Rural School Officers Meet in Davison County
The Davison county rural school officers met at the courthouse for a full day to discuss wages for teachers and the value of trees around schoolhouses. County Superintendent Browne led the session with talks by John Burns, Mrs. Miller, L. P. Sherman, and Carl Knappe advocating higher pay and long-term teaching.
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Davison County
Court House
Browne
John Burns
Miller
L. P. Sherman
Carl Knappe
Sherman
Anton Oster
J. Fred Olander
City weighs selling East Side Park for driving park
City Council in special session debates selling the present East Side Park to fund a driving park purchase for 6000 dollars. Taxpayers oppose selling the park citing trees and value, while some support buying the driving park. Alderman Michels backs the plan, Kelley opposes.
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Reeves and
Truax
Michels
J. G. Markham
Doyle
B. R. Storer
Charles Weller
W. B. Rowley
Rowley
Bratinegy
Kelley
Guardians Hold At Home Inspectio n Public at Western National Bank
Supreme Secretary Milne hosts a public inspection for the Order of Home Guardians at the company’s new five room suite on the fourth floor of the Western National Bank building from 2 to 5 PM. The event showcased new offices with a fireproof safe, new furniture, and souvenirs for visitors as growth expands across several states.
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Milne
Order of Home Guardians and Friends
Western National Bank
Herman and
McKillip
L. D. Milne
J. D. Anderson
C. A. Bower
Supreme Council
Claim for 40000 Damages Filed Over Fatal Mitchell Accident
Mr. Robinson asks Mitchell city and Western Union to answer for a claim of 40000 damages after his son was killed by contact with a guy wire on an electric pole. He alleges negligence by the company and city and seeks action or settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrath
Western Union Co
Mitchell
Robinson
Wilson
Almost as Good Little Ikey Seeks Marital Wisdom
A young boy Ikey asks his father if marriage is a failure. The father muses then replies that marrying a rich wife is almost as good as a failure, reflecting a wry, thriftier view of domestic success.
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Ikey
Marrage
Lippincott’s
Gardner Broke Jail Escape Via Steam Pipe Weakness
Gardner slipped from the Davison county jail Sunday night using a loosened steam pipe area to reach the engine room and flee. He was captured hours later nine miles south at a Williamson farm barn and returned to jail. He had been arrested recently in Kansas on a charge of leaving the country with mortgaged property and is bound over to the April term.
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Charles W. Gardner
Davison
Gardner
T. T. White
Williamson
Kansas
Land Office Shakeup Rumors Reach Washington
News of a consolidation move in the land office arose Saturday night with insurgent Republicans seeking to retire register T. C. Burns and receiver J. C. Bryan. Burns was kept on, while Olive C. Kippinback of Wighmore was named receiver for Gregory, amid confirmations and Washington orders surrounding the Mitchell transfer.
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Gregory
Burns
T. C. Burns
Register
J. C. Bryan
United States Land Office
Republican Party
Register Burns
Washington
Land Office
Gregory Land Office
Bryan
Olive C. Kippinback
Wighmore
Mitchell Land Office
Messrs. Burns
Roosevelt
Kittredge
Gamble
Messrs
Seniors Win City High School Basketball Championship
The seniors defeated the juniors 139 to 19 at City Hall to claim undisputed high school champions. The senior lineup featured Betts Tingle Stor er Wiltse and Hofstetter while the junior team included Glen Rowley Smith Vassar Medley and Doyle.
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Betts
Tingle
Storer
Wiltse
Hofstetter
Glen Rowley
Smith
Vassar
Medley
Doyle
Seed Special Train To Promote Pure Seed For Farmers
Railroads Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul and Chicago & Northwestern deploy a seed special train led by A W Chamberlain to spread pure seed knowledge across the state. Stops include Woonsocket Letcher Mitchell and HuHan with lectures by Prof P G Holden and Prof Willis detailing corn cultivation improvements and farm yields.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
A. W W. Chamberlain
Farmers’ Institutes
Republican
Chamberlain
Mitchell
Woonsocket
Letcher
Woonsocket and Letcher
Huhan
P. G. Holden
Iowa
Willis
Brookings Agricultural College
Prof
Holden
The Classics Miss Oldmaid Cultivated Pianist
A cultivated pianist known as The Classics Miss Oldmaid proclaims her love for classic music. A child quotes her mother preferring only pieces that were new in her youth, reflecting intergenerational taste in illustrated bits.
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Devhl & Brown
Rarars
Rorerry
Broadbent
Bargain
J. W. Broadbent & Co
Main Street
Bidwell Land & Loan CO
Die
Hitchcock
Winnmg
Milwaukee
City Council and Taxpayers
East Side Park
Gusdians
Supreme Headquarters of the Home
Tween Engine
Land Office Surprise
Messrs. Burns and
The
Athletic Association
Sioux Falls
Milwaukee and Northwestern
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