Burke in Washington Seeks Post Office Reform and Public Buildings
Representative Burke of South Dakota visited Washington from New York to discuss securing delivery for Pierre and to arrange post office numbering and naming standards. He plans to advance construction of public buildings in his hometown, meet with the supervising architect, and push for early start on the project. Burke reports strong South Dakota prosperity and anticipated large Republican support for the president.
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Kington
D. C
Charles H. Bure
South 1
Washington
Burke
New York State
Ork
Congressman Burke
Congress
Trenty
Pierre
Mr. Burke
Levant
Bailey of Aberdeen Missing Since Saturday Night
Bailey of Aberdeen, South Dakota, an employee of the Dakota Central Telephone Company, has been missing since Saturday night. Search parties scoured the Mina County prairies for his body but found no trace. He was a cook for a construction crew working west and had been in Aberdeen days before his disappearance, where heavy drinking was reported. authorities fear poisoning may have occurred.
Tramp Attempts Suicide by Cutting Throat and Wrists
An unknown tramp cut his throat and wrists in Aberdeen South Dakota yesterday afternoon but did not kill himself. His condition prevented speech and giving any account of himself. Doctors say he will recover.
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Aberdeen
Columbia
New Milwaukee depot work begins in Aberdeen
Work has begun on the new Milwaukee depot in Aberdeen. The 182 foot long station will be the state’s largest and finest, costing over 21000 with extra funds spent on surrounding yards.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Chicago, Milwaukee and
T. Paul Railway
Pasenger
South Dakota Finances Shown Strong in Treasurer Letter
Treasurer Collins reports good state finances in the annual report through June 30 1903 noting bond surrenders by his predecessor saved taxpayers substantial sums Premiums paid reduced debt and warrants redeems cut floating indebtedness The report highlights decreased total debt increased school funds and strong investment of the permanent school fund under the treasurer's custodian.
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South Dakota
Pierre
Collins
John Schamber
Strange Malady at Huron Single Men Surprised by Wives
In Huron South Dakota a string of surprisingly real weddings has unsettled bachelors. Wooster, a trusted local worker, vanished before his East arrival wife appeared seeking him. She explains a Chicago meeting was planned but failed. no quarrel occurred.
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Huron
Wooster
Chicago
Sheep Herder Fined in State Inspection Case
Belle Fourche South Dakota August 19 The court fined H M Decker twenty five dollars for driving a herd of sheep across the state line from Montana contrary to the inspection law The case tests the new law and highlights efforts to stamp out disease threatening the range The inspectors are county sheriffs tasked with inspecting animals entering or leaving the state
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Belle Fourche
S. D
H. M. Decker
Montana
Aberdeen Woman Injured En Route With Daughter’s Body
Aberdeen South Dakota reports Mrs S M McColl traveled to care for a sick daughter in Washington state. She was returning with the daughter’s body when an accident in Portland Oregon caused multiple injuries including broken arm and several ribs.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Portland
Ore
S. M. McColl
Washington State
Range Cattle Shipped From Aberdeen Region
Range cattle shipments begin in Aberdeen area with at least 40 000 head expected through Evarts and Aberdeen to Chicago. Pontoon bridge enables crossing the Missouri, water wells improve the Cheyenne range trail, and stock trains move cattle in about thirty hours. Two South Dakota relics headline Pierre events.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Aber Avon
Milwaukee Road
Missouri
Bvyarts
Cheyanne Reservation
Evarts
Tribume
Boyarts
Chicago
Northwestern
Burlington
Black Hills
Northern Pacific
Mining Congress Heads to Black Hills Governors to Attend
Deadwood S D Aug 19 R M Whiteney reports the American mining congress will attract thousands. Governors J H Peabody Colorado S R Van Sant Minnesota J T Morrison Idaho and Charles N Herried South Dakota plan to attend. States will have headquarters and organizers canvass Lead Central City Deadwood to secure lodging with ample accommodations anticipated.
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Deadwood
R. M.whiteney
Executive Press Committee
American Mining Congress
Mining Congress
United States
Western Union
Press Association
Congress
J. H. Peabody
Colorado
S. R. Van_Sant
Minnesota
J. T. Morrison
Idaho
Charles N. Herried
Southh Dakota
Lead
Central City
Elks Build Club House In Huron At Third Street
The Elks have bought the old opera house on Third Street and will start at once on a two story brick building to serve as the lodge home. The first floor will house stores while the second hosts a club room parlors and amusement rooms with modern equipment. Occupancy is planned for late December.
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Huron
The
Elks
Third Street
Minnehaha County Institute Opens With Two Week Session
Minnehaha county teachers institute convened in Sioux Falls for a two week session. Instructors include Superintendent McCelland geography and nature study J W Murphy arithmetic and civil government Miss Anna Amerson literature and history Miss Alice Wheelock drawing Miss Margaret Smith music Miss Alta Hopkins elocution and reading George H Ellingson grammar and physiology Miss Kate Hubbard primary work State Superintendent Nash will attend and speak Thursday morning August 20.
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Sioux Falls
Minnehaha County Teachers’ Institute
McCelland
J. W. Murphy
Anna Amerson
Alice Wheelock
Margaret Smith
Alta Hopkins
George H. Ellingson
Kate Hubbard
Nash
New Bank Organization in Bridgewater Forms First National
The State Bank of Bridgewater reorganizes under the national system as First National Bank of Bridgewater S C with a $25,000 capitalization. Officers: President E L Abel Vice President J H Shanard Cashier T J Shanard.
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State Bank of Bridgewater
First National Bridgewater
S. C
First National Bank of Bridewater
E. L. Abel
J. H. Shanard
T. J. Shanard
Prominent Lemares Man Dies in Brookings
C L Leekly, 60, long prominent Plymouth county resident and LeMars landowner, died last night after moving to Brookings eighteen months earlier. He helped build LeMars and owned farm and substantial land nearby.
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Plymouth County
Mies
South Dakota
Brookings
C. L. Leekly
Leekly
LeMars
Ordered to leave town in Meckling South Dakota
Meckling residents threaten to eject John Gessitt over alleged intimate liaisons and time/place disregard. Fifteen men reportedly dragged him from his home and ordered departure, with States Attorney Tilton investigating but no charges yet. Mrs Gessitt refutes testifying amid divorce rumors and town unrest continues.
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Meckling
S. D
John Gessitt
Gessitt
Tilton
Stockmen Prepare for South Dakota State Fair in Yankton
Yankton hosts a broad appeal for the state fair with breeders from the Northwest planning large showings. The American Hereford Breeders Association and American Aberdeen Angus Association pledge premiums up to 200 dollars, plus Burpee’s seed offers. Excursion trains will run September 14 to 18 as visitors expect top cattle, garden displays, and robust amusements.
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South Dakota
Yankton
S. D
American Ereford Breeders’ Association
American Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Association
United States
Northwest
Burpee
Great Seed House
Conductor Receives Black Eye Over Free Ride Dispute
Meckling S D Aug 19 Conductor Scott of Yanktonte car was struck in the eye by Martin Wold who demanded a free ride on the Milwaukee line Scott refused and Wold who had ridden to Burbank without payment was arrested by Constable Haviland Wold fled toward Nebraska and has not yet returned authorities say the railroad does not owe him free transportation
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Vermillion
S. D
J. A. Copeland
Martin Wold
Meckling
Scott
Yanktone
Sioux City
Wold
Milwaukee Company
Burbank
Haviland
Nebraska
Milwaukee Railroad Company
New Use for Injunction in Alienation Case
Mahlon Rapp sues in South Dakota circuit court to restrain William Shepherd from attempting to alienate Mrs. Bapp, his former wife now remarried. Shepherd and a brother allegedly urged Mrs. Bapp and her child to return to Colorado.
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Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mahlon Rapp
William Shepherd
Trinidad
Colo
Bapp
Shepherd
Colorado
Turks Defeated by the Insurgents Near Monastir
In a six hour battle near Monastir three Turkish battalions faced 1,000 insurgents and suffered about 210 killed or wounded. Bulgarian mobilization orders were issued as fears grow of war with Turkey. Reports from Uskub describe brutal Bashi-Bazouks pillaging Christian villages under Albanian chiefs.
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Sofia
Monastir
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Uskub
DeBre
Okrida
Rome
Turkey
Greece
Vienna
London
Sicilian
Vali
Adrianople
Constantinople
Crop Outlook Shows Cool North Delays Maturation
The Weather Bureau reports a third straight week of abnormally cool conditions east of the Rockies delaying corn and other crops. Moisture troubles hit Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys while drought persists in parts of Ohio valley and Texas. Warmth is needed in northern corn belt areas. rain hampers spring wheat harvest in the Dakotas and Minnesota. oats and grain suffer in wet conditions.
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Rockies
Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Gulf
Missouri
Mississippi
Red River
Ohio Valley
Texas
Florida
Oklahoma
North
Pacific Coast
California
Corn Belt
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Dakotas
Minnesota
Russian Fleet to Anchor in Turkish Waters Amid Turmoil
Constantinople reports the Russian squadron, leaving Sevastopol, is expected to reach the Turkish coast today to back demands over the Monastir murders. Insurgents threaten Monastir as Enver Rushdi Pasha struggles with shifting orders and rations for troops. Villages burn as fighting near Krushevo drives refugees to Monastir.
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Constantinople
Sebastopol
Turkey
M. Rostkovski
Monastir
Russia
Enmer Rushdi Pasha
Ahll
Ricnastir
Krushevo
O Ne
Massacre Reported in Krushevo by Turks
Reports from Constantinople, believed authentic, say Turk forces captured Krushevo and slaughtered the entire Christian population without exception. The notice stresses verification from Sofia and Constantinople sources.
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Krushevo
Sofia
Constantinople
Kidnapper Captured After Iowa Ransom Plot
August Lueth, a farm hand, confessed kidnapping Mrs. John Tulstrow of Bennett, holding her in a deserted house cellar for a $50,000 ransom. Sheriff Barclay arrested him in Davenport and jailed him at Tipton. The couple were lured from home, the husband assaulted, and the woman endured exposure and fear before escape.
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Iowa
Davenport
Barclay
August Lueth
John Telstow
Bennett
Lueth
Tipton
Telsrow
Tulsrow
Mr. Tulstow
Alderman Morgan Shot by Employee Then Hangs Self
Oshkosh Wisconsin August 20 Thomas R Morgan alderman of seventh ward and president of Morgan Sash Door and Blind Manufacturing was fatally shot by Fred Hampel a laborer in the lumber yard Hampel intoxicated and absent from work for days then killed himself with his suspenders in the city lockup John Rowland witnessed the confrontation and held Hampel until police arrived
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Oshkosh
Wis
Thomas R. Morgan
Seventh Ward
Morgan Sash, Door and Blind Manufacturing Company
Fred Hampel
Mr. Morgan
John Rowland
Morgan
Hampel
Rowland
Chinese Warship Sunk After Hong Kong Collision
The Empress of India from Vancouver collided with the Chinese cruiser Huang Tai near Hong Kong. Huang Tai sank an hour later. 170 crew were saved from the cruiser, 14 died including the Huang Tai’s captain. The Empress of India was badly damaged amidships. The Huang Tai, 2100-ton cruiser, was built in England and supported by Nan King naval college.
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Empress of India
Huang Tai
Hong Kong
Vancouver
S. C
Naval Engineering College
Nan King
England
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
Ice Cream Poisoning Alert Hits Colorado Springs
More than fifty people in Colorado Springs and Manitou are poisoned after consuming ice cream from local dealers using a Denver area creamery consignment. Analysis shows formaldehyde in the cream. No deaths yet, though several cases are critical. case promises sensational fallout.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Manitou
Denver
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