Kermit Roosevelt Tours Black Hills Ranch Route
Deadwood South Dakota August 22 Kermit Roosevelt son of the president travels with John Heard Captain Seth Bullock his son Stanley and Paul Martin to Spearfish Creek Belle Fourche and the Roosevelt ranch on the Little Missouri. They plan a week long camping trip with no hunting to meet men who knew his father and to see the old homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Ermit Roosevelt
Black Hills
Great West
Seth Bullock
Kermit
John Heard
Stanley
Paul Martin
Martin
Martin Camp
Spearfish Creek
Belle Fourche
Bullock Ranch
Roosevelt Ranch
Little Missouri
Colling Prairies
Sanitary Instructions Issued For Slaughterhouses
E W Smail state pure food commissioner directs county health superintendents to inspect all local slaughterhouses. Focus on water supply drainage cleansing after butchering and waterproof floors with washable walls to protect public health.
Martin Named to Mining Congress Committee in Denver Meet
Congressman Martin joins a five member special committee named by James F Calybreath Jr secretary of the American Mining congress. The group will draft a state law to prevent mining frauds for consideration at the Denver congress October 16 to 19 and possible passage by state legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. C
Martin
James F. Calybreath, Jr
American Mining Congress
Congress
Denver
Black Hills
Pardee
California
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Dubois
Idaho
Folk
Missouri
Watertown Court Ends Oak Street Rail Crossing Standstill
Oak street in Watertown South Carolina will be opened to traffic within a week. The 500 foot crossing across tracks of three railways has dominated legal fights for twenty years with injunctions issued and dissolved as residents endured longer walks. By week’s end the street across the tracks will be straightened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Street
Watertown
S. C
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Rock Island
North Side
Farmer Melee Ends in Horrific Boiler Fire
Codington county resident Frank Heathcote, a north Codington county farmer, died in a threshing machine boiler explosion after entering the boiler with a gasoline torch. The torch ignited fumes and flames rapidly, burning him to death before assistance could reach him in Watertown, South Dakota, on August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codington County
Watertown
S. D
Frank Heathcote
Heathcote
Teddy's Big Stick arrives in Aberdeen on travel
The Roosevelt big stick reached Aberdeen by express and departed for Minneapolis and St Paul, carried by an agent of the United States Express Company. About 200 labels from Iowa Michigan Ohio Missouri Texas and Colorado hung from it as it continued toward Minnesota and the eastern states then to the White House. A tag bore a verse honoring Teddy Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Northwest
Roosevelt
Express
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Texas
Colorado
Minnesota
White House
United States Express Company
Des Moines
Teddy
Araid
Popular Watertown Hotel Proprietor Drowns in Lake Kampeska
John Cochran, co owner of the Savoy hotel in Watertown South Dakota, drowned while bathing off Stony Point pier on Lake Kampeska. Though a good swimmer, he rose and sank without crying out. the body was recovered within minutes. A physician said death was due to heart failure. Cochran, born in Liverpool, had lived in Watertown twenty years and held large local landed interests.
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Watertown
John Cochran
Savoy Hotel
Lake Kampeska
Stony Point
Cochran
Liverpool
England
South Dakota Fully Pays For State Institutions Worth Two Million
South Dakota states sixteen institutions in fifteen cities with a combined value near two million dollars. By January first next year not a single dollar will be owed on outstanding bonds. The network includes Aberdeen Normal and industrial schools, Brookings Agricultural College, Gary Blind asylum, Hot Springs Soldiers Home, Huron state fair, Madison Normal school, Mitchell livestock building, Redfield Northern hospital, Rapid City School of Mines, Sioux Falls Penitentiary and related facilities, Spearfish and Springfield Normal schools, Vermillion University holdings, and Yankton Insane hospital.
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Aberdeen
South Dakota
Aberdeen—Normal School
Brookings — Agricultural College
Gary
Hot Springs
Madison—Normal School
Mitchell—Livestock
Didnish Eee Ecolth School
Redfield—Northern Hospital
Rapid City—School of
Sioux Falls—Penitentiary
Spearfish—Normal School
Springfield—Normal School
Vermillion — University
Yankton
Robbery at Philip Lutz’s Saloon Near Glenham
A Glenham report says bandits broke into Philip Lutz’s saloon and stole over $40 from the cash register and slot machines. The safe was not broken into and authorities have no solid leads, except a new trail toward Bvarts.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Aus
Glenham
Here
Philip Lutz
Bvarts
Reverend Stevens Named Pastor of Local Congregational Church
At a meeting in the Congregational church of Yankton South Dakota the people unanimously voted to call Rev Frank W. Stevens pastor from Whitewater Wisconsin to succeed Rev B. G. Mattson. The community expresses gladness at securing such a worthy successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton, S. D
Frank W. Stevens
Congregational Church
Whitewater
Wis
B. G. Mattson
Northwestern freight wreck near Beresford injures local druggist
A freight train derailment occurred two and a half miles south of Beresford South Dakota as it descended a grade at forty miles per hour. The third head car left the rails causing seven loaded cars to derail and spill, with 200 feet of track damaged. F D Kirbs the local druggist sustained injuries after being thrown against a caboose seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
S. D
Northwestern
Here
F. D. Kirbs
Pioneer Pavses Away in South Dakota
Beresford August 23 C D Austin early Lincoln county settler died at his home seven miles north dropsy caused death he was regarded as one of the oldest residents in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavlses
Beresford
S. D
C. D. Austin
Lincoln County
Explosion kills three at Jones and Laughlins furnace
In Pittsburg on August 23 an explosion at the Eliza furnaces of Jones and Laughlins Steel company killed three workers, left two seriously injured, and rendered nine unconscious. The blast occurred as men dumped ore and coke into the furnace from the top and was caused by accumulated gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Eliza
Jones and Laughlins Steel Company
South Dakota Seeks Teachers as Eastern Women Respond
The state superintendent reports a flood of letters from eastern women seeking teaching positions. Rural posts pay 35 to 55 dollars monthly, averaging 40 to 45, with city jobs filled early. He rejects the idea of a matrimonial bureau, urging qualified applicants to contact county superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Family of Buffalo Bill Visits Deadwood
The Cody family visits Deadwood as Mrs. Cody and her daughter Mrs. Stott with grandson Cody Boal tour the town at Buffalo Bill’s friend Mike Russell’s invitation. The piece recounts how William Cody earned the moniker Buffalo Bill during plains hunts for government contractors and notes Mrs. Cody’s success as a Nebraska farmer managing 4000 acres with cattle and grain.
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Deadwood
S. D
Buffalo Bill
Fife
Cody
Mrs. Stott
Cody Boal
Mike Russell
United States
Kansas Pacific
Kansas
Denver
Port Russell
Wyoming
North Platte
Neb
Oger
Republicans Call County Convention at Salem on Sept 18
The McCook county Republican committee issues a call for a county convention at Salem on Sept 18 to nominate a full legislative and county ticket. Delegates counted at 123, with sharp floor contests expected among candidates including I J Wood and L S Tyler for senator, and Jacob Tschetter vs H C Thorpe for representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgewater
M. C
Republican County Central Committee
McCook
Salem
I. J. Wodd
L. S. Tyler
Bridgewinter
Jacob Tschetter
H. C. Thorpe
W. A. Schmidt
Janistota
F. E. Schmidt
Spenser
H. W. Carl
S. M. Smith
Bridgewater Union Telephone Company
Here
Japanese Consul Sees Great Dakota Wheat Supply
Aberdeen S D August 20 Japanese consul Seizaburo Shimizu visiting the region says Brown county is the world’s finest grain area and North Dakota and Minnesota will supply Japan with spring wheat flour The government plans to purchase all flour from this zone and will spend 5 to 6 million dollars this year in the Dakotas and Minnesota He notes potential Japanese farmer migration but calls it tentative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Jim River
South Dakota
Minnesota
Japan
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Dakotas
United States
Texas
Wreck Delays Eastbound Freight Train Near Rapid City
A Northwestern railroad wreck about two and a half miles from Rapid City delayed the eastbound freight for sixteen hours. Eight cars were ditched and contents destroyed while 300 feet of track were torn up. The cause remains a mystery with no lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Northwestern Railroad
CHAS M SHELDON TO LECTURE IN YANKTON NEXT WINTER
Charles M. Sheldon author of In His Steps will lecture in Yankton next winter, invited by Warren of Yankton College. He is a former Yankton boy who lived here in 1872 on a farm with his parents. His father was connected to Dr. Joseph Ward and helped found Yankton College and push Dakotas statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton, S. D
Charles M. Sheldon
Warren
Yankton College
Yankton
Joseph Ward
Congregational Churches of
The
Dakotas
States
Trains Find Unidentified Girl After Suicide Attempt Near Bristol
Milwaukee east train crew reports an attempted self harm by a young passenger near Bristol. The girl was found lying in front of the track as the train approached. identity remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Milwaukee
Bristol
Vermillion reports record Clay county plum and apple crop
Vermillion South Dakota August 20 reports the largest crop of plums and apples ever gathered in Clay county with plum yield described as the best and seven hundred fifty baskets shipped today and expected daily this week. County total fruit yield projected near six thousand bushels pending final apple estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion
S. D
Clay County
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dificult
Beet Sugar Merger Unites Michigan Plants Under One Company
Detroit reports the Michigan Sugar company filed articles of incorporation in Lansing to consolidate at least seven major beet sugar plants under a single management, forming a statewide producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Lansing
Michigan Sugar Company
Falls 60 Feet in Attempted Work at Turner Plant
Albert Dunn of Clarinda Iowa fell sixty feet while painting an eighty foot smokestack at the Turner Produce engine house in Mitchell South Dakota. He struck a guy rope and the roof before reaching the ground, breaking a leg near the hip and sustaining internal injuries. He was taken to the detention hospital after arriving about two weeks ago to perform the painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
S. D
Albert Dunn
Clarinda
Turner Produce Company
Custer County Prosperous Amid Rising Timber and Mining
Custer County South Dakota reports thriving finances and expanding industry. Mining operates six-plus gold, tin, and mica mines with crews around twenty each. Timber from bug-infested stands is salvaged for ties and mining props, with government seeking hundreds more workers. Forest reserve law opens unused land to settlement. 19 percent of reserve receipts go to counties, South Dakota receiving 3999.04.
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Custer, S. D
Custer County
Uncle Sam
South Dakota
Hgh
Black Hills Baptists mark 17th anniversary in Deadwood
Large turnout from Hills communities joined Deadwood for a three day session of the Black Hills Baptist association. Rev. A H Dahl Aberden spoke on Home Strangelism and Rev Monroe Smock preached the annual sermon. W C King new state general missionary addressed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Hot Springs
As Young People’s Union
W. C. King
Federal naturalization rules tighten before September date
Attorney General Hall issues a circular to state clerks detailing the new national naturalization laws effective September 27. Blank forms must be secured from Washington and numbered, with clerks held responsible for numbers issued. Applications must be filed at least ninety days before final court action, which is set by term, and no naturalization can be completed within thirty days before a general election. The process shifts to federal control via state courts to curb mass naturalizations near elections.
Basford Bros Dissolve Firm. Meyer Acquires Share
Redfield Press in Redfield South Dakota dissolves Basford Bros Basford by mutual consent. George N Meyer buys one third. paper becomes Basford Myers with O S Basford continuing as manager and editor and George L Myers as city editor.
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Basford
Redfield
S. D
Basford Bros. & Basford
Redfield Press
George N. Meyer
Dbaper
Basford & Myers
O. S. Basford
George L. Myers
Atic
Governor's Day at Camp Roosevelt Ends With Ball and Helio Messages
Yester day Governor S H Elrod reviewed South Dakota National Guard troops at Camp Roosevelt Watertown. Over 3 000 spectators watched field sports dress parade and a grand officers ball. Tomorrow 300 men from the Fourth South Dakota will depart for Fort Riley to join maneuvers due to funds limiting a full regiment.
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Watertown
S. D
Camp
Roosevelt
S. H. Elrod
South Dakota, National Guard
Englesby
Signal Corps
Fourth
South Dakota
Fort Riley
Kas
Stewart
Guyer
JAP CONSUL VISITS ABERDEEN TO STUDY WHEAT PRODUCTION
Seizaburo Shimizu the Japanese consul in Chicago arrived in Aberdeen South Dakota to study agricultural conditions with a focus on wheat for a report to his government. He aims to learn wheat cultivation methods and may seek a location to establish a Japanese colony. He has letters from Secretary Wilson for bankers Isaac Lincoln and J C Bassett who will assist him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Seizaburo Shimizu
Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Isaac Lincoln
J. C. Bassett
Shimizu
Ree
Successful Conference Marks Ninth Methodist Meeting
Rapid City reports the ninth annual Methodist conference a success with broad Hills participation. Bishop Williams of Baltimore delivered the address as Rev Mason of Terry returned home to the birth of a son named after the bishop. A.L. Baker moves from Deadwood Trinity to Belle Fourche. Mason from Terry replaces him. Atwater shifts to Terraville. Terry remains without a pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Methodist Church
Bishop Williams
Baltimore
Mason
Terry
A.L. Baker
Trinity Church
Deadwood
Belle Fourche
Mr. Mason
Mr. Atwater
Hillis
Terraville
Stop Train to Kill Rattlers Near Presho
In Presho South Dakota August 18 a freight train on the Milwaukee line halted to remove six large rattlesnakes found by the track beside a prairie dog town between Presho and Murdo. The engineer and fireman fought the reptiles then, as the engine reversed unexpectedly, each grabbed a dead rattler to mount as pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presho
S. D
Milwaukee
Missouri River
Murdo
German official inspects South Dakota farming grounds
Naumanns of Chicago, attaché to the German Agriculture Ministry, surveys South Dakota land and soils. After three days in Stanley and Sanborn and Jerauld counties he praises soil analysis and German farmers' prosperity, then proceeds to Madison and the Brookings station.
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Woonsocket
S. D
Naumanns
Chicago
Agricultural Department
South Dakota
Stanley County
Sanborn
Jerauld County
Madison
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Old Dakota Range
Bullock
United States Marshal
Congressman Martin
Smail
Teach
Practical Joker
Island
Dakota
Fie
Daily American
Chas. M. Sheldon
Hills
Grand Army of the Republic
Saratoga
N. Y
Wolverine
Michigan Department
Camp Roosevelt
South Dakota National Guard
Elrod
FT. Riley
Black Hills Methodist Churches
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