Reflections on happiness and empire in a Western paper
A writer muses on Christmas joy and universal grief, citing ancient rulers and their twilight ends. The piece argues true happiness lies in humble living and communal beauty, then shifts to local notes on Vermillion Chamberlain liniment and a Native American politics flap. It mentions Freeman Knowles of the Deadwood Lantern and a train stop to push militia referendum petitions.
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Charles V
Spain
Germany
Netherlands
Solomon
Sald
Jerusalem
Hannibal
Caesar
Brutus
Napoleon
Isle of
St. Helena
Diocletian
Senate
Danube
Rome
Lis
City
Will Chamberlain
Vermillion Republican
Freeman Knowles
Deadwood
Uke Lantern
Mhamhake Soplaliats
Abe
Our School System and Civil War Remembrance
South Dakota funds public schools through land sales from Sections 16 and 36, with 270,000 acres sold at about $18 per acre yielding 4.56 million and 2.1 million acres remaining unsold, aiming for a self supporting system in time. Also features remarks on Memorial Day and reconciliation, plus a health ad touting Dr King’s New Discovery and a humorous lost excuse anecdote from a young boy in Beals, Maine.
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South Dakota
United States
Highsmore Herald
Hyacinth Nightengale Death Satire From Burke Gazette
A Burke Gazette item mocks a land opening crowd culled from human interest stories and recalls Hyacinth Nightengale, holder of No. 145, with a panjang tale of mistaken identity. It notes the narrator’s amusement, local humor, and a political jab, ending with a medical endorsement for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
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Burke Gazette
Gazette
Hyacinth Nightengale
Tripp County
Hyacinth
Erin
Atkinson Graphic
Atkinson
Jmnals
Remains of Long Life Story in Kentucky Frontier
Janes Wright of Spurlock Kentucky claims vitality at eighty after thirty years with kidney trouble and a claim that Electric Bitters made him feel like a sixteen year old. The notice touts longevity lore, a 152 year life span, and urges readers to buy the tonic at 50 cents from druggists.
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Wm. Parr
England
Janes Wright
Spurlock
Notice of final commutation proof and multiple contest notices
Guy W Keller of Philip South Dakota filed for final commutation proof for land described, with witnesses named Ira Mec Laughlin William E Kingsbury Lillian Kingsbury and Guy L Newman all of Philip. Interior Department notices announce contests by Matrick Lane and Henry T Ford with hearings set in 1909, listing lots sections and ranges, requiring responses and publication. A series of contest affidavits claim abandonment and lack of improvements. hearings scheduled before James A Quigg A S Commissioner and at Pierre South Dakota Land Office in 1909, with publication and service details noted.
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United States
Guy W.keller
Philip
James A. Quigg
Ira MecLaughlin
William E. Kingsbury
Lillian Kingsbury
Guy L. Newman
Interior
Matrick Lane
H. F
Range & B.A. M
Ira M. Milter
A. S
South Dakota
Register
United States Land Ufice
Pierre
Jons L. Lockmann
Department of the Interior
Henry T. Ford
H. E
B. HM
Meridian
Ward Scott
U. S
James A. Quis
8. D
United States Land Office
Merc
C.J. McCarthy
H. KE
Hes Rockion
James Kearney
United
Wis
Hidavit
Jonni L. Lockhart
Metre
Unis
Charles B
Sa Range
Mt Meridian
William W. Walter
James A. Galax
Philip,d
John L. Lockhart
United States ‘Land Office
A. Anderson
Aaraton H. B
Eh Wei
See
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Herman Nelson
Philip, S. D
Warner Land Co
In Philip
C. A. Bennett Lawyer
Oller
Dunlevy &Walpole Phil
J. H. Johnson
Olice
Noor Stock Growers Bank
Fort Pierre
WN. H. Wyckoff
N. B. Gearhart
Ofice
Center Street
Pine Street
D.w.roush & Son
Ofive
Hargesheimer
South Dak
Alksdal’s
Geatet
A Brettes
William McKinney
Arlington Beautiful
General Lee
John A. Logan
Dixie
North
Thomas Dorsey
Ess
Thomas
Chamberlain
McKeig
Harlan, Lows
Khart
Racine Sattley
Mandt Wagons
de Laval
E. McLane
Philip, South Dakota
Stoermer
Gus
Leggett’s
Railroad Street
Gus Stoermer
Big Muddy
Hoh. CC
Peckham
Philip, SO. Dak
Ralph Vandercook
Weite
Tort Pierer
L. A. Kelley
Floyd L. Harris
City Dray Line
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the Ige Man
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