Chief Good Voice Dies at 83 After Life of Peace and Diplomacy
State News profiles Chief Good Voice of the Sioux who dies at eighty three in Wietepee on Oak Creek Meyer county. The long time leader known for pacifism and diplomacy recounts his service with the government and allegiance to education and faith. He recalls guiding Sioux relations with Gen Sherman and his stance on schools and governance in Washington. His grandson Maxrs Good Voice quotes his farewell message urging harmony between Indians and whites and trust in the Great Spirit.
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Western Plains
Good Voice
Wietepee
Oak Creek
Meyer County
Vulce
Washington
Ger Sheri
Maxrs
United States
Sherman
Crazy Horse
Camp Sheridan
Spotted Tail
Padee
Harney
Lev
William Haro
South Dakota
Cupid Rears Domestic Help in Deadwood Matrimony Surge
Cupid invades Deadwood households as maids and cooks marry at high rates in July. Many brides are domestics, and even top servants announce marriage plans, leaving families scrambling for replacements while ads for help yield few responses.
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Dan Cupid
Deadwood
Huron Faces Housing Boom Straining Demand
Hundreds of houses were built in Huron in recent months yet demand for residences remains high. The Commercial club and loan companies work to place new residents while the Northwestern railway’s roundhouse and shops attract families to settle. An influx from eastern states strengthens the housing need, with relief expected as more buildings rise.
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Huron
Commercial Club
Investment and Loan Companies
Northwestern Railway Company
Hanson County Nears Debt Free Status After Bond Payoff
Hanson county will be debt free by January 1 as only 3000 remains to pay on bonds. A 20000 bond payment for the courthouse completed an earlier payoff, with bonds issued for 20 years and redeemable after five. county officials aimed to retire debt early and now expect full clearance, a rare state achievement.
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Hanson
Hanson County
Weddings Spark August Pace in Mitchell Month
Mitchell reports August weddings steadily rising with three ceremonies since Saturday night. William B. Hite wed Miss Luella Johnson Sunday at the Phillips home with Rev. Wilkinson officiating. Perry Brown and Bessie Clark tied the knot Saturday evening in Sioux City. Charles O. Robinson and Amy Kinowton expected in Ressalear, Indiana, joined by Rev. Wilkinson at the Methodist church. Frank Cormley planned Vermillion nuptials and H E Bunker set for Sioux City ceremony.
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Mitchell
William B. Hite
Luella Johnson
H. B. Wilkinson
Charles Philips
Perry Brown
Sioux City
Bessie Clark
A. Craig Towdish
Charles O. Robinson
Hanson County
Amy Kinowlton
Ressalear
Ind
H. Gs. Wilkinson
Methodist Church
Frank Cormley
Vermillion
H. E. Bunker
Institute Opens With Large Attendance at Armour
A teachers institute in Armour Douglas County opened last week with strong attendance and a promising outlook. The roster includes Conductor Prof Samuel Weir Mitchell vice president Dakota Wesleyan University instructors Prof J W Jackson Miss Delia Conley Armour Mrs CG Strang Armour primary teacher and Prof H D Schnier Chicago. Social events are planned each evening. A wreck on the Andover Harlem Milwaukee line six miles south of Britton caused cars machinery and oil tank to leave the track but no injuries were reported.
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Armour
S. D
Douglas County
Samuel Weir
Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
J. W. Jacson
Delia Conley
CG. B. Strang
H. D. Schnier
Chicago
Institute
Andover-Harlem
Milwaukee
Britton
Forgeries Strike Stockholm Bank Officials Suspended
Stockholm August 11 The Credit Bank of Stockholm suspended operations yesterday as directors attribute the move to extensive forgeries by a nobleman and an army officer.
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Stockholm
Credit Bank of
Find of long sword on South Dakota range stirs speculation
A rancher, A. W. Drew of Antelope Creek, reports an old cutlass unearthed in the northwestern cattle range. The blade, 75 to 100 years old, shows four rivets, a stamped mark HH Gilpin 24 near the hilt, and hints at explorer era loss possibly from Astoria parties.
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A.W. Drew
Antelope Creek
South Dakota
Great Cattle Range
Gilpin
Continent
Astoria
Pinchot Eyes Investigation of Black Hills Preserve Plan
Gifford Pinchot announced the forest service will investigate a proposed game preserve twelve miles west of Custer in the Black Hills. If findings are favorable Congress may appropriate funds next session to establish a protected area to halt heavy hunting pressure on grouse and deer.
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Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service Department
Custer
Pinchot
Congress
No Winking at Law restricts Sunday sale in Mitchell
The closing of saloons in Mitchell leads to a fugitive who tried selling on Sunday in a stock yard facing prosecution if he returns. Others violated the new law unknowingly and will not be charged. The temperance committee will publish the law to inform residents and offers a $50 reward for evidence of violations.
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Mitchell
Temperance Committee
Marriage of Man Over Fifty to Bride Eighteen in Mitchell
Mr L C Gale and Miss Juliette Thomas wed at Mitchell in a ceremony led by Rev F C Crown. Gale, owner of the Guile theater, is over fifty and the bride just eighteen. He has funded her music studies for years and recently resigned as president of the corn palace committee before a two month on tour wedding trip.
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L. C. Gale
Juliette Thomas
Mitchell
F. C. Crown of
Corn Palace Committee
Pass Rates From State Teacher Certificate Examinations
Less than half of the 226 applicants for teachers certificates in eleven counties passed the special exams last month. Thirty three earned second grades and sixty eight earned third grades while 125 failed to qualify and had applications denied. In Olivia Minnesota Patrick Donovan of Green Isle hanged himself in a Danube slaughter house last night and his body was brought there.
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Olivia
Minn
Patrick Donovan
Green Isle
Danube
Prominent Businessman John Foley Dies at 65
St. Paul Aug 13 John Foley of Foley a pioneer railroad contractor lumberman and business man died yesterday morning at St Josephs hospital of anaemia after a three week illness He was sixty five years old and a prominent figure in local enterprise.
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St. Paul
John Foley
Foley
Pioneer
St. Joseph's Hospital
South Dakota's Big State Fair Preparations at Huron
Preparations for the South Dakota State Fair at Huron push ahead with major exhibitions and premiums. The livestock and agricultural displays are billed as the largest in the state and Union, with $10,000 in premiums and $4,500 in prizes. A 30 member regimental band, militia policing, and a packed amusement lineup including marvel acts and pony races promise a week of major entertainment and special rail fare offers.
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Huron
Shire
South Dakota
Engle
Northwest
Joe Joker
Delbanagh and Mayer
Romain
Loisett
Pollaard
America
Ronring
Only Two Keep Phones Charge Sparks Local Boycott
Belle Fourche residents protest Nebraska Telephone Company new long distance charges. Eighty of eighty six telephones are silenced except two banks. Deadwood discusses similar unrest as merchants oppose customer charges. Citizens threaten ongoing boycott or a new automatic system unless rates are dropped.
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Belle Fourche
Nebraska Telephone Company
Deadwood
Will Teach Chinese Two Spearfish Teachers Sail for Singapore
Two Black Hills school ma’ama from Spearfish Winifred Packard and Misa North-Jummon will teach English to Chinese children in Singapore for three years under a Methodist church contract. They depart August 15 via British Columbia and plan a round‑the‑world voyage on completion.
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Black Hills
Ma’ama
Spearfish
Winnifred Packard
Misa North-Jummon
Methodist Church
Singapore
China
Far East
British Columbia
State Board Plans Aug 29 Rate Hearing in Sioux Falls
The state board of railroad commissioners will meet August 29 at its Sioux Falls headquarters. The session marks the start of a campaign to lower passenger rates across South Dakota.
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State Board
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
No Need of Full Levy as Assessment Soars to 260 Million
The assessment total for state and property is projected around 260 million dollars after recent increases. Railroads and other corporate properties contribute to the rise, with overall increases of 20 to 25 percent on rail property and substantial county gains. The combined effect suggests the regular 2 mill levy plus an added 1 3 4 mills could cover expenses, reducing the need for a full 2 mill levy.
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Yhe State
Dovllei
State Assessment Board
Treasury
Alexandria law and order league offers $100 reward
Alexandria residents oppose liquor sales after a spring municipal election and form a law and order league. They authorize officers to offer a $100 reward for evidence leading to conviction of anyone attempting to sell liquor in Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Alexiandria
South Dakota Receives Forest Reserve Funds for Roads and Schools
South Dakota nets 2752.23 as its share from general government forest reserves. State totals 2762.28, distributed to county road and school funds: 90 percent to roads and 10 percent to schools. Beneficiary counties include Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, Meade and Butte. Additional small payments come from Mac Hills reserve and general reserves in other counties.
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South Dakota
Lawrence
Pennington
Custer
Meade
Butte
Mac Hills
Gave Ifilly
Short Pine
Slim Butte
Tves
Butte County
Woman burned to death in prairie fire run after stove explosion
Mrs. Henry Dahlstrom, wife of a homesteader in western Lyman County, died from burns after kerogene exploded on live coals while starting a fire in a cook stove. Her clothing caught fire and she ran across the prairie. She survived several hours.
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Henry Dahlstrom
Lyman County
Drairie
National Soldiers' Home selects Dr. F West as governor
The board of managers at a New York meeting chose Dr. F West as governor and surgeon for Battle Mountain sanitarium. He has served five years as surgeon at Mountain Home in Johnson City Tennessee and is regarded as highly capable. He is thirty, plans to marry a Virginia woman on August 22, and will arrive with his bride at Hot Springs August 29 to assume charge September 2.
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The
National Soldiers’ Home
New York
F. West
Battle Mountain
Patent medicines widely used by doctors despite opposition
The article argues nine-tenths of drugs used by physicians are produced by manufacturers as patent or proprietary medicines. It cites Dr. Jacobi noting growth in prescriptions for these remedies from 1850 to 1902, with estimates that 70 percent of prescriptions in a large state are for patent medicines, suggesting their suitability for family use in clear cases.
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Tloww
Journal of the American Medic Association
A. Jacobs
MLD
Ll. D
Jacobi
Unconventional Funeral Requests Grimly Noted
Sir James Corqmoun wills dressing for burial in evening attire. John Underwood of Whittlesea orders a green coffin with Horace volumes and Greek Testament arranged around him. Mrs. Margaret Cousins travels dressed in scarlet silk. Tom near Leeds buried with coal pillow and pipe.
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James Corqmoun
John Underwood
Whittlesea
Horace
Bentley
Milton
Margaret Cousins
Caxton
Kent
Tom
Leeds
Jude Hustler
Westminster Gazette
A Weak Defense in Dinner Reply
Sen ator Curtis denounces emotional insanity talk as a weak defense during a dinner discussion. A young man defends his time spent in a motor car saying only half his time is spent away from home. The exchange ends with a sharp quip about the other half being spent with a monkey wrench.
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Curtis
Tig
Maas
Desert Riddle Sparks Classroom Pun In Aldershot School
An inspector visiting a regimental infant school at Aldershot asked a class of boys about biblical figures. When quizzed on John the Baptist, a boy replied with a joke about desert dwellers, prompting a playful exchange about who lives in the desert.
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Aldershot
John the Baptist Hye
Stull
Would be suitor wins blessing after disguise
A boastful claim of a great boon leads to a humorous misunderstanding as a young man proposes marriage to a wealthy father’s daughter. The elder refuses financial help but grants acceptance upon hearing the proposal, sealing a quick, lighthearted match.
Couldn't Raise Their Own Drummer
Storekeeper Jasion says farmers around here are gentlemen farmers who attend agriculture schools in town and rely on canned vegetables sales. The voice notes a ready sale dynamic in the local market.
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Jasion
Owed to a Milliner Title Revealed in Banter
A playful exchange centers on a woman's new hat and a proposed title for the poem. George suggests the line be called Owed to a Milliner referencing the hat maker. The dialogue blends humor with a light literary mockery of naming.
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George
Seventeen Year Old Girl Speaks On Love Insight
A seventeen year old girl offers a candid view on love, suggesting younger perspective surpasses that of older men. The remark highlights youthful voice in romantic understanding and contrasts experience with intuition from youth.
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