Wonderful Prosperity Permeates South Dakota Farm Wealth
Outside papers praise South Dakota for record per capita wealth, with farm output driving about 140 million dollars of annual wealth on 55 000 farms. It notes rising farm incomes since 1899 and compares state figures to Iowa and North Dakota, highlighting high farm wealth and potential irrigation context. The piece also covers Pierre capital publicity with Scotty Phillips buffalo hunt plans near the city.
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South Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sioux City
Omaha
Chicago
Minneapolis Journal
Union
North Dakota
Iowa
Chamberlain Journal
Pierre
Scotty
Phillips
Plans for St Louis exposition corn palace building
W. L. Dow & Son of Sioux Falls completed state building plans for the St Louis exposition and the board of commissioners will award the contract. Interior decoration will feature corn and grain panels with county and town names, while exterior decoration is minimized. Materials gathered statewide will be shipped to St Louis under H. C. Warner in Woonsocket who reports fine agricultural samples for a strong display.
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W. L. Dow & Son
Sioux Falls
Board of Commissioners
St. Louis
South Dakota
Chicago
H.C. Warner
Woonsocket
Bridgewater Merchants Form Oil Boycott
Bridgewater merchants unite to deny Standard Oil products after continued price increases. An oil wagon visited town but was refused delivery as traders hold firm to offering petroleum and gasoline at reasonable prices.
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Irdgewater Tribune
Hanson
Standard Oil Company
Bridgewater
Man-er-Vine Tablets Promote Nerves Brain and Blood Health
An advertisement touts Man-er-Vine Tablets as the world’s greatest remedy for nerves, brain, and blood with claims of visible results. L. O. Gale endorses the product in a period promotional note.
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L. O. Gale
Effect of Civilization on a Native Youth
A tale from Youth's Companion describes Bobtail Coyote sent to a government school where he adopts white ways. after returning home his name changes from Bobtail Coyote to Robert T. Wolf, illustrating a subtle yet striking cultural transformation.
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Red Nan
Bobtail Coyote
Robert T. Wolf
Studstox on the Cars and a Curious Evening
A jumble of quotes covers urban life, language study, and a Yale style painting lesson. A New York Times note discusses reading manuscripts on cars and the public gaze, while a painting instructor tells a tale about perspective and a stubborn student. The piece ends with a note on the hoopoo bird and a Solomon legend.
Dentists Use Much Gold in Historic Shortage Study
A statistician notes dentists in the twenty first and twenty second centuries may far surpass others in gold use for fillings and dental work. He estimates about 800 kilograms of gold worth around $500,000 will be used, while graveyards across four nations may hold $150,000,000 in gold worth of coffins and adornments in 300 years.
To the Best of His Knowledge Longevity Joke
An old habitant dismisses the reporter’s question about longevity noting he never claimed to have such a thing. The exchange features humor about aging and memory in a playful tone.
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Puck
What is the country asks a slum child
A district visitor asks the slum child what country is and the child answers it is the place where things are alive. The passage contrasts the child’s view with rural youth wanting to move to the live city for vitality.
Their Number
A lady asks a girl to visit and mentions murder. The child replies she knows the crime, noting the father says you always live sixes and sevens. The exchange hints at a domestic or social mystery in a terse, dialogic vignette.
Sufficient Reason Miss Pert and Mr Borem Ledger Dialogue
Fragmentary note from the Philadelphia Ledger shows a brief exchange about a visit and a presumed knowledge of arrival. Names Borem and Pert appear in a casual dialogue fragment with a referenced newspaper source.
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Borem
Miss Pert
Phiadelphia Ledger
Sunrise and Sunset Guns Spotted in Local Trivia
In a quirky column the Plain Dealer notes a playful line about sunrise and sunset guns. The humor hinges on a misquoted Life Comets line about male substance and exaggerated lightness, then mentions Bob shaking hay fever and an employer's impatience with vacations.
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Bob
Land Plain Dealer
Boston Men in a Hasty Courtship Scene
A fragment describes Sweete See Marston rushing to greet his wife again, driven by strong affection. The text hints at a tense moment as he fears forgetting a message to De Bitterworth and to head off any awkwardness in the reunion.
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Mr. Chase
Boston
Marston
de Bitterworth
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Gunton’s Magazine
Studstox
Wat Cig
Treshes
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New York Times
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