Milwaukee System Burns at Aberdeen
Fire and explosion from an oil heater at the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight depot in Aberdeen South Dakota started a blaze that destroyed the depot division offices headquarters building and passenger station. A gasoline car exploded spreading flames to nearby structures and the train dispatcher's office was wrecked. The passenger station later burned total loss about 150000. A Crocker Owen furniture store basement fire then began in the business district but was later controlled with damage to the building stock by smoke and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdene
S. D
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
S&j. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Crocker & Owen Furniture
Lightkeeper Dies After Daylightless Siege With Dog
Leroy C. Loughborough assistant keeper of Green's Reef light in Long Island Sound died of tuberculosis after eleven days on duty with no food. His only companion was a dog that shared his scant provisions. He kept the light and fog horn functioning until collapse. a rescuer found him nearly dead, with the dog by his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Leroy C. Loughborough
Green's Reef
Long Island Sound
Narragansett iPer
Loughborough
John R. Klarkson
Light Keep
Klarkson
Bridgeport
Loughbrough
John S. Haywood
Courts dispute over Chauncey Wood body burial
In Seattle superior court a bitter fight over where Chauncey L. Wood should be buried pits widow Bessie F. Wood against his two stepsons Buell R. Wood and Ben M. Wood. Each side has an injunction keeping the body in a Seattle vault as hearings proceed with possible appeals to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County
Chauncey L. Wood
South Dakota
Wood
Buell R. Wood
Lemmon
S. D
Ben M. Wood
Rapid City
Bessie F. Wood
Supreme Court of
State
Buell
Ben Wood
Seattle
Wash
Chauncey Wood
Providence
Washington
King Couth
Superior Court
Uel R. Wood
Dakota
Tallman
R. S. Vessey
Three Girls Burned In Oil Accident At Cook Stove
Four children were badly burned when kerosene poured on hot coals under a kettle caused an explosion at a Dawes home in Springfield South Dakota. Two Dawes girls aged four and fourteen, a Brown girl aged four, and Crowley’s six year old girl were affected with extensive burns. The incident, occurring about 4 pm, caused a house fire and about $500 in damages. Attending physicians fear two Dawes children and the Brown girl may not recover, while the Crowley girl is not seriously burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
S. D
George Dawes
Ross Crowley
William Brown
Dawes
Little Brown
Crowley
Gamble Defends Lorimer in Senate Speech
Senator Robert J. Gamble of South Dakota argues in the Senate that Lorimer was legally elected despite tainted Illinois votes and that the jackpot corruption fund at St Louis had no link to the Lorimer bribery case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Robert J. Gamble
South Dakota
Senate Today
Lorimer
Illinois
St. Louis
Gam
Mail Box Plan Rejected in Post Office Bill Debate
The House knocked out a proposal requiring city letter carriers to deliver mail only to residences or businesses with at door receptacles in the post office appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Post Office
Hill Opposes Parcels Post Bid At Iowa Convention
President L N Hill of the Great Northern railroad urged traveling men to fight the parcels post bid at the Iowa Traveling Men's Association convention in Des Moines, saying it would end the traveling man's occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Iowa
Case moves to Supreme Court via federal channels
The text notes a likely return to court when the case reappears in the Supreme Court. If the widow prevails in the action, it is asserted the case will be carried to federal courts in the name of a sister living in Rapid City who is not a party to the current proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Rapid City
Insane man attacks Lipton at London home
In London Sir Thomas Lipton faced an intruder who demanded a large sum of money under death threats. Lipton escaped after a struggle, police were alerted, and the assailant was arrested with Lipton unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Sir Thomas Lipton
Lipton
Ties Jeweler and Steals His Jewels Fort Worth
Fort Worth report states R L Hampton was arrested for assaulting jeweler Joseph Katz in a hotel room tying him hand and foot and stealing diamonds and jewelry valued at 1600 dollars Katz escaped and alerted police before the thief could sell the gems
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
R. L. Hampton
Joseph Katz
Hampton
Katz
Minister Starts $100000 Hospital In Hot Springs South Dakota
Rev D D Tallman conceived a Protestant hospital for the Black Hills and secured pledges to fund a $100000 facility. He will receive six months leave to develop the project as spring construction begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
S. D
Presbyterian Hospital
D. D. Tallman
Black Hills
Horse Thief Captured in Spink County
Sheriff Hurst of Spink county returns from Onawa Iowa with Ivan Mitchell in custody. Mitchell is wanted for stealing a team of horses a buggy and harness from liveryman Robert Robertson of Conde nearly three years ago. He reportedly confessed and will plead guilty at the next state circuit court term in Spink county. He is jailed without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Hurst
Spink County
Onawa
Ivan Mitchell
Robert Robertson
Conde
Mitchell
State Circuit Court
White Slaves Found In Deadwood House
Mr and Mrs Peter Hansen were arrested in Deadwood on kidnapping charges after Mrs Maude Trillinger and her 3 year old daughter disappeared. Trillinger was later located at a questionable resort in Rapid City and arrangements were made to place the child at St Martins Academy in Sturgis. White slavery charges likely to be filed in Rapid City against the Hansens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead
S. D
Peter Hansen
Deadwood
Maude Trillinger
St. Martin’s Academy
Sturgis
Rapid City
Hansen
Issenhuth Works On New Road Law Through Recess
State legislators return from recess to draft a good roads bill with local option features to ease objections. Glasner and Brinker collaborate on a land leasing measure to protect state rights while allowing broad tenant use. Some members study state institutions during vacation for needs versus appropriations. Debates over Soldiers Home appointment clarify board rather than governor action. $53,000 Asked for Tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasner
House Public Lands Committee
Brinker
Thos. Orr
Col. Geddis
Vessey
Soldiers’ Home Board
Rabies concerns trigger muzzling and dog killings in Pierre
In Pierre South Dakota locals fear rabies as two children and Miss Mintz are treated after dog bites. Coyote rabies and dog killings prompt muzzle orders while state lawmakers debate funding for a tuberculosis hospital, criminal procedure changes, and livestock disease relief.
Proposed Amendment Covers Payment for Diseased Horses
The bill aims to require that payments for diseased horses killed by order of a public official be funded by county commissioners from county funds.
Cow Drivers Declared Insane In South Dakota Court
Augusta Matilda Hendricks and her son William were declared insane by Potter county court and sent to Yankton asylum. They wandered South Dakota in a dilapidated wagon drawn by cows, threatening locals, and had aversion to photos. A barbed wire liniment advertisement appears in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Potter County
Augusta Matilda Hendricks
William Hendricks
Yankton
South Dakota
Gettysburg
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Mitchell Testimony
Mitchell resident R B Mayberry asserts Doan's Kidney Pills cured his Bright's disease symptoms after years of swelling, colored sediments, and back pain. Sold by Diehl & Brown's Drug Store with Foster Milburn Co. as U S sole agents. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Doan
R. B. Mayberry
Lawler St
S. Dak
Dean
Bright
Diehl & Brown
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dr. Coxs Painless Blister Ad For Veterinary Cure
An 19th century drug advertisement touts Dr. Coxs Painless Blister priced at 50 cents, claimed to ease spavin curbs splints Sweeney and related ailments and offered by all drug gists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Progressive Republicans form League to control 912 convention
The Progressive Republican League is announced in Washington with 9 senators, 6 governors, 13 congressmen and more backing Bourne of Oregon as president. The group aims to push primary elections to name delegates and back a presidential nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Progressive Republican League
United States
Congress
Bourne
Oregon
League
William Allen White
Kansas
Louis D. Brandeis
Massachusetts
Gifford Pinchot
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Francis D. Henrie
Ray Stannard Baker
Cummins
LaFollette
Beveridge
G. W. Norris
Nebraska
Chase S. Osborn
Michigan
Charles Crane
Chicago
Moses KE. Clapp
Minnesota
Bristow
E. H. Hubbard
Iowa
I. L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Wm. Kent
California
Erie Veteran Praises Dr King New Life Pills
A. K. Smith, an Erie Pennsylvania war veteran, writes of years of indigestion constipation and liver trouble ending after using Dr Kings New Life Pills. The ad claims they cure stomach liver and kidney troubles and are sold for 25 cents at Diehl and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Smith
Erie
Livestock Breeders Meet in Mitchell January 30 to February 3
The eighth annual meeting of the South Dakota Improved Live Stock and Poultry Breeders Association will be held in Mitchell from January 30 to February 3. The event features a stenographic report, a rich program, and a public auction of animals from about 50 breeders across the state. Buyers will find top-class acclimatized stock, including Chercheron, Shorthorn, Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, Polled Hereford, Red Polled cattle, and Duroc pigs, with foundations for new herds often secured at these sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Mitchell
Postal clerks strike stalls reinstatement in west
Striking postal clerks will not be reinstated as a protest against suspending railway mail clerks for refusal to work extra duty without pay spreads from Huron to Washington. Business leaders fear delays on the Tracy Pierre route as new, inexperienced clerks handle duties. Debates in Congress address postal service changes with officials defending the new rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
Post Office Department
Washington
Perkins
Tenth Division
Tracy and
Pierre
South Dakota hosts mid winter exposition with new pavilion
Jersey Poland-Chinad and Shropshire hog sales set in a new heated pavilion costing 7500 dollars funded by the state to ensure comfort for animals and visitors during the week. The South Dakota Poultry show also takes place in the city as the Western Passenger Association offers a one third excursion fare from all South Dakota points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Poland
Lee
Shropshire
South Dakota
Western Pasenger Association
Fatal hotel fire in Omaha claims clerk life
Thom J. Field, hotel clerk, died in a Millard hotel fire in Omaha early today. Fireman T. J. Campbell and guests from Chicago Lincoln St Louis were injured as flames from defective dining room wiring spread. Loss pegged at 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Thom J. Field
Millard Hotel
T. J. Campbell
R. J. Greely
Chicago
B. J. Stahl
Lincoln
John W. Cathcart
St. Louis
Black Hand Outrage Destroys Chicago Drug Store
Early this morning a black hand bombing damaged the drug store of Antonio Stiano and Guiseppe Danioni in Chicago. The blast endangered both families and marks the second such act in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Stiano
Guiseppi Danioni
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milwaukee
Aberdeen
Seattle, Wash
Gamble
Lorimer Whitewash
Vicasge
Senator Crawford
Des Moines, Iowa
Insane Man
Deadwood House
Issenhuth
Stuverud
Custer
Whiting
Senate
Norbeck
Kaufmann and Garrigan
Minnehaha
J. A. Hawkins
Stanley County
Hawkins
Montana
Thankful Mitchell
Munn & Co
Scientific American
ANN & Co
Washington, D
League 5
Progressives
Cummins, LaFollette and
D. C
Postoffice Department
House
Postoffice
Raiway
Whee
Martin
Weeks
Postoffice Committee
Stewart
J. T. Canfield
Canfield
Pierre-Rapid City
J. J. Melton
Railway Mail Service
Black Hand
The
Dakotas
the Missouri Valley Engineering Co., Inc
Western Nat. Bk. Bidg
Uctorea
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!