Fort Pierre Flood Ravages Bad River District
Flood waters from the Bad River overflowed Fort Pierre South Dakota washing away about fifteen houses and wrecking other properties. The steel bridge was carried away into the Missouri River and several residents and families are missing or displaced. City officials launched fundraising efforts to aid victims as floodwaters recede and rescue work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. PP. Kennedy
Marvin Weed
Ruth Jackson
Wallace Snyder
Archie Snyder
Peter Wehrie
Otto Haelti
Will Mays
Robert Barclay
John Barreally
Dr. Lavery
Bogus Mathieson
Bad River
Missouri
Fort P
Pierre
J. N. Douglas
Fort Pierre
C. J. Lavery
Warren Young
Anton Fischer
Fort Ierre
Missouri River Flood Destroys Chamberlain Pontoon Bridge
The Missouri river rose eight feet in forty eight hours at Chamberlain S D. Flood wreckage from upriver points is visible. Several barges from Pierre have been recovered here. Much of the Chamberlain pontoon bridge and half the dam west of American island are destroyed. The river keeps rising and a new record is feared.
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Missouri
Chamberlain
S. D
Pierret
Pwest
American Island
Severe storm lashes Black Hills for 36 hours
Deadwood South Dakota reports a prolonged storm over thirty six hours with heavy rain and hail. Terry suffers cloudburst flooding streets and basements. Rail lines damaged and crops inundated threatening yield. cattle outlook uncertain while range grass stalls.
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Black Hills
Deadwood
S. D
Terry
Drowned Student Thomas Carroll at Redstone River
Aberdeen July 6 reports the drowning of Thomas Carroll a 23 year old De Smet student while swimming with peers in the Redstone between Preem ed and Manchester. He was seized by cramps and drowned before any rescue could help him.
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Aberdeen
Thomas Arroll
DeSmet
Redstone
Preemed
Manchester
Saloon Closures Hit Aberdeen Protest Areas
Sixteen saloons closed in Aberdeen today after a Ministerial Association protest against licenses. Four men face charges of violating the law. Assistant City Attorney Williamson says licenses require county commissioners approval. The county board meets July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Williamson
South Dakota retailers plan convention to curb mail order houses
Sioux Falls July 4. Merchants and wholesalers in South Dakota plan to organize to combat eastern mail order firms. A convention called after a Sioux Falls council meeting will gather July 21 to discuss a plan to force mail order houses to quit the South Dakota field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S.D
United Commercial Travelers
Field
Disappearance of Dr John Wanamaker Shocks Divorce Colony
In Sioux Falls a physician named Dr John Wanamaker, connected with a local divorce colony, vanished after two bank drafts he cashed proved worthless. He allegedly sought funds from his former east home and asked his attorney to indorse a $150 sight draft. a second $50 draft was cashed without the attorney’s indorsement. Both drafts were dishonored, Pinkerton has been hired to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
John Wanamaker
Prisoner Escapee Recaptured in South Dakota
Sam Ortley, who escaped with fellow burglar Conley from the Sisseton county jail last fall, was captured by Deputy Sheriff Hicks in timber near Marlow Marshall county. Ortley aided by stealing jail keys, later voting at Graceville Minnesota before rejoining Conley. Ortley faces horse stealing charges and is wanted in northern Minnesota for post office robbery.
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Sisseton
S. D
Hicks
Sam Ortley
Conley
Sam
South Dakota
Marlow
Marshall County
Sherlock Holmes
Ortley
Graceville
Minn
Minder
Iowa
Minnesota
Girl Heroine Rescues Brother From Grass Fire
Ida Wegner, a 13 year old girl from Groton South Dakota, acted with remarkable presence of mind to save her 6 year old brother Arthur Wegner from a gasoline ignited blaze. She rolled him on the grass to smother the flames, preventing serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groton
S. D
Ida Weener
Arthur
Arthur Wegner
Innocent Boy Found After Global Search
H A Zekind of Chicago learns his 18 year old son Charles who fled Chicago amid a jewelry heist case is in Danville. The elder Zekind traced the boy worldwide after suspects linked to a clerk who absconded with about 40000 dollars in goods. Watches mislaid by the firm were later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Charles
H. A. Zekind
Illinois Belt and Novelty Company
Madison Street
Chicago
Contractor Mills Sudden Return Shocks Sioux Falls
EF D Mills a Sioux Falls contractor who vanished last April in Kansas City amid murder theories has unexpectedly returned home. Relatives report he is dazed and unable to explain his months of wandering. He had been traveling to New Mexico to settle government Indian school contracts when last seen.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
EF. D. Mills
Kansas City
Missouri
Mills
New Mexico
Portland
Ore
Railroad Crosses Missouri On New Trestle Ahead Of Schedule
Chamberlain South Dakota July 4. Heavy rains slowed grading on adjacents lines but progress remains strong with about 60 percent of work done. The first engine crossed the Missouri on the new trestle test run and rail laying continues toward completion for a planned July Fourth crossing.
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Chamberlain
S. D
Missouri
John Brown
Hart
Milwaukee Company
American Island
Judge Carland Rules Full Blood Status in Indian Case
Sioux Falls July 5 Judge Carland of the United States court defines the rights of full blood and mixed blood Indians in the Mrs Jane E Waldron versus United States Black Tomahawk and Ira A Hatch case at Cheyenne River agency The decision holds Waldron an Indian in full meaning of the term and orders a decree canceling the Black Tomahawk trust patent and allotting the land The ruling affects many similar cases across Nebraska and the western states awaiting resolution.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Carland
United States Court
Jane E. Waldron
United States
Tomahawk
Ira A. Hatch
Cheyenne River Agency
Fort Pierre
Great Sioux
Nebraska
Unprecedented Rainfall Floods Prairie County Fields
Heavy rains grip Huron and surrounding prairie country in South Dakota. Corn and small grain fields flood as water surges into low areas. Jim River rises eight feet above recent years, lake beds once dry now inundated, with hundreds of acres of bottom lands underwater.
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Prairie
S. Dak
Huron
S. D
Jim River
New Opera House Planned for Deadwood South Dakota
Deadwood will gain a new opera house after four years without a theater since the old barn burned. A Kansas City theater company and local capitalists plan a fine building opposite the Franklin hotel with space for stores and offices.
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Deadwood
S. D
Kansas City
Franklin Hotel
Missing hired man vanishes after leaving Stanley County ranch
Jens Frost, employed at the Jarman ranch near Nowlin, Stanley County, rode off on a horse owned by his employers. The horse returned without the saddle, a saddle was found on the Bad River bank, and Frost's trace is lost. Authorities fear he was drowned as Bad River runs high after recent rains.
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Stanley County
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Nowlin
Jens Frost
Jarman Ranch
Bad River
Frost
Two Fatalities From Drowning and Lightning in South Dakota
Sioux Falls reports two deaths in the state. A Fairfax family grieves when a 2 year old girl drowns in a waterhole after heavy rains. Nearby on the Rosebud Reservation lightning kills Black Mountain Sheep's wife in a Brule Sioux home, with five others narrowly escaping.
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Fairfax
Sioux Falls
S. D
L. H. Shultz
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Black Mountain Sheep
La Follette Draws Record Crowds at Tacoma Park
Aberdeen S D July 4 crowds at Tacoma park to hear Robert M La Follette set attendance records surpassing Bryan. La Follette focused on railroad rate regulation while excursion trains on the Great Northern between Aberdeen and the park ran at capacity all day.
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Bryan
Aberdeen
S. D
Tacoma Park
Robert M.la Follette
William J. Bryan
la Follette
the Park
Pardons Recommended by State Board in South Dakota
The state board of pardons recommends a pardon for E. E. Mayhew of Hutchinson County who was sentenced for shooting with intent to kill. Henry Billet of Roberts County remains under consideration on a manslaughter sentence.
Americans Luck Fades as A A U Champs Yield One Victory
London July 3 The American athletes at Stamford Bridge for the Amateur Athletic Association championships won only the 220 yard dash through H A Hyman who beat Jupp by three yards. Hyman’s time was .222-. The Americans matched the field in form but suffered persistent misfortune in the other events.
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London
Amateur Athletic Association
Stamford Bridge
H. A. Hyman
Jupp
Hyman
Striking Teamsters Rally Over Funds Shortage
About 1,000 striking teamsters gathered at the finance committee office to demand funds for family necessities and berate leaders including President Shea for mismanagement of the strike. The protest occurred in Chicago on July 4 as dissatisfactions over strike benefits grew.
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Chicago
Sagestrom
The
Teamsters
Somt Council
Shea
Homesteaders Form Protective Band to Stop Blood Money
Rosebud settlers in the ceded lands plan a protective organization to curb aggressive contests by syndicate-backed challengers. Homesteaders would pay regular assessments into a defense fund, aiming to deter proceedings and end the practice of “blood money” payments when contests arise.
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Rosebud
Sioux Falls
Rosebud Indian Reservation
South Dakota Auctioneers Elect Officers After Convention
The South Dakota Auctioneers' association closed its two day convention in Sioux Falls with a business session electing officers for the coming year. President F L Richard was named alongside other newly chosen leaders.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
State
F. L. Richard
Sioux Falls leaders outline ethics rule for association members
During the convention an amendment to the constitution was adopted providing that none but men of good moral character can become members of the state association. The amendment set up an examining board to serve one year. Future members must have conducted at least ten sales and proven competence.
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Sioux Falls
E. T. Wargush
Redfield
O. M. Merritt
Parker
C. P. Hansen
Bridgewater
J. P. Jacobson
Hurley
T. S. Watters
Flandreau
De mented Man Found Near Hot Springs Disappeared
Hot Springs South Dakota July 1 R F Thomas who vanished last week was located in Edgmont South Dakota twenty six miles from Hot Springs. He appeared mentally unbalanced, unaware how he traveled there, and wore shirt sleeves as when last seen at midnight. He is back home in a rational state but cannot handle his business chores.
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Hot Springs
8. D
R. F. Thomas
Edgmont
S. D
Robbery at Columbia General Store Cracked Safe
Aberdeen S D June 30 No clue on who entered the John Gaskin store at Columbia Monday night and cracked the safe taking 60 dollars The Northwestern tool house was broken into and tools from there may have been used Authorities shift from professional criminals to local amateurs inColumbia
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Aberdeen
S. D
John Gaskin
Columbia
Northwestern
Egan Wants Electric Line to Egan South Dakota
A July meeting in Egan South Dakota discussed aiding a Brookings to Egan to Sioux City electric railway. Neil Stewart outlined benefits, a five member committee was named to solicit subscriptions and secure right of way from Clare township to Egan, with a survey planned next week.
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South Dakota
Egan
S. D
Brookings
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Neil Stewart
Clare
New South Dakota Laws Take Effect Including Auto Registry
A batch of laws enacted by the South Dakota legislature last winter took effect today. Key provisions require auto registration and licensing, red gasoline can packaging, mandatory birth reporting, caucus law safeguards, and updates to taxation, trust company rules, and penalties for adulterated liquor.
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Sioux Falls
N. D
South Dakea
Chicago
EB. W. Small
Disgree
Bureau of Vital Statistics
P‘terre
Union County
South Dakota
Missouri River
Fidelity
Tescom
Sioux Tribe Annual Meeting At Rosebud Agency
The Sioux hold their annual congress at Rosebud Agency with attendees from Pine Ridge and nearby reservations. The gathering aims to discuss tribal customs and potential payments amid ongoing talks between tribal leaders and Congress. Catholic clergy and lay participants attend as part of the religious and cultural program.
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Rosebud
Deadwood
Startha
Thia
Noosen
Pine Ria
Bis 7
Martin
Alkof
Indiana
Othele
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BRAVE
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Divorce Colony
Dr. Wanamaker
Milwaukee
New Opera House
Mayhew
State Association
Edgar D. Brookman
Vermillion, S. D
Masons
Knights Tempar
Indian Congress
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