Rich Man Heiress? Boy Named as Millionaire’s Heir
A sensational tale from New Orleans ends with 18 year old Naimals chosen as heir to Starr Nichols a wealthy New Yorker. Nichols took the boy on a visit this year before his death in Ha May 31. Nichols left 4500 dollars with the boy before news of the death reached here last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smi
Beilt
Beneaf
Nnimals
New Orleans
Starrichols
Fancy
Nichols
Er loses stock as raging torrent swamps farm
Falls South Dakota July 1 A farmer Floyd Watkins west of Sioux Falls loses 23 hogs and livestock when a furious flood sweeps across his pasture and outbuildings. A horse is struck by lightning and killed. The Big Sioux river rises with spring melt and high rainfall. Railroads report track damage and resumed service after repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
Petty
Addigorn
Wall Lake
Sioux
Big Sioux
Arious
Fes
Death by horse accident shocks Viewfield family
July 1 report details a fatal accident near Viewfield in this county. A boy from Mr. and Mrs. M. was fishing when a horse frightened, threw him over a fence, and dragged him to a creek before helpers freed him. He died at the scene with severe injuries.
Central company eyes telegraph on telephones in trial
Aberdeen South Dakota July 1 reports the Central company plans to test sending telegraph messages over its wires while people talk on the telephone. If successful, this could let telegraphy share lines with regular conversations, saving time and effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rdeen
S.D
a.Central Company
Elliott’s temper flares as horse fate costs owner dearly
Colonel Elliott, a noted horseman, raced The Artist against Vane for 400 dollars in three heats. Elliott, unhappy with the result, auctioned The Artist for far less than its worth and offered to buy back the bid, then slashed at the animal to force a return, but the bidder refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sensen
Colonel Elliott
Vane
James Jenkins
Jonel Elliott
Performis
Orte
Elliott
G Car Men Go To Work After Two Points
In Pittsburgh on July 1 at 10 tonight the street railway dispute ends with an agreement signed by the Pittsburg Railway Company executives and the Association of Street Railway Employes. The accord aims to prevent further disruption and will restore service after a two point increase in worker actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Pa
Pittsburg
Willagee
Big Rise Seen in Public School Apportionment
Pierre June 30. O C Dokken, commissioner of school and public lands, estimates the December apportionment will raise the common schools distribution to 550000, higher than any prior year. If trends continue, the 1914 apportionment could reach 750000, with land sales and fund growth promising over 5 million annual income and a permanent fund exceeding 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Indian Holds the Balance of Power in County Seat Fight
June 30. In Carson county a contest over the location of the county seat pits McIntosh against Mc Laughlin. Sioux voters, led through interpreters, hold the balance as politicians court favors. The Indian vote remains uncertain and the outcome hinges on whether they will vote at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxpala
S. D
Ahnen Ea Seampee
Sitting Bull
Carson County
McIntosh
McLaughlin
Indian
Washed-Up Traveler in Sioux Falls Jailed for Drunkenness
An elderly man named Williamson, traveling with his wife and the mother of the wife in a covered wagon, is held in Sioux Falls jail for $10 drunkenness fine. He claims over $30,000 in savings in Scotland and Canada, yet had only $2.05 on arrest. He says he distrusts U.S. banks and fears national failures. The 86-year-old elder woman accompanies them as they roam, appearing destitute. The trio provokes police with their odd behavior and storied finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
William Williamson
Scotland
Canada
Williamson
United States
Grose
Police Department
Capitol Commission Inclines to Economy
Professor N E Hanson of Brookings College visited the capitol grounds and notes the Meier landscape design will not be followed. The commission plans only partial filling, trees and shrubs, possible driveways, and likely no miniature lake as originally imagined. In Texas at 4HIGO a shooting in a church leaves Roy E Burn 19 dead after firing on J B Meser 47.
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Capitol Commission
Pierre
S. D
N. E. Hanson
Brookings College
Capitol Grounds
F. R. Meier
New York
Meier
Arrest Husband In Wife Death Case In Mitchell
Mitchell 8 D June 29. A prior item noted Mrs Jesse Hendricks of Running Water died by her own hand after a dispute about her husband playing baseball. The report outlines a men’s club formation and committees for Commercial club growth, with plans for monthly luncheons and closer business gatherings to advance the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Jesse Hendricks
Commercial Club
W. E. Tipton
W. T. McConnell
J. 8. Daniels
John Michels
F. C. Drake
W.H. Broadbent
A. B. Hager
Judge Robert B. Tripp Maries Bertha Gross in California
Announcement from Yankton South Dakota reports the marriage of Judge Robert B. Tripp of the first circuit to Miss Bertha Gross of Claremont California. They are spending part of their honeymoon on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. C
Robert B. Tripp
First Circuit
Bertha Gross
Claremont
Cal
Probably Not Cinderella Slipper Inderella Slipper
In a June squall on Kam Peska lake two skiffs with occupants were driven across the lake. A woman bailed with one slipper as her companion struggled, then they waded to shore in shallow water. Nearby a Fargo man capsized in a canoe and was rescued by a sailboat.
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Watertown
S. D
Kampeska Lake
F. I. Chapman
Fargo
N. D
Court decision favors vets at Redfield election
Judge Taylor of the Ninth circuit held that disputed votes in Redfield’s late city election are legal, preserving a one vote vets majority and defeating anti-saloon challenges. The ruling supports veteran interests in a closely contested outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. C
Redfield
Taylor
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Oklahoma mob lynches a negro in Wilburton
In Wilburton Oklahoma a mob of about 50 masked men seized Sylvester Stennin known as Alabama Red from the jail and hanged him on a telephone pole after he shot and killed deputy Albert Turner. The mob dispersed with no gunfire. A coroner’s jury found death at unknown hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburton
Okla
Sylvester Stennin
Albert Turner
Navy board weighs permanent Philippines base location
Washington June 29 full discussion by the general board of the navy on establishing a permanent naval base in the Philippines. Secretary Meyer will soon brief President Taft for final decision. The likely site lies between Manila and Olon gapo with Cavite and Corregidon dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Board of the Navy
Philippines
Meyer
Taft
Manila
Olongapo
Cavite
Corregidon
Heinze Gives Bond After Grand Jury Action
Arthur J P Heinze vice president of United Copper company posted a 2500 bond in federal district court as the grand jury sought access to company books. He is to appear for sentence on October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur J P. Heinze
United Copper Company
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court Today
Edward Opens Museum at Victoria and Albert
King Edward formally opens the Victoria and Albert Museum new galleries at South Kensington in a full state ceremony. The foundation stone was laid in 1899 by Queen Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
London
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
Queen Victoria
Egan Sued for Criminal Libel in Sioux Falls
Mrs M M Ross editor of the Sioux City Critic sues George W Egan attorney once of Logan Iowa and Sioux Falls for criminal libel in Sanborn County circuit court. The suit seeks $10000 damages for slanderous statements printed in a weekly newspaper published by Egan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
8. D
Sanborn County
George W. Egan
Logan
State Supreme Court
M. M
S Ross
Soo I Critic
Ross
Egan
Aberdeen Pierre Grade Under Inspection By M & St. L Agents
Pierre June 28 The presence of Tom F Way right of way man for the Minneapolis St. Louis road with KR G Kelly chief engineer and another officer on the Aberdeen Pierre grade hints the company will begin to rail the grade from Cresbard to Pierre soon. This will give Pierre direct connection with Aberdeen and eastern state points as far south as Watertown
Land Office Clerk Transferred to Belle Fourche
Alexander J. George long time Aberdeen land office chief clerk receives government notice of transfer effective July 1 to the newly established United States land office at Belle Fourche South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche Aberdeen
Alexander J. George
Aberdeen Land Office
United States Land Office
Belle Fourche
S. D
Express Messenger Fends Off Hoboes in Rail Car Shootout
Wells Fargo messenger Wilfred Dent, riding between Aberdeen and Miles City, confronted three hoboes near Mina in Edmunds county. The bootlegged riders ordered off the car, a man fired a revolver, and Dent returned fire with three shots. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Aberdeen
S. C
Wilfred Dent
Wells Fargo Express Company
Miles City
Mina
Edmunds County
Dent
Indians Plan Dual Fourth of July Celebrations at Bear Creek
In the Cheyenne River Reservation at Philip South Dakota the Cheyenne River Indians vote to hold two Fourth of July celebrations, eastern and western halves. The western event will include a reproduction of the Custer massacre on Bear Creek with veterans from the Cheyenne agency supervising the mock battle and costumes being prepared in full war regalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
S. D
Cheyenne River Reservation
Bear Creek
Cheyenne
Custer
Boy Swallows His Choicest Marble
Kadoka South Dakota reports a three year old grandson of Mrs. Henry Fincke swallowed a large marble while playing with marbles. The child was taken to Sioux City for an operation to remove it from the intestines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fincke
Here
Sioux City
Food Commissioner Goes Into Business
Rapid City South Dakota June 28 A H Wheaton of Brookings retires July 1 as state food commissioner and forms a partnership with D B Ingram to establish a creamery Ever ground has been leased for new buildings at seven thousand dollars Wheaton formerly taught at the state agricultural college and will make Rapid City his permanent home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
A. H. Wheaton
Brookings
South Dakota
D. B. Ingram
Wheaton
State Agricultural College
Wounds a Girl Edgmont 8 D June 28
Careless shooting by an unknown person near Edgemont injures a Miller girl. A 22 caliber bullet lodged under her thigh and was extracted by a physician. No suspect identified yet.
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Edgmont
Mason Miller
Edgemont
Lockjaw Fatal to Sioux Falls Boy After Foot Cut
Maurice Stegner aged 14 of Sioux Falls died after cutting his foot on glass and contracting lockjaw. The injury occurred while bathing in a pool at McKennan Park. Wounds were treated at home but infection developed days later, leading to the fatal outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Maurice Stegner
W. E. Stegner
McKennan Park
Two Men Drown in Western Dakota Floods
Belle Fourche South Dakota June 26 A. F. Lanstrom a 25 year old homesteader near Philip drowned in the Grand river while crossing on a loaded raft the raft swamped in midstream six of its occupants swam to shore but Lanstrom was weighted down with a rubber coat and boots and was helpless Drowning in the high waters of Horse creek north of here was Dan Sullivan who had recently come from Indiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
S. D
A. F. Lanstrom
Philip
Grand River
Lanstrom
Horse Creek
Here
Dan Sullivan
Indiana
Desperate attempt to sink Bijou ferry on Missouri River
An unknown person bored holes in the Bijou ferry boat on the Missouri River at Bijou His S D in a bid to destroy the vessel. Captain Lillie owner and a friend pursued it in a gasoline launch. Nick Oldham hauled the buoyant craft to shore as holes above water line saved it from total loss. The suspect allegedly held an imagined grievance against Captain Lillie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijou His
S. D
Missouri River
Lillie
State Sanatorium Site Sought With No Land Found
Parker S D June 26 state board of charities and corrections reports no land locate for the new tuberculosis sanitarium after a county tour. government forest reserves hamper site search near Sylvan Lake Black Hills altitude 5500 feet. plan to seek 640 acres from Congress for the home with tillable land for feed milk and eggs. $10 000 allotted for first construction phase and a superintendent will lead a public education campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
S. D
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Custer County
Congress
Sylvan Lake
Black Hills
Colorado
Woodmen Lodge
Iowa ,Y
Iowas City
State issues warrants from twine fund to cover general pay
Pierre South Dakota June 36 the state treasurer will issue a deferral for all outstanding state warrants on the general fund July 1. The legislature allowed transfers from the twine plant fund to meet payments including benys ornaments and other expenses. Governor Rud at it for then? Also a brief update on Mrs Vessey recovering from a nervous collapse after treatment at a private sanitarium and rest cure. friends rejoice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Arele
Pierré
Watertown chosen for next state G A R encampment
Sioux Falls SD June 26 The Grand Army encampment department of South Dakota selected Watertown as the site for next year s encampment. A monument dedication September 3 at Whitestone Hill NC where veterans are buried was announced. The Woman s Relief corps held its annual meeting and elected officers and delegates to the national convention in Salt Lake City. New G A R and W R C officers were installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Grand Army
Department of South Dakota
Watertown
Whitestone Hill
N. C
Sixth Iowa Cavalry
Second Nebraska Cavalry
City Auditorium
G. A. R. Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
Almera Stowell
Aberdeen
Minnie B Ck
Hudson
Estella Graves
Arte- Slan
Luella Waters
Chas. Booth
Sioux’ Falls
Nevada Heresford
Yankton
Salt Lake City
Matilda Lawrence
Huron
Indians Meet in Conference Without Bishop
Lower Brule Agency South Dakota June 25 Indians and white Episcopal missionaries prepare for the Niobrara deanery convocation near the Messiah chapel at Medicine Creek mouth on the reservation. Delegates will come from the Sioux reservations Crow Creek Cheyenne River Standing Rock. Bishop Hare ill in the East will miss the gathering. Passes will be issued to delegates chosen by their tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Brule
S. D
South Dakota
Niobrara Deanery
Medicine Creek
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
William Hobart Hare
Sioux Falls
Crow Creek
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
Sioux Falls Attorney Egan Granted Hearing for Reinstatement
The supreme court granted the petition of George W. Egan who was disbarred after involvement in the Kaufmann case. A hearing for reinstatement is set for September 1 with notice to all interested parties.
Accidental Target Rifle Shooting Fatal near Faulkton
At the O'Neil ranch near Faulkton South Dakota a man named W F Douglas died from a gunshot wound after a target practice accident. Adolph Roesick and a visiting shooter fired a shot that went through the building wall and struck Douglas in the heart, killing him instantly. Douglas had recently come from Wisconsin and was an employee at the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkton
S. D
O’neil
W. F. Douglas
van Sarah
Adolph Roesiick
Douglas
Wisconsin
Farmers Capitalize A New Hospital In Arlington
Arlington South Dakota June 25 Hetland 8 D announces a stock company to fund a new hospital to be built immediately. The facility will be owned entirely by farmers with nearly all stock held by local rural residents. The subscrip tion covers full funding and construction will start at once making it likely the nation’s only hospital owned wholly by farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
S. D
Hetland
8. D
Mortimer Nominated for Belle Fourche Receiver
Washington June 25 The president sent to the Senate the nomination of Samuel G Mortimer to be receiver of public moneys at Belle Fourche South Dakota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Samuel G. Mortimer
Belle Fourche
Fort Worth Bank Robbery Ends With Thief On the Run
A well dressed man robbed the Waggoner Bank & Trust in downtown Fort Worth, taking 8100 in currency after forcing cashier Walter Kin to hand over the money. The gunman, described as genteel, escaped into the crowd and remained at large by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Waggoner Bank & Trust Company
Texas
Walter E. Kin
King
Counterfeit $10 Note Reported by Secret Service
A counterfeit ten dollar national bank note tied to a June twenty five discovery in Washington is reported by Wilkie of the Secret Service. The note is a two-piece forgery on silk threads with a rubber stamped charter and treasury numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Bank
Termania National:bank
San Fran
Wilkie
Secret Service
Tne
Treasury
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L Boy
Robert Tripp
Oklahoma
Cuthbert
Rufus West
Gains
Heinze
Bond
Aberdeen-Pierre
Western
Dakota
G. A. R. Camp
Hare
Mortimer
Esq
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