Veterans of Foreign Wars to hold first state convention in Huron
About two to three hundred veterans will gather in Huron for the VFW first state convention and provisional encampment. Installations of state departments will follow the Des Moines interstate decision granting South Dakota its own departments. National and state officers will attend and key events run Sunday through Monday at hotels, Elks hall, and the Labor Temple with a parade and military ball planned.
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America
Huron
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Des Moines
South Dakota
Arthur D. Dodds
State Department
Irene Dodds
Iowa-South Dakota
Kfonday
Andrew Hawkins
Waseca
Minn
Minnesota
Alonzo A. Dittrich
Sallentine
Staf
Z. L. Begin
Minneapolis
James F. McFarland
Providence
R. I
J. I. Billman
Kanaa City
Smc
Marvin
Veterans and the Auxiliary
Elks
James H. Lowrie
Huron Post
Provisional Department
Paul K. Myers
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Florence Johnson
Huron V. F. W
George E. Longstaff
Huron Post Advocate
Walter J. Bachman
WY. Flw
KDGY
Marvin Hughitt
New Dance Pavilion
Labor Temple
Dodds
B.C
Cemteral
Vv. E.W
J. J. Billman
Kansas City
Natonal Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pest Smd Proeral
South Dakota Department
Capone Vacation Reported While Hearing Set
The Herald notes Capone is reported taking a vacation as a hearing is scheduled for July 2 before sentence is passed. The article mentions charges but does not detail the case outcome.
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Capone
Pgcane
V—The Herald
Pageant at J. W. Campbell Park announced for next week
City playgrounds supervisor Mrs. Harry M. Liem announced a large outdoor pageant at Campbell park next Thursday evening marking the culmination of the summer 1911 program. The event opens with a doll buggy parade offering cash prizes of 3, 2.59 and 1, with entries from all city children registering soon.
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Campbell Park
Harry M. Liem
Liem
Lincoln School
Catherine Small
Lincoln
Jefferson Group
Amber van
Agatha Henen
Shortages Found in County Officials Accounts
Pierre July reports auditors uncovered shortages in two county offices. Former Miner County Sheriff Gus Kilian is short 1108.44 with collection action by the state bonding department. Clark County Clerk P Rasmussen shows a 668.90 shortage under collection. Reports forwarded to the respective county officials.
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Pierre
Willian Dunn
Dunn
Gus Killan
Miner County
Kilian
State Bonding Department
P. ©. Rasmussen
Cew'ts
Clark County
Third Generation Mayo Joins Mayo Clinic Surgical Staff
In Rochester Minnesota on July 16 a third generation Mayo surgeon was added to the Mayo Clinic staff. He becomes the fourteenth surgeon on the local clinic team led by Dr. Charles H Mayo and Dr. W J Mayo. The grandfather Dr W W Mayo founded the clinic.
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Mayes
Rochester
Minn
A Mayo
Mayo
Charles H. Mayo
W. J. Mayo
W. W
Snow Plow Sold In Cold Kewanee Sale
In Kewanee Illinois on July 18 C F Cass a road machinery salesman announced he had sold a snow plow as a very cold July day lingered with the thermometer near 302. The buyer’s name was not released.
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Kewanee
Ili
C. F. Cass
Telegraph Field Weds Opera Star
Clarence H. Mackay, chair of Postal Telegraph and Cable, and Anna Case, Metropolitan Opera soprano, wed at St Marys Roslyn. Family guests included Mrs Van Nuys Case, Mr and Mrs Berlin, and John W Mackay. The ceremony preceded a motor trip. Case nicknamed official Star Spangled Banner singer for national events.
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New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation
Anna Case
Metropolitan Opera Company
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Roslyn II
Peter van Nuys Case
South Branch
N. 3
Kenneth O'Brien
Irving Berlin
John W. Mackay
O'Brien
ST. Hebuen
Paris
Joseph A. Blake
Speeding Fine Report From Albany July 18
Albany dispatch reports a five dollar fine issued to a speeder today in connection with an incident involving local officials and a vehicle group. The fragmentary text cites names and places in a terse notice from the era.
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Albany
N. Y
Goremote Bennevelt
Kerry Weld
Indian Woman Tries To Borrow Money From Sheriff's Car
Bobbie Reed a about thirty both Cherokee Indian admitted jail time and sought money after siphoning gasoline from Sheriff Swarts car in the court house drive. Deputy Montross and a companion who fled in a touring car were captured. Reed and Jack Jones claimed Cherokee heritage. The car had been stolen from C A Larson of Luverne Minnesota. Reed was fined five dollars suspended on condition she leave town. she wished to stay for Jones who faced grand jury matters as a vagrant.
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DE Smet
Bobbie Reed
Kingsbury Coury
Swarts
Court House
Montross
Jack Jones
Lufrerne, Minn
C. A. Larson
Larson
Luverne
H. H. Plowman
Jones
Watertown
Robert J. Ehnert
Huron
Oma
Gircuit
Vivian Vailin
James River
J. P. Walsh
B. H. Sprague
Ehnert
C. J. Ryan
Sioux City
Leland Rutherford
Ryan
Otto Ryan
Crawford
Ebnert
Agann
Canada
Dineen
Miss Vallin
A B Fall Home Scene Of Trouble In El Paso
A tense scene at Albert B. Fall’s El Paso residence followed an attempted photo shoot by a national photographer. Mrs. C C Chase Fall’s daughter said a large concrete piece struck her leg. no culprit was found. Photographer Joseph M Hill described water being sprayed at him from a Mexican chauffeur while positioning his camera near the Fall home.
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EL Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fall
C. C. Chase
Fall
Chase
Joseph M. Hill
Fall House
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Hii Re
Rok Td
Mra. Chase
Pilor Hull
Phoenix airport chaos disrupts morning travel
Disjointed OCR fragment suggests confusion over flight delays and fees at a major airport. Mentions Los Angeles, departure times, and unspecified committee issues. Details are unclear due to garbled text but indicate travel disruption and fee concerns.
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Phoenix
Abiz
Lexve Fu
Werth
Orem
Los Angeles
Heat Wave and Murder Trial Dominate South Dakota News
South Dakota faces extreme heat with temperatures near 100 degrees and concerns of drought while a murder trial in Huron unfolds. Witnesses describe bone findings in the James River, with defense and prosecution presenting conflicting timelines and past criminal records.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Aberdeer
Watertown
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Pierre
Yankton
Huron
Rapid City
Heat wave slows fox and rabbit chase in meadow
Aberdeen reports a 114 degree heat reading as a fox pursues a rabbit across timber and meadow on the I. H. Palmer farm. The animals slow to a walk in the sun while the heat blazes. The anecdote notes even wildlife would falter in such heat.
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Aberdeen
I. H. Palmer
European Leaders Gather in Paris for Credit Talks
European eyes focus on Paris as Germany and French leaders prepare for talks on France’s salvage plan and a proposed $500,500,000 loan from reserve banks. Bruening and Curtius meet Laval and Briand to hear France’s guarantees, with potential impact on the seven power London conference.
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Paris
Germany
Europe
Montay
London
Bruening
Curtius
Laval
Aristide Briand
France
England
United States
Stimson
Secetary
Treasury
Mellon
Arthur Hender
Fliers Set To Resume Round World Hop Tonight
Hugh Herndon Jr and Clyde Pangborn plan a second start this afternoon or tonight to fly around the world. They aim to beat Wiley Post and Herold Gatty’s record, with a revised route from New York to Newfoundland to Croydon, Berlin, or Moscow, hoping for four or five stops and a longer cruising range. Herndon married June 14 to Mary Ellen Ferley of Albany, who attended the departure.
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New York
Hugh Ferndon, Jr
Clyde Pangborn
Vestern
Wiley Post
Herold Gatty
Herndon
Mary Ellen Ferley
Albany
N. Y
Hoosevelt Field
Lightning Sparks Big Fire Near Pringle
A lightning strike started a forest fire four miles south of Pringle burning over 900 acres of timber. The blaze was brought under control last night by 75 volunteers from the Harney National Forest. Forest Supervisor J. F. Conner at Custeet reported the fire as theGrIeST in recent times and warned the danger remains acute.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tennessee
Windsor
Onto
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Colorado
Illinois
Michligam
Indiana
Ohi
Weather
Michigan
Pringle
Harney National Forest Supervisors
J. F. Conner
Custee
Huge disorderly conduct case heard in Lockport Illinois
The town’s largest disorderly conduct case hinged on George Hoffmeyer who weighed 614 pounds. The outdoor trial ended with Hoffmeyer acquitted. In Watertown, Merle Brown and Robert D. Jones will speak at Codington County Waltonians’ annual picnic at Stony Point Lake Kampeske on Sunday.
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Lockport
Ill
Yestierday
George Hoffmeyer
Watertown
Merle 3. Brown
Sioux Falls
Tank Walton League
Robert D. Jones Milbank
Codington County
Stony Point
Lake Kampeske
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Miss Case
City Hall
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York-Paris
Richard E Byrd
New York City
Speeder
Garden City
W. M. ‘Kegan
LE Ey
Ron
Mercury
Pidhne Raeiane
Rosebud
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Aberdeezn
Foyer
Vivian Vallin
Jake Miller
George Youngs
Beadle County
BR. J. Ehnert
Miller
Youngs
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