Local Notes Show Midland Arts and New Stores
Happenings across the county and state include Midland’s orchestra pride and Cottonwood set for a second hardware store. Marietta and Manila post offices gain money order status. A Wall boy injured by his sister recovers. Kadoks police court activity rises after incorporation. Teacher shortages haunt country schools across Hughes county with 50 schools needing staff. Rainfall statewide exceeds normal, arid west included. Norbeck Nicholson drillers report flowing wells in Redfield and planned wells in Stanley county. A White Owl rancher owes life to a Sioux warrior who saved him from the Cheyenne river. Philip Review reaches second year with J D Rainey praised.
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Olson
White Owl Country
Cheyenne
George H Hand Acting Governor of Dakota 1880 Summary
George H Hand, born in Akron Ohio, became acting governor of Dakota after Governor Hawams died in 1880. He served about six months until Nehemiah G Ordway's qualification in July. A Civil War veteran with a strong public spirit, Hand led territorial progress and died in Pierre in March 1880 at age fifty four.
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Hawams
Territorial
George H. Hand
Dakota
Nehemiah G. Ordway
Hand
Akron
Pierre
Witty Snippets and Oddities Spark News of Mosquito Feats and Books
A garbled column packs items from an editor’s tour through headlines sparking fame for a carriage builder of Maude S. lasting antics, millinery misreads, and a South Dakota mosquito boast. Other notes tout Dr Shoop remedies, a no 4 women’s guide, and Campbell soil culture books at the Bank of Philip for farmers.
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Bank of Philip
Carrie L Anderson Weds Harry B Dunbar at Home
Carrie L Anderson married Harry B Dunbar in a Wednesday ceremony at the Anderson home performed by Rev Clayton. The bride, a former teacher in Hand and Beadle counties, has worked as a clerk in Wolsey and Chamberlain and lately near Kadoka. The groom, from Princeton Illinois, is homesteading near Philip. They left for a two week honeymoon in the Black Hills and will reside in Philip upon return.
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B. C. Anderson
Carrie L
Harry B. Dunbar
Clayton
Hand
Beadle
Wolsey
Chamberlain
Kadoka
Princton
Illinois
Philip
Black Hills
Enterprise
Wessington Enterprise
Glorious Fourth Celebrations Across Philip and Surrounding Towns
Residents of Philip celebrated with picnics at Bad River and gatherings in Midland Cottonwood Milesville and Topbar. The piece notes fishing ice cream making and children splashing as a cooperative creamery proposal by Walter Warner and Edkins proposes 20000 shares at ten dollars to be owned by cow owners with stockholders managing the venture.
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Walter
Philip
Midland
Cottonwood
Milesville
Topbar
America
Unis
Government to Open Tripp County Lands in October
Government plans to open about one million acres in Tripp County for settlement around October 1. The Rosebud extension of the Chicago and North Western Railway is the sole line to these lands, with tickets to Dallas near the reservation border. Send for descriptive pamphlet and application to P. B. C. N. W. ticket agent.
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Tripp Co
Rosebud
Chicago & North Western Ry
Dallas
North Western
United States Land Office
Pamphet
P. B.C
N. W
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Willians
R. M. Williams
H. B. Fislar & Robinson Bros
The
Philco
Roach- Tisdale Co
J. Ralph Lee
Marietta
Manila
Wall
Kadoks
Hughes County
Missouri
Norbeck & Nicholson
Weil
Redfield
Lacy
Stanley County
Missouri River
Sorensen Ranch
Willow Creek
Philip Review
J. D. Rainey
Bro. Rainey
Review
Northwestern
South Dakota
Py Te Prake
Maude S
Armour Herald
Arlington
Adda
New Jersey
Col. Evarts
Marshal Schmidt
Tment
Tripp County
8. D
Atlas Lumber Co
Dimension
A. A. Heinemann
Cole
N. W. A. i Fcaldence and Hospital
Phillip
DR. R. L. McClelland
Stoeriver
D. Q. Jordan
U. S. Land Office
G. A. Lamb, the Barber
L. A. Kelley
J. H. Johnson
Stock Growers Bank
Fort Pierre
Ralph Vandercook
City Dray Line
A. Bennett
Philip Lend and Cette Co
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