Fortune Hidden in Wardrobe Found by Dealer
Aberdeen South Dakota April 7 Peter Greenstein stored 1000 dollars in an old wardrobe when selling his house to keep it safe near sight. A second hand dealer and a farmer both seek to buy the wardrobe for eight to nine dollars. The dealer opened drawers and found a wrapped bundle of bills, bringing a rush of excitement as Greenstein and his daughter claimed the money for banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Peter Greenstein
Greenstein
R. Ray
Remarkable Spring Weather Boosts Local Farmers
In Yankton South Dakota April 7 a warm spell after last fall snows left farmers with corn in good shape for market and ready for seeding. March dryness helped harden corn already in the bin. The county reports twenty eight births ten deaths and twelve marriages for the month with most deaths among elderly residents.
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Yankton
Verdict against road for woman's death in South Dakota
In Flandreau circuit court the Milwaukee Road was found liable to the heirs of Mrs. Thomas Whealy for 10500 in the fatal collision that killed Mrs. Whealy after revival meetings near Colman. The verdict follows a prior supreme court remand for a new trial. a separate trial will determine liability for Mr. Whealy's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Whealy
Judge Dillon Installs Elks At Watertown Lodge
Watertown Elks Lodge No 838 installed officers for the upcoming state grand lodge event. Judge Dillon of Yankton led the ceremony naming J. G. Mcfarland as exalted ruler F W Lyon as leading knight H L Fletcher as loyal knight T H Davis as lecturing Knight John Westburg as secretary H L Sheldon as treasurer William Williams as Tyler M H Nickerson as inner guard and N Whistler as trustee. A banquet followed.
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Judge Dillon
ELKS
Watertown Watertown
S. D
Watertown Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Yankton
J. G. Mcfarland
F. W. Lyon
Watertown Scientist Church Dedication Set
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Watertown South Dakota will be dedicated next Sunday. The new edifice, built last summer, cost 20000 pounds and will feature Judge S J Hanna of Colorado as the dedicatory speaker. The church stands as one of the citys finest structures.
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Watertown
S. D
First Church of Christ, Scientist
S. J. Hanna
Colorado
Boston
Supplies Reach Le Beau Despite Grand River Obstruction
Le Beau South Dakota April 7 due to the Grand river being impassable the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad grading crews cannot receive forage and commissaries except by ferry. Large shipments have arrived in Le Beau and are loaded on the Secetty Philip ferryboat and transported to ground reachable by the crews without crossing major rivers.
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LE Beau
S. D
Grand River
Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
Hayes alias Bill Dunn moves to Sioux Falls prison
Sheriff Plunkett escorted Charles Hayes alias Bill Dunn to Sioux Falls penitentiary after the murder case reached the supreme court and Governor Vesey commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. Hayes had been sentenced to hang twice.
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Deadwood
S. VD
Plunkett
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Charles Hayes
Bill Dunn
Supreme Court
Vessey
Timber Lake Will Draw Settlers 10 Cheyenne Reserve
Wakpala South Dakota April 6 men and teams crowd the grading on Milwaukee road branches south of here. Grand river bridges rebuilt and steel laid toward Timber Lake for passenger traffic by May 1 with Moreau service by June 1. Milwaukee denies townsite plans yet Indian Department must approve. Land rush targets Timber Lake and Dupree. large homestead lands open westward toward the reservation. Standing Rock land also available. Indian delegation returns from Washington and opens remainder of reservation with about 1000 quarters available and most wood farming claims.
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Wakpala
S. D
Moreau
Cheyenne
Milwaukee Road
Grand River
Timber Lake
Moreau River
Milwaukee
Indian Department
Dupree
Cheyenne Reservation
Meade County
Fire Steel Creek
Reservation
Sie
Standing Rock
Washington
Buffalo herd could boost Rapid City summer tourism
Rapid City considers buying Scotty Philip’s herd of 280 buffalo, touted as the nation’s largest. Local business leaders contacted Philip and plan to request federal funds to purchase the herd, with Rapid City to maintain it. Congressman Martin is pursuing the proposal in Washington.
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Rapid City
Scotty” Philip
Mort Pierre
Philip
Martin
Washington
Miner’s Back Broken but May Recover
S. D. April 6. George Lane a block holer at the Homestake mine is hospitalized with a broken back after a 400 pound rock fell as he cleared timber on the 600 foot level. He bent over after shots, saving his life. doctors hope for recovery and possible light work in the future. Lane recently arrived from Michigan.
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S. D
Homestake
George Lane
Lane
Michigan
Deeds Forged to Charles Mix Land
deeds sent to the Charles Mix County registrar appeared to transfer farms but grantors had no record title in at least two cases. An unwritten abstract with no seal was certified by a nonexisting firm FEF S Adams. Registrar Patrick notified holders there was a mistake and the records do not show the claimed abstractors or titles.
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Wheeler
S. D
Charles Mix
Patrick
FEF. S. Adams &c
Charles Mix County
Prairie Fire Devastates Meade County With No Lives Lost
Details arrive of a large prairie fire started March 23 near Opal by a spark from a ranch shack. The blaze swept 30 miles north and west along the Butte and Meade county border, destroying homes grain and feed. 54 cattle died. White Owl spared by wind shift. Schleuing and three ranches ruined.
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Deadwood
Opal
Sturgis
Meade County
Butte and
White Owl
Setcion
Schleuing
Teeve
River briquetting could unlock Missouri navigation gains
At Pierre Waterway convention more than 75 state leaders backed briquetting North Dakota lignite to fuel river transport. Speakers cited German long use of briquetting, low delivered cost to towns like Pierre and Chamberlain, higher heating value than coal, and a plan to open Missouri river commerce with minimal repairs and local control.
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Doane Robinson
Pierre
S. D
North Dakota
Pattison F. McClure
Germany
Upper
Missouri
South Dakota
Mobridge
Chamberlain
Matthews
St. Louis
Captain Baker condemns federal control of river in Pierre meeting
Capt Isaac Baker of Bismarck criticizes federal regulation of the Missouri River at a Pierre gathering. He argues river improvements would cut rail rate impacts, praise revetment to combat silt and snagging, and cites huge power potential at Big and Little bends that could fuel a continental manufacturing center. He calls federal licensing onerous and warns of mismanagement.
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Isaac Baker
Baker
Missouri River
Doane Robinson
Big Bend
Little Bend
Hills Newspaper Woman to Cultivate Potatoes
Miss Helen Bennett, a renowned Hills newspaper woman, leaves Deadwood for Hot Springs to cultivate a large farm near the city. She plans extensive potato planting, and is the daughter of Judge G. G. Bennett, the first territorial judge for the Black Hills region.
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Deadwood
Helen Bennett
Hot Springs
G. G. Bennett
Black Hills
State Bar of South Dakota Holds Eleventh Annual Session
The State Bar association finished its eleventh annual meeting in Sioux Falls on April 4. Attendees return home after a business session elected officers for the coming year including President Carl G. Sherwood of Clark and vice presidents S. W. Clark of Redfield and W. G. Rice of Deadwood with John H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls as secretary and L. M. Simons of Belle Fourche as treasurer An executive council representing each of the 16 judicial circuits was also chosen.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
State Bar Association
South Dakota
Carl G. Sherwood
Clark
S. W. Clark
Redfield
W. G. Rice
Deadwood
John H. Voorhees
First Federal Term of Court Recalled in South Dakota
Sioux Falls marks the 20th anniversary of the state’s first federal court term held in 1890. Judge Edgerton presided with U.S. Attorney Sterling and U.S. Marshal Fry present. Vermillion’s Cyrus Fry and Huron’s Sterling have since died. Grand Jury foreman D. N. Inman led the panel.
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Sioux Falls
SL. D
United States
South Dakota
Edgerton
Cassius G. Foster
United States Grand Jury
D. N. Inman
Vermillion
New Gold and Silver Discovery Near Oelrichs
Reported near Oelrichs in Fall River county a gold vein 12 feet wide on Wim Sauer’s ranch has samples sent to Rapid City showing $13.23 in gold and $109.45 in silver per ton. The vein is traced 400 feet with mining claims staked around the property. The find excites ranchers east of Hot Springs.
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Oelrichs Hot Springs
M. C
Wim. Sauer
Oelrichs
Fall River County
Sauer
State School of Mines
Rapid City
Stockmen Meet Planned for Rapid City This Spring
Rapid City South Dakota April 4 Preparations are underway for the annual stockmen meeting to be held in Rapid City April 11 12 and 13. Despite recent exits from the business by some large cattle owners due to new settlement efforts the organizers aim to keep the gathering as lively as ever to honor the western tradition. Expected attendance includes visiting cattlemen and buyers with letters indicating Omaha and Sioux City stockmen will attend.
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Rapid City
Omaha
Sioux City
Outlaw saloon men placed under rare QF liquor dealers
Sioux Falls April 2 At the fiat session of the state attorneys annual meeting a resolution was adopted urging the next legislature to amend the criminal procedure code so that depositions can be taken after bind over, not only after arraignment. The meeting praised the Manufacturers Dealers association for backing strict enforcement and urged endorsement by the state bar association.
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Sioux Falls
S. C
State Bar Association
South Dakota
S. W. Clark
Manufacturers & Dealers’ Association
Grouse Invade South Dakota Alfalfa Patch
Rapid City April 2 Grouse, protected by state law, overrun J C Bowers French creek ranch. Birds strip new alfalfa shoots and forage around the property, despite blanks from the farmer and dog drives. He has notified the game warden.
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Rapid City
S. D
J. C. Bower
French Creek
Dairymen Seek State Cream Price Fix For Equal Rates
The South Dakota Dairy men and Buttermakers’ association elected officers at its convention in Watertown. President E. H. Baldwin, Belle Fourche, was re elected. C. H. Winn, Castlewood, re elected. A. P. Ruger, Brookings, secretary treasurer, defeated Albert Anderson. A plan to push a law at the next legislature to prevent large dealers paying more for cream in one locality than another was set up, with a committee named to lead the effort. Delegates were guests of the city at a smoker and informal entertainment.
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I. A. Baker
Bismarck
Missouri
Missouri River
Hale and Hearty
Grant Marsh
J. A. Williams
General Williams
Territorial House
Joseph Mills Hanson
Yankton
Missouri River Commission
Hanson
Tion
Abe van Osdel
State Woman's Suffrage Association
Watertown
S. D
South Dakota
Dairymen and Buttermakers' Association
E. H. Baldwin
Belle Fourche
C. H. Winn
Castlewood
A. P. Ruger
Brookings
Albert Anderson
P. A. Zollman
Alexandria
A. Yeamans
Clark
State Bar Association Opens Eleventh Meeting with Key Addresses
Sioux Falls hosts the eleventh annual South Dakota Bar association session with United States Attorney Wagner as president, papers by John B. Hanten on State Taxation and James Brown on The Laggard Science, and Horace K. Deemer of Des Moines on Proposed Reforms in Criminal Procedure. More than 100 visiting lawyers attended a theater party and informal reception at local clubs.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota Bar Association
United States
Wagner
Johnb. Hanten
Watertown
James Brown
Chamberlain
Horace KE. Deemer
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Minnehaha County Bar Association
Dacotah and
Elk Clubs
Milk Dealers Threatened With Sanitation Enforcement
Watertown reports state dairy inspector A. Ruger warned several city milk dealers to immediately sanitize depots and wagons or face arrest and prosecution.
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Watertown
S. D
Ruger
Anderson and Havreberg Wed in Centerville Home
Arthur Anderson, a young farmer, and Miss Millie Havreberg of Centerville were married yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Haverberg with Rev. C. J. Sharpness officiating.
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Centerville
S. D
Arthur Anderson
Millie Havreberg
Peter Haverberg
C. J. Sharpness
Seeding Nears Completion in Up River Counties
Unusual weather in Canton South Dakota prompts farmers in Lincoln and Lyon counties to finish sowing wheat and oats weeks earlier than usual. High prices won’t change acreage. corn plantings rise in Lincoln. Ground conditions ideal after a dry warm March with persistent warmth and saturated soil.
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Canton
S. D
Lincoln County
Lyon County
Iowa
Big Sioux
South Dakota
UNCOVERS CROP OF NEW POTATOES IN S D GARDEN
Watertown South Dakota April 1 Pat Kranz while plowing his garden yesterday struck hill after hill of new potatoes. Assuming last year’s leavings he kept digging until he found sound tubers. A snow drift over winter kept frost out and the garden self sown a new crop developed in the closed ground.
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Watertown
S. D
Pat Kranz
Mr. Kranz
Dramatic and Musical Festival at Vermillion
Vermillion S D April 1 The city and state university plan a May festival with Sophocles Antigone staged by students and professors and Mendelssohn music performed by a large orchestra and male chorus. The program also features the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with six noted soloists including Arthur Middleton Lucille Tewksbury Carlo Fischer. The festival runs May 19 to 21 with athletic meets at Morningside College May 18 and the state high school event May 20. Cast includes Julia Piersol Creon Wood Ismene Fannie Marquis Tiresias H R Sutcliffe and others.
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Vermillion
S. D
The
State University
Antigone
Oy Sophocles
Mendelssohn
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Middleton
Lucille Tewksbury
Carlo Fischer
Morningside College
Julia Piersol
Mr Wood
Creon
Hunter loses toe in gun accident near Armour
Alex Ollerman of Armour South Dakota suffered the loss of the little toe when the hammer of his gun became entangled in weeds while he crept toward geese. The wound required amputation and he had previously injured his knee in a similar hunting accident last year.
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Armour, S. D
Alex Ollerman
Ollerman
Interest Demanded on County Balances in Canton
In Canton South Dakota on April 1 the county finances face a question: will banks pay interest on county deposits based on average daily balances. The Huron Trust Company bid 2 percent on daily balances, triggering the debate. At January county commission, bankers agreed to delay action until April. Now bankers plan to bid none, risking county funds leaving the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
S. D
Huron Trust Company
Game warden warns against buying fresh fish in state
Watertown April 1 state game warden W F Bancroft issued orders to county wardens to crack down on selling fresh fish taken from streams or lakes. He promised prosecution for violators and noted one Codington County arrest delayed by the suspect’s illness.
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Watertown
S. C
W. F. Bancroft
Codington County
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Watertown Scientists
Hayes
Cheyenne Reserve
Miner
Charles MIX Land
McClure
BAR Association
Stockmen
Deemer
UP River Counties
Hunter
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