Packers Entertained by Stock Growers
Rapid City South Dakota April 14 All the big packing house centers are represented at the stock meeting here. Special trains from Omaha and Sioux City brought their representatives. Hitching horse contests Indian pony Traces are features of entertainment. A parade was participated in by visiting stockmen business men the loyal temperance legion with floats the Indians in full regalia and citizens in carriages and on horseback. The regular meeting of the Western South Dakota Stock Growers association was yesterday and a reception was given to the visiting women by the ladies auxiliary.
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Rapid City
S. D
Omaha
Sioux City
Loyal Temperance Legion
Western South Dakota Stock Growers’ Association
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bullheads and Bass Plentiful in Andes Creek
Armour S D April 14 Andes creek runs shallow and stocked with bullheads and bass. Farmers wade the stream and pull bullheads with pitchforks for a mess of fish. No state law limits bullhead catching. bass angling is barred until May 1. Fish drift up from Lake Andes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
S. D
Andes
South Dakota
Lake Anes
Trials begin as Mobridge men face federal liquor case
Four Mobridge men C T Morrison Frank Brogan Howard Beale and William Neiswager were arrested on indictments for attempting to influence government witnesses in an Indian liquor case. They and three other defendants Florin Crowfeather Daniel Campbell and Globe Lafromboise were brought to Sioux Falls for arraignment. David Regnier of Day County pleaded not guilty to selling intoxicating liquor without a license as trials are planned this term. a federal grand jury recently met and a petit jury reported for the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States
Mobridge
C. T. Morrison
Frank Brogan
Howard Beale
William Neiswager
Carland
United States Court
Florin Crowfeather
Daniel Campbell
Globe Lafromboise
Brown County
Aberdeen
David Regnier
Lity
Day County
Federal Co
Hog Taken To Market In Auto In Florence
Florence South Dakota April 14 a farmer brought his whole family and a 350 pound hog to market in an automobile. After selling the hog he bought shoes for the family, did other business, and visited neighbors. Many farmers in Codington county own cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
S. D
Codington County
Interurban railroad bonds touted amid Yankton contest results
In Yankton April 14 the annual historical contest crowned Charlies Alseth as first in the state event. Prizes of 15 dollars to Alseth and 10 dollars to Harry Robinson were awarded. A separate report notes first mortgage bonds offered for a proposed Iowa and Dakota Interurban railroad connecting Sioux City Mitchell and via multiple counties. Active construction plans and backing by Cen ter ville Lake Andes Wagner Yankton men are described. Also reported is the death of Fr B Ferfar 55, with funeral held Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Yankton College
Charlies Alseth
Ray
Alseth
Harry Robinson
Robinson
State Historical Society
Huron
Iowa and Dakota
Pupils Strike In Fort Pierre Over Principal Selection
Fort Pierre South Dakota April 14 pupils in the public schools walk out in a sympathetic strike over a dispute among school elders about choosing a new principal. Patrons petitioned to re employ Professor Beckler but the board ignored it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierre
S. D
Beckler
Wife eloped with hired man shocks South Dakota farmer
Crocker April 14. A. Lee, a farmer between the city and Bradley, alleges his wife eloped with the hired man. She was said to be boarding a Butler train when her husband intervened and brought her back to the farm. The hired man’s whereabouts are unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocker
S. D
A. Lee
Bradley
Indians Consent to Opening 10000 More Farms
Pierre April 13 The Cheyenne and Standing Rock Sioux consent to opening about 10000 additional homesteads on their lands. The lands resemble those opened last autumn and will advance citizenship through participation. Settlers with ready made houses, state substations at Cottonwood and near Belle Fourche aid farming in adapting techniques to western South Dakota under Professor Clifford Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Standing Rock
Trans- Missouri
Cottonwood
Belle Fourche
Far East
South Dakota
Clifford Willis
Sling Shots Used Against Non-Union Workers
Peter Roncaglione and Mike Parmento two Italian union men were arrested in Terry S D for using sling shots to injure non union employees of the Golden Reward company. Authorities accuse them of hurling stones at passing non union men whose heads showed as they walked through a cut prompting a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
S. D
Golden Reward Company
Peter Roncaglione
Mike Parmento
Schnitzel
Girls defend robber with hat pins near Hayti
Misses Laura and Agnes May pursued a robber on a bridge outside Hayti S D. The man snatched Agnes bag chain broke. Laura fought him with a hat pin and nail marks. Town marshal tripped him, handcuffed him, bag recovered. Joseph Paisana held on highway robbery charge with $5000 bonds pending circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D
Laura
Agnes May
Agnes
Joseph Paisana
Sioux Falls
Letters From Beneath the Sea Reach Deadwood Residents
Letters mailed by former Deadwood man Paul Rowman, now a miner in Alaska, from February 2 aboard the ill fated steamer Yucatan which sank near Icy Straits off Alaska on February 16 have been recovered from the sunken vessel and forwarded to Seattle with other mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Paul Rowman
Alaska
Yucatan
Seattle
South Dakota Central Won’t Be Sold, Says Chief Official
Watertown April 13 The report that the South Dakota Central was sold to the Minneapolis and St Louis lines is denied by President Maytag of the Central. He states the road will not be sold and plans to extend into North Dakota from this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
South
Indian School Closure Sparks Concern Over Sioux Welfare
Pierre South Dakota April 12. The article laments the forced closure of the Oake Indian school due to lack of funds. It recalls Dr Thomas L Riggs and his wife’s long service to the Tetons, and urges continued support to maintain missionary and civilizing efforts among the Sioux at Cahe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Riggs
Teton Sioux
Freedmen's Bureau
Missouri River
Cahe
South Dakota Governor Proclaims May 8 1910 Mothers Day
Governor Robert S. Vessey issues a statewide Mothers Day proclamation urging observance Sunday May 8 1910 with church addresses and sermons and the white flower as a symbol of motherhood. He extols mothers for their loyalty, sympathy, and guidance through childhood and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Vessey
Bovee
Robert S. Vessey
South Dakota
Commonwealth
Milwaukees effort to force steel bridge at Chamberlain
South Dakota Attorney General Clark asks supreme court to compel Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul to show cause why a permanent steel bridge should not replace the scow drawbridge and pilings at Chamberlain. The temporary structure has been out of service at high water and poses hazard during ice breakup, delaying shippers and increasing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Good Roads Club forms in Springfield South Dakota
Springfield South Dakota April 11. Businessmen form an improvement and good roads club to upgrade roads from Springfield to farming communities. Farmers will be urged to join and cooperate. Officers elected include President O F Truesdell Vice President S M Brann Secretary O B Slaser Treasurer P G Monfore.
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Springfield
S. D
O. F. Truesdell
S. M. Brann
O. B. Slaser
P. G. Monfore
New Club
South Dakota
Young Hunter Shot Wounds Parkston Teen
Parkston South Carolina April 11 16 year old Frank Kremer from a local farm was shot in the right leg when friend Paul Brosz unintentionally fired at Wrights Lake while duck hunting. The calf and tendons were torn away though the bone was unharmed, raising fears of lifelong disability and possible infection. Brosz remained with Kremer and helped return him home before seeking a doctor.
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Parkston
S. C
Frank Kremer
Paul Brosz
Wright’s Lake
Young Brosz
Young Kremer
Pioneer business man passes away at Yankton
J C Mormann a longtime Yankton hardware dealer died Tuesday in Yankton. Funeral was Thursday at Sacred Heart church. He leaves a wife three sons and four daughters including Frances and John Mormann who live in Sioux City. Earlier this week Volin pioneer Ole Lien also died leaving a wife three daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
J. C. Mormann
Sacred Heart Church
Volin
Ole Lien
Mr. Lien
Indictments Returned by U S Grand Jury in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls dispatch reports the U S grand jury returned indictments this week. Some defendants remain at large with charges withheld. Named defendants with custody or bonds include Frowin Crow feather a Sioux Indian Standing Rock statutory assault Globe Laframboise and Daniel Campbell Sisseton Sioux Indians introducing liquor on Indian allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States Grand Jury
Frowin Crowfeather
Standing Rock Reservation
Globe Laframboise
Daniel Campbell
Sisseton
Clay County to Vote for New Court House
Vermillion South Dakota April 11 After considering a petition signed by 330 legal voters the county commissioners decide to submit the question of building a new court house to voters at a special election June 7, the same day as the primaries.
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Vermillion
S. D
Court House
Conference of Charities Postponed for Year
Sioux Falls April 11. The executive committee and officers decide not to hold the State Conference of Charities and Corrections this year and postpone the meeting until next year. The postponed meeting will be held at Watertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
State Conference of Charities and Corrections
Watertown
Mother Heroically Burns Saving Child in South Dakota
Running Water South Dakota April 9 Mrs Bert Walker was severely burned while saving her youngest daughter from a fire started by the child playing with matches. She extinguished the flames after a desperate struggle and saved the girl but suffered burns on her hands arms and face.
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S. D
Bert Walker
Bank Burglarized in Wessington Springs Tonight
Wessington Springs South Dakota April 9 The Citiens State bank at Lane was entered by burglars Tuesday night. The safe was blown open and the cash box damaged with money blown to fragments scattered around the room. Exact loss awaits inventory as locals heard and saw the events but did not intervene before the robbers fled.
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Wessington Springs
S. D
Citiens’ State Bank A. Lane
Early sowing proceeds in Codington county fields
In Codington county near Watertown in early April about 20 percent of planned acreage has been seeded as farmers push ahead two weeks. Strong soil conditions and high wheat prices spur more wheat and a shift from durum to blue stem, fife and velvet chaff. Oats stay similar. barley acreage drops. corn planting increases. flax expected to rise.
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Watertown
S. D
Codington County
Teachers Forbidden Courting of Pupils Near Clear Lake
Clear Lake South Dakota April 9. Local board of education passes two resolutions restricting teacher social life. Teachers must refrain from attending balls or dances on nights before school days. Board also states it unwise for teachers to court or receive attention from pupils of the opposite sex.
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Clear Lake
S. D
Board of Education
Cupid
Greeks Arrive to Work on Northwestern Line Stir Tensions
A group of 30 Greek laborers from Chicago arrived in Huron South Carolina to work as trackmen on the Chicago and Northwestern line. They resisted division into small crews and threatened to quit if all could not work together. Earlier, Greeks at the rail mills quit over a trivial issue, and several men left positions, while others returned.
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Huron
S. C
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Northwestern Company
Marriage and harvest notes as spring seeding nears end
Wakonda South Dakota April 9 The marriage of Conrad Dose and Elizabeth Opferbach occurred Tuesday at St Patrick's church Father Egan officiating Mrs C W Hagaman wife of a prosperous young farmer near town died Monday night Last year's corn crop has been cribbed and nearly all seeding is now completed There has scarcely been a day since February 26 that outside work could not be carried on in comfort
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Wakonda
S. D
Conrad Dose
Elizabeth Opferbach
St. Patrick's Church
Father Egan
C. W. Hagaman
Installation of Huron Elks officers honored by district ruler
Huron South Dakota April 9 A pleasant affair marked the installation of officers of the Huron Elks lodge Tuesday evening. Hon C H Dillon Yankton district grand exalted ruler conducted the ceremonies and delivered an address. A luncheon followed and many lodge members from outside the city attended.
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Huron
S. D
Huron Elks Lodge
C. H. Dillon
Yankton
Order
Sioux Indians receive $3000 reimbursement in Bullhead district
The Sioux on the Cheyenne River Indian Agency in South Dakota have been paid a total of $3000 by the United States government. The funds reimburse the tribe for cattle that had been distributed and later reclaimed by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River Indian Agency
S. D
Senate confirms lead postmaster in Mitchell South Dakota
A telegram from Congressman Martin reports the Senate has confirmed George Grace a local newspaper man and former educator of Mitchell to be postmaster here. Unions protested the nomination due to Grace's paper stance on the Homestake trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead
S. D
Martin
Senate
George Grace
Mitchell, S. D
Grace
Polish champion Zbyszko defeats Cutler in two straight falls
Zbyszko the Polish champion and Frank Gotch title aspirant beat Charles Cutler of Chicago in two straight falls at Buffalo. Times were 1 09 40 for the first and 23 10 for the second.
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Cutler
Buffalo
N. Y
Zbyszko
Frank Gotch
Charles Cutler
Chicago
Personal injury cases go on trial in federal court
The April term of the U S court in Sioux Falls opened with Judge John E Carland presiding. Nineteen grand jurors reported and may finish by week’s end. Petit jurors report next Tuesday for trials starting with Sanders vs Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry Co. plus Charles B Miller vs Chicago Northwestern Ry Co. then United States vs Douglas and La Croix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
United States Court
John E. Carland
Carland
Petit Jury
H. B. Schlichting
Deadwood
Sanders
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
W. G. Porter
United States
Milwaukee
Kimball
Charles B. Miller
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
A. K. Gardner
Huron
Douglas
la Croix
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
Governor Vessey Proclaims Arbor Day 1910 in South Dakota
Governor Robert S. Vessey issues a proclamation designating Friday April 22 1910 as Arbor Day. He urges tree planting and education on the value of trees in homes, along streams, and in towns, with a recommendation for school exercises and schoolyard plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Vessey
Commonwealth of South Dakota
South Dakota official seeks heirs of architect Theodore Peterson
Madison South Dakota April 8 State's Attorney Urdahl is seeking heirs of Theodore Peterson an architect and builder who died in Chicago. Peterson spent time in the state early in life and owns a Lake County farm and Madison business property. The bachelor about 60 had no known heirs and Urdahl will probate the Lake county estate before pursuing heirs in Norway.
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Madison
S. D
Urdahl
Theodore Peterson
Chicago
South Dakota
Lake County
Peterson
Mandal
Norway
Boys suffer severe injuries in dynamite accident
Sioux Falls April 8 Elmer Bohler and Nels Carlson both seven year old boys from Montrose were rushed to a local hospital after handling a dynamite cartridge and exploding it. Several fingers were torn off and doctors fear blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Elmer Bohler
Nels Carlson
Montrose
Murderer Arrives at the Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Charles Hayes alias Bill Dunn, convicted of Fred Samuelson's murder near Spearfish, was commuted from death to life by Governor Vegre, and has been safely lodged in the Sioux Falls penitentiary by Sheriff Plunkett. Hayes's poor health influenced the commutation.
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Pen
Sioux Falls
S. D
Charles Hayes
Bill” Dunn
Fred Samuelson
Spearfish
Vegsey
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Plunkett
Lawrence County
Hayes
Rapid City rejects plan for municipal court
Rapid City, South Dakota, voters rejected the proposal for a municipal court by a light margin. The April 7 vote total was 269 with a 97 vote majority against. The next municipal election is set for April 19.
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Rapid City
IDEA
S. D
Wereuceu
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SEA Reach
Indian School
Doane Robinson
Black Hills
Custer County
Westinghouse Company
Missouri
Northwestern
Federal Grand Jury
Clay County
Rene Eddee
Huron Elks
Railroads
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