Cost of securing capital location debated in South Dakota papers
The Pierre Capital-Journal comments on the Mitchell statement about Davison county and Mitchell backing Huron in the last capital election. It argues the cost of securing votes influenced the move and urges Mitchell to reveal what it cost Huron to gain the majority. The piece questions voter sincerity and emphasizes accessibility of the capital in Mitchell versus Pierre.
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Pierre Capital-Journal
Huronite
Mitchell
Davison County
Huron
Pierre
Busis
Philippine salary scale seen by Washington correspondent
A New York Evening Post Washington correspondent notes Philippine teacher salaries are higher than many U S locales. Starting salaries reach 1200 for one sixth, 1000 for half, and 900 for the rest, with potential rises to 2500 for division superintendents. Rural Southern and Western pay appears much lower, and anecdotes from Pennsylvania Maryland and remote districts illustrate wide gaps in compensation.
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Washington
New York Evening Post
Philippines
United States
Whey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Great Falls
Potomac
Public Servants Underpaid Teachers and Canada US Ties
The piece laments low rural teacher salaries and six to nine months of work with idle summers, urging at least 350 a month and further compensation. It links Canada UK tensions over the Alaska boundary to potential US-Canada trade moves to strengthen eventual political union. It cites local editor Levi Wait and comments from Pierre territory reporting on capital removal and state politics.
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Canada
Alaskan Boundary Commission
England
United States
The
Chicago Tribune
Great Britain
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Snow Lady
Himsel
America
Joseph Chamberlain
Sam
Miss Canada
John Bull
Levi Wait
Herald
Armour Way
Merald
Kro
Longstaff
Pierre
Sioux Falls
Cock Robin
Minneapolis
Colombian demand halts canal treaty funding
The piece notes Colombian leaders, after a deal with French canal owners that allocated 10 million plus 40 million to Colombia, now threaten to demand 25 million as condition for allowing the Panama Canal project to proceed through Colombian territory. The tone critiques graft and profiteering.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis
Uncle Sam
Panama Canal
Fort Pierre Fair Way Notes on Residency Verifications
A young woman proved up on her reservation land and moved back to eastern South Dakota. The piece suggests most settlers proving up on the reservation become bona fide settlers and stay on.
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Fort Pierre
Governor Cummins Wins Plurality In Town Election
Governor Cummins secured a plurality of eighty nine votes in a local town election last week. Critics hoping to undermine his standing in the state by reducing his margin will find their efforts ineffective as the result stands.
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Cummins
Bryan to Seek Court Action Over 250000 Bequest
W. J. Bryan plans to go into court to recover 250000 left to him by his old friend Bennett. The amount would be a large personal fortune and likely to cause public interest in the dispute.
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Tis
W. J. Bryan
Bennett
Fraudulent Ducks Baffle Market in Shanghai Trade
The Shanghai Times reports a deceitful scheme in Boone Road market where a trader bought two ducks that appeared plump and promising for dinner. After puncturing, both ducks collapsed as air escaped. investigators found wires around the webs and other parts, suggesting they were blown up with a bicycle pump. The note predicts buyers will now carry skewers.
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Boone Road Warket
Shanghai Times
Stewed Snapper a Distinctively Philadelphia Dish
The Philadelphia Record notes stewed snapper as a distinctly Philadelphia delicacy akin to scrapple and pepper pot. Prepared like terrapin with sharp seasonings, it features meat from young turtles and is best when fresh, as Jersey catchers in muddy Delaware tributaries bring snappers weighing four to forty pounds to market in Philadelphia.
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Phisdelphia
Delaware
Jersey
Trenton
New York
Philadelphia
Blind Spot Demonstration In Eye Explains Vision Gap
Dr Joseph Le Conte teaches a pupil to detect the eye s blind spot by moving two coins in opposite directions until they disappear from view and then reappear. The trick is suggested as a home experiment with coins or other objects noting some people have no blind spot for money.
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Joseph le Conte
Jen
Making a Will: Call a lawyer or write simple wishes
The piece urges consulting a lawyer to draft a will and, if unavailable, to write wishes plainly without legal terms. It cites Lord St. Leonards as an example whose hastily written informal will caused lengthy court involvement and moral reflection.
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Lord St. Leonards
England
Be Ye Also Ready Reading at Cemetery Scene
A Lancashire man who had buried three wives recently remarried. He and his new wife visited the cemetery where the previous spouses lay in one grave. She read the inscription and noted the biblical line Be ye also ready, a stark reminder from the Standard of the tale.
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Lancashire
London Standard
Dolly-So Simpkins Proposes to Bank Cashier
A bank cashier, Dolly-So Simpkins, proposes to you and Polly confirms she promised to marry him. He intends to ask Polly's father for permission to indorse her promissory note.
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Dolly
Simpkins
Polly
Papa
Not His Kind
A dramatic exchange in which a woman asks if he would die for her and he replies bluntly that she is not the girl for him if ambition stops at seeking the dead. The Chicago Post frames the scene as a sharp dialogue about loyalty and purpose.
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Chicago Post
Changed His Mind Naggsby Says He Might Return
Dialogue shows Naggsby claiming a previous vow not to work for certain people, while Waggsby notes that circumstances now allow a possible return. The Baltimore American quotes the exchange, indicating shifting attitudes toward employment with the group.
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Naggsby
Waggsby
Baltimore American
Pupil-Bees Hive and Honey Making Described
A New York Times note explains pupil bees live in a hive called a cellar full of cells. They produce honey and refine it by combing with a fine honey comb.
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New York Times
Ancient fish cures and the healer carp of old England
Ancient writings praise perch, carp, barbel, and tench for health uses. Perch is lauded by Gesner and Aldrovandus for healing effects and bladder stones. the carp is noted as dainty yet declining in fame since 1406. Barbel is described as poisonous in ancient text, while the tench earns the title physician of fishes for its slime’s supposed healing properties.
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Fresno
Rhine
Gesner
Aldrovandus
England
Dame Berners
Englange
Juvenal
Albertus
Plutarch
Lor. Badham
Antonio Gazius
Berners
Wright
Mr. Wright
Brooklyn Eagle
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Mitchell Steam Laundry
Mont Blanc
J. W. Broadbent & Co
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