Christmas tree drives and wartime charity plans vary nationwide
Christmas tree exercises will be conducted on a different plan this year with trees for children overseas rather than presents at home. A declaration of war on Austria enables troop deployment to Italy. A South Dakota soldier’s transformation from prairie life to Alpine climber is noted. The state land department allocates over $1,000,000 from the school fund, announcing a $6.22 per child annual apportionment, the largest ever and first annual instead of semi-annual.
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Austria
Italy
South Dakota
State Land Department
State sues former treasurer Charles B. Collins
The state sues Charles B. Collins for 46000 claiming he kept interest earned on state deposits while serving as state treasurer from 1902 to 1906. Collins now lives in San Francisco and the suit is being tried in Aberdeen. The law now requires interest to go to the state fund.
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Charles B. Collins
Aberdeen
Collins
San Francisco
Talmadge Urges State Bond Plan At Non Partisan Meeting
Mr Talmadge of Flandreau addressed a non partisan league meeting last week. He spoke for bonding the state for 25900000 to aid warehouses flouring mills packing houses. Farmers and businessmen should ponder the proposal. Critics question profitability and fear expansion of state employes and lawmakers under expert control. The MOiling industry experience is unfavorable and state management risks political interference.
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Talmadge
Flandreau
Opera
Ruilla
Cbme
Farmers and merchants seek balanced wheat policy in state
A legislative debate urges continued opposition to farmer welfare favors while backing bonded warehouses for cash liquidity. Advocates warn against monopolistic control by any single industry and call for equitable laws that let farmers prosper alongside other sectors through shared opportunity and responsible taxation.
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H. L. Loucks
Income Tax Officer to Visit Scotland Feb 11 1914
James Coffey announces an income tax officer will arrive in Scotland February 11 to aid residents with 1917 returns. Open daily at the Post Office through February 16, with guidance on returns for married and unmarried individuals and penalties for noncompliance. Officer provides blanks. government not obliged to assist beyond this outreach.
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James Coffey
Aberdeen
North and
South Dakota
Scotland
Congress
Marcel Ist
Mennonite Colonies Consider Move From Jim River
A Mitchell dispatch reports Mennonite colonies along the Jim River plan to relocate to a country not drafting men for war. The piece questions possible destinations and suggests no Pacific refuge exists free from defense duties.
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Mitchell
Jim River
Pacific Ocean
Forgetting beauty in a changing era amid Hyde Park gates
An engraved reflection by a sharp Englishwoman notes the hard lesson of forgetting beauty as it fades. Aimed at Queen Alexandra, the piece evokes a moment in Hyde Park where a royal motor moves slowly past open gates, hinting at memory and social change.
Weston Line Turmoil Foils Westin Pipe Team
In a chaotic scene aboard the Weston line, officials clashed with regular patrons over a curfew and prescription rules. The dispute involved alliances with Gineoda and a new constitution like order, causing tension aboard the vessel and stoking concerns over safety and compliance.
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Weston
Gineoda
Fee
Toba
Queen Alexandra’s fading beauty and royal attire described
The narrator muses on Queen Alexandra aging beyond forty and the idea beauty waning. He notes the queen mother’s iridescent blue cloak with black lace trim and jet hat, describing it as a nineteenth century, conventional costume that oddly feels like a sacrifice to time on a sunny afternoon.
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Queen Alexandra
Why Coat Was Unbuttoned at Revenue
A private of foreign extraction appeared at revenue with his overcoat unbuttoned, violating regulations. The colonel restrained him with a stern lecture on military exactitude, but the next morning the coat remained unbuttoned. The captain questioned him, and the private repeated the command, causing bewilderment and a puzzled exchange.
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Revenue
Revellle
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