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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1907
Page
3
The Butte State Savings Bank, a leading local institution with about 2.25 million in deposits and 1.2 million in savings, shuts after the Heinze brokerage collapse triggers a bank run. The event strikes largely at working people who held savings in the bank.
Aberdeen Lodge No. 98 A F and A M celebrated twenty five years founding with state grand lodge officers and past grand masters attending. Morning corner stone laid for new administration building at Northern Normal and Industrial school campus. Evening programs featured master Mason degree, addresses by Frank A. Brown S H Jumper and Dr HE McNutt, plus music from the Aberdeen orchestra and local quartet.
Thomas H. Brown, past grand master and first Dakotas grand master, delivered an historical address tracing the grand lodge of South Dakota from inception to today. Geo. A. Pettigrew, grand secretary, spoke on relations with other grand lodges. Several past masters offered brief remarks.
Mrs Carrie M Matthews has acquired Emma Russell s trick properties on J street adjoining the American National and W J Toda Cash Dry Goods Co building. The Ram say Furniture Co and Fair Store may move to larger quarters as the Matthews buyout positions them for expansion. The Ram say Furniture Co already outgrows present space and may occupy new Conners buildings after remodeling. Spearfish Mail.
Inspector General Ebwell is making a brief stop at the national sanitarium in Hot Springs South Dakota to study the functioning of the mammoth institution. Captain Henry E Palmer, local manager, is returning to Omaha tonight after handling official duties.
Thomas Ryan will retire as first assistant secretary of the interior after nearly eleven years in office due to impaired health. Frank Pierce of Salt Lake City, Utah, will succeed him, per an announcement by Secretary Garfield. Ryan previously served as minister to Mexico and hails from Kansas.
In Pierre on October 18 prisoners assigned to street cleanup refused to work and declared a strike organized by inmates. After failed persuasion they were returned to the city jail where they are kept on a strictly supervised diet until they agree to return to labor with proper meals.
Boise Idaho October 18 The Pettibone trio charged with complicity in the assassination of former Governor Steunenberg had their trial postponed to October 2 Judge Wood cited the defendant’s poor health as the reason and the defense asked for a brief delay while the Associated War agreed to the pause.
Pierre South Dakota October 18 Some of the first fifty who will be allowed to file on Lower Brule claims are already examining the land to pick their selections. Others living farther away will have little time to reach the site after notification and must file largely on faith.
Fontanet Ind Oct 19 thirty eight killed and about six hundred injured with fifty seriously hurt and property loss around seven hundred fifty thousand dollars from a Dupont Powder mills explosion. Investigations point to a hot box shafting spark as the likely cause. Troops patrol the town under martial law as coroner and state officials probe the incident. Alfred Dupont, vice president, cancelled travel and sent five thousand dollars for relief. He left for Fontanet to supervise the work.
Chas H. Morris superintendent and owner of the Enterprise coal mines and Iowa Coal Operators' president was shot twice by J. C. Cain a restaurant owner after Cain had been arrested on Morris bootlegging charges. Cain fled as deputies pursued him. a special train on scene to aid Morris and Johnson.
In towns between Huron and Pierre, many men now worth 150 000 to 200 000 dollars could not secure credit years ago. They have risen to banking, large industry leadership, and land speculation by holding government land and selling ore as prices rose.
In Gregory on the Rosebud Reserve a mastodon skeleton was uncovered during road work to the new water works site. Workers removed a tusk seven feet long and four inches in diameter and a complete jaw with teeth, finding a two inch tooth length. A second jaw was intact, suggesting a fine specimen.
Pierre Dakota Capital receives first regular Sunday mail and passenger service since 1889, starting this Sunday afternoon and to continue as a regular service.
A Georgia soldier returned from the Civil War deafened by a minor wound and was killed by his father on arrival at the family plantation. The father fired thinking a straggler approached, striking the son through the heart. The son was laid to rest wrapped in the flag, a funeral unmatched in the region.
Scientists at the Weather Bureau in Washington explain hail forms through electrical charges in clouds. A long winded cloud strip forms, snow particles become charged, water films freeze, and hailstones grow by alternating layers of snow and ice until gravity sends them to the ground.
A duchess enters a shop and is treated as casually as a milliner. Spaniards value restraint and social rank, so a duchess would not parade her coronet at a shop. If she flaunted it, shop staff would deem it vulgar and insolent.
A diary page dated November 5th 1775 documents a curious cash entry. The handwritten note by John Smith acknowledges payment for a red hair color item and a velvet cap, reflecting archaic spelling and gift-like framing of a mundane expense.
An offbeat excerpt from Harper's Weekly features a banter about breaking gravity law with Autolst figures and a hill top chase. The dialogue hints at a science fiction tone and comic misunderstanding of physics.
The State Railway Commission met in Rapid City to hear eight west of river freight rate cases. Representatives from Burlington Northern, Northwestern, and Crouch Lines argued over proposed changes. The commission adjourned after hearing witnesses and will issue a decision later.
D I Woods, veteran Nebraska newspaper man formerly with the Honesteel Pilot, has purchased a half interest in the Pierre Leader and moved to Pierre to join active management. The notice mentions silk goods display at the Lead Racket Store in Lead, led by proprietor E E Blowlid.
Reports from Baghdad describe open shop fronts and plentiful meat in the bazaars yet dogs refrain from foraging for food until a Persian muleteer tips the balance by spilling water and venison. The river city holds miasma yet remains relatively healthy for its climate, aided by scavenging dogs.
The piece describes Arctic cotton as a striking but decorative bloom found in Alaska’s tundra from June to August. It notes the fiber is short and silk like, offering potential for an Alaskan industry, while detailing the vibrant summer flora including larkspur, blue bells, monk's head, primroses, asters, and rhododendrons in a sunlit, hill‑hung landscape.
London Notes and Queries argues against the term Christian name as it unjustly presumes Christian identity. It cites praenomen and prenomen from Latin and French origins and notes Jewish and Roman naming distinctions to show the term mislabels personal names and blends faith with identity.
A Philadelphia Press note cites Mrs Cailey as the source of fiction that seems improbable yet resonates with readers. The remark suggests she draws on the excuses her husband supplies when he returns late at night.
A distorted regional clipping recounts a plea scene where a mother instructs Uncle Ben the coachman to drown many kittens but keep Mary unaware. The fragment hints at a sorrowful, possibly criminal motive with emotional distress and a doomed outcome.
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