W V Lucas Elected Commandant at South Dakota Soldiers Home
The South Dakota Soldiers Home at Hot Springs elected Capt W V Lucas as commandant after a long ballot. The prior commandant Capt J P Mefwre held two votes most rounds. Old officers were re elected Col E I Clough pres, O E Dewey sec, W P Phillips treas, with C S Palmer and C J Anderson as members. Crow Creek Indians invite several agencies to Crow Creek for a massive celebration featuring a sham battle and pipe of peace. West Point aspirants examined in Yankton with Herman W Schull named appointee and Alonzo Bangs Sessions as alternate. eight of twelve candidates were foreign born.
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Halls of Congress
Washington
Col. E. I. Clough
Deadwood
O. E. Dewey
Watertown
W. P. Phillips
Hot Springs
Treasure
C. S. Palmer
Sioux Falls
C. J. Anderson
Plankinton
Crow Creek
West Point
Yankton
Congressman Gamble
Herman W. Schull
Alonzo Bangs Sessions
Schull
Sessions
Gamble
United States
Charles Mix County
Phillips
South Dakota
Sioux
Custer
Lower Brule Agency
Lower Brule
Ed Lemon
Shieldley Cattle Company
Black Hills
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Lemon
Edgemont
Cottonwood Creek
Mitchell
Siouxalls
Sioux City
Ornce
Black Mills
Dakota veterans meet at Pierre for joint installation
About 400 delegates from the Grand Army of the Republic Women’s Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans gathered in Pierre for annual meetings and a joint installation of officers. National Commander Lawler was hosted as crowds packed indoor and open air venues. Ward leaders and delegates from multiple towns were named to department and national posts.
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G. A
Plankington
W. L. Palmer
Carthage
R. Baker
Hermosa
E. W. Foster
Armour
Rev. Springer
L. D. Lyon
Watertown
Paul Krolin
Chamberlain
E. I. Sheldon
St. Lawrence
R. P. Hill
Mitchell
C.S
Jennie Russell
Alexandria
Phoebe A. Rose
Pierre
Alice Pickler
Faulkton
Lewis
Jennings
Miss Ways
Aultman
Milbank
Kimmel
Onedin
T. R., Cooper
Huron
W. W. Wheeler
Iroquois
Charles A. Wheelon
Half a Township on Trial in Minnehaha County
Half the male population of Burke Township, Minnehaha County, faces prosecutions on charges of assaults rioting and inciting to riot tied to a resurvey that will open new highways injuring long held farmland. The case is described as the county’s largest ongoing lawsuit in justice court.
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Burke Township
Minnehaha County
Farins
Justice Court
Riots Destroy Mission Stations in Cheng-Tu China
Reports from Shanghai confirm missions of Ching-Tu-I'u Kiating and Yoachohu were leveled by mobs with local officials failing to protect the missionaries. Refugees include about twenty adults and several children. Viceroy Liu is blamed amid threats to other stations in Se-Chuen province where Cheng-Tu, a large inland city, sits amid rugged terrain and limited cultivation.
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Liu
Shanghai
Ching- Tu-I'u
Kiating
Yoachohu
Ching-Tu-Fu
Yamen
Cheng-Tu
Se-Chuen
China
Thibet
Yang-tse- Kiang
Wu-Chang
Mapeh
Washington
Canton
Japan
Bankers of Illinois Meet in Rock Island
E 8 Drey er urges steadfastness for sound money at the fifth annual Bankers Association of Illinois gathering in Rock Island. The meeting drew about 400 members with a $500 cash treasury, featuring Henry W. Yates on free silver and broader political finance discussions.
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Dreyer
Bankers’ Association of
Illinois
Rock Island
Henry W. Yates
Omaha
Carlisle
Temperance Leaders Discharged In Terre Haute Fallout
In Terre Haute Indiana President Mater and Secretary Dick of the Nicholson union, a temperance youth movement backing the new saloon law, were discharged by two major retail houses citing harm to trade. Dick refused to sign a repudiation of the union policy, provoking employer opposition and church official scrutiny.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mater
Secret Dick
Nicholson Union
Presbyterian Church
Desperate Civil War Encounters at Chancellorsville and Aftermath
A lengthy recap of the Chancellorsville campaign in Virginia May 1863, detailing Hooker and Lee forces, Jackson's death, Sickles and Sedgwick actions, casualties, and troop strengths. Includes anecdotes from the 9th Cavalry and reflections on General Sherman and army buttons symbolism.
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Chancellorsville
Virginia
Stocker
Lee
Army of the Potomac
Hooker
Rappahanock
Fredericksburg
Tooker
Jackson
Sickles
Sedgwick
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Beadle County Bank
Samable
Dakota House
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Joe Hayes
Centerville
Codington County
Sampson
Joe Sampson
Lyman County
Erick Lund
Belle Jenks
Hudson
Wis
Ladd
State Alliance
Crow Creek Reservation
Elk Point
Elk Point Driving Association
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A.H. Mallory
State Medical Society
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State Insane Asylum
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William A. Taylor
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CIA
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Capt. Day
Washington Times
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