Strong Football Prospects At Dakota University This Fall
The Dakota University program is described as strengthening for the season with new players and better facilities. Local coverage notes the athletic quarters will be upgraded and uniforms improved, signaling a high level of preparation for a competitive year. The piece also references a Mitchell Alexandria game, detailing a 25 to 12 victory by Alexandria after a close start.
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Cropp
Mitchell
Fargo, N. D
Dakota University
Great Football Year Swift Games On Home Grounds
Prof. D. Bertram Cropp arrives from Monticello Iowa and will begin training the University football team. The season will feature swift games on home grounds between teams as part of preparations.
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D. Bertram Cropp
Monticello
Iowa
Got His Piano Tuner
L W Cooke of Huron chased a piano tuner who fled with some of his money from Huron. The man was tracked to Mitchell, stayed overnight, then slipped away but was later located in a western state. He will be brought back to Huron for legal action.
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L. W. Cooke
Huron
Mitchell
Tax on fraternal insurance premiums questioned by AG
Attorney General Pyle issues opinion at the request of Insurance Commissioner Shober. The 2 percent tax on premiums applies to societies issuing regular insurance contracts. Exemption for benevolent fraternal groups is limited to benefits paid outside the contract. Back taxes likely around 350000. collection depends on Supreme Court ruling.
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Huron
Shobter
Supreme Court
Military Dancing Party at Corn Palace Honors Co D
A Thursday evening dance at the corn palace hosted by Co D drew many soldier attendees in uniform. Rathbun's orchestra played as the crowd helped the soldiers net about 25 dollars to fund their Yankton encampment and state fair drill competition with Mitchell company among the entrants. Citizens are urged to support the troops in their bid for victory and drill efficiency.
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Corn Palace
Co. D
Rathbun
Yankton
Mitchell Company
Mitchell
Prairie Chicken Defense Calls For Three Year Ban
In a 1901 Mitchell column, T H Youngman urges protecting prairie chickens to curb grasshopper devastation. He argues science and nature collide with scripture, warns hunters to skip Sunday hunting, and presses legislators to ban prairie chicken killing for three years to safeguard crops.
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Republican
T. H. Youngman
Mitchell
Boys risk life riding trains at depot crossing
The article describes many boys loitering around the Sanborn street crossing waiting to ride moving trains. It notes the danger to themselves and train crews as conductors repeatedly warn them. Parents likely unaware of these risky stunts, which persist despite efforts to stop them.
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Sanborn Street
Republican
Boys Growing Careless Fatality at Milwaukee Depot
A warning about growing boy carelessness ends with a fatality feared at the Milwaukee depot. The brief notes an imminent accident risk as unresolved danger to youths near the railroad facility.
Buy Local or Lose It All The Dollar Dilemma In Town
The Howard Democrat urges readers to support home merchants over mail order and department stores. It argues local business funds taxes, schools, churches, and public works. contrasts loyal local credit with cash losses to out of town firms. cites a warning tale of a man who lost money on wire that never arrived. It concludes by urging patrons to trade at home.
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Plankinton
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Frank B. Smith
Mitchell
Everett Smith
W. T. LaFollette
Chamberlain
Smith
Frank Winsor
Jast Winter
A. E. Hitchcock
Bronson
Miner County
G. W. Mahbot
Davison County
LaFollette
Bryan
Attorney Chamberlain
Howard
O. K
Judge Smith
Howard Democrat
T. M. Roberts Supply House
Wall
T. M. Roberts
Accident at Races Injures Rider and Spectators
At Pukwana race meet H G Nichols rode a horse named The Knave in heat two when the animal stepped in a hole and flipped the rider. The horse suffered no major injuries. A peanut roaster operated by Blind Barney exploded causing scalding injuries to several bystanders, with Joe Paullin and Barney himself among those affected.
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H. G. Nichols
Pukwana
Knave
Barney
Joe Paullin
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Cotsches
Main ST
S. G. Boyce
Mitchell, S. D
Chigago Shoe House
Garland
South Bend
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W. H. Webster & CO
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the Judicial Convention
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