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Newspaper
Lemmon The State Line Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
2
Report of heavy maritime losses in the Orient region with numerous vessels sunk and significant fatalities. Fragmentary text mentions ships, routes, and rescue attempts, linking to a broader wartime or disaster chronology.
The readable text presents jumbled phrases and names without coherent events. It mentions individuals, dates, and items in a disordered stream that obscures a definite incident or notice.
Fragmentary OCR describes a violent event with a shooter firing at a woman and later at Goldberg. Four rounds hit the male subject as he returned fire. the sequence ends with the victims bleeding and collapsing.
A witness testified that Morley taunted the victim and the events that followed remain unclear as the shooting occurred after the confrontation. The case centers on Morley and the fatal incident.
Samuel Gompers outlines AFL strategy to win recognition by pressuring every corporation employee to join the union. He portrays labor plans as a broader fight against the alleged power of the United States Steel Corporation and its allies, urging firm action and nationwide pressure.
General Leonard Wood is designated as the next chief of staff of the Army, with a formal appointment by the War Department. The selection by Secretary of War Dickinson places General Wood atop the Army, succeeding General J. Franklin Bell, who will retire next spring.
In Stans City Indiana Pred Peterson also known as Pred Cholts shot his wife as she prepared to leave. He then turned the weapon on himself ending both their lives in a critical condition. Police report the woman had been packing and a Volleznan protective measure was used. The filing names suggest a complex domestic incident with unclear marital status.
Twenty four workers facing charges of disorderly conduct were sentenced to up to thirty days in jail after a hearing. The group had been arrested near a mill during a protest claiming their right to stay. Mayor Lark ruled any loitering near the mill constituted disorderly conduct. Severe winter weather disrupts trains and streetcar service across Kansas.
Washington grants promise of separate statehood for New Mexico and Arizona this session with the caveat that their constitutions avoid any Oklahoma style features Taft approval hinges on a constitutional draft free of specified objections Hamilton of Michigan leads the effort, saying the bill mirrors the president’s recommendations. If the convention fails, a new one must be called within twenty days.
A bill by Representative Tawney of Minnesota calls for extensive Mississippi River improvements from St. Paul to St. Louis. It authorizes spending up to 2 million dollars initially with a planned total of about 20.09 million, funded by future appropriations and wartime authority adjustments as needed.
Assistant Secretary Winehrap of the navy department urged expanding the naval militia from 6 200 to 10 000 and placing it on par with the land militia. He sought an extra 25 000 beyond the department’s 110 000 estimate, arguing naval militiamen should be sea ready in wartime, aligning with a Foss bill the committee favored in the last Congress.
Washington reports the senate judiciary committee voted to report favorably the nomination of Judge Horace H. Lurton to be an associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Some members noted age concerns about Judge Sutton but no general opposition or criticism emerged.
Washington The Esch bill requiring common carriers to report all interstate and foreign accidents to the interstate commerce commission was called up and passed after lengthy consideration. Sioux Falls The jury found Charles Redford not guilty of murder after a disputed late night incident involving Hurd and Redford’s family.
In Chicago on December 16 two masked men robbed a West Side saloon. They forced patrons to the wall, pistol whipped the proprietor and his two sons, and escaped with about 830 in cash and two watches. The robbers fled as cries for help rose from the saloon.
London reports militant suffragists vow to obstruct the general election with various tactics. Protesters claim strong resources and aim to disrupt polling while police prepare for clashes and security measures. In other news, Paul Fournier is acquitted of murder. fires force Governor Brown from bed in Georgia.
Robbers dynamited entry into Daoll Oklahoma after cutting wires and stole $150 from Paoli bank clerks. Police pursued as residents joined the chase.
Minneapolis wheat quotes for December show No 1 Northern around 1.12 dollars, No 2 Northern near 1.10, and futures for December to May fluctuating. Duluth wheat and flax bids list on track and to arrive prices, with flax around 1.9 dollars. St Paul cattle and hogs range from 4.25 to 6.75, with sheep at 6.25 to 7.10. Chicago livestock markets show cattle mixed and hogs around 6.00 to 7.85, with lambs up to 8.36. Butter and poultry prices noted.
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