Local Notes Highlight Water, Real Estate Deals and Events
A compendium of small town items includes Korn and Rathbun baby news, Bowdle & Newcomer real estate loans, a 37 pound catfish catch, Jank Moyer selling his livery to Pred Hulder, and Davis & Daniels moving their lumber office. Public fountains are praised, Rev Geo Williams receives a Doctor of Divinity, and planning and social events are noted along with local politics and a Mt Vernon baseball win.
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Hood
Geo. Williams
University of Omaha
Ed Kinney
Alex Mitchell
Lake View
Chautauqua
Madison
Ladies’ Church Society of
Plano
J. W. Beattie
Chicago
Milwaukee
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
H.N. Lewis
Mitchell
Conrad Schurz
Ness Anderson
University Boys
Mt. Vernon
Plankinton Ball Club
Ray Smith
Harry Perkins
W. J. Healey
Bobb
Castoria Recalled In Century Old Ad Verse
A nostalgic refrain notes a child named Bany who cried for Castoria from infancy to motherhood, claiming she used Castoria for her own children. The verse evokes a long running household remedy tied to a maternal routine.
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Bany
Castoria
Convention Opens Amid Packed Delegates and Hopes
Delegates and visitors fill the streets as the Independent state convention opens with general enthusiasm. Robt. Buchanan of Sioux Falls is elected temporary chairman after several withdrawals. H.S. Volkmer is secretary with aides W.S. Lloyd and J. K. Reed. Credentials committee names from various districts are formed. sessions resume in the evening in multiple venues.
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Robert Buchanan
Sioux Falls
Independent State Convention
Simmons
State Central Committee
Robt. Buchanan
J. E. Kelly
Flandrau
Stephen Jones
Miner County
Commercial Club
Exposition Building
Court House
Buchanan
Madison
Geo. A. Silsby
Silsby
H. L. Loucks
Huron
Mr. Loucks
Loucks
Coxey
Sang
Er. B. Meredith
Mitchell
Exposition
United States
C. B. Kennedy
Canton
J. K. Kelley
Flandreau
Judge Howe
Redfield
E. W. Fish
Fish
E. S. Kellogg
Arthur Linn
the Independent State Convention
South Dakota
Appomattox
Omaha
Army of Humanity
Republic
Wall Street
Lombard Street
Populist Convention Delays as Platform Report Awaits
The second day of the Populist convention runs with little drama as members await the platform committee report. Kansas sends greetings to South Dakota and nominates hopes for victory in November. Hutchinson delegates absence noted. 541 delegates counted with rules on proxies.
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Topeka
Kan
Mitchell
Kansas
A. H. Genung
Hutchinson
Committee On
Populist convention opens with clashes and speeches
Mitchell Exposition building hosts Independent state convention with floor fights over salaries and committee posts. Speakers include H L Loucks and Meredith. Old soldiers form a parade and issue a wartime pledge defending populist aims and labor interests.
Convention Debates End With Prohibition Approval
The Populist convention concluded a stormy morning session with a red hot debate on the temperance plank. Prohibition carried 140 to support. resolutions on free sugar, lumber, and an Interstate railroad plan were tabled amid applause. Mrs. H. M. Simmons championed woman suffrage, winning a near unanimous resolution in her favor.
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McKay
Judge Kennedy
Canton
Prohibition
H. M. Simmons
Nominees Nominated for Editor Positions in South Dakota
Delegates nominate editors from Flandreau, Lawrence, Spink, Miner, Davison, and Black Hills counties. Acclamations mark several selections while a heated roll call pits Everts against Kipp over inclusion by the reform press association.
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E B. Reed
Black Hills
Reform Press Association
G. W. Everts
Onida Journal
Kipp
Campbell County
E. B. Reed
Smith
Minnehaha
Everts
Convention Friction Marks Sioux Falls Political Fight
A raucous party gathering in Sioux Falls showcased intra party tensions as Everts defends against fusion deal charges. The auditor vote ends with Reed leading, while the crowd reacts to nominations and protest banners.
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Everts
Loucks
Peterman
Smith
Simmons
Minnehaha
Reed
Kipp
Don Needhan
Sioux Falls Press
Griswold
Sioux Falls Journal
Main Street
Father Haire
Howe
Tommy Ayres
Buchanan
Kennedy
Platform plank favoring government coal lands seizure and direct democracy
The Independent party of South Dakota endorses the Omaha platform, calls for government seizure of all coal lands with just compensation, operation in public interest, and state control of liquor. It seeks abolition of partisan influence in education, no sale of school lands, mortgage taxation reforms, social protections for workers, and expansive initiative and referendum rights. It also urges veterans pensions and condemns fiscal mismanagement and a 24 mill tax levy.
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Independent Party of
South Dakota
United States
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Beadle
Brule
J. Hiat
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G. S. Knipe
Buffalo
G. H. Thraker
Butte
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Newlands
Campbell
J. J. Penelon
Clark
D. McClelland
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J. R. Hubbard
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Hamlin
J. B. Moler
Hanson
M. P. Wheeler
Jerauld
J. W. Harden
Kingsbury
I. A. Keith
Lawrence
W. W. Giddings
H. P. Smith
Lincoln
P. A. Leavitt
J. I. Colton
Marshill
Wnm
Cook
Moody
B. Miller
McPherson
G. W. Wardell
Meade
M. McMahon
Miner
L. Frisby
McCook
D. C. Morgan
Pennington
Otto Anderson
Potter
S. W. Cogan
Roberts
M. Dunn
Sanborn
G. W. Lawrence
Spink
N. van Togel
J. H. Shurtleff
J. I. Kelley
L. M. Kaercher
S. C. Jones
J. W. Cook
G. W. Tiverts
J. C. Reed
M. Dunkell
Boss Loucks
Down
Haire
Volkmer
Cal
A. J. McKay
Percy Caruthers
A. J. Kirkpatrick
Hand
W. R. Lloyd
Spink County
Meredith
Kelly
J. E. Kelley
Moody County
Freeman Knowles
Lawrence County
Flandreau Herald
Deadwood Independent
Isaac Howe
Governa
S. H. Bronson
Bronson
Howard Advance
Secretary of State
John K. Johnson
Davison
Tors
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