Old Time Campaign Reflections On Torchlight Parades
The piece contrasts modern crowds and speeches with historic torchlight parades. It recalls Wide Awakes and Plumed Knights, notes declines in spectacular campaigning, and questions Bernard Bryan’s critiques while taft’s Kansas escort in Indian dress symbolizes a nostalgic revival of picturesque politics.
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Boston Transcript
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Taft
Topeka
New York
Lincoln
Everett
Douglas
Philadelphia
Prince Alberts
Bryan era cracked by railroad pass amid campaign turmoil
In a year of Democratic strife, John W. Kern faces trouble over a railroad annual pass found in his possession. Bryan frictions grow as Kern’s alleged connivance with rail interests surfaces, risking the vice presidential ticket rally.
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Bryan
Haskell
National Committee
Howver
John Ww. Kern
Big Four
Kern
Railroad Corporation
White House
Ethan News Briefs From Ethan South Dakota
Ethan notes a sick resident at Dan Sullivan’s home threatened with typhoid fever. Reports cover church services, corn palace attendance, family visits, cement sidewalks, a water reservoir project, and various residents traveling between Ethan Mitchell Vermillion and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan
Jack Hawn
Dan Sullivan
Mitchell’s
Corn Palace
Visit Notes From Loomis and Nearby Families
Loomis Oct 8 report lists Clare Swartout and Gann Valley family visiting E D Watkins. Mrs. Henry Pool ill with Dr C S Bobb summoned from Mitchell. James Barr and son Dale visit from Wessington Springs then return. Henry Finn and family from Oacoma visit Will Clark. Mabel Taylor with Vid and Mr Smith visit Vivian. residents travel to Chamberlain to register. J W Gilfillan reports roads passable in his district. Mrs Harry Packman and daughter Lila of Quinn visit Will Clark. F H Darmer’s threshing rig troublesome.
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Ethan
J. W. Bryant
Frank Cole
Blanche
Hazel Cox
Parkston
Elva Klotz
Mitchell
Mr. Bryant
Ethan State Bank
Jonas Nelson
Prosper
S. C. Cathout
Vermillion
Corn Palace
Roy Taylor
Henry Turrier
Chamberlain
Maude Fuller
Alfred Dodd
Frank Zehnfening
Leo Bauer
Wittstrack
Colorado
Fred Tovey
Mike Bracha
Frank Sand
Loomis
Clare Swartout
Gann Valley
E. D. Watkins
Swartout
Henry Pool
C. S. Bobb
James Barr
Dale
Wessington Springs
Joe Gilfillian
Barr
Henry Finn
Oacoma
Will Clark
Mabel Taylor
Vid Smith
Mr Smith
Vivian
Simple prescription praised as remedy for kidney and backache
An article from a New York daily paper outlines a remedy for backache and urinary disorders. Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce Compound Karyon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces are shaken and taken after meals and at night. A local druggist calls the ingredients harmless and affordable and says the mix may help kidney cleansing and waste filtration.
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New York Daily
Crowds Packed Milwaukee Trains Reach Chamberlain for Rosebud Draw
From Tuesday night through Wednesday night the Milwaukee road ferried a massive influx of 4500 registrants to Chamberlain for the Rosebud drawing. Train sections were split, delays common, and hotels strained while visitors inspected the corn palace and compared Dakota corn to that of Illinois and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Road
Chamberlain
Mitchell
Milwaukee Company
Illinois
Indiana
South
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership Overholt and Wilkins
Dissolution of the partnership Overholt & Wilkins by mutual consent. The business will be continued by Jesse Wilkins who will collect debts and settle obligations. Signed in Mitchell South Dakota on September 17 1908 by J W Overholt and Jesse Wilkins.
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J. W. Overholt
Jesse Wilkins
Overholt & Wilkins
Mitchell
South Dakota
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Ine Mitchell Capital
Fiulbay
Republican Party
Walter Eastman
Portland
Ore
Bert Tobin
D. W. Ul
Springfield
David Rybolt
Lizzie Clement
Miss Kinney
Sioux City
Rapid City
Adison
A. J. Annis
Washington
Alf Dodd
Bliss
M. E
Rev. Stahl
Cook
Lyman County
Mrs. Cole
Sollie Nolt
James Conway
Main Street
A. C. Drake
Mrs. Oathout
J. W. Gilfillan
Harry Packman
Miss Lila
Quinn
F. H. Darmer
Chicago
Miteche
Omaha
Milwaukee
Dakota
A. W. Chase
Dr.a. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Scallin Bros. Druggists
Handsone
RTA
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