Mitchell band hopes to recruit more for city concert
Prof. Hunter led the first city hall band rehearsal with 23 newcomers, signaling strong support from local business leaders. University bids for science hall construction opened with no decision yet, while a committee studies materials and plans for potential changes. President Kerfoot returns from treatment, weighing a trip south, as several residents travel for visits and work continues on community projects and announcements.
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Hunter
Mitchell
University
Kerfoot
Chamberlain Sanitarium
Excelsior Springs
Growing Diamond Willow for Posts Raises Northwest Value
Geo H Whiting argues Diamond Willow native to the Missouri River banks is ideal for farm fencing posts in the Northwest. He notes quick growth from cuttings or seedlings, durable wood, profitable cycles of 6 to 12 years, stump regrowth, and fits for low wet soils. Planting details and cultivation steps are provided for a 2 acre patch yielding perpetual posts.
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Missouri River
Dakotas
Catalpa
Iowa
Northwest Prairies
Moffat dies after building rail line and bank empire
David H. Moffat, powerful Denver financier and railroad pioneer, died suddenly at Hotel Belmont after recovering from grip and pneumonia. He led the Denver Northwestern and Pacific railroad, served as First National Bank of Denver president, and amassed wealth estimated at 40 million dollars. He started as a messenger and built a business empire with the Little Pittsburg mining stake and local Denver improvements.
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Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway
First National Bank of
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Colo
Belmont
Moffat
Mr. Moffat
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Clearing House
Telephone
First National Bank of Denver
Northwestern and Pacific Railroad
Solid Rock
United States
Booker Washington Assaulted in New York Home
Albert Uhlirich, a carpenter, is jailed on assault charges after allegedly entering Booker T. Washington’s home in New York. Washington, ill from injuries, says he went there seeking a friend and plans to call on D C Smith of Tuskegee Institution.
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New Yorker
New York City
Albert Uhlirich
Uhlrich
Washington
D. C. Smith
Tuskegee Institution
Smith
United States
Roosevelt
Prairie fires grow numerous across western South Dakota
Prairie fires are increasing in western South Dakota this spring. A blaze near Flat Top Butte in southern Stanley County destroyed all buildings on John Kelly’s farm and spread toward White River before being stopped. Additional fires threaten hay and shanties along the fire line, with similar outbreaks near Wessington Springs and Jerauld County. The report warns that gales can revive such fires, referencing 1889 and deadly April gales that caused heavy damage in Sully Hyde and Hand counties.
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Jerauld County
Wessington Springs
Sully
Hyde
Hand
Husband shoots self as wife dies in South Dakota
In Hitchcock Beadle county, John Johnson and his wife died after illness. While arranging to move his wife to a hospital she died. The next morning Johnson, grief struck, left home and did not return. A shotgun found missing led neighbors to discover his body in a pasture with the weapon nearby.
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Hitchcock
Beadle
John Johnson
M. Johnson
Johnson
Dr. Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment Sold By Drugists
A household remedy for cuts burns bruises piles gain and soreness promises no equal in a 25c size. Money refunded if not satisfactory. For sale by all druggists.
Reciproc ity politics and Tammany grip on 1912 race
A Washington analysis warns the extra session was driven by Taft administration aims to manage emergencies amid Mexican border mobilization. It argues Tammany Hall seeks House control, sergeant at arms influence, and aims to nominate a Democratic presidential candidate while Bryan resists.
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Texas
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House of Representatives
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New York Tammany Tiger
Tammany
Harmon
Ohio
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Buffalo
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Bryan
Tammany Democrat
White House
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Taft
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LaFellette
Roosevelt
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Confirmation at St Marys Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. F. F. Johnson of South Dakota administered confirmation at St Marys Episcopal Church on Sunday morning. Ten candidates were presented by Mr. Barnett, two men and eight women, as the church overflowed with attendees. The bishop preached on the Parable of the Sower stressing continual effort and Christian duty, praising Rev Barnetts work and hoping for a newer church building by his next visit.
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South Dakota
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Barnett
St. Mary’s
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