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Pettigrew and Moody Named United States Senators from South Dakota
The Republican caucus at Pierre chose Pettigrew and Moody as South Dakota’s first U S Senators, ensuring their election. The outcome followed spirited intra party debate, with Judge Wigerton’s supporters disappointed yet subdued. Judge Drake of Aberdeen wins a lawsuit challenging his business reputation, drawing congratulations from friends.
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Judge Drake
Aberdeen
Prohibition debate cited by Yankton paper over party lines
The Yankton Press argues that prohibition results reflect majority will, not party, noting South Dakota voters chose prohibition, and that both Democrats and Republicans show similar shares of prohibition supporters. The piece contends the issue is political rather than partisan.
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Yankton
Democratic Party
South Dakota
Republican Party of
Republican Party
Dakota
Aberdeen News Backs Moderate Prohibition Enforcement Timetable
The Aberdeen News endorses a gradual approach to enforcing prohibition, arguing laws should take effect ninety days after adjournment unless an emergency is declared. It urges careful, nonvindictive measures to protect property rights and uphold the election verdict, citing Editor Bates on Mitchell’s stance and the 1890 race.
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The
Aberdeen News
Mitchell votes turn toward Pierre praised for saving the country
The piece lauds Mitchell voters for shifting ballots to Pierre, noting Sioux Falls nearly matched Pierre with about 14 000 fewer votes. It contends the outcome prevented national ruin and suggests granting life annuities to those who steered the result.
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Mitchell
Pierre
Sioux Falls
Sioux Walls
Lull in Politics Until Legislature Opens in January
A brief quiet settles over state politics as lawmakers prepare to reconvene in January under the president's proclamation. The pause follows a busy pre-session period with focus on policy and leadership.
Gas Strike Reported on MveCook County Farm
The article notes natural gas is likely struck on a MveCook county farm with prior indications across South Dakota. It stresses cheap fuel as a critical need and calls for thorough testing of the discovery.
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MveCook
South Dakota
Montana Legislature Majority Count In Disputed Districts
The question of which party will hold the Montana legislature majority rests on vote tallies from several disputed districts. Early indications suggest the outcome remains uncertain as counts are contested and the Australian ballot system faced scrutiny over potential irregularities.
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Montana
Prohibition Group Plans South Dakota Enforcement League
The Revonnigan advised by the secretary of the Prohibition League announces an adjourned meeting of South Dakota prohibitionists starting Monday October 2 at 2 PM to finish organizing an Enforcement League. Reduced railroad rates will be offered.
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Revonnigan
South Dakota
Pleasant Ridge Pine School House Set for Next Sunday
Pleasant Ridge holds its quarterly meeting at the Pine school house next Sunday with expectations of strong attendance. Miss M B Wright teaches nine miles south. Corn harvests near completion and farmers plan spring plowing. Mrs G W Gardner leads a successful W T U meeting with a bountiful supper.
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Pine Schol House
M. B. Wright
Win. Darling
Mother
C. C. Phillips
A. Nabinger
Washington
Palmer
Mitchell
Brown
White Lake
L. H. Nabinger
The Tyros First Literary Exercises for Term
The Tyros hold their first literary exercises this term on Friday October 18 1886. The program includes recitations such as Press On The Nose and the UVES, Across the Continent, Singer's Arms, Classical Clergy, and Pound, plus essays and declamations by Anna Athen Nora Myers Eva Savage Ella Cross Cora Conkling Florence Wright Bertha Carney Mattie McKay and others. The lineup features recitations poems songs and papers with titles like University at Cairomentee Landing of the Pilgrim and The Slave Sing at Mid.
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Tyros
Terpoon
PressOn
Anna Athen
Nora Myers
Lou Venny
Eva Savage
Ella Cross
Veelamat
Francis Wei
Cora Conkling
University At Cairomentee
Florence Wright
Feral Bertha Carney
Praukuius
Jorden
Firace Goodw
Aisies Sheerind Masay
Anna Ites
Mid
Mitchell Briefs Highlight Edgerton, Local Doings
Residents note Judge Edgerton should likely accept a United States district judgeship after his defeat. Aurora Sanborn and Davison counties lauded his candidacy while Mitchell citizens express mixed regret and pride in the campaign. Also mentions Miss Mamis Duncan at M Kahn's, Ladies Cemetery meeting October 19, post office improvements, Dr J H McLean's Sarsaparilla, Russians passing through for McPherson county, and a Dover Trade Carnival planned with full poster details to follow.
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Dudge
J. Odgerton
Pierre
Mitchell
Edgerton
United States
Mamis Duncan
M. Kahn
Ladies’ Cemetery Association
Judge Edgerton Addresses Crowd After Senate Nominations
In Pierre on Tuesday Judge Edgerton spoke to a huge crowd after Moody and Pettigrew were nominated. He acknowledged the party verdict, bowed to Vox populi suprema lex, and said he would continue to work for Dakota's welfare as a private citizen. Aberdeen News interview notes Moody and Edgerton supporters, with praise for Edgerton’s career.
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Moody and Pettigrew
U. S
Court House
Edgerton
Vox Populi
Dakota
United States Senate
Commonwealth
Aberdeen News
E. H. Stevens
Moody
Judge Edgerton
Star Meat Market Opens in Old Star Building
Rogers and Co opened Star Meat Market in the former Star restaurant building at Fifth and Main. A neat sign of celluloid letters appeared on the large market windows this morning.
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Rogers & Co
Star
Fifth
Main Streets
Accident Leaves Mrs. Burke with Broken Leg
Mrs. O. S. Burke living twelve miles northwest was thrown from a horse Thursday morning. Both bones of the right leg were broken just above the ankle. She was brought to the city in the afternoon and the fractures were set by Dr. Geo. V. Parmalee.
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O.S. Burke
Geo. V. Parmelee
Prairie Gleamer mission entertainment at Presbyterian church
Prairie Gleamer mission band will present an evening at the Presbyterian church with declarations and dialogues, the Missionary Clock, and Miss O J Mackintosh speaking on her South American work. Seats are free and all invited.
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Prairie Gleamer
Presbyterian Church
O. J. Mackintosh
South America
Dakota
James S. Foster
Mitchell
Dak
St Paul Raises Funds for National Educators Meeting
St Paul city council appropriated 5000 dollars toward hosting the National Educational association event. The remaining 32000 needed will be raised by citizens and a final decision is expected in a few days.
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St. Paul
St. Pau
National Educational Association
Explosion at Rentilee Colliery Leaves Few Survivors
An explosion at Rentilee colliery in Longton Staffordshire traps seventy miners. Only eleven survived as rescue teams clear wreckage. later reports say fifty bodies recovered with search ongoing for more victims. A separate Brussels accident reports thirty people injured from a runaway passenger train.
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London
Rentilee
Longton
Staffordshire
Mother and Babe Die In Fall From Tenement Window
Mrs O'Brien fell or was thrown from the sixth story of 62 Oliver street with her 8 month old daughter in her arms. Both died on impact in the courtyard. O'Brien was found drinking with two men after the bodies were recovered and all three men were arrested. He allegedly threatened punishment for attending a funeral without his consent.
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New York
O'Brien
Trains Crash at Brussels Station Injures Thirty
A Mons bound passenger train in Brussels failed brakes and slammed into station buffers. The impact wrecked several carriages and injured thirty people.
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Brussels
Mons
Camden Fire Destroys Saloon and Outbuildings
Fire in Camden Ohio at Howard's saloon began at midnight and spread to Smith's ice house Judkin's millinery store three residences and nine barns. Town sent engines from surrounding areas and controlled the blaze by daylight. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars, partially insured.
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Camden
Ohio
Howard
Howard’s
Smith's
Judkin’s
Farmer Thought Dead Found Alive In Coffin
Augustin Archambaldt of Montreal Ont near here was buried after a typhoid fever illness but groans from the coffin led to opening it. He was revived and taken home with a chance of recovery.
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Montreal
Ont
Augustin Archambaldt
Here
Clyde Line Steamer Ashore Off North Carolina Coast
The Clyde line steamer Pioneer running from New York to Wilmington went ashore two miles east of Ocra coke light near the North Carolina coast. Eighteen crewmen were rescued by life-saving services and landed safely. Efforts to salvage the vessel are believed possible.
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Clyde Line
NorFolk, Va
Pioneer
New York
Wilmington
N. C
Ocracoke Light
North Carolina
Three Deaths in a Well at Trinidad Mines
At Victor coal mines in Trinidad Col two white men and one African American worker died when the well walls collapsed during digging. Names of the victims were not provided.
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Denver
Col
Trinidad
Republican
Victor
Drowned crewmen in East River schooner disaster
The schooner Laura capsized in the East River with a deck load of iron from New York bound for Port Chester. Drowned among the crew were William Jackson James Hughes and Alexander Christie.
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East River
New York
Laura
Port Chester
William Jackson
James Hughes
Alexander Christie
Sullivan Ready to Fight Again Chooses Jem Smith Next
John L. Sullivan announces in The Evening Sun that he is prepared to fight soon and would travel to America at his own expense to face Jem Smith. He also favors Charley Mitchell as his next opponent and remains open to any challenger.
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John L. Sullivan
Jem Smith
Charley Mitchell
New York
America
The Hungarian Budget Deficit and Receipts Report
The 1890 budget presented to the Hungarian diet shows expenditures of 505,668,646 florins and receipts of 855,259,247 florins, leaving a deficit of 404,899 florins. Also, Portugal's King in Lisbon passes a comfortable night as fever abates.
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Pesth
Portugal
Lisbon
Secretary Noble Rules Against Minnesota Swamp Lands
Secretary Noble denies Minnesota swamp land claims in the James Devlin case, affirming a rejection by the General Land Office that the lands are not wet or suitable for agriculture. The decision marks a setback for Minnesota's push to reclaim swamp tracts as productive property.
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Noble
Minnesota
Washingtin
James Devlin
General Land Office
State challenges land inquiry in Duluth district claim
The state argues the U S has no right to assess land quality beyond survey field notes but rulings hold that falsity of field notes justifies rejecting a claim. The Duluth district swamp land grant rule states if a tract was not swamp land at grant time it did not pass by the grant.
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Duluth
United States
Opening of the International Session at Washington
Delegates to the International Maritime congress assemble at the state department with naval officers in bright uniforms. Secretary Blaine welcomes them and introduces delegates before Admiral S. R. Franklin is elected president of the conference. The group then proceeds to the White House for a presidential welcome.
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Washington
International Maritime Congress
State Department
Blaine
S. R. Franklin
United States Navy
White House
Ex-President Hayes Chairs Loyal Legion Meeting
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes arrived in Philadelphia to preside at the fifth annual meeting of the Loyal Legion commandery in chief. The evening session handled routine business while the main agenda anticipated re-election of most current officers.
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Hayes
Philadelphia
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Order
Governor Hill Views Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta
Governor Hill of New York was driven to the Piedmont Exposition grounds in Atlanta aboard a carriage drawn by six iron gray horses adorned with flowers. After touring exposition buildings, his party dined at the Driving Club Building. The Pensacola Scientific Expedition aboard the U S steamer Pensacola sails toward St Paul de Loando to study the solar eclipse of December 22. Samuel Gompers calls for the American Federation of Labor fourth annual convention to be held December 1889 in Boston Well Memorial Hall, Massachusetts.
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Pensacola
New York
Solar Expedition
Sandy Hook
St. Paul de Loando
Africa
Federation Convention
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Well Memorial Hall
Boston
Minnesota
St. Paul
John Lunkenheimer
Breckenridge
Manitoba Road
Park Avenue Crossing
Nion
Brainerd
Seventh Street
Windom
Mary Roupe
Henry Wood
Northern Pacific Road
Duluth Express
Kimberly
Northfield
Ac Pels
Woman's Foreiissionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Cloud
Stillwater
St. Cloud Reformatory
Temoval
Chaska
Charles Hesse
Knights of Malta convene in Wilkesbarre
The first convention of the Knights of Malta meets in Wilkesbarre with Grand Commander Pierce delivering an address on the order and a session expected to last several days. Banquet for Pan-American delegates held in Cleveland with remarks from Sherman Forker and Payne. Florida ex governor Edward A Perry dies in Kerrville Texas after paralysis following a horseback incident. Oswego reports the death of Congressman Newton W Nutting aged 49 from cancer of the law after resigning his seat.
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Knights of Malta
Wilkesbarre
Order of the Knights of Malta
Pierce
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward A. Perry
Kerrville
Tex
Banders
Perry
Massachusetts
Pensacola
Nutting
Oswego
N. Y
Newton W. Nutting
Congress
Les sing Solomon and Rosenthal in Financial Trouble in Waco
The wholesale dry goods and cotton factors firm of Les sing Solomon and Rosenthal announces temporary embarrassment and has sold their stock to H. P. Claflin and Co. Newark for creditors. Other assets are placed with a trustee to collect and pay remaining creditors. Estimated liabilities about 950000 with assets around 1200000.
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Waco
Tex
Lessing, Solomon & Rosenthal
H. P. Claflin & Co
Newark
Episcopalian Body Rejects Name Change Proposal
The house of deputies of the general Episcopal convention rejected changing the church name from Protestant Episcopal to American. They found the change undesirable and left the name as is. A committee on race relations reported no distinction of color recognized in the church.
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New York
House of Deputies
General Episcopal Convention
Caining Judd
Protestant Episcopal
Taxpayers Defrauded Scheme Uncovered in Bloomington
Ignatz Leuerer, Bloomington city and township tax collector, pleads guilty to falsifying records and larceny. He saysHarry V Loehr and Leon L Loehr, longtime deputies who were also indicted, urged the crime by claiming predecessors profited by defrauding taxpayers. The scheme is believed to have stolen thousands of dollars.
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Bloomington
Ill
Ignatz Leuerer
Harry V. Loehr
Leon L. Loehr
Lederer
Arlington mill workers refuse to report for wage cut
In Lawrence Massachusetts on October 17 the Arlington mill informed female weavers of wage reductions of five to six cents per cut on 100 and 200 quality goods. The workers refused to go to work and halted production.
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Lawreencee
Mass
Arlington Mill
Wor
Large Granaries Damaged in Gilby Farm Fire
The J. W. Scott farm near Gilby burned its elevator and barn, damaging five thousand bushels of grain and causing about two thousand dollars in losses. Spontaneous combustion is suspected as the cause. The report appears among regional items detailing local incidents across the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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Dakotas
Grand Forks
J. W. Scott
Gilby
Davison County Treasurer Subscribes Acknowledgment 1889
S F Goodykoontz sworn as treasurer of Davison County Davison City to attest that the above statement is true to the best belief, with R T Robinson county auditor approving. Notary J F Empary sworn on October 10 1889, seal affixed.
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Territory OF Dakota
Davison
S. F. Goodykoontz
Davison City
R.T. Robinson
J. F. Empary
Davison Woun
Treaser
Commissioner rules against inspecting abandoned patent cases
Patent Commissioner Mitchell decision restricts attorneys from inspecting abandoned patent cases in the Patent Office. The Hydraulic Brick Machine Co of St Louis sought access to shield clients from lawsuits over bail blocks or bricks, claiming an abandoned patent application. Mitchell held abandonment does not occur until two years with no public use and noted the rule would expose inventions still the property of applicants.
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Mitchell
Washington
Patent
Compan
St. Louis
Patent Office
Jury Briber Case Drops New Name Involve Irish American Suspect
Grand jury testimony in Chicago reveals an Irish American implicated in a jury bribing plot linked to Graham and the Cronin case. Bailiff Hanks says the man guaranteed payment to jurors for hanging and lenient punishment. Indications point to possible indictment, details unsettled.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
Lsy
Alexander L. Hanks
Hanks
Graham
Albatross 8 Lived in San Francisco and Kerryville News
A brief notes the U S ship Albatross 8 living in San Francisco, a Kerryville dispatch mentions ex Governor Perry of Florida arriving months ago for health, and a Paris Paris May update on Miss Gwendoin Caldwell’s engagement to Prince Murat. Also Boston habeas corpus bid in Train case and judge findings on sound mind.
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United States
San Francisco
Kerryville Tex
Perry
Florida
Gwendoin Caldwell
New York
Paris
O'Connell
Prince Murat
Boston
Snow
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