Minority Rule and the Threat of Party Caucuses in Congress
Senator Hardwick of Georgia denounces party caucus control as undermining majority rule by binding members to caucus decisions. He argues that a small faction could steer legislation, overriding the will of the majority in both Senate and House, and questions President Wilson's tolerance of such a precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hardwick
Georgia
House of Congress
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Ee Ak Aewl
State appeals case over funds held by former treasurer Shamber
The state appeals Judge Taylor's ninth circuit decision in a suit to recover interest claimed on state funds while John Shamber served as state treasurer. The defense raised a to remedy the complaint, which the court granted, sending the case to the supreme court on the state's motion.
Fatten Cattle in the Hills
Belle Fourche South Dakota reports the 1916 cattle shipping season just starting with expectations of heavier shipments. Prices are high and stock condition is unusually good with many cattle being shipped in from other regions and distributed on local ranches. Hogs and sheep are also in good shape, signaling a prosperous year for ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
S. D
Corn Palace Day Promises Corn Themed Menus Across City
Plans for Corn Day involve cooperation of city restaurants and church groups. On designated days visitors will be served corn based dishes replacing regular menus. Corn products such as corn balls chowder fritters griddle cakes and corn bread will be offered with various cake types syrup and corn starch pudding.
Raymond Johnson Wins Best Kept Yard Prize
Raymond Johnson son of Thomas Johnson 220 East Ninth avenue won the $10 prize hung by Supt J W McClinton for greatest summer yard improvement supervised by Prof J H Hamilton agriculture instructor. Fred Ellwein 718 West Fourth avenue took second with $5. third went to Sam and Alpheus Weller 612 North Duff Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Johnson
Thomas Johnson
East
Ninth Avenue
J. W. McClinton
J. H. Hamilton
Fred Ellwein
Andrew Ellwein
West Fourth Avenue
Sam
Alpheus Weller
North Duff Street
Fawn Scharnweber
Clarence Litchfield
Ruth
Pearl Dabler
Ralph Hoffman
W. T. ‘March
J. R. Torgrin
Floyd Kings
Supt. McClinton
Wife Deserter Seeker Arrested in Vermillion
Sheriff Vaughn returns with Ira BE Seeker in custody after his wife reported desertion in Vermillion South Dakota. Seeker held for circuit court trial. default bond would keep him jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion
S. D
Vaughn
Appleton
Minn
Ira BE
Seeker
Crop pays for land near Dupree in South Dakota
Tilton Davis Jr. of Lexington Missouri reports $21.85 per acre from rye on cheap land near Dupree South Dakota for one year. He came to oversee harvest and nearly recovered the land’s purchase price, leaving him untroubled by his investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Dupree
Tilton Davis Jr
Lexington
Davis
South Dakota
Byrne Speaks For Day State In Prohibition Address
Governor Frank M. Byrne closed the summer vesper series with a forceful pledge of support for the proposed constitutional prohibition amendment to be voted on this fall. He lauded Mitchell for voting out saloons and urged residents to extend their duty to making the entire state dry. A male quartet received public recognition for its services during the meetings. Rev. Theodore Jorgenson spoke in Perkins county where no high schools or rail service exist within 55 miles. A collection will aid Thrall academy’s equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Byrne
Union
Mitchell
Theodore Jorgenson
Thrall Academy
Congregational Church
Perkins County
Jorgensen
Picnic Program Outlined for Riverside Park Event
A. F. Scharnweber announced a big community picnic at Riverside Park on Monday September 4 featuring eleven events with nearly 90 in prizes. Activities include a juvenile baseball game at 1 pm for 9, a 100 yard race, four 50 yard sprints, a cracker whistle contest, horseshoe pitching, and a baseball game between Prosper and Plano townships with 25 to 15 purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Park
A. F. Scharnweber
Prosper
Plano Townships
Prohibition special to tour 600 towns across many states
The Prohibition special train carrying presidential candidate J. Frank Hanly and vice presidential candidate Dr Tra Landrith will visit 600 towns on a two month tour. It leaves Chicago on September 8 and will stop in a dozen Illinois towns and nine Wisconsin towns on September 9, then proceed from Minneapolis on September 10 through North Dakota Montana and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. Frank Hanly
Lightning Strikes Wagner Girl. Survives Unhurt
A girl aged years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Larkin near Wagner, Sioux Falls, was struck by lightning while pumping water at a windmill. The bolt burned skin along its path and went down her body to the ground. She was unconscious but revived after an hour and showed no lasting harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
J. J. Larkin
Wagner
Two Men Arrested in Olivet Assault Case
Two young men residing at Menno were arrested and brought to Olivet for trial before a local justice on the charge of assaulting the night watchman at Menno. Both defendants entered a plea of not proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivet
Menno
Bunty Fine Across for Offense
Bunty and another person were fined 100 dollars and costs each and paid the amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunty
Johnson Opposes Revenue Bill In Congress
Rep. Royal Johnson of South Dakota warns against the revenue bill's tax on insurance, theater owners, and farmers citing $194 million in prior appropriations. He states he supported the original measure but will oppose it if Senate amendments pass, arguing funds fund projects in Texas and Mississippi rather than South Dakota. He notes industry shortages and rising prices if war continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Deadwood
Royal @. Johnson
South Dakota
W. B. Milligan
House
Senate
United States
Mississippi River
Brazos River
Trinity River
Texas
Red Sea
Muscles Shoals River
Alabama
Mississippi
Congress
Runaway Girl Taken In Vermillion
Aberdeen officers captured Mary Collins in Vermillion after she ran away from Aberdeen seeking work and an education. She intended to travel overland toward Missouri to reach a former family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion, S. D
Aberdeen
Vermillion
Mary Collins
Missouri
Eastern Market Lacks the Goods
H D Butterfield reports buying in New York is very hard due to war demand and material shortages. He notes firms sold out through January 1 and many mills will not take orders until after that date. Some firms prefer to keep American trade for postwar business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchants
H. D. Butterfield
New York City
Butterfield
Arlington schools advertise course of study in paper
Arlington public schools run a two column advertisement in the Arlington Sun detailing the course of study. The board hopes to attract out of town students who would pay monthly tuition, aiding school expenses. This marks South Dakota’s first paid public school advertisement in a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Board of Education
Arlington
Arlington Sun
Arlington Public Schools
South Dakota
Men Thrown Into Wire Fence In Sioux Falls Crash
A car carrying Hans Sievers of Frankfort South Dakota and Mr Andus of Boyd Nebraska went off a Clark county highway hitting sand and flipping several times. Sievers suffered serious injuries to his right arm head and left ear while Andus was badly hurt. The car wrecked. Authorities report high speed prior to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Andus
Boyd
Neb
Clark County
Hans Sievers
Frankfort
Nebraska
Heirs Win Rights on Mellette County Homestead
The secretary of the interior upheld the heirs of Simon L. Kent in a Mellette county homestead contest. The entryman died, heirs admitted no residence or cultivation the first year, but 10 acres were cultivated the second year after notice. The ruling marks liberal interpretation of heirs rights to proof.
Killed While Using Telephone in Severe Storm
George Conrands, 28, a prominent farmer living west of Big Stone, South Dakota, was struck by lightning and killed instantly during a violent electrical storm. His wife had stepped out, leaving the telephone in his hand, and found him dead upon her return. The bolt entered via the telephone wire and released its full force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Stone
S. D
George Conrands
Attorney General rules on teacher examination fees
The attorney general states that exam fees for teachers must stay in the county where the exam was held. Previously fees were sent to the teacher’s county of residence, but that practice ends now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Money order totals in post office system rise and fall
Domestic money orders issued by the post office department reached $654,139,134 in the last year while international orders since October 12, 1867 totaled $60,772,073, down by about $41,000,000 from 1914 due to the European war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Horse Rustler Pleads Guilty in South Dakota Court
Belle Fourche South Dakota Fred Everts of Alzada pleaded guilty in circuit court before Judge Taylor to larceny of a horse belonging to J B Grimbsbo of Fruitdale. Judge Taylor sentenced him to eighteen months in the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
Fred Everts
Alzada
Judge Taylor
Huron
J. B. Grimbsbo
Fruitdale
Taylor
Pat Sioux Falls
Town Stirred At Kidnapping Case In Estelline South Dakota
In Estelline South Dakota residents were alarmed by a reported kidnapping of a three year old girl, with rumors of strangers and a car. The girl was found safe in a third floor room at the Lohr hotel asleep in a basket of clothes after a large search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelline
S. D
Istelline
Car Burnas
Lohr
Bankrupt Harry M. Goold Creditor Meeting Scheduled
In the matter of Harry M. Goold a bankrupt in South Dakota creditors are notified a first meeting will be held September 12 1914 at 10 oclock in the forenoon. The meeting at Sioux Falls will verify claims examine the bankrupt elect a trustee and conduct other lawful business. George J Danforth Referee in Bankruptcy dates 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court OF the United States
District OF South Dakota
Southern Division
Harry M. Goold
Mitchell
Davison
A. D
Firse
George J. Danforth
City of
Sioux Walls
State of
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
South Wakota
Anthony Walsh Died in San Francisco at 88
Anthony Walsh and his sons built the Rock Island and Southern railroad a small Iowa system. He died yesterday in San Francisco as his family rushed west to be with him. Interment will be at Clinton, Iowa. He was reputed to be worth several millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Walsh
San Francisco
Calif
Rock Island & Southern Railroad
Iowa
Clinton
Bishop Dedicates New Methodist Church at Logan
Bishop B Mitchell of St Paul Minn spoke at the dedication of a fine new Methodist church in Logan Clerk county. The church is described as one of the finest and most costly of its kind in the interior region of the state.
Normal Huskies Brain Training Camp at Tacoma Park
Aberdeen Northwestern Normal football squad conducts pre season drills at Tacoma park with nine veterans out and hard daily practice. Captain Swanson is away at San Benito Texas but expected to be released soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal Huskies
Aberdeen
Northern Normal
Tacoma Park
Swanson
San Benito
Tex
Theyre Ready for School Coat and Sailor Frock Description
A child’s outfit described with a baby lamb cloth coat featuring a triple cape and snug velvet collar. The sailor suit uses black velvet with scarlet brim, a blue and white silk or plaid fabric frock, green leather waist straps, brass buttons, four-flounce skirt, and a white crash hat with green ribbon and quill.
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Tion
Corn Palace
Byrne
Day State
Hanly
Landrith
Western State
Prohibition Party
Daugieler
Farmer
Bud
Johnson
New York
Arlington Board OF Education
Secretary OF Interior
Kent Heirs
Mellwyteh County
Western
Canada
Winnipeg
Regina
North Portal
Saskatoon
Ft. Frances
Kings Gate
B. C
Coutts
Calgary
Alberta
M. J. Johnstone
Watertown
John R. Mott
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