Industrial census backs protection as Hobart dies in office
The American Protective League cites 1899 industrial gains under Dingley policy with higher wages and employment. mentions state by state gains and forecasts continued growth. Vice President Garret A. Hobart dies at 55 in Paterson New Jersey after weeks of illness. Belle Fourche claims the nation’s largest stock shipments by value, led by cattle and horses.
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Minneapolis Tribune
American Protective League
American Economist
Economist
Wessco
Garret A. Hobart
United States
Paterson
N. d
Senate
Belle Fourche
Black Thills
Belle Pourche
Colonel John Laurens Mission to France 1781
James Barnes profiles Colonel John Laurens in McClure's December issue, detailing the lesser told but pivotal 1781 mission to France that is believed to have been crucial for sustaining the American cause. The piece portrays Laurens as a key, heroic figure in early American history.
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James Barnes
McClure
John Lauren
France
Lauren
Newspaper Notes on Senate Vacancy and Local Investments
The piece reports on a vacancy in the senate to be filled by Senator Frye of Maine and notes Clate Tinan of the Kimball Graphic purchasing county warrants as an investment. It also mentions the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader expanding to seven columns and improving editorial coverage.
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Senate
Senator Frye
Maine
Clate Tinan
Kimball Graphic
Clate
Sioux Falls
Yankton county notes reveal political and social turmoil
The piece reports fusion setbacks in Yankton county with a failed asylum incident and a missing county treasury sum of about 15000 dollars. It notes A W Petterson, elected fusion treasurer in 1898, and criticizes reform efforts while detailing Admiral Dewey’s gift transfers to his wife and then to his son to keep the home in the family.
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Yankton County
Fusion
A. W. Petterson
Admiral Dewey
United States
Washington
Self Preservation and Hood s Sarsaparilla Remedies
A historical promotional piece extols self preservation through health cures. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised for enriching and purifying blood and restoring health, with Hood's Pills claimed to cure sick headache and digestive ills, and Ely's Cream Balm offered to relieve nasal inflammation. The passage notes mail order from Ely Brothers in New York.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Old and trusted teething remedy promoted by Mrs Winslow
Over fifty years the soothing syrup has eased teething pain for millions of mothers. It soothes, softens gums, relieves wind colic and diarrhea, and tastes pleasant. Sold by druggists nationwide at twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for your child.
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Winslow
Afternoon Tea Party at Mrs Winsor's Home
Mrs F H Winsor hosted an afternoon tea Wednesday at five o'clock for over forty guests. Guests found charming floral decor, careful place cards, a tempting menu, music by Mrs I W Seamann and Florence Winsor, with assistance from several young helpers.
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F. H. Winsor
I. W. Seamann
Florence Winsor
Judge Carland Rules Against Individual Exemptions for Partners
In the Lentze & Odegard bankruptcy, Judge Carland decides that South Dakota law allows exemptions only to the head of the family or a single person, not to a partnership. He holds the partnership is dissolved at adjudication, leaving no firm to claim exemptions, and that individual partners cannot claim exemptions from partnership property without creditor consent, despite minority authorities.
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Carland
Lent & Odegard
Brookings
Sioux Falls
Lentze & Odegard
South Dakota
Lentz & Odegard
Supreme Court of
Joseph P. Bradley
Mitchell
Davison
City Council
Mitchell 3
J. K. Suirm
Family notion and tax law in bankruptcy and census usage
The text discusses partnership property as a creditor trust in bankruptcy versus exemptions for partners. It argues no claim to exemptions on partnership assets held by a trustee. It also notes private cures and a definition of family for census purposes, citing various examples and the evolution of “family” in census counting.
Getting Acquainted with a Weekend Visitor
A Ravenswood man recounts a friend whose business keeps him away from home. After a month of longer home stays neighbors notice. when asked about his family the visitor says he is making an impression as his child tells her mother that the man who visits spanked her.
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Ravenswood
Chicago News
Figures Don’t Lie. Brown-You Only 50
The Boston Transcript notes a curious arithmetic puzzle about ages and marriage dates, mentioning a statement about 14 and a 26 year old, with a challenge to solve the figures. It also references the archbishop of Canterbury holding a book containing signatures of royal marriages in England.
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Thite
Boston Transcript
Archbishop of
Canterbury
England
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Cambridge
Danvers Lunatic Asylum
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John P. Carlson
George Mock
August Schaub
John Q. Anderson
Mitchell, P. C
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W.h.webster
Farmer
Lo Rly
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Greenings
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Ben Davis
Harker Brothers
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