Statue of Liberty to be lit tonight with new system
New York City reports the Statue of Liberty will be illuminated from perch to base for the debut of a new lighting system. President Wilson will signal the switch on with Jules Jusserand and Secretary Daniels among dignitaries attending the ceremony at Liberty Island.
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New York City
Wilson
Jules Jusserand
Josephus, Daniels
The
Navy
Commerce
W. C. Redfield
Football cost fifteen lives in 1916 season
Chicago reports football cost fifteen lives during the 1916 season, ending Thanksgiving. Figures compiled by the Associated Press show sixteen deaths in 1915 and fourteen in 1914, with officials noting no losses when pregame medical exams were conducted. Victims include Fred Wilson, 25, of Minneapolis, and Arthur W. Woodring, 21, of Timber Lake, South Dakota.
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Chicago
Ill
Associated Press Today
Fred Wilson
Minneapolis
Arthur W. Woodring
Timber Lake
S. D
Early Nuptials Probed in Dakota Territory Records
In Pierre and Blunt area records of early marriages are scarce. A woman from Oregon sought proof for a marriage in Dakota territory to support a property claim, finding affidavits from witnesses after her search. Post 1887 licenses and later statehood records remain incomplete and often unavailable.
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Dakota Territory
Oregon
Bryan Bank to Pay All Claims
Creditors of the Farmers & Citizens' bank of Bryant, closed earlier, will receive a twenty five percent dividend next Monday from Robert Muckler, examiner in charge. This payment brings total to seventy five percent of claimed amounts, with a smaller future dividend possible but not yet dated.
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Bryant
Farmers & Citizens’ Bank of
Robert Muckler
Iowa Car Found in Straw Pile
A nearly new automobile with an Iowa registration was found abandoned in a straw pile near Yankton Indian agency in South Carolina. The Indian agent took charge pending ownership inquiry. The car lacked tires but was otherwise sound. How it arrived and who left it remains a mystery to agency officials.
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Yankton
S. C
Iowa
Yankton Indian Agency
Stolen Money Orders Alert Issued to Merchants
Local post officials issued a warning to Northwest merchants and hotel keepers to watch for individuals attempting to cash stolen money orders numbered 5139 to 5200. The orders were taken from a Winnipeg sub-station, and the gang is believed to be operating across the region.
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Sioux Walls
S. C
Winnipeg
Canada
St. Paumigt
Amphictyons Debate Winners at Wesleyan Chapel
The Amphictyons defeated the Adelphians in a unanimous decision on a debate at Wesleyan chapel. The topic covered compulsory military training and whether it should be voluntary or compulsory and federal or state. Speakers included Louis Todnem Bernard Linn Harold Pearson for the Amphictyons and Loren Spear Glen Seymour Lee Seymour for the Adelphians. Judges were Supt J W McClinton Prof L M Forte and Rev R L Kelley.
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Wesleyan Chapel
Academy
Amphictyons
Adelphians
Louis Todnem
Bernard Linn
Harold Pearson
Loren Spear
Glen Seymour
Lee Seymour
J. W. McClinton
L. M. Forte
R. L
Elley
Store Robber Found Guilty in Miner County Court
Hale Kinsey was convicted in Miner County Circuit Court for robbing a Howard general store of clothing and faces a Sioux Falls penitentiary sentence. Harry Pritchard was acquitted, DeLong’s trial was continued, and part of the loot was recovered in a nearby corn field.
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Howard
S. D
Miner County
Hale Kinsey
Sioux Falls
Harry Pritchard
DeLong
Yankton Youth Dies in France
Robert Warren, son of Yankton College President H K Warren, died in a Bordeaux hospital while serving with the American Red Cross relief corps. A Rhodes scholar at Oxford, he joined the relief effort at the war’s start and later returned to Yankton before rejoining the front, where illness led to his death after imprisonment as a spy was lifted by nationality.
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Yankton College
American Red Cross
Bordeaux
Yankton, S. D
H. K. Warren
Robert Warren
France
Warren
American Red Cross Relief Corps
Rhodes
Oxford University
Relief Corps
Yankton
Widmann Hotel
Mandolin Club
Ellis Schabler
Woonsocket
Claude Whitlow
Dakota Wesleyan
Beresford
California
James Weller
Vincent McKerny
Sioux Falls
Hans Ergen
George Erhart
Tracy
Minn
Jirgen
H. M. Sparks
Tant
C. H. Atkinson Paving Company
Mitchell
Prof. Jones
Caps
Jones
School Hygiene Assn
Dr H G Miller Opens Chiropractic School
Dr H G Miller with offices in the Western National Bank building opens a chiropractic school offering day and night classes. He and his wife are longtime local chiropractors and he formerly directed clinics and managed the Nebraska Chiropractic college in Lincoln. The school is state chartered and several students have enrolled.
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H. G. Miller
Western National Bank
More Dolls Entered in Race Doubles Doll Show Entrants
The doll show by H. A. Jacobs & company adds 18 entries boosting the field to a doubled first showing. The event runs through December 11 with prizes for top voters and four leader prizes. New entrants include Dorothy Mae by Georgia Worthen and Bride and Bridegroom by Esther Ball among others.
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H. A. Yacobs & Company
Dorothy Mae
Georgia Worthen
Helen
Pearl Dabler
Evelyn
Lucy Smith
Mary
Julia Fenzelln
Ethel
Bertha Fenzline
Esther
Dolly Mac Lovinger
Happy Fat
Marion Cooley
Edith
Edith Hall
Mable
Denece Darling
Louise
Ruth Dabler
George
Dorcas Giles
Gertrude
Helen Streit
Bess and
Gene
Esther Ball
Bride
Anna Bell
Eunica Day
Louise Evelyn
Violet Sharpe
Adeline
Beatrice Streit
Vera Francis
Vera Miskimins
Rachel
Isabelle Tyler Lawrence
Mr. Bryan Dead Set Against Denior Ivecy
The article reports the death of Mr. Bryan and notes his stance against a policy or figure named Denior Ivecy. Details remain fragmentary but indicate a political or social clash surrounding his death.
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Columbia State
Bryan
Denior
Local notes highlight marriages and business ventures in Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan advocacy by C WY Gilliland in Pierre announced. November licenses show 34 marriages 19 births 21 deaths. Abe Kaisett to wed Hattie Toldblatt. other couples include Harry Chas Lu ken and Nora Hyaline McCullough. Electric shop plan by Ellis Robbins. mission talk by Anna Lauria White. Plus court, hospital, and travel notes from Mitchell, with patrol on weather and local events.
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C. WY. Gilliland
Pierre
Dakota Wesleyan
J. P. Reihsen & Co
S & White Star
Abe Kaisett
Hattie Toldblatt
Sioux City
Kaisetz
Baron Bros
Miss Goldblatt
Mitchell
CG. V. Ellis
GC. E. Robbins
Platte
The
Electrical Supply Company
Anna Lauria White
Wessington Springs
Japan
Federal probe in food prices coordinates nationwide inquiry
Federal price investigations are being coordinated by George W. Anderson U S attorney for Boston with directive from Attorney General to unify inquiries across Pittsburgh Boston New York Brooklyn Chicago and other major markets. The focus targets conspiracies to control milk and food costs affecting interstate trade.
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Boston
Mass
George W. Anderson
United States
Gregory
United States Attorney’s Office
Anderson
Washington
DD. G
Department of Justice
Pittsburgh
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Toledo
Toledo Housewives’ League
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
League
St. Joseph
Stock embargo on Kansas City yards lifted
Washington lifted the embargo on shipments of livestock from the Kansas City stock yards after it was placed due to suspected foot and mouth disease in the region. The order restores normal shipping operations at the yards.
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Kansas City
Washington
Mehlaff Farm and Personal Property Sale Delights Tripp
John Judge led the Mehlaff sale at Tripp South Dakota amid strong bidder interest. The 160 acre farm sold to John Barnett for 83 dollars and 25 cents per acre. Personal property prices topped with two year old colts at 160 dollars and a pair of ten year old geldings at 325 dollars. Cattle sold to 87 dollars and 50 cents.
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Judge Bros
Brown & Schlimgen
John Mehlaff
Tripp
S. D
John Judge
Mehlaff
John Barnett
Wheat Prices Break Sharply In Chicago Trade
Rumors that Hudson Bay company would cancel large wheat purchases sparked a sharp price drop in Chicago. Denials followed, while ongoing peace talks and railway embargoes kept gains away. December wheat opened near Friday's close at 1.65 to 1.66 per bushel and May at 1.73 to 1.74.
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Chicago
Hudson Bay
Gold shipments to follow U S note withdrawal
London observers believe exchange rates will hold after the U S short term treasury note withdrawal. They expect gold and securities to move and possible exchequer bond sales. The Colonel, always running for President, keeps up the pace.
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London
England
Treasury
United States
Sex examinations by teachers roiling South Dakota meeting
Dr. J. G. Parsons denounces Prof. W. Franklin Jones for making sexual organ examinations in schools. The Watertown SD Teachers convention saw strong debate with Jones defended by peers, while Parsons challenges medical licensing and urges examinations only by physicians.
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Parsons
Sioux Falls
Jones
State University
South Dakota Teachers Association
Watertown
J. G. Parsons
School Hygiene Association
W. Franklin Jones
Department of Education
University of South Dakota
Republican
Prof. Jones
Dr. Parsons
Association
Resolutions Committee
Teachers’ Association
Carson
Dar
S. D. State Medical Association
S. D. School Hygiene Association
S. D. Educational Assn
South Dakota
New Munitions Head in Britain as De Von Donop Is Replaced
Major General Sir Stanley De Von Donop is succeeded as master general of ordnance by Major General William T. Furse, a general staff member, in a London ceremony. Bryant Bank 14
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New Munitions Head
London
England
Stanley de von Donop
Wm. T. Furse
Bryant Bank
New York Banks Hold Reduced Excess Reserve Funds
New York City reporting shows banks and trust companies hold 41,001,310 in excess reserves above legal requirements, down 17,645 30 from the previous week.
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New York City
Bordeaux Accepts $25 Million Municipal Loan Offer
After mayoral report, Bordeaux city council approves a three year loan of 25 million dollars from a group of American bankers. The loan is a forced municipal loan arranged by French cities in the United States since the war began.
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Bordeaux
France
United States
Marines Battle in Mazoris Fight Wounds on Both Sides
U S Marines clashed with natives at Mazoris Santo Domingo on November 29 with multiple injuries on each side. Captain Knapp reporting from Haiti and Santo Domingo said Dominicans suffered the heaviest losses.
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Washington, D. C
Mazoris
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Knapp
Haiti
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