert
Clarence Chaille
A. Roselle
St. iMerre
Chaille Brothers
Ite
Sullivan
Sioux City
Jalk Pom
Joseph Chaile
Nichols
A. G. Whitney
Aittorney
Wood
Ernest
Brunenru
St. Pierre
Rilverside Park
Flore
Clare
Joe
Bruneau
Drew
Clarence
Chaille
Spittal
Hind
Hhe
Clarencie Chailly
Joseph
Ernest Chaille
Carlisle Bruneau
H. Beureau
Newman
Joseph Chaille
Ernest Chatille
Chailie
Joe Chaille
Bent Double
Beck
Clarence Chaille, Whose Dead Body Was Found the Morning of May 25 In the Onts
Price of State Lands Ad For August Sale Details
State lands offered for sale on August 6 at minimum prices per acre. Sections 28 09-71 listing $80 per acre, 25 46-71, 16 87-72 at $34 to $28 per acre, 3b 88-75 at $25 to $28, and 216 at $7.10 to $25 per acre. Sale overseen by State Auditor Superintendent of Equity with intent to prevent townsite speculation.
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Pies Perimissrony
Halladay
Gregory Aarhi
New T
Corn Surges in Lincoln County With Record Crop Hopes
Crop conditions in Lincoln County improve over fifty percent in twenty days, led by corn. Farmers report early July disappointment gave way to rapid growth after favorable weather. Barley, wheat, and oats look strong. harvest prospects point to a large South Dakota crop if weather stays mild into August.
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Lincoln County
Canton, & B
South Dakota
Good Price for Mules in Rapid City
J. D. Hale, a prominent local horseman, returned from St. Louis with a cartload of mules. He reports an average price of 12 dollars per mule.
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Rapid City
5. D
J. D. Hale
St. Louis
Body of Man Floating in River Identified in Yankton
The body recovered from the Missouri River below Yankton at Gayville is identified as C. S. Fleming of Kansas, who was drowned while bathing at Springfield a week earlier. He was an Odd Fellow and the remains are in charge of that order at Yankton.
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Yankton
S. D
Gayville
Fleming
Kansas
Springfield
Remains of Lester Sanders Found Near His Cabin
The body of Lester Sanders 9 was found in a water hole near his ranch cabin in Rapid City South Dakota Pennington County. Authorities say no violence occurred and a lightning strike is suspected as a possible cause.
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Rapid City
Lester Sanders
Pennington County
Freight wreck derails 48 cars near Troquois kills guard
A Northwestern Railroad freight train derailed one mile east of Troquois in Huron South Dakota last night. Four dozen freight cars left the tracks and guard Iain M. Neistadt of this city was killed instantly. Cause believed to be a broken truck on the train.
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Huron
S. D
Chicaszo
Troquois
Grakeman
Iain M. Neistadt
Deadwood Bar Association excursion leaves Huron for August meet
Thomas H Null of the South Wakota Bar Association returns from Deadwood where the group will hold its August 17 meeting. An all members and wives excursion departs August 15 by Sleeper to Sioux City and Deadwood, with Black Hills sightseeing and a Hot Springs stopover. Round trip fare is one way fare plus 40 cents plus sleeping car charges.
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Huron
S. C
Hoen
Thomas H. Null
South Wakota Bar Association
Deadwood
Area
Regilar
Mankato
Sioux City
Democratic committee appoints state central officers in South Dakota
At the South Dakota Democratic state convention in Aberdeen on July 28, the following were named members of the state central committee, one from each county, including Aurora Win Groves Plankinton Beadle W A Lynch Huron Bonhomme Win Reese Scotland Brookings O I Groton Brown Z Spitler Aberdeen Brule W G Richards Swimball Butte A J Shockley Belle Fourche Campbell R N Cranston Pollock Charles Mix F S Strobe Wagner Clark S A Keenan Clark Clay Wm F Carnahan Vermillion Codington August Jruffner Watertown Custer Wm H Palmer Jr Custer Day M Asmud Bristol Deuel L G Cochrane Gary Douglas Levi J Wait Armour Edmunds Frank J Ky Ipswich Fall River E S Aimes Hot Springs Grant H Volkmar Milbank Gregory K M Stavenery Fairfax Hamlin John S Ricks Hazel Hund Not named Hanson F Wickum Alexandria Hughes A D Pringle Pierre Hutchinson Dennis Foley Menno Hyde F L Latta Highmore Jerauld George Backus Wessington Springs Kingsbury Wm F Tireman Lake Preston Lake C Laughlin Madison Lawrence James Cusick Lead Lincoln Thos Burke Hudson Lyman R P Whitefield Cacoma Marshall George L Mason Ritton McCook T J Ryan Bridgewater Mechever son John L Haar Eureka Meade John D Hall Sturgis Meade John D Hall Meade John D Hall Meade
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
State Central Committee
Aurora
Groves
Plankinton
Beadle
W. A. Lynch
Huron
Bonhomme
Reese
Scotland
Brookings
O.I. Groton
Brown
Z. Spitler
Brule
W. G. Richards
Alexandria
Hughes
A. D. Pringle
Pierre
Hutchinson
Dennis Foley
Menno
Hyde
F. L. Latta
Highmore
Jerauld
George Backus
Wessington Springs
Kingsbury
F. Tirennan
Lake Preston
Lake
C. Laughlin
Madison
Lawrence
James Cusick
Lead
Lincoln
Thos
Burke
Hudson
Lyman
R. P. Whitefield
Cacoma
Marshall
George L. Mason
Ritton
McCook
T. J. Ryan
Bridgewater
MecWherson
John L. Haar
Eureka
Meade
John D. Hall
Sturgis
Miner—A
Chamberlain
Howard
Minnehaha
W. JT
Adamson
Sioux Falls
Moody
H M. Buel
Eran
Pennington
John BP
Mecklroy
Raplid
City
Potter
Daniel O'Connor
Gettysburg
Roberts
Yankton
Chas
Franey, Yankton
Foulk
J. J. Conway
Orient
New Peace Hall Ready for Dedication at State Normal
Spearfish July 25 The new peace hall has just been finished at the state normal school buildings. It is to be dedicated before the opening of the school year in September. A large attendance is expected this fall at the school.
Newchwang Captured After Prolonged Battle
Reports from Newchwang describe a sixteen hour battle on July 24 with heavy losses on both sides. Russians retreat under pressure as Japanese forces push toward Tanghuditeno and Tatchekino, while Newchwang is evacuated and expected to fall to Japanese control.
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Paris
Px Tin
Newchwang
London
Daily Mail
Tienghuituen
Tatchekino
Whigham Explains How Europatkin Was Overruled
London July 26 dispatch notes Whigham's June 17 letter from Mukden describing Kuropatkin with fewer than 50 000 troops at strategic positions and Russian reinforcements. It asserts Alexeiev urged relieving Port Arthur, stretched the army, and caused a costly mistake while mocking European observers and portraying Europatkin as briefly chastened by events.
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H. J. Whigham
Europatkin
London
Red Sea
Mukden
Lianyong
Kuropatkin
Fengwangecheng
Newchwang
Kaichou
Kuroki
Haicheng
Liaoyang
Alexieff
Russia
Stackelberg
Port Arthur
Varangon
Alexieffs
Mr. Whigham
Alexleff
Manchuria
England
America
Japan
Kirin
Nervous Russian Public Suspects War News Suppressed
St. Petersburg reports rising public anxiety as rumors persist that key war news is being withheld. Kuropatkin dispatches confirm Japanese outposts near Mukden, while Keller's flank turn is noted. Ok is said to have moved south, details uncertain and sources mixed.
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St. Petersburg
Publc
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Keller
Port Arthur
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United States
Oliver S. Pendur
Grand Jury
William R. Clark
Northville
Joseph TR. Binder
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Dexter
W. C. McMaster
Alexandrias
J. C. Bryan
M. J. Jarvis
Fred Hollister
W. J. Libbison
Dell Rapids
J. H. Hubbard
James T. Halloran
J. H. Williams
Webster
N. L. Bramble
Watertown
Ole Odland
Conrad Eymer
Tyndall
A. Beveridge
Custer
W. J. Wolf
Armour
Ferdinand Meisech
Henry Hunter
Sioux Fis
C. J. Kennedy
John S. Williams
Bohesteel
John Kruger
Groton
Rush Brown
Sioux Palis
John Meixvee
J. ‘. Gigelow
Plandreau
Charles Hackett
Nelson van Tassell
Alexandra
Bi H. Yost
Leola
John
Winton
J. P. Cooper
Wessington
William Neistadt
Chicago and Northwestern
Iroquois
H. PD. Wiard
Milo Booth
Chicago
Northwestern
Roy Cooley
Cooley
Hawarden
Young Cooley
Nebraska Railroads
Minnehaha County
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Belle Fourche
C. S. Fleming
the State Bar Society
Northwestern Railroad
Huron, S. D
Democratic Committee
Liao
Washington
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Pekin
State Department
Vladivostok
American Trading Company
Tientsin
Tatchekiao
Liao Yang
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