1913 State Fair midway promises superior attractions
The Midway of the 1912 State Fair pledges a far superior 1913 attraction lineup headlined by Kline's twenty eight car circus and carnival. It features California Frank's Wild West Show, Luken's combined wild and domestic animal circus, Billy Williams and His New Show, Rounds' Imperial Ladies' Band Orchestra, Turpin and Swartz daredevil rides, Dyola electric show, Trixy the 600 pound damsel, and a host of other acts. The concert organ and compressed air calliope with Williams add popular appeal. This is billed as the largest carnival and refined musical collection at national fairs.
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Kline
California Frank
Luken
Billy Williams
Imperial Ladies’ Band Orchestra
Turpin & Swartz
Williams
Dyola
Downs Drug Store Set For Formal Sioux Falls Opening
N. L. Downs completed fixture and stock installation for a new drug store in Sioux Falls. The store opened informally last Monday and will have a formal opening next Saturday.
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Sioux Falls
N. L. Downs
Sisseton Town Runs Municipal Saloon Workers and Profits
The town of Sisseton operates a single municipal saloon with a keeper paid 1800 dollars annually. Profits from the first month average 200 dollars daily. Estimated yearly town profit reaches about 15000 dollars and goes into the town treasury.
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Sisseton
Bon Homme county 1918 equalized valuation totals rise sharply
The 1918 equalized assessed valuation for Bon Homme county stands at 28,082,229, up from 6,429,825 last year, an increase of about 837 percent. Real estate accounts for 22,526,205 with an average of 62 per acre, urban property 1,727,370, horses 957,120, cattle 686,274, hogs 284,785, and automobiles 138,350.
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Bon Homme County
Board of Equalization
Fire destroys Stout Photo studio over Diehl Brown drug store
Mitchell reports a $25,000 fire loss from an early Thursday incident that started in the Stout Photo studio above Diehl & Brown’s drug store. The studio suffered $6,000 in damage while Diehl & Brown’s building also sustained losses.
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Mitchell
Stout Photo
Diehl & Brown
Stout Studio Damaged by Fire After Photo Convention Return
The Layinger Slace clothing store on the building’s first floor suffered extensive water and smoke damage. Mr. Stout, who had attended the national photographers' convention in Kansas City, returned home to see his fine studio engulfed in flames.
Sharples plant torn down moves to Hamburg Germany
A West Chester Pennsylvania dairy equipment plant? the Sharples cream separator works is being rebuilt in Hamburg Germany. Tariff changes in the pending bill are expected to hinder competition with foreign machines. A Yankton dispatch reports Judge Tripp ruled for the drys in the spring saloon election contest declaring the petition insufficient and illegal. Vets plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, and Yankton saloons may continue to operate meanwhile. The petitions were challenged as not showing bona fide freeholders under the new law defining freeholder qualifications.
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Sharples
West Chester
Hamburg
Germany
Yankton
Tripp
Supreme Court
Express stock falls as post reform cuts threaten carriers
Burleson and Interstate Commerce Commission reforms depress express firms. Wells Fargo stock hits par for first time in 16 years. A Washington correspondent warns of potential legislation to end express companies within a decade. Railroads protest, fearing a $15 to $20 million loss, arguing current shares give only 5 percent extra for parcel post work amid 50 percent base charges.
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Burleson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Welle Fargo
Washington
New York Journal of Commerce
Lare
Express Companies
Pretty Wedding Unites Ethel Ray Carter and Leo M Searle
The Hmer son Carter home at 614 North Walls Ave hosted a pretty wedding Wednesday evening as Ethel Ray Carter wed Leo M Searle son of Emmet and Mrs Searls. The bride taught in rural schools and the groom works at the post office. The couple plan to reside in Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls
Hmerson Carter
North Walls Ave
Ethel Ray Carter
Leo Msearle
Emmet Searls
Searls
Scotland
South Dakota Taxable Property Seen Rising to 1.25 Billion
Pierre special notes state officials estimate a total South Dakota taxable property valuation of 1.25 billion for the year, up 354.3 million from last year. Bon Homme county faces a total raise under 40 percent, while its increase tops 336 percent, prompting questions whether other counties should share the burden.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Bon Homme County
Jacks
Premium List for Hutchinson County Fair Published
The sixth Hutchinson County Fair premium list is printed and distributed across the county and adjacent areas. About $2000 in premiums are offered with many added to the Juvenile Department. Entry blanks in each book allow exhibitors to mail forms to the secretary before opening day.
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Scotland
Pioneer Days at the State Fair spectacle in South Dakota
Pain's fireworks display at the state fair features over 300 performers including 40 full blood Sioux Indians in a grand historical production titled Pioneer Days and Memories of Custer's Last Conflict. The show recreates a pioneer settlement with stockade fort and troops, trading post, and scenes of Indian uprisings, burns, and rescues concluding with a cavalry rescue and extermination of attackers.
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Pain
Huron
Custer
West
State Fair Board
Hfe
Pain Company
Resignation of Ambassador to Mexico Accepted
Ex Governor Lind of Minnesota appointed to replace him and inform President Huerta in diplomatic terms that President Wilson wishes him to depart this earth.
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Wilson
Mexico
Lind
Minnesota
Huerta
Harvest Season Crime Wave Reported in Typical List
The usual harvest season crime list of holdups post office robberies and burglaries is being reported as the expected pattern returns.
Republican split paints party as self serving over office wins
Sioux City Tribune and Watertown Public Opinion quote conflicting views on Roosevelt era progressivism and party leadership. The piece argues that personal sentiment drives the split, not principles, and warns that degeneration to seek office could doom the party. A separate public notice orders Bon Homme County landowners to destroy weeds and trees along highways or face county timed cutting and taxes assessed by the Board of County Commissioners.
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Sioux City
Roosevelt
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Bon Homme County
Board of County Commissioners
Jos V. Wagner
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