Northern Butte County land district change sparks petitions
Aberdeen lawyers push to move the north half of Butte county from the Rapid City land district to Aberdeen. Local leaders, led by George E. Lemmon, counter with calls for a new Lemmon land office if a division occurs. Observers note travel distances and costs, and warn against opening new offices while government favors consolidating districts.
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Butte County
Rapid City Land Office
Aberdeen
Rapid City
George E. Lemmon
Lemmon
Milwaukee
Land District Division
Belle Fourche
United States
Watertown
Pierre
Missouri River
Butte Lounty
Rapid Journal
Woman on Trial Relates Affair with Ex Senator Brown
Mrs Annie Bradley, on trial for Brown murder in Washington, recounts how a distant acquaintance with ex Senator Brown deepened into illicit love and promises of marriage. She describes pledges, his false wife claim, three arrests for adultery, and a coded letters relationship as court hears emotional testimony and reactions from spectators.
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Senator Brown
Washington
DD. C
Annie M., Bradley
United State
Brown
Bradley
Washington, D. C
Anna Bradley
Utah
Rev. Utter
Idaho
Woman Chases Thief Two Blocks to Regain Stolen Money
Mrs Mary French of 3195 Colfax Avenue chased a thief from Gaylord and Colfax to Oak Street, forcing him to return a pocketbook containing a check for 635 and $6 in cash. She seized the robber after a brief pursuit, declaring she would hold him for police.
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Menner
Mary Jrrench
Colfax Avenue
Saint Colfax
Oak Street
French
Ethel A Rowett Weds Clarence E Sargent at Alkali Home
A wedding ceremony was held Wednesday evening at the Alkali home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Rowett for Ethel A Rowett and Clarence E Sargent. Rev Carroll D Erskine officiated. Miss Sybel Trethewey was maid of honor and Laurence Sargent was best man. The couple received a wedding luncheon and many gifts. Attendants included relatives from Lead Hot Springs Fort Washakie and Sturgis Record reports.
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H. A. Sargent
Hot Springs
Emma Welsh
Fort Washaki Wyo
Joseph Trethewey
Sybil
May
Will
John
Lead
Trethewey
Sturgis
Gettysburg Paper Sold to DeLines in Local Paper Change
Sixty year old Potte County News in Gettysburg changes hands as editors I. B. and M. L. Patterson sell to W. T. and D. I. DeLine. The sale stems from Mrs Patterson’s failing health. The News remains a pioneer local publication.
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Gettysburg
Sioux Falls
S. D
IF. B
M. L. Patterson
Potte County
W. T
D. I. DeLine
Famine Threat Looms in Lapland as Rains Ravage Crops
In Lapland districts Ves Tornnland and Vesterbotten, heavy rains ruin harvests. Officials report barley yields collapse to 54 kilograms per barrel instead of 12, bread made from it is nearly worthless, and dairy cows must be slaughtered to avert starvation.
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Lapland
Stockholm
Vesternorrland
Vesterbotten
Fatal Hunting Accident Claims Two 11-Year-Old Boys
The Sturgis Record reports a fatal hunting accident near Sturgis last Friday afternoon. Herbert Rumpf and his cousin Frank Whitman, both 11, were in timber south of town when Whitman fired at a chipmunk behind a wood pile. Rumpf was struck through the heart and later died. Funerals were held Sunday at Bear Butte cemetery with community sympathy expressed.
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Sturgis
Herbert Rumpf
Frang Whitman
Young Whitman
Whitman
Rumpf
Frank
Bear Butte
Governor Post Arrives from San Juan Denies Washington summons
Gov Post of Porto Rico arrived from San Juan and will proceed to Washington. He denied being summoned by the president to explain changes in his administration.
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Post
New York
Navy
Porto Rico
San Juan
Washington
Mystic Pickings Personal Happenings and Local News
Mystic woke Tuesday to a house fire at Mr Frink’s five room home caused by a bedroom stove. Neighbors saved most of the structure, with losses around 300 dollars. Residents and visitors from Mystic and nearby towns are noted, including trips to Saginaw camp and engagements at dances and gatherings.
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Aepinges Mos
Mystic
Frink
T. J. Ormsby
Helen
Seattle
J. E. Sweet
Saginaw Camp
Custer
Charles Andrewson
Davis
Grand Island
Claude Garlick
Rapid City
Mystic Huating
John Sanford
D. Bunnell
Grace Closson
Rochford
Bessie Sweet
H. T. Clark
Saginaw
H. BD. Dibble
Deadwood
Hazel Barker
Englewood
H. D. Ernst
McLellan
Mr. Clark
Hazel
Wisconsin
Clark
IH. L. Pitts
L. D. Fitts
John Wise
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Thompson
Burlington
Edgemont
Crouch
Banks in Billings Cash Rich as Montana Stores Wealth
A Miner dispatch from Billings reports that local banks have cleared all clearing house certificates and hold ample cash for business. Settlement and stock shipments boosted reserves to their highest in years, with Billings as Montana’s main stock shipping point. Banks statewide are declared by the bank examiner to be in top condition.
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Butte
Mont
Billings
Montana
Plumber W D Lyon Drowned at Lake Byron
W D Lyon of Rand and Lyon plumbers was drowned at Lake Byron near Huron S D on November 22 age about 22. He and companions were hunting a wounded goose on the ice when Lyon fell into an airhole and could not be rescued. remains not recovered.
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Huron
S. D
W. D. Lyon
Rand & Lyon
Lake Byron
Gored By Bull Near Rapid City Ranch
Henry Lange of Blackhawk road about three miles from Rapid City was badly injured when a bull gored him at his ranch seven miles from the city. He was branding calves when the bull turned and struck him with its horn, breaking a rib and left collar bone and causing extensive bruises.
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Rapid City
Henry Lange
Blackhawk Road
Mr. Lange
Nation approves a sad accident relief measures
President Roosevelt receives widespread commendation for the administration’s financial relief actions. Certificates of indebtedness spark demand as bank runs ease and deposits stabilize. Congress leaders briefed by mail and in person. next session seen to launch fiscal legislation. In a separate campus tragedy, Anna Johnson, a Howard freshman, falls thirty-five feet escaping from a rope made of lace curtains, suffering critical injuries.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
New York
Chicago
White House
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Buffalo
Treasury
Congress
House of Representatives
Vermillion
East Hall
State University
Anna Johnson
Hioward
Woodman Hall
Johnson
Miss Johnson
Gault
Taft to sail home delaying European visits
Secretary Taft plans to depart St Petersburg December 5 on the way to Hamburg and sail to New York December 7 on the President Grant. He will skip visits to Paris and Berlin due to pressing work at home and the need to hurry home from the Far East.
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Taft
Hamburger
Hamburg
New York
Hamsburg-American Line
President Grant
Paris
Vladivostok
Berlin
Far East
St. Petersburg
State Regents Pick Eureka Land for Experimental Farm
South Dakota officials select a Eureka adjacent tract in McPherson County as one of three state experimental farms. Eureka merchants donate four miles of fencing and 80 acres to be broken free of charge. Two other farms will be placed west of the Missouri River in Butte or Meade counties and Lyman or Stanley counties. The farms become sub stations under the state board of regents and the Brookings Agricultural College. Revenue supports the state school fund.
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Sioux Falls
State Board of Regents of Education
Eureka
McPherson County
Missouri River
Butte County
Meade County
Lyman
Stanley County
State Board of Regents
State Agricultural College
Brookings
Te State
Taft Leaves Vladivostok for St Petersburg in Safety Escort
Secretary Taft and his party departed Vladivostok at 2 o'clock for St Petersburg. He was escorted to the train by a large group of naval and military officers as rigid safety precautions were imposed by government order.
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Vladivostok
Taft
St. Petersburg
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Josephine Tighe
Mrs. Bradley
Mrs. Adams
Gubiovibe
Billings Bank
Nny City
U. S
Foreign Office
Emperor William
England
Mr. Taft
City
Missouri
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