Runaway Reform School Trio Recaptured Near Mitchell
Three 18 year old boys from the Plankinton reform school escaped Monday after unharnessing plow horses. They rode NW before being tracked by Superintendent Young. The youths Bowker Barnes and Mullenbrink were captured in Hand County and returned to custody by Deputy Dunn and Sheriff Lloyd.
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Plankinton Reform School
Young
Wiand
Dunn
Wilcox
Hand Couty
Lloyd
Mitchell
Lewis Bowker
Stanley County
Earl Barnes
Marshall County
John Mullenbrink
Custer County
Young Bowker
Reform School
Frank Miller
Miller
Ztown
Oil in the House Cited as Safety Essential
A local shopper warns that without Dr. Thomas selectric Oil emergencies can occur at any moment, stressing the need to keep the product in every home. The notice emphasizes vigilance and preparation for accidents.
Where Tax Will be Heaviest Baltic Minnehaha
The piece argues the next South Dakota legislature may raise 700000 to 1000000 for a state house if Pierre remains the capital, taxing land near Pierre and Minnehaha more, versus Mitchell as capital shifting cost to Mitchell with a free, modern state house. It warns county taxpayers would bear the burden if Pierre stays. It also advertises Burdock Blood Ritters as a health product.
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Pierre
Mitchell
German Church Fever to Be Dedicated in Mitchell
June 5 marks the dedication of Mitchell's first German church building with Bishop W XY Neil presiding. Services begin Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 with Presiding Elder Mueller, and Sunday at 10:30, 2:30, and 6 with German services. two English Sunday sessions afternoon. A collection will be taken at all Sunday services.
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German Evangelical Church
Mitchell
W. XY. Neil
Mueller
Dean's Ointment Claims Rapid Skin Relief
An old advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a universal cure for itchiness and skin irritation. It promotes sale at a drug store with 50 scents and asserts instant relief across body parts.
An Old Settler's Views
We are wondering how this will strike the Pierre fellows who are stringing to drag the north part of the state.
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Armour
Pierre Fellows
Thesstate Sintoz
Old settlers dispute wheat farming west of range 78
The Bowdle Pioneer in Edmund County argues that the region west of range 78 cannot sustain large scale crop farming. It says cattle and sheep ranching dominate, keeping the area sparsely settled, and that the population center will remain nearer Mitchell than Pierre for natural reasons.
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Mitchell
Bowdle
Edmund County
Pierre
Hyomei offered free if it cures catarrh
Scallin Bros. promote Hyomei as a free trial for thirty days to prove it cures catarrh and rhinitis. The complete kit costs one dollar and includes an inhaler, dropper, and bottle of Hyomei. extra bottles are fifty cents. If unused after a month, money is refunded.
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Scallin Bros
Order of Home Guardians promotes local life insurance in Mitchell
The Order of Home Guardians of Mitchell South Dakota urges residents to consider domestic life insurance over foreign providers. It cites $850 743 45 sent out of state in 1962 and promotes home investment of premiums, noting prompt loss payments and state securities backing. Inquiries are directed to the home office for policy terms.
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Order of Home Guardians of
Mitchell
South Dakota
Order of Home Guardians
Commonwealth
Commissioner of Insurance of
Rocky Mountain Tea for 35 Cents by Scal Lin Bros
An advertising notice for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it can reconstruct the body. Available as tea or tablets priced at 35 cents. Marketed by Scal Lin Bros with emphasis on relief and restoration.
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Hollister
Scallin Bros
Fraud Orders and the Post Office Bid to Stop Swindles
The article explains how a sudden influx of letters to a U.S. business can trigger a federal fraud order. Agencies can seize all mail to prevent schemes like oversized profits or deceptive ads. It cites a seed-furnishing firm as an example and urges public vigilance and reporting to postmasters to safeguard others.
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United States
Washington
Native Hawaiians at Risk of Extinction Cited by Warner
The Outlook notes Ha waiians may vanish in generations due to intermarriage and poor health of pure bloodlines. From 1853 to 1900 their numbers fall from 70 000 to under 80 000 with part Hawaiians rising from 1 487 in 1872 to 7 848 in 1900. School data show more part Hawaiian children than full blooded ones.
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Lucien GC. Warner
The Juggernaut and the Legends of Self Sacrifice
William IEleroy Curtis argues that stories of fanatics throwing themselves under the Juggernaut wheels are fiction. He notes processions on holy days draw crowds with rice flowers palm leaves and offerings. Official records show only nine accidents in eighty six years making worship less dangerous than boarding a moving trolley.
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William Ieleroy Curtis
India
Cork Crop Yields and Exports Across Spain Portugal and Africa
World cork production totals 81 million pounds with Spain and Portugal leading. Spain exports 9.66 million pounds of raw cork in 1902 and 8.72 million pounds in the first eleven months of 1903. Manufactured cork exports from Spain in 1902 reached 4.36 million pounds valued at 4.45 million dollars.
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Spain
Portugal
Algeria
Lamp of Marine Microbes Lights for Weeks
A professor built a curious lamp using a glass globe on a metal stand nearly filled with luminous marine microbes. Air tubes supply fresh air to revive the microbes when the light wanes, and the lamp reportedly glows for several weeks without renewing the medium.
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Liverpool Post
Trolley Cars and Appendicitis Claim Sparks Health Debate
New Jersey doctor Thomas W. Lauterborn argues trolley cars cause appendicitis by making people lazy and ride instead of walking. He urges walking to strengthen abdominal and intestinal muscles for better health.
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New Jersey
Thomas W. Lauterborn
Plays and Players Shake Up The Stage Across Cities
Amelia Bingham heads to Denver for a summer stock engagement. John Drew will stage Marshalls Duke of Wellington next season. Berlin audiences see Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt in A Mad Year. William Ppervishs Ham lin Garland adaptation by Channing Pollock. Grant Stewart replaces Arthur Elliott as judge in The Girl From Kay. The Two Orphans revival to tour New York company for rest of year. Henry W Savage debuts two new musical pieces. The Shogun stirs Chicago as Woodland by Pixley and Luders arrives. Klaw & Erlanger buy The Prince of India rights with the Wandering Jew as central figure.
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President Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Berlin
William Paversham
Hamlin Garland
Hesper
Channing Pollock
Grant Stewart
Kate
Ethel Barrymore
Arthur Elliott
New York
Henry W. Savage
George Ade
Chicago
Pixley
Luders
Klaw & Erlanger
Lew Wallace
India
Fifty Oaks Planted by Pittsfield Foresters
Short items note Pittsfield foresters set out fifty oak and chestnut trees. Separate updates report rising Red Indian populations in Canada surpassing 108,000, Apache tribal relations ending Geronimo’s influence, Mexican states ratifying a six year presidential term, and a cruiser Denver trial lagging speed targets with a reduced builder’s payment of 1,030,000 dollars.
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Pittsfield
Canada
Geronimo
Mexico
Horses and Horsemen and the Harness sale notes
Narada 2 29 14 by Bon Bells 2 19 4 out of Belle Archer 2 12 4 fetched 1025 at a New York sale. Redina 2 07 5 owned by J L Dodge president of the Road Drivers association has foaled a colt by Bingen 2 06 14. Ben ny Meyer Newark bought Francis a green eight year old mare by Leonatus 2 17 4 for 610. Ortine 2 22 Joe Gibbon's trotter well regarded on New York speedway. Al Cummings Reading Pa bought Alex by Baron Star about 4000. He faces a trial at 2 11.
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Narada
Bon Bells
Belle Archer
New York
Redina
J. L. Dodge
Road Drivers’ Association
Bingen
Francis
Leonatus
Benny Meyer
Newark
N. J
Ortine
Joe Gibbon
New York Speedway
al Cummings
Reading
Alex
Baron Star
Editorial Flings and Foreign Headlines
A collection of brief editorial jabs notes anger at German Reichstag praise for American ideals and mockery of London interviews with William Dean Howells. It also comments on Congress members, looming naval warfare changes, and Mormon polygamy renunciation as a theory tied to Manchuria evacuation.
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Chicago Tribune
Liter
London
William Dean Howells
Boston Herald
Congress
Colby
Iran
Manchuria
Washington Star
German Gleanings on Exports Marriages and Patents
Germany exports spirits to African colonies. About 20 percent of last year's marriages had brides older than grooms. Beef farming failed due to high feed costs. German inventors surged with 72 clerks needed at the patent office. Last year 29,000 patent applications were filed.
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German Empire
Germany
Patent Office
Empire
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Reform
Hyomel
Support Home Company
of Home Guardians
the Juggernaut
Amelia Bingham
Denver
John Drew
Robert Marshalls
Duke of
Brussels
M. Paul Otlet
Hamilton Busby
Burnside’s
Burnside
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Liindra
Ray Smith
Butterfield’s
Afrian
John Havlatko
Opera House
SO. Dak
Richard Webber
Poultry House
Milwaukee Freiht House
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