Preparedness Planks Across Parties in Early Campaigns
The piece compares Republican Democratic and Progressive defense planks ahead of next November. It notes Republicans favor a strong army and navy with a coherent defense policy, Democrats call for continued naval strength and defensive readiness, while Progressives push universal military training and a twofold military expansion. It argues parties overlook waste and political influence in defense and questions readiness without clear invasion scenarios.
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Democratic Party
Progressive Party
Republican
United States
Asone
Wei
Republican Party
Army
Navy
Congress
Kellogg Wins in Minnesota Primary Returns
In Minnesota incomplete returns show Frank B. Kellogg leading for United States senator among four rivals in the Republican field. Governor Burnquist tops Samuel Iverson four to one in the GOP gubernatorial race. Lt Governor Ivankson declared victor. Schmahl named Republican secretary of state. Reins chosen Republican treasurer. Lawler leads for Democrat US senator. Several congress districts show unclear results with mixed Republican and Democratic winners. Maine primaries nominate Milliken for governor and Hale for US senator.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
J. A. A. Burnquist
Samuel Iverson
Thomas Ivankson
Julius Schmahl
Henry Reins
Daniel W. Lawler
Sydney Anderson
Henry Lamberton
Franklin Ells Worth
Charles Davis
E. F. Kelley, Jr
Darius Reese
Carl van
Runaway Wagon Kills Kimball Farmhand near Alec Boyd Farm
Herbert T. Murray a 30 year old married renter on the Alec Boyd farm six and a half miles northeast of Kimball S D was killed in a runaway last evening about eight. Boyd had helped Murray put up a fence and left him to finish when the team ran away and Murray was run over. He leaves a wife.
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Kimball
S. D
Herbert T. Murray
Alec Boyd
Boyd
Murray
Rinehart Spends to Win Democratic Nomination for Governor
Rapid City candidate Orville V. Rinehart spent 315 dollars in the campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, with a total reported campaign cost of 815 dollars. State secretary records show Jorgon J. Roe, Democratic nominee for railway commissioner, spent 100.50 dollars according to the filing.
Mobilization ordered for Mitchell militia unit in 1916
Adjutant General W A Morris reports strong turnout as Captain E B Rowley’s Company F Mitchell SD National Guard mobilizes for Redfield camp. Army officers list names of regimental staff and companies across SD with Redfield chosen as camp site amid border patrol duty.
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E. B. Rowley
South Dakota National Guard
Mitchell
W. A. Morris
Pierre
B. Rowley
State troops mobilize for Redfield camp
Governor Byrne ordered state troops to assemble at armories by noon Wednesday June 21 for mobilization at Redfield. The regiment, starting at 1,000 men, will grow to 1,800 and may stay at the camp indefinitely as they prepare to move to the Mexican border under Gen. Funston. Adjutant General Morris says units are ready to deploy.
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Pierre
S. D
W. A. Morris
Redfield
National Guard
United States
South Dakota
Commercial Club
City Hall
Mitchell
John
Chapman
Byrne
F. M. Byrne
Bryne
Mitchell Commercial Club
Huron
Funston
Morris
Official Roster of the South Dakota National Guard 1915
The roster released by headquarters on September 15 1915 lists key officers across departments. It names Commander in Chief Frank M Byrne of Pierre Adjutant General W A Morris of Redfield Judge Advocate General Theodore J P Geidt of Eureka Quartermaster W A Morris of Redfield and junior officers in the Quartermaster Corps J K R Platte Clark Paul H Beckman of Redfield Medical Department officers include W S Bentley of Rapid City J G Chichester F W Minty E G Yeamans and others Coastal entries show headquarters details for the Fourth Regiment with Howard Colonel Boyd Wales and Lt Col W A Hazle
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S. D. National Guard
South Dakota National Guard
Frank M. Byrne
Pierre
W. A. Morris
Redfield
Judge Advocate General's Department
Theodore J. P. Geidt
Eureka
Quartermaster’s Department
Stormy lif e ends in mine in Lead S. D.
Dispatches from Jerome Arizona report the sudden death of Richard Ssmimett O Grady once of Lead in a mine accident. A leader of the Homestake labor struggles and an intimate of Moyer Haywood Adams his career is recalled as stormy. His wife Lottie James had a conspicuous career. He vanished after a thwarted cyanide plant attack and reappeared in Chicago where his wife betrayed him.
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Lead
S. D
Jerome
Arizona
Richard Ssmimett O'Grady
Homestake Mining Company
Young O’grady
Lottie James
Western Federation of Miners
O'Grady
Moyer
Haywood
Steve F Adams
Chicago & Northwestern
O’grady
Chicago
Fol
Girl Dances To Her Death In South Dakota Farm
Miss Daisy Watson, a young woman living with her father on a Dempster area farm, died suddenly from what experts believe was heart failure triggered by overexertion during a dance. The father found her alone at home after returning from an afternoon away, the prior day’s celebration and dance cited as the catalyst.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Daisy Watson
Dempster
Ruth Cattrell dies at 16 after long illness
Ruth Hila Cattrell died at 5 15 pm after a yearlong illness at her parents home 401 West Seventh avenue Mitchell born June 30 1900 in Mitchell she leaves a sister and two brothers Funeral services will be held at the family home 401 West Seventh avenue at 10 am Rev Charles S Osgood and Rev Robert Lincoln Kelley will officiate Interment Graceland cemetery Pallbearers named H B Anderson J B Doty D G Cox J McLain William Crampton O C Thompson
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Ruth Hila Cattrell
S. S. Cattrell
West Seventh Avenue
Charles S. Osgood
Congregational Church
Robert Lincoln Kelley
First Baptist Church
Graceland Cemetery
H. B. Anderson
J. B. Doty
D. G. Cox
J. McLain
William Crampton
O. C. Thompson
Cattr
Mitchell
W. M. Timmins
Rothers
J. A. Cattrell
Carl Gattrell
F. W. Haskins
Beresford, S. D
Cattrell
Wagner man pays 70 dollars in duck theft case
George Huck of Wagner bought fourteen young ducks for 700 dollars from a neighbor. Mrs. Peabody claimed them and Huck was charged with stealing. Found guilty, Judge Patton fined 25 dollars plus costs totaling 70 dollars and ordered the ducks returned to Mrs. Peabody. Huck laments the costly birds.
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Wagner
S. D
George Huck
Peabody
Huck
Patton
Mobridge Plans on Live Stock Pavilion
Mobridge South Dakota citizens push to build a race track and fair grounds led by A H Brown who subscribed 5000 dollars and a total of 13060 dollars soon after. A meeting will organize stock subscriptions form a company and incorporate with a stock pavilion to serve the west of the river country and host large live stock events. Track size fair date and other details will be decided at the meeting.
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Mobridge
S. D
A. H. Brown
Eczema Cure Guarantee With Dr Hobson’s Ointment
A newspaper style ad promises a money back guarantee on Dr Hobson’s Eczema Ointment. It claims effectiveness for babies to the elderly and urges readers to purchase through a druggist, use as directed, and seek a refund if not satisfied.
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Dr. Hobson
Justonce
Counties to vote on split counties in South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota counties move to split Ly man and Meade counties with new county lines. Ly man would be divided north to south between Draper and Vivian, Meade along an irregular line from Butte southeast toward Cheyenne forks. Petitions granted. campaigns underway amid prior defeats and local seat-issue concerns.
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Meade County
Butte County
Cheyenne River
Gallieni Death Attributed to Traitor, Not Nature
New York City reports claim General Joseph S. Gallieni former French war minister died after a murder by a high ranking army officer charged with treason. Passengers aboard the Lafayette say the attacker was arrested and the officer faced interrogation over alleged surrender talks at Verdun.
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New York City
Joseph S. Gallieni
France
Lafayette
Gustav Hessenin
French War Office
Gallieni
Verdun
Steady Advance in Stock Sales at Union Stock Yards Chicago
The Chicago Union Stock Yards report steady to firm trade across hogs, cattle, and sheep. Hogs traded up with top at 10.05 and most between 9.70 and 10.00. cattle shown steady to slow with Reeves cattle at 7.70 to 11.40 and Texas steers at 8.50 to 9.30. sheep prospects steady to higher with native ewes at 7.00 to 7.90 and lambs up to 11.75.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Ill
Texas
Sioux City Stocks Report Gains Amid Larger Receipts
Sioux City Ia cattle receipts total 1 000 with a steady to 10 cent higher market. Hog receipts 7 500 with most prices 10 cents higher and top at 9 75. Bulk sales around 9 45 to 9 60. Sheep receipts 300 with prices higher.
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Sioux City
Minneapolis Grain Prices On The Market Report
Minnesota cash close lists wheat for multiple grades with prices per bushel and futures notes. Corn oats barley rye and flax are shown with bid and delivery figures including arrivals and nearby months.
Milwaukee grain market bid and futures figures
Milwaukee wheat prices at market close show Dakota No. 1 northern spot at 1.12 to 1.13 dollars and Dakota No. 2 northern at 1.09 to 1.11, with No. 1 northern 10 days shipment quoted at 1.12 dollars and July wheat around 1.031 to 1.031.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dakota
Rupture expert Seeley to visit Widmann Hotel Mitchell June 29
I T Seeley of Chicago and Phil adelphia naped truss expert will remain in Mitchell Thursday only June 29 at the Widmann Hotel. He touts the Spermatic Shield supplied to the U S Government for rupture repair claiming it contracts openings in 10 days without surgery and has government documentation for inspection. Charity cases offered free evaluation or fitting.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Widmann Hotel
Mitchell
Mr. Seeley
United States
England
Spain
Grain price listing with assorted futures quotes
The document lists commodity prices for wheat corn oats and barley with bid and asking ranges. It includes No. 3 mixed corn at 74 76, No. 4 mixed at 72 75, No. 5 mixed at 70, and July and September corn at 73 1 2 and 73 5 4 respectively. Oats show No. 3 white at 39 1 2 to 41 and July oats at 39 3 4. Barley No. 3 at 75 77 and No. 4 at 72 76 with feed and rejected at 63 70.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Alfalfa Crop Fine In Brule County
Kimball S D The first cutting of alfalfa is finished and the crop is excellent. Also reports say Brule county has a large small grain crop. Mrs Louis Walker aged about 30 died leaving a husband and four children. Herst C Gann aged 52 died at Warren Ill. he was editor of the Sentinel. Gann Valley named after him. Chicken thieves took a batch of Ostrogge chickens near Mitchell. bloodhounds traced scent but no evidence found and case dropped.
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Kimball
S. C
Brule County
Louis Walker
Walker
Bon Homme County
Herst C. Gann
Brule
Buffalo County
Warren
Ill
the Sentinel
Gann Valley
Gann
Henry Ottrogge
Mitchell
Arrests in Garden City P O robbery case
Garden City South Dakota police report two men, allegedly expert yeggmen, arrested in Clark county jail awaiting preliminary hearing for the Garden City post office robbery. The dynamited safe yielded only stamps a $10 check and small cash. The pair arrived in Vienna by train the next morning and their suspicious conduct led to their capture.
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Garden City
S. D
Clark County
Vienna
Wessington Man Held for Selling Liquor to Indian
Sioux Falls South Dakota Jimmie Caldwell a Wessington man was arrested on the charge of selling liquor to an Indian He pleaded not guilty waived preliminary hearing and posted bond for circuit court The Indian purchaser is held as a witness The case may go to federal authorities with an action to obtain a United States grand jury indictment
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Jimmie” Caldwell
Caldwell
Young Woman Found Dead Near Cottonwood in Self-Inflicted Tragedy
In Pierre South Dakota Miss Rosa Fisher was discovered by hunters in brush near a stream half a mile from her Cot tonwood home. A saturated handkerchief was over her face and a chloroform bottle lay nearby. The coroner's jury ruled death by self exposure after previous suicide attempt by chloroform.
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Pierre
S.D
Miss Rosa
Fisher
Cottonwood
Petition seeks suspended sentence for Lassa Markeseth
A Roberts county petition circulates to urge Judge T L Bouck of the state circuit court to suspend Markeseths sentence. He was recently sentenced in Sisseton to a term in the Sioux Falls penitentiary and has begun serving it. signatories reportedly include many Roberts county men.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Roberts County
T. L. Bouck
State Circuit Court
Lassa Markeseth
Sisseton
Knight reports $170.59 expense in nomination filing
Pierre South Dakota Knight, the Republican nominee for state land commissioner, admits spending $170.59 to secure his nomination in the expense certificate filed with the secretary of state.
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Knight
Pierre
S. D
N. K. Knight
Secretary of State
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