South Dakota Teachers Open Twenty-First Annual Session
The twenty-first annual session of the South Dakota State Educational Association opened in Aberdeen with a three day program. Mayors and state leaders welcomed attendees at a reception at the Gottschalk opera house. Addresses came from Mayor Reed Senator Lawson Doane Robinson and college presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota State Educational Association
Gottschalk Opera House
Reed
Lawson
Doane Robinson
French
Huron College
Frazee
Springfield Normal
Nicholson
Dakota University
Alexander Strachan
Deadwood
Ancelation
Rural telephone line planned to connect farmers with town
A new company is organized to install a rural telephone line east of Ethan South Dakota, enabling direct communication for farmers in the townships. Prominent farmers M. J. Coyne S Vickers GC H Morse and M M Bowers are among the supporters.
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Ethan
S. D
M. J. Coyne
S. Vickers
GC. H. Morse
M. M. Bowers
Banquet Honors J C Sheldon in Aberdeen
Sixteen McCormick Harvester employees hosted a banquet for retiring manager J C Sheldon in Aberdeen South Dakota. He departs to Sioux Falls to oversee International Harvester Company collections across South Dakota and parts of North Dakota Iowa and Minnesota. Sheldon served twenty six years with the firm and previously managed Bates' and northern state collections. The group gifted a gold headed cane and a diamond studded watch charm.
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International Harvester Company
Aberdeen
S. C
McCormick Harvester Company
J. C. Sheldon
Sioux Falls
International Harvester Company of America
South Dakota
North’ Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Sheldon
McCormicks
Bates
Summer school dates at state university in Vermillion
A six week summer session will run from June 20 to July 30 following the close of the current school year. All faculty will supervise departments with studies and lectures in the forenoon. Officials expect it to become an annual feature of university life.
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State University
Vermillion
S. D
The
Thief Steals Grip From Depot Then Loots Boxcar
Vermillion D 5 reports officers hunt for a clever thief who snatched a grip from a depot truck, hid in a boxcar, and stole clothing from Mr and Mrs Wilkils who checked the grip to Wankton. The burglary occurred as the 6 PM passenger train arrived in darkness.
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Vermillion
Romantic Elopement Secret Marriage Inked in Minn
A St Paul man James T Tetlow and Sioux Falls girl Mabel L Cut hbertson wed in Luverne Minnesota last Wednesday. The couple tried to keep the marriage secret and denied it when pressed by local press, while the bride’s family reportedly did not know until a reporter inquired. Tetlow is said to hold a Legion of Honor declaration and a Victoria Cross.
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Sioux Falls
St. Paul
Mag St. Paul
Mabel Ll. Cuthbertson
Luverne
Minn
W. Parry- Thomas
Holy Trinity Church
Tetlow
Sioux ‘Falls
Sioux Falls High School
South Dakota Supreme Court Opinions Released
The South Dakota supreme court issued multiple opinions from Pierre on December 31. Reversals were handed down in cases involving E W Coughran against Germain in Minnehaha County, Rochford against the School District in Minnehaha, Wasem and Charnock against Bellach in Minnehaha, Hickox against Artemisia Bacon in Beadle, and Mader against Plamo Manufacturing in Yankton. Several cases were affirmed or dismissed in counties including Charles Mix, Brookings, Spink, Potter, Brown, and Davison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Rochford
School ‘District
No. Ti
Minnehaha County
William D. Todd
C. Ie. Carr
Custer County
First National Bank
Johnston Land Mortgage Company
Spink County
Wasem & Charnock
Bellach
Respondent
Brown City
Henry
P- Mader
Plamo Manufacturing Company
Appellant
Yenkton . &County
Rosebud reservation bill expected to pass congress soon
Bonesteel South Dakota residents cheer a likely January passage of the Rosebud reservation bill opening 416000 acres to homesteaders by May 1. The city reports a new water tank on the tower and a tested waterworks system. A fire company is to be organized and a fire pressure test showed water reaching over 100 feet high from an inch and a quarter nozzle.
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Congress
Bonesteel
South Dakota Bar Association to Meet in Redfield
Redfield hosts the annual South Dakota Bar Association on December 30 with a strong program. Thomas Sterling of the State University law school will give the president's address and John E. Carland of the U S circuit court at Sioux Falls will discuss the Federal Constitution. Judge Crofoot of Aberdeen is also slated to speak. Members arrive the evening of the 29th and the banquet closes the event on the 26th.
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Redfield
South Dakota Bar Association
Thomas Sterling
Law Department
State University
John E. Carland
United States Circuit Court
Sioux Falls
Crofcot
Aberdeen
Bar Association
Fair Commissioner Named for Canton County South Dakota
D H Hawn of Canton has been named world fair commissioner for the county and leads a drive to build interest in the exposition. A public mass meeting at the court house will hear George R Farmer and other speakers as deputies are named across towns to promote the project. Local funds are being sought to cover gathering exhibits for the South Dakota display and a granite monument offer from B H Lien of Sioux Falls may be accepted.
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Canton
S. D
D. H. Hawn
South Dakota
Court House
George R. Farmer
Commission
Daywn
B. C
Jacobs
Lennox
W. E. Green
Worthing
Andrew Johnson
Delaware
J. B. Millett
Eden
Ed Wardell
Harrisburg
H. N. Cooper
H. Cassill
H. H. DeLong
Thomas Thorson
G. K. Brown
B. H. I.ien
Sioux Falls
Court House Square
Lien
Sioux Fells
Death of W S Goodwin Prominent Yankton Contractor
Wilson Goodwin a leading building contractor and Mason in Yankton South Dakota dies at 62. Civil War veteran and father of four, he supervised construction on many city buildings. Funeral set tomorrow from the Masonic temple, expected to be one of the largest ever held by local Masons.
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Yankton
Wilson
Goodwin
Masonic Temple
T B D Society Entertains Young Men at 7 Oclock Dinner
Vermilion Ia December 29 The T B D society hosted a 7 oclock dinner at Miss Gertrude Swezeys home Court street with a four course menu served by Mesdames Ely and Fox and Misses Swezey Sargent The evening included Christmas presents music and social chat out of town guests R A Fox St Paul and Harry Leach Charles City Ia participated
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T. B. D. Society
Vermillion
Gertrude Swezey
Court Street
Mesdames Seth Ely
M. L. Fox
Bernice Swezey
Grace Sargent
First meeting of South Dakota Educational association held in Aberdeen
The South Dakota Educational Association opens at the Gottschalk opera house on December 29 at 8 p m with a large expected crowd. The program includes vocal and instrumental solos, welcomes by May or Reed and Lawson, responses by college and university presidents, and a president's address by Alexander Strachan. Officers for college, high school, and common and graded schools are named with presidents and secretaries.
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America, Association
D. G. Gallett
A. 8S. Reed
James M. Lawson
Doane Robinson
C. H. French
Huron College
J. S. Frazee
Springfield Normal
Thomas Nicholson
Dakota University
Alexander Strachan
Deadwood
M. M. Ramer
Milbank
W. D. Burcalow
Webster
Department of Common and Graded Schools
J. C. Lindsey
Gary
Geraldine van Slyke
Aberdeen
Department of City and
L C. Flanegin
Alexandria
Twenty Two Die In Pere Marquette Wreck Near East Paris
A head on collision near East Paris Michigan between Pere Marquette passenger trains No 5 and No 6 during a blizzard leaves twenty two dead and about thirty eight injured. Officials blame the high winds extinguishing a red signal light at McCord's station and deny a crew misunderstanding. The wreckage description notes engines and cars torn apart, and crews and travelers aiding the injured.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Pere Marquette Railroad
Paris
General
Detroit
McCord's
Fox
Oakdale Park
McCord’s
L. J. Baldwin and Son
Mulliken
Grandville
Walter Jordan
Joseph Hullin
Windsor
Ont
Sae
Atten I. Wager
Baggageman
Charles A, Stoddard
Charigs A
Devine
WM. Helmrich
Gillet
Burr Oak
Portland
Allen H. Wells
Big Rapids
Frank Burns
Peter W. Wierengo
Pan Org
Palmer
Express
WM. Smith
Saranac
Coykendall
Lake Odessa
F. May
Peterson (Or Thompson
Sioux
New York City
B. Moon
Freme
H. Kent
C. W. Botsford
Farmington
Frank Waterman
E. B. Moon
Frank Hewitt
Pere Marquette
Stoddard
Edward Burns
Charles T. Chambers
Ionia
John Post
Clarksville
Chambers
Post
Waterman
Moon
Pere Marquette Road
East
McCord
No. 6
Engineer Waterman
Bank Robbery at Kiowa Ends in Firefight and Loot
Five gunmen dynamited the Kiowa bank, fled after a three explosions, taking 2800 dollars. A 50 man Kiowa posse and town citizens returned fire from behind stock pens. US marshals pursue the robbers with hours head start and unclear result.
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Son
McAllister
Okla
Kiowa
Here
United States Marshals
Salt Lake Tragedy Ends With Barber Surrender
Frank Rose a barber in Salt Lake City surrendered to police after confessing to killing his wife on Christmas Day. Police found Mrs Rose murdered in a poorly furnished cottage and her two year old son nearby soaked in his mother’s blood. The child, left without food two days, struggled for life. The family recently moved to Salt Lake from St Louis amid frequent quarrels over unemployment.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Frank Rose
St Louis
Panama Cabinet Discusses Panama Situation
Washington cabinet meeting on December 31 focused on the Panama issue. Secretary Root, handling negotiations with General Reyes, said no official reply to Reyes's note is ready but will be issued soon. Admin aims to ratify the Panama treaty first, with further actions unclear and Reyes' intentions undetermined.
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Washington
Panama
Hay
Shaw
Knox
Root
General Reyes
Colombia
Reyes
State Department
United States
Hearst Agents Gauge Missouri Support for Hearst Nomination
Kansas City dispatch reports C A Walsh secretary of the Democratic National Committee spent December 31 in Kansas City. He conferred with A W Lawrence of Chicago and others to assess sentiment for Hearst as the next Democratic presidential nominee. Lawrence says Missouri shows strong backing due to Hearst's Missouri roots. He plans talks with local leaders to gauge candidacy feasibility.
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Kansas City
C. A. Walsh
Democratic National Committee
A. W. Lawrence
Chicago
W. R. Hearst
BE. ©. Murphy
Leavenworth
Kan
John Sullivan
Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Hearst
Missouri
Hearst courted to back Lincoln daily paper effort
Local Democratic leaders in Lincoln seek W. R. Hearst to publish a Lincoln daily newspaper and connect Nebraska with eastern Democrats. They push to gain control of the Post, a moribund fusion organ, hoping Hearst may deliver a delegation to the national convention in his presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
W. R. Hearst
Lincoln
Post
Hearst
Death in Burlington yards shocks St. Joseph
The body of Philip F. Wenz secretary of the Wenz Shoe Co of St. Joseph was found hanging by a wire from the roof of an empty box car in Burlington yards. Relatives suspect foul play though investigators consider possible suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Philip F. Wenz
Wenz Shoe Company
Burlington Yards
Wenz
Pioneer James Wilson Dies After Stroke on Farm Near Iowa City
James Wilson a leading pioneer of Iowa City died instantly on Christmas Day after falling on a feed rack on his farm. An apoplectic stroke caused the fall. He held many public offices and was secretary of the Pleasant Valley Telephone Company. He was brother of Mrs O A Patterson of Sioux City.
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Iowa City
James Wilson
Pleasant Valley Telephone Company
O. A. Patterson
Sioux City
Foreclosure sales hit record low in 1903
The Railway Age notes 1903 shows the fewest foreclosure actions with thirteen roads, 555 miles, and bonds and stocks totaling 15 million, a sharp drop from 1896's peak of fifty eight roads and 13,730 miles with 1.15 billion in bonds and stocks.
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Chicago
Railway Age
White executed by electric chair at Auburn prison
Frank White, black, was put to death in the electric chair at Auburn state prison for the murder of George Clare, a Scriba farmer in Oswego county. Six shocks of 174 volts were applied before death.
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Auburn
N. Y
Frank White
George Clare
Scriba
Oswego County
Bear on a Toboggan Causes Mountain Mishap
In Shrewsbury Vermont on December 30 Hen Morse and Brain Morse were sliding on a log chute when a bear at the cave entrance charged the tart Morse had bitten. Morse clutched the bear’s fur as they slid down striking a hummock and tumbling into a snow bank. Morse escaped unharmed while Brain fled down the slope.
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Morse
Jackson
Brain
Married at Last in Sioux Falls After Ban on Minnesota Divorcees
Mrs Josephine Beaumont Montana, freshly divorced in Sioux Falls, wed Courtney Clark Manifold in St Paul despite Minnesota law barring marriages within three months after a decree. The bride, once a leader of the local divorcee set, traveled from Canada. the groom is a British Army officer. They left for China to begin their new life.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
St. Paul
Minnesota
Josephine Beaumont Montanu
Sioux Walls
Courtney Clark Manifold
Canada
Lady Montagu
Toronto
China
Bullet in heart ends life of Brooklyn man
Davenport Iowa December 30 Charles Filkins aged 50 of Brooklyn IA shot himself through the heart with a 22 caliber revolver last night. He visited Dr N Benson the Presbyterian pastor and talked about the labor question. Authorities believe he was deranged. He owned no nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Charles Filkins
Brooklyn
N. Benson
Runaway Wagon Fatality Near Remsen Iowa
John Kummer a 30 year old farm hand was killed in a runaway near Remsen after a wagon collision during a race with another team. He suffered a fractured skull and died this morning. Two companions Henry Kohlmeyer and Chris Peterson escaped injury. Kummers relatives live at McCook Nebraska.
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TeMars
John Kummer
Remsen
Henry Kohlmeyer
Chris Peterson
Kummer
Kummers
McCook
Neb
Condensed Telegrams Chronicle War News and Disasters
Catherine McVay 104 dies at Danville Tl. Seven thousand sheep valued at 75000 burned in Buffalo stock yards. Hay to seek milder climate southwards. Lady Joicey steamer burned sank near Porto Rico all aboard saved. Twelve die near Naples from dynamite blast. Calumpit Luzon 250 houses burned 1400 homeless several dead. Trenton district workers to vote on 10 cut wages. Army of Cumberland to admit wartime telegraphers. Macedonian rebels ready to invade Turkey under Bulgarian officers. Piecework cuts at American Bridge Co. Coal miners choose full time 10 cut or half time. Perry Heath doubts Hanna nomination. Chicago deputy clerk jailed 3 months falsifying records. Paterson silk makers fined for violating injunction. Hale says navy buildup to rival England. New York judge allows stereotype union dispute with Herald foremen. John M Glover calls Governor Peabody cheap anarchist. barricades office.
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Catherine McVay
Danville
Buffalo
Hay
Lady Joicey
Porto Rico
Naples
Calumpit
Luzon
Trenton
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Turkey
American
Ohio-Indiana
Perry Heath
Omaha
Hanna
Chicago
Paterson
Hale
Naval Committee
United States
England
New York
Herald
John M. Glover
Cripple Creek
Peabody
Duel Between Levy and de Molroy in Paris Ends Unrecognized
A sword duel in Paris yesterday between Captain Levy of the Fifth Engineers and Henry de Molroy, a noted anti-Semite, left Levy with an arm wound. Unlike typical French duels, the combatants did not recognize each other afterward.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Levy
Fifth Regiment of Engineers
Henry de Molroy
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South Dakota State Association
Ethan Enterprise
Supreme Court
Fair Commissioner
St. Louis
W. S. Goodwin
Gang of Five
Salt Lake
Charley Walsh
Old
James S. Wilson
Bruin
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