City Council approves 50 000 appropriation for next year
Adjourned meeting with Mayor Hitch cock and six aldermen set the annual budget. The $50 000 appropriation aims to match a $45 000 tax levy and curb spending, relying on economy to cover costs despite a possible $5 000 loss from saloon licenses. Projects include street, water, library, park care, cemetery, and public health funds.
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Hardy
McDougall
Michels
Kelley
Truax
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Sonaco
WSS
Cory Uws
Osau Coastcoons
Second Avenue West
Corn Palace
Tragic Collision Claims 14-Year-Old Girl in Sioux Falls
A 14 year old girl, daughter of a farmer, was fatally struck by a traction car in Sioux Falls Tuesday afternoon while attempting to cross the track. She grasped the rail to avoid being drawn under the wheels and was dragged about thirty feet before losing her grip.
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Sioux Falls
Corn Palace to crown queen by public vote
At a Monday meeting the corn palace committee approved crowning a corn palace queen chosen by two weeks of public voting. The winning contestant will be crowned on Saturday night with attendant ceremonies. A three member subcommittee will finalize details and announce them soon.
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Corn Palace
C. W. Downey
L. L. Ness
J. T. Morrow
Beulah Board Orders Weed Destruction by Sept 1908
Beulah township landowners and lessees must destroy cockle burrs and all noxious weeds on their property on the south side by September 1908. Signed by the township board and listed members John Payek Helsett Strotuer and Dwp. Board.
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Board of Supervisors
Beulah
John Payek Dum Helsett
B. H. Strotuer
State fair big crowd hears Governor Johnson at Huron
Corn palace committee returns from the state fair at Huron praising opening day crowds and Governor Johnson's speech. The stock sheds show strong cattle hogs and sheep entries and fifteen counties participate in county exhibits in the agricultural department. Several counties plan to exhibit at the corn palace and Huron is credited for raising the fair to a high standard despite adverse conditions.
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Corn Palace
Huron
Johnson
South Dakota
Agricultural Department
Butte
Hughes
Clay, Spink and Clark
University Opens at Dakota Wesleyan for New Term
Registration runs Monday and Tuesday as Dakota Wesleyan University begins its twenty fourth term. President Kerfoot leads a strengthened faculty with new hires from Hamline Cornell and Western Normal. The fall term opens Wednesday with Dr Andrew Gillies of Minneapolis delivering the opening address.
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Samuel F. Kerfoot
A. M
Hamline University
Drew Theological Seminary
Mankato
Methodist Church
Victor Martin
Cornell College
University of Chicago
Mabel Smith
Leander Clark College
Toledo
Iowa
Noctiwestern University School of Oratory
Ilran
Andrew Gillies
Minneapolis
Attalia Development Co Offers Monthly Farm Land Excursions
The Attalia Development Company runs popular excursions to Southern Washington lands on the first and third Tuesdays each month. From Minneapolis, purchasers will be refunded. contact R. C. Dahijelu, Manager, 225 Railway Building, Minneapolis for full details.
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Attalia Development Company
Washington
Minneapolis
Rare
R. C. Dahijelu
Manaver
Railway Building
Sealed bids for Badger township school house project
Sealed bids for construction including material and labor of a school house in Badger township Davison county South Dakota will be received to 12 o'clock m on September 80 1908. Bids must meet plans on file in the office of W H Comstock district clerk Loomis S D the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids dated September 5 1908 W H Comstock Letcher SD
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N. W
Badger Township
Davison County
South Dakota
W. H. Comstock
Loomis
S. D
Letcher
Silk Worms Create Dresses, Says Teacher
In a classroom exchange a teacher explains that silk dresses come from silkworms. Bessie replies that the dresses are from their papas, adding a domestic twist to the discussion.
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Bessie
Harper’s Weekly
Public Lands Vanishing From U S Land Office Report
Chicago Record-Herald notes the land office shows 754 95 296 acres of public lands, far less than suggested, with most lands in Alaska and western states. Reclamation spans only 2 000 000 acres. future arable land is shrinking, urging vigilance against abuses while preserving settlers’ aid and irrigation efforts.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Land Office
Texas
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
A Queer Phenomenon at Swamp Lake in Lincoln County
Spokane reporter recounts Robert S. Fulton discovering Swamp Lake near Harrington Washington now dark at all times though air is dry and sunny conditions prevail. Darkness extends 80 to 100 feet from shore while temperatures are 10 to 25 degrees cooler than on sunny days. Fulton rode a two horse team along the shore and entered three quarters of a mile of total darkness. His daughter cried and onlookers seek explanations as students and experts offer theories but remain baffled.
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Spokane
Wash
Robert S. Fulton
Harrington
Lincoln County
Swamp Lake
Fulton
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