Judge Frank B. Smith Seeks Re election In Fourth Circuit
Governor Lee and Attorney General Grigsby clash over case strategy while Judge Frank B. Smith earns broad support from populists and Republicans alike for fairness and integrity. Voters urged to back Smith to ensure his retention and strengthen party cohesion.
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Lee
Grigsby
Mayhew
Hipple
Anderson
Frank B. Smith
Hhis
Fourth Circuit
Judge Smith
Purdy and Miss Van Horn Wed in Methodist Ceremony
Milton D. Purdy and Maggie Van Horn married Wednesday evening at Rev Stevens home after prayer meeting. The bride's sister Cassie attended, with Mrs Stevens present as the officiant. Both young locals, members of the Methodist church, receive congratulations from The Republican.
Plankinton Congregational Meeting and Suffrage Convention
The Plankinton association of Congregational churches closed a session in Plankinton with Rev. C. F. DeGroff ordained. Delegates Rev. J. Comin and Rev. B. W. Burleigh were chosen for the National Council in Portland, Oregon. A women’s suffrage convention will meet in Mitchell on Nov 17, 1897, under National American and Mitchell Equal Suffrage associations, promoting full and partial suffrage in several states and inviting broad attendance. Local notices promote Sucklen's Arnica Salve sold by S. H. Seallin.
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Plankinton
Association
Mitchell
Friends of Justice and Equal Rights
Davison County
National- American Woman Suffrage Association
Mitchell Equal Suffrage Association
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
B. W. Burleigh
A. C. Stevens
Local notes and updates from Mitchell region
Observer Huyck cites Monday and Tuesday rain and snow totaling 1.50 inches. Chalmers Taylor moved to Odessa to work in a mercantile firm. Requests: 80 acres of plowing on section 1 Badger township immediately. Cattle trouble noted with blackleg. rentals not heavy. Miss Det. Robinson returns from Webster City commercial college. Mrs. G. T. McDonald travels to Galion Ohio for winter with Dr. McDonald. Water being laid in James Lyons residence after weather delays. Commission meets Saturday November 6 to canvass election results. J. T. Morrow installing hot water heating. Miss Bessie Thompson ill with pneumonia. Eunice Thompson to oversee school. Need 500 bushels of Early Ohio seed by November 2 at warehouse. J. F. Turner & Son seeking Ohio seed. Col. M. M. Prica visits Mitchell. Rev. G W Austin to preach at Free Methodist church. Jim Duncan reports prairie fire damaged property in Baker township. Dakota hotel at Plankinton nearly burned. Taubman saved but burned. Equal suffrage society meets with A I Hitchcock speaking on elements of government. Hiram Rodee reports daily happenings.
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Huyck
Chalmers Taylor
Odessa
Minn
A. KE. Hitchcock
al. Gillman
Blackleg
Lesses
Det. Robinson
Webster City
Iowa
G. T. McDonald
Galion
Ohio
McDonald
James Lyons
J.T. Morrow
Bessie Thompson
South Side
Eunice Thompson
J. EF
Turner & Son
M. M. Prica
Letcher
Hasno
Mitchell
G.W. Austin
Free Methodist Conference
Free Methodist Church
Jim Duncan
Equal Suffrage Society
W. H. Helwig
A. I. Hitchcock
Hiram Rodee
Assault on 13 year old girl near Milwaukee railroad
Ora Olmstead, 13, was assaulted as she walked home two miles west of town near the Milwaukee railroad crossing. A man grabbed her, tied a handkerchief over her mouth, and fled into a free claim as a crowd of about 50 pursuers hunted him but he remained at large. Authorities and neighbors aided the victim and pledged to continue the search.
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Ora Olmstead
I. L. Moyer
John P
Berry
John Colvin
Iit
Villian
Chicago Daily Market Report by D W Moore Grain Commissioner
Chicago Daily Market reports the day’s grain prices and market movements as provided by D W Moore Grain Commissioner. Prices for corn wheat and oats fluctuate with supply and demand signals from traders and elevators.
Earnest Fights and Earnest Principles
A young woman tells the man he is cold blooded and mercenary while discussing principle. The man replies that it is principle that drives her to bargain at the large counter, using a witty epigram.
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Indianapolis Journal
Len Lam
Largain
How to Mark Your Ballot in Australian System
A legislative change requires voters to retire to a private booth, mark a cross beside their chosen candidate, conceal the ballot face, and deliver it to the judges who will stamp and deposit it in the ballot box. The instructions specify marking Judge Frank Smith as judge and C Fr Drake as commissioner.
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Frank Smith
C. Fr. Drake
An Amiable Greenhorn and a Series of Humorous Vignettes
A collection of old newspaper anecdotes about a Staten Island waitress trainee who trips with a fish, a tale of Mark Twain in charity plate humor, and notes on 16th to 19th century servant controls. Also mentions a Denver insomnia yarn and Russian village voting by women.
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Greenhorn
Staten Island
A Curious Indian and the Pawnee Chief Parade
Dr Chauncey M Depew recalls childhood tale of Pawnee Indians and a great war chief exhibited at Barnum s museum in New York He narrates a mid March meeting as a parade passes with the band playing The Wearing of the Green The chief pledges to watch the procession even if it costs him his job.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Peekskill
New York
Bedad
Moike
Oldest Poplar in France Vies With City Railings
Dijon citizens vote tax for a railing around a tree labeled as France’s oldest poplar. The council records trace its history to 722 A D, with a height of 122 feet and base circumference of 45 feet.
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Dijon
France
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Glock
J. Becker
Arctics
Spooner & Nordaker
Milton Purdy
Miss van Worn
S. H. Seallin
Chicago Daily Market
D. W. Moore Grain
Chicago
Mrs. G
Harper’s Bazar
Mark Twain
Twain
Philadelphia Ledger
Seth Payne
Denver
Tom Uzzell
Denver Times
Joan G. Wertss
Springdale
Br. Hobbs
The
London Echo
Australia
Union Bank
Luka Jantje
Bechuanaland
Cape
Gxo
Layton
Dayton
Obie
Express
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
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