Local Notes Highlight Mitchell Scene Of Patents and Sports
Local notes from Mitchell mention visits of Miss Alta Pearson and other county residents, patent grants to South Dakotans, and various social and sporting events. Notable items include Sixteen patents reported by Milton Crandall of Sioux City, local trips to Pierre, and Mitchell golfers led by Fred Bartsch winning a state tourney professional division event in Sioux Falls.
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Milton 8
Crandall
Sioux City
South
F. BP, Gannon
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Yanktor
W. B. Martin
Farmer’s State Bank
Pukwana
S. J. van Benthuysen
C. V. Gilliland
James River
Jonny Lerman
Pacific Coast
Great Falls
Mont
St. Paul
Jack Barnes
Hastings and Dakota
Milwaukee
Teft
Jie
Wash
Portland
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Fred Bartsch
Mitchell Country Club
Joe Greig
Minnehaha Country Club
Sweiberg
Watertown
Bartsch
Greig
Auto accident injures Andover man and paralyzes rider
In Andover S 0 riding a motor truck with companion Fred Vickers a farmer near here was seriously injured when the machine left the road teetered and fell catching him under it breaking both legs in two places and causing severe head and arm contusions his companion escaped unharmed
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Andover
Fred Vickers
Here
Thorh Teeterers
George Watson Pioneer Dies at Davison County Farm
George Watson longtime Davison County resident dies suddenly at his home six miles southeast of Mitchell. Born May 15 1851 in Sarnia Ontario he came to the United States in the early seven ties settling in Davison County in 1879. He organized the first Sunday school and helped form the First Baptist church, serving as deacon. Survived by widow Lavonia Phelps and seven children two sisters in Ontario. Funeral Monday at 2:20 pm at First Baptist Church with interment at Prairieland.
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Goorle Watson
Davison County
Mitchell
George Watson
Byron V. Jones
Fred C. Toffiman
Rockford
Sarnia
Ontario
United States
Wills and Orswell’s Hall
Union Church
M. E. Chapin
Hope Chapel
First Baptist Church of
Lavonia Phelps
Phelps
Grinnell
Robert Watson
Brookings
Alexander M
Agnes and
Wate Watson
Onteria
Florence
Frances Phelps
Earl
Richard K
Herbert B
First Baptist Church
Top
Lincoln Kelley
Iraceland
Over Half of Teachers Fail in July Exam
Pierre reports that nearly 60 percent of teacher certificate applicants failed in the July examinations. Of 13 applicants, about 51 percent failed while 882 earned second grade, 204 third grade, and four primary certificates. Superintendent Lugg cites recertification pressures, focus on professional standards, and cross state travel as factors in the high failure rate.
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Selma Moe
Lucile Erskine
Florence Wallis
Iva McAndrews
Herbert Emery
Mrs. C. Taylor
Lora Ortman
Genevieve West
Wthel Mae Green
Blanche Pipal
Corrine’ Twolweck
Florence Lewis
Emma Wittig
Olaf Schervem
Mary Jacobs
Lena Fyenson
Hulda Erdman
Court House
Will Stevens
Dull Law
Pierre
C. H W. Lugg
Early Indian Fighter Dies at Sherman Home
George W. Fay a pioneer of the northwest and Civil War era soldier died at his Sherman home. Born in 1845 in Boston he served in Company II South Minnesota Infantry and earned a promotion for his record. Fay came west in youth, homesteaded near Sherman in 1873, and retired from farming in 1903.
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Sherman
S. D
George W. Fay
Northwest
Dakota
Minnesota
Tive
New Ulm
Minn
Boston
Mass
South Minnesota Infantry
Ife
South Dakota
Pierre Vigilants Repel Lone Skunk in Midnight Stir
In Pierre South Dakota a bizarre incident drew out the night police and a volunteer corps to curb a skunk that wandered from the river brush. The animal sought access to a cigar store and a dry goods shop before taking refuge in the Pierre National Bank basement where it was repelled with a volley of shots.
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Pierre National Bank
Read
Guardsmen Unhurt by Gulf Storm at Sta Benito
Capt Jarl Rowley of Company now encamped with the Fourth South Teahkoli infantry at Sta Benito Vex telegraphs that a Friday hurricane toppled tents but injured none of the guardsmen. A San Benito girl was killed by a fallen telegraph wire as the storm peaked around 1 pm. Debris cleanup followed as the guardsmen resumed quarters in a schoolhouse.
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San Benito
Rey Guy
Squires
Jarl
Rowley
Fourth South Teahkoli Infantry
Sta Benito
Vex
South Dakota
Omipans Ie
Watch Burglar Robs Tripp Store in Downey Detection
Jack Pawney confessed to robbing Wildermuth hardware in Tripp South Dakota. Alex Schelske sightings prompted a neighbor posse to surround the store. Pawney pled guilty before Judge Frank E. Smith and received a state penitentiary sentence after rapid identification and arrest.
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Tripp
S. D
Wildermuth
Jack Pawney
Mitchell
Frank E. Smith
State
Downey
Alex Schelske
Schelske
Petrie Weds in California
Chamberlain S D John J Petrie longtime deputy U S marshal for South Dakota and famed cattle country lawman wed in Los Angeles California to Mrs Anita Lenox a former Illinois neighbor Petrie Civil War veteran rests at the Pacific Soldiers Home near Los Angeles Known as Little Joshn ie he served forty four years as a peace officer and captured hundreds of suspects His boldest deed included the capture and killing of Jack Sully who menaced the Missouri cattle country for two decades.
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Jack Sully
Missouri
McGilvery jailed over liquor charges after Chamberlain scare
After Brule county spent hundreds quarantining him for Smallpox and a city scare, Ifugh McGilvery is jailed on charges of furnishing liquor to functions. He arrived in Chamberlain by freight train bumpers and local officials hope federal authorities will remove him from the area.
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Chamberlain
S. 1
Brule County
Ifugh McGilvery
McGilvery
Runaway ends life of local youth Carl A. Otto
Carl A. Otto, a member of a prominent local family, died from injuries after his back was broken and internal damage in a runaway. He drove a team of colts that were frightened by an approaching automobile. The wagon noise likely prevented him from hearing the car.
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Tripp
Carl A. Otto
Montana and South Dakota Announce Aberdeen Game
Montana university football will play South Dakota university in Aberdeen on Saturday Oct 7 under the Aberdeen Commercial club sponsorship. The teams met last year at Aberdeen with South Dakota winning 10 to 6.
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Aberdeen
Montana University
South Dakota University
Aberdeen Commercial Club
Montana
South Dakota
Infantile paralysis case reported near Harteford
The first infantile paralysis case in Hartford area is a 19 month old girl from the Isaac Anderson farm. The child is under quarantine and is reportedly recovering well with no expected lasting effects noted.
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Harteford
Hartford
S. D
Isaac Anderson
South Dakota Threshing Yields Vary Widely Across State
Threshing across South Dakota shows mixed results as hot dry weather hurt yields in July. Corn has improved with recent rains and is expected to be large, while small grains vary from bumper oat and barley yields to poor blue stem wheat and rust-damaged crops.
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South Dakota
South Tuikoia
Beresford
Jens Johnson
Peter Andriessen
U ~S
Castlewood
Aandrew
Hurley
Vaulkton
Rogers
Spoltz
Rosebud
Woman Raises Field of Corn on Sioux Reservation
In Roberts County South Dakota, 80 year old Lydia Sherfoot, a Sisseton Sioux, cultivates eight acres of corn using only a garden hoe and bone hoes, marketing green corn to neighbors. Her lifelong farming on the reservation reflects traditional methods passed down from earlier generations.
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Sisseton Reservation
Northwest
Parker Board Keeps Guard Officer Post Open
Parker officials report the Parker board of education plans to keep a guard officer position open amid discussion over Supt. Sperbeck of the Parker SUTools referenced as second lieutenant of Company D in the South Dakota National Guard at the Mexican border.
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Parker. S. D
Supt
Sperbeck
Parker 'Sutools
Shyehree
South Dakota Naional Guard
Parker Board of Education
Board keeps position open for returning leader
The board voted to hold his position open until his return. Lieut Sperbeck offered to re assign Vetcher temporarily and the assistant principal would take the role. The action was sustained with a recommendation from the state superintendent Th Lips.
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Sperbeck
Vetcher
UGO
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tharles Th Lips
Father and Son Held for Murder in Wyoming
Sundance Wyoming coroner's jury sent George Dr Russell and his son John to district court for the killing of Sid Hampton at the Chalmers ranch. They ruled the shooting premeditated murder and claim the Russells acted after Hampton refused to surrender as a cattle rustler. Witnesses say the son fired first and the father shot again as Hampton lay on the porch unarmed.
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Sundance
Wyo
George DR. Russell
John
Sid Hampton
Chalmers Ranch
Here
Hammonton
Russells
Slevius
Hampton
Russell
Hmpton
Stranger robber haunts Wessington Springs case
A farmer Frank Rodman hired a stranger from Oklahoma to work on his farm and the man then rode ahead to lead him home. The home was raided. money jewelry and food were taken. The stranger known as Red disappeared and a car or vehicle was found overturned with no driver. Authorities search for the suspect continues.
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Wessington Springs
Frank Rodman
Jerauld County
Oklahoma
Red
Alpena
Kodakin
Hodis
Wenier Slasher Arrested After Hobos Fight
Swisser was arrested after a quarrel at a hobo camp in which he allegedly drew a knife and slashed his companion. The victim was not seriously injured and will recover. The arrestee is held for appearance in state court.
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Wenier
Havinsond
CVA
Bobo
Tran- Wey Pomgees
UES
Eclreuic
Swisser
Tripp Marshall Has Heart Failure
Tripp S D Daniel Geiszler, longtime marshal of Tripp, died suddenly at his home from heart failure likely due to recent strenuous work during migration and harvest season. Born in Dennewitz South Russia, he came to America in 1880, homesteaded near Tripp, and leaves eight children, two surviving.
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Tripp
S. D
Daniel Geiszler
Marshall
Jnst
Eludes Robbers but Wrecks Car Near Clear Lake
George Artus and wife, prominent residents of Clear Lake, escaped a pursuit by holdup men in a car. Their vehicle was badly damaged in a sharp turn, throwing them to the ground with minor cuts and bruises. A second car appeared and the bandits fled.
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Clear Lake
S. D
George Artus
Artus
Vicious Bull Kills Clay County Resident
Sioux Falls, S D Axel Christianson 38 died in a Sioux Falls hospital from injuries at the ranch of ex Governor Andrew E Lee in Clay county He was leading a bull by a rope when the animal struck him in the air he fell injuring his spine causing paralysis of the lower limbs and death occurred after medical aid arrived.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Axel Christianson
Andrew E. Lee
Clay County
Christianson
Bad Lands Seen As Rich Future Wealth For South Dakota
chemists visiting the Bad Lands this summer forecast immense value from deposits of platinum and aluminum richer than current mines. they note kaolin in white river sediment and nitrogen in soil, predicting the region could outstrip gold outputs from past Black Hills mines once properly developed. the dolomitic formation has long been dismissed as waste land despite vast area.
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Pierre
South Dakota
White River
Largo
Black Pitts
Captain's Son Operates Radio at Home
Ted Moitet, son of Captain W. T. Moftier of the Seventh Cavalry serving with Col. Dodd's column in the Mexican punitive expedition, completed a radio telegraph outfit at relatives' home in Woonsocket to receive wireless messages from the Rio Grande. He built an antenna and crude set to get border news beyond ordinary channels. He already runs an elaborate radio station at his home in Douglas.
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Woonsocket
Ted Moitet
W. T. Moftier
Seventh Cavalry
Col. Dodd
Rio Grande
Dle
Douglas
Peculiar Indian Grave Found Near City Farm
Skeleton of an Indian warrior, buried in a hidden seven foot cave pocket, was unearthed by C P Sayles about a mile north of town. The burial suggests high status, perhaps a chief, amid numerous remains from Pireisteed creek mounds once inhabited by copper-colored peoples.
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C. P. Sayles
Pirestec Creek
Piresteed
Weer Toty
Freed From Prison A Wealthy Indian
Francis Var Moore describes his fifteen year prison term for murder and his release on technical grounds. With his land allotment and tribal payments he appears fairly wealthy among his people and plans to settle on his half section with enough cash for life.
Woman Kills 140 Snakes on South Dakota Farm
Mrs. W. Bernise of Tona claims a single day record of 140 snakes killed on her farm near Pierre. She spotted a large rattler in a plowed field and used a club to dispatch it, triggering a wider snake movement and a final pile of 140 reptiles.
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Pierre
S D
W. Bernise
Tona
Aberdee n hotel guest dash es in street after theatre shots
A guest in an Aberdeen hotel caused a stir by rushing into the street half dressed after believing a murder was occurring. Investigators found he heard a final act burst of revolver shots from a nearby theatre and misread them as a crime in progress.
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Aberdeen, S. D
Aberdeen
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