State insurance chief slams rate hikes in annual report
State Insurance Commissioner Shober releases a thirteen year summary showing premium receipts in South Dakota cover losses at an average 49.7 percent while the past year required only 44.9 percent. Despite this insurers raised rates by 25 percent, costing residents over 100000 dollars annually and increasing company surplus. He suggests the rate rise is unwarranted and cites South Dakota as an appealing field for local stock company investment.
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Shober
South Dakota
Allen’s Foot-Ease Ad Claims Quick Foot Relief
An 25 cent advertisement urges readers to use Allen’s Foot-Ease powder in shoes to relieve swollen hot tired feet. It promises relief from smarting feet tight shoes ingrown nails blisters callous spots and bunions and offers a trial package free. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with no substitutes.
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Allen
Allen S .Olmsted
le Roy
Sheriff Swindler Arrests Gust Van Hover On Insanity Claim
Gust Van Hover and his wife entered a business house demanding 2000 dollars claiming a plot to murder him included 15 city figures. A loaded revolver was found on Van Hover. The insanity board initially released him, then he faced extortion charges awaiting examination.
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Swindler
Gust VanHover
van Hover
Gust Vankever
Insanity Board
Beware of the Knife and Witch Hazel Salve
An 1890s tone advertisement warns surgery overrated and promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a quick permanent cure for piles and skin issues. It features customer testimony from J. O. of Phillips Illinois and endorsement from L. O. Gale.
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DeWitt
J. O
Phillips
Paris
L. O. Gale
Wheeler and Wilson Display at Corn Belt Expo
L. E. Stair presents a Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine display at the Corn Belt Expo with the company’s general agent in attendance. Two days offer free Wheeler and Wilson souvenirs for visiting ladies and a showcase of the machine’s work.
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L. E. Stair
Wheeler and Wilson
Wheeler and Wilson Co
Fortune Favors a TexanPills Bring Quick Relief Says Kennedale Reader
W. P. White of Kennedale Texas reports distressing pains in head back and stomach and loss of appetite before using Dr King s New Life Pills. He says he soon felt like a new man and praises the remedy as infallible for stomach and liver troubles. Available for 25 at S N Scallin s drug store.
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Dr. King
W. P. Whitehead
Kennedale
Tex
S. N. Scallin
Exposition Lodging Plan Through Douthit
The exposition committee has delegated Geo. R. Douthit to arrange overflow lodging for visitors during exposition week in Mitchell. With hotel capacity exceeded, he asks any city resident able to take roomers and the daily or weekly rates to inform him at once.
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Geo. R. Douthit
Mitchell
Fergus Falls Engineer Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
W. J. Leach, city water works engineer in Fergus Falls Minnesota, reports back and kidney pain relief after heavy lifting and bending while laying pipes. He says Dean's Kidney Pills lived up to the claims, urging others to use the remedy, priced at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents.
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Bright
Fergus Falls
W. J. Leach
City Water Works
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Married Wednesday Morning at Ward Home
Miss Katherine Ward wed C C Bros at 9 a m in Mitchell celebrated by Rev Dean Shea. Guests toasted then wedding breakfast before travel to Sioux City and residence setup on east Fifth Street with Nov 1 home date.
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John Ward
Mitchell
Katherine
South Dakota
Hall Allen Wedding Union at Jefferson Allen Home
Jefferson Allen and Miss Nellie Hall were married Wednesday morning at the home of Jas. Allen northwest of town. Rev. Fred T. Drewett performed the ceremony. The groom works in a barber shop and the bride recently moved here from Iowa. The Republican extends congratulations.
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Jefferson Allen
Nellie Hall
Jas. Allen
Fred "T. Drewett
Iowa
Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil A household remedy ad
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal cure all for burns wounds and pain claiming speedy healing and relief for many ailments with household use promoted by the product’s maker.
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Thomas
Education column calls teachers to view plan of work
Attention teachers call at the office for a copy of the county plan of work for the year or request by mail. New record book keeps school data. notes on exams, vacancies, and salaries. First teachers meeting set for Oct 4 at 2 pm to discuss the Corn Palace event.
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Jeannette Field
Edna Hendricks
Ethel Shepherd
R. Z. Kirkpatrick
Wyman
Iowa
Vermillion
Myrtle Holshire
Waterloo
Perry
Katie Rushmore
Eastern Points
Blendon
Susie Wittstruck
Hanson County
Ralph Milliken
Stanford University
California
Sioux City
Cecil Rhodes
State Department
Mae
Minnie Lewis
Badger Township
Bristol
Mitchell
Corn Palace
Deans Ointment Offered For Piles At Drug Stores
Advertisement proclaims relief from itching piles with Dean's Ointment, claiming quick and permanent cure available at drug stores for 50 cents.
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Dean
Calendar Coin Found At High Wycombe Date 1797
A copper calendar coin unearthed at old cottages in High Wycombe Bucks England dates to 1797. One side shows Sundays for the year with notes on Septuagesima Advent Lent Easter Holy Thursday Whitsunday and Trinity Sunday. The reverse bears the daily calendar for the year.
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High Wycombe
Bucks
England
Eye on Earl Hall Dome Compared to Seth Low Library
A New York Press note remarks that from some angles the Earl Hall dome at Columbia University resembles the Seth Low Library dome nearby. A observer quips that the library has dropped an egg, highlighting the playful likeness.
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Earl Hall
Columbia University
Seth Low
University
New York Press
He Had It. Fullerton’s hobby ad vice is cheap
The Baltimore News quotes a remark about a confidential divorce lawyer whose hobby is giving advice at low cost. The exchange questions the meaning of his point and suggests the informal nature of his services.
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Fullerton
Baltimore News
A Dreadful Possibility For Elsie Birthday Question
In Brooklyn Life a girl asks her mother about her birthday and the date being the 31st prompts a playful exchange about the month having thirty days. The dialogue hints at the concern of timing and a curious child’s imagination.
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Elsie
Brooklyn
Waiting to Be Asked Cake Request
A child pleads to be allowed a second piece of cake visiting his aunt. The boy appeals to his aunt by noting his mother's permit to have a second slice if she asks. The scene appears from a humorous New York Journal exchange.
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Bobby
New York Journal
Enthusiasm Drives Life and Comfort in World
A quotation reflecting Mme de Stael on how visible enthusiasm and interest empower life even without immediate action, highlighting its impact on personal comfort and spirit.
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Mme. de Stael
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