Election critique recalls 1906 shift in South Dakota GOP
The piece denounces the 1906 GOP leadership loss and condemns the current reform banner. It accuses a coalition of politicians of graft and bossism, cites abuses in primaries, exaggerated campaign promises, and extravagant appropriations, naming figures and comparing eras.
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Sioux Falls
Republican Party
Washington
Elrod
Burke
Martle
Kittredge
Gamble-Crawford - Cassill - Basford - Hall- Parker
Pettigrewe
United States
House of Representatives
South Dakota Wealth From Divorces and Resources Examined
The Chicago Record Herald analyzes South Dakota assets beyond divorce mills, noting nonresident divorces yielded about 48 0 for the state in 1907 while gala mines and silver provided around 7 000 000 yearly. It cites valued livestock including horses cattle and milch cows, plus grain crops like wheat and corn, suggesting the state’s wealth comes from diverse resources beyond divorce income.
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Chicago Record Herald
South Dakota
Record Herald
Sout Dakota
Noti
Bureau of Statistics of the Agricultural Department of the United States
Industry of South Dakota and mill revenue impact
The passage argues that the loss of revenue from mills in South Dakota would largely go unnoticed by most, existing only for a few locals. It suggests the broader population has more to fear from a bad corn season than from abolition of the mills.
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South Dakota
Insurance Statements Sent Early to Aid Crawford Press
Insurance Commissioner Basford speeds out 1907 statements to the insurgent press to secure support for the Crawford administration. No statements yet appear in the Democratic press, unlike last year, when Republicans fed the Democratic press to gain help against a Republican faction.
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Basford
Crawford
Roosevelt’s bold move on Brownsville order questioned by Senate actions
The Baltimore American lauds President Roosevelt as a strenuous leader who acts decisively on need. It notes his order dismissing the Brownsville regiment and barring reenlistment of implicated soldiers, while suggesting he would spare individual justice and praising Taft’s private dissent.
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Baltimore American
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
White House
Brownsville
Foraker
Senate Committee of Investigation
Senate
Congress
Taft
Senator Gamble Reports SD Primary Result to Smoot
Senator Gamble learned of South Dakota’s insurgent victory and rushed to inform his Mormon ally Senator Smoot of Utah. Smoot favors Governor Crawford and the insurgents and hopes Senator Kittredge is defeated.
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Gamble
South Dakota
Washington
Smoot
Utah
Crawford
Kittredge
Primary Law Fault Exposed By South Dakota Insurgents
The article argues the first act of the next legislature should remove a clause giving county central committee leaders unlimited power under the primary law. Insurgent forces two years ago pushed a provision allowing two thirds of the county committee to bypass the primary, aiming to entrench their faction and override popular choices across numerous counties.
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South Dakota
Weaders
Facti N
March primary call to reform delegate selection
A letter argues for the old method of selecting delegates and candidates to curb power concentrated in a few unscrupulous politicians seeking to perpetuate themselves. The writer urges adopting the former system for county level control.
Rudolph of Canton Seeks State Treasurer Nomination
Rudolph of Canton announces his candidacy for state treasurer in the June primaries. He pledges honest, economical conduct, opposes earning interest on state funds, and supports Roosevelt policies and Senator Kittredge’s renomination. He stresses accountability and will not serve in any bank handling state money.
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QO. A. Rudolph
Canton
Rudolph
Lincoln County
Roosevelt
Chicaro
Kittredge
CURES FOR LOVE And English Commentary On Breakups
A compilation of ancient and classical opinions on ending love affairs. It cites Ovid Coleridge La Rochefoucauld Addison Hazlitt Goethe Goldsmith Colley Cibber and Dryden, suggesting travel absence business daily activity reflection and even replacing love with another as ways to cure or cope with love’s misery.
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Ovid
Colerkiga
la Rochefoucauld
Addison Oid
Hazlitt
Goethe
Goldsmith
Colley Cibber
Dryden
Heine
All That Didn’t Bink Phrase in River Town
A visiting speaker jokes about local goats and a rainy season in a rustic river town. The native replies that goats are plentiful during the rains, highlighting regional humor and dialect for a period-sounding urban note.
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Puck
Plenty of Advice in Harper's Weekly Quote
A short Harper's Weekly note cites a quip about handling a cold with friends looking after the ill person. It reflects social care and humorous neglect in a 19th century humor context.
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Harper’s Weekly
Local notes of Ethan community events and bids
Ethan March notes report visits between Huron and Loomis families, a surprise birthday party for Frank Klotz, S J Wilson cistern work, D W volunteer mission band to lead M E church service March 22, Doak and Stopfer cooking exhibit, Wick Waug's return to Loomis, a runaway dray incident, bids sought for Farmer's Elevator Ethan with sealed bids due April 4, letters from Rev H H Weak of India, and residents coming from Mitchell for Sunday visits.
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Ethan
D. W
M. ER
Doak
Stopfer
Loomis
Republican
Wick Waug
Arkansas
Mr. Waugh
S. C. Cathout
Mr. Morgan
Ethan Enterprise
Farmer’s Elevator
Farmer’s Elevator Co
Ethan, S. C
Deaths and local news from Ethan and area
Miss Annie Clement visits from Woonsocket and Grandpa Blackman dies at 6 p m Saturday. His funeral Monday at the east cemetery, Rev Stahl officiating. He leaves a sister and two sons. Carl Thompson dies at home south of town after recent Minnesota trip. Five children survive his wife. Local notices and temperance lecture announced.
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Ethan
Annie Clement
Woonsocket
Grandpa Blackman
Mr. Blackman
EF. Stahl
Blackman
Pleasant Surprise Party Aids Loomis Parsonage Fund
In Loomis on Thursday evening neighbors surprised John Cone and family and enjoyed a pleasant evening. A basket social by Burl Pooley raised 36.60 to aid the E. D. Watkins parsonage project. C. P. Taylor built a new barn on his Loomis property. Mrs Will Cark and son Charley improved after illness. Jessie Kidd and Miss Horton traveled to Woonsocket to see Dr. Kidd. E. M. Shirk shipped a carload of potatoes east. A second surprise party occurred at W. H. Walrath’s home.
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Loomis
John Cone
Burl Pooley
E. D. Watkins
C. P. Taylor
Will Cark
Charley
Jessie Kidd
Miss Horton
Woonsocket
F. S. Kidd
E. M. Shirk
W. H. Walrath
Community Socials and Local Moves Noted
Tuesday evening activities wrap up with general merriment as residents share stories. John Morgan plows season first on Saturday followed by J. B. Taylor on Monday. Mrs S M Crippen visits family in Letcher while Mrs James Barr and her son Dale visit Loomis area relatives. Alvin Young and family from Carthage help on Loomis area farm. Henry Butts family stays with his parents near Loomis. J E Watkins, county surveyor, brings John L Nelson to survey two blocks west of Loomis to connect town growth.
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John Morgan
Mother Earth
J. B. Taylor
S. M. Crippen
Letcher
James Barr
Dale
Wessington Springs
Joe Gilfillan
Alvin Young
Carthage
Loomis
Henry Butts
St. Lawrence
W. d H. Butts
J. E. Watkins
John L. Nelson
Riverside Notes and Community Updates in March
George White vacationing with sister Mrs. H Woodruff in Riverside. Mr and Mrs L A Gardner visited Mrs Woodruff's family Sunday. John Tromsland and Albert Otterson drove to Mitchell Tuesday. James Murtha moved from hospital to town and is improving toward returning to his claim. Sunday school plans a rally with 11 am service and classes to enroll new scholars. Farmer's Elevator Co annual meeting in Koch's hall elects Mason Kenton president and selects directors Iver Peterson C BE Satterlee R Houge J Wields Warren Ewing. Albert Otterson hired to begin grain buying Monday, March 23.
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Riverside
George White
H. Woodruff
L. A. Gardner
John Tromsland
Albert Otterson
Mitchell
James Murtha
Jim
Harry Albee
Dick Corcoran
Amos Albee
Farmer’s Elevator Co
Koch’s Hall
Mason Kenton
W. H. Young
Iver Peterson
C. BE. Satterlee
R. Houge
J. Wields
Warren Ewing
The Lucky Quarter Dr. King's Pills Offer Refund
A drug store advertises Dr. King's New Life Pills with a refund if not satisfied. The copy claims to relieve headache biliousness constipation and malaria, promising health more precious than jewels and inviting customers to Diehl & Brown's drug store.
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Dr. King
Diehl & Brown’s
Starr Catholic Church Burned In Farm Community
Ethan March 20 The Catholic church in Starr burned Thursday at 6 pm. Only a few notes saved. Cause unknown. Loss estimated at 20000. The church stood in a central farming area five miles south of Ethan. Pastor Rev Wulf led the parish. A German boys school and a Sisters school operated nearby. Only the church was destroyed. rebuilding likely soon.
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Ethan
Starr
Wulf
No Use To Die Says Rushboro Woman on Discovery
Mrs J P White of Rushboro Pa says King s New Discovery saved her life after a lung trouble. She declares it loosens a cough quickly and cures june disease after a doctor deemed hopeless. Diehl Brown s drug store sells the remedy 50c and 1 00 with a trial bottle free.
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King
J. P. White
Rushboro
Uder
Diehl & Brown’s
Auction Sale at Prospect Township Cattle and Machinery
Public auction set for March 26 in Prosber township near Mitchell and Ethan. Items include 49 cattle plus hogs and farm machinery with cash terms for small sums and credit until December 24, 1908 on approved security at 10 percent interest. Auctioneer Jay H. Craton with M. F. Patton as clerk.
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Prosber Township
Mitchell
Ethan
Jay H. Craton
M. F. Patton
University Notes Describe Exam Rush And Admin Changes
Students at the university show stressed mood ahead of term exams on the 26th and 27th with the spring term set to begin April 1. Gilliland is named Dean by the board, with Weir assisting during the president’s absence. Several campus residents and staff are noted, including surgeries, returns to work, and a chapel talk by Dean Chandler praising Dakota Wesleyan.
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Nicholson
Gilliland
Weir
Joan Auckland
Lebuse Stransky
Henry Mansheim
Geddes
Claire Roberts
Madison
Howard Kingsbury
University
Kingsbury
Dean Chandler
Morningside
Dakota Wesleyan
Davison County Assessors Plan Meeting With Officials
Notice states the Davison county assessors will meet with county commissioners and the county auditor at the auditor office on Tuesday April 7 1908 for conference on duties. Dated March 16 1908. H B Anderson County Auditor.
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Davison County
H. B. Anderson
Capping the Wigs In London Lord Mayor Ceremonial
The New York Tribune notes a medieval survival on lord mayor day in London. The lord mayor enters the high court in robes and wig, lifts his cocked hat three times to salute the lord chief justice, while judges keep their caps on. The retinue visits other courts and invites them to the Guildhall banquet.
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London
Law Courts
Rieneelf
Westminster
High Court
Mansion House
New York Tribune
The Only One. Henry VIII Sends Embittered Messenger
Henry VIII planned to dispatch an English bishop to deliver a fierce message to Francis I of France. The bishop feared for his life and warned the king, who replied with a threats to execute Frenchmen. The bishop warned that none of Henry’s heads would fit his body as well as his own.
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Henry VIII
England
Francis I
France
Francis
Henry
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H. H. Weak
India
Thomas Dabler
Minnie Lowrie
Mrs. Letterstrum
Charlie Blackman
Starr Catholic Church
University Notes
Lord Mayor Law Courts
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