Local Notes From Late County Community
Chet asks about the rain while hogs are sold at Yale on Monday. Sam Birks digs on his land south of town. George Davenport Jake Weakly George Foster and others fished at the lake last week. John Opsahl lost his mustache last week. A funeral trip to Bridgewater to Miss Susana Glanzer’s service involved P G Glanzer Rev Kleinsasser Mr and Mrs Jos J Wipf Mike Glanzer and others. Journal World Spirit collector visited town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet
Hanna
Yale
Sam Birks
George Davenport
Jake Weakly
George Foster
John Opsahl
John
P. G. Glanzer
Kleinsasser
Jos
J. Wipf
Mike Glanzer
Bridgewater
Susana Glanzer
Local Visits and Travel Mentioned in Citizens Notes
Mr and Mrs Brandt drove to Artesian on business Tuesday. Mrs Ed Fritz visited at Mrs H J Kopplins home Tuesday. Wm Kopplin of Prairie Place Miss A Kopplin visited with Miss Seana Brant last Thursday. Miss Brant sews for Miss Kopplin this week. Mr and Mrs Henry Hien left Tuesday for Madison to attend to the serious illness of his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kopplin
Seana Brant
Miss Brant
Miss Kopplin
Henry Hien
Madison
Local Social Notes Highlight Town Visits and Events
Mr. Schmall fenced a small pasture on the east side of town. E. T. Getchell of Huron visited Cavour. Miss Yordon spent Sunday with her mother near Manchester. Many from Cavour attended a Yale dance Monday night. A Home Guardians dancing party Friday evening drew a large crowd. Joe DeBusche moved a farm into town for a barn. Orville Leer mixed business with a 15 mile trip in Sanborn County Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Schmall
E. T. Getchell
Huron
Cavour
Miss Yordon
Manchester
Yale
Home Guardians
Joe DeBusche
Cavour Community Notes On Building Projects And Local Tales
Lee Werhans new house rises as L C Gathman lays cement. George Nelson paints the Clarion in a building near Lake Byron amid school news, visitors, and a planned new ball diamond. Fire damages a Yale home while residents host relatives and plan park land and ball diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Werhans
L. C. Gathman
George Nelson
Cavour
The
Clarion
Lake Byron
John Kieinsasser
New Sleeping Car Service Between Winona and Milwaukee
Northwestern Line introduces daily through Pullman sleeping car service between Winona and Milwaukee starting May 18. Depart Winona 9 40 p m arriving Milwaukee 7 45 a m. return Milwaukee 7 45 p m arriving Winona 7 00 a m. Connections at Winona to Mankato. dining car between Winona and Sleepy Eye. Tickets and details from agent locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Milwaukee
Northwestern
Pullman
Mankato
Sleepy Hye
State finances show 1907 assets and 1909 projections
The document outlines total real estate and personal property values for 1907 at 259,236,851 and projects 300,000,000 by 1908. It analyzes appropriations, unexpended balances from 1901-1907, anticipated 1909 funding, and notes a required 2 or 3 mill state levy to cover running expenses while addressing a deficit from prior administrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabe Beaks
Crawford
GA R Special Orders for May 20 1908 Memorial Service
Kilpatrick Post No 4 announces all members must report at the hall Sunday at 2 30 p m to attend a memorial sermon at the Presbyterian church at 3 p m Rev J P Anderson will deliver the sermon and lead the service at the church.
Opened lands reshape Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations
A proposed "T" shaped opening would take thirty mile by fifteen mile strips from the Cherry Creek country and cut the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations roughly in half. The tract would include Schnasse county and parts of Dewey Armstrong Boreman Mortons counties, with portions of Cannon Ball Moreau and Grand river valleys, opening better settlement ground within the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock Reservations
Cherry Creek
Cheyenne River Reservation
Standing Rock Reservation
Missouri River
le Beau
Schnasse County
Dewey
Armstrong
Boreman
South Dakota
Mortons County
North Dakota
Moreau
License Vote Stands In Hanson County Contest
Judge Smith in the circuit court denied jurisdiction in a liquor license contest arising in Edgertown township Hanson county. The license carried by one or two votes and a suit sought a court recount of spring election ballots. Attorneys for the township demurred claiming no law authorizes such a contest and the court sustained the demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Circuit Court
Edgertown
Hanson County
Squatters Take Most Open Lands on Reservation Opening
When the Indian reservation between the river and the Black Hills opened to settlement, a strip a township long was reserved for an Indian road to the old agency. On first filing day squatters who had lived on the land for years occupied nearly all lands worth filing, since the agency buildings moved to the new location opposite Forest City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Forest City
James M. Woods Former Rapid City Mayor Dies at 72
James M. Woods a longtime Rapid City figure and former mayor from 1892 to 1895 died aged 72 from brain trouble. A Missouri native who moved to the Black Hills in 1876 he founded Minpeed Semesesce at Deadwood and served as Democratic national committeeman under President Cleveland leaving a widow and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Woods
Rapid City
Black Hills
Mr. Woods
Missouri
Nebraska City
Deadwood
Cleveland
Woods
Fiscal Year Bounty Funds Outlook and Shortage Indication
The department proposes an appropriation increasing from 10000 to 13000 to cover bounty claims at full value. The filed amount totals 9654, exceeding last year's claims by over 3000. This signals a likely shortage at the fiscal year end and ongoing payment risk.
Jury Unable to Agree in Libel Suit Trial
Joe Kirby sued W. T. La Foillette editor of the Mitchell Gazette for libel. The Sioux Falls trial ended with a hung jury after a campaign of disputed publications. The case aroused bitterness and the matter remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kirby
W. T. la Foillette
Mitchell Gazette
Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Girl Wins Sixth Annual Reclamation Contest
Miss Brownie G. Cashman of Sioux Falls won the sixth annual state high school Reclamation contest held in Yankton, topping competitors and earning statewide honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux
Land Rush Strains Rapid City Land Office
Demand for land in the central state overwhelms Rapid City office as 250000 acres taken up in April and 1537 total entries. Original entries number 1226 with desert land and homestead cases included. Office receives temporary extra help but must delay correspondence about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Furn Ie
United States Land Office
Winter wheat thriving in Pierre area field
Farmers near Pierre report a twenty acre winter wheat field sown last fall by W H Conrad in Dry Run has survived the winter and shows strong growth. If successful, the crop could replace spring plantings in that South Dakota region where winter varieties were once considered too experimental to justify the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
H. Conrad
South Dakota
Man Guilty Of Grand Larceny Sentenced In Pierre Court
Thorne of Faulkton pleaded guilty in circuit court at Pierre Ne man to grand larceny. He stole a typewriter from a law office in Pierre, traced to the Northwestern railroad baggage room, and the machine was recovered after a pickup in Van Met, with an officer escorting the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Neman Thorne
Faulkton
Thorne
Pierre
van Met
Scalpin fatality follows wagon accident in Worthing
Albert Gallup a Worthing farmer died in a Sioux Falls hospital from scalp injuries suffered when his team bolted and he was thrown from the wagon. The wheel’s recoil tore his scalp and caused additional injuries, authorities said after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gallup
Worthing
Sioux Falls
Child nearly burned alive by fire started by toddler
A Deadwood three year old Tillie Riley nearly died after playing with matches while her mother briefly stepped out. The child began massing flames before the mother returned and extinguished the fire, though burns spread to the arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Riley
Deadwood
South Dakota Divorces Draw Migrants Ahead of Election
Divorce applicants flock to South Dakota from around the world to take advantage of the state’s lenient law before the anticipated November vote to place migratory divorces on the statute books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
G A R Encampment Set for Hot Springs in June
The annual state encampment of the G overline A R will be held in Hot Springs on June 23 24 and 26 with active preparations to surpass all previous gatherings in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Three Parties Submit Petitions for Ballots
By law the close of the petition period expires with seventy five candidates filed across the Republicana Democratic and Socialist parties. The list will appear on ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republicana
Rivals Enjoin New Elevator Project in Legal Clash
Competing groups seek injunction over a proposed elevator project, arguing the plan violates laws and ordinances. Authorities review permits and zoning while the dispute unfolds in court, highlighting competing interests and potential delays.
Boy Killed by Lightning at Doland Area Barn
A storm lightning strike hit a barn owned by Fred Austin about nine miles southeast of Doland. The occupant was stunned by the bolt and killed, with authorities noting the fatal timing during the severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Austin
Doland
Mr. Antin
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Foot
Schultze & Co
Signal
Brand Union
Quality
Chase & Sanborn
Ghase & Sanborn Teas
Goffees
T. J. Harvey
Third St
Late County News
Journal-World-Spirit
Orville Leer
Sanborn Co
Thomas Costello
James Davis
Mr. Davis
Humboldt
Giles
Fred Gellerman
Alveys
Frank Greiner
Shoe Creek
A. A. Gabel
Will St. John
Ed. Scheneller
Iroquois
Frank Martin
Mr. Scheneller
Will Walsh
Eli Martin
Mrs. Martin
Robert Wilson
LORY
Insurance
Taylor
Pn Wong
Standing Rock
Cheyenne River Indians
REDS
Old Reservation Road
West County Fund Short
Work Floods Land Office
Farmer
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