Dakotas Near Statehood and Chicago’s Ties
The Chicago Times lauds S S Cox for backing Dakota statehood and warns the era will bring closer Chicago-Dakota ties. It notes Cox’s speeches and leadership helped passage of bills adding four states, with Dakota projections showing immense growth and political impact. The piece contrasts local papers and endorses thrift in state governance.
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Chicago Times
S.S. Cox
the Times
Chicago
Congress
Dast House
Samuel Sullis van Cox
Cleveland
Turkey
Cox
Dakotas
House
Dakota
Union
Republican doubts about prohibition enforcement league
The editorial argues the prohibition enforcement league is premature and risks hindering the law's success. It cites broad public support for prohibition, strong local and state officials, and the political press's pledge to enforce the law, suggesting authorities will uphold it without extra league pressure.
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Prohibition Enforcement League of
South Dakota
lIerein
League
Governor Down
Enforcement League
Drouth Devastates Minnesota Area Amid Distress
A Minnesota dispatch notes severe drought comparable to South Dakota with widespread dryness. Creeks and rivers run dry, lakes at record lows, wells yielding poor water, and sickness rising. Farmers haul water from distant sources as subsoil remains cracked at seven feet.
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Minnesota
South Dakota
Waterville
Minnnesota
Chicago
Dakota
Blooming Grove
Armour Chronicle subscribers drop after election
The Chronicle notes loss of several subscribers since election as readers declare they do not care to take a prohibition paper. It laments that such sentiment cannot destroy a newspaper nor its favorable support ensure its survival.
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Chronicle
Douglas County
Armour Chronicle
the Chronicle
South Dakota Pushes for Settlement and Suffrage Debate
The piece urges voters in Davison County to consider settling incentives and a proposed poor farm purchase, noting Commissioner McCormick's attention. It links the South Dakota agitation on woman suffrage to a broader debate on electoral reform, arguing for limited franchise based on intelligence and citizenship rather than sex.
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South Dakota
Northwest
Davison County
McCormick
Colorado editor appeals for farm support on subscription
The News editor appeals to Dakota readers offering to accept farm produce or labor in lieu of cash for subscriptions. He notes the need for pumpkins, squashes, corn, turnips, hay, and straw as payment options and invites farmers to contribute at the ranch or by ploughing for fire guards.
First Dakota Legislature Faces Demands for Reform
The Press of the State notes the mounting workload for the inaugural legislature while the Dakota Ruralist targets millers for excessive flour profits. Davison County Gazette urges tax penalty reform, Conklin's Dakotan pushes hard against usury, and Sioux Falls Press calls for railroads facing discriminatory Dakota rates to be disciplined.
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Dakota Ruralist
Davison County Gazette
Conklin
Dakotan
Sioux Falls
Debate on order of new states entering the Union
The article argues over the relative sequence of new states joining the Union while noting that the essential benefit is equal representation and voting power once statehood is granted. South Dakota contends for priority, but all new and existing states gain parity upon proclamation.
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Thirty-Ninth
South Dakota
Congress
David's rebellious son in the royal fall
A religious lesson tracing Absalom's rise and deceit after David's prosperity. Absalom manipulates people with fair words, gains influence at the gate, declares rebellion from Hebron, and forces David to flee. The piece contrasts appearances with true heart, noting consequences of pride, false vows, and misplaced trust.
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H. S. Hoffman
Philadelphia
David
Israel
Aimnon
Absalom
Geshur
Joab
Tekoa
Jerusalem
God
Judas
Jesus Christ
Hebron
Syria
Isa Syn
Abram
Caleb
Josh
Jesus
God of Truth
Ingersoll
Schoolday Holidays and a Sullivan Visit Anecdote
A nostalgic meditation on school holiday anticipation contrasts with adult life, recalling the last week at school and its fevered excitement. The piece notes letters, exams, and trunks, then shifts to a St Louis tale of John L Sullivan at the Laclede hotel, where he stamps a coin into a bar with a single fist strike, a memory lasting years.
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Thad
Pittsburg Dispatch
Sullivan
Laclede
John L. Sullivan
Anna
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Beecher Childhood Courage Before Fame
A portrait of Henry Ward Beecher as a fearless child who preferred practical tasks to academics, sewing and woodwork among his early skills. A remembered moment in Brooklyn shows his courage when a rabid dog blocked a sidewalk, and he struck with an axe to protect others.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Scbost
Beecher
Lbooklyn
Sheep Population and Wool Trade in the United States
The article notes about 70,000 large Fenedee sheep and over a million small flocks in the United States. It records the number of sheep doubled in twenty years rising from 22,000,000 in 1860 to 44,000,000 in 1880, with 1883 peaking at near 100,000,000. The wool trade is cited as absorbing around 2100,000,000 in capital and production nearing 800,000,000 pounds.
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Gandcuffs
Mme
Diss de Bar
Cleveland Plain Dealer
United States
Josephus the Wild West Goat of Hard Pan Bottom
In a Black Hills mining camp tale from the New York Tribune, a character named Josephus the Rocky Mountain goat causes mischief and bravado among miners. Known as the Judge and Lime Spy Killer, he leads pranks, hides in tents, and launches a dramatic mock attack with his companions. He dies after whiskey and imagined battles, with the camp holding a grand funeral.
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Josephus
Novy
Hard Pan Bottom
Black Hills
Natral
Buckeye” Smith
Buckeye
New -York Tribune
Flow to Sell Goods Recounted by New York Merchant
A New York merchant explains selling tactics from sizing up buyers to tailoring approach for each man. He urges relentless pursuit and preparedness for all receptions and objections, claiming success comes from adapting to the buyer and finishing with a thorough review of the sale.
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New York
Fstar
Victor Hugo
St. Paul
Growing Interest in Manly Sports Across Society
The New Orleans Picayune notes a rising popularity of baseball, horse racing, yachting, rowing, sparring and other diversions. It argues that balanced attention to all sports boosts health and contentment, and may curb an overemphasis on commercial pursuits driving American character toward excessive gain.
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New Orleans Picayune
The Aluminum Age and the Future of Aluminum
An article recounts the death of Fred J. Seymour and notes the aluminum metal as the future, detailing the Seymour process, competing methods, and the alloy’s potential widespread use. It covers Wohler’s discovery, physical properties, and predicted applications from ships to everyday goods, highlighting mass production aims and early cost debates.
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Fred J. Seymour
Seymour
Proverbs of wisdom and folly from the Rehoboth Gunday Herald
A collection of English proverbs presented with varied spellings and archaic phrasing. The items dispense cautions on speaking, time, fortune, pride, and behavior, offering maxims such as hear twice before you speak, he that lies with dogs must rise with fleas, and he that runs fast must not run long.
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Tle
Ile
Rehoboth Gunday
A Foolish Toad and a Violinist’s Lost Finger
A descriptive Syracuse Journal piece recounts a lazy toad beneath a leaf chasing a bubble bee and a dramatic escape from a hot vest fire, ending with the toad sleeping contentedly. In Boston a boy in a crowded horse car loses a finger at the door, severed while his father, a noted violinist, mourns the loss of his aspiring musician’s “violin finger.”
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Lie
Petrances
Nebuchadnezzar
Jonah
Syracuse Journal
Boston
Boston Post
Suppressing Dandies by a Chinese Governor
A provincial Chinese governor forbids young men under his rule to wear vividly colored and embroidered dress deeming it foolish and unmanly. He cautions fathers brothers and tutors that they will be held responsible for any excessive clothing among youths. The Boston Transcript notes the parallel with American dandies adopting colored velvet coats.
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Boston Transcript
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