Local Notes From Woonsocket and Nearby Counties
Woonsocket gains a third newspaper as P J Bentz retakes the editor chair of the Woonsocket Times under N B Reed. The piece surveys weather, railroad labor demand from Yankton to Tyndall, returning soldiers' work, and a penny subscription for Admiral Dewey’s watch, with commentary on reform critics and local rail safety incident.
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P. J. Bentz
Woonsocket Times
N. B. Reed
Bentz
Woonsocket
South Dakota
Alexandria
Milwaukee
Yankton
Tyndall
Minneapolis Journal
Northwest
Admiral Dewey
Union papers attack supreme court and railroads
A boy confesses to a crime and faces trial as railroad officials weigh a reward for bravery. Out West editors recount a Portland trip while union reform papers claim the South Dakota supreme court favors railroads. They cite Pullman earnings and dividends to argue for lower travel charges amid consolidation.
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Ailroad
Tinan
Kimball Graphic
Nevin
Plankinton Standard
Wentry
Pukwana Press
Mitchell
Portland
Supreme Court
Sermon Links Morality to 1900 Campaign Ethics
The Rev N A Swickard argues the 1900 campaign will be shaped by moral lines and Biblical principles. He cites the nation’s founders as Christians and urges leaders to honor the Sabbath, framing church and home as pillars of government. He notes President’s Sioux City stop on Sunday morning embodies respect for divine law.
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Methodist Church
Aberdeen
N. A. Swickard
D. D
God
Lincoln
Republic
Our
Commonwealth
Sioux City Town
Elk Point
Judge Dick Haney’s Judicial Career and Early Life
Judge Dick Haney born 1852 in Lansing Iowa. He studied at Iowa Wesleyan and Iowa State University Law. He practiced in Lansing before moving to Plankinton Dakota Territory then South Dakota. He served as Aurora County district attorney, cir cuit judge, and was appointed supreme judge in 1891. He aligned with Republicans after 1884 and remained focused on law, not politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Haney
Landsing
Iowa Wesleyan University
Iowa State University
Lansing
Iowa
Plankinton
Dakota Territory
South Dakota
Aurora County
Fourth Circuit
Charles H. Sheldon
A. G. Kellam
Redfield
Pettigrew Speech Seeks Fusion Judges in Woonsocket
Press dispatches quote U. S. Senator Pettigrew urging votes for fusion candidates for the state Supreme Court. He declares I am ashamed of my country and argues against the flag’s past actions, suggesting blotting out recent American history. The piece predicts unlikely statewide endorsement and asserts South Dakotans’ patriotism runs deeper than partisanship.
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U. S
Pettigrew
Woonsocket
Supreme Judges
Aguinaldo
Governor Lee Trains For Senator Pettigrew Challenge
The papers hint Gov. Lee is preparing to oppose Senator Pettigrew. A confrontation on a key proposition would meet a strong, organized political machine backing Pettigrew, making any GOP gaining footing in Pettigrew’s territory unlikely.
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Gov. Lee
Pettigrew
Sioux City Saloons Agree to Sunday Closing
A majority of Sioux City saloons have voluntarily agreed to close on Sundays. Officers may enforce the law, but the chief of police says compliance is only possible if the establishments choose to follow Sunday closing.
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Sioux City
Senator Pettigrew Endorsed Fusion Candidate Quote
A voter backing the fusion ticket this fall supports Pettigrew's praise of Aguinaldo as a hero and agrees with the senator's claim in being ashamed of his country. He joins Pettigrew in wanting to pull down the flag and blot out recent pages of American history.
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Pettigrew
Aguinaldo
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsed For Safe Health
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as gentle and effective for headache constipation and a summer breeze relief. It warns against calomel and other harsh remedies while claiming quick cough relief with One Minute Cough Cure and lauds Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup as a cure for consumption with a rapid throat and lung benefit. Prices noted at 25 cents and 50 cents.
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Dr. King
S. H. Scallin
J.D. Bridges
Democrat
Lancaster, N. H
L. O. Gale
Warner
Notice to Teachers on Certificate Examinations Schedule
The regular examination for teachers certificates will be held at the court house in Mitchell on Friday and Saturday Nov 3 and 4. State certificate exams occur at Yankton Sioux Falls Mitchell Chamberlain Watertown Huron Pierre Redfield and Aberdeen. O E Browne County Superintendent of Schools. Consumption cure Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup touted as best cough remedy. 25 and 50 cents. S B Scallin. Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills claim kidney cure. Lambe free. Sterling Kennedy Co Chicago or N.
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Court House
Mitchell
Yankton
Sioux Falls
Chamberlain
Watertown
Huron
Pierre
Redfield
Aberdeen
O. E Browne
Warner
S. B. Scallin
Hobbs
Sterling Kennedy Co
Chicago
S.H. Scallin
S. D
Navy
Leander T. Eager
Got Even With Randolph
A traveling visitor in Virginia named John Randolph stays at an inn at a fork of two roads. The talkative innkeeper tries to draw him into conversation, but Randolph remains quiet. After paying his bill he asserts his independence, and when the landlord asks which road to take, Randolph signals he owes nothing and may go any way he pleases, then drives off.
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Randolph
Virginia
John Randolph
Mr. Randolph
Habit as a Law Lesson in Miracles
A lawyer tests a witness by imagined falls from a twentieth story window. The witness first calls an uninjured fall an accident, then a coincidence, and finally concludes after a third such event that it would be “a habit.” The exchange reveals the quirky test for defining miracles.
Growth of the Abdomen Reaches Proportions, Healed by Balm
In Greensburg on July 11 1898 Michael O Neill recounts a decade old abdominal swelling that after dropsy enlarged legs and stomach. Doctors diagnosed spleen enlargement and predicted death until treatment with J A McLeans Liver and Kidney Balm cured the growth and resolved the dropsy. Sold locally by S H Sealllc.
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Greensburg
J. A. McLean
Micheal O'Neill
S. H. Seallic
Ready to Buy Grain at Mitchell and Sell Coal
W B Tobey has purchased the grain house known as the Rice or Grave house at Mitchell. James A Grace, agent, announces readiness to pay the highest market price for all grain and seeds and to supply customers with the best grades of hard and soft coal. The firm offers honest weights and honest prices with tried and true scales.
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W.B. Tobey
Mitchell
O. K
James A. Grace
Cure for Cold and Curious Shark Egg Reading
Advertisements for Warner a White Wine of Tar Syrup and Cascarets tout remedies and digestive aids. A curious eye passage describes a shark egg’s black, shellless form with horned feelers and a two inch length, drifting in ocean currents and hatching after December. A piece on eating like a bird notes birds eat vast caterpillars, bugs, and small animals, with birds and predators cited.
Notice of Election in Mitchell South Dakota 1899
Notice sets election date for November 7 to choose three supreme judges for the state and four county commissioner seats in Mitchell. Lists polling places across multiple townships including Badger Blendon Mitchell and Lisbon with specific buildings and wards in the city. Polls open 8 am to 5 pm. Dated October 9, 1899. H B Anderson, County Auditor.
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South Dakota
Mitchell
Davison
Perry Township
Badger Township
Blendon Township
Mitchell Township
Court House
Beulah Township
Mt. Vernon
Prosper Township
Union Township
Baker Township
Tobin Township
Rome Township
City of Mitchell
W. Abbey
Dave Shell
Hose House
A. D
H. B. Anderson
J D. Kress
S. D
Republican
QO. A. Perry
Droatteses
Union Reform Party
S. J. Moore
S.D
Republican Party
L. B. Anderson
R. E
William H. Knowles
Abner FE. Hitchcock
Spencer
McCook County
Mitchell Capital
Pata
B. F . Abbey
Jn County Court
Ie L. Bobb
Clerk County Court
Coal supply and tobacco cessation ads from early 20th century notice
W R Smith acts as agent for Peavey Elevator Co to sell a large stock of fresh mined coal for the coming year. Advertisement urges buying coal before prices rise. Also promotes No-To-Back tobacco cure by Sterling Remedy Co with claim of easy quitting and free booklet.
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W.R. Smith
Peavey Elevator Co
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W. Downey
Official County Paper
Davison County
Dighton Corson
Lawrence County
Howard G. Fuller
Faulk County
J. D. Kress
Ss. J Moore
Philippines
San Francisco
Pullman’s Palace Car Company
New Car Trust
C.C.C
Lisbon Township
Sterling Remedy Co
New York
itIcura
Potter Drua Axp Cuem, Corpr
Boston
Paris
Baltimore
John Colvin
Hood
Etta M. Hager
Athol
Mass
Ana Arilla
J. E. Wells
Harker Bro’s
D. W. Burright
Security Bank
Supreme Judgen
Dighton Cornon
Deadwood
Faulkton
Edmund Smith
Rapid City
Cornelius B. Kennedy
Canton
Julian Bennett
M. Kate Booth Boggs
Minnehaha
Herbert E. Hitchcock
Main Street
Charles W. Boggs
Ibol
Andri
Har
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