The Mitchell Capital and Rhodes Portrait in Review
The supreme court is described as interpreting state law, with questions raised about socialist backed courts. South Dakota’s credit is defended against partisan critiques. A November piece by W. T. Stead in the American Monthly Review of Reviews profiles Cecil Rhodes as an authentic, long familiar figure behind British and American imperial tensions.
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Supreme Court
South Dakota
Cecil Rhodes
South America
Kruger
W. T. Stead
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Stead
Mr. Rhodes
Rhodes
Senator Pettigrew Denounced Over Speech in Woon Socket
A spectator reports Senator Pettigrew uttered harsh anti patriotic remarks during a Woon Socket address denying sentiments not attributed to him. The critic calls his statements indecent and unrepresentative of South Dakota, lamenting the misrepresentation of the state by such rhetoric.
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Pettigrew
Woonsocket
South Dakota
United States Senate
Press critiques fusion campaigns and partisan attacks
The Sioux Falls Press argues no condemnation can be passed on Republican candidates for ability or character. It blasts fusion campaign managers for personal attacks on Supreme Court members and re election nominees, while noting no Republican paper condemns fusion nominees. The piece questions voting to oust experienced candidates to placate "irresponsible partisans."
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Sioux Falls
Fusion
Supreme Court
Webster World
Union Reform Campaign Uses Misleading Railroad Claims
The union reform campaign committee accuses opponents of unethical tactics to defeat Republican judges Haney and Puller. It says several campaign circulars mislead by implying Haney and Puller sided with railroads in Supreme Court decisions, when many rulings occurred before their tenure. Records show numerous railroad cases and mixed outcomes, contradicting the circulars’ insinuations.
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Union Reform Campaign Committee
Haney
Puller
Supreme Court
Muney
Muller
Minaugers
Fuller
Johndee Waller
Fusion party tactics criticized in election debate
The article denounces fusion party managers for baseless charges in the election and predicts voters will see their error. It also reports ongoing South Africa hostilities with Britain, noting a harsh defeat at Ladysmith and Boer tactical prowess beyond prior credence.
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Fusion Party
Changes in Milwaukee Officers Reported from Chicago
Chicago sources say a large reshuffle in the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul road will move H R Williams from general superintendent post to Baltimore Ohio. W J Underwood to report to Chisago to become general superintendent. Dr Bush slated to go to Minneapolis to fill Underwood’s role. W W Collins to Milwaukee to take Bush’s Milwaukee office. J I Gibson to assume duties for the Illinois stretch of the Chicago and Council Bluffs division.
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Sioux City Journal
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
H. R. Williamse
Baltimore and Ohio Road
W. J. Underwood
Minneapolis
Chisago
Bush
Middle District
Milwauke
Poet
Underwood
W. W Collins
Chicago and Council Bluff
Tellinoiv
V. Milwaukee
Mr. Bueh
J. I. Gibson
Iowa
Chicago and
Council Bluffs
Illinois
First Ever Mitchell Showing of A Doll's House
Miss Clara Thropp stars as Nora in A Doll's House on Monday November 6 at Mitchell. The cast includes Frederic Bryton Ryan White Thomas and other metropolitan players. Reserved seats go on sale Saturday at Gale's Drug Store from 9 o'clock with prices 25 35 50 and 75 cents.
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Mitchell
Clara Thropp
America
Josen
Nora
Frederic Bryton
Ryan
White
Miss Thomas
Gale’s
Open Post Meeting Invites Veterans and Families
An invitation is extended to members of the W R C their members and wives Sons of Veterans their wives returned comrades of the Spanish War and their wives and Veterans of the Civil war and their wives to meet Rawson Post at the G A R ball on Monday evening next Nov 6 at an open Post meeting by order of the Post W H Turneture Commander J H McLaren adjutant
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Rawson
G. A. R. Ball
W.H. Turneture
JH. H. McLaren
Hair Locks and Clairvoyants Spur Thief Story
A Paris tale reports a dressmaker pawning off a theft suspect method by hair tokens and a clairvoyant, as a purse is recovered anonymously later. The piece ends with a moral note and a quip about lost love messages from a daughter.
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Que
Paris
Hard Won Bet Carrying Four Bricks Half Mile
A traveling man recalls a $2 bet to carry two bricks in each hand a half mile to a hotel bar. He endures extreme strain, pain, and muscle soreness, barely finishing as the other man laughs beside him. It took days to recover. Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
The Doorbell Reflects The Manner Of Man You Are
A light column notes doorbells reveal character through their ring and manner of use. Differences in impatience, timidity, or cheer reveal temperaments, from the quick double tap to the hearty swing that elicits echoing laughter, with each visitor leaving a distinct auditory mark. The piece ends noting a doorbell has as many voices as visitors.
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Berlin
Remarkable Bantam Recovers After Stitching With Hair
A Glasgow reader recounts a bantam cock torn by a canine scare with corn dropping from a chest wound. He sewed the tear with a needle and horsehair, and the bird recovered, now as good as new.
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Glasgow
Testing for Arsenic in Wall Papers
A Home Notes tip warns that arsenic is often in wallpaper pigments and health risk follows. The suggested tests include burning a sample to detect garlic-like odor and applying diluted hydrochloric acid to see if greens turn blue, indicating arsenic presence.
Be Comfortable and économize by simplicity
A concise editorial urges practical living focusing on comfort and self sufficiency. It emphasizes securing a warm home with a good cellar and cistern, fixing water pipes to prevent freezing, and keeping essentials handy. It warns against overcomplication and suggests abandoning club memberships to focus on personal affairs.
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Atchison Globe
Education Column Highlights Rural School Attendance
An educational column notes Badger School No 2 sees low attendance early in term with expectation of rise after fall work. Miss Beil Waugh at Perry School No 3 posted 100 percent on October exams. District No 3 lists October nonabsentees Roy Eager Neil Watkins Ruby and Sylvia Forbes. Enrollment at Badger No 1 stands at 10 with more expected. Ralph Arnett plans to leave state. October 25 examination held.
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Badger School
Sarah Comstock
Vindgar Scheol No. 3
Roy Eager
Neil Watkins
Ruby
Sylvia Forbes
Ralph Arnett
Ethel Pynch
Gracie Pynch
Harold Pynch
Alice Watkins
Nelie Watkins
Pridsy
Head Above Water and City Shadows Across Papers
A collage of quotes shows a drowning man clinging to survival after a fall in the docks and a washed overboard tale from the Isle of Man. Comments on Jerusalem’s fading glory contrast with theatre heckling as critics haggle with higher and hired criticism.
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Phildog
Wungster
Isle of Man
Wagster
Canaille
Chicago Tribune
Roast or Bake at Dreyfus Prosecution Roast Exchange
A slingful young man watching the Dreyfus prosecution calls it a roast while a quick witted gazelle eyed girl counters with a Paty de Clam bake remark referencing sharp repartee in a Washington Star snippet.
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Dreyfus
Washington Star
A Cautious Girl Ends Proposal Over Golf Plans
A light anecdote from the Chicago Record notes a man nearly proposed to Miss Miggles but she halted him citing she could not risk falling while they planned to play golf. The quip captures a comical hesitation amid sport and romance.
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Mitchell Capital
Priday
South Africa
England
Ladysmith
Royal Irish Fusileers
Gloucester Regiment
Davison County
Perry School
Jerusalem
Indianapolis Journal
Doctor Pierce
John M. Russell, Esq
Brent
Dr. Fierce
Uneeda Ciscuit
Uneeda Biscuit Represe
Overgaiters and
Leggins
Ladie Pea
Percy Cra
King Cash
Gillis Shoe Company
Mitchell, S. D
the Clothiers
Dewey
Steve Pipe
W.H. Webster
Mitchell National Bank
W.G. Davison
N. L. Davison
E. J. Quigley
WM M. Smith
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