Capital removal likely. Northwestern funds the move
A Sioux City dispatch reports the Chicago and North Western Railroad may not oppose moving the South Dakota capital from Pierre to Mitchell or Huron. Officials say the line would not fight the plan if the legislature prefers Mitchell, noting winter costs and pass holders who travel to Pierre. The reliability of the quoted authority is uncertain.
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Sioux City
Minneapolis Journal of
Chicago & North- Western
South Dakota
Pierre
North Western
Huron
Mitchell
Material on the Way to Century Memorial Wall
President Graham of the University hopes work will resume soon on the Century Memorial Wall after a long delay for arriving iron. A carload of trimming rock has arrived and contractors say a car of structural iron and one of mill work are on the way and expected this week.
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Graham
University
Century Memorial Wall
How Chamberlain Met Miss Endicott
When Joseph Chamberlain visited the United States he sought to judge Miss Mary Endicott. After a ball at the British embassy and a subsequent call on her father, he was won by her dignity. He then addressed Miss Endicott himself and accepted a stepmother for his son Austin Chamberlain.
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Chmberlain
Miss Endicott
Joseph Chamberlain
United States
Mary Endicott
Austin Chamberlain
Europe
Mr. Endicott
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Chamberlain
Endicotts
Austin
Philadelphia Press
Afternoon Reception at Beekwith and Dundas Home
Mrs. L Beckwith and Mrs. R F Dundas hosted an afternoon reception at the former’s home on Friday from 2 30 to 5. Invitations extended to 130 ladies with strong response. Grace Beckwith presided at the door. guests were guided through rooms by several local ladies and punch and refreshments were served in designated rooms. The event was well received and long remembered by attendees.
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Ella Wilkinson
Have Money to Burn
South Dakota, once mocked for poverty, now boasts wealth per capita. The state plans a vote to lower the school fund interest rate from 6 to 5 percent to borrow from itself and earn profits. Old-timers recall much higher rates decades ago as South Dakota markets its prosperity.
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Minneapolis
Wall Street
South Dakota
Notables and Addresses Across the World and America
A compendium notes Lord Salisbury’s cat fondness and other famed figures. Major Herbert Darling becomes Bloemfontein police commissioner at twenty three. Captain R W Fuller has sailed 650000 miles and circumnavigated Cape Horn twenty two times. General Fitz Hugh Lee heads Jamestown Exposition. Louis W Thornburg, oldest Iowa settler, and his wife’s white birth. Dr N C Morse, 325 pound physician leader. General Cronje arrives in South Africa for reconstruction aid. William Gould Brokaw spends 25000 on a Japanese garden near Great Neck. Rey Oliver Dyer sole surviving stenographer from original Senate team. steno practice began in 1845. Count Boni de Castellane and family join League to Refuse to Pay Taxes in France. ATL Wright, Merrill mayor, youngest NW city chief executive. Captain J M Smith, pioneer Wisconsin wire stretcher, living in Topeka. James Mullins of Detroit profits from sea lion captures. recent Europe trip sold forty. Will of Adolph Kutner Fresno filed. $5000 charity bequest with broad distributive intent.
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Lord Salisbury
Herbert Darling
Bloemfontein
R. W. Fuller
Boston
Cape Horn
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Louis W. Thornburg
Ottumwa
Oliver Dyer
United States Senate
Senate
Boni de Castellane
French League
Atl. Wright
Merrill
Wis
Northwest
Ile
J. M. Smith
Wisconsin
Topeka
Kan
James R. Mullins
Detroit
Mexico
California
Europe
Adolph Kutner
Fresno
Cal
Plankinton Association Opens Annual Congregational Meeting
Attendance was large as the Plankinton Association of Congregational churches began its annual session at the local church. Rev. L. E. Camfield presided, Rev. S. Huntley elected moderator, and a strong program included music by local groups and readings. The annual sermon by Camfield focused on John 14 6 and visitors were warmly welcomed by A. E. Hitchcock.
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Plankinton Association of Congregational Churches
L. BE. Camfield
F. Tuuntley
Highmore
Maude _ Silsby- Nichols
Jessie Walrath
Harker
Walrath
Vermilyea
G. Stanley Pope
Wagner
Huntley
A. E. Hitchcock
L. E. Camfield
Ward Academy
Morning Session Gathers Delegates For Devotions And Talks
Delegates met Tuesday at 9 in the church for devotional exercises led by Rev. G Stanley Pope of Wagner. General business followed with Rev. J B Reese of Wessington Springs presenting a paper on Social to Save. Rev. Cc F DeGroff of Letcher spoke on The Press as a Factor in Religious Work. Rev S Huntley led discussion on how to make the moral element more effective in politics with minister participation.
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G. Stanley Pope
Wagner
J. B. Reese
Wessington Springs
Cc. F. DeGroff
Letcher
S. ¥. Huntley
Afternoon Session Reflections at Midweek Service
The program features Rev. Geo. EF Brown of Oacoma on The Mid-Week Service and Rev. Geo. Lindsay of Chamberlain reviewing The Foundations of Belief by A. J. Balfour. Missionary work by ladies proves profitable as Rev. J. A. Derome leads a discussion on Does Our Age know Jesus Christ. Rev. Walter E. Lamphear presents on The Personal in Religion vs. the Mechanical. Rev. C. M. Daley closes as superintendent.
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Geo. Ef, Brown
Oacoma
Geo. Lindsay
Chamberlain
A. J. Balfour
Jesus Christ
J. A. Derome
Plankinton
Walter E. Lamphear
Geddes
C. M. Daley
Catechetical Training Talk at Sunday School Meeting
The tendent of the Sunday schools of the state delivered an engaging talk on Catechetical Training of Children at Home and in the Sunday School. After completing association business, members adjourned for supper.
Growth of the Church Report From Dakota Conference
The annual conference at Madison reports a prosperous Methodist church in the state with 125 pastors, 11 137 members, 14 527 Sunday school scholars, 162 churches, and 98 parsonages. Total church property value is 465 755 dollars. Missions and benevolences total 20 294. Ministry support 92 944. Century Memorial and Asbury hospital funds add 2 380. Per capita 15 65. Twentieth Century Thank Offering raises 71 600 in the Dakota Conference with 21 306 for education and 42 262 to reduce debt.
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Methodist
Madison
Century Memorial Building
Dakota University
Mitchell
Asbury Hospital
Minneapolis
Methodist Church
Dakota Conference
Robert Edeson’s First Success in Dayton Summer Theater
In Dayton Ohio a soldiers home hosts a small theater where young actors fine tune craft for veterans. Robert Edeson gained early fame there after a summer showing powerful performances that drew enthusiastic applause despite a curt warning on a curtain. Veterans joked by tapping wooden prosthetic legs with canes while applauding.
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Robert Edeson
Dayton
Baedeker Book Seized Then Partially Returned in Turkey
A German traveler’s Baedeker guide through Turkey was confiscated in Istanbul with more than a hundred pages torn out detailing Constantinople. Censors claimed the city’s exact description could aid an attack on the sultan, and the traveler complained to the office.
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Baedeker
Turkey
Constantinople
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Goodyear Welt
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McKay
CT Estate
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