Smallpox Delays Grand Lodge Meeting in June
Pierre reports seven smallpox cases with quarantine in effect while Fort Pierre shows about forty cases. A dispute over diagnosis rages between doctors with a state board specialist to decide. The Knights of the Maccabees postpone their grand lodge in Aberdeen and plan a late June meeting, with dates to be announced to lodges. Nearby towns note snowstorms, audits, and local developments as diverse as hospitals, theaters, and commerce continue.
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Lioux Falls
Maccabees
Markley
Supreme Coimander
Knights of the Maccabees
United States
Aberdeen
Pierre
S. D
Fort Pierre
Ruble
Laxery
Board of Health
Stanley County
State Board of Health
Iowa
Men Picked for April Term of Federal Court at Sioux Falls
Clerk of the Federal Court and U S Jury Commissioner D S Glidden drew the grand and petit juries for the April 2 term in Sioux Falls. Grand jurors include D C Miller Vermillion Harmon Pfeiffer Parker J H Kiel Sioux Falls George Rose Kimball J F Stahl Madison A F Donaldson Huron and others. Alternate grand jurors listed include William H Hughes Montrose R F Jacob Yankton and Jaco Booher Bijou Hills among a long roster. petite jurors named W L Bliss Huron George Losee Bloomingdale George L Wood Dell Rapids and more local residents.
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Sioux Falls
Feral Court
S&s. Pendar
United States
Glidden
D. C. Miller
Vermillion
Harmon Pfeiffer
Parker
J. H. Kiel
George
Huron
M. R. Kenefick
Dell Rapids
Peter St. Pierre
Greenwood
John ©. Bard
Bard
R. W. Howland
D. M. Fell
Injou Hills
William Winegarten
Wolsey
Tom Stapleton
Lyons
E. C. Robertson
William H. Hughes
Montrose
R. F. Jacob
Yankton
J. P. Williams
Delmont
Hugh Harris
Dunlap
John Rinker
Mayfield
Stephen Jones
Canton
Coursing in August Dates Set by South Dakota Group
South Dakota Field Trial Association chooses August dates near Sioux Falls for opening trials. Last year about 100 dogs entered across Werby and all aged stakes. a new subscription stake with $10 nomination and $15 entry fee will be added, with a $100 bonus from the association. Entries close July 41.
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Siroux Falls
Uifs City
South Dakota
Johnson
Winnipeg
Wis
Sioux Falls
Vhi
State two boards of charities split by factions in Sioux city
Fusion members of the boards of charities and corrections met in Sioux City and organized after Republicans Schnaid and Finnerud failed to appear. Governor Herreid appointed J D Lavin and W D Rive to the boards. Fusionists plan action while Republicans threaten to contest occupancy and personnel in court.
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Charlies Micard Porgy
Fusion
Board of Charities and Corrections
Messie, Staith and Bacon
Herreid
J.D. Lavin
W. DL. Rive
Messrs. Schnaid
Finnerud
H.R. Smith
Kingsbury
Auual Court
South Ts
Tetons
Halte Republican
Ube Popu
Murder at Pine Ridge and other Nebraska items
Report of Louis Cottier a Pine Ridge stockman killed at his home by an Ogallala Sioux man named Billy Day. The dawn finds the body with a close range wound and a violence noted. Also noted are details of Niels Hanson found murdered in Chicago near the Rock Island tracks and other Nebraska notes from Mead Caldwell Tamworth to Lincoln school boards complaints about fraudulent school chart agents.
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Louis Cottier
Gordon
Neb
Pine Ridge Agency
Spring Creek
Pine Ridge Reservation
Billy Day
Cottier
Day
Nebraska
South Dakota
Chicago
Niels Hanson
West
Washington Street
Sixty-fifth Street
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Englewood
A. Vai Duser
Wentworth Avenue
H. C. Hanson
Glenville
Clay County
Fleece
Lincoln
W. St. Fowler
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
Mead Caldwell
Tamworth
Asa Page
Central City
Wilson
Dubuque
J. P. Hewes
Auroraust
Peterson
Clarion
Great year for the telephones in Iowa
Des Moines March 13 Independent telephone association reports 25 percent of Iowa’s rural and toll mileage built in the last year. President J S Bellamy calls the year the most prosperous in Iowa telephone history, noting many new companies and strong firm results. He urges independent exchanges to focus on local toll lines while long distance work stays with dedicated long distance firms. About forty independents attended the convention.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Independent Telephone Association
Supreme Court of the
United States
Judge Hubbard Visits State House During Railroads Review
Des Moines on March 13 reports that the abstract of railroad assessment figures was completed and sent to the executive council for inspection before formal assessment work begins. Judge Hubbard visited the state house, meeting Auditor Merriam, Treasurer Gibberts on, Secretary Martin, and C L Davids on, denying any political motive.
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State House
Des Moines
Executive Council
Board of Control Embarrassed Over Cherokee Asylum Bids
Des Moines March 13 The board of control opened bids for the Cherokee hospital for the insane but will not award contracts until relieved of embarrassment caused by negligent trustees. Four major bidders on the entire project offered for most of the $400000 but bids on portions varied. The highway crossings on the 600 acre state tract block contract awards until the highways are vacated as required by law, leaving the board powerless to proceed.
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Board of Control
Cherokee
Des Moines
Messrs
George A. Grant
St. Paul
Bentley, Ryan & Co
Northern Building Company
Minneapolis
Congress Construction Company
Chicago
Iowa
Movement on Foot to Correct Abuses at Ft. Louis
B A Lockwood president of the National Grain Dealers association and G D Wells Iowa secretary have studied a future market for central states shipper grain. They met in St Louis where they urged transferring terminals to the Merchants' Exchange to ensure fair elevator fees and accurate weights. Iowa Kansas Nebraska and others see a path to southern markets now partly closed by high St Louis charges. Shippers expect Cuba and other West Indian markets to open, with long term benefits for Iowa dealers.
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Ft. Louis
Ames
B. A. Lockwood
National Grain Dealers’ Association
G. D. Wells
Iowa Association
Central States
Cuba
West Indian Islands
Central America
St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Lockwood
Petition Circulates to Quash State University Paper
Upperclassmen at Iowa City circulate a petition urging the president to shut down The Vidette Reporter. The protest claims the paper misrepresents school interests and is a disgrace to the institution.
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State University
Iowa, City
Vidette Reporter
The Old Man's Son and the Making of Reputations
A writer argues that wealth alone breeds weak heirs and notes that true achievement comes from struggle and proven merit. Using Vanderbilt as an example, the piece contends sons of fortunes gain mock honors until tested in wards and campaigns, proving individuality beyond inherited stock.
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Saturday Evening Post
Vanderbilt
Yellow Journal
Congress
Influence of Boston Described Through a Kansas Bean Seller
A Washington Star reader cites Boston influence as far reaching across the nation in a parable about selling beans in western Kansas. A farmer from Tennessee visits a commission man’s home, asks to see him, and the wife mentions a Boston visitor with beans to sell, though the teller admits he has never been to Boston.
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Washington Star
Boston
Kansas
Tennessee
The Bargain Swindler and the Wearied Mountaineer
A New York Times paragraph describes a man in a suburb using fake salvage sales to tempt women into buying expensive clothes and linens delivered soon, while surfacing as samples. many call him a swindler, though the piece notes his grasp of female purchasing quirks. Detroit Journal adds a scene of an old mountaineer worn by age and family strain, joking about aging and feuds as he laments being unable to catch up.
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New York Times
Chicago
Detroit Journal
Bowles Named Chief Constructor in Navy Department
Francis T. Bowles of the New York navy yard was chosen by President McKinley to head the bureau of construction and repair, succeeding Rear Admiral Hichborn who retires March 4. Bowles becomes rear admiral, the youngest in U S service, with a career in naval construction and a record of modernizing practices and strict discipline.
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Washington
Francis T. Bowles
New York Navy Yard
McKinley
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
Hichborn
Bowles
United States Service
Mr. Bowles
Massachusetts
New England
Naval Academy
Annapolis
School of Naval Architecture
Royal Naval College
Greenwich
England
Norfolk Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Lke
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engipester
Norfolk
New York
Brooklyn
United States
Whitney
Pomeroy the Assiduous Reader Despite Crimes
Boston Post describes Jesse Pomeroy, the juvenile murderer, as a highly literate man who has spent most of his prison time reading since 1876. At 41, he remains mentally sharp, devouring books in a well furnished cell with access to a full prison library, while doing only minimal work beyond keeping his cell clean.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Boston Post
Boston
Bridges
Pomeroy
A Brave Young Woman And The Oysters
A Washington state girl visiting Washington, D C, recounts an infamous first real life-size oyster experience. After ordering fifty oysters the hungry guest hurls them from her window to the roof below, sparing no effort, while the waiter grins at the spectacle and she downplays the meal.
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Washington Post
Washington
Capital
Pacific Coast
The Passing One Cent Stamp Economics War
A retailer explains why switching to 2 cent stamps for bulk mail saves money. Envelopes with folders cost 125 dollars for 5000, but 1 cent stamps would reduce opens and waste. The merchant argues 2 cent stamps boost delivery and engagement, yielding a net saving of about 105 dollars.
Greatest Heat Yet Produced by Prof Tucker at Columbia
The Boston Evening Transcript reports Prof Tucker of Columbia University achieved a heat of 6500 degrees Fahrenheit using a special furnace and strong current. The temperature vaporized steel and quartz, with platinum failing, and crucibles disappearing in a puff. The result surpasses prior records and suggests artificial diamond production and valuable silicon carbide and calcium carbide may be possible contributions for commerce.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Tucker
Columbia Universit
Sol
Moisson
Paris
Night poem fragment by Edwin Markham revived
A fragmentary verse excerpt presents Edwin Markham's line about a free world and grim road to death. The speaker urges movement through dust and shadow as fates and tribes are invoked, conveying a somber, lyrical meditation.
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Edwin Markham
They That Has Gifts and the Law of Survival
A lecture on David Harum’s philosophy of the survival of the fittest, arguing that both innate genius and environment shape ability, and that strength in body mind and morals drives national growth and progress. It asserts education expands value and that nations rise by power and virtue, with examples from history and nature.
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David Harum
Commonwealth
Ife
Lfe
America
Rome
Italy
Pacific Ocean
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Noten
O. Warfield
Mitchell
White
John Bundy
Monroe
Fairfax
Gregory County
St. Luke's Hospital Board
The
Argus
Colman
Moody County
Bert H. Berry
Frank Geppert
Pukwana
Ari Gillette
Deadwood
Black Hills
Gayville
Schuchardt & Sutherland
Schuchardt
J. D. Wallace
Day County
Hot Springs
Illinois
Volin
William Strobel
Elk Point
Woodmen of America
Summit
P. W. Poor
P. J. J. Lee
C.H. Lien
Strouseton
Kk. B. Wright
F. Heathcote
W. J. Somers
Good Templars
Good Templar
Union
Clay
Turner
McCook
Minnehaha
Carpenter
Watertown
South Dakota Field Trial Association
STATE
Pine Ridge
Teyhaxe
Boreehuree Well
Totel Bacon
Corrine O
Nicoston
Burling
Alka
Vo Reorhe
Aller
T . Forbing
Lloyd Brooks
Iionona County
Ife Baker
Middleton
Eagle Grove
Indepen
Burlington
John Hottumwun
Jim Harris
Chicaco Great Western
President Bellamy
Iown
Hubbard
Southern Grain Markets
Influence OF
Politigal
Frank R. Wilsor
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