Pioneer Days In Huron And Central South Dakota
Accounts from Huron narrate pioneer arrival scenes with diverse settlers including Michigan and Wisconsin lumbermen, Lake Shore farmers, Swedes and Germans. Tales recount land hunting, old locator Verg Wieting, and settlers from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio choosing prairie life amid wind and campfires.
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Huron
South Dakota
John Bell
Star Hotel
Dakota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lakeshore
Prairies
Verg Wieting
Yankton
Verg
Prairie Schooner
Cordia
Jim
Sanborn County
Hesses Sonrtini
Stampin
Massachusetts
York State
Must Mow Weeds On Rural Routes
Postmaster A B Blake warns that residents on rural mail routes must mow roadside weeds. Snow can render roads impassable if weeds stand high, delaying mail delivery. The governing body may hire cleanup and tax the responsible landowners to cover costs.
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A. B. Blake
Blake
Teir
Massacre of Moslems Reported in Hankow China
Reports from Kan province say Chinese authorities executed at least eight thousand Moslems after a rebellion. Victims were separated from wives and killed under a pretense of a conference. Fears of Moslem retaliation follow a 1918 war with Chinese casualties.
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Hankow
China
Kans
Kan Su
Strikers Continue In New Orleans Violence
Violence from the street car strike in New Orleans escalated as police widen actions against free ride cars. A South Clairbourne avenue street car was damaged by dynamite, tearing up two feet of track and blasting a hole in the car floor. The crew and two to three African American passengers were uninjured.
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New Orleans
Clairbourne Avenue
Spearfish Man Killed as Train Strikes Truck
A westbound freight train hit a truck near Belle Fourche at five o'clock killing Jos Baker 19 of Spearfish and injuring his father George Baker and brother Jesse Baker who were taken to Belle Fourche hospital. The tragedy occurred on a private road by the O'Neil stockyards after delivering stock earlier. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Spearfish
Belle Fourche
Jos Baker
George Baker
Jesse’ Baker
Here
O'Neil
Bakers
Lospitel
Joe Baker
Peacox Becomes Star Witness in Wife’s Murder Trial
In White Plains, Earl Francis Peacox testifies as the defense’s star witness in the case over the 20 year old Dorothy killed in their Mount Vernon apartment last spring. A written confession and his account of burning the body in a thicket are in the record. the defense argues the death was accidental during a family quarrel, not premeditated.
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Peacox
White Plains
Earl Francis Feacox
Dorothy
Mount Vernon
Weather Forecast for Huron and Vicinity Unsettled
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with possible rain. Temperature expected to remain steady with no decided change.
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Huron
Hourly temps and Nebraska-like forecast notes
High uncertainty in the text but indicates hourly temperatures around 52 to 61 with a low 52 earlier and a forecast of mostly cloudy skies across South Dakota Minnesota and Iowa. Projections include showers in southern areas tonight and cooler conditions in eastern portions while extreme northeast offers warmth and northwest cooler trends.
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Dakota
Minnesota
Weather and road report for South Dakota cities
Sioux Falls shows high 82 with overcast and no rain. Mitchell mid 50s to 60s with clear roads. Huron upper 50s to mid 80s with trace rain and partly cloudy skies. Yankton mid 50s with partly cloudy conditions. Aberdeen low 50s to 60s with trace rain and cloudy. Rapid City upper 40s to mid 50s with rain traces and cloudy. Pierre near 60 with cloudy skies and trace rain.
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Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Huron
Yankton
Aberdeen
Rapid City
Pierre
Huronian Begins Globe Tour Across Europe
The Huronian starts a world tour moving from Genoa to Nice then Switzerland visiting Geneva and Lucerne. The journey continues to Germany with Heidelberg, a Rhine cruise to Cologne and visits to Amsterdam and Brussels before returning to France for a three day stay in Paris.
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Genoa
Nice
Monte Carlo
Switzerland
Geneva
Lucerne
Germany
Heidelberg
Rhine
Barr
Cologne
Amsterdam
Holland
Brussels
Belgium
France
Paris
Barr Plans Irish Journey Before Returning to New York
Mr Barr travels from London to Edinburgh then to Ireland visiting Dublin Limerick Killarney and Carl seeking a distant ancestral tree site. He sails from Queenstown aboard the President Harding on March 25 to New York and expects to enjoy companionship with his son during the trip.
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London
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ireland
Barr
Dublin
Limerick
Killarney
Carl
Queenstown
Parr
Harding
New York
Ms. Burr
Jolson Star Of New All Talking Picture Say It With Songs
Al Jolson stands unique in entertainment with a solo art in Say It With Songs. The latest all talking and singing film shows at the Huron Theater tonight and through Thursday with continuous daytime reels resuming at 1 p.m.
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Jolson
Chaplin
Chaliapin
Raquel Meller
New York Evening Post
al Jolson
Huron Theater
World traveler vows return to old engines after voyage
A seasoned round the world traveler says he will climb back into one of the old engines when he returns and may even operate one in Europe if permitted.
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Europe
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