State Soldiers Camp at Watertown for seven days of rifle training
Seven hundred South Dakota state soldiers encamped at Lake Kampeska Watertown for a seven day field movement and target practice instruction. Adjutant General Charlies H Englesby aims to ready guards for war or internal strife by sharpening marksmanship and camp routines with plans to send a team to Camp Perry Ohio. The encampment includes intense rifle range activity despite weather and ends with preparations for Camp Robinson Wisconsin. The article also notes updated railroad and express valuations and ongoing court suits affecting property assessments.
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Watertown
S. D
Kampeska
Charlies H. Englesby
South Dakota Guards
Camp Perry
Ohio
J. H. Holmes
Aberdeen
Englesby
Camp Robinson
Wis
Railroads Lead State Property Valuations Increase Over Last Year
State assessment board reports total assessable property at 32 577 050 with railroads valued at 30 561 747. Increases shown for express companies telephone and sleeping cars. railroads gain 319 991 over last year. Depress totals 25 579 208. big property rises include American 21 307 Adams 36 270 United States 6 842 Wells Fargo 82 869.
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Pierre
8. D
State Assessment Board
American
Adams
United States
Wells Fargo
Soule Advocates Brand New Progressive Party
W. W. Soule of Deadwood visits Mitchell on political business and endorses a progressive movement. He describes himself as a free agent and says he will back any honestly progressive platform, aligning with Cummins La Follette Gore Folk and Hughes. He argues party lines are eroded and progressives in both major parties share aims.
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Mitchell
W. W. Soule
Deadwood
Congress
Democratic Party
Soule
Cummins
la Follette
Gore
Folk
Hughes
Republican’ Party
Rosevelt
Bryan
West
South Dakota
Negro slayer Junkin hanged at Fort Madison prison
John Junkin, the man who killed Miss Clara Rosen, the Ottumwa choir singer, was executed at Fort Madison prison Friday at 12 30 p m. Forty witnesses attended including Junkin's mother. The murder occurred in February 1909.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa Iowa
Junkin
Minneapolis GOP to Name Lind's Successor Governor Candidate
John Lind will not seek the governorship if elected. The state central committee will choose his successor within two to three weeks. A revived convention may be convened to advise on the nominee after Lind's final statement ends any "willy nilly" run.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Lind
State Central Committee
Hich
Lind
Willy Nilly
Lemmon residents protest Taft coal land withdrawals
Lemmon land district residents oppose a federal action withdrawing about two hundred townships as coal lands. The Lemmon Commercial Club schedules a August meeting and urges state clubs to attend to oppose the plan which would delay homestead entries and threaten farmers’ finances amid drought and credit strain.
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South Dakota
North Dakota
Lemmon Commercial Club
Bryan Disregards All Party Lines in Colorado Campaign
Denver reports E. E. McLaughlin of the Colorado Anti Saloon League says William J. Bryan is supporting candidates from both major parties in Colorado if they pledge county option. McLaughlin notes any candidate from either party can secure Bryan's backing by making that pledge.
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Denver
Colo
E. E. McLaughlin
Colorado Anti- Saloon League
William J. Bryan
Bryan
McLaughlin
Judge Tripp sentences prisoners in county jail case
Acting for Judge Frank B. Smith Judge Robert B Tripp of Yankton sentences three inmates who pled guilty to felony charges and agreed to begin terms in the state penitentiary John Brennan gets one year six months for jail escape H G Davis nine months for obtaining money under false pretenses William Diamond later named William Driscoll earns three years six months for burglary Diamond entered Judge Smiths home June 5 and was tracked north of the river by bloodhounds
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Frank B. Smith
Robert B. Tripp
Yankton
John Brennan
H. G. Davis
J. W. Jensen
Sioux City
William Diamond
William Driscoll
Diamond
Smith June
Omaha
City council acts swiftly amid stockyards protest
Mayor Hitchcock presides in auditor's absence as aldermen McDougall Michels Rams Kelley Doyle and McCartney meet a large audience from stockyards and south side districts. Protesters urge removal of stockyards while hearings on sewer assessments continue. City Attorney Miller’s fee settles at 162.50, justice reports show 69 arrests and fines collected. Officers Cars terson Koch and Piggott appointed. meeting adjourns at 10:30 with a possible follow up next week.
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Ness
Messrs
McDougall
Michels
Rams
Kelley
Doyle
McCartney
South Side
Miller
Dakota Central Telephone Co
Supreme Court
Drake
Kibbee
Greene
Finance Committee
Justice
Missouri Miners Ordered to Strike Across Four States
In Kansas City, Missouri, miners and coal operators halted negotiations after four months. George Manuel, secretary of the Missouri district, announced a general strike order to take effect immediately, with thirteen thousand or more miners nationwide idled since the old contract expired on April 1. The affected group includes about 9500 in Kansas, 8500 in Missouri, 9000 in Oklahoma, and 3000 in Arkansas.
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Kansas City
George Manuel
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Combine Against Rail Accidents Address Given in Huron
R C Richards claim agent of the Northwestern railroad spoke to many railway men in Huron South Dakota on accident prevention. He outlined valuable advice and presented figures showing many rail accidents are preventable and noted a company proposal related to the effort.
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Huron
S. D
R. C. Richards
Northwestern Railroad
Minnesota land for sale in Red River valley farms
Several thousand acres in Norman and Polk counties offered at 20 to 30 dollars per acre with improvements. Felland Realty Company advertises lists from 531 Palace Building Minneapolis Minnesota. Also relinquishment of 160 acres near Faith Meade County for 400 dollars. Krog and Schoenberger Brush, S. D. and a new seven room modern house at 309 East Sixth Street.
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Minnesota
Red River Valley
Norman
Polk
Felland Realty Company
Palace Bldg
Minneapolis, Minn
Faith
Meade County
Krog & Schoenberger
Brushie
S. D
Company to award banner for fewest accidents by division
The coming year the company will keep a record by divisions of all accidents and award a banner to the division with the smallest total at year end. Northwestern has seventeen divisions and the contest is expected to be spirited.
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Northwestern
Driftwood timber recovered boosts Pierre saw mill output
A small saw mill on the Missouri River in Lyman county, Pierre, South Dakota, reports strong business sawing driftwood snagged during the June rise. The mill recovered about 25,000 feet of good oak timber from wreckage and is cutting it into hardwood lumber for customers seeking that building material.
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Pierre
S. D
Missouri River
Lyman County
First School House Will Have Shaft
Definitive plans are complete to erect a monument marking the site of Dakota territory s first school building. The old structure stood at Bon Homme in Bon Homme county the site now remembered by residents and historians.
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Tyndall
S. D
Dakota Territory
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Bon Homme
Monument to mark first Bon Homme schoolhouse
The monument will stand north of the first store in Bon Homme, eighty rods from the Missouri River. It will bear the date 1860 for the first schoolhouse and include the first teacher Mrs J Kountz and the ten pupils. Cost about 800 dollars, funded entirely by Bon Homme county school children.
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Bon Homme
Misouri River
J. Kountz
Bon Homme County
State to Pay Wolf County Certificate Claims at Seventy Five Cents
The state will pay 75 cents on the dollar this year to holders of wolf county certificates, up from 74 cents last year. Total claims filed reach 17,756 dollars for the past year and 17,365 dollars for the year before.
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial oath 1886
The notice states Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The affidavit is sworn December 6, 1886 before A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. The remedy is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available by mail. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. pills for constipation advertised.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Fr. J. Cheney & CO
Mall
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Rvr
N. W
Mystic
Brand New
Lemmon Land District
Taft
Lemmon
Nebraska
Tripp
Hitchcock
N. E. Carsterson
J. D. Koch
Lewis Piggott
East First Ave
Main
Will Kearney
Young Driving Horse
Republican
Wisconsin Street
Oliver Typewriter
New Republican
E. Fourth Ave
International Harvester
Thos. McMahon
4Th Ave
Brunswick Balke Collender Co
George H. Barber
Hawarden
Court Merrill
J. C. Purdy
Mitchell, Bracy's Add
Ernest White
Letcher
E. Sixth St
Washington Cafe
Schneider's
North Main Street
O. E. Cassem
N. J. Mayer
Fourth Avenue West
Pennington St
Care Republican
The
Good Samaritan Sanitarium
First Ave
Council Bluffs
Drs. Egeers
Martha Street
Omah, Neb
BE. J. Greaves
Bidwell
Dakota Farmer
A.E. Hitchcock
Attorney AT Law
Harrison C. Preston
Edward E. Wagner
Preston & Wagner Lawyers
Western National Bank
Chas. A. Bower
Western Nationa Bank
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