Notice of Election and Constitutional Amendments
Notice for a November election to choose state and county officers in Davison County South Dakota plus proposed constitutional amendments on permanent school funds and repeal of Article 27. Polling places listed in Perry Lisbon Tobin Rome and surrounding townships. election hours eight to six.
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South Dakota
County of
Davison
Perry Township
Blendon
Nave Mitchell
Sheriff's Office
Court House
Beulah
Mt. Vernon Township
Mt. Vernon Vlags
Prosper Township
Union
Lisbon
Baker
Tobin
Rome
Rome “ “ So Yy
City of Mitchell
Abbey
Main Street
John Colvin
1St Street
Hose House
Ed Devy
A. D
Seal
H. B. Anderson
Baden-Baden Asylum Of Degenerate Wealth
A quote from Lilian Bell in Woman's Home Companion condemns aristocratic excess and moral decay. It contrasts the pleasures of Baden-Baden with the sickly aristocracy, describing vivid scenes of convicts and degeneracy while praising Baden-Baden’s healthful air as a counterpoint to corrupt wealth.
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Europe
Baden-Baden
Oos
Lilian Bell
Bigbee and Smallbee Face a Five Year Loyalty Test
In a Palmer scene Bigbee asks for a loan of £2 from Smallbee who refuses after five years of acquaintance. Smallbee explains the reason is their long friendship, leaving Bigbee puzzled by the reply. The exchange ends with no loan granted.
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Bigbee
Smallbee
Pearson’s Weekly
Silent Partner at Auction Yields Big Windfall
A narrator recounts a bold deal at an auction where a loud buyer becomes a silent partner. A $500 deposit funds the purchase, the narrator secures the deed, and a later $1,000 payment boosts his start. The scheme hinges on a near sighted auctioneer who misreads a gesture. The partner nets $8,000, while the narrator's $500 yields rapid returns.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Odd Paris Purchases Spark a Grumpy Note
A reader recounts giving Delia money to buy items in Paris and receiving a note implying a gift instead. The article mentions the Chinese cash coin as the common circulating currency, copper and zinc with a square center hole for stringing.
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Delia
Paris
Indianapolis
China
Parachute Doubt Met With Calm Reply
A spectator questions parachute failure after detaching from the balloon. The daring aeronaut replies that failure would not stop him, and he would descend the rest of the way.
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Chicago Tribune
Oldest Fountain in America Stands in Lima Plaza
In Lima a bronze fountain sits at the center of the plaza. Erected in 1578 as a gift from a noble Spaniard it is likely the oldest fountain in the Americas.
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Lima
America
bracelet amulets and marvels in Chinese lore
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts legends of Chinese amulets and a magic bracelet said to grant chronic life and allow a ruler to control decrees by writing. A tale claims the bracelet signaled to depart with its owner as the emperor lay in state, and notes amulets as barometers in some beliefs.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Spoiling a Sermon and the Printer’s Lapses
A humorous note on printing errors in papers misrendering biblical names Nadab and Abihu as Nabob and Abihu and Suppressed Lives as Suppressed Livers, reflecting frightful misprints after a vacation and the mockery of a preacher’s craft.
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Homiletic Review
Thin Gold Leaves and Paper Like A Library Volume
Goldbeaters hammer leaves to atomic thinness. 282000 leaves stack to make an inch. If made into a book 1500 leaves equal one leaf of ordinary paper. An octavo book one inch thick would hold as many pages as a 1500 volume library with 400 pages each.
Harmony Beardless of Expense
A Philadelphia Press vignette notes a postal clerk reminding a woman that a 5 cent stamp isn’t required for Canada, only to have the shopper insist the shade matches her envelope. The lighthearted exchange highlights small-town comic sympathy with postal quirks.
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Harmony
Pardor
Canada
Philadelphia Press
Embarrassment of Rulers and a Child’s Plea
An Indianapolis Journal fragment presents a child’s quip about crowds and support. The note captures a plea that more guidance from a grandparent figure would ease the burden of many helpers. Local tone emphasizes humor amid social bustle.
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Bobby
Indianapolis Journal
Turkish Police Resolve Box Dispute Between Kurd and Armenian
A Turkish police officer settles a street quarrel over a tobacco box found on the pavement. The Armenian owner corrects the Kurd about contents 10 piastres prove decisive. The officer awards the box to the Armenian and lightly chastises the Kurd.
Fatal Brevity From New Hampshire Folk in Kiowa County
In Kiowa County Colorado a tiny New Hampshire settler group, famed for spare speech, relates a grim joke about buying bots and the fate of horses. Two men greet at dawn and exchange terse quotes revealing a shared misfortune, ending with a fatal note about a bat.
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New Hampshire
Kiowa
Colo
Josh
Turpentine
From a Wife's Diary Excerpt in Detroit Journal
A wife recounts her husband shouting phrases during a golf outing and a fete champetre, expressing humiliation at his lack of refined sensibilities and calling him a clad of a man in a sharp 19th century tone.
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Parbley
Innuendo About Honesty Sparks Sunday Chicken Remark
A Washington termer quotes a remark about a man named Mr. Erastus Pinkly noting he eats chicken every Sunday and always carries an umbrella in the rain. The exchange questions the subject's honesty without direct accusation.
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Mr. Erastus Pinkly
Washington
Ballot-List of SD state officers and amendments 1900
A detailed slate lists names and party affiliations for Secretary of State State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction Commissioner of School and Public Lands Railroad Commissioner State Senator and Representative For County Surveyor and County Commissioner in Mitchell South Dakota with party labels Republican Democratic Populist Prohibition and People’s parties Also two constitutional amendments on dispensary repeal and fund investment dated October 18 1900 in Mitchell H B Anderson county auditor seal
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Congress
Canslsting
Rome
Tobin
Lisbon
Prosper
Berg
Redfield 5
Redfield
S. D
Fred B. Smith
Hecla
Fred Nystrum
Lewiston
Ipswich
Frank Stout
Fleetwood
3. D
Frank J Tracy
S.D
People's Party
J. K. Gamble
Westport
John Schamber
Freeman
Pierre
Charles D. Tidrick
Chamberlain
Frank W. Bailey
Davison County
H. H. Curtis
Castlewood
Ss. D.D
Prohibition Party
John L Pyle
Huron
Republican Party
Abner E. Hitchcock
Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell
Democratic Party
E. Collins
Vermillion
M. H. Aasved
Webster
Husabee
Trent
People’s Party
Geo. H. Grace
S.1
Prohibition
David Eastman
Wilmot
Edmund Cook
I. Stearns
Brookings
P.S. Rhodes
Bradley
Frank LeCocq
Harrison
8. D
May T. la Follette
8 .D
A. D. Blundin
W. T. la Follette
Twelfth District
Geo. A. Johnston
Geo. A. Schlund
Blendon Township
Mt. Vernon
M. Peck
Howel L. Logan
Thirteenth District
Bras
Mitchell Township
O. H. Perry
Geo. Murner
H. B. Anderson
Kentucky grow in spaghetti seed request by elder
Samuel R. Ireland recounts a Kentucky minded elder in the Methodist Church South visiting Washington. After dining at a hostess in official circles he asks the name of the dish spaghetti and expresses a wish to bring the seed home to Kentucky to grow the plant. The tale showcases humor and regional curiosity among notable locals.
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Kentucky
Samuel R. Ireland
Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church South
New York Telegraph
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Philade
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