Hafthouse Burns at Lucky Strike in South Dakota
Fire destroyed the small shaft house at the Lucky Strike mine near Deadwood South Dakota on August 26. Foreman W Floorman died from gas asphyxiation after rescuing miner Harry Metzer who was unconscious at the shaft bottom. Machinery damage and overall loss estimated at about 600 dollars.
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Deadwood
S. D
Ucky
Arry Metzer
Red W. Floormann
Floorman
Metzer
Floormann
Runaway Near Howard Wounds Several Occupants
A runaway west of Howard South Dakota injured several occupants of a buggy touring the country. Co H Waren suffered a broken arm while Albert Karland broke a leg and a land seeker sustained multiple rib fractures and severe internal injuries. The land seeker was taken to Artesian for care and Warren and Karland were treated in Howard.
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Howard
S. D
Co. H. Waren
Albert Karina
Mr. Warren
Mr. Karland
Two Weeks of Good Weather May Save South Dakota Corn
Harvesting is complete in southern and central regions with northern counties nearly finished. Threshing is general across the state and a shortage of threshing hands is reported. Farmers fear early frosts. some plan smudges and smoke to protect corn while hay tumbles are used to cover fields. The crop’s value is rising with widespread threshing machines at work.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
Washington
Middle Atlantic
1 000 Acres Reclaimed by New Drainage Ditches
Canton South Dakota August 26. Farmers in this county seek relief under a recent act to drain flat lands using large ditches. About forty farmers petitioned county commissioners for two ditches costing around seven thousand dollars. About 1 000 acres now uncultivable may be reclaimed and valued at roughly fifty dollars per acre, totaling about half a million dollars.
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Canton
S. D
Heavy Rains Delay Harvest Across Northern South Dakota
Aberdeen S D Aug 26 heavy rains drenched the northern part of the state. Overnight and yesterday nearly two inches of water fell here. Harvesting and thrashing will be delayed as fields stay soaked and ground remains soft.
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South Dakota
Berdeen
S. D
Stock Reject the Spelt in Sioux Falls County
Farmers report spelt, widely grown this year, fails to feed stock. One farmer notes hogs and other animals refuse the grain, eating only oats mixed with it while spelt is strained out. Other farmers report the same puzzling response and seek the cause of the mystery.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Rev Bert Dawson Wanted for Missing Wife and Mortgaged Property
A warrant is out for Reverend Bert Dawson who married Dena M. L. Johnson on Aug 16 in Wessington South Dakota. He allegedly skipped with his new wife and mortgaged team, leaving no address. Sheriff Kerr pursues him. Reports say he may have another wife in the northwest. A reward is offered for his arrest and recovery of property.
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Huron
Bert (Or Burgess) Dawson
Dena M. L. Johnson
Wessington
Menzo
B. Ainsworth
Sioux Falls
Dawson
Kerr
Great Northwest
Storms Bring Heavy Rain and Wheat Yields Reported in Aberdeen
Heavy thunder storms hit the Aberdeen region over two nights, bringing nearly two inches of rainfall and pushing August totals to 5.89 inches and the season total to 19.89 inches. Local farmers report wheat and corn yields, including John L. Fritz with 31 bushels per acre on forty acres of corn, A. L. Freeman averaging 27 bushels on forty acres, and John Helmke threshing 2,046 bushels of wheat from sixty five acres of corn stubble. Oats yields range from 52 to 68 bushels per acre.
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Aberdeen
S. D
John L. Fritz
A. L. Freeman
John Helmke
Drove into a wire damages case against telephone lines
Aberdeen south Dakota, Aug. 27. Mrs Rasmussen of Sisseton sues Dakota Central Telephone lines for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from driving into a down wire near ground. She alleges a farmer towed down the wire with a highway loading rig and failed to report it. The company may pursue the offender and others who torn down lines.
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Aberdeen
Rasmussen
Sisseton
Dakota Central Telephone Lines
High Farm Land Values Across South Dakota Counties
Deadwood South Dakota August 27 Lawrence County lands average $30.30 per acre the highest in the state while Clay County leads east of the Missouri with $13.48 Sully County shows the lowest at $2.60 per acre The state east of the river averages $4.14 per acre Lawrence County taxpayers dispute claims of lower per capita taxes versus eastern residents.
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South Dakota
Deadwood
S. D
Lawrence County
Misosuri River
Clay County
Sully County
G A R Sham Battle at Black Hills Meeting
The annual G A R meeting in the Black Hills features a sham battle pitting Civil War and Spanish War veterans against local cowboys. Col Patriquin of Lead will command, with Adjutant General Conklin and Congressman Martin in attendance. E P band to play. Plans to add a $5,000 building to Spearfish fish hatchery, which supplies a million minnows yearly.
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Veterans of Black Hills
Piedmont
S. C
Black Hills
Patriquin
Lead
Conklin
Martin
E. P. Band
Robbers Blow Safe. $2000 Looted From Granville Bank
Granville North Dakota August 25 thieves wrecked the Granville State Bank safe with nitroglycerine early today securing about $2000. The robbers fled the scene and police searched the area for clues and suspects. Local investigators described the crash as a bold daylight style break-in with no injuries reported. The bank remained closed pending further investigation by county authorities.
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Granville
N. D
Root to retire. Taft to succeed him in Cabinet news
Oyster Bay Aug 27 Secretary of War Root submits formal resignation to President Roosevelt with plan to remain until January 1. Governor General William H Taft of the Philippines to succeed. publication authorized of the correspondence between Root and Roosevelt regarding the resignation.
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Oyster Bay
Taft
Root
Lfe
General Staff Army
Senate
England
Alaska
Secretary of War
Mny
McKinley
Elihu Root
Oyster Bay, L. I
Washington, D. C
Mr. Root
Congress
Philippine Islands
Department of Insular Dependencies
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Weather helps corn as heat favors central belt crops
The Weather Bureau weekly crop summary reports generally favorable conditions across the nation with above normal temperatures aiding the corn belt, especially Nebraska and Kansas. Rain shortages threaten corn in the upper Ohio valley, Illinois, Missouri, and parts of Iowa, while harvests proceed in Oregon and Washington with high grain quality noted. widespread drought risks persist in Texas, the Rocky Mountain, and Pacific coast districts.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
South Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Texas
Pacific
Middle Atlantic States
Corn Belt
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Disrobing on Stage Draws Langtry Comment
Mrs Langtry defends a disrobing scene in her new play Mrs Deerings Divorce saying nothing improper is shown and noting that censored limits are strict yet undergarments can be more proper than ball dresss in her view.
Republican judicial nominees named at Valentine convention
At the Republican judicial convention for the Fifteenth district held in Valentine Nebraska on August 25 Allen G. Fishers of Dawes and W T Wills of Boyd were nominated as judges. The event featured the selection of editorial nominees and local party officials.
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Valentine
Valentine, Neb
Fifteenth District
Allen G., Fishers of
Dawe
W. T. Wills
Boyd
Assaulted Girl Identifies Suspect in Twin Cities Case
Jamey Hayes, a Black man, was identified by 13 year old Ruby Steel and her mother as the assailant in an attempted criminal assault in Minneapolis. Hayes faces arraignment tomorrow with a maximum thirty year penalty. mother and daughter described a brutal struggle as Ruby screamed for help and a neighbor intervened. Hayes claimed to be 27, born in Columbia Missouri, with prior Kansas City residence, and said he was in Sioux City before Minneapolis.
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Ruby Steel
Minneapolis
Minn
Jamey
Hayes
Twin Cities
Steele
Ruby
Mrs. Steele
Columbia
Kansas City
Sioux City
French Steamer Admiral Gueydon Reported Lost
The French steamer Admiral Gueydon, which departed Marseilles on July 15 for Colombo, has not been heard from in six weeks and is declared lost. Fifty-seven persons were aboard the vessel.
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Marseilles
Admiral Gueydon
Colombo
Cloudburst floods Kansas town. river rises 16 feet
Marysville Kansas reports a cloud burst that sent the Big Blue river 16 feet higher in seven hours. Water flooded river bottoms 3 to 5 feet deep, flooding fifty houses. Residents sought refuge in trees and on rooftops. Seventy five people were rescued by boat. no lives reported lost.
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Big Blue River
Marysville
Kan
Big Blue
Woman Assaulted as Man Breaks Into Albion Home
Marshalltown Iowa August 27 Laura Larson a middle aged woman living alone at Albion was criminally assaulted by a man who entered her sleeping apartment tearing out a window screen She fought him until exhausted the assailant escaped with unknown motives and authorities pursued leads in the case.
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Marshalltown
Laura Larson
Albion
Turks Massacre and Burn Villages in European War Fronts
Reports from Sofia on August 26 claim Turks massacred all in twenty two villages in Florina and Monastir districts and burned the villages after. Krushevo streets are strewn with dead as survivors fear burial due to Turkish suspicions. Armensko saw 150 of 157 houses destroyed and every man woman and child slain. Eight revolutionaries were captured at Krushevo and slaughtered. Krushevo’s sanitation conditions are described as revolting with bodies in streets.
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Sofia
Florina
Monastir
Krushevy
Vilayet
Adrianople
Armensko
Krushevo
Bulgarians At It Too Band Attacks Turkish Town
Vienna reports Bulgarians attacked Urgas south of Izmir and blew up government buildings. about 200 killed. Turkish advices say insurgents captured Vasiliko killing fifty soldiers and about 100 inhabitants, threaten Midia and attack Kirk Kiloseh. Refugees from Midia arrive at the Bosphorus fearing massacre and receive shelter.
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Vienna
Neu Frieie Presse
Constantionale
Urgas
Inada
Turkey
Midia
Constantinople
Vasiliko
Vilayet
Adrianople
Black Sea
Kirk Hkiloseh
Bosphorus
Anadoli Kavak
War in Adrianople Fires and Turkish Reprisals
Reports from Adrianople indicate the revolt leans toward the insurgents as villages burn and refugees flee into Bulgaria. Insurgents claim a Turkish detachment loss after a clash at Prolore, while near Surovicovo a Turkish regiment is said to have been annihilated. Turkish shelling targets monasteries and several villages, with civilians seeking shelter in Monastir. A special Turkish court at Monastir will try captured insurgents. Vienna confirms the czar will visit Emperor Franz Joseph at the end of September.
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Sofiia
Adrianopie
Prolore
Chanagasko
Surovicovo
Monastry
Constantine
Losengrad
Bakgik
Konakara
Evyeren
Dingisco
Brusheva
Drumbegie
Buch
Bakora
Empror
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Radium Gives Sight To Long Blind New York Girl
Lillie Spitznadel an 11 year old Austrian girl blind for years has shown partial sight after a radium and X ray treatment. The experiment begun last Wednesday night improved to distinguish moving objects and see electric lights at night within three days. Dr Amon Jenkins of State Street and William J. Hammer linked to the Marine hospital service oversee the patient.
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New York
Lillie Spitznadel
Br. Amon Jenkins
State Street
Marine Hospital Service
William J. Hammer
Courting Saves Lives in Berkshire Fire Rescue
In Lee Massachusetts late night drama a young man Fred Fillio while courting saved eight lives and aided the capture of two escaped convicts after fire at Mrs Clark’s farmhouse. The watchman Bos sidy pursued and overpowered one attacker while the other surrendered after a chase through fields.
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Lee
Mass
Pittsfield
Fred Fillie
Henry Clark
Fillio
Fillip
Walter Clark
James W. Bassidy
Bossidy
FAST GASOLINE YACHT STUNS YACHTS AT SANDY HOOK
New York records reveal the Standard, a low mahogany torpedo boat type yacht with reversible gasoline engine, built by Long Distance Automobile Co under Lewis Nixon. Fifty by seven feet, projected speed over 45 mph, with earlier runs claiming 27 mph. Cost about 2 cents per mile. The craft defeated Corsair and Colonia in recent races and distanced Admiral Dewey and other vessels. Reported to have been sold to a wealthy New Yorker for about 10 000 dollars.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Standard
Th Long Distance Automobile Company
Lewis Nixon
Nixon
Atlantic Yacht Club
Corsair
Oyster Bay
Larchmont
Colonia
Arrow
Charles R. Flint
Dewey
Rogers and Taylor
Panic on Canal Boat Sinks Indiana Steamer in Panic
Excursionists on the pleasure steamer Indiana panic as the canal boat sank in Indianapolis Water Company's canal near Fairview park. About fifty aboard. witnesses claim a woman and baby drowned though officials think no one perished. Rescue skiffs aided as thirty were thrown into the water. possible causes include defective machinery overload and leaks.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indianapolis Water Company
Fairview Park
Broad Ripple Park
Adopted 90 Daughters Fritz Adolphy Dies in Arizona
Fritz Adolphy once ran a south St. Louis beer garden with women as patrons and staff. After a ban on serving drinks by women, he sought relief through the orphans court adopting his ninety waitresses. He died in Clifton, Arizona, after years of residence there. Paper firm J P Jordan and Co. in Boston assigned for creditors, with Chas Davenport and Franklin Tibbets named as assignees.
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Fritz Adolphy
Waitesses
St. Louis
Clifton
Ariz
South St. Louis
Adolphy
Orphans’ Court
Boston
J. P. Jordan and Co
Chas., H. Davenport
Holyoke
Frank
Tibbets of
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Hafthouse
Ed Floorman
Employe
Rev. Dawson
G. A. R. Sham Battle
Roosevelt
ST. Sofia
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