Perry Centennial Opens With Ceremonies At Put-in-Bay
The Perry centennial marks the 1814 Treaty of Ghent anniversary and the victory at Lake Erie. Ceremonies including graves, cornerstone laying for Perry Memorial, and a memorial column plan with a 330 foot granite Doric shaft. The project, costing about one million dollars, will feature a museum and a century of peace exhibits.
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Put-in-Bay
Oliver Mazard Perry
Lake Erie
William Henry Harrison
Ghent
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Louisville
Essex
Ohio
Jon Juenn de Austria
Michigan
Dubuque
Illinois
Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons
Grand Lodge
Ohio Commissoners
Pennnsylvania
New York
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Louisiana
Inter- State Board
Knights Templars
Cleveland
Sandusky
Ohio National Guards
Putin Bay
John H. Clarke
Ohio Comission
George H. Worthington
Inter State Board
National Governmcn
Henry Watterson
Joutille
Sunddr
Perry
Great Britain
United States
National Capital
Ex detective deputy warden named for Aberdeen post
Aberdeen South Dakota former police chief and Milwaukee railroad detective C E Zibres has been appointed by Governor Byrne as one of the deputy state game wardens. His twofold experience is seen as valuable under the new game law.
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Aberdeen
S. D
C. E. Zibres
Byrne
Milwaukee Railroad
Dynamiters Target Rapid Creek Trouts In South Dakota
Rapid City reports dynamiting trout along Rapid Creek has risen since July 1 as game wardens remain unpaid under new laws. Explosions on a bridge cross and downstream wreckage produced dead fish and spray, with larger trout found later as dynamiting spreads to Box Wider Spriniwe and Elk creeks.
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Rapid City
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Rapid Creek
Cary
Rapid Canyon
Pierre Lodge
Hisega
Thirty Prominent Site Owners Fined for Speeding
Lead officials trapping speeding motorists on upper Main Street with two detectives stopwatch timed autos. Thirty prominent car owners were arrested and charged with speed violations. Most paid $15 fines, one appealed for jury trial.
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Lead
S. D
Howard
Upper Main Street
Much
Kings Escape Fire By Sleeping In Tent
The home of W. H. King, longtime secretary of the board of charities and corrections, was destroyed by a lightning caused blaze early yesterday. The family bed was scorched but Mrs. King and their baby were sleeping in a tent nearby. King was away in Sioux Falls directing the state distributing agency for the Reo Motor Company. The family may relocate to Sioux Falls soon.
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W. H. King
Board of Charities and Corrections
Wing
Baby
Two Heavy Rains Refresh Platte Locality in South Dakota
Platte South Dakota reports two heavy rainfalls over the weekend, one Sunday and one Monday night. The showers uplifted corn growth despite previous dryness, while small grain suffered earlier drought. Bijou Hills and Academy areas saw the heaviest rain in fourteen years.
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Platte
New State Map to Show The Highways
The state immigration department prepares a new state map with red lines marking the newly laid out highways east to west and north to south. Commissioner Deets reports a demonstration run on the Black and Yellow trail from Chicago to Yellowstone via the Black Hills begins August 12, reaching the state about August 15.
Assessment change notice inquiry on property assessments
The attorney general's department reports a state tax commission inquiry: county equalization boards may not raise an individual property assessment without notice, but no notice is required for increasing assessments of a whole class of property. The ruling focuses on individual versus class-wide assessment changes in Pierre South Dakota.
New Corporations Formed in Pierre South Dakota
Articles of incorporation have been filed for Barnard Giles Moses Company in Pierre South Dakota. The filing marks the formation of a new business entity with the three named founders listed as organizers.
Mitchell and Bird Milling Company Involve Farm Implement Venture
Mitchell with a 50000 capital forms Mitchell Incorporators including B L Barnard C W Giles F E Moses J E Moses all of Mitchell. Bethany Congregational church Gregory. Trustees Philip Phillippi Andreas Deizer Jacob Reuter. The Bird Milling Company Lead with 1000000 capital Incorporators Harry A Williams C P Pinsenault John O Malley Lead John E Russell Bendwood Albert Hoffman Rochford W Miller Richard Schandke Sundance Wyoming.
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Bethany Congregational Church
Gregory
Philip Phillippi
Andreas Deizer
Jacob Reuter
The
Bird Milling Company
Harry A. Williams
C. P. Pinsenault
John O'Malley
John E. Russell
Bendwood
Albert Hoffman
Sixteen Clear Days in June Report
A weather station in Huron reports June had sixteen clear days, fourteen partly cloudy, no wholly cloudy. Mean temperature 71 degrees, absolute max 100, abs min 31, total precipitation 1.06 inches with 0.76 in 24 hours. Prevailing winds from the south with 8620 miles moved and 84 mph max.
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Huron
Loomis Gossip and Fundraising Picnic Planned
Loomis notes announce visitors from Colorado Iowa Carthage and Verdon. Farmers Elevator Company picnic set for July 16 with an evening dance. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Henry Butts died last Saturday. funeral Monday at 10 a.m. Dr Bull of Mitchell attended patient Jake Schooby ill at home northwest of Loomis.
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Darmer
Vernon
Loomis
al Young
Carthage
Henry Butts
Bull of
Mitchell
Jake Schooby
lLooui3
First Co operation Firm Under New State Law
The Watertown Co-Operative Potato Company filed articles of incorporation under the new state cooperative law. This agricultural firm capitalized at 20000 dollars aims to market members’ products with directors Robert Schull Charles Midger Lee Stover H L Larum W H Alter M J Henning and H A Hanten.
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Pierre
Watertown
Watertown Co-Operative Potato Company
Robert Schull
Charles Midger
Lee Stover
H.l Lamum
W. H. Alter
H. A. Hanten
Quinton Sentenced for Inciting Riot Among Silk Workers
Patrick Quinton, a leader of the Industrial Workers of America in Patterson New Jersey, was sentenced today to two to seven years in state prison and a $500 fine for inciting a riot among striking silk workers.
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Patterson
N. J
Patrick Quinton
Industrial Workers of America
Four Inches of Rain in Deadwood in June
Deadwood South Dakota reports rare cool summer weather with daily showers. The month of June yielded nearly four inches of precipitation while mean temperatures averaged 63 to 86 degrees. Tourists begin arriving in large numbers as Black Hills expects a busier summer than ever before.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Suffragets Rearrested in London Hunger Strike Fallout
Police in London re arrested three Women's Social and Political Union officials Annie Kenney Mrs Rachel Barrett and Harriett Kerr who were released on licenses June 21 due to ill health from a hunger strike in jail.
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London
England
Women’s Social and Political Union
Militant Suffrage Organization
Annie Nenney
Rachel Barrett
Harriet Kerr
Storm Leaves City Braced After Damaging Winds
A severe storm swept the region last night causing widespread damage. Strong warm winds toppled a large barn, shattered trees, and ripped sheds near multiple towns. Rain fell generally from Mellette to Parkston with gusts reported in White Lake and Mitchell.
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Red Arms
TH. M. Ostert
Mellette
Aberdeen
Wolsey
Woonsocket
Parkston
Presho
Marion Junction
White Lake
Mt. Vernon
Oxacoma
Kimball
Mitchell
All but three will be bound in Senate caucus resolution
Democrats of the Senate finance committee today framed a binding caucus resolution and aimed to finish work, though another session may follow. All democrats except Ransdell Thomson and Hitchcock are expected to pledge support for the bill as they also seek to clear pending Wilson appointments, mainly postmasters, via a brief executive session yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Ransdell
Thomson
Hitchcock
Wilson
Senate
Record in Use of Liquor Sets New National Mark
Washington reports a fiscal year ending June 30 with the highest consumer activity in history as Americans drank and smoked more than since the nation was founded. The surplus was wiped out by Panama Canal and public debt transactions, yet internal revenue receipts totaled $309,478,000. Overall receipts reached $728,782,921 with ordinary disbursements at $683,699,692 and a year end surplus of $40,083,229.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Uncle Sam
General Fund of the Treasury
Jessie Wilson to be married in White House event
The engagement of Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson to Francis Sayre of Lancaster Pennsylvania was announced by President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson. The wedding is planned for next November at the White House with Sayre, a 28 year old lawyer in New York, as groom.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Francis Sayer
Lancaster
White House
Sayre
Whitman
New York
Willson
Baltimore
Pottstown
Lawrenceville native graduates with varied public service
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, maned a Williams College football team and was valedictorian in his class. He spent summers with Dr. Wilford Grenfell on Labrador coast, studied law at Harvard, and after graduation last year studied, traveled in Alaska and northern Siberia.
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Renceville
N. J
Williams College
Wilford T. Grenfell
Labrador
Harvard Law School
Alaska
Siberia
Fourth of July Celebrations Across Town End Cheerfully
The Glorious Fourth drew a large crowd with no serious accidents. The Mitchell band led a morning parade down Main Street, marshall M. L. Shade present, followed by floats and a moving floral automobile. Afternoon events at Park included two motorcycle races won by Markham on a Pope motorcycle and an auto race won by Gilbert in a Ford. A Mitchell Planckinton baseball game ended 5 to 1 in favor of Planckinton. The day closed with a band concert and dances at the Elks and I C halls, with the Mitchell band praised for its performance.
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Mitchell
Main Street
M. L. Shade
Newburys
Vyenk
Walt Smith
East Side
Pope
Markham
Gilbert Io
Ford
Gilbert
Blenkiron
Plankinton
Young
Fire Department
Elks and I. C
Mitchell Band
Mrs Pyle Re-elected Leader Of South Dakota Suffrage League
The South Dakota Universal Franchise League annual convention at Huron July 1-2 elected officers for the coming year. Except for corresponding secretary and treasurer, all last year’s officers were re-elected, led by Mrs. John Pyle as president and Mrs. Alice Pickler as vice president.
Equal Suffragists Plan Organ To Promote Cause
In Pierre South Dakota rumors say the recent buy of the Weekly Messenger by C B Billinghurst aims to serve as the official organ for the equal suffrage forces. A Huron meeting decided to raise a war chest with funds possibly covering part of the Messenger purchase.
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Pierre
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Messenger
C. B. Billinghurst
Huron
Beekeeper Cornered by Swarm in Slatington Rescue
William Coffin of Slatington attempted to hive a swarm from William Kulnsman’s apiary. He was stung thousands of times, fell from a tree and hung fifty feet high for over an hour before rescue. He lies in Palmerton Hospital with severe swelling and grave poisoning.
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Slatington
William Coffin
William Kulnsman
Coffin
Palmerton Hospital
60 000 Veterans Begin Homeward March at Gettysburg
Tens of thousands of veterans from Meade and Lee camps depart Gettysburg after four days of reunion under July heat. The crowd disperses toward home with hospitals winding down and a death toll rising to nine during the event. President Wilson addresses the gathering urging lasting peace, unity, and civic duty.
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Gettysburg
Wiimettesburg
Meade
Lee
Brown City
H. T. Hodge
Union Hill
Wilson
Tnere
Nathan
Man Wanted in Murder Case Placed in Europe
A South Dakota manhunt links Joseph Loch of Webster to the murder of John Schnidler at Andover last March. Loch, located in Germany, fled police and is believed to be in Germany or Hungary. Authorities report Loch had $500 cash, gave conflicting statements, and Schuller’s body was found April 1 in a haystack near Andover. a bank withdrawal of $800 tied the victim to Loch's travel partner.
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Webster
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Joseph Loch
John Schniler
Andover
Germany
Hungary
Waddel
Garrick
St. Paul
Loch
Schuller
Fekstavaros
John Loch
West
America
Feketegaros
Ashton’s Old Men At Birthday Party
John J. Pillen of this place celebrated his 90th birthday by inviting the town’s ten oldest men to a dinner. Present were J. H. Keegan 88 A. Hawkins 85 T. D. Ryan 84 O. a French 80 B. F. Sheetz 69 J. H. Fassett 69 I. C. Hall 66 T. J. Scott 64 W. H. Holcomb 62 and G. M. Rhoads 60. Pillen proved an entertaining host.
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W. H. Holcomb
G. M. Rhoads
Mr. Pillen
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Huron Wreather
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NEW State Law
Wise
Tariber
Jessie Wilson
Dipe OF Artorney
Mrs. Pyle
Suffrage League
Spot
Ashton
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