Sioux Falls labor day speaker and local races
E W Caldwell of Sioux City to deliver the labor day address in Sioux Falls on September 6. Republicans in the eighth circuit nominate Wm G Rice of Deadwood for judge. Doane Robinson doubts A B Wilcox will become U S marshal for South Dakota. White Lake Wave editor Brown away. Miss Blanche Loughran in charge.
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E. W. Caldwell
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Deadwood
Wm. G. Rice
Doane Robinson
A. B. Wilcox
South Dakota
Brown
White Lake
Miss Blanche Loughran
Miss Blanche
Richest joke of the season from Pierre dispatch
A Pierre dispatch to the Argus Leader notes a big crop around Pierre this year. The Aberdeen News quips that for grotesque humor this takes the cake, underscoring the season’s top joke in a playful local remark.
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Pierre
Argus Leader
Aberdeen News
Free Silver Theory Faces Wheat Price Reality in 1900
Wheat hits one dollar a bushel while free silver advocates Odra Harvey William Stewart and Billy Bryan must revise their price lists and lecture material before campaigning in 1900. The note links the price rise to ongoing silver debate and forecasts adjustments for public speaking.
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Odra Harvey
Wm. Stewart
Billy Bryan
Coal Trust Raises Prices Ahead of Cold Weather
The coal trust advances hard coal price twenty five cents per ton and soft coal fifty cents, signaling the first of several increases before winter. They aim to test the trade’s tolerance and push the maximum the present strike allows.
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The
Coal Trust
Klondyke Gold Fields Warn of Ruined Hopes
A warning echoes about the Yukon Klondyke gold fields predicting ruin for many hopefuls outlining ruined lives and widows without pensions. The piece urges readers to avoid the Yukon for safer, simpler livelihoods.
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Klondyke
Yukon
Judge Campbell Seen as Likely Fifth Circuit Nominee
Republicans across Beadle and Spink counties back Judge Campbell with unanimous support. His home county adds to solid backing, while North counties reportedly favor him. With such strength he faces little or no opposition at the convention.
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Campbell
Fifth Circuit
Beadle County
Spink County
Wheat price swings tied to administrations as politics meet markets
The passage notes wheat at a dollar per bushel under Harrison, below fifty cents under Cleveland, and back to a dollar under a Republican administration. It asserts a pattern of high prices and prosperity with Republicans and lower prices with Democrats, framing it as a striking coincidence.
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Harrison
Free Trade
Cleveland
Grain Palace Exposition at Aberdeen October 4 to 9
The fair in northern South Dakota moves this year to Aberdeen with October 4 through 9 dates. The Giffen Neill Co. provides two daily comedy performances replacing band concerts. Larger stock and agriculture exhibits and free street attractions are planned along with reduced railroad rates. Bring the family.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
Giffen- Neill Co
Yankton marshal appointment sparks regional dispute
A critique argues the selection of a Yankton man for marshal is poor politics. The writer cites Morris of Tripp as a logical southern candidate and contends barring regional balance undermines policy. Yankton county already has multiple officials and bids fairness for other regions.
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Yankton
F. A. Morris
Tripp
Elliott
South
Morris
Yankton County
Smith
Appointment Debate Divides Yankton County Republicans
The discussion urges choosing Morris for a southern appointment and criticizes Yankton county candidates for Congress and judgeship. It argues good politics require sacrifice and self denial for party unity, while a opposing view defends examinations as public safeguards against unsafe insurance, questioning motives and revenue from a Northwestern Mutual inquiry.
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Morris
Chamberlain
Pickler
Yankton County
Kennedy
Congress
Populists dispute wheat and silver price link in trade debate
The piece argues that wheat and silver prices move by supply and demand, not a fixed tie. It credits populists for recognizing the relationship is shown in charts only, not in actual markets. It notes silver scarcity could lift its price while wheat could fall on reduced demand, and vice versa.
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Gold Standard
Controversy Over Auditor Sparks Partisan Clash
The Letcher Blade closes a long piece by arguing the dispute over Mr. Hipple's administration is a populist ploy aimed at harming the auditor’s office for political gain. It claims Republican editors push baseless charges and predicts public sentiment will shift, closing with the controversy ended.
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the Letcher Blade
Anderson
Adiam
Mayhew
Hovronite
Hovronire
Nebraska Senator Thurston refrains from public long term service
The text argues that prosperity stems from Republican policy and not Cleveland era changes. It notes Grover Cleveland’s administration and Wilson bill failures, praises Harrison policies, then asserts McKinley brought renewed prosperity. It ends with Thurston declining a Washington post, preferring Omaha home life and suggesting potential future service.
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McKinley
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
Kimbal
Tiian
Harrison
Republican Party
Wilson
House Committee of Ways and Means
Erer
Tinan
Nebraska
Senate
Tome
Capitol
Wallington
Omaha
Washington
Thurston
John M. Thurston
What the Advanced Price of Wheat Means
Pioneer Press analyzes farm price shifts from 65 to about 95 cents per bushel across Chicago to Minnesota and Dakotas. It shows increased farm revenue from higher wheat prices, estimates crop yields at 120 million bushels this year, and explains profit gains for farmers under a 35 cent cost per bushel scenario.
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Pioneer Press
Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Straws Tell the Direction of the Wind
The piece cites Printer's Ink noting that in 1897 the American Newspaper Directory finds papers previously aligned with the people's party or the democratic stamp now returned as republican, signaling shifts in political alignment among newspapers.
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Alexandria
American Newspaper Directory
People’s Party
South Dakota Week Weather Review 1897
Issued by the U S Weather Bureau HuronSD week ending August 30 1897 reports average temperatures with warm days and cool nights. Clear to partly cloudy skies little rain and above normal sunshine aided haying threshing and harvest while corn ripening and potatoes maturing. Frost risk varies by county with early corn safe in about a week and late varieties in two to three weeks.
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Bon Homme
Brule
Buffalo
Campbell
Clark
Douglas
Grant
Hamlin
Hanson
Hughes
Hutchinson
Hyde
Kingsbury
Lake
Lawrence
Lincoln
Miner
McCook
Minnehaha
Sanborn
Spink
Sully
Turner
Union
Yankton
No Odds Asked. Kimball Graphic humor in 1896 ad
With 70 cent wheat and rising hogs and sheep prices farmers are urged to bind their 1896 almanacs. The Huron tre book bindery offers neat and cheap binding services for farm readers across the plains.
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Kimball Graphic
South Dakota
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John Longstaff
Letcher Blade
Matual
Milwaukee
F. H. Belmont
New York
Iie
Len
Huron
U. S. Weather Bureau
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