Legislature Meets as Two Houses Open Session in Pierre
Pierre S D January 7 Both houses of the legislature convened at noon with Lieutenant Governor Shober presiding in the Senate and Secretary of State Wips guiding the House. Officers were elected and the two bodies met in joint session to hear messages from outgoing and incoming governors before adjourning for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burden
W. E. Reeves
Read Matheny
E. Moscript
James Oson
A. K. Crawford
Frank Purdue
R. W. Levitt
Oyster stocks rebound and may drop prices
The bulletin from the Bureau of Commerce and Labor reports that oysters are safe, cheaper, and more plentiful. A long threatened extinction was averted after studies by the fish commission, which mapped habitats and farming potential across gulf waters and Atlantic coast sites.
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Washington
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Fish Commission
Gulf
Atlantic
Famine in pins hits Ohio town as stores run out
Bellefontaine Ohio reports an unusual shortage of pins after a shopper found her list item cone paper of pins. At every store visited clerks warned there were no pins in stock, shocking merchants who call it an inexplicable shortage.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Milk Dealers Form Close Union to Regulate Chicago Trade
Chicago dairy plan aims to unite 18 000 Lake County farmers and others supplying Chicago to regulate milk prices and secure profits. A February 1 Sherman House convention will establish a permanent organization with road outreach to Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and Indiana farmers.
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Chicago
Lake County
Round Lake
Chicago Health Department
Sherman House
Roundlake
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Sperry at full speed to Naples
The American battleships Kentucky Louisiana Virginia Missouri and Ohio entered the canal at 8 30 this morning and will reach Port Said around midnight The Yankee scout cruiser Yankton sails for Messina with doctors medical supplies and provisions for earthquake sufferers Connecticut Vermont and Minnesota arrived from Suez and will sail to Naples Sperry plans to confer with Naples authorities and offer fleet services after arrival The Italian earthquake altered the fleet itinerary
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Suez
Kentucky
Louisiana
Virginia
Missouri
Ohio
Canal
Port Said
Yankton
Messina
Connecticut
Vermont
Kansas
Minnesota
Naples
Sperry
Money the Cause of Separation of Gilmore and Wife
Mrs. Paul Gilmore, formerly Mary Alice Goodwin, left Sioux Falls after eight months of residence to pursue a divorce from actor Paul Gilmore. Financial difficulties, not lack of affection, drove the separation though both had supported themselves during seven years of marriage. She owned property but kept it in others’ names to shield him. a summer home near Tarrytown was reportedly sold by Gilmore. The couple’s divorce was granted by mutual consent. Mary Alice Goodwin, born 1888 in Virginia, is connected to Major Goodwin and inherits from a Liverpool pottery founder.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Paul Gilmore
Mary Alice Goodwin
Company B
Tennessee
Dearie
Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson
Paul
Gilmore
Jules Murry
Virginia
Major Goodwin
McKinley
Canton
Miss Goodwin
Liverpool
Ohio
Miss Brown
Boston
Henrietta Crossman
Mrs. Gilmore
Charles F. Goodwin
St. Paul
Hon
John
Scotty Philip Adds Three Elk to Fort Pierre Buffalo Ranch
Scotty Philip has added three elk to his buffalo ranch eight miles north of Fort Pierre. The elk were released into the large pasture with the buffalo herd, which is fenced off by a high wire boundary.
Garfield Outlines Rosebud Land Opening Savings and Rules
Secretary James R. Garfield reports a new procedure in opening Rosebud Indian lands in Tripp county South Dakota cutting staff need from 25 plus to four at the site saving time and money for the government and applicants. Entry payment for a 160 acre tract totals 206 with fees and dates allow planting in 1909 or delaying residence to September 1 1909 or later. He notes conservation efforts plus a pension roll showing 1 906 053 total recipients with 50 676 deaths in the year including 34 333 Civil War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James R. Garfield
Secretary of Interior
Rosebud
Tripp County
South Dakota
General Land Office
Witten
Garfield
National Guard Asked to Attend Taft Inaugural
Watertown South Dakota January 5 Governor Crawford reports a request from J Frank Bell chief of staff in Washington for a South Dakota national guard delegation to attend the Taft inauguration parade. Adjutant General Englesby notes budget constraints but may arrange a company of the best guardsmen to go.
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Watertown
S. D
Coe I. Crawford
J. Frank Bell
Washington
South Dakota National Guard
Charles H. Englesby
State Guard
Bank President Theodore H. Radcliffe Dies by Suicide
Theodore H. Radcliffe, president of the People's State Bank in Howard, S. D., died yesterday after drinking carbolic acid. Ill health is blamed for his despondency. He had operated the bank since the town's founding and was highly regarded. his son serves as a bank officer.
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Howard
S. D
Theodore H. Radcliffe
People’s State Bank
Mrs Gilmore Secures Divorce from Actor Paul Gilmore
Aberdeen South Dakota January 5 A divorce decree favors Mrs Paul Gilmore stating the old divorce law applies because summons served before the new law took effect. The decree cites desertion as the ground and notes Mrs Gilmore resided in Sioux Falls for eight months prior to filing. Judge James H McCoy delivered the ruling after the November term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Paul Gilmore
James H. McCoy
Fifth Judicial District
South Dakota
Atlantic Travel Shows Big Slump
New York reports 1908 Atlantic passenger totals down about 1 million from 1907. East bound departures exceed arrivals for the first time in years, with steerage most affected and outward bound steerage rising 108000. Declines span first and second class and west bound steerage, linked to U.S. industrial conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies
United States
Wedding twists the family tree in Millville
In Millville New Jersey a Christmas Eve wedding made Mrs Belle Harvey the stepmother to her grandchild and Mrs Rosa Harvey the stepmother to her stepfather’s child. The ceremony by Rev Willian Witzgerald followed bishop approval after mediation in Trenton. Mrs DeHart 45 and her husband 20 have several children among them.
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Millville
N. J
Inlaw
Belle Harvey
Ralph DeHart
Willian Witzgerald
St. Mary Magdalen’s Church
Pro DeHart
Rosa Harvey
St. Mary Magdalen’s
Harvey
DeHart
McFaul
Trenton
de Hart
Wives Testify 10 Alibis for Other Women's Husbands
Union City Tenn Jan 2 The question of whether a wife can testify for her husband was raised in the night rider trials and decided adverse Ivy but the wives of some defendants were permitted to testify to an alibi for other defendants. Wives Hoffman and Applewhite testified to alibis showing the Hoffmans as guests of the Applewhites the night of the takken murder. The state plans to offer further proof while the defense notes many witnesses are relatives of indicted men.
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Union City
Tenn
Ud Morris
Wis
Tennessee
Fionter
Bob Hoffman
Sam Applewhite
Kkill Nankin
Taylor
Lonely Lake
Bob Moffman
Lake District
Elks Organize State Association in South Dakota
Sioux Falls hosts the formation of the South Dakota Elks State Organization uniting eight lodges with 50 delegates. Deadwood is chosen for the first annual meeting next August. officers include R. J. Woods as president and E. G. Edgerton as vice president.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Huron
Deadwood
Watertown
Yead
Mitchell
Yankton
Aberdeen
Sioux Hills Lodge
Grand Lodge
Aberdeen Man Reported Missing Suspected Foul Play
Aberdeen South Dakota January 2 relatives of Edward Schwartz formerly of Presser Washington fear he may have met with foul play Schwartz 34 left Aberdeen for Presser a year and a half ago to raise fruit he went from Presser to Medford Oregon November 4 to close a timber claim deal and left Medford for the north November 10 since then no trace has been found Two Aberdeen men searched Washington but found nothing Schwartz unmarried with aged parents and a twin sister Mrs James Westmoreland in Aberdeen
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Aberdeen
S. D
Edward Schwartz
Presser
Wash
Schwartz
Washington
Medford
Ore
James Westmoreland
Double Rainbow Over Miller After Warm Shower
A double rainbow appeared over Miller yesterday after a warm shower. The sky showed bright colors like a June morning. there was no thunder, and the shower was described as summer-like.
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Miller, S. D
Dallas Epidemic Forces School Closures and Diphtheria Deaths
Public schools in Pallas S D closed by city council due to a diphtheria outbreak. An infant son of baker John Rogers died and others in the family exposed. Precautions to stop spread noted. In Woonsocket S D robbers who allegedly held up County Treasurer Meter for 3087 dollars remain at large.
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Woonsocket
S. D
Meter
Acetylene Gas Plant Explodes at Indian School
In Chamberlain South Dakota the acetylene gas plant at the Indian school exploded noon today, damaging the plant building and injuring two occupants slightly. Carpenter A Victor Brace and W Bad Whirlwind were inside. Bert Lafferty was outside unharmed. The 16 by 20 foot frame structure stood behind the large building for the Indian boys. Superintendent S A M Young is to transfer to Yakima Washington in about two weeks and Supervisor Charles H Dickson will oversee the school in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Lafferty
S. A. M. Young
Yakima Reservation
Washington
Charles H. Dickson
Young
Chamberlain
Dickson
National Guard Officers Elected at Huron Meeting
South Dakota National Guard officers elected in Huron at the annual meeting. Colonel J. E. McDougal named president with Captains G. B. Kelsey and George Roskie as first and second vice presidents. Major Hazel secretary and Coler Campbell treasurer. General Englesby and Gov. Crawford attended. military code changes discussed.
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Huron
South Dakota National Guard
J. E. McDougal
Britton
G. B. Kelsey
Twin Brooks
George Roskie
Stockings
Hazel
Aberdeen
Coler Campbell
Englesby
Watertown
Beckwith
Pierre
Wooley
Highmore
J. H. Holmes
Crawford
Sioux Falls
Dell Rapids
Spearfish
Sturzis
Yankton
South Dakota
United States
Wife Demands 15000 for Husband's Death
Marie M. Westby administratrix of Martin Westby’s estate sues the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in federal court seeking 15000 damages for his death. Westby, a section foreman and yard master, was killed at the Madison yards on December 17 while performing his duties.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Lake County
United States
Marie M. Westby
Martin Westby
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Madison
Another Burglary Suspect Bound Over in Canton
Canton South Carolina January first seventeen year old Earl Wheeler was arrested by order of State's Attorney Carlson on burglary charges linked to a recently convicted gang and was bound over to the next term of court Captain E O Berg returned from Huron where battalion company commanders met for an annual officers meeting to discuss legislation and the national guards association actions.
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Canton
S. C
Earl Wheeler
Carlson
E. O. Berg
Huron
National Guards’ Association
Peter Marquardt Struck by Engine in Station Yard
Peter Marquardt a former grand master of South Dakota Odd Fellows was run over by a switch engine in Madison station yards while returning to a mail car. He died instantly as bystanders watched the fatal accident.
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Madison, S. D
Peter Marquardt
South Dakota
Odd Fellows
Spreckels Will Leaves Widow Life Interest in Estate
San Francisco reports the will of Claus Spreckels executed in New York in 1908. Widow Anna Christina Spreckels receives a life interest, with after her death the estate divided among sons Claus A. and Rudolph Spreckels and daughter Mrs John Terris of Kingswood England. The estate value is estimated as high as 50 million dollars. The remainder would pass to the three legatees with Ferris’ share reverting if she dies childless. Also notes New York City has 600 schools but 75,000 pupils attend part time due to insufficient space.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
New York
Annna Christina Spreckels
Claus A. Spreckels
Rudolph Spreckels
John Terris
Kingswood
England
Anna Spreckels
John D
Adolph
Famished Madmen Fight Over Food in Messina Destruction
F. Marion Crawford recounts his son in law's perilous Mes sina escape and the harrowing aftermath. He describes crowds starving amid ruins, fires, and dead bodies, a city overwhelmed by chaos, looting convicts, and exhausted troops struggling to feed survivors.
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Messina
Coast
Leutenant
Groom Now Announces His Secret Marriage Confession
Des Moines today reports Sidney Siber a famed piano virtuoso announced here his secret marriage last June to Gertrude Musiteg a German actress. The disclosure follows his trip to Watkee for the ceremony and confirms the union.
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Des Moines
Sidney Siber
Lincoln, Neb
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