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Newspaper
Huron Weekly World
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
8
Bank of Springfield vault and safe demolished by nitroglycerin as cracksmen steal 5200 dollars, nearly all cash on hand. Two explosions heard. thieves flee toward Nebraska after escaping with the money. Prior to Springfield they stole Dr. Greenfield’s team from Avon, twenty miles away.
Census data shows 3 441 people over ten years old listed as illiterate in the state. Including 4 402 marked unknown, the illiterate total is 1.2 percent of the population, refined to 1.9 percent by Superintendent Robinson. Among the illiterate 1 982 are males and 1 959 females, with most cases among older residents and only 954 aged ten to seventeen.
A prairie fire twenty five miles southwest of Miller burned 500 bushels of wheat and abundant hay. Much grazing land was burned as well. Poor help this season left many firebreaks abandoned, now overgrown with weeds and grass, creating high fire danger this fall. Fires are reportedly set by railway engines threshing engines and travelers who stop to cook roadside meals.
Edward B. Kelley of South Dakota is appointed agent at Rosebud Indian Agency to replace Charles E. McChesney, who becomes special agent of the Indian bureau. The move ends months of contention with the South Dakota delegation opposing McChesney’s reappointment at Rosebud last winter.
A spark from a railroad engine under high wind started a prairie fire northwest of Bath. It burned a four mile by half mile strip before 100 men with teams plows and wet sacks stopped it. The blaze was halted by a forty acre field of green flax stubble. hundreds of tons of hay burned.
Alarm spreads as corn in cribs and granaries shows damage from an unknown pest. The newly discovered pest is unfamiliar to farmers who cannot identify it yet. Also reported, Mrs. W F Lawrence, aged nineteen, died by poison after a brief marriage to Yankton cattle buyer.
Despite large attendance at the state fair, the state board of agriculture informs State Auditor Halladay of a premium payment shortfall of 3740.75 dollars and requests a state appropriation of 3000 dollars to help meet payments.
A fire at the William Waddell ranch near the Moreau river destroyed several barns and sheds. Reports say a small rifle shot aimed at a snake in the manger caused the blaze, with Waddell implicated in the incident.
John Hickson, a pioneer resident of Sioux Falls, died of consumption after a lung illness developed about two years earlier. He spent several months before his death living in a tent on a farm near East Sioux Falls in hopes of gaining relief from outdoor life.
The army in Hawaii will grow from two companies to a full infantry battalion. Dock laborers in Russia strike again for higher wages and shorter hours, halting work on foreign ships. Miss Kathryn Kidder, famed stage star, quietly marries Louis K. Anspacher, PhD, of Columbia University. Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall advocates a strong municipal ownership plank for the Democratic county platform this fall. Frank Hope, 59, with 39 years in prison, pleads guilty in Chicago to swindling and is sentenced to ten years.
Senor Carlos Walker Martinez dies in San tiago Chile. Professor Behring of Paris reports a cure for tuberculosis. Germany sees no new cholera cases and few hospital convalescents. An appendectomy on August Belmont in New York is successful. Grand Trunk strike threat involves 200 workers. Rockefeller plans a infant incubator home for Cleveland Humane Society. Henry H. Shedd, ex speaker and four-year lieutenant governor, dies in Ashland Nebraska. Philippine storm toll exceeds 200 natives and 25 foreigners. Mrs E B Rand leaves 200000 for a socialist school. Forgery indictment against Henry A Leonard for $359 in New York.
W Y Wilcox of Iowa is named pension agent at Des Moines. Professor Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, noted geographer, dies in Berlin born 1823. Schwab may move to Nevada to seek U S Senate seat. Venezuelan government orders artillery from Crusot works France. Steamer St Louis bound for New York carries 1700 dollars in gold.
Report notes Jerry Simpson's health shows a slight change for the worse. In Indiana, ex-judge Joseph S. Dailey dies of apoplexy at age fifty nine. The U S Supreme Court opens term 1905 1906 with full bench. Ella Hale of Omaha shoots burglar in her bedroom. Whitier and Lowell named for New York University hall of fame. Portland exposition nears close after a successful run.
Gebhard Wilrich of Wisconsin has been appointed American consul at St John New Brunswick. The Presbyterian synod of Wisconsin met in La Crosse with 170 delegates. Cooper Exchange bank of New York City, an East Side state institution, was closed by the state banking department. William R Hearst released a letter accepting the Municipal Ownership league nomination for New York mayor. Admiral Saso Japanese naval inspector general of construction is dead with widespread mourning in naval circles.
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