Unanimous win for Dakota Wesleyan in intercollegiate debate
Dakota Wesleyan University edged Carleton College by unanimous decision in a city hall debate on interstate railroad chartering. Judges Prof O C Libby Prof Frederick A Stuff and President W W Smith praised the Wesleyan team led by Sid ney Graham Guy Cook and James Dobson for clear argument and strong rebuttals while Carleton acknowledged the defeat with sportsmanlike conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Graham
Guy Cook
James Dobson
Dakota Wesleyan University
Carleton College
City Hall
Samuel Weir
J. L. Seaton
Carleton
J. Raymond Plum
Albert T. Wilson
Ned §. Dickinson
Wesleyan
Graham
Cook
Dobson
Frederick A. Stuff
Lincoln, Neb
W. W. Smith
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Contested Vote Opens in Mitchell License Case
Plaintiffs in Mitchell sue to contest the city election on liquor licenses alleging 90 nonresidents and 20 fraudulent votes by Dakota Wesleyan University students. They seek to set aside returns and declare the true result in favor of license. The suit names Wesson & Wannett as former city attorneys and calls for a special circuit session before July 1 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Wesleyan
Carleton
Wesleyan
Omaha Passen
Jobiston
P. Navin
Schlinzen
Plainitlius
Auurey Spineler
Tehalf
Preston & Hadinett
Spangler
City of
Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
Smith
NAMED COUNTY TICKET FOR PROHIBITION CONVENTION
The county prohibition convention finished its work nominating most of the county ticket. Insurgent Republican candidates I W Seaman for Senator and C I Drake for representative received strong support though no firm decisions were made. Officers named include John K Johnson Vernon for representative and J S Wilson Mitchell for probate judge with a full slate listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Seaman
C. I. Drake
Rey. Kk. J. Norton
V. C. Damon
John KK
Johhnson
Mr. Vernon
J. S. Wilson
Mitchell
B. Wittstruck
Mitch
Not entirely free from disease on high elevations
The article notes fevers on high elevations and malaria at lower levels varying with altitude. It claims electric bitters overcome climate affections lassitude malaria jaundice biliousness fever ague and general debility, as an effective remedy and blood purifier. Sold with guarantee at Diehl & Brown's drug store for 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diehl & Brown’s
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Internal remedies are needed as the disease is blood or constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces and is backed by a physician's prescription. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. testimonials available. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Mitchell Relief
Mrs. John H. Wright of Mitchell says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved ten years of kidney pain backache and dizziness after trying other medicines. She bought the pills at Diehl Brown's Drug Store and notes lasting improvement in kidney function and body strength. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells the remedy nationwide under the Doan's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Mitchell
John H. Wright
First St. Mitchel
S. D
Diehl & Brown
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
It Reached the Spot Says Omega Store Owner
Mr E Humphrey, Omega Ohio general store owner and president of Adams County Telephone Co and Home Telephone Co, Pike County, says Dr King s New Discovery saved his life by reaching the cough spot when nothing else worked. The product heals sore and weak spots in throats lungs and chest and is sold at Diehl Brown s drug store for 50 cents or 1 dollar with a trial bottle free.
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E. Humphrey
Omega, O
Adams County Telephone Co
Home Telephone Co
Pike County
Dr. King
Diehl & Brown’s
Frank L Mayes Flourishing Pensacola Editor
Frank L Mayes formerly of this city and once Gazette editor is thriving as editor and manager of the Pensacola Journal in Florida. A Camden Alabama Progressive Era appreciation notes his paper’s steady growth and the Pensacola Journal meeting southern daily standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Mayes
The
Gazette
Pensicola
Florida
Daily Journal
South
Mitchbell
Camden
Alabama
Pensacola Journal
Governor Candidate Recalled as Strong Potential Leader
The writer laments the editor and business figure lacking common ground with a governor candidate. They note the Florida press failed to support him but acknowledge his potential as a future chief executive, suggesting it may not be too late for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Fice
Cedar View merchant touts Dr King’s New Life Pills
B G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi says customers who buy a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills receive value equal to the weight of gold for relief from constipation malaria or biliousness. Sold under guarantee at Diehl Brown’s drug store price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Diehl & Brown’s
Contest Filed Over Mitchell First Ward Alderman Seat
State of South Dakota files in circuit court to void C. J. Hardy's election as First ward short term alderman in Mitchell. Relator Hh. T. Grinnell alleges illegal votes from Dakota Wesleyan University students and cites saloon contest parallels. Opponent Wardy tied to the university faculty. ongoing legal actions may prompt further challenges on the license measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hardy
Hardy
South Dakota
Hh. T. Grinnell
City of
Mitchell
Grinnell
Wardy
Dakota Wesleyan University
Preston & Wannetta
Dakota Wesleyan
Heiress asks, would you wed a poor working girl
An heiress asks a suitor if he would marry her as a poor working woman. He replies that it would be unfair as she would have to support herself. The quote reflects social class expectations in a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt.
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Philadelphia Ledger
May Music Festival Promises Two Grand Programs
Mitchell prepares for a second annual May Music Festival led by E W Llobson and Emil Oberhoffer. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform three concerts with the Choral Club featuring Gods Own Time is the Best and The Holy City with four soloists. Festival dates are May 26 and 27 supported by about sixty local business leaders to align with the fall corn palace event. Ramner seeks June primaries endorsement to depoliticize public instruction and run on merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Minneapolis? Symphony Orchestra
E. W. Llobson
Minneapolis
Chicago
Emil Oberhoffer
The
Holy City
Bach
Ramer Declared Republican Candidate for State Superintendent
Union County Courier notes M. M. Ramer, principal of Mitchell high school and former superintendent of George W Nash, announced as Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. The piece praises his education career, pledges straightforward service, and asserts he would bring substantial, systematic oversight to public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County Courier
M. M. Ramer
Mitchell High School
Ramer
Beli
George W W. Nash
Aberdeen Normal and Training School
A Californian's Luck With Bucklen Arnica Salve
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California praises Bucklen Arnica Salve for curing years of itching piles after buying two 25 cent boxes. The ad notes the product was sold in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Charles F. Budahn
Tracy
California
Diehl & Brown
Quick Bits From Throughout the Nation
A collage of odd notes includes Blond people rarely get cancer, Canada’s population up about 23 percent in ten years, Pittsfield jail food set at 10 cents daily, the Berryville family in Oklahoma pulling $20 000 monthly from oil, a Salina club gifting a Lincoln board gavel, bullets found in a Portsmouth elm aged 150 years, and a snapshot of wealth in Congress with about one third of senators and many representatives as millionaires.
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Canada
Pittsfield
Mass
Berryville
Oklahoma
Salina
Ill
Lincoln
Springfield
Portsmouth
N. H
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
House
The Last Move
Bobby, son of a Methodist minister, has moved four times by age eight and opposes itinerant clergy. An elderly minister once questioned him about heaven and asked where the blest reside. He replied with weariness that heaven is the last place they will move to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Argonaut
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O. C. Libby
Grand Forks
Oliver Pine
Register of Deeds
Thomas Smart
John de Juoes
Daniel Fideroff
A. K. Thurston
Mt. Vernon
Alfred Klutz
F. J. Nor
State
National Prohibition Party
Hart Schaff
Ner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Ieiter
Cay
Hare Schaffner & Marx Clothes
W. C. Metcalf
the Corner Clothier
Mitchell, South Dakota
Will
E. T. Grinnell
Ramner
Department of Public Instruction
Mr. Ramer
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