Milwaukee Yard Welcomes Engine 1142 Amid Busy Fall Traffic
Milwaukee yardmaster Chare Winters greets engine 1142 destined for yard service to handle increased fall traffic. No.77 heads east for way freight. conductors Olson and Wortman return from trips as others take leave or farm duties. A railman race record at Marion Junction inspires bids for faster times, while cattle shipments shift due to rain. Conductor Ed Stephenson tours Arkansas with family. Ed Wortman and others await further assignments.
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Chare Winters
Milwaukee
New York Girl Is Champion Swimmer
Sixteen year old Rose Pitnof from New York swam from East Twenty sixth Street Manhattan to Steeplechase Park Coney Island in about eighteen miles with an estimated twenty one mile distance. She finished at 5 27 p m after starting at 9 20 a m without stimulants, praising a future English Channel attempt and showing steady breast stroke propulsion with rare overhand bursts.
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New York City
Rose Pitnof
Bogton Mermaid
East Twenty-sixth Street
Manhattan
Steeplechase Park
Coney Island
Battery-to-Coney
Boston
English Channel
Rose
East River
Norton's Point
Sea Gate
Hittle
Babic
Ran
Bath Beach
Volunt Saving Corps
World's greatest woman swimmer paraded after feat
A celebrated female swimmer, after completing a demanding swim along a beach, walks through a crowd at Steel Plechase Park. She appears fresh and unharmed, is assisted into the bathhouse, eats a chicken sandwich and coffee, then is wrapped in an American flag and presented before several thousand spectators as the world's greatest woman swimmer.
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Steet
Steel Plechase Park
Aurora County to Host Big Fair in Plankinton
Plankinton, S D reports Aurora county’s big pumpkin show to run the first week of September starting Tuesday September 5. The program includes stock grain and machinery exhibits, races, baseball games between Mt Vernon White Lake Stickney and Plankinton, plus nightly novelty auto races and dancing. The Plankinton band and Opera house program aim to attract thousands of visitors.
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Plankinton
S. D
Aurora County
Floral Hall
ANCL
Ace Eitenearmeien
Beeen Ee
Mt. Vernon
White Lake
Stickney
Andrews
Opera House
Shcape
Heiress Leonora Brokaw Chooses Farmer Life over Society
New York socialite Leonora Brokaw says she will marry a farmer on Long Island after jilting the 400 set. She declares society vapid and boasts she is a receiving clerk with her own home. She aims to marry for love, not status, and will announce an engagement soon.
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New York City
Leonora Brokaw
New York
Long Island
Miss Brokaw
Gould Brokaw
Newport
Mies
Julia
Mies French
Letter Critique on Miss Brokaw Sparks Controversy
A reader defends frank American manhood while scolding Miss Brokaw for her stance in a public matter. The writer signs as Fray and says he hopes for a mailed response, offering a courteous, if stern, communication from the stand.
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Americ
Beebe Dies in Rochester Hospital
State Representative J. P. Beebe died in Rochester Minnesota from stomach cancer. A Kimball South Carolina pioneer, he started a Kimball dray and later bought 500 acres near town where his family lives. He leaves a son and two daughters. funeral Thursday at his home.
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Kimball
S. C
Rochester
Minn
J. P. Beebe
Minnesota Lands Open for Entry in Cass Lake District
Government lands totaling 82 220 acres in north central Minnesota opened to entry today. Much of the ceded Chippewa land has pine timber removed and is occupied by squatters with first entry rights. Two Koochiching County townships will be offered to the first legal applicant after 9 am, at $1.25 per acre, near Cass Lake and Red Lake in the Cass Lake district, with additional openings in the Duluth district.
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St Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Koochiching County
Cass Lake
Red Lake
Cass Lake Land Office District
Duluth Land Office District
Hall's Catarrh Cure firm offers reward for cure claims
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner in Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason seals the oath dated December 8. The remedy is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and testimonials are offered.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Cunty
State
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public Hall
Notice for 8th grade pupils and teachers to test for certificates
Due to a State Department policy change teachers applying for all grade certificates may write now. Credits earned within six months are accepted. Teachers with out of state certificates may write on additional branches. 8th grade pupils seeking make up work or a high grade diploma may also write. At Court House Mitchell S D August 31 and September 1 1911 8 A M O K Browne Co Supt Schools.
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State Department
Court House
Mitchell, S. D
Order to Show Cause for Decree to Mortgage Estate
In Davison County South Dakota Circuit Court the estate of Edward A Goheen is under petition by Emma Goheen administratrix to mortgage real property Lots 11 and 12 in Block 66 Palmer Higgins Addition Mitchell SD. The court orders all interested parties to appear August 1 1911 at 2 pm in the County Court to show cause why the decree should not be granted and directs publication of this order for three consecutive weeks in Mitchell Capital News.
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State OF
South Dakota
Davison
Said
Edward A. Goheen
Emma Goheen
Edward Goheen
Palmer & Higgins
Mitchal
Davison County
Hott Wy
S Aid ‘County
Emma _ Goheen
Mitchell Capital
W. Abbey
S. Cattrell
Chicago live stock prices dip as hogs and cattle fall
Union Stock Yards reports hogs down ten cents from Tuesday with receipts of 27 000 today and 6395 left over from yesterday. Cattle show steady to weak demand with 20 000 receipts and beef values sliding. Sheep receipts run 25 000 with steady close, native and western sheep and lambs quoted in varied ranges.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Texas
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City Iowa stock yards report daily cattle receipts 1500 with best steady and others weak hog receipts 50 90 10 to 15 cents lower top 7.25 bulk 7.10 7.15 sheep receipts 1200 steady cattle hogs and sheep are noted with price ranges and totals from Sioux City Stock Yards Company.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Minneapolis Grain Prices Display Mixed Wheat and Corn Quotes
The Minneapolis cash grain listing shows varied values across wheat and corn grades with old and new prices for No. 1 hard and northern, No. 2 northern, durum and yellow corn. Futures for September, December and May wheat are listed, alongside oats, barley, rye and flax figures.
Two New Towns to Rise in Rosebud Reservation
Two new towns will spring into existence in the ceded Rosebud reservation within Mellette county on August 28 and 29 as town lot sales occur. Chilton and Berkley will bridge the gap between White River and Carter, completing a regional link.
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Dallis
S. D
Rosebud
Meéllette County
Chilton
Berkley
White River
Carter
Watertown Votes on $11,000 Storm Sewer Bond
Watertown South Carolina calls a special city election for August 28 to decide borrowing 11000 for a storm sewer in the business district. The current system suffices normally but floods after heavy rain or during spring snowmelt. if approved the sewer will be dug by hand this fall employing local laborers.
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Watertown
S. C
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Alexander
Charlie
Ed Wortman
Mitchell
Canton
Mr. Wortman
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Aberdeen
Excelsior Springs
Ark
Stephenton
John Barnt
Pat McMahon
Maron Junction
Pat
Marion Junction
John Anderson
Sanborn
A. Anderson
Seattle
Milwaukee Company
Wylie
Mike Burns
Lake Okoboji
B&ich Aeuagie
Aurora
J.P. Beebe
Rochester Hospital
Brule County
Bechtold
Fritz
Ais
Opticians
W. H. Fritz
Minneapolis
Cash Grain
Gopenrs
Copenhagen
American Snuff Company
Fifth Ave
Warners Corsets
Redfern
Ferris
Vermilyer
Mitchel
Mitchell Hide CO
A. H. Pehrson
Main Street
Sioux City Stock Yards
Great Northwest
Petticoat Sale
Heatherbloom
A. T.mcgovern& Sons
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