Geddes Denies Charges Against State Home Authority
Colonel J. B. Geddes the commandant at the South Dakota Soldiers home Hot Springs denies Aberdeen editor Granville Jones charges. He says four men were not dishonorably discharged but suspended for insubordination and false charges. a mandamus followed and court upheld the board and commandant. Geddes questions Jones connections to Civil War rebels and notes Governor Vessey fully investigates complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
J. B. Geddes
South Dakota
Hot Springs
Granville Jones
Aberdeen
Jones
Vessey
Geddes
Board of Commissioners
McGee
Fall River County
Governor Vessey
Board of Commissioner
New Building Statute Enforced for South Dakota Theaters
Pierre, S D Jan 6 The six month grace period for compliance with the 1909 public amusements law has ended The act requires theaters opera houses and public venues for 100 or more to pay a 5 annual license and meet safety standards The state hotel inspector now enforces the provisions and fines of 500 await noncompliance with safety requirements The inspector is expected to begin action on opera houses within months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Madison
South Capote
Public Examiner
John L. Jones
Local Resident Recovers After Brain Clot Removal
Webster S D Jan 6 I W Sanborn an old respected resident suffered a brain clot that formed and rendered him unconscious. The clot then moved itself and resurfaced, restoring his condition and allowing him to resume normal activity despite initial hopes he would not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster, S. D
I. W. Sanborn
Nisland Bank Forms In Belle Fourche Irrigation Town
Deadwood reports Nisland rapid growth on the Belle Fourche irrigation project with new bank organized. John Hinning named cashier, Burt Rogers James E Lonergan William Delaney and others as principal stockholders. Bank building and officer residences are under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Farmers Plan to Build Interurban Line in Sioux Valley
Summit South Dakota January 6 farmers in the Sioux valley between Water town and Summit plan to hold a meeting to consider building an interurban line about 30 miles long carrying freight and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D
Sioux Valley
Watertown
Burns Eyeball With Hot Stove Poker
Miss Cora Lovre of Toronto South Dakota may lose an eye after a zinc washing accident. She moved the hot poker from the stove plate and it struck her eye, scorching the eyeball. Doctors have not yet determined if vision can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
S. D
Cora Lovre
Year of Growth for Yankton Congregationalists
The First Congregational church of Yankton South Dakota reports a strong year with the church now debt free after a $25,000 new building. Membership rose and pews were replaced with free seating while officers and superintendents were elected at the annual meeting. The Yankton fire department held its New Year’s Eve masquerade ball at the Portland hotel with many prizes from local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Tiirst Congregational Church
L. L. Wyler
G. L. Gilman
H. O. Carne
W. J. McMurty
B. S. Williams
Durand
B. M. Banton
J. S. Myers
Marguerite Hill
Yankton Fire Department
Portland
Sheriff Returns With Man Held In False Pretenses Charge
Gacoma January 5 Sheriff Sam Sheldon brought Michael Olson back here on a Lyman county charge of obtaining property under false pretenses. After a preliminary hearing he is held for the next state circuit court term under $1,000 bail, which he furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gacoma
Sam Sheldon
Michael Olson
Lyman County
State Circuit Court
Black Hills Horticultural Society Set for Annual Meeting
Spearfish S D Jan 5 Arrangements are complete for the Black Hills Horticultural society annual meeting to be held at the Commercial club rooms Saturday with two sessions one in the afternoon and one in the evening The society has a large membership across the Black Hills valleys and attendance is expected to exceed prior years Expert horticulturists will deliver several instructional addresses.
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Spearfish
S. D
Black Hills Horticultural Society
Black Hills
Mitchell S D dispersal sale showcases blooded cattle market
The Hereford dispersal sale of Albert Hill’s cattle in Mitchell drew buyers from across the state, especially west of the river. Cattle averaged over 3127 per head with total sales of 7685 dollars. Henry Schach of Okaton led purchases with 17 head costing 2505 dollars, as most animals went to South Dakota farmers near the reservations cattle range.
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Mitchell
S. D
Albert Hill
Alexandria
Henry Schach
Okiaton
South Dakota
Mitchell High School to Dedicate New Building
Mitchell South Dakota will dedicate its new high school building January 7. The modern structure features up to date heating and ventilation with a full program including music by the school orchestra and glee club. O. T. Litchfield will present the building and Mayor A. E. Hitchcock will accept. Professor E. C. Perisho and Dr. Luther H. Gulick will give addresses on education and athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Litchfield
A. E. Hitchcock
E. C. Perisho
State University At
Vermillion
Luther H. Gulick
City Schools of
New York
McKennan Park Estate Compromises Reach Sioux Falls
In Sioux Falls on January 4, two circuit court suits against Helen G. McKennan estate were settled by outside compromises. $26,000 remains to fund a hospital project. $22,000 Gale claim settled with $10,000 bond. $6,000 McKen nan claim settled for $4,000. Inheritance tax of about $2,200 is before the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
Helen G. McKennan
Melvin Grigsby
Grigsby
Artemus Gabriel Gale
Artemus Gale
W. G. McKennan
Supreme Court
Judge orders husband to support wife for months after rushed marriage
Vermillion South Dakota January 4 Judge Best orders Forrest Gilbaugh to support his young wife for four weeks and a half against a delayed divorce while proving he can reform. The case follows his perjury claim about Mrs Bacon’s daughter being of age.
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Vermillion
S. D
Jacob
Judge Best
Forrest Gilbaugh
Ren
Wwiatay
Mother charged with murder in South Dakota baby death
Mrs Henry Janssen of Soo Valley township was arrested for the murder of her 3 month old child. An inquest found finger marks on the throat and the jury indicted her for first degree murder. Her trial, in March, may hinge on an insanity defense and possible commitment to Yankton insane hospital.
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Elk Point
S. D
Henry Janssen
Soo Valley Township
Thomas Gunderson
Union County
Janssen
Charles Stickney
H. F. Elliott
Yankton
Homestake Fails to Resume Operations in South Dakota
Unions post notices listing 49 men accused of backing the Homestake non-union list under the banner Traitors to the Working Class. Officials indicate no resumption of work is expected soon, with six months or more likely before any production returns, as management stands firm and plans to hire as it sees fit.
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Homestake
S. D
Jan. S
Mother imprisoned by little daughter in cellar prank
In Harrold, Mrs. W. H. Glaspy was locked in the cellar by her daughter as a prank. Unable to reach the latch, she called for help until neighbor Mr. Masson heard her cries and freed her from the cellar prison.
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Harrold
W. H. Glaspy
Women Form Bucket Brigade to Stop Marion Fire
A gas engine ignition sparked gasoline at Marion Light and Water pumping station. Neighboring women formed a bucket brigade and quenched the flames before firemen arrived. Foreman Davis of Hose No. 1 was injured but not seriously while speeding to the scene. Insurance covers the damage.
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Marion
S. D
Marion Light & Water Company
James
Foreman Davis
Hose Company No. 1
Brace of Marriages in Union County
In Elk Point S D during the week six couples tied the knot. B A Schooler of Reliance and Rhoda Steely wed at the bride’s parents home with Rev J Clarence Green officiating. Thomas Beckers of Gregory and Abbie Card of Elk Point married at the M E parsonage. Trace Bristol and Mary Runak, both Elk Point township residents, wed at the Baptist parsonage. Leonard G Helgerson of Mount Vernon and Josephine Kalstad of Brule township married at the bride’s home with Rev Reinertson. Juble Ostland of Woolsey and Adeline Johnson of Vermilion wed at the Baptist parsonage.
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Union County
Elk Point
S. D
B. A. Schooler
Reliance
Rhoda Steely
J. Clarence Green
M.E. Church
Thomas Beckers
Gregory
Abbie Card
Elk Point Township
M. E
Trace Bristo
Mary Ruhank
Baptist
George W. Bird
Baptist Church
Leonard GC. Helgerson
Mount Vernon
Josephine Kalstad
Yankton farmers push for electric line to Yankton
Farmers along the Milwaukee west line from Yankton mobilize to build an electric railway to Yankton after stock subscriptions. The move follows Milwaukee's delays in routing trains for merchants and farmers to market. Andrew Peterson pled guilty to grand larceny and received seven months at Sioux Falls penitentiary for stealing a watch money and a diamond breastpin from the Crowe hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Platte
Milwaukee West
Milwaukee
Andrew Peterson
Sioux
Falls
Peterson
Crowe Hotel
Clara Crowe
Robbers Acquitted as Court Closes in Roberts County
The Roberts County December term in Siseston ends with Judge Frank McNulty presiding. George Kampeska, accused of murdering his wife, is freed after the jury finds death caused by alcoholism. A bank robbery near Peever leads to three defendants Ed Burns Jesse Jones and Ed Wilson being acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
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Siseston
S. D
Roberts County
Frank McNulty
George Kampeska
Kampeska
State Bank of
Ed Burns
Jesse Jones
Ed Wilson
Ortley
Milbank
Dakota National Bank to Change Hands in January
Aberdeen South Dakota January annual meeting will transfer control from Colonel J H Holmes to R A Romans of Dennison Iowa. Romans, a real estate man, will relocate to Aberdeen. He plans to place two sons from the state university at Nebraska in charge of the bank.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Dakota National Bank
J. H. Holmes
R. A. Romans
Dennison
Romens
Iowa
State University At
Nebraska
Baby given to grandfather as guardian in Aberdeen
The Aberdeen story ends with James Marshall of Streeter North Dakota gaining guardianship of the abandoned baby, his daughter Mrs. Bell being the mother. The local family that cared for the child is reimbursed for expenses by the grandfather.
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Aberdeen
S. D
James Marshall
Streeter
N. D
Marshall
Bell
Death in Buffalo asphyxiation of French Ed Mirault
Word from Buffalo, Harding County seat reports the death by gas asphyxiation of Ed Mirault known as French Ed. He and a companion slept in a cellar where a coal pan was used to prevent freezing. The gas from coal and limited air killed Mirault. his companion was found nearly dead but recovered.
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Aberdeen
Buffalo
Harding
Ed Mirault
Mirault
Escapee Absent After Jump From Train Near Elk Point
Vermillion South Dakota January 3 state officers sought an insane asylum inmate who escaped earlier in the week. He was retaken at Elk Point and jumped from a Yankton bound train Monday evening after windows were smashed. Blood stained snow but no trace found. he remains at large.
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Vermillion
Elk Point
Yankton
P Atie
Liberty
Strange Message Carved on Stone Found in Grave
A strange stone tablet buried with a man and woman near Mobridge South Dakota yielded a parchment in French about a 1838 land grant by the US government to Pierre La Moure. Foreman A W Vail reported finding the hollow bone and parchment while prospecting for gravel one mile east of Mobridge and plans to verify authenticity in Alabama.
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Mobridge
S. D
A. W. Vail
Milwaukee Road
Mr. Vail
Vail
Alabama
Pierre la Moure
la Moure
Cold at Bridgewater
Bridgewater South Dakota reports unusually cold weather for January with temperatures from 20 to 25 degrees below zero yesterday morning and 15 to 20 below on several mornings in the past three weeks. Sleighing has been excellent. much corn remains unhusked. H M Bleeker of Emery South Dakota plans a large warehouse in Bridgewater to operate an implement business.
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Bridgewater
H. M. Bleeker
Emery, S.D
Farm institutes set dates for South Dakota towns
Brookings announces dates for farmers institutes with Geddes February 1 2 Academy February 3 4 Burke February 7 Herrick February 7 Bonesteel February 8 9 Springfield February 11 13 Centerville reports Vermillion river ice harvest in full blast two feet thick No 1 quality hundreds of tons stored and shipped to other towns employing many men
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Brookings
S. D
A. E. Chamberlain
Farmers’ Institutes
Geddes
Academy
Burke
Herrick
Bonesteel
Springfield
Centerville
Two Asphyxiated in Des Moines Home
Des Moines on January 1 reports the deaths of William Foster a Des Moines architect and theater figure and Louis Bemis of Spencer aged 17 who was visiting. A leaking gas stove in the adjoining bath rooms caused the tragedy. Foster owned the Foster and Grand opera houses and Bemis was the son of banker Will Bemis of Spencer and grandson of former Iowa state treasurer George W. Bemis.
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Des Moines
William Foster
Louis Bemis
Spencer
Grand Avenue
Foster
Mr. Foster
Young Bemis
Will Bemis
George W. Bemis
Iowa
Winfield Fire Ravages Six Blocks Causing 50000 Damage
A blaze in Winfield Iowa at 2 30 this morning destroyed or damaged six business blocks and caused about 50000 in losses. The cause remains undetermined.
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Des Moines
Winfield
Bank Teller in Prison for Embezzling Money
Pittsburg Pa January 1 Charles Vere rka bookkeeper and teller of Workingman's Savings Bank and Trust Company north side was committed to jail today on charges of embezzlement. He allegedly appropriated 30000 of the bank's funds on or before December 29. The information is made by a bonding company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Charles Vererka
Workingman's Savings Bank & Trust Company
North Side
Insurance Firms Enter and Exit South Dakota in 1909
The South Dakota insurance department lists many new companies opening in 1909 and several withdrawing. New entrants include Royal Exchange Assurance, Missouri State Life, Keystone Guards, and Union Marine among others. Departures feature United Order of Foresters, Security Mutual Life, Cosmopolitan Fire, and Monarch Mutual. The department notes a heavy rise in overall insurance business, with full figures to come after year-end reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Chicago
American Fire
Newark
N. J
Boston
Mass
Central Fire
German- American Life
Omaha
Neb
United Securities Company
Baltimore
United Order’ of Foresters
Milwaukee
Security Mutual Life
Binghamton
N. Y
Cosmopolitan Fire
New York
Monarch Mutual
Watertown
Nebraska Underwriters
Bankers Reserve Fund Life
Cincinnati
Order of Home Guardians
Mitchell
First National Life and Acident Company
Des Moines
Aberdeen Man Returns From Montana After Wife and Children
R N Montgomery a rural mail clerk from Aberdeen pursued his wife two children and a boarder named Sprague to Missoula Mont. He was tried in Montana for a statutory charge and sentenced to 180 days in jail. He then brought the children back to Ludden North Dakota to stay with relatives with no reconciliation in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
R. N. Montgomery
Miles City
Mont
Missoula
Sprague
Ludden
N.D
Ronayne Appointed Transfer Mail Clerk in Aberdeen
Aberdeen South Dakota dispatch reports John T. Ronayne of the city named transfer mail clerk in charge of mails here since Chief Clerk Denniston’s rail way office was established two months ago. Ronayne has served as mail clerk in the railway service since 1883 and his son Michael was killed by the murderer Victor in November. Vermillion also reports Forest Gilbaugh and his bride under arrest for perjury over the bride’s age in obtaining a license. The couple married quietly before Christmas and were not missed until after, with a warrant issued yesterday.
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Aberdeen
John T. Ronayne
United States
Denniston
Ronayne
Michael
Victor
Vermillion
S. D
Railroad Commissioner Hears Yankton Platte Line Complaints
Railroad Commissioner Rice of Flandreau met with town representatives along the Yankton Platte line to hear complaints about Milwaukee without prompt freight service from Sioux City and other jobbing points. Wagner and Geddes face coal shortages and risk cold for lack of improved service.
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Geddes
S. D
Rice
Flandreau
Yankton-Platte Line
Milwaukee Company
Sioux City
Wagner
South Dakota Board Sets January Exam in Redfield
Dell Rapids Dec. 31 The next regular meeting of the South Dakota board of pharmacy will examine candidates for registration and general business in Redfield on January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Rapids
8. D
South Dakota Board of Pharmacy
Redfield
Girl's Body Found Beside the Track in Malvern
In Malvern Iowa on December 31 Cecil Dodd a 20 year old stenographer was found dead beside the Wabash track a mile from town. Her neck showed a fatal wound and authorities suspect foul play with possible murder or accidental fall. She had been in Red Oak for Christmas and was returning to work. Local excitement grows as investigators consider the case a possible homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Cecil’ Dodd
Thomas to Retire as President of Island System
Report states Thomas, president of the Island system, is retiring. Officials name a successor, with details unclear and awaiting formal announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Hitea
Somahtianadl
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Woonsocket
R. E. Johnson
Minneapolis
Kennan Park
City Hospital
Spencer Boy
Capital City
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