Passenger and freight train schedules for different routes
The report lists daily and exception schedules for trains from the west and south including No. 1 Dakota passenger No. 5 Dakota passenger No. 15 Freight accommodation No. 502 Chicago Express No. 804 Chicago mail and passenger No. 2 Mail and Express and No. 27 Freight accommodation with specific daily and non daily runs and times such as 8:00 am 4:30 pm 2:50 pm and 6:10 pm.
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Dakota
Dakota Passenger
Chicago Express
Chicago Mail and Passenger
Mail and Express
Huron Ho
Aily
Minnesota
Dakota Wee Senger
UNG Ria
s _ Sc
Sund Seeries
Lek Sagunedes
Reise
Massacres and maladies dominate May 7 news flash
Reports claim a massacre of 9 000 Christians in European Turkey is false while 2000 sheep and 250 cattle aboard the Haverham Grange reach Cape Town with foot and mouth disease. Mrs Samuel F Smith dies in Newton Centre and Colonel Stanford dies in New York. The U S monitor Arkansas grounded at St Genevieve Missouri. Great Britain warns of a Monroe doctrine in the Persian Gulf and vows war if another power fortifies the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayquil
Ecuad
Turkey
United States
Arkansas
St. Genevieve
Samuel F. Smith
Dr. Smith
America
Newton Centre
Mass
Colonel Stanford
Leland M. Stanford
California
New York
Haversham Grange
Cape Town
Great Britain
Persian Gulf
England
French Fleet Division Sails For Salonica Move
A division of the French Mediterranean fleet has been ordered to sail for Salonica. At Nice Max Regis former mayor of Algiers wounded a German officer in a duel. The Poe manuscript The Bells sold at Philadelphia for 2100 dollars. London board of trade shows imports down 11988000 and exports down 1780500. Funeral services held in Washington for Bishop Hurst. Polk family member dies in New York from burns. Carnegie decorated with Order of Bolivar second class in Caracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonica
Nice
France
Max Regis
Algiers
Edgar Allen Poe
Philadelphia
London Board of Trade
John Fletcher Hurst
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
James K. Polk
New York City
Burns
Andrew Carnegie
Order of Bolivar
New York Herald
Caracas
Venezuela
Death of Wanga the Ugandan king and other tidings
The report notes the death of Wanga former king of Uganda on Saturday May 9. It mentions Detroit based Michigan Underwriting Company completing a peanut industry combine and a new discovery of explosives at Salonica and Maine. It records a fire at Bert Oak and a strike action by journeymen tailors in Buffalo nine months unresolved. It covers the UK House of Commons rejection of a trades dispute bill 246 to 221 and reports Colonel W H Dewey Idaho leader’s death in Nampa at age eighty leaving an estate valued at 1 250 000.
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Wanga
Uganda
Michigan
Detroit
Peanut Industries
Salonica
Maine
Treg
Buffalo
House of Commons
W. H. Dewey
Idaho
Nampa
New York
News Briefs From Across Areas
No Australia railroad strike end in sight. Scofield saw mill at West Superior Wisconsin burns, $75000 loss. Booth Tarkington faces serious typhoid fever in Indianapolis. Secretary Root orders immediate staff work. Mrs. Mary V Baker dies in Leavenworth Kansas. Wyoming rock miners win 10 percent wage increase. Police officer James P Howard and son George drown in Bronx incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scofield
West Superior
Wis
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
Root
Corbin
Mary V. Baker
United States
Lucien Baker
Leavenworth
Kan
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
James P. Howard
New York
George
Bronx Kills
Nicaragua weighs silver to gold standard shift
A May report notes Nicaragua debating a monetary shift from silver to gold. Separate items include Rock Island Frisco deal approval by railway directors, Kentucky suing Southern Pacific for taxes, wheat condition and acreage data, scarlet fever on the Columbia in Cob iock New York navy yard, and Dutch Belgian Venezuelan protocol talks with a June special Colombian congress session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Rock Island Railway System
Louisville
Kentucky
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Columbia
Cob Iock
New York Navy Yard
Netherlands
Belgium
Beaupre
United States
Colombia
Notable Obits and Events Across Cities and World
May 13 reports show Callao Peru plague rise and steel billet price denial. Richard Henry Stoddard dies in New York City. Secretary Shaw returns to Washington from Texas. A U S champion ship meet planned in Milwaukee September 8 and 9. German university students plan a June 21 pilgrimage to Bismarck’s grave. Judge M W Fitzgerald dies in Butte Montana. Van Sickle’s obituary note appears with unclear details.
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Callao
Peru
Richard Henry Stoddard
New York City
Shaw
Washington
Texas
Milwaukee
Germany
Bismarck
M. W. Fitzgerald
Butte, Mont
Oves van Sickle
Sagt
Corn Growth Transforms Hitchcock Region South Dakota
A Hitchcock corn buyer reports shipping about 60 000 dollars worth of corn to Eastern markets from local farmers. Once a wheat and stall grain area, the district now sees a major shift boosting stock shipments as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Wolf bounty appropriation splits taxes across eastern counties
The late legislative session approved a $30,000 wolf bounty appropriation with eastern counties bearing much of the tax. Counts show under $14,000 to western counties, $4,000 to river counties east of the Missouri, and the remainder to eastern counties, many represented. Insurance data indicate a surge in foreign reinsurance business, with higher risks written and net gains despite changes in premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mixworth
Insura
Insurance Commissioner
Artesian Well Drilling Near Plankinton Increases Water Supply
Four artesian well drilling machines work in the country near Plankinton sinking wells for farmers as fast as possible. The county already has many small artesian wells providing ample stock and farm water. When the new wells are finished Platte Creek will become a good sized river from the surplus flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plankinton
Platte Creek
Day County Gopher War Sparks Marksman Clubs Banquet Contest
Day county residents form two gun clubs to wage extermination of gophers amid heavy pest numbers. Clubs plan a banquet for the losing side funded by the winner. In Watertown, the Business Men's union raises 6,000 for permanent encampment grounds for the state sailitis at Lake Kampeskia under a winter legislative bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day County
Watertown
Business Men’s Union
Lake Kampeskia
Legislar
Sioux council to decide on Rosebud surplus lands use
A grand council of Sioux Indians from Rosebud Reservation will meet on a Friday to decide an important question about using surplus reservation lands as grazing grounds for white cattlemen. The event is described as the largest and most palous gathering in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebud
National Creamery Buttermakers Select Convention Site Applicants
Officers of the National Creamery Buttermakers Association plan to choose the convention site in mid month. Pending candidates include In., Sioux Falls and pated rt. The final choice will determine the location for next year’s annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Creamery Buttermakers’ Association
Pated Rt
Sioux Falls
Disease Among Sheep Alarms Hampton Farmers
Sheep owners near Hampton report a mysterious illness in flocks. Infected animals stop eating and exhibit severe neurological symptoms. Death typically occurs within two to three days of onset.
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Hampton
Cattle theft arrest ties man to Blacktail Gulch case
Ernest Millard was arrested in Spearfish for allegedly driving several cattle from Blacktail Gulch near Lead to his Chicken Creek ranch and branding them as his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Millard
Blacktail Gulch
Lead
Chicken Creek
Blackleg Appears in Local Herds Near Alexandria
Farmers around Alexandria report blackleg in herds. Arthur Balm has lost several head to the disease. Prompt steps are underway to prevent further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Arthur Balm
Moody County Coal Venture Incorporates At Trent
Moody county residents who found a coal vein organize a company under state law with capital of 500000 dollars. Headquarters are located at Trent as they proceed with development plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody County
Trent
Executive Committee Meeting Clears Lead for Congress Session
The executive committee of the American Mining Congress called a meeting for May 19 and 20 in Lead to finalize arrangements for the forthcoming congress session in Lead and Deadwood. Leaders plan venue, schedule, and participant roles for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Committee
The
American Mining Congress
Congress
Lead and
Deadwood
Special Reduced Excursion Rates Announced for Numerous Events
The Chicago and North Western Railway announces reduced excursion rates from all points for events including the Presbyterian General Assembly in Los Angeles May 21 to June 2 and other gatherings in Indianapolis Boston Saratoga Springs Denver Detroit Baltimore San Francisco and more. For rates and sale dates contact the Northwestern Line ticket agent.
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Chicago & North-Western
Presbyterian General Assembly
Los Angeles
Travellers’ Protective Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Modern Woodmen of America
National Educational Association
Boston
Mass
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
United Christian Endeavor
Denver
Epworth League
Detroit
Mich
Baltimore
San Francisco
Northwestern Line
Half Rates to Annual Meeting of German Baptist Brethren
Ex excursion tickets offered at one fare for round trip from June 1 with return allowed until June 6. Tickets available via Chicago and North Western Railway agents. Destination Bellefontaine Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine Ohio
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Local notices and visits from Huron and Pierre figures
Attorney H. B. Mouser argued motions in circuit court at Pierre on Tuesday. A youth born to Mr. and Mrs. Meade north of the city and a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Peters south of the city were reported. Notables including Colonel Stewart Major Dewell and Rev. T. M. Shanafelt traveled, while R. C. Gibbs updated his Dakota avenue confectionery with ice cream parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. 8
Mouser
Pierre
Frank Meade
Henry Peters
W. ‘Drake
Wessington
Huron
Mr. Drake
Beadle County
Colonel Stewart
Dewell
Watertown
Henry Schaller
Rochester
Schaller
Miss Schaller
Brookings
W. L. Cooke
T. M. Shanafelt
Elk Point
New York
The
Baptists
Michigan
T. Ayers
Lee
St. Paul
Ayers
R. C. Gibbs
Dakota Avenue
Mr. Gibbs
Mexico
Canada
J. A. Pickler
D. H. Latham
Frank Turner
Faulkton
A. W. Campbell
Aberdeen
Mandan
North Dakota
South Dakota
J. W. Brown
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Sioux Valley Junction
Redfield
L. H. Jones
Norther
Minnepolis
St. Pau
St. Paul Minneapollis
Menisom Watertown
Fargo
North
R. Ki
G. M
St. Pla
Hem
Pia
Pevenene
T. B. Hebert
Wolsey
N-W. Ry. Depot
M. J. Dinneen
Prop
M. C. Alford
Australia
Surance
Sioux
F. W. Bentley
Imperial Windmills
L. A. Melum
H. Longstaff
Masury
G. H. Longstaff
John Arnison
E. L. Spurling
South Dakota Wool Growers’ Association
M. F. Greeley
Gary
Geddes
Undertaker
Brownie Boy
Root Sells
Edicr Bros
Huron, S. D
Newton
Ang
West
3Rd St
Fosnaugh
Bickle
East Third St
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