Wakama Whispers and Local Happenings Chronicle
Local notes report arrivals and visits by Mrs. Brothers and others, travel to Hawarden, Philip, Redfield, and Oxford, plus a Stanley hotel opening, tennis games, and farm work plans. Community members visit relatives, attend Bloomer ball game, and discuss minor business changes. A pharmacy ad promotes Dr Shoop tablets and upcoming church services are canceled due to absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McLean
Hawarden
Jows
Frank Wieler
Kadoka
Renny McDonald
Philip
George Finnegan
John Curington
John Stewart
Ottuvine
John van Lone
Hot Springs
Arthur Lawrence Morris
John Hamburg
Redfield
Louis Ask
Minneapolis
Mra
Leah Stewart
Chicago
J. A. Carrington
Jake Miller
Warner Bros
J. H. Snelson
Gleophaus Rousseau
Carpenters
George McCammon
Oxford
Iowa
John Foat
Sioux City
Hometown Happenings and Fourth Celebrations
Fragments list local visits and social events in a small town diary. Names such as Mrs Henry Hood and Mrs Pyle appear beside notes of trips to Pierre and Philip. The Fourth of July picnic, wind storm damage, and rain showers are mentioned with community details and neighbors’ gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Lavin
Frank Hoffman
BA Malune
Wits
North Western Line Announces Prohibition Travel Rates
The North Western Ine offers lower round trip fares from select points to Washington and nearby cities for the Prohibition Convention. Travel dates run from August 37 to 3 with service from Clouly Hh to Eh FAX Besumonns and Knighte Conclare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Weeters
Clouly
Tato ‘Ohdo
Knighte
Ghostly Poker Tale of a Destructive Wager
A narrator recalls a haunting poker session in which Tom Atherton Billy Benford and others escalate stakes from pennies to hundreds. The story shifts to tension and betrayal as missing sleep, telephoned games, and shifting fortunes culminate in a dangerous moment with a doomed player left collapsed and cared for by a witness and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devereux
Tom Atherton
Billy Benford
Tow Atherton
Billy Sanford
Tom
Billy
Bily
Bea
Plex Fae
Little White
Agalm
Fen Billy
Marge
EO. U
Toan
U.’s
Fansantas Sealee
Yao
Contested Homestead Entry Notice Issued by Register
The contest concerns entry No. 1d for a tract in section 18 with John B. Wade as contestant. The entry man is alleged to have wholly abandoned the land for over six months and no improvements exist, prompting a notice to extend and present evidence at 10 oclock before the Register and Receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ottie
U.S
Ne Anid Contentant Hak Coon
Aid Contentanit
Tim
Albert Wheelon
Dr Shoop's Restorative Night Cure Book Offer
An advertisement for Dr. Shoop's Restorative and a Book No 4 for women from Racine Wisconsin promises confidential medical advice and relief for weak nerves. It touts nightly suppositories and a quick 48 hour feeling of improvement, with claims of improved appetite digestion kidneys and heart. Sold by Pioneer Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Paris Green and Farm Supplies for Sale
Advertisement notes Paris Green from Abnacker and Bargesheimer. Also offers a team of four-year-old mules about 120 pounds each. Mentions Bank of Philip distributing Campbell's Bod Culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Philip
Campbell
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Wakama
Mrs. Brothers
McDonald
Bear Creek
Leslie
Ed Jones
Gqains
Hg Clu T
Play
Game On
Tha Ath
Can Bey
Philip's
P. I. King
M. G. HY
Medicine Creek
Tucker Smith
Rowiew
WE. Smith
Grindstone
Garload of
Sheridan Coal
Baldwin High
Clarence Sageser
THE
Stanley
Jos. Roberts
Beriow
North Center
Pridat
Ase Olvon
Pierre
Myrtle Dean
Rapid City
E FanVaitn
Hialr Nobr
Geo. Hank S
J. H. Loobey
Mra. Burke
Milesville
BE. A. Hood
M. Plesge
Eopota' Aidan
My. Ean
Miss Pierce
Mi Ia
O “ Ryan Dotwon
A. H. Ward
J. H.lootey
BE. P. Stanton
Witherspoon
Bimith
Cedayfork
Fort Pierre
Pyle
Chamberlain
Maa
Cliggett
Black Hills
Philip, S. D
John B. Stetson
Keith Bros
Zavitz Clothing Co
A. L. Zavitz
Paris Green
Anabacker
Bargesheimer
McLane & Harrell
Lindsay & Orr
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