Sioux City Journal notes Republican gains and political shifts
The Sioux City Journal surveys election results and party prospects noting Kyle as a presidential possibility and Jolley’s county plurality for the Republicans in Minnehaha. It cites editorial reforms at the Argus Leader, praise for the Woman's Benevolent Association, court rulings on Korn v Spink County, and broad commentary on divorce trends and public figures including Gov. Russell and Attorney General Miller.
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Minnehaha County
Col. Jolley
Argus-Leader
Woman’s Benevolent Association
Miller
Maryland
Virginia
Mississippi
Iowa
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
House
Senate
Explosion of Dynamite Wrecks Hayward Warehouse
Hayward Wisconsin November 11 three men and a boy lie maimed and dying after a dynamite blast at the North Wisconsin Lumber warehouse. Debris wounded others, windows shattered, and a nearby hotel and depot damaged. factory losses estimated at six thousand dollars with two thousand more in other property. A Philadelphia fire follows with losses around two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Hydrophobia deaths and a chloroform fatality also reported in separate brief items.
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Hayward
Wis
McWilliams
Namskagen
North Wisconsin Lumber Company
Fred Nelson
Choynski to Fight Woods Next Month in San Francisco
Pacific Athletic club directors have arranged a bout between George Choynski, the city’s noted heavyweight, and Billy Woods of Denver for next month. A purse of 4000 dollars is posted for the match.
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Choynski
Woods
San Francisco
Pacific Athletic Club
George Choynski
Billy Woods
Denver
Damage to Timber Reaches Lake Superior Coastline
Explorers report wind storm damage across Mesaba range townships 58 16 17 18 and 19 with standing pine timber blown down in many places. Losses far exceed prior estimates and may surpass 50 000 000 feet, extending from Red Lake north of the Mississippi to Lake Superior as surveyors inspect the area.
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Dututu
Mesaba
Big Bend
Mississippi River
Red Lake
Lake Superior
Minnesota Man Finds Lost Wife in Wichita After Years
Archer K. Wilson of Morris Minnesota, after thirteen years apart, finds his wife in Wichita Kansas. Married in 186? in Sioux City Iowa, Wilson disappeared, she later divorced, remarried Fleming, who is now in a Nebraska penitentiary. Mrs Fleming agrees to divorce and remarry Wilson.
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Minnesota
Wichita
Kan
Wichitta
Archer K. Wilson
Morris
Omaha
Fleming
Missouri
Nebraska
Wilson
World’s fair commission meets in Yankton to raise funds
One Quota Guaranteed in Yankton South Dakota as the state’s world’s fair commission, appointed by Governor Mellette, holds its first meeting to raise eighty thousand dollars for an exhibit. Riverside counties pledge support, with expectations that every county will respond. Commissioners aim to have full subscription by January first.
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Yankton
S. D
World’s Fair Commission
Mellette
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Jacob Becker
C. C. Champeny’s
South Dakota
America
Bber Goods
Kyle
Sioux City Journal
Leckless
Jerry Simpson
Peffer
Ruralist
Aberdeen Star
Smith
Reform
Korns
Spink County
Campbell
Korn
Hitchcock
Sioux Falls
Gov. Russell
Kelly
Minneapolis Tribune
Hartford
Kansas
East
Europe
Hayward, Wis
Philadelphia
Namakagon
Jean Davis
Mr. McWilliams
John Lavall
Lavall
Market Street
Lippincott, Johnson & Co
Trenton
N. J
Willie
John Reading
Bay
Expora
Jacob Hall
Hill
Northwest
Boulder
Great Northern
Boulder County
Union Pacific
Burlington and Missouri
S. Gov't Report
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