New Indian School Get 25000 For Buildings Near Rapid City
Congress appropriates 25000 for an industrial building a brick barn hospital and a water power house near Rapid City South Dakota. Bids will be opened in Washington with completion by August 1. The project aims to improve student comfort teach practical farming and utilize reservation lands. The school serves 253 pupils with 26 staff and plans further expansion including a 1315 farm residence upgrade led by R L Ryther. Chauncey Y Robe is noted as disciplinarian and military instructor.
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Rapid City
S. D
Congress
Washington
House
Pine Ridge Reservation
R. L. Ryther
Chauncey Y. Robe
Carlisle
Prominent Farmer Missing. Sioux Falls Investigates Murder Claim
In Humboldt area near Humboldt South Dakota Christopher Sween, a notable farmer, vanished after returning from Humboldt and boarding a train to Sioux Falls. Police suspect foul play after he was seen Thursday near a North Main saloon with $50 to $60 in cash and have begun a homicide inquiry.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Christopher Sween
Humboldt
Sween
Nelson
North Main Avenue
Timely Timothys Boost South Dakota Farm Output
In Clear Lake and Deuel County the Taylor brothers on the Grant ranch led timothy seed production, shipping over 1 000 bushels at 3 15 per 100 pounds and selling seed to neighboring farmers. Estimated annual timothy shipments total about ten carloads or 6 000 bushels, with clover and alfalfa also proving successful.
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South Dakota
Clear Lake
Taylor Bros
Grant Ranch
Chicago
Devel
$1 for Enlightenment Sent to South Dakota
The South Dakota governor's office received a letter from a New England state with a $1 bill. The sender wrote Please find enclosed $1 for the enlightenment of your state, which was mailed not later than December 31, 1905. Since no enlightenment fund exists in the treasury the remittance will be returned as not available.
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Pierre
New England
Heroic Sacrifice: Young Woman Donates Skin Graft
Miss Mary Berg of Volga offers cuticle for graft to Mrs Hildus Egeberg, burned in an explosion while trying to start a stove with kerosene. Surgeons remove skin from Berg and graft it to Egeberg, who shows rapid healing. Both women are strangers, driven by self sacrifice.
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Sioux J Falls
S. D
Mary Berg
C. J. Berg
Volga
Hildus Egeberg
South Dakota Horticultural Society Adopts State Fruit List
Aberdeen reports the State Horticultural Society approved a districted fruit list for South Dakota at Groton on January 26. Northern central and southern districts receive tailored apple, crab, plum, cherry, grape and berry recommendations, with trials and winter root protection noted.
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Aberdeen
S. D
State Horticultural Society
Groton
South Dakota
Black Hills
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Ben Davis
Florence
London
Turner
Ohio
Kansas
Cumberland
Victoria
Houghton
Warfield
Crescent
Dun
Concord
Worden
Irene Farmers Co operative Mercantile company formed
Farmers near Irene organize a co operative to run a department store with a $50 000 capital and 11500 subscribed and paid. The plan aims to serve farmers with a broad range of goods, potentially impacting local merchants. Officers elected: President W F Mayer Vice President Lars Kaarhold Treasurer C M Peterson Secretary Z G Kjeldseth.
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Irene
Sioux Falls
Busness
Twin City
Irene Farmers’ Cooperative Mercantile Company
South Dakota
New Farmers Co-Operative Company
W. F. Mayer
Lars Kaarhold
C. M. Peterson
Z. G. Kjeldseth
Yankton board condemns race war story in high school
The Yankton South Dakota board of education denounces a tale sent to Sioux City papers alleging a race war at Yankton High School. The board superintendent and senior class president signed the denunciation and copies were sent to Sioux City papers for publication.
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Yankton
Board of Education
Sioux City
Whisky clause blocks Indian land sales in Wagner plan
Wagner business men vote to send two representatives to Washington to remove the liquor prohibition clause from Indian deeds. The clause bars sale or gifting of alcohol on inherited allotments, risking fraud and undermining land transfers under Yankton Sioux treaty protections.
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Yankton Sioux
F Raud
Wagner
Washington
Railroads Review Causes of South Dakota Car Shortage
South Dakota railroad officials say Omaha Road cars are being returned and shortages ease. They cite heavy grain shipments and bumper harvests this winter that filled elevators and outpaced available cars. Officials blame persistent high demand and crossroad car ownership practices for delayed supplies.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
W. H. Stanley
South Dakota
Tri-State Grain Dealers Association
Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Minneapolis
Babe Left at Door Found at Russell Candy Kitchen
In Sioux Falls South Dakota on February 7 a foundling baby girl was discovered at the back door of the Russell Candy Kitchen. The infant, wrapped in a blanket, appeared unharmed despite near zero temperatures and a penciled note asked compassionate owners to raise the child named Victoria Pearl. The parents remain unknown.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
W. H. Russell
Russell
Madame
Victoria Pearl
Elrod seeks renomination as South Dakota governor
S. D. Feb. 5 Governor S H Elrod formally announces his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He argues no South Dakota governor has been denied renomination and declares himself a Roosevelt Republican aligned with President Roosevelt on issues including the caucus law and railroad rates. He traces his long Republican record and asks for continued support.
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South Dakota
Tierre
S. D
S. H. Elrod
Elrod
Wolves Nabbed by Light-Dog Hunters at Bijou Hills
In Bijou Hills South Dakota on February 5 sportsmen Thomas Austin Charles Todd and John Bingham faced a gigantic gray timber wolf after eight hounds cornered it on a hilltop. The pack could not kill the wolf so the men rope it and haul it away for a shot. The wolf is said to be one of the largest seen in the region and marks a first in local hunting lore for capturing such a strong animal with light dogs.
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Bijou Hills
S. D
Missouri River
Thomas Austin
Charles Todd
John Bingham
South Dakota
Taxes for Year 1905 in South Dakota
The state auditor reports 1905 taxes extend for state, county, township and municipal needs, totaling 5,519,630.88, up from 5,020,846.87 in 1904. County board extensions show 220,592,322 in valuations versus 219,647,674 by the state board, an increase likely due to corrections in assessment returns.
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State Board
Faulkton Opens New Faulk County Court House
Circuit court opened in Faulkton South Dakota with prayer at 10 a m marking Faulk county s first session in the new courthouse. Sheriff Metz ordered the court and Rev McBeth presiding in a crowded, solemn ceremony as Judge G B E Gaffey led the session. The term will be brief with few minor criminal cases and limited civil matters on the calendar.
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Faulkton
S. D
Faulk County
Metz
G. BE. Gaffey
McBethh
M. B. Church
Gillespie Seeks Interstate Probe of Coal Railroads
Texas congressman Gillespie denounces the presidents reply as an insult and urges immediate Interstate Commerce Commission action to probe coal railroads including Pennsylvania New York Central Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western Reading and Baltimore and Ohio. The eight inquiries cover ownerships contracts car distribution remedies and potential restraints on trade.
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Washington
Gillespie
Texas
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Reading
Virginia Capes
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Inl
OWS
Indignities Reported for Two American Women in Constantinople
Miss Elsie Stern of Buffalo and Miss Anna Snyder of Cedar Rapids were arrested and detained for hours in Constantinople after passports were revised in Berlin. The incident prompted a State Department protest to the Turkish government, demanding investigation and assurances of safety for Americans. Congressman Ryan pushed the case. Secretary Root presented it to the Turkish minister.
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Washington, D. C
Elsie Stern
Buffalo
N. Y
Anna Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Turkey
State Department
Porte
Europe
Berlin
Constantinople
Congressman Ryan
Root
Cousins
Heartbreak Verdict For 17 Year Old Mary Klease
Pittsburg records show coroner verdict died of a broken heart for Mary Klease 17 who died at cousin George Jakubsek’s home after her betrothed refused marriage following two weeks after a license purchase. Three months earlier her parents and two brothers died in Austria. Mary had emigrated to work here and endured continual weeping since the loss.
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Pittsburg
Mary Klease
George Jakubsek
Rhree
Austria
Mary
Cant Lose Mike joins Chicago trip after Louisville departure
Louisville report says President Michael Donnelly of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union left Louisville last night by the Big Four for Chicago. A search has been under way for several days.
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Louisville
Michael Donnelly
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ Union
Big Four Railroad
Chicago
Debate on Rate Bill Ends Wednesday in House
Washington February 6 An agreement was reached to close the debate on the railroad rate bill at 4 30 tomorrow afternoon in the House.
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Washington
House
South Dakota Ranks Thirteenth in Corn Output in 1905
Government report from December 1905 shows South Dakota produced 51,614,738 bushels of corn in 1905 with 31.8 bushels per acre, leading many states in total corn and per capita output. It exceeds Minnesota, Michigan, and all southern states except Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas, while Nebraska and Kansas top per capita.
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Huron
S. D
South Dakota
Agricultural Department
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
North Dakota
New England
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Utah
Oregon
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Union
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Illinois
Bullock Becomes South Dakota U S Marshal
Edward G. Kennedy retires after eight years as U S marshal for South Dakota Seth Bullock of the Black Hills takes the oath and assumes duties He plans visits to points within his jurisdiction to learn conditions and best meet duties The deputy marshals will remain in place for now to prove their suitability for permanent retention
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Sioux Falls
Edward G. Kennedy
United States
South Dakota
Seth Bullock
Black Hills
Marshal Bullock
United States Marshals
Farmer Fined For Keeping Children From School
Gettysburg South Dakota February 2 farmers statewide face stricter enforcement of the compulsory school law after Lewis Greise a prominent farmer was convicted for failing to send three children ages eight to fourteen to the district school Judge J W Kennedy presided and fined Greise ten dollars plus costs totaling twenty six forty Greise paid the amount and pledged future compliance with the law.
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Gettysburg
Potter
Lewis Greise
Greise
J. W. Kennedy
Institute conductors named for this year
Superintendent Ramer selects a list of institute conductors from multiple towns including Madison Vermillion Yankton Mitchell and Brookings with names such as G. A. Clark W. Dunlevy J. Beyers and C. H. Prench among others for this year’s program.
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W. Dunlevy
Bicvios
E. K. Eyerly
Brookings
Hartrantt
Aberdee
Humbert
Altonell
Umber
Jones, Jr
Mister G . Kephhart
Bereaford
B.M. Lawrence
Madison
Law
Canton
J.C. Lindley
Gary Sl. Ietalin
Spearfash
McClelland
Sioux Falls
A. McDonald
Sioux
Falls
AL W
Perisha
Wi Powers
Martin
Rem
G. N- Babi
Alexadria
Selby
A. Seymour
Arlt Smith
Bootrans
Rick Tra Thom Fan Vee
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Woman
Farmers Co-Operative
Babe
Tam
Clark County
William McKinley
Roosevilte
H. Elrod
OWA
Bullock
Roosevelt
E. G. Kennedy
Institute Conductors
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