Mitchell Chronicle notes will and South Dakota corn palace
The Mitchell Chronicle discusses Harriman's will and the inheritance tax implications, mentions political shifts in Nebraska and Texas, and highlights Mitchell's upcoming corn palace featuring the Marine Band. It praises Dr. Cook as the likely first discoverer of the North Pole, contrasts with Peary, and praises South Dakota's corn prospects and seed corn practices.
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New York Herald
Chicago Record-Herald
Dr. Cook
The
Herald
North Pole
Peary
Cook
New York
Jack Frost
South Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
A. B. Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Aberdeen News questions Doane Robinson on city population
The Aberdeen News rejects including Robinson’s population figures for leading South Dakota cities based on school census. It argues Aberdeen’s population is understated due to a large floating population and doubts school census accuracy. The paper favors the directory firm’s figures and notes other cities are growing too.
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Aberdeen News
Doane Robinson
Aberdeen
Northwest audience to hear at Mitchell's corn palace
A Northwest crowd will hear a prominent speaker attend the president at Washington events and the regal European rulers. Mitchell's corn palace is cited as the venue where this notable address will be received with expectation and interest by locals.
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Ganization
United States
Washington
Europe
Northwest
Mitchell
Corn Palace
Personal notes on politics society and oddities
A collection of brief observations from the era noting Cleveland Democrats backing Tom Johnson for a fifth run, concerns about American beef outweighing home markets, and a Gridiron club memento for General Corbin. It also mentions Missouri drought rumors, beer tax revenue, Rockefeller on temper, a milk rescue story, a million-dollar poem, King Edward as clergy, and a Nuremberg police dress ban reversed after public wear.
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Cleveland
Tom Johnson
War Department
White House
Gridiron Club
General Corbin
Missouri
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico
Forest Burbank
Alfred
New York
Edward
St. David’s
Wales
Royal College of Physicians
Nuremberg
Aviation Meet Prize Pact for Spokane 1910
Spokane Chamber of Commerce offers guaranteed cash prizes totaling one hundred thousand dollars for an international aviation meet near Spokane or Inland Empire if premier aviators such as the Wrights Curtiss Blaireot Paulhan and other notable pilots enter. L G Monroe secretary says New York no longer holds a cinch on future meets.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Aero Club of America
Inland Empire
Wrights
Curtiss
Spokane backs fund with 900 members ready to pledge
Spokane groups vow to raise a $100,000 fund, with 900 members ready to subscribe and assurances from others. The organization confirms readiness to make good the amount quickly without difficulty.
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Spokane
Spokane Boy Sues Railway for 25000 Over Arrest
Nelson E. Pratt, 12, aided by his father, sues Great Northern Railway in Spokane County Superior Court for 25000 claiming wrongful arrest and humiliation after a May 15 tie on the track aimed at wrecking the Oriental Limited. The suit alleges false detention without probable cause and coercion by company agents, despite juvenile court leniency.
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Spokane
Wash
Nelson E. Pratt
Spokane County Superior Court
Elmer E. Pratt
Great Northern Railway Company
Oriental Limited
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