Educational letter to Davison County pupils urges seven virtues
A county superintendent writes to Seuced children urging punctuality, attendance, obedience, industry, kindness, prudence, and patriotism as core training. He praises school libraries, warns of idle time, and calls for graduation plans and professionally trained teachers. He asks students to reply to keep memories of their school years.
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Davison County
Loys
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Dakota University
Hinsdale
Alscom
Jack
Philippines
James River
O. W. Coursey
Chronic Diarrhoea Relief and Local Election Notes
Mr. C B Wingfield of Fair Play Missouri credits Chambrlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with remarkable relief after thirty five years of chronic dysentery. In Prosper on March 12 township officers were elected including supervisor Frank Carlson town clerk Henry Hendrickson and treasurer Geo Watson Justice A P Anderson road masters John Elton and Gus Lindstrom. The piece also mentions Parkston travel and local social updates with residents visiting the judge and wife and a lively party at the Hoffman home featuring games and refreshments.
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C. B. Wingfield
Fair Play
Chambrlain
L. O. Gale
Prosper
Frank Carlson
Henry Hendrickson
Geo. Watson
Carl Anderson
A. P. Anderson
L. W. Carlson
John Elton
Mr. Yahne
Gus, Lindstrom
Carlson
Foget
Parkston
Chas. Holshire
Mitchell
Lora Cathout
Steve
Fred
Floy Barnard
Lisbon
Weekend Revels and Local Happenings Across Parkston
The community enjoyed a lively weekend with visits from Miss Jessie Tyler and Miss Minnie Drake, a court visit by Roscoe Satterlee, and a new family carriage purchase by H Pinney. Parkston dancers, athletic events, and Olympian contests drew crowds as emigrants pass eastward toward South Dakota land. A leather of local chatter notes bullock rides, a colt mishap to Miss Regina Scheick, and a lighthearted look at the old maids in Mitchell seeking the art studio.
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Chet. Wittsticek
Robi Green
Drake
John Tyler
Ethan
Jessie Tyler
Roscoe Satterlee
H. Pinney
John Colvin
Eskel Cariso
Benny Lewis
Charley Lewis
Willie Scuogard
Little Red School House
Richard Vickers
Ole Hendrickson
Ole Hendrickson Went East On A Visit To Mr. Hendrickson
Venus
Mitchell
Min‘hie Drake
Lottery Law Meets Marriage License Joke in County Clerk Office
In a humorous county clerk scene a man asks for a lottery ticket and is told they are not called lottery tickets but essentially the same. The clerk, calm and witty, completes the marriage license filing and collects $3. The piece then shifts to Dickens finances noting his late start saving, ongoing anxieties, a major 1814 crisis, and relief after his profitable 2nd American voyage in 1767-68.
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Chicago Post
Dieckens
Dickens
Nourishment by Bathing and a Cautionary Tale
A nurse promotes skin absorption for nutrition and oil baths as a tonic for pale babies, noting olive oil cleansing benefits and advising against washing away natural oils. The quotation contrasts a practical friend’s advice on trust with a gloomy young man admitting debts beyond his expectations from the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Retirement of Brigadier Halpin Ends Army Speculation
The Minneapolis Times notes Brigadier Halpin of the Salvation Army retires after involvement in stock speculation through a company setup for that purpose. Commander Booth-Tucker warned him to quit, suspended Halpin and others when the practice continued. Halpin, known in Mitchell, had appeared at local army events including the Kreidler Fidreoff wedding.
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Minneapolis Times
New York
Halpin
Salvation Army
Booth-Tucker
Mitchell
Bush League Busted After Sioux City Feud
Sioux City and Sioux Falls clashed with Sheldon LeMars and Rock Rapids over a planned regional baseball league. Disputes over leadership and gate receipts toppled the effort after meetings in Sheldon Iowa and Sioux City. The bust leaves smaller towns to seek other leagues while Sioux City laments a Bush league setback.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Sheldon
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Flandreau
LeMars
Rock Rapids
Rock Ramids
Lyman disputes TRE report on intercollegiate talks
W KE Lyman of Yankton College says a published claim that professional athletics were discussed in the executive committee meeting of the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association is false. He admits misquotation and urges using the association’s tribunal to air grievances, warning public charges harm college relations.
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W. KE. Lyman
Yankton College
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association
Huron
Mitchel
Lyman
Hines
Mitchell
Athletic Association
Coleas
Public Auction of Farm Estate at Mitchell Perry Township
Public sale to be held Monday March 17 at 10 am on the buyer’s farm in Davison county four miles north and three miles east of Mitch ell Perry township. Items include 12 horses and mares 100 cattle farm machinery leather harnesses hay rakes plows mowers corn planters and a large supply of miscellaneous equipment with terms cash for sums under ten dollars and credit until October 1 1902 at ten percent interest with two percent cash discount. W L Wallis proprietor J S Serveson Son auctioneers.
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Davison County
Mitchell
Perry Township
Appleton
Jones Steel
Thompson
Deering
Osborne
Concord
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An advertisement for Cascarets candy cathartic claiming to cure constipation forever. It lists prices at 100 tablets for 25 cents and offers a refund from druggists if the product fails.
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C.C.C
Sale of School Lands in Davison County South Dakota
Notice states March sale of school lands in Davison County. Property to be offered at the front door of the courthouse in Pierre between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on March 28 and then remaining unsold lands to public auction at the bay house in the same county. Commissioner of School and Public Lands signs January 20.
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Comsmean School
Davison Cong
Dakota
Quancy
Court House
Howe
Cock P
Aeat
Bay House
Said
Cour
Pierre
S. D
Pobiens
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