Huron to get public building after senate approval
A telegram from Washington reports Senator Gamble secured Senate passage of a 100000 dollar bill for a site and erection of a public building in Huron South Dakota. The city hosts multiple federal offices and the bill awaits House action next session. Prominent figures including Huron native Gov candidate Doe I Crawford and others visited Washington.
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Huron
S. D
Washington
Gamble
Congress
Senate
Post Office
United States Land Office
Surveyor General's Office
State Weather Bureau
House
Doe I. Crawford
James D. Elliott
United States
South Dakota
William H. Parker
Deadwood
Crandidate
W. C. Cook
Reublican Party
National
Escaped Drowning After River Drive Gone Wrong
Two boys Peter Forenson and George Cox driving a team into the swollen Tig Sioux river near Sioux Falls were swept off by the current. The wagon and horses floated away but the group managed to reach shore with the boys and animals rescued by bystanders after a lengthy effort.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Peter Forenson
George Cox
Tig Sioux River
Thore
Desperadoes Routed by Deputy Sheriff at Valley Springs
Deputy Sheriff Urquhart, with the aid of a citizen posse, arrested two brothers Emil and Arthur Anderson after a wild assault at the Valley Springs depot. Emil received a 20 day jail term and $50 fine on one charge, while Arthur was also arrested after sustaining a head blow from a posse member.
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Valley Springs
S. D
Urquhart
Emil Anderson
Arthur Anderson
Emil
Citizens
Anderson Brothers
Valley Rings
Urgut
Omaha
Ilroad
Anderson
Mr. Urquhart
Andersons
Farmers Elevator Company declares 40 percent dividend
Turley South Dakota July 2 reports from the annual meeting of the Farmers Elevator Company show the firm in first class financial condition. A dividend of 10 dollars per share was declared on shares at 25 dollars each yielding 40 percent. After paying the dividend the treasury holds cash to remaining amount.
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Turley
S. D
Farmers’ Elevat Company
Black Hills Sailors and Soldiers Reunion Held in Hot Springs
The nineteenth annual reunion of Black Hills sailors and soldiers met in Hot Springs with large attendance from upper hills. Notables spoke at the camp fire, including G G Bennett, Major Fairbanks, Polk, Goddard, S J Wilson, and A J Kellar. Officers elected include President G G Bennett and secretary J L Denman.
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Hot Springs
Black Hills
Upper Hills
G. G. Bennett
Deadwood
Major Fairbanks
Judge Polk
Sturgis
Goddard
State Soldiers’ Home
J. Wilson
A. J. Kellar
Hot
S. D
A. D. Goddard
R. J. Wells
Sioux Falls
The
Evans
Wells
S. B. Milton
Washington, D. C
Redfield
S. C
Milton
Washington Star
NEW TOWNS IN THE HILLS
The United States government has reserved two town sites in the Belle Fourche Irrigation District near Owl Creek and Willow Creek. Each quarter section will host a school, with the rest sold in one acre tracts. Additional railroad town prospects hinge on construction timelines along the Milwaukee and Northwestern lines.
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Belle Fourche
S. D
United States
Indian Creek Flat
Owl Creek
Willow Creek
Milwaukee Road
Belle Wourdhe River
Yale
Northwestern Railroad
Not Wild and Wooly Deadwood Saloon Decline
Deadwood South Dakota sees a sharp drop in licensed liquor houses from 42 to 19 over four years due to gambling closures and shifting public sentiment. The town’s rowdy image is fading as saloons dwindle and sentiment changes.
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Deadwood
Giant powder to end his life in Deadwood
In Deadwood on July 3 Libert Olson, 66, laid five sticks of giant powder on his chest after lighting a twenty foot fuse. He had driven his son's family from the house before the act. the blast mangled his body as police reported. He had been recovering from a long spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Deadwood
Libert Olson
Roubaix
Hart Ends Case by Suicide in Jail Cell
Pipestone Minnesota July 2 A C Hart 45 who tried to assassinate Indian school employees faced insanity proceedings was found dead in his county jail cell He hanged himself using a water closet chain before dawn His wife and child survive and burial plans indicate he will be taken to Kansas Wounded workers are recovering The action ends the case as Hart had been deemed insane
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipestone
Minn
A. C. Hart
Hart
Kansas
Four Die in Fayal No 3 Pit Ore Runaway Wreck
In Eveleth Minnesota on July 2 four men were killed and a fifth injured when five steel ore cars crashed down a grade into Fayal No 3 extension pit. The shovel crew was buried in ore and debris. Victims listed include Jimmie Sullivan brakeman William Chappel fireman Loy i Mays water boy 14 and John Rinda pit man. Injured Jake Rinda father of John Rinda was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveleth
Minn
Fayal No. 3
Jimmie Sullivan
William Chappel
Loyi Mays
John Rinda
Jake Rinda
South Dakota camp ground expanded with land and range
Watertown June 30 The state guard gains about fifteen acres extending the camp to the lake shore and includes the historic pavilion. A model rifle range will be added north of the militia reservation with federal funds. Cannon disposition and resignations of Lt Patten and Capt Clark are noted as replacements are set.
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Watertown
S. D
State Guard
Adjt
C. H. Englesby
Adjutant General
War Department
South Dakota
Middle West
War College
Englesby
Washington
South Dakota National Guard
Kittledge
Senate
Lake Kampeska
James E B. Patten
Fourth Infantry
Salem
Fort Riley
Kan
S. W. Clark
Redfield
Sapt
Clark
Sensation at Kennebec Arrest of Local Citizen
Clark Hollenbeck a well known Kennebec resident was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly striking William Casey a local businessman on the head. He waived a preliminary hearing and posted $400 bond for an adjourned term of the state circuit court to convene at Oacoma in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Clark Hollenbeck
Lyman County
Prisner
Wiliam Casey
Hollenbeck
State Circuit Court
Oacoma
Wealthy Union County Farmer Arrested on Assault Charge
Elk Point South Dakota June 30 Jim Teller a well known Union County farmer was arrested this morning on the complaint of Oscar Baggs another prominent farmer charged with assaulting Mrs Baggs Tuesday evening Teller is in jail awaiting his preliminary hearing set for tomorrow likely to bound him over to the circuit court Teller and Baggs reside on the low land south of McCook lake
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Union County
Elk Point
S. D
Jim Teller
Union
Oscar Baggs
Explosion mystery in Southwick case May not reveal attacker
Watertown South Dakota June 30 The Southwick explosion remains a mystery with no arrests and no disclosed clues. J Carl Southwick shows signs of recovery and his eyesight is expected to be preserved. Sympathy letters arrive from lodges across the state.
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J. Carl Southwick
Watertown
S. D
Southwick
Captain Hobson Lectures on Navy at Assembly Hall
S D June 28 Captain Hob son the hero of Santiago harbor lectured at assembly hall in this city Tuesday evening. It was his first visit the Hills and he received a warm welcome. Many people from other Hills towns attended and the hall was filled with listeners eager to hear facts about the United States navy from a well informed speaker.
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Lead. S. D
Hobson
Santiago Harbor
Assembly Hall
Hills
United States Navy
Se wer bonds open bids in Geddes South Dakota
Geddes South Dakota June 28 bids will be opened July 7 for sale of eight thousand dollars in bonds to fund a sewerage system. Bonds run twenty years and bear six percent interest. Only twenty three votes opposed the issue.
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Geddes
S. D
Aged Viking Weds 25 Years Younger in Minnesota
Gullick Risty a wealthy Sioux Falls farmer aged 74 travels to Luverne Minnesota to marry Mrs Carlson 49 after two rejections for a marriage license due to his children's opposition. He returns home with the bride and begins life on his Brandon area farm. Risty's will provides for his children with cash and shares. He is a tall Norseman noted in Sioux Falls for his prominence and vigor.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Gullick Risty
Minnehaha
Luverne
Minn
Carlson
Minnesota
Risty
Laverne
Brandon
Kenosha Toy Pistol Ban After Lockjaw Incident
A Kenosha boy suffers lockjaw from a toy pistol blast and the mayor bans toy pistols. London Edward grants concession for Jewish rights as courts shift to Thursday hearings starting June 28. In Washington John Willis of Glasgow Montana declines a White House invite due to lacking a dress suit.
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Kenosha
Wis
Beizier Lama
Lorenzo Lama
London
Edward
Washington
John Willis
Glasgow
Mont
White House
Roosevelt
Willis
Canyon City Liquor Raid Ends Crusade Spill Into Gutter
Canyon City Colorado authorities with church volunteers raided the Canyon City Labor Club on Sunday morning and dumped the liquor into the gutter as churchgoers observed and sang. In Washington a presidential veto blocks a bill distributing Sac and Fox annuities, citing inadequate support for bona fide homesteaders, with a $100000 appropriation to be drawn from tribal annuities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon City
Colo
Canyon City Labor Club
Washington
Christ Will Come in 1914 Sermonin Vermillion
In Vermillion South Dakota on July 2 1914 M Sy McPhail of Chicago preached at the opera house claiming the year 1914 will see Christ rule the earth dead rise for a thousand years then Satan released and the doomed die the Millennium Dawn pilgrim spreader told followers in the city.
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Vermillion, S. D
Christ
Satan
M.*sy
McPhail
Chicago
Opera House
Padgett Hails Roosevelt Attack on Large Fortunes
Tennessee representative Padgett praised Roosevelt’s declaration against wealth concentration, calling it the most vicious statement in its effect ever uttered by a public man, as he presented it for a speech in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Representative Padgett
Tennessee
Roosevelts Gift Pen Linked to Agricul tural Bill Passage
President Roosevelt presented Senator Beveridge with the pen used to sign the agricultural bill including meat inspection clauses. A accompanying letter credited Beveridge for supporting the important amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Indians Become Major Beef Producers for Government
Deadwood South Dakota July 2 Indians on the reservation are expanding cattle raising. The government will buy about 1,000,000 pounds of beef from Indians for the year ending June 30 1906 and another 1,000,000 from contractors. next year plans call for 1,500,000 pounds from Indians and the rest from contractors. Indians receive about 4 cents per pound, about 20 cents a hundred more than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Fire destroys Noblitt Manufacturing plant in Chicago
A fire at the Noblitt Manufacturing cabinet plant at One Hundred Twenty first and Peoria streets destroyed the facility. About one million feet of lumber stored in the rear burned, with losses estimated at 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiicago
E. J. Noblitt Manufacturing Company
Peoria
South Dakota State Fair Nears With Busy Preparations
The South Dakota State Fair in Huron is shaping up with a revised premium list, expanded departments, and plans for a new building for Huron merchants. The board approved clean amusements including buffalo exhibitions by R L Yokum and music by the Aberdeen state band for the fair week starting September 10, with machinery and livestock spaces filling fast and strong expected exhibits statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Huron
S. D
State Board of Agriculture
R. L. Yokum
Buffalo
Aberdeen State Band
Agricultural and Woman’s
Leavenworth Troops Face Discipline After Racial Fights
At Leavenworth Kansas several clashes occurred between white and black troops. Lieutenant Colonel Paulding acting commander of the garrison has adopted stringent measures to maintain discipline and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Paulding
Mismanagement report cites failures across Mutual Life trusts
The sixth committee report on Mutual Life trustees highlights ongoing mismanagement across all departments. In Tokyo a tariff discount lowers rates on tobacco and some goods, while foreigners worry about expanded rebates for Japanese products. At Roanoke Illinois four workers died when scaffolding collapsed in a 400 foot shaft. Naragansett Pier, Carnegie gifts to libraries in 1905 totalled 211 gifts worth 3 million, with overall library gifts at 5 million from Carnegie and others.
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Naragansett Pier
R. I
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Farmers Win at Letcher Co Operative Telephone Pushes Old System
Farmers near Letcher South Dakota form a cooperative telephone network that competes with the town exchange. Eight rural lines feed into the village where a single owner had charged $3 yearly for central service. The cooperative installed its own switchboard for about 17 dollars, charging 1.50 a year per patron with free local and farm-to-farm messages and no tolls. The effort aims to serve neighboring towns with through wires while operating independently of long distance lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Operative Telephone Company
Letcher
Town Exchange
Arctic exploration party arrives at Tromsoe
The Frithjoff carrying Major Hersey and eighteen Wellman expedition members has reached Tromsoe Norway. Major Wellman plans to begin for the pole in his balloon on July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tromsoe
Norway
Frithjoff
Major Hersey
Wellman Arctic Exploration Party
Mr. Wellman
Pole
Senator Dick Seeks Temporary Government for Isle of Pines
Senator Dick of Ohio introduced a joint resolution in the Senate proposing a temporary government for the Isle of Pines. The measure was announced from Washington on June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Isle of Pines
Washington
Senate
Mutineers Die in Yemen Battle. Cincinnati Detective Dead
In Yemen province several hundred mutineers among reserve forces were killed in a clash with regular troops as they demanded repatriation. In Cincinnati, Laurence Eazen, famed chief of detectives for breaking up express robber gangs across states, has died.
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Hodeifga
Turkish Arabia
Yemen
Cincinnati
Laurence Eazen
Adams Express
Aberdeen Hopes to Secure Lodge Seat for Three States
Aberdeen South Dakota June 29 The Knights of the Maccabees aim to establish a headquarters in the Dakotas for North Dakota South Dakota and Montana Aberdeen is a candidate State Commander P C Watters works to secure the honor Supreme Commander D P Markey of Port Huron Mich will visit this week to evaluate the field To honor his visit 100 candidates will be initiated and the annual meeting of the Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees will be held in Aberdeen with officials from across the state attending A reception will be given at the Commercial club on Friday
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Aberdeen
S. D
Knights of the Maccabees
Dakotas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
P. C. Watters
D. P. Markey
Port Huron
Mich
Mr. Markey
Ladies of the Maccabees
Thursaday
Markey
Farmers Build Sale Pavilion In Woonsocket
Woonsocket South Carolina June 29 The Woonsocket Sale and Exchange association plans a $3 000 capitalization and articles of incorporation They will erect a sale pavilion in the city and hold monthly public sales of live stock machinery The temporary officers are W A Erwin president T Stevens secretary and E F W Kruse treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
S. C
Woonsocket Sale and Exchange Association
W.A. Erwin
T. Stevens
EF. W. Kruse
Tyndall Firebug Suspected After Repeated Arsons
In Tyndall S D on June 29 authorities suspect a local firebug aiming to burn the town. Over a dozen attempts target the main business street, most recently targeting B W Burnett photography and F A Smith music stores. Firemen saved adjacent structures. officials warn of arrest if another attempt occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
S. D
B. W. Burnett
F. A. Smith
Gallagher Accepts Presbyterian Call in Hot Springs South Dakota
Rev G W Gallagher of Geddes South Dakota has accepted a call from the Hot Springs Presbyterian church and will begin in mid July. He preached here for two Sundays in June and was well liked. An Eastern graduate of Princeton, he joins a busy Black Hills ministry as delegates and locals attended the Black Hills Sunday School association annual meeting in Hot Springs last week, which ran two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills Church
Hot Springs
S. D
G. W. Gallagher
Geddes
Presbyterian Church of
Gallagher
Princeton
Black Hills Sunday School Association
Union County loses 177 school children in year
Elk Point South Dakota June 27 Three thousand three hundred forty three school age residents live in Union county now down from three thousand five hundred twenty last year a decline of 177 children. The death rate remains steady and no large exodus is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Elk Point
S. D
Man from Michigan Declared Insane During Visit
Seeley R. Denton a 62 year old from Livingston county Michigan was adjudged insane. The Sanborn County sheriff escorted him home to his eighty acre eastern state property after a visit with his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
S. C
Seeley R. Denton
Livingston County
Michigan
Sanborn County
Denton
Brewer Praises Taft At Yale Alumni Day Speech
Justice Brewer told Yale alumni that Secretary Taft would win the presidency and carry his strength of character from national issues to the White House. He cited Taft’s handling of the Philippine situation and the canal project as evidence of leadership and high principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Brewer
White House
New Haven
Conn
Yale
David J. Brewer
Taft
American Magazine Sold to Phillips Publishing Firm
The American Magazine once Leslie's Monthly, edited by Frederic L. Colver and associates, has been sold to Phillips Publishing. The buyer includes John Phillips, Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Tarbell, Dunne, White and others from McClure's lineage. Reported price near 1.66 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leslie's Monthly
Frederic L. Colver
Ellery Sedgwick
William Morrow
R. C. Wilson
C. D. Spalding
Phillips Publishing Company
John 8. Phillips
Lincoln Steffens
Ray Stannard Baker
Ion M. Tarbell
A. A. Boyden
McClure
Peter Finley Dunne
William Allen White
New York Exchange Signals Move in Chicago Trading
Chicago reports the New York Exchange par figures for June 27 indicating steady activity in the par market with brokers noting limited price shifts and orderly turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Exchange
Chicago
New York
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Mir. Crawford
Nation
Patten
Vermillion
Millenia
Pittsburg
Robert McKnight
Pittsburgh
Mutual Life Trustees
Peoria, I
Roanoke Coal and Mining Company
Roanoke
Frank S. Galey
Johnston R. Boyd
Galey
Colorado Springs
May Macaffee
Asane
Eveleth, III
Mohawk
Nagasaki
Sasebo
Boston
David B. Ellington
BUY American Magazine
Dunne
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