Pierre real estate boom drives crowded hotels and brisk speculation
The Pierre daily notes a feverish real estate boom as hotels fill and streets swarm with speculators and politicians. Local figures such as Lou Melville Will Love Wilson M. Cash Jim Oblwine Shields Sweat Merrill Rubridge and Governor Church are active, with traders moving on inland property as Huron participants push deals.
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Pierre
Lou Melville
Capital Syndicate
Wilson M. Cash
Jim Oblwine
Jerry Elson
Shields & Sweatland
R. H. Brown
J.M. Davis
Governor Church
Merrill & Rubridge
George Washington
Huron
Joux
We must educate and we must irrigate
A brief note emphasizes the goals of informing the public and ensuring irrigation needs are met. It calls for clear guidance and practical steps to support learning and water distribution efforts.
Josaruixe Garvey Named Postmaster in Dodge Brown County
Josaruixe Garvey has been appointed postmaster of Dodge in Brown County. The selection elevates Garvey to oversee local mail operations and service standards within the community.
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Josaruixe Garvey
Dodge
Brown County
City traders claim trade improves after capital fight end
The city observes widespread claim among businessmen that trade has surged since the capital fight concluded, with many citing brighter prospects and upticks in activity.
Ex- congressman Steele Named for Pensions Post
Reports from Washington indicate ex congressman Steele of Indiana will be named by the president as commissioner of pensions within a few days. The move marks a significant administration appointment for the Indiana politician.
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Steele
Indiana
Pensions
Dying Rumor Weighs on Samuel J Raypart
Rumor says Samuel J Raypart may be near death, a development seen as removing a notable figure from the American Congress. The article likens his absence to Hamlet without Sunset Cox or Sam Randall.
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Samuel J. Raypart
American Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
Sunset Cox
Sam Randall
Hamlet
First South Dakota election results published by Tue Horomore
The Tue Horomore paper claims to be the first in the world to publish the results of South Dakota’s inaugural state election, according to the official canvass. Governor Mellette is thanked for enabling the newspaper to share this distinguished achievement.
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Tue Horomore
South Dakota
Mellette
Prohibition to Take Effect Upon North Dakota State Admission
The constitution provisions in North Dakota mirror South Dakota rulings, applying territorial laws not repugnant to the state constitution until the legislature acts. Prohibition will be fully in force the day the state is admitted.
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Hansbrough Wins North Dakota Congressional Seat
Hansbrough, the fighting division editor of the North, to represent the entire state in congress. He carried every precinct of his county and every ward of his city with a majority of about 15 000, running ahead of the state ticket.
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Pluck
Hansbrough
The
North
North Dakota
Senatorial Come Test and County Commissioner Nomination
The note discusses finishing a senatorial test, then resting, and mentions a county commissioner to nominate and elect in the district as statehood approaches making it an important position.
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Ths
Unique Pioneer Statesman Jokes On Pembina Prohibition
The writer recalls Jud LaMoure joking about carrying Pembina County for prohibition and states the Republican party must enforce it. He declares, I am a republican, and it is pledged to enforce prohibition.
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Jud LaMoure
Pembina County
Mouser Declares No Endorsement of Attacks on Judge Moody
Mouser states he takes no stock in the rootback business and disavows any inference that he endorses attacks on Judge Moody. He clarifies he likes Judge Moody and rejects unauthorized use of his name to tarnish the judge’s record.
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Mouser
Judge Moody
Milwaukee Capitalist Authorizes Artesian Well Drilling
Mr Day has authorized Mr Harrison to sink an experimental six inch artesian well on a quarter section just south of the Baker quarter, about a mile and a half southwest of town. Drilling will start once the contract is let.
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Mr. Harrison
Day
Milwaukee Capitalist
Baker Quarter
E T C Seeks House Chief Clerk Post in Huron
E T C of Huron runs for chief clerk of the house. A Huronee editor backs his qualifications, while Sioux Argus-Leader says the praise is excessive. Cressey is noted for strong work at the Hunrosrre but not responsible for its editorials.
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E.T C
Huron
House of Representatives
Itor
Huronee
Argus-Leader
Cressey
Huzonrrz
Hunrosrre
Beadle's Minority Representation Faces Critique in Legislature
The Mitchell Republican notes BrapLe county elected ex-surveyor-general Taylor to a seat after defeating Westdahl. Westdahl is praised for his loss amid treachery claims while the opposition relied on a strong candidate. In a largely Republican body, Beadle's minority representation is viewed with skepticism.
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BrapLe County
Taylor
Westdahl
Mitchell
America
Beadle
Dakota congressmen to be paid from election day
The editorial notes that Dakota congressmen chosen to fill vacancies will begin pay on election day, with Hansbrough Pickler and Gifford already receiving salaries. Mathews may draw pay from March 4 last, or the term salary if he remains in the territory, while North Dakota may enter first and South Dakota second for future pay start dates.
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Dakota
Hansbrough
Pickler
Gifford
Mathews
South Dakota
North Dakota
Uncle Sam
Wind Mine Report From Mitchell Farm Drilling
Hon. J. P. Ward of Turner county describes a drill on his Parker area farm nine miles north of Parker that struck a subterranean air current at 130 feet. The ten inch drill sent air up the pipe with a whizzing force lifting drilling water thirty five feet and blasting sand and small stones from the hole.
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J. P. Ward
Turner County
Parker
Paneer Miller Defends Milbank Huron Chamberlain Rail Plan
Clark Pilot-Review reports Paneer Miller rebutting a Clark County Democrat piece titled The Reason Why. Miller explains goals to connect Milbank Huron Chamberlain with Northern Pacific, describes split corporations to expedite petitions before October 1, cites tax votes in Huron and local townships, and notes city real property valuations around 1.7 million dollars.
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Clark Pilot—Review
Honow
Eorror
Clark County Democrat
Milbank
Huron
Chamberlain
Northern Pacific
Central Dakota
Duluth
Sea Board
Diggs
Haron
Hurop
New York and Boston Bank and Bond
Pussy pelts and fur trade spark grim debate in Washington Post
A Washington Post excerpt reveals a grim discussion on cat fur markets. It describes prices for cat skins, methods of felid stuffing by taxidermists, and the fashion industry uses in Europe and America. The piece notes cats are hunted in New England ravines and by professional fur collectors, with lap robes valued at forty to fifty dollars.
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United States
Europe
New England
Washington Post
Sol
The Friendship of Men and Platonic Bonds
A Detroit Free Press excerpt argues platonic friendships between sexes are unstable and unlikely to endure full duty to nature. It praises male friendships like Damon and Pythias and Jonathan with strong, lasting ties while noting rare female friendships and possible ruptures from jealousy or affection.
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Mi T
Damon
Pythias
Achilles
Patroclus
David
Jonathan
Orestes
Py- Pyrodes
Musidorus
Detroit Free Press
Advice on vegetables and fruit for healthful diet
The article promotes varied vegetables and fruit as part of a regular diet to reduce doctor visits. It highlights asparagus as a diuretic aiding rheumatic conditions, parsley as a diuretic, carrots for jaundice digestion, onions for alkaline elements countering rheumatic gout, and watercress as a recommended addition.
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Aixie Bains
Espa
Doctors of Courage Remembered by Sea and War
Anecdotes from Buzzard's Bay and Russian frontlines recount surgeons who stayed in the heat of battle. Dr Ebenezer Swift served in Kearny's division during Mexican and Civil War actions, while three American surgeons aided the Russian army at Sebastopol, risking violence to ease the wounded.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Ebenezer Swift
Kearney
Scott
Molingdel
Wiknogou
Chacee
Sebastopol
Etsan
Beginnings of Greek Art and Its Early Promise
The discussion weighs how Greek art, especially sculpture, matured yet longed for more. It contrasts Greek youth with Italy’s Renaissance, noting Attic towns as likely origins and admiring early beauty while acknowledging restraint and missing early chapters. It cites Overbrok and Vasari as points of comparison.
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Greece
Sistine Chapel
Italy
Vasari
Macmillan’s Magazine
Franklin's weather insight from storms moving eastward
The Chicago Inter Ocean credits Benjamin Franklin with discovering that storms travel west to east. He observed an eclipse amid rain in Philadelphia and, by intertown reports, found a uniform eastward storm movement. Observations across the country show most storms and temperature waves head east, guiding weather forecasts by prevailing western conditions.
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Chicago Inter- Ocean
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Signal Service
Boston
Weather forecasting through west to east storm patterns
The observer notes that a storm moving eastward from the west affected Philadelphia and Boston during an eclipse. He observed uniform storm movement eastward across towns and says simultaneous nationwide data show this pattern for storms and temperature waves. Weather forecasting follows west of us to predict conditions.
Positive About That Day Druggist Exchange
A dialogue between a doctor and a prescription clerk from Epoch shows assurance that no poison was added to today’s medicines and that no mistakes were made. The clerk confirms confidence in his compounding accuracy.
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Clark
Monotony of Siberian Rail Journey Described in Travel Sketch
The author recalls the endless Siberian post road from Irkutsk to Petersburg, where wooden versts mark distances and stations offer stale tea and sudden awakenings. Vast pine forests, oppressive quiet, and mechanical travel deepen loneliness, with the sense of being cut off from Europe amid a desolate, dwarfed landscape.
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Siberia
Irkoutsk
Petersburg
Fr Petersburg
Europe
Veter
Siberian
Calais
M. de Indt
Clergyman’s Reading Desk Mishap Stirs Cornish Service
An eccentric Cornish clergyman grows annoyed by late arrivals and begins naming every person entering the service. After mispronouncing several names he stops mid sentence to reveal a string of comically misread attendees, prompting embarrassed reactions as the service resumes.
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Cornwall
Enduri
Stubbins
Sam Curtis
William Diggle
Spoiled by a Habit
The piece discusses how bad mouth shapes in young women result from finger and thumb sucking in childhood. It cites examples of New York women with coarse lips and protruding mouths linked to soothing by parents and caretakers, as described in Herald of Health.
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New York
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Mitchell Republican
Paneer Miller
Milbank, Huron & Chamberlain Railroad
Maiia
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