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Judge Carpenter and the boyhood bench tale in Dakota
A Sioux Falls Argus tribute recalls Cyrus Clay Carpenter born 1878 at Fort Dodge Iowa and his rise to judge. He once sat on a bench as a circuit judge while a former schoolmate faced a penitentiary in a dramatic scene. The tale blends memory and moral arc across South Dakota towns and public service.
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Cyrus Clay Carpenter
Twelfth Circuit
McNulty
Judge Carpenter
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Watertown
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Doane Robinson
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