Buffalo hunt tale spans the Dakota frontier
Maj Robert H. Ross leads the Second Minnesota in a reported buffalo hunt south of Hankinson with Maj Joseph R. Brown and Gabriel Renville among key organizers. The 100 men, including Gen Corse party, reportedly pursued a herd estimated at 30,000 near Hawi Nesta high pools, with heavy casualties as Brown and others were killed or injured.
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Hulle
Robert H. Ross
Minnesota Regiment
Joseph Rt. Brown
Minnesota Volunteer Militia
Gabriel Renville
G. A. Lounsburg
Arthur Mills
North Daloit
Hunk
I Higinson
Hankinson
Gener
John M Corse
Stall
Fort Wadsworth
Kettle Creek
Fort Siam
South Dakota
Nesta
User Hills
Renville
Henry Wifle
Charles Crawford
Satubel J. Brown
Soliliens
Imedus
Caup
Witinha
Letter from the Border Casual Camp at Jefferson Barracks
A wartime diary entry dated April 26 1017 from a soldier at a border camp near El Paso describes train travel from Jefferson Barracks, quarantine concerns after Mexican firing, harsh desert conditions near Fort Bliss, heat reaching extreme levels, sparse vegetation, and routine guard duties. The writer comments on camp life and newspaper editors with a humorous aside about readers and notices.
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Texas
Jefferson Barranks
Wes
el Vaso
Tarantay
Child Conservation League Plans Meeting May 10 at Mrs Thomas
The Child Conservation League schedules its next meeting at Mrs W J Thomas residence on Thursday May 10 at 2 45 pm. Topics include playground movement papers by Ruth Turner J Cottingham and others and prizes for a plant care project with rules to be published.
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Child Conservation League
W. J .Thomas
United States
Ruth Turner
Griversen
Swenlioi Ch Iether
Bachelvil
Aivn
Luther League Convention Set For Sisseton
The twentieth annual Luther League Convention will convene in Sisseton for three days starting Friday. About seventy-five delegates are expected at the meeting held at the Mree Tatherinelhurch with a varied program and devotional exercises throughout.
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South Dakota
Sive Tailler League
Sisseton
Mree Tatherinelhurch
VOU
Ead
Leversee
Trostem
Peter Metcalf
Meridian
Belgian Relief Fund Grows Amid Labor Strife
The Lynn She Manufacturing association reports 11 000 to 14 000 workers affected as labor disputes threaten contract terms and wage increases. The group states unions threaten strikes and wages could rise, impacting thirty five plants nationwide.
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Lynn, Miles
Lynn
Which Tire Would You Select For Safe Car Use
A reader ad urges choosing a tire built with the Ip Racine One Cure Wrapped Tread Method. It warns against ordinary moulded tires and claims a shoe tread offers safety, comparing cast iron to wrought iron as a point of difference.
War tax proposals listed to fund seven billion dollars
The community discusses several new levies to support war funding. Proposed taxes include sugar at one cent per pound coffee at three cents tea at fifteen cents, plus whiskey and beer tax hikes and a broad luxury tax. Also debated are tobacco tax increases, gasoline tax, and higher income and excess profits taxes while normal income tax remains at two percent.
Agency News Notables Afloat In South Dakota Docket
Thompson Hyan Jones and others took fishing trips over the past week. Arvin Sjolbarg is listed as sick. Several residents including Mrs. Oscar Fredrickson and Mildred Kelly attend school at Agency No 2. A dance is planned at Wmn Jordan's on April 28. Showstorm in April gathers attention though familiar to locals. licenses issued for residents including Albert Faber Claire City Ethel Ernst Newsington Kitz Small Colbertson Montina Lizzy Alex Peever Abraham Hopkins Ma Thompson Peever Clarence Engel Bryant Vera Nergaard Grant township.
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Mildred Kelly
John Kelly
Gilmore Jones
Hinseths
Bergen-Jansen
Albert Faber
Claire City
Ethel Ernst
Newsington
Kitz Small
Colbertson
Montina
Lizzy Alex
Peever
Abraham Hopkins
Ma Thompson
Clarence Engel
Bryant Township
Vera Nergaard
Grant Township
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