South Dakota Republicans Back McKinley Era Platform
The state convention endorses the administration of President McKinley and the Republican platform. It commends Sen. Kyle and GOP leaders Gamble and Burke for free homes legislation, calls for stronger anti trust and monopolies laws, supports currency gold standard, and backs rail and rural mail delivery expansions plus state purchasing reforms. The gathering named Burke, Martin, Herreid, Snow, Berg, Eastman, Reeves, Collins, and Pyle for various offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II, Burke
Pierre
T Ven W. Martin
Deadwood
Charles N. Slerreid
Eureka
Geo. W. Snow
Springfield
O. C. Berg
Spink
John Schamver
Hutchisson
J. D. Reeves
Brown
E. E. Collins
Clay
David Eastman
John L. Pyle
Beadle
Emil Branch
Turner
George Rice
Moody
L. L. Lostutter
Kingsbury
A. H. Betts
Hanson
C. B. Collins
M. P. Beebe
Edmunds
James Halley
Pennington
Granville G. Bennett
Lawrence
C. W. Pratt
Channes Mix
George Cochran
Miner
John C. Sharp
Hamlin
C. W. Ainsworth
Aurora
D. T. Hindman
Marshall
J. H. Bottum
Faulk
S. C. Loomis
Custer
Max Blatt
Meade
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Carl G. Sherwood
Clark
Walter D. Scott
John L. Webster
Omaha
Republican Shave League
Webster
Geo. D. Verkins
Sioux City Journal
AlJlovery
Committee On Peint Organization
S. E. Wilson
Fair
Yeas
Suis
United States
T. Charles H. Burke
Congress
JE. W. Martin Deadwood
Gamble
Lake
JJ. A. Vickler
Yaulk
Indorsing Kean
Snow
Kean
O. C.berg
Spink County
George L. Almond
Berg
Almond
Joan Schamber
Hutchison
Roberts
John L. Pyie
Republican Party
William McKinley
James H. Kyle
McKinley
Te Jals
Northwest
Messrs
Burke
Spain
Philippine Islands
Sons of
America
Railroad Commission
Porter Elected President of League of Republican Clubs
Porter of Sioux Falls elected president succeeding Col Dick Woods at the annual meeting held on the 22nd and 2nd. Woods announced he cannot serve another term. Porter received a gold headed cane and was chosen to lead the league for the coming year. Offcers named include Thornby Sessions Brooks and a long list of regional delegates to the national gathering at St Paul July 17 18 and 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Woods
League of Republican Clubs
W. Porter
Sioux Falls
State League
Porter
W. J. Thornby
Deadwood
A. B. Sessions
Sioux Surer
F. W. Brooks
Aberdeen
E. G. Wilcox
Bon Homme County
E. FE. Wagner
Hansen County
C. A. Blake
Beadle County
Joan A. Stanley
Fall River County
KR. WT. Griswold
Lawrence County
H. J. Mowrey
Brown County
L. J. Jones
Lincoln County
League
St. Paul
E. S. Danforth
Clay County
F. Lucas
Gregory County
G. R. Farmer
Lake County
Isaac M. Celmey
Lincoln
K. E. Hilthon
Castlewood
L. A. Munson
Clark
E. J. Spangler
Davison County
O. W. Coursey
Davis County
A. C. Leader
Groton
H. Smith
L. C. Schover
Hyde County
J. F. Armstrong
Faulk County
S. C. Lumm
Couldn't Lose Her and The Trunk of Nonsense
A humorous exchange frames a daughter's remarriage and return with her husband, as Green wonders if she has left again, Brown explains she brought him back. In a separate vignette a customs officer and Miss Triller argue over a blue trunk claimed to hold only letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Brown
Philadelphia Press
Boers Fight to Death as Roberts Seizes Mafeking
Lord Roberts advances on the Vaal line with a wide front from Kroonstad toward Vereeniging and Johannesburg while the Boers retreat to a defensive position. Leaders vow to fight to the last ditch even as Mafeking is relieved, narrowing options to surrender or continued resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
Mafeking
Ladysmith
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Gen. Roberts
Kroonstadt
Methuen
Brodhead and
Rundle
Vaai
Rhenoster
Klerksdorp
Roberts
Vaal
Vereeniging
Villiersdorp
Reitzburg
Upper Natal
Germany
France
Kesar
Europe
Orange Free
Transvaal
Robert
United States
Hay
Cuba Customs Hit by Fraud Charges Spark Investigation
A Washington report says Cuban customs is wide open to fraud and corruption with thousands diverted to officials and accomplices. An Havana-returned official notes lax methods and unaudited disbursements from 100 to 10600 dollars. The War Department plans a monthlong inquiry, expanding to include customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
Customs Service
New York
Havana
Cuba
Independent steel firms cut prices and public figures show shifts
Independent steel manufacturers are cutting prices. Plague has sent seventy three victims at Snyder. N S W Hanover bank in New York will raise its capital from one million to three million. Salt Lake City reports three hundred sixty thousand Mormons. Free delivery on one thousand routes serves one hundred thousand homes nationwide. Panama Canal Company concession extended six years by Colombia. Nearly one thousand oleomargarine dealers in Philadelphia, only thirty one hold both federal and state licenses. Proposals call for a three million dollar international dam above El Paso to redeem the Rio Grande valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
N.S. W. Hanover Bank
New York
Salt Lake City
Panama Canal Company
Philadelphia
el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Rush to Cape Nome sparks largest gold-seeking wave
The article notes a record Alaska gold rush as 40 000 to 50 000 prospectors are poised for Cape Nome. About 5 100 have already sailed from Seattle Vancouver and San Francisco, with 7 000 more to depart this month and up to 60 000 expected by October. Freight steamers race to reach Nome first, boosting mining machinery shipments worth hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Nome
Klondike
California
Yukon River
Arctic
Seattle
Vancouver
San Francisco
Hanchett
Alaska
Suattie
Pacific Coast
Alaskan
Company of
Denver
el Paso
Nome
New York Firm Price McCormick & Co Faces Crash
The Price McCormick & Co private wire house falters as a sudden suspension sparks Wall Street and jolts the cotton market. Cotton declines range from 46 to 78 points across May, June, duties, and August contracts. The firm’s leading figures include W G McCormick, Theodore Price, Rt M Stuart-Wortley, and George Crocker, who had long pursued a cotton corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price, McCcormick &Co
New York
Price, Ormick & Co
Wall Street
Cotton Exchange
Jane
W. G. McCormick
Chicago
Theodore Price
Rt. M. Stuart-Wortley
England
Schley
George Crocker
California
New York Cotton Exchanges
The
Produce Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Rail speeds and service notes from Chicago area trains
A string of rapid test runs lists miles, times, and average speeds for trains from Chicago to Omaha, Chicago to East Buffalo, and other routes, noting speeds from 45.6 to 64.62 miles per hour. T. S. Nilson is named general agent for Burlington at Salt Lake City. Manitoba asks for terms to sell or leave Manitoba lines. Chicago division section men’ s pay rises to 1.25 due to labor scarcity. Fourteen new Pullman sleepers built for Rock Island between Chicago and Denver at 20,000 each. Railroads plan automatic couplers after Aug 1. Burlington and Northwestern discuss ending 25-ride bearer tickets with Elgin, Geneva, Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
C. St. Pescock
Hittsburg
Carnegie
Chiesato
Omaha
Chicago and Northwestern
Grand Central Station
New York
East Buffalo
New York Central
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
T. S. Nilson
Burlington Road
Salt Lake City
Utah
Manitoba
Northern
Denver
Tr’assenger
Eustis and
Kniskern
Burlington and Northwestern
Elgin
Geneva
Aurora
Regimental corn doctor noted as army institution
Hari Shoes in Service. War times bring a demand for chiropodists as soldiers suffer from ill fitting, stiff shoes. Contractors supply uncomfortable footwear, while Napoléon emphasized comfortable dress. More shoemakers enlist as soldiers than in other trades, making the regimental corn doctor a popular army role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Negro Distrust of the Jaybird in Southern Folklore
A Chicago Times Herald vignette describes Southern Black belief that the jaybird allies with Satan in a centuries old conspiracy against Black souls. Elders and kinfolk fear voodoo charms fail against such foes, and the only defense is rigorous prayerful rasslin before dawn to keep the fields productive.
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Chicago Times-herald
Satan
Earth
The Czars Costly Yachts Polar Star and Standart
The Emperor of Russia owns the Polar Star and Standart yachts, costing over 1,000,000 and about half that, respectively. Four hundred thousand pounds were spent on main deck apartments, dining-room decoration cost 20,000, and the decks feature red, black, and white marble with a marble fountain. The big dining room seats 200. The crew and stewards number 466. Standart resembles Paris and US liner interiors, with superb below deck cabins for eleven royal family members.
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Russia
Standart
Paris
Southampton
New York
Miscellaneous old newspaper uses and curiosities in Ireland and New York
The piece notes practical uses for old newspapers in cleaning, moth protection, and seed storage. It recounts a century‑long Irish lawsuit about a brewer and a dividend, praises high butterfly prices in private collections, and introduces a New York woman who hangs pictures for a living among moderate‑income clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ier
Safe Horse Purchaser Claims Warnings About Steam
A New York Weekly snippet notes a purchaser swearing a horse is fearless of steam, while Dever pockets the money. The horse allegedly isn’t scared of anything except bicycles flying leaves or paper pieces. The piece adds social quips on wives praising husbands and married men spending less than single men.
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Dever
New York Weekly
Cotton era tale of a rich man and a deathly twist
A story recounts a wealthy cotton era figure who trusted in wealth and estate before dying suddenly in 1884 after attempting to secure government funds. A lawyer narrator suggests a grim practical joke may have driven the tragedy, with lingering echoes of legacy and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Washington
Secur
Arthur
Treasury
Tie
Tiny
Porvelain Tow House of Nankin China Powerfully Decorated Tower
A fragment describes a ninth century Nankin house with a 250 foot height, spiral crown, and 52 large bells atop a porcelain tower. The white brick walls were richly ornamented. lamps lit the roofs. The tower dated to 1855 during the Taeding era, with an estimated cost between 100,000 and 40,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porvelain
Nankin
China
Ayon
Nut Grown Industry Improves Quality and Prices
The comment praises the expanding nut growing industry noting larger filberts hazelnuts and English walnuts with improved flavor. American nuts now rival imports and can be bought at about 15 cents per pound, lower than before.
The Six Hundred in the Crimea Charge
An excerpt recalls the famed British Light Brigade during the Crimean War. On October 25 a small force of 670 men charged a far larger Russian force, with heavy casualties and enduring fame credited to Tennyson’s ballad.
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Crimea
Tennyson
Pitt Diamond and Its Storied Crown Jewels
The Pitt Diamond, famed as one of the world’s most perfect stones, reportedly descended from India to the Orleans in 1717 for £135,000 and later joined the French crown jewels. Weighing 187 carats, it is sometimes called the Regent diamond and was exhibited in Paris in 1555.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
William Pitt
India
Orleans
France
Roteparte
Paris
Regent Dismond
Iceland's Eider-Down Trade Declines Amid Danish Market Pressure
Iceland gathers about 10 000 pounds annually from eider down with export to foreign markets shrinking. Peasants once earned over 21 shillings per pound but price collapse forces them to barter for merchandise at Danish merchant settlements along the fjords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Oud Retaliatory Boycott Sparks Hill Pa Feud
Hill Pennsylvania youths stage a mutual boycott with tensions rising as young men avoid courting and women refuse attention. Beaus retaliate by ignoring and signaling with hats, creating a social clash centered in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Lele Talers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kyle
Ireland
Robert Smyth
Smockalley
Dublin
Hon. W. Rothschild
Tring
Herts
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