Republican delegate convention gathers in Mitchell
The Davison county Republicans meet at the Mitchell court house to nominate state and county officers including senator treasurer clerk of courts and states attorney. Delegates from townships vote on representation and a county central committee for two years. Also later con ventions nominate district commissioners and a note on Col. Grigsby’s cowboys.
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Davison County
Mitchell
Perri
Esersereee
Lisbon
Badger Union
Breedon
Baker
Tobin
Rome
Mt. Vernon
1St Ward
Beulah
Side Mitchell
Republican County Central Comitee
S. D
H. L. Bras
Union
Perrys
Badger
Blendon
Mitchell West
Beulahane
John G. Helwig
F. D. Powers
H. N. Cox
M. L. Bobb
Henry Swindler
Swindler
Yetuo
Arthur Hall
West Side
Mitchell Township
Carlota Moyer
Edith Earl
Political tempers rise as South Dakota campaigns unfold
The Yankwe Gazette warns Republicans face a strong ticket and predicts a November defeat for the Opposition as party alignments swirl around Col Grigeby and Gov. Lee. Populists debate Loucks departure, while coal funds and state institution coal supplies strain the administration’s finances.
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The
Minneapolis Tribune
Col. Grigeby
South Dakota
Republican Party
Gov. Lee
Governor Bails Out State From Coal Shortage
The governor, using personal wealth, steps in to fund winter coal purchases and cover freight costs, following a series of measures to save his administration from a deepening financial hole. His critics accuse advisers of folly while supporters note the timely aid from the governor’s resources.
Republicans Meet in Davison County Convention
The Davison County Republicans plan a September 24 meeting in Mitchell to nominate a ticket for legislative and county offices. Geo A Johnston and H L Bras are floated for state senator and representative, with Geo B Kelsey as treasurer and W B Tobey for register of deeds among others.
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Davison
Geo. A. Johnston
H. L. Bras
Bras
Geo. B. Kelsey
Kelsey
Biendoo Township
Tobey
Rome Township
Register of Deeds
Palmer Champlin
Union
Henry Anderson
Tobin
O. D. Stearns
Badger
Capital Journal Emerges In Pierre As Improved Daily
The Capital Journal becomes Pierre’s new daily paper with C. H. Anderson listed as a proprietor. The publication is described as a major improvement over the former Capital daily.
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Capital-Journal
Pierre
Capital
C. H. Anderson
Platform of South Dakota Republicans at Mitchell Endorsed
Aberdeen News lauds the Mitchell convention platform as the people’s, plain and forceful. It praises the clean ticket, denounces past party bondage since 1889, and predicts solid support for good government, integrity, and state progress in the next two years.
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Aberdeen News
Mitchell
Polla
South Dakota
Dr King’s New Life Pills and assorted patent remedies
Free samples advertised for Dr King’s New Life Pills by H E Bucklen Co Chicago with claims of relief for constipation headache malaria and liver troubles. Also lists several uncalled letters at Mitchell post office ends with note about dead letters. Ely Bros and Allen’s products promoted with testimonials from W J Hitchcock and others.
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H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
S. H. Scallin
Mitchell Post Office
Anderson
H. M. Anderson
Laura Barber
Effie Boyle
Ellen Daviek
Albert Jones
H. J. Mayhew
E. M. Mitchell
R. K. Pratt
Julie P. Stevens
A. L. Waterman
E. B
Breath of Arbutus and Remembrance in a Southern Death
A reader forwards a poem recalling lost love and military duty. The speaker remembers a farewell kiss, a young man called away for country service, and a burial in the southern lands. Memories of arbutus scent and a garret chest tie personal loss to national sacrifice.
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Southland
Populist Campaign Supplement Attacks Railroads and Republicans
A populist state central committee issue of campaign supplements features a resume of railroad cases decided by Judge Carlard and brief pages by Private Secretary Ayers. The pamphlet aims to portray railroads as owning and dominating the Republican party, while critics say it distorts individuals and parties.
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State Central Committee
Carlard
Ayers
Republican Party
Republican Platform Endorses McKinley Era Prosperity and Policy
The South Dakota Republican platform reaffirms allegiance to republican principles of protection and sound money, praises McKinley’s administration, supports Cuban independence, Hawaii annexation, and expansion of interstate commerce regulation, and calls for state procurement favoring South Dakota institutions and wary of state penitentiary labor competition. It condemns the populist administration and urges honest governance, taxation reform, and railroad rate justice. The document closes with thanks from families of L. McCurdy.
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Republican Party of
South Dakota
Willian McKinley
Cuba
Congress
Washington
Banda
Hawaii
Sugar Trust
Spain
Porto Rico
Phillipine Islands
Legis Sture
South
Dakota
His Only Opportunity
A bustling Chicago Tribune scene through a department store chatter ends with a marriage proposal as a clerk guides a shopper. The rapid dialogue sketches a retail setting with a surprise yes from the shopgirl to Tom despite the commotion and scent of ash in the air.
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Hattie
Tom
Chicago Tribune
Distinction At Cathedral Reads Sermon Or Prayer?
In Household Words a modest divine is asked by a silk gowned verger to fill Canon Blank's chair, prompting a pompous reply about whether he is to read prayers or deliver the sermon. The note adds that trade between Japan and Formosa has quintupled since 1895.
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Tom
Canon Blank
Japan
Formosa
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the Mitchell Printing CO
C. W. Downey
Official
R. J. Gamble
Yankton
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Kirk G. Phillips
Lawrence
John T. Kean
Sanborn
W. B H. Roddle
Brookings
John Schamber
Hutchinson
James D. Reeves
Brown
E. E. Colless
Clay
David Eastman
Roberts
Ublican
Commissioners’ Convention
Yankwe Gazette
Bir
Loucks
Iwre
Dick Croker
Harmony
Dave Bill
Cervera
Spsin
Col. Wattergon
Sealisr Bailey
Democratic Party
Dreyfus
France
Favoritle
H.C. Craig, P.M
Harry
Ely Bros
St Warren St
N.Y
Ely
Thad Song
W. J. Hitchcock
TU. S. Vol
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Buffalo, N.Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
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Arbutus
Screnton
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R. L. McCurpy
J. S. Kennedy
Frank McCurpy
Klen’s
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Paris
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Scott & Bowne
New York
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Michell
Judy
Notler
Robert Wilkinson
Sly Stwry
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Kinsley
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Finsley P.O
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Peter A. Anderson
Ole Sodereren
Gustave Johnson
Joh Peterson
Wil
Mircbell P.O
Geo. E. Foster
Register
L. E. Whitcher
Attorney-At-Law, Inc
Corry
J. L. Hannett
S. Pa
A. E. Hitchcock
Mitchel
Maude West
Roslyn Doty
Rte
Roth's Plumbing Shop
Mitchell House
Fullerton Lumber
Mitchell Iron Works
Geo. H. Summers
W. H. Webster
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Southern Pacific Co
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Sunset Limited Annex
Pacifi
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Listois Central
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Holly Springs
Birmingham
Albany Weyernes
Homeseeker’s
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Ois Central
Williams Tnt
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