Minor Happenings From Many States Across The Plains
The report lists accidents and incidents from Aberdeen S D Ogilvie Grove Iowa to St Paul Minnesota with injuries deaths and legal actions. Notable items include a 30 foot fall causing a concussion, a 50 foot fall resulting in a death, a runaway accident fatality, a life sentence for Omhar Huff, a found body from a shipwreck, and various legal and civic notes across towns like Mankato Oskaloosa Aitkin Pierre New Ulm Belle Fourche and Grand Forks.
Pile driver uncovers dynamite under river bridge
Yankton South Dakota June 7 A pile driver found eight sticks of dynamite a bundle of fuses a cap box and a revolver wrapped in a cheap grip beneath a Great Northern bridge over Rhine creek The gear was water soaked and believed hidden for years by a crewmember The obstruction halted the pile driver led to discovery by a worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Great Northern
Rhine Creek
Great Northern Road
Minnesota and Northwest armed posses hunt murder suspect Kad elbach
Citizen posses and detectives hunt George Kadelbach after a written confession claims he murdered his sister in law Katherine McCart and hid her body near Longlake in Hennepin County. Police believe the confession is a ruse and continue a wide manhunt in Minnesota and along the river with searches in Longlake woods and St Paul Minneapolis areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
George Kadelbach
Kadelbach
Catherine McCart
Longlake
Hennepin County
Henry Classon
Delano
Brother Henry
Katie
Henry
Lizzie
Maple Plain Bank
Hell
St. Paul
Postmaster A F Hill Dies in Despondent Act
Grand Forks North Dakota June 7 Despondent over ill health and being found 31000 short in his accounts by a government inspector post master A F Hill committed suicide at Cando Police report.
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Grand Forks
N. D
A. F. Hill
Cando
Man Crushed After Train Collision Near Menominee
John B. McCloud of Menominee was struck by a passenger train at Bagey Junction while walking along the St. Paul railroad tracks. He was thrown fifty feet and both legs were crushed.
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Menominee
Mich
St. Paul
John B. McCloud
Bagey Junction
First speed law arrest in Sheboygan driver Otto Reiss
The first arrest for violating the new speed law was made in Sheboygan when Otto Reiss, driver of a large touring car, was cited for fast driving. He paid a $10 fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Otto Reiss
If Every Man Has His Price Then Others Seek It
A concise maxim suggests that while each man fixes a price for his services, others pursue the same goal for gain, framing a commentary on incentive and value in human affairs.
Detective Crandall Arrested in Trail of Damaged Rails
Fort Dodge Iowa June 7 S S Crandall amateur detective arrested by Special Officers Stark and Gaton after he allegedly aided in a plot to blame others for tying Northwestern line rails near Linberg May 17 and 22. He admitted damaging admissions during interrogation and was jailed as investigators pursue his links to related crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa
S. S. Crandall
RE. E. Stark
G. A. Gaton
Linberg
Chicago
Crandall
Dayton
Webster Detective Agency
Des Moines
Stark
Bank Teller Charged with $5,000 Embezzlement
Philip W. Kempien a former Capital National bank teller in St Paul faces a charge of embezzling about $5,000. President John R. Mitchell says the shortage is fully covered by a bond with National Surety. Kempien was arrested in Seattle after registering as P W Keerstens of Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
National Surety Company
Kempten
Seattle
P. W. Keerstens
Spokane
Scratch Causes Death Of Boy In Michigan
Emil Friedlund a 14 year old from Stambaugh died after a scratch from his own fingernail led to blood poisoning following a horse accident. The horse panicked by a barking dog and trampled him, inflicting a severe ankle bruise. The injury worsened and the boy endured intense pain before death. He supported a family of young children.
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Iron River
Mich
Emil Friedlund
Stambaugh
Man Davis Found Dead in Hackett Island Cabin
A man named Davis, formerly a schoolteacher on the Canadian side of Lake of the Woods, was found dead in a cabin on Hackett Island by the cook aboard Capt. Beaudro's boat.
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Spooner, Minn
Davis
Hackett Island
Lake of the Woods
Cook
Beaudro
Boiler blast wounds Milwaukee fireman at gas plant
A boiler exploded at the Milwaukee Gas and Coke plant on Wednesday night destroying the boiler and causing serious burns to fireman Ernst Zeski. He was badly scalded and his prognosis was doubtful.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Gas and Coke Company
Ernst Zeski
Bemidji Postmaster Salary Raised by $200 Next Year
Bemidji Minnesota June 7 G E Carson postmaster reports Washington authorities have raised the Bemidji postmaster salary by 200 annually making the new head of the local office pay 2400 starting July 1 The raise reflects growth in the city’s postal needs and service demand.
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Bemidji, Minn
G. E. Carson
Bemidji
Washington
Tailor Is Missing Milwaukee Man Disappears
Milwaukee Frank W. Lyon a tailor of twelve years vanished after saying he would go to Chicago to collect bills His liabilities are about 10000 and assets about 1000 Babel Bros woolen merchants took charge of Lyon stock Bubel Brothers are his heaviest creditors The Fidelity Trust Company Wells Building is trustee for Bubel Brothers
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank W. Lyon
Milwaukee Street
Lyon
Mornig
Chicago
Babel Bros
Bubel Brothers
Fidelity Trust Company
Wells Building
New Traffic Record Through Sault Ste Marie Canals
Sault Ste Marie reports a record month with vessels locking through totaling over 7.8 million net tons of freight. This eclipses the previous canal record set in July of the prior year and surpasses all fifty one years of operation despite ice fields and heavy snows.
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Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Pride and Shame in Newspaper Births
A quip notes the pride of a mother in print when called mother of Miss So and So and the sting for a man making his first newspaper appearance as his son's father.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duffy
Sawtelle
Harry Holman Hall
Colburn
Eddie Sawyer
Herman Lafluer
Aberdeen
S. D
Ray Bradford
Ogile Grove
Walters Farm
Here
Duluth
Peter Polinskiy
Oskaloosa
Ila
Cora Wheattdey
Mankato
Aberdeen, S. D
Omhar Huff
Adolph Welsh
McCoy
James Jacques
Monarch
St. Louis
Johnson R. Morris
United States District Court
St. Paul, Minn
Marie Mohaupt
Ewe Mohaupt
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Menominee, Mich
St. Sem
Ed Mabarg
Embina
Aitkin, Minn
Aitkin
Ilinois
New Ulm
A. Klause
Zdunskawola
Russian Poland
Gustav Klause
Albert Klause
Webster City
M. N. Campbell
Little Falls
Theodore Wickerski
Gertrude Ruffel
Armour
Sheriff Kaufmann
Pine City
Island
Pokegama Lake
Mondovi
Bear Creek
Long Prairie
Browerville
O. H. Boyeson
Bowman County
Burke
Irving Wren
Eagle Grove
George Wendall
Minnesota State Music Teachers’ Association
Central Presbyterian Church
Sparta
James Schwebach
la Crosse
Minnesota
Northwest
Matty
Philip Kempien
Scratch
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