Woman Comes to Kill in Sandetsky’s Office
A young woman visitor, allegedly sent by revolutionaries to murder General Sandetsky, breaks down in his private office. She confesses fear and tears, discloses a revolver in her muff, and reveals she lacks the courage to carry out the act. She then leaves without naming her group or motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St! Boterabure
Jian
Dow
Sandetsky
Grenadier Corps
Sordetsky
Hind
Nermal
Revolutionary Society
Pope Yields 70 France Public Worship Again
A Vatican sourced report says five French prelates advised the pope to soften France’s church state split. The pope may issue inspections to allow public worship under Briand’s law. Cardinal Richard urged bishops to a new meeting. Bishops draft a contract for perpetual church leases to parish priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanis
Rome
France
Briand
Richard
Paris
M. Denys- Cochin
Gridiron Club Denounces Roosevelt Dinner Quote
The Gridiron Club executive committee denounces reports that President Roosevelt said all coons look alike. It explains he read from the club joke book a line about coons and white persons and then continued his speech. The club states no speeches by its guests are to be printed. The dinner was not reported by any attending newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winshington
Jin
Gridiron Club Hi
Roosevelt
Woraker
Senator Foraker
Woman Delivers Petrified Child in Virginia
In Suffold Virginia a remarkable surgical effort yielded the birth of a petrified child. The mother, from Worth Carter county, suffered an internal tumor for over ten years. The child weighed five pounds and appeared turned to stone at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffold
Gites County
Worth Carter Emile
Awa
Prisoner attempts suicide at territorial prison
A prisoner at the penitentiary attempted to kill himself by leaping from a height. He landed on his hip and elbow breaking the hip and badly injuring him but he is expected to survive. The inmate, Smith, from Atlanta Ga, arrived November 25 after being convicted of killing a saloonkeeper at Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ul Poeen
Boas
Sid
Smith
Atlanta, Ga
Penitentiary
Deen
Pierre
Mrs Crawford’s Life Saved by Fast Run
Governor arranges a special train to take his wife to a hospital for an operation after a rapid medical emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Crawford
Sovernor
Governor Crawford's Wife Undergoes Mayo Hospital Surgery
Rochester Minn January reports Governor Crawford of South Dakota and Mrs Crawford arrived in Rochester with Mrs Crawford critically ill from acute appendicitis. Mayo surgeons at Saint Marys performed a swift operation after a private Northwestern train conveyed them. The patient is improving, with Dr Alford attending as family physician.
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Rochester
Minn
Trovernor Coe J. Crawford
South Dakota
Crawford
St. Mary's Hospital
Pierre
Banquet Planned for Senator Gamble in Wenkton South Carolina
A banquet will be held in Wenkton S C this evening to honor United States Senator R J Gamble who will depart for Washington this week Prominent party leaders are expected Governor Crawford may not attend due to his wife s illness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenkton
S. C
United States
R. J. Gamble
Washington
Crawford
Blizzard Strikes Rail Routes with Widespread Delays
In Aberdeen South Dakota January 30, blizzards and wind shear cut lines of the Milwaukee and St Paul for a long stretch. A westbound train stranded three miles out, an engine failure split it, and the stalled train must be taken out piece by piece. Edgeley bound service halted. Eastbound trains delayed daily by snow beds. A southbound train hit a broken rail with seventy two passengers aboard, all uninjured, and a full day needed to clear and repair the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
South Dakota
Edgeley
Farmers Form Large South Dakota Co operative Mercantile
Viborg South Dakota January 30 Leading farmers here have organized a company to run a major farmers cooperative mercantile concern with a capital of 40600. Viborg will host the store and a building will be erected as soon as 15000 is subscribed.
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Viborg
S. D
South Dakota
Firemen Missing in Major Buffalo Blaze at Columbia Building
A $600,000 fire engulfed the eight-story Columbia building at Seneca and Wells streets in Buffalo. Three firemen are reported missing after being trapped with twelve others in a collapse while on a roof adjacent to the warehouse. Nine firefighters were rescued with minor injuries as walls toppled and debris fell. The structure, known as the Columbia hotel during the Pan American exposition, sustained extensive damage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Columbia
Seneca and
Wells Streets
Columbia Hotel
Risked His Life to Advance Farming
Professor N E Hansen head of agronomy at South Dakota Agricultural College made a successful excursion into cold Siberia seeking a hardy alfalfa type. He risked his life to introduce the plant into semi arid regions of the United States to advance farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Hansen
South Dakota Agricultural College
Siberia
Senators Warn Public Domain Policy Urging Border Settlers
Senators warn that a federal public domain policy risks promoting homestead claims driving settlers across the Canadian border. Westerners argue that large forest reserve holdings hinder growth and development in frontier regions.
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Rafter Claims
North Dakota Declares No Need for Federal Aid despite Fuel Shortages
Rep Marshall of North Dakota argued in Washington that fuel shortages and railroad crowding due to enormous crops and rapid business expansion do not justify federal financial aid. He cited car shortages and heavy rail traffic as the primary causes of local scarcity.
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Washington, D. C
Marshall
North Dakota
New South Dakota railroad board meets as George Rice takes oath
Sioux Falls dispatch reports George Rice of Plandrenu sworn in as a state railroad board member at a Sioux Falls meeting. Willian Jr. Stanley reelected secretary. The board resumes hearings on proposed freight rate schedules with evidence from rail lines and shippers across eastern and western counties, with sessions set through February and notices to be published in Lawrence and Minnehaha counties.
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Sioux Walls
S. D
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
George Rice
Plandrenu
Willian? Jr. Stanley
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Lead
Deadwood
Lawrence County
Minnehaha
J A Pickler Originated Rural Free Delivery
Ex-Congressman J A Pickler of Faulkton South Dakota is credited with originat ing the rural free delivery system. Major Pickler lobbied for the appropriation and helped establish the program which has grown to mass daily mail service funded by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkton
D. D
J. A. Pickler
Major Pickler
Washington Post
Congress
Texas
Pickler
Vwernty-elekt Millions
Migor Pickler
Daily Mail
Old South Dakota financier missing after storm
Information from relatives says Sforace Monroe a longtime city resident and former business figure vanished during a storm in Bellingham Washington. He had operated locally for 22 years and after leaving a nearby grocery he felt faint. A reward is offered for information as days of search yielded nothing.
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Sioux Walls
S. 1
Jian
Sforace Monroe
Bellingham
Wash
Powers Gouraud Wife Reacts to Divorce News from Sioux Walls
Mrs. Powers Gouraud says she is not troubled by reports of her husband joining a divorce colony in Sioux Walls and suspects he went west for more than health. The family turmoil has long kept the Gouraud name before New York readers as brothers married mother and daughter amid Colonel G J Gouraud’s prominent schemes.
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New York
Powers Gouraud
Sioux Walls
Jackson Gouraud
Madison Avenue
Gouraud
Jacques Lebaudy
Sahara
Western land laws under fire in Congress over fraud and emigration
Senators including Carter of Montana attack Secretary Hitchcock over land office spending and frauds under the timber and stone act. They argue homestead entries are not vacated and western states lose settlers to Canada while forest reserve policy reduces available land.
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Washington, D. C
Land Office
Interior Department
Carter
Montana
Hitchcock
United States
Canada
Senate
Clark
Wyoming
Freyburn
Idaho
Flint
Perkins
California
Long
Kansas
West
Witness and Grosvenor Clash at Alaskan Sealing Hearing
In Washington on January 30, Representative Grosvenor argued with Professor Henry W. Elliott as the Ways and Means Committee considered the Southard measure to regulate sealing in Alaskan waters. Elliott accused the panel of blocking testimony while insisting on reading documents related to the J Hamilton Lewis sealing vessel case settled by The Hague. The exchange drew laughs from spectators as committee members urged restraint.
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Grosvenor
Washington, D. C
Henry W. Filliott
Cleveland
House
Ways and Means
Southard
Alaskan
Eliott
Elliott
J. Hamilton Lewis
Hague
Woman Burns Children Over Dolls in Harsh Fit
In Harlem New York stepmother Mrs Kate Cravius aged about 20 told Magistrate Jouse she burned two children Nellie seven and Jennie five with a red hot stove lifter after they made noise while playing with dolls. The woman fainted twice and said she acted under a mania and a resistless impulse. She admitted the burns and described the injuries as scars the children will carry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nellie
Jennie
Jouse
Harlem
Kate Cravius
Senate Delays 2 Cent Rate Bill On Monday Vote
Pierre S. D. Jan. 26. The morning session of the Senate brought calls for delay on the 2 cent rate bill. Jenkins and DowDell pressed for immediate action, Goodner and Dillon for delay. A 62 to 0 vote secured the delay. The reciprocal demurrage bill passed with light opposition after a brief skirmish.
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Pierre S. D
Ssiot
Senate
Ivrne, Jenkins and Dowdell
Goodner une@ Dillon
Uney
Irion Elected Independent Republican Leader in Davison
Pierre S. 2 notes Senator J. M. Irion of Davison elected from the county as an independent Republican. He supports the reform program and the state GOP platform, leads the livestock committee, and has chaired the Improved Live Stock association for about four years, representing stock interests statewide.
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Pierre
S. 2
J. M. Irion
Davison
Gamble
Improved Tive Stock Association
Wego
Will
Trion
Senate
County pays off Day county bonds early
Webster S D January 26 county authorities completed negotiations to retire all outstanding bonds of Day county except the county courthouse bonds which are not due for years. The bonds totaled 13 500 and were not due for nine years but holders agreed to surrender them now.
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Webster, S. D
Day County
County Court House
Pioneer Prospector Casper Flick Dies in Deadwood
Lead South Dakota January 26 Casper Flick an old pioneer and prospector died at Deadwood yesterday He was found near Custer Peak mining district on December 31 with frozen feet Amputation weakened him beyond recovery He was well known in the district.
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Black Hills
S. D
Casper Flick
Deadwood
Custer Peak
Parents Arrested Over Compulsory Education Warrants
In Lead South Dakota on January 26 authorities issued more than fifteen warrants against parents for failing to comply with the compulsory education law. The action followed a complaint by Professor Bigelow of the board of education and has led to especially good school attendance.
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S. D
Bigelow
Board of Education
Rapid City Plans $50,000 Theater Project
Rapid City South Dakota January 26 preparations are under way for building a theater valued at fifty thousand dollars and a company has already been organized to finance the proposition.
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Rapid City
S. D
Deaf Man Killed by Switch Engine in Ganton Yard
Julius Ss Wemblen, 50, deaf, was struck by a switch engine in the railroad yards at Ganton South Dakota on Tuesday and died from injuries.
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Ganton
S. D
Julius Ss. Wemblen
Scotland Bank Must Pay Old 5760 Certificate
A default judgment for 7084.08 against the Bank of Scotland in Scotland S D was granted to First National Bank Richfield Springs N Y. The Scotland bank ceased business Jan 1 1906 and allegedly refused to cash a 5760 certificate deposited March 11 1908 with the bank. the bank did not appear in court.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Bank of Scotland, of
Scotland Bank
Pay Off Debts in Year Amounting to $125000
Armour South Dakota January 26 a summary from Douglas county register of deeds shows 1621 papers filed in the year up from 1100 in 1905. Indebtedness by instruments runs about 750000 a decrease of 47600 from 1905. Releases and mortgages satisfied total 175000 paid. Assignments total 25000 while chattel mortgages amount to 100600.
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Armour
S. D
Office of Register of Deeds
Douglas County
Skat Contest Aims To Pick Sioux Falls Elks Players
A skat contest at the Sioux Falls lodge of Elks selects four players to represent Sioux Falls Elks at the North American Skat league tournament in Chicago. The event is part of the Elks club activities reported from Sioux Falls dated January 26.
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Sioux Falls
Lodge of Elks
Elks of
Chicago
Floods Close Many Wishigan Factories
Grand Rapids Jan 26. The Grand River ice gorge has caused flooding and low lands to flood, forcing many factories in Wishigan to close. Weather reports indicate continuing high water and disruption to industrial activity.
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Grand Rapids
Efid
Grand River
Divorce Colony Welcomes Powers Couroud In Sioux Falls
Powers Couroud aged 23, son of a Crocker family member, seeks a divorce after a 3 year marriage to William H. Crocker’s daughter. He may receive half a million dollars upon granted divorce and plans a western cattle ranch. He denies public discussion of his private affairs.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Powers Couroud
William H. Crocker
San Francisco
Couroud
Crocker
Temple Court
Couraud
Missouri River
Black Hills
Daekota
2 Cent Fare Bill Favored by Senate Report
Pierre S D January 25 The senate adopted the committee on railroads favorable report on the Jenkins bill for a flat 2 cent rate on 500 and 1 000 mile mileage books and 25 cents a mile on other transportation Byrnes reciprocal demurrage bill also sent forward with a do pass recommendation by the same committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day
Committee On Railroads
Byrnes
Newspaper Leaders Urge South Dakota defense against anti press bills
Vermillion Jan. 25 President Jackett of the South Dakota Press association issues a circular warning members about new anti press measures in the state legislature. He criticizes the anti pass law restricting railroad advertising mileage and the Johnson bill requiring written orders for subscriptions. He urges publishers to contact representatives to oppose the bills.
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Vermillion
Jackett
South Dakota Press Association
South Dakota
Johnson
Teachers' institutes listed statewide in South Dakota
Pierre January 25. Teachers institutes will be conducted across the state by a list of instructors including Beadle Madison Bigelow Lead Brown Brookings Buckle Springfield Byers Vermillion Clark Yankton Canfield Academy Clark Milbank Cochrane Aberdeen Cook Spearfish Wlanegin Alexandria Nrazer Springfield French Huron Girton Madison Graham Mitchell Goff Madison Hartranft Aberdeen Heson Madison Hoff Mitchell Jackson Armour Jolly Faulkton Jones Miller Johnson Bowdle Jordans Sioux Walls Lange Pierre Lawrence Madison Lindsey Gary Lugg Parkston Matheney Flandreau McCain Spearfish McClennon Brookings McDonald Sioux Falls McVay Woonsocket Nash Aberdeen Norton Madison Bb Otte Perisho Vermillion Powers Brookings Ramer Milbank Strachan Deadwood Stephens Rapid City Shellenberger Yankton Stivers Parker Smith Vermillion Scott Yankton Stout Mitchell Tuve Canton Valgren Groton Warren Yankton Woodburn Canton Young Vermillion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings
A. A. McDonald
Sioux Falls
Bruce McVay
Woonsocket
G. W. Nash
Aberdeen
A. W. Norton
Madison
George Bb
Otte
Clark
E. Cc. Perisho
Vermillion
W. HH. Powers
Mr. M. Ramer
Milbank
Alexander Strachan
Deadwood
E. M. Stephens
Rapid City
South Dakota Retail Merchants elect officers in Parkston
The South Dakota Retail Merchants Association adjourned in Mitchell with A. E. F. Grimm of Parkston named president and L. S. Tyler of Sioux Falls as secretary. Other officers include H. O. Rime of Dell Rapids as treasurer and several vice presidents and directors. The group pledges to back officers and fund legal fights against alleged malicious prosecutions and to defend the association in U.S. courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkston Mans
Mitchell
S. D
South Dakota Retail Merchants’ Association
A. E F. Grimm
Parkston
L. S. Tyler
Sioux Falls
H. O. Rime
Dell Rapids
G. Mittlesteadts
Milbank
Ind Oschner
Kimball
I. G. Levy
Webster
Robert Sundstrom
Beresford
J. J. Hansen
Canton
D. H. Loftus
DeSmet
P. F. Wickham
Alexandria
A. P. McMillan
Conde
W. H. Bunting
L. N. Crillik Point
A. T. Lee
Vermillion
L. J. Courshon
United States
Associion
Post Office Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Roosevelt
Coe. Crawford
Upper South Dakota
Boston
Beral
Rice
Burns
J. Vi. Erion
Davison County, S. D
Wishigan
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