Proclamation by President Wilson for Syrian and Armenian relief
President Woodrow Wilson proclaims joint relief days for Syrians and Armenians on October 2 and October 22, 1916. The document cites Senate and Congressional resolutions urging public contributions to aid those suffering from war famine and disease. Proceedings are dated August 31, 1916, in Washington with Secretary of State Robert Lansing’s endorsement.
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Senate of the
United States
Congress of
Senate
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Washington
Robert Lansing
Hughes Heckled as He Delivers Address in Mitchell
Crowds greet nominee Hughes with loud support as he defends anti trust claims and insists no clarification exists. The event at Mitchell features a large audience, a three minute cheer, and focus on Hughes views on the Adamson act and war policy. The South Dakota Baptist convention endorses statewide prohibition and urges Prohibition Day while condemning European war and sectarian encroachment.
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Hughes
South Dakota Baptists Back Prohibition and Endorse League
South Dakota Baptists passed resolutions praising statewide prohibition and the Anti-Saloon League while urging ministers to devote October 22 to sermons supporting the amendment yes vote. The convention, growing beyond 300 attendees, also expressed concern for superannuated preachers and noted lectures on Mexico amid a busy program and hospitality for delegates.
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South Dakota
South Dakota Baptist Convention
Anti- Saloon League
Europe
Bruce Kinney
W. B. Hinson
Mexico
R. N. Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League
FE. R. Burton
Barnes
New York
Dakota Wesleyan
Hangs Self in Religious Spell Memo
Miss Regina Huber, a well known resident, died by hanging in a granary on her brother W G Huber’s farm after leaving home in the forenoon during a period of religious mania. Her death followed an apparent religious fervor and was discovered by her brother during a farm search.
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M. D
Regina Iuber
W. G. .Huber
C. A. Gray
Highmore
Blanche Cox
Parkston
Mitchell
Dudley Smith
Lawrence Smith
Letcher
Hughes makes 100 percent bid despite 42 years away
Mr. Hughes, a candidate at 100 percent support, returns to his boyhood home for the first time in 42 years. The Birmingham Age-Herald notes the trip follows his campaign show of full commitment and roots.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Hughes
Baptist Session Closes With Stirring Address In Sioux Falls
The thirty fifth annual Baptist convention in South Dakota ends after a strong temperance sermon by Dr. M. P. Boynton of Chicago. Over 400 attendees, the largest turnout yet, heard two union services and a featured speech debunking John Barleycorn. Vote set for November 7 on amendment No. 7 to promote prohibition. Executive committee members named from Watertown Sioux Falls Mitchell and Montrose.
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Sioux Falls College
Harold Hused
Harlan
Providence of God
South Dakota Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church of
Mitchell
First Baptist Church
Dakota Wesleyan
South Dakota
Europe
United States
M. P. Boynton
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Chicago
First Methodist Church
Sioux Falls
Baptist Church
the Baptist Church
Joynton
John Barleyeard
30Ynton
Science
Republc
America
John Barleycorn
Local Notes Highlights Hughes Speech Visit and Rail Delays
Republican candidate Peter Norbeck arrives as Charles Ivans Hughes speaks in Mitchell tomorrow. Local events include theater showings at the Met and Gale, multiple visitors, a derailment delaying the Omaha line near Sioux Falls, and various community notices with a focus on politics and culture.
Former farm renter held for trial on grain mortgage fraud
Ramona South Dakota resident W F Bannett, captured at Albia Iowa and returned to Lake County, faces trial for selling several hundred bushels of mortgaged grain before leaving the state. If convicted, he could receive one to three years in prison and a $500 fine at the next state circuit court term.
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Ramona
S. D
W. F. Bannett
Here
Albia
Lake County
Anaconda Standard: Dead Republican on Hughes Election
A brief Anaconda Standard editorial mocks a Republican for caring less than Colonel Roosevelt about the Hughes election, calling out political indifference with pointed satire.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Hughes
Singer Ardini Stuns Friends With Self Sufficiency In Kitchen
Madame Ardini, American opera singer, astonishes friends by cooking for herself. She supposedly shops for groceries, cleans, does laundry and washes dishes, showcasing self reliance.
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Madame Ardini
Mitchell High Beats Armour 61–0 in Home Opener
Mitchell High School dominated Armour with a 61 to 0 victory at Hitchock Park. Henry Hoagl and Captain Charles Scheurenbrand starred as Hoagland scored three long TDs, include an 85 yard run, and Scheurenbrand provided steady defense and solid ground gain. The Mitchell line, led by Armstrong, stifled Armour throughout the game.
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Scheurenbrand
Stevfans
Wheatley
Diehlin
Hoagland
Scallin
Jones
Mitchell
Armour
Anderson
Creighton
Jacobson
Hughes
Armstrong
Clark
Stevens
Palmer
Holleran
Giles
Diehl
Boot
F. Hand
A. Hamm
Paulson
Matteson
Kelloy
M. Raben
Henderson
I. Hand
St. Raben
Rae
Edwards
S. H. Smith
Hall
Mark Payne
B. G. Logan
Mitchell High
Hitchcock Park
IB. Wheatley
Henry Hoagland
Charles Scheurenbrand
Hcross
Ienelana
Davison County Commissioners Adjourn and Approve Delinquent Taxes
Davison County South Dakota adjourned session on Oct 10 1916 with Grady Lehman Jensen and McLeod present. The board adopted tax collection resolutions and awarded a road grading contract to Richards and Cohrt for the 35 86 101 60 line, plus named election judges and various road work expenses. The crossing construction notice for the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway was authorized. The session adjourned after minutes and certification by County Auditor J M Crampton.
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Grady
Lehman
Jensen
McLeod
Richards & Cohrt
Mitchell
S. Cp
Ry. Co
Beard
View Bridge
Hanson
Davison
Peard
Snow
Board of County Commissioners
Davison County
South Dakota
Richards and Cohrt
Pioneer Bridge Company
Gaette and Mill
EMG Oakeos
Pool
L. J. Olson
Jack King
Carl Dahl
Bailey
Fred Geisen
Chas, Grady, Jr
Chas, Snyder
Henry Thrift
Lester Bonham
Frank Geisen
Henry Schoenfelder
Ben Dedoos
Pete Aaeie
Hopkins Printing Co
Maceesper
Ariete Raeds
M. B. Burnett
Joe Westfall
Ross Anshutz
John Carlson
Burnett
J. C
Isaac Spears
Iee
E. F E. Owens
S. J. Maulde
Iy. E. Owens
Dak Central Tel. Co
Mitchell Power Co
C. W. Downey
Alma Henline
Oscar Cornwell
A. S. Carpenter
Mdse
Tedruits
Sme Beetie
A. J. Buffalo
Board of Health
Nels Jensen
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Midway Grocery
Cts
Dakota Engineering Co
Sur- Vera
Mitchell Iron & Boiler Works
State Officers Salaries Compared in South Dakota
State Auditor J E Handlin notes in South Dakota that 23 teachers at one state institution average 203.56 dollars per month while elective officers including the Governor and supreme court judges average 102.83 dollars. He argues the state pays higher salaries to employees not bound by the constitution than to elective officers.
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Pierre
S. D
J. E. Handlin
Cays
South Dakota
Supreme Court
You Can’t Beat the Irish in His Heart’s Desire
Fiske O’Hara brings his new play His Heart’s Desire to the Metropolitan on Saturday October 21. An Irish wit quips that Ireland has the world’s greatest navy with imaginary ships, then outwits two foreign men who demand proof.
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Fiske O'Hara
Metropolitan
Pat
Ireland
Divorce ban rejected by church deputies
St. Louis Missouri. The proposed change in the canons of the Protestant Episcopal church forbidding remarriage of persons divorced for reasons arising after their marriage regardless of cause was rejected by the house of deputies of the general convention today.
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St. Louis
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
General Convention
Hughes County Politician Dies in Blunt Merchant
Pierre S. D. Hakkon, prominent Blunt merchant and Republican candidate for Hughes County treasurer, died at home last night from blood poisoning linked to a carbuncle. Also noted is Mrs A Hall of this city who died last night after a years long cancer struggle.
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A. D. Aldrich
Sioux Falls
W. H. King
New York
Boston
Peter Norbeck
Bijou Hills
S. D
Hughes
A. T. Downey
Iit.traul
Downey
Ellery Branch
Fulton
Mr. Branch
W. A. Branch
Floyd E. Wilson
Kansas
W. E. Flurkey
Montrose
H. J. Jones
Jones
Thomas
Donahough
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions
Dakota Wesleyan
Christian Association
College
Willpeak
Pierre
Hakkon
Blunt
A. Hall
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Hughess
Dakota
Boynton
Methodist Church
Board of Managers
F. J. Stockton
Watertown
Chairman
H. R. Best
S. P. Shaw
J. J. Alen
Ft. la. Kelley
J. A. Loomer
R. J. Odell
Peter Norbecy
Charles Ivans Hughes
Charles I. Hackett
Parker New Era
L. J. Baker
Mt. Vernon
B. I. Yule
Alexandria
Norma Odell
Sioux Walls
S[fenry Hedeen
Omaha Road
T. H. Ocheltree
Leslie Caldwell
Mtchell
W. C. Whitcomb
Spencer
Soldiers of Fortune
Lou Telleeen
The
Met
Algeria
Tellegen
A. B. Smith
Salem
City
Gale
Artesian
Mildred Thomas
Northfield
Minn
Fiora Vermilyea
R. A. Burg
Ernest D. Burton
University of Chicago
Burton
John D. Rockefeller
China
al. Snow
Ben Regan
Regan
W. M. Herbert
Clifton D. Gray
Charles F. Bates
Iowa
Nebraska
Bates
Darling
Kennebec
J. F. Little
J. M. Henzick
Adelphians
Alethians
Dakota Wesleyan Academy
Maynard Theatre
J. M. Scott
Fred Wedehase
Main Street
Loftus Early
Baxter
H. W. Nick
L. I. Stair
K. I. Stair
Vermillion
A. Schmidt
Emery
Milwaukee Road
Kimball
Black Hills
Harry Hassenflow
Presho
Whit Parsons
LeBeau
Jesse Ball
Jack Denver
Tappy Jack
Sherif Id
Kk. Owens
Farwell
Denver
M. A. Reeves
Points
Ikansas
Ile
Peter Thomson Petersen
Martha Calvet
Slayton
Bessie Bobb
Hollywood
Calif
Louis Larson
Norwegian Ladies’ Aid Society
East Fifth Avenue
Nicholas Thune
Maude Riley
James A. Kelly
Walla Walla, Wash
R. A. Kelly
H. D. Frost
Vivian
A. L. Jewett
Baptist Convention
Betts School House
Beulah School House
Mina Becker
Delvan T. Becker
Gertrude Metz
Walter Metz
Metz
D. T. Becker
Matame
Miriam Ardin
Mitchell High Revenge
Hoagland and
Schurenbrand
State of
Wn II
Senv
H. Kedden
Wilson
John Bb. Reese
A Weimbere Roe
Ruth John Dondelinger
W. Dougherty
M. Meekins
John Asmussen
T. H. Crampton
M. Hammer
A. J. Annis
Juno Hendrickson
Grady A. J. Frantz
Frank G. Sand
P. C. Crampton
Delmer Livesay
Herman Herbst
Carl Knappe
Frank Carlson
Red Carlson
P. Land
A. A
Jenks Albert Stevens
Guy Chenoweth
L. Rogers J
de Burns
J. Moore
W. I
Suedmeier
T. S. Weith C
Fr. Raymond
D. H. Strother
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