Charles Mix county fair dates and regional notes
The week hosts the Charles Mix county fair in Platte on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Bon Homme County shows a population of 11 185 up 763 since 1900. Rev W W Havens of Mitchell resigns from the anti saloon league and plans to move to New Mexico October 2 to organize work. Mitchell police crack down on graft during the corn palace festival. Corsica grows rapidly after railroad expansion with many buildings underway. Norway Sweden sign peaceful separation pact as a model for settling international disputes without war. Watertown reports recall Manville father of Mrs Taggart once a Watertown hotelier. Charles Mix County States Attorney H D James cites SD law section 746 chapter 57 penal code restricting liquor sales to all Indians, argued as prohibiting sales to Indians despite federal rulings.
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W. W. Havens of
Mitchell
Anti-Saloon League
New Mexico
H. D. James
Charles Mix County
South Dakota
Temperance trend noted in whiskey and beer consumption
Commissioner Yerkes reports 704040 gallons less whiskey consumed in 1904 than 1908 in the United States while beer intake rose notably. The shift is seen as favorable to temperance. Some cities grant two licenses, one for beer only and a pricier license for all intoxicants.
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Yerkes
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States
Cause of Insomnia and Indigestion Boost Sleep Relief
A local remedy note states indigestion and stomach troubles almost always disturb sleep and can cause insomnia. It claims many cases have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and lists R. W. Russell Drug Co as a seller.
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A. Brown
Bennettsville
8. C
R. W. Russell Drug Co
Chamberlain
Fall hats debut at Schmierer & Son Parker New Era
Rockefellers forecast of a 1907 08 industrial downturn due to over production is questioned as Rockefeller denies making such a statement. Dr Ramsey reports quarantines tightening in Hughes Sully and Potter counties while other counties resist. Rural box numbering victory aids catalogues as post office enforces numbered rural addresses.
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Parker
John D. Rockefeller
John
Rockefeller
Dr. Ramsey
Bureau of Animal Industry
Fargo
N. D
Hughes, Sully
Potter
State Board
Post Office Department
South Carolina Dispensary System Branded as Graft
After more than a decade of state liquor sales aimed at funding schools, a committee reports the dispensary program is one of the era’s most elaborate graft schemes. Liquor firms back dispensary candidates, bribes and bonuses influence brand promotion, and empty cases fetch inflated prices from whiskey agents.
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South Carolina
Gamble Crawford alliance rumor in Senate race
A reported but unconfirmed story says Sen Gamble will receive support from Coe I Crawford as he seeks re election in Congress and Crawford may run for governor in two years then challenge Sen Kittredge. The piece questions potential gains and notes Crawford’s past opposition to the machine.
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Sen. Gamble
Coe I. Crawford
Gamble
Mr. Crawford
Senate
Mr. Kittredge
Congress
Crawford
Landmann News and Wheat Yield From Tyndall Trib
Paul Landmann of Scotland exits as a candidate for state treasurer. Jos Zelenka raises 452 bushels of winter wheat on 20 acres, selling at 95 cents a bushel, a yield and price advantage over spring wheat. Springfield Times critiques railroad passes for Nebraska officials, estimating $80,000 yearly expense and arguing no actual compensation to the state.
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Tyndall
Paul Landmann
Scotland
Landmann
Tyndall Tribune
Jos. Zelenka
Springfield
Nebraska
A Clever Hint Mrs A There Are Times When I Wish I Were a Man
Mrs A remarks she would feel happier if given a new bonnet by a milliner, expressing a playful wish to improve her wife’s attire. Mr A asks for an example.
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Mr. A
Mrs Pryor as Business Woman Draws Attention
A conversation notes Mrs Pryor’s profession draws interest with emphasis on her business activities. The exchange questions the nature of her enterprise, highlighting a claim that she is a businesswoman.
Book and a War Chronicle Loyal to the Psalter
A fragmentary account recounts early Irish lore where Columba challenges a royal verdict over a copied psalter. Diarmaid condemns Columba, leading to revolts and the battle of the Psalter. The silver covered book allegedly carried by O Donnell clans for centuries is now in the Royal Irish Academy.
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Foria
Tony
Pritain
Janedy
Diarmaid
Columba
Tara
Diaruaid
O'Donnells
Royal Irish Academy Today Chronicle
Coughs and Colds Publicized Remedy Sale
A Virginia man credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing chest trouble from smoke and coal dust after other remedies failed. R W Russell Drug Co offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a guaranteed trial bottle free.
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W. C. Barber
Bandy Level
Dr. King
R W Russell Drug Co
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Ad and Local Fire News
An advertisement for Chamberlains Cough Remedy promotes its claimed healing effects and availability at Russell Drug Co in Tyndall. Nearby, fires behind two stores threaten damage as residents confront incendiary troublemakers. The Asia state board reports a penitentiary shirt factory producing about 100 dozen shirts daily for San Francisco firms, with convicts preferring sewing to quarry work.
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Tyndall
W. &. Tipton
Asia
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C.,m. & St. P. Railway
Mitchell Line
P.M
Marion and Platte Line
W. D. Grifritts
Agt
Malcolm Munn
Stotland
P. O.stonebraker
Zolnowskey Bro
B. Seagley
Becker Block
H J. G. Koobs
Postoffice
Brown Block
Robert Jasmann
Sou
D. Wicks
City Directory
Masonic Lodge
J. M. Darn
Sec
Alex Brown
Www
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Mas
Eviz Aneru
Diehi
Jennie Reeves
W.m
Sec’y
I. O. O. F. Lodge
M. W. of A
P. A. Buiss
J.P. Resneer
W. A. Cogn
C. L. Maxwell
Bint
T. T. Church
Platte
Bon Homme County
Corsica
Armour
Norway
Sweden
Watertown
Taggart
Ohio
Manville
Henry
Grand Central
John Schmierer & Son
Mahaffy
Osteopath
NeBketony
Frida
Russell Drug CO
Nature
Necil’s
Salt Park
J. WH. Queal & CO
Lumner, Coay Ann Woop
H. H. Serr
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