Local notes highlight society event and theater showing
Mrs. Gus Splitt travels to Delmont and Mrs. Warl Gassman leaves for Yankton after her father’s death. The Christian church Ladies Aid hosts an oyster supper at 7 pm tomorrow at 415 Second Ave. East. Richard Hobson arrives from Yankton to work at American Express, replacing vacationing William North. Josh Perkins and company perform at the Gate. A Radium and wireless exhibit is teased for Gale Monday amid health product ads.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
George Osborn
Second Avenue East
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Geo. Osborn
Bowling Scores Reveal Tight K of P Victory over K of C
In a hard fought bowling contest at Scharn Webers parlors the K of P edged K of C. The Unknowns won two of three from the High Rollers with strong showings from Bransonwie Lee and Myko. Duttentene and Geile posted notable scores as Bransonwie led the Unknowns to a 567 total.
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KK. P.oovs
K. of P
K. of C
Scharnwebers
K. of P. Total Bransonwie
Aes
Geile
Congress Convenes As Appropriations Debated In Quiet Session
In Washington the Senate met at noon to review the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill. The House opened with a debate on the army appropriation bill as prominent bankers testified in the money trust committee and the currency committee filed further views on banking laws.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Anniversary of Blizzard Recalls 1918 Great Storm
Residents who lived in the state twenty five years ago Sunday recall the January 12 1918 blizzard that struck Mitchell at noon and left deep snowdrifts. The piece notes widespread damage, suffering, and long aftereffects on roads and communities.
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Dar
Mitchell
Burned Prospector Charles Swansen Found in Black Hills Cabin
Charles Swansen, an elderly prospector and miner from Sweden who arrived in 1877, was incinerated in his lonely Rochford area cabin. Neighbors reported a burned structure early Saturday and found his charred remains inside. A few trinkets and gold nuggets lay near the body, suggesting he woke to fire or delayed escape while securing valuables.
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Charles Swansen
Black Hills
Rochford
Swansen
Swansea
Sweden
Congress Faces Fraud Claims Over White Earth Indian Lands
A House Interior Department spending committee report accuses officials and agents of gross fraud in the White Earth Chippewa lands allotment in Minnesota. It cites fraudulent 1900 sales, improper timber allotments, and biased actions by Indian agents and company-backed claimants, urging congressional remedy for the anomalous control of Indian lands and resources.
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Washington
White Earth
Minnesota
James McLaughllin
House
Committee On Expenditures
Interior Department
Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
United States
White Harth Reservation
Simon Michelet
Thomas Downs
Indor
James Mel Lanstlin
Jumeler Companies
Not in Favor of Money Trust
George M Reynolds told the House money trust committee that current money and credit concentration threatens the country. Reynolds, president of the Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, warned against concentration of power and against interlocking directors among competing concerns.
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Washington, D. C
Geo. M Reynolds
House Money Trust Committee
Reynolds
Contintential & Commercial National Bank of Chicago
LT Am
Synod Makes Good Showing in a Year in South Dakota
The annual minutes of the Synod of South Dakota of the Presbyterian church, issued by state clerk Rev. H. P. Carson of Huron, show gains in church organizations and Y. P. S. C. E. membership as well as more houses of worship.
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SYNOD
Huron
S. D
Synod of
South Dakota
The
Presbyterian Church
H. P. Carson
D. D
Wor
Central Bank Idea Debated By Reform Committee
President Nash of the New York Clearing Bank opposes a central bank. He favors a system of twenty federally located clearing houses with on demand loan certificates at fifty percent of trace value, arguing against European methods and warning against theorists.
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Washington, D. C
Nash
Torn Exchange Bank
New York
Presen
Wil
Senators Hear Testimony On Stolen Letters in Conspiracy Case
George Sims testified before a senate committee that letters allegedly stolen from Muisisinarang Je M can cath esto knoe loneer cate were prepared at the New York office and discussed with his brother, Charles Sims. He identified Blumeling as the man who sought money from the New York Journal for the letters and said Charles Blumeling and his brother talked about selling them after they were taken. Blumeling, a Jefferson Avenue traveling salesman in Jersey City, was said to have gone to the Journal to obtain the funds.
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Meoney
New York Journal
Senate
George Sims
Charles
Geo
Sian the Daper
Areboas
Enga NuEiKs
George Simi
Stanard
New York
Breres
Ther
Barstow
Archijadl
Stump
Charles Blumelins
Zimmer
Blumeling
Jefferson Avenue
Jersey City
N. J
Kidreige
Eddy
Police Court News Highlights Gambling and Arrests
Presba arrested on gambling charge and pleads not guilty. He was fined for contempt of court and detained until the fine is paid. Police allege he ran a pool hall gambling game, leading to calls for him to stay out of town. Beach and others were also in court for varying offenses. Several speeders were fined, and James Livingston pleaded guilty to drunkenness, jailed ten days.
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S. XN
Presba
Irresta
Drake
Presy
Mitchell
Safayv
Holt
Qaeimi
James Livingston
Court Defied by Convict on Testimony in Sacramento
In Sacramento Superior Court Judge Hughes scolded witness Jordan for contempt as the convict from Folsom prison testified in a stabbing case. Jordan refused to reveal his name and taunted examiners, claiming he had twenty years to serve, leaving the court unable to compel further testimony.
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Sacramento
Cal
Hughes
Jordan
Folsom
Bear Cub Rescue Ends in Quiet Victory Over Mother Bear
Dr Craig, a northern Muskoka veterinary surgeon, finds a wounded bear cub on a moonlit road. He captures the cub in a sack, battles a pursuing mother, and uses ammonia on the mother to blacken her sight, allowing him and his horse to escape. The cub survives the evening and is later recovered by a search party.
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Canada
Craig
Wawick
Muskoka
Tim
Peter
Ile
Mae
Cedars
Craig m
Ife
Thor
Andie
Warwick
Ham Gate
Lillie PO
Infant Mortality Alarm In Germany Report
The article notes a sharp rise in infant deaths in Germany with 351000 fatalities under one year among 2,000,000 live births, an alarmingly high 17.5 percent. Bavaria shows the highest at 22 percent, Prussia the lowest at 10 percent, compared with 10.8 percent across the British Isles and 11.8–10.3 percent in England and Wales and Ireland respectively.
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Germany
Empire
Bavaria
Prussia
British Isles
England and
Wales
Treland
America
Negative Virtues in Moral Life
Quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes warns against turning abstinence from sin into a business of virtue. He argues true character requires a diet of active benevolence and sympathetic engagement rather than emaciation from negative disciplines alone.
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Oliver Wendel Holmes
German tourist amputates two toes in Swiss stable
A German traveler was found unconscious in a stable at St Sulpice Neuchatel after wandering in a snowstorm. Frostbitten feet forced him to amputate two toes with a pocket knife before collapsing and being taken to a hospital.
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St. Sulpice
Canton
Neuchatel
Switzerland
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