City of Huron and Dakota history as of 1880
The piece notes Huron as the Dakota capital in 1880 with churches schools and rail links. It mentions newspapers, population growth, local industries, brick mills, and a Territorial tax rate of 1.7%. It attributes high city status to Huron in South Dakota and references the Dakota division of the Chicago Northwestern Railway.
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Fain
Dakota
Rek
Fhuréday
Pare
South
O & Northwestern R'y
South Dakota
Tribune
Haron
Public Bust and Booming Firms Stir City News
A fragmented item mentions a public office, a district attorney, and claimed wheat quality with lines about Chicago and the Inner Ocean boom. The garbled text hints at economic optimism and local intrigue surrounding public roles and business growth.
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Chiergo Inner Ocean
Rce
Fragmentary remark on Dakota cattle quality in six years
Readable text claims there are no better cattle in the world than those in Dakota counties where six years of sod and work had been done, noted by unnamed men.
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Wie
Dakota
Local notes mix politics science and travel hints
A ragged page recounts fall labour costs and fewer idle workers while a London scientist predicts earthquakes and another foresees signs in Kentucky. Sioux Falls invites visitors as political party tensions and hospitalities mingle with editorial shifts and local pride amid regional chatter.
Hail Pounds the Farmers Fieldseat Paris
The item reports broad Newswire style hints from Paris on agricultural conditions and a plea for relief through Meade’s case, with various references to a North and Charleston sympathy and counting concerns. It lists crypto political and sporting items alongside regional notices and city events.
Meade Farnsworth Shooting Sparks Quarrel at Mer ed
In a rotunda confrontation in Mer ed, Frank J. Meade of Ma 1 shot Frank Farnsworth after a quarrel over business deals. Farnsworth, elderly with a wife and three children, lay hurt near the pelvis as Meade wept and was taken away.
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Frank J. Meade
Ma 1
Frank Farnsworth
Meade
Farnsworth
Spink County Ag Society Opens County Fair Attractions
Blues and cattle displays mark the Spink County Agricultural Society announcement with a purse of 100s to be contested on Sept. 15 to 17 at Wienatown where Sehliesher showcases Heretohd cattle. Frank Mead of Mandan reports a serious shooting in Mandan on Mount St. Paul night.
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County Agricultural Society
Eat Sehliesher
Wienatown
Frank J. Mead
Mandan
Frank
Farnsee
Mount St. _Paul
Lights Ablaze as Town Suffers Inferno
Report from Yankton Telegram cites a major blaze consuming buildings in an unidentified district. Fire crews battle flames as residents evacuate and authorities assess damages and cause. No injuries reported at this time.
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Thomas McConnell
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Caldwell
Northwest
W. D. Hinn
Ohio
Sioux Falls
the News
Iowa
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Paris
Farworth
Charleston
Ins
Connecticut
Hartford
O. H. Platte
Phineas C. Lawther
Thomas Clark
Saranac Inn
Portland
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Diamonds
LANS
Cent
One Bicycle
City
Righth
Anice Eedek
Chicago
St) Louis
Kant
New York
Meade Farnswoirh
Mosse Court
Buont
Beadle
Pierre
Ie Herman
Fort Sully
Bennett
J. H. Westover
Clark
Grarx
Huron
M. & Gurveyrs
Aberdeen
Aberdeeron
Thal
Mellette
Red
Spink County
Northville
Jim
Tux
Guy C. Weed
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Yankton Telegram. Eines Lands
Lake of the Woods Coon
Ry LE
Valises
Coletr
Ramadka Bros
John. Berry
Joseph HL
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