Election Echoes Across Counties And Court House Fight
Sanborn county voters rejected bonds for a new courthouse despite wealth and need. Jealousy over Woonsocket as county seat and county politics shaping paper names surface. Hanson county shifts toward Republicans with KE Wagner as lone Democrat survivor. Geddes loses to Wheeler amid county seat battles. Platte backs Wheeler. Douglas county sees a near sweep for Republicans with one Democrat winning. Special push centers on K. G. Foster.
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Sanborn County
Woonsocket
Hanson County
Wagner
Board of County Commissioners
Charles Mix County
Wheeler
Geddes
Platte
Fragmentary OCR yields unclear historical record
The readable text is damaged and does not present a clear event, person, or place. Key names, dates, and context are missing, preventing a reliable summary within the required card format.
Mitchell Letter Details Railroad Freight in Capital Contest Loss
A Mitchell citizen’s letter narrates the defeat in the capital contest tied to transportation favors. The writer cites more than eighty long railway tickets issued in Ward One and asserts votes were purchased with mileage books and money from the Northwestern railway, while refusing to spend state funds to corrupt voters. Mitchell accepts the loss and pledges to uphold its town standards.
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Tater
Pierre
Mitchell
N. W. Ry
Spanish War Veterans Staff Shakeup in South Dakota Guard
Major O W Coursey recommends. Colonel E W Stewart endorses. General S J Conklin orders Lt Thomas H Briggs relieved as quartermaster of the first battalion, second regiment S D N G and Lt Chas A Ruh relieved as quartermaster of the third battalion, second regiment S D N G. Briggs becomes adjutant. Ruh becomes quartermaster on Coursey’s staff. The move creates a near full staff of Spanish War Veterans for Coursey and binds Mitchell to the veterans who fought in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Coursey
E. W. Stewart
Pierre
S. J. Conklin
Thomas H. Briggs
Chas. A. Ruh
Coursey
Briggs
Ruh
Mitchell
Philippines
Examination Change for Rhodes Scholarship Exam in 1904
President Droppers announces a shift of the Rhodes Scholarship examination from April to mid January 1905. The test will be at Yankton College, with candidates mailing names to the Yankton Dean by December end. trustees cite delays in committee returns affecting distribution to Oxford colleges.
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Droppers
State University
Parkin
kKhodes
Oxford
Yankton College
Garrett Croppers
Vermillion
Expressing Thanks to G A R and W R C in Mitchell
Mr and Mrs Barnard send heartfelt thanks to the G A R and W R C for their pleasant reception in Mitchell. They express gratitude for kind remarks and memory of Mitchell, hoping to return, signed with warm regards.
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Mitchell
Silsby
Mitgehell
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted as Blood Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a natural plant based treatment to purify blood and restore health. It claims benefits from light exposure and oxygen, praises non alcoholic ingredients, and warns against alcohol rich substitutes including alcohol in other tonics. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets for bowel help.
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Alant
The
Ark
J. R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Churchmen and Clerical Elevations Reported in Religious News
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Leonard of Tufts Divinity School reaches eighty two after long service. Monsignores named include the Rev. George F. P. Mouck of Cleveland and the Rev. N. A. Moss of St Mary’s Seminary. George Hodges of Cambridge prepares to publish sermons. The Rev. Guy W. Burleson ordained at Langdon North Dakota as the youngest of five brothers in ministry. The conversation includes an exchange about a named umbrella gift.
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Charles H. Leonard
Tufts College Divinity School
Medford
Mass
George FP. Mouck
Diocese of
Cleveland
N. A. Moss
J. D
St. Mary's Seminary
George Hodges
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Episcopal Church
Guy WT. Burleson
Langdon
N. D
The Secret of Happiness in Contentment over Strength
A reflection on living well by contentment with reasonable means. It argues happiness comes from using time and energy for noble traits rather than indulging weaknesses.
Dr Quickly Remarks on Buried Patients
A dialogue where Mr Guy recalls former patients buried in graves and Dr Quickly concedes there is no profit left from any one of them, reflecting grim expense and mortality.
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Guy
Dr. Quickly
Boston Transcript
Toasts and Banquet Dryness in a Witty Exchange
A boy asks why a speech at a banquet is called a toast. The father explains it is likely because the speech is dry, turning the moment into a concise campus style quip about banquets and rhetoric.
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Eny Chance
Too True Quips Spark Town Topics Debate
A terse exchange in Town Topics features George and Harry debating morality as one declares the sight of a man making love to another's girlfriend as deeply sickening, prompting readers to consider fidelity and social standards.
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George
Harry
Insurance Lets Woman Plan For Life After
A tale from the Chicago Record-Herald shows a couple discussing life insurance. The wife worries about a future widow's risk of remarrying and losing funds to another woman, prompting the husband to reconsider protection for dependents.
American freight car dwarfs British steel wagon size
A Kennebec Journal note compares English railwaymen's claim of Britain's largest wagons to a much larger American car. Birmingham Carriage and Wagon built steel wagons for Great Central Railway, forty one feet three inches long, eight feet three inches wide, eight feet high at rail, with a forty ton load. The contrast underscores scale differences between nations in railway equipment.
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Great Central Railway
Great Britain
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Winton Company
Giant meteorite on display at New York museum
The largest meteorite in captivity, about fifty tons, is exhibited at the Museum of Natural History New York. Found by Commander Peary in the Arctic and moved to Brooklyn Navy Yard before its earthbound debut it now lies domesticated without guards or cages.
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Edgar Larrabee
Keith
Silsby
Preston
Briggs
Slater
Larrabee
Nellie Wasner
Ana LeRoy
Ruth Baker
Justice McKinley
Justie McKinley
Larabee
Mitchell
Justice Court
Breston
Museum of Natural History
New York
Peary
Arctic
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hidden Emphasis in Parental Care Sparks Debate
The Atlanta Journal questions why a father shows pride and effort in saving his three year old horse while seemingly lacking similar investment in his eighteen year old son. The piece probes values, responsibility, and parental priorities in guidance and upbringing.
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Atlanta Journal
Unclear Fragments Point to Austerity Theme
Fragmentary text hints at a proverb about effort and reward, mentioning a man and accomplishment. The readable portion suggests a reflection on laziness and duty, but lacks concrete events, names, or places to establish a full news item.
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Udeds
Northwestern
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Kifter
Lifter
John F. Jones
Eo Biee Mina
Lisbarmd
Chicago Record-Herald
Kennebec
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
United States
F. A. Miller
Ture
Noble, Son & Co
Ode
S&tTe
Ea Ieee
Paul
Minn
Foleys Honey
IAR
Foley
P. I. Cordier
Mannington
Foley’s
W.L. Straub
St. Petersburg
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Scaliin Bros. Druggists
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