Desperate cattle thief Conover captured by Marshal Petrie
Deputy United States Marshal Petrie and deputy marshal from Sioux Falls tracked and captured Tom Conover, once a top leader of the Sully gang. The arrest follows a three day chase across Pine Ridge and Rosebud country. Conover, held in county jail, faces federal charges for stealing eight horses from a Pine Ridge Sioux, with a U.S. grand jury set to convene in Sioux Falls next October.
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Aeriod
Jolie I Pottié
United States
Tom Conover
Sully
Vea
Geogey
Stilly Zany
South Dakota
Nebraska
Ndt
Rosebud
Pine Ridge Indian
Rosebud Reservation
Conover
Lyman County
Pine Ridge Reservation
Petrie
Sully Place
Mis‘court
Marshal Petrie
Rattlesnake Adventure Near Sioux Sands Rancher Barr
Rancher Barr living between the Missouri River and the Black Hills in western South Dakota faced a deadly rattlesnake bite. He cut open the wound to draw venom, bound the finger, and shot a meadowlark for reasons unclear. His hand and arm swelled severely but survived with cautious treatment.
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Barr
Missouri ‘River
Bhick Hills
South Dakota
Yankton County Corn Crop Expected To Reach 8.6 Million Bushels
Reports from Yankton County forecasters and farmers indicate a strong corn yield this year. Last year produced about 3.2 million bushels. despite wind damage from last Sunday, expectations exceed 8.6 million bushels provided no early frost occurs. Local men who traveled the county express confidence in a first class crop. If other counties exceed, total state figures may rise further.
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Yankton County
Xankton County
Storm Losses Hit Farms Near Wessington
Reported losses from the recent storm south of Wessington include Tim Horner, Martin Nichols with a $1,000 barn ruined just finished, and Peter Johnson with a $1,500 barn insured for $1,000. Hail reached six inches and caused damage across the area.
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Wessington
Tim Horner
Martin ‘Nichols
Peter Johnson
Alcester man gathers rare colonial coins and notes
Charles A. Frost of Alcester collects rare old colony and English coins dating 1745 to 1778. He owns five, seven, and eight pence pieces among others bearing the stamped warning “O Counterfeits Death.”
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Charles A. Frost
Alcester
Old Colony
Threshing Machine Roller Explodes Near Hik Point
The threshing machine owned by Ote Ringsrud exploded near Hik Point causing about 2 dollars in damage. Engineer Det Smith was painfully scalded but not seriously hurt in the incident.
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Ote Ringsrud
Hik
Det Smith
Two New Game Wardens Appointed by Governor Elrod
Gov Elrod appoints Denyer D Barnes Madison Luke County Mons Monson Sisseton Roberts County Ws Hy Payne Bangor Walworth County as game wardens. An insurer agent settling claims for St Paul hail insurance company for damages from last week storm in McPherson and Walworth counties over 30000 dollars. The largest single payment was 750 dollars.
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Elrod
Denyer D. Barnes
Madison
Insurance Company
Paya
Paul Hail-Insurance Company
McPherson
Walworth
Flour Mill Changes Hands at Tilford Farm
George Laurence of Whitewood has Marchinel the fouring mt property at Tilford and has arranged to equip the mill with Ho to date Machinery.
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George Laurence
Whitewood
Tilford
Mets
Mother Blamed in Sioux Falls Baby Death Case
Coroner L. D. Miller summoned a jury to investigate the Thursday morning birth death of a newborn found near a city viaduct. The inquest found the infant died from the negligence of Miss May Haines who has been placed in the city hospital for treatment until recovery. Her Garretson parents and Sioux Falls employers are named in the report.
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Sioux Falls
L. D. Miller
Sioux Fatl
Miss May Haines
Miss Haines
Sioux Falls Bonds Sold For High Premium
Sioux Falls board of education opened bids for 75000 in bonds authorized after a special election to fund a new high school. Bonds pay 5 percent interest, due in twenty years. Chicago firm bid a premium of 7160, selling at about 4.9 percent above par, signaling strong confidence from financiers.
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Chicago House
Sioux Falls Board of Education
Chicago
Ivakotn
Fire destroys Hereford home as children start blaze
At Hereford Edward Handlin’s new residence burned to ashes after his wife left two children, aged unknown, to tend sheep. The two children, who were left home, started the fire by playing with matches. They escaped unharmed.
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Sturgis
Edward Handlin
Hereford
Sioux Falls Water Election Called Off
A special election set for September 5 to decide leasing the municipal water works to the People's Water Company has been postponed. Action will wait until the United States Supreme Court rules on the citys right to operate its own system, with a decision expected in October.
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Sioux Falls
People's Water Company
United States Supreme Court
July births and deaths report with tuberculosis lead
A Pierre special reports for July under the new statistics law: 627 births including 340 males and 287 females, 252 deaths with tuberculosis as the top cause, 258 marriages, 30 divorces, 51 declarations to become citizens filed, and 25 final papers granted.
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Pierre
Hall Damage Reported From Hail Across Counties
Hall Did Damage Hail damaged cut grain across Hecla Columbia and Putney in Brown County and Webster in Day County Over 75 percent of grain in visited sections is cut Standing grain damage estimated at 20 percent in Brown County Greater damage in Day County rising from 25 to 60 percent around Yeepont
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Hecla
Columbia
Putney
Brown County
Webster
Day County
Yeepont
Commutations Sought for Life Prisoner Edward Wilson
Reports say actions to commute Edward Wilson, a life prisoner at Sioux Falls penitentiary, to twenty years. If approved, he would term out in 1918 after good behavior deductions. Wilson was jailed April 24, 1903, in Moody County for a murder alleged in fall 1892.
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Edward Wilson
Sioux Falls
Wilson
Moody County
Woman and Child Injured In Cyclone Hit Area
Mrs Jim Horner and her child were hurt when their house was blown apart by a cyclone. Nearby structures and crops suffered extensive destruction as hailstones large enough to cause narrow escapes rained down over a wide area twenty miles south of the town.
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Jim Horner
Workman Franks Canty Injured in Pierre Construction Accident
A serious construction site accident in Pierre Tuesday left Frank Canty with a fractured hip and elbow and internal injuries after a 30 foot fall onto a steel beam. He was reported in serious condition. his home is listed as Massachusetts.
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Government
Pierre
Frank Canty
Massachusetts
Boy Drowns in Yard Water Trough
A two year old child of William Scharff of Mying near Ferney drowned in a watering trough in the yard where he was toddling. The trough contained water sufficient to cause death.
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William Scharff
Mying
Ferney
Escaped Prisoner Captured Near Day County Jail
James Carey, one of the men who recently escaped from Day County jail, was captured at Montevideo, Minnesota.
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James Carey
Day County
Montevideo
Miun
Oil rate cut aids competition for independent lines
Milwaukee Railways Co. has notified Railroad Commissioner Smith that oil rates were reduced from third class to fourth class in less than car lots. The change benefits consumers by allowing independent lines to compete more effectively.
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AY Miller
Smith
Milwaukee Railway Company
Northwest golfers seek state title at Huron town and country club
A state golf tournament will be held at the Huron Town and Country Club on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 and 21. Some of the region's best players are expected to compete, with top entrants from the northwest.
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Huron Town and Country Chb
Northwest
Weather Report Covers Crop Conditions Across States
The weekly National Weather Bureau summary reports unusual heat in central and western Texas with excessive rainfall injuring crops in the Dakotas Minnesota and parts of the lake region and Florida. Rain is badly needed in Texas Kansas and the central southern Rocky Mountain districts while frost touched Montana and Idaho. Corn remains in good condition in major producing states with some wind damage in Nebraska Missouri Arkansas and Ohio. Spring wheat harvests were delayed in lowland northern regions due to wet fields. Local storms caused lodging in North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota. Satisfactory yields are seen in the south, with complaints of shrunken grain in Washington and western Oregon and rot in lake region potatoes.
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National Weather Bureau
New England
Middle Atlantic
Dakotas
Minnesota
Lake Region
South Atlantic
Central Guilt
Florida
Texas
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Nebraska
Missouri
Arkansas
Ohio
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Misateaippi
Conger Quits Mexico Post for New Job
Ambassador to Mexico Conger resigns for private business and personal reasons. President Roosevelt expresses regret and acceptance. Rumors tie him to China work with the Canton-Hankow railroad. Likely successor may be David B. Thompson. Loomis may resign from State Department. Details on appointment unsettled.
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Bhdwin
Conger
Mexico
Roosevelt
China
Canton-Hankow
American and China Development Company
J. P. Morgan
David B. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
Francis B
Loomis
State Department
Fever Babies Being Born Decline in U S Since 1860
A census bureau bulletin prepared by Walter F. Wilcox shows birth rates falling across the United States from 1860 onward. The share of children under 10 dropped from one-third to under one-fourth, with regional and urban rural gaps and foreign birth fertility higher, while District of Columbia and Massachusetts had the smallest shares and North Dakota led in 1900.
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United States
Census Bureau
Walter F. Wilcox
Cornell University
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Indian ‘Territory
Atlantic
Illnois
Maryland
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
North Atlantic
Dream of Boy Time and River Whispers in City Grasp
The speaker longs for a return to river edges and willow shadows away from factory gloom. He recalls birds, lilies, and cool woods, contrasting nature’s calm with urban greed. The voice, from the New York Globe, laments the loss of dreamtime and callous city life.
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New York Globe
Turning Fate on a Hilltop Bet
In a tense countryside drive, Alicia and Alton debate a life changing bet. He proposes flipping a coin to decide marriage, promising June if heads and leaving the field to suitors if tails. She resists, revealing anger and unresolved feelings as they return home in silence.
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Alton
Alicia
Ihaven
Altona
Allela
Dan
Bennington Disaster Blamed On Navy Engineering Shortage
The Bennington explosion at San Diego killed one officer and over fifty men, with analysts blaming a deficient engineering corps. The 1899 reform merged engineers with line officers, eroding practical control as warrant machinists grew scarce and trained engineers dwindled from 181 to about 120, leaving motor rooms under manned. The Bennington’s engine chief was a young Annapolis graduate under 26, and the ship had no warrant machinists, only machinists mates earning 40 to 700 dollars monthly. The Army and Navy Journal notes the 1899 law has impaired engineer efficiency throughout the navy.
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United States
Bennington
San Diego
San Francisco Argonaut
Annapolis
Army and Navy Journal
Navy
The Coin That Had Heads on Both Sides
In a New York Daily News snippet, Alicia and Dan debate fate and chance as Dan tests a coin he claims is not minted. He demonstrates the coin lands heads on both sides, prompting Alicia to consider leaving their decision to the coin’s turn.
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Alicia
Dan
New York Daily News
Indian Basketry Decline Strikes Collectors In West
The New York Tribune notes growing difficulty in securing fine Indian baskets for collections as demand rises. California and Arizona have seen losses of baskets valued at about 5 million dollars in two years. Artisanal time and materials dwindle as civilization erodes durable grasses. Hopi and Apache tribes produce many pieces while Alaska to Mexico once hosted broader basket making.
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New York Tribune
California
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Mexico
Baskets and Craftsmanship Among Pimas Retreat
The text contrasts cheap modern baskets with the choicest, delicately woven pieces sought by connoisseurs. It notes water-holding strands, mellow markings, and the difficulty of forming a complete basket collection, citing long travels and high costs to persuade old tribes to part with their woven treasures.
Parable on Chicken Thieves in a Colored Parish
An old Popular Magazine tale recounts a parable told by a Black preacher about a churchgoer who forgot to lock his chicken house. The tale ends with the preacher noting the brother did not exist, a moral about finances and compulsion rather than personal accusation.
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Finn
Owas
Bellevin
Pusson
No Time for Athletica Japanese Students
In a brief colonial era observation, the writer notes Japanese schoolboys twenty years ago eschewed athletics for study, driven by English teachers to the playgrounds. Now they embrace rowing, lawn tennis and baseball, despite long enforced inactivity, illustrating how good advice travels. The column ends with a jab about one associate praising temperance yet drinking ice water.
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Hall
Minister Congee
Alfela
U. SS
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