State fair to provide nursery and comforts for attendees
South Dakota state fair organizers announce extensive facilities for visitors. A nursery and child care overseen by a matron will serve mothers. numerous seating areas, water stations, and ample policing by militia ensure safety. An automobile enclosure and Dakota products stand will support guests, with emphasis on comfort and convenience for all.
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Hiron
Beadle County
We Co PT. US
Ane
Nde
South Dakota
South
Dakota State Board of Agriculture
Dakota
Monster
Guar
Union
South’ Dakota
Pope Pius X Ill, Rome, In Ninth Year Of Pontificate
Rome reports Pope Pius X aged 76 is too ill to attend the ninth year of his coronation celebration. Secretary of state Merry Del Val says his condition improved. doctors describe his temperature slightly high but heart strong and respiration reasonable. Elected August 9, 1903, he has served since Leo XIII. Some predict he may not reach the ninth year.
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Rome
Italy
Prus X
Merry del Val
Iitaly
Pope-Pius-X
Leo XIII
Death of John W Gates Ends Storied Financing Era
Paris reports the death of John W Gates, famed American millionaire and “Bet-You-a-Million” gambler, surrounded by family. Born 1855 in Turner's Junction, he built Consolidated Steel & Wire and Illinois Steel Co., amassing an estimated fortune of 25 to 30 million as he reshaped the wire and steel industries through bold acquisitions and bold publicity. He planned burial in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse on August 16.
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Paris
France
John W. Gates
New York
Gates
America
Gulf Division
The
Methodist Church
Port Arthur
Tex
Stock Exchange
Jockey Club of New York
Carr
Standard Oil
United States Steel
Morgan O ‘Rockfeller
J. W. Gates
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Pacific
Turner’s Junction
South
Chicago
Turner's Junction
Isaac L. Elwood
Texas
United States Steel Corporation
Ellwood
St. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Consolidated Steel &Wire Co
Illinois Steel Co
Illinois Steel
Federal Steel Co
Roswell P. Flower
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cleveland Rolling Mills
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
American Steel & Wire Co
New Jersey
Europe
London
J. P. Morgan
Steel Trust
Morgan
Louisville & Nashville
August Belmont
Belmont
Stanley Steel
House of Representatives
Washington
Charley
Republic Steel Iron Co
Iinois
Delora R. Baker
St. Charles
Ill
Charles Gilbert Gates
Cone
Pulitzer School
Young Gates
Gates fortune and memory failings shape steel era tale
A long profile recounts Charles Gates and his volatile, high stakes career in steel and railroads. It covers his rise with the American Steel & Wire Co and Louisville & Nashville deals, notable profits, losses, and flamboyant personal wealth. It notes Morgan's caution, Gates family ties, and a divorce affecting inheritance.
Senator Frye Dies in Maine Home
William Pierce Frye, senior U.S. senator from Maine, died at his daughter Helen White’s home in Lewiston. He had resigned as president pro tempore due to ill health but remained a senator and had recently made his last trip to his lifelong hometown.
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Lewiston
Maine
United States
William Pierce Frye
Helen White
Senate
Congress
Fry
Insurance solicitor license canceled in Pierre S D
Insurance Commissioner Basford cancels the license of R W Walkley of Sioux Falls to solicit insurance in the state after a hearing and investigation. Walkley acted as solicitor for Meridian Life of Indianapolis. The document also includes a 1888 affidavit by Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio, offering a hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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State of Ohio
City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public Hall
Cheney & CO
Taft to veto statehood bill over Arizona recall clause
Washington reports President Taft will veto the bill admitting Arizona and New Mexico as states due to the Arizona recall of judiciary provision. The Senate passed the measure 52 to 18 after rejecting the Nelson amendment. Taft favored the bill only if the recall provision stayed altered.
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Washington
L. C
Arizona
Taft
Territory
New Mexico
Perkins
Stanley Steel Trust Committee
George W. Perkins
House
Steel Trust
Stanley
Representative Little
New York
Lorimer Investigating Committee
Chicago
Lafollette
Unierwood
Congress
Washington D. C
Senate
Crawford
South Dakota
Novel point raised in express case heard in Colorado
Denver Colorado reports a new point in a lawsuit against express companies heard today by the state railroad commission. The suit was started by George J Kindel who has long been a thorn in the side of the Colorado railroad interests.
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Denver
Colo
Express
State Railroad Commission
George J. Kindel
American Soldier Accused as Austrian Spy
Washington reports that Captain James Watson of the Indianapolis recruiting office has forwarded papers to the War Department alleging Private George Petz as an Austrian secret agent. An affidavit from Miss Clara A. Dyers says Petri were stationed at Fort Totten New York and engaged to her.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
James Watson
United States Army
Indianapolis
George Pett
Austria
Watson
Department For
Department
Addavits
George Petz
Damage by storm floods Huron area and damages listed
A major rainstorm drenched Huron with 1.80 inches in two days and 2.67 inches for the week, totaling 12.65 inches this year. Severe flooding backed water into basements, ruining Haley & Lang's refrigerating room insulation and 1,600 cigars. William Kimmel's house was struck by lightning with a detached chimney but no injuries or other damage.
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Huron
Sid
Weather Bureau
First Street
Haley & Lang Wholesale Fruit Company
William Kimmel
Fist fight near end of Lorimer probe testimony
Washington D C report describes a near altercation as Attorney Hancey and Healey sparred over records in the Lorimer inquiry. Hancey pressed Beckemeyer about confessing to receiving money and Beckemeyer insisted he was paid for his Lorimer vote, prompting the chairman to take control.
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Washington,d. C
Hancey
Lorimer
John J. Healey
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Healey
Dillingham
Cook County Grand Jury
Beckemeyer
Kimball Builds New Fire Proof School Near Completion
Kimball's new fire proof school building nears completion and will stand as one of the finest in the region. The old school is moved to Reynolds Park behind the Kimball State Bank to serve as City Hall and Library. The locality expects record corn flax and potato yields in Brule County amid heavy rains since July 8.
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Kimball, S. D
Kimball
Reynolds Park
Kimball State Bank
Brule County
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Senator Frye
Constitution
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Underwood
la Follette
Pealee
Jos Petithin
Colorado Man
U. S. Post Office Department
Naval Department
Heylie Osteopath Office Commercial and Savings Bank
Hldg
Dk, J. F. Atkinson
Osteopath
Western National Bank
DR. M
Mendenhall Oaterpath
Nat Basak
Ofice
Eee
Jos. Bloom
Main ST
Corn Palace
Attorneys-At-Law
Peper
A. &. Hitchcock
Commercial & Savings Bank
Mitchell
So. Dak
Preston
Wagner &Tym
Western Nat Bank
Dak
Lewis Shuster
Atorney-At
All Courts
Western Nat. Bank
Beebeedoekee
FEE Ell Fe Pqapegetaqeb Eng
H. Jorgensen
Plotner Livery Sale
Second Ave
Lawler St
Pat
H. Noble
4Th Ave
Basinessy
Keaideace
Broadbent
Busine
H. Noble & On All
Gallas
Broadbent Brothers
Jebsen
DK. G
Bakewell
J. T. Sweeney
Champeny
J. P. Happe
Champe Ny
Dray Lines
A. KK. Seavy
Jules R. LeDuce
LipbUcie Orchestra
Fourth Ave
Mitchell,south Dakota
A. H. Pehrson
Main Street
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