Little Mohawk a member of Sioux divorce colony
Sioux Walls South Dakota July 11. Dr Acland Oronhyatekha son of the Lite supreme ranger of the Independent Order is found dead in bed not far from Toronto. The Little Mohawk known here, addicted to the water and prone to violence, was involved in divorce cases and drifted between Sioux Falls and Chicago. He married in Sioux City then left for Europe with his wife who died on their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Walls
S. D
Sioux Tracis
Acland Oronhyatektha
Independent Order
Bar
Leseronto
Ontario
Molaqok
Flo
Sioux
Paris
Brenter
Chicago
Ganton
Tie
Sioux Hills
Europe
New York
New Fruit Discovered by Prof Hansen in South Dakota
In Sioux Falls on July 11, Prof N K Hansen of South Dakota Agricultural College at Brookings reports a new fruit hybrid, still unnamed, dubbed South Dakota No. It blends wild cherry and apricot and is described as delicious. Hansen, a USDA expert, has made distant forage-plant trips and developed a promising alfalfa variant potentially named Hansen alfalfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
N. K. Hansen
South Dakota Agricultural College
Rookings
South Dakota
Prof. Hansen
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Hansen
Canada
Canadian Northwest
Jaws Locked Shut Mystery In Beresford Case
Nels J. Larson of Beresford South Dakota suffers lockjaw with jaw muscles rigid, following removal of troublesome teeth. Doctors cannot locate cause and fear recovery may be unlikely. A nurse cares for him as local physicians call the case highly peculiar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
S. D
Nels J. Larson
Larson
Ex Governor Ordway Dies in New Hampshire Mass
Former Dakota Territory governor Jules J. Ordway died in Norwood Massachusetts after a nervous shock following treatment for a minor ailment. Born April 1828 near Warner New Hampshire he pursued politics from sheriff to inspector of mail service sergeant at arms and state senator. He helped establish hospitals universities and the Dakota territory capitol as it became North and South Dakota. His widow Mrs. Ordway survives with daughter Mrs Mabel Whitford and grandchildren Ruth Hope Richard and Nehemiah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goynorws
Ordway
Jules J
New
Jlampenire
EE. O. Whitford
Ordwhy
Norwood
Mass
Ordwin
Waterloo
N. H
Warner
Merrimock County
Concord
Lincoln
House of Representatives
New Hampshire
Constitutional Convention
State Senate
Hayes
Dakota
North
South Dakota
Yankton
Jamestown
Sioux Falls
Bismarck
Vermillion
Grand Forks
Death by Powder Explosion in Deadwood Mystery
Lawrence county sheriff to investigate the death of Leonard Henderson of Safe Investment Mining south of Deadwood after a quarrel with his wife. Henderson reportedly seized a fifty pound box of giant powder and vanished before a blast heard for miles. Blouse found distant from the blast site, investigators think Henderson sat on the box and ignited the fuse, causing the explosion that left him atomized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Lawrence County
Leonard Henderson
Safe Investment Mining Company
Henderson
Special election on school building bonds at Nennvebec
A July 18 vote will decide issuing $18 000 in bonds for a new school building. Nennvebec is a new town along the Chamberlain Black Hills extension of the Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nennvebec
S. D
Chamberlain-Black Hills
Milwaukee and
Norwegian Lutheran church builds new Ortley temple
A handsome new church building is being erected in Ortley South Dakota by the Norwegian Lutheran church society. Members of the church volunteer their services with several skilled carpenters in charge of construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children OF Israel
Dynamite Blast Shatters Windows Near Locke Hotel
An unknown person detonated a dynamite cartridge in the street by the Locke hotel in Pierre South Dakota. The blast shattered nearly every window in the east end of the hotel and the west side of the State Publishing company building. No suspect has been identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre, S. D
Locke Hotel
State Publishing Company
Parker youths’ leap from speeding freight ends fatally feared
Conrad and Clark De Jong, sons of A. K. De Jong near Parker, jumped from a freight car traveling 25 mph as it neared Parker. They hoped to join a local celebration, but the train did not stop and they suffered severe injuries. surgeons fear they may not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
S. D
Conrad and
Clark de Jong
A. K. de Jong
Child's life saved by tearing clothes from her
A. K. Poy saved five year old Frances Farr in Sioux Falls by tearing burning clothes from the girl after firecrackers ignited in her pocket. Poy happened to be passing on the street when the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
A. K. Poy
Frances Farr
Mr. Poy
University Professor to Wed His Former Pupil
Vermillion July 10 A professor of mathematics at the University of South Dakota to marry his former pupil Miss Anna Johnsen. The couple's romance began in class. Miss Johnsen studied at Iowa State Harvard and won fellowships. After marriage the professor will return to the United States then Mrs Pell plans to complete studies in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion
Tiottunsgen
Germany
Alexandrr Spell
University of
France
Pell
John Hopkins
University of South Dakota
Colege
Indians Dedicate Monument at Yankton Agency
Yankton Dakota Sioux tribe erected a twelve foot granite shaft monument at Yankton Agency to honor the 1858 treaty with the United States. The inscriptions list the ratification dates, named chiefs, delegates who signed, and the councilors who maintained peace. The work by Rapalee Marble Works of Sioux City followed months of careful gathering of tribal history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Yankton Agency
United States of America
Washington, D. C
Black Bear
Medicine Cow
White Swan
Pretty Boy
Feather
Crazy Bull
Frank Deloria
Vho
Rapalee Marble Works
Sioux City
Oakwood to Become Summer Resort in Brookings County
Arlington S C July 10 Oakwood a historic site in Brookings county will be bought by a local syndicate and developed into a summer resort. The wooded island in a lake was once Big Foot Sioux winter camp and a government fort stood on shore during the 1863 Sioux uprising. Oakwood also hosted the first white settlement in the county and housed the state’s first steam flour mill before abandonment when rail traffic moved ten miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
S. C
Oakwood Pares
Strookings County
Winer
Big Foot
Lake Minnetonka
United States Cavalry
Oakwood
Brookings County
Man Fatally Crushed Trying to Stop Locomotive
Dan McFail, a Chicago and Northwestern yard worker in Huron South Dakota, died after being crushed attempting to slow a slowly moving locomotive with a pinch bar. He was about 50, married with a wife and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
Dan McFail
Chicago and Northwestern Company
McFall
Hail and Rain Do Damage in Dakota Territory
Gregory South Dakota reports a severe hail and rainstorm Saturday afternoon smashing thirty five store windows and countless smaller ones. Small grain suffered notable damage in the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Gregory
S. D
Tripp County Land Opening Attracts Nationwide Hopefuls
Washington reports that after Congress opened Indian lands in Tripp County South Dakota interest surged with thousands across states watching for a chance to secure land. The nearly one million acre tract will sell at six dollars an acre with openings likely in fall 1908 and registration towns to be named, rail terminals chosen as posting points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Tripp County
South Dakota
Corn Belt
Great Northwest
Gregory County
General Land Office
Wedding Is No Bankruptcy Court for the Bride
In Fairfax South Dakota a circuit court rules that a bride cannot escape debt from before marriage. William M. Beckett lent $1,300 to Alice Young Branam to make final proof on a Rosebud land homestead near Herrick. She later transferred the property to her husband and refused the mortgage agreement, but the jury found for Beckett after hearing letters supporting the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
S. D
Wm. M. Beckett
Alice Young Branam
Rosebud
Herrick
Beckett
Branam
Fire WIPES OUT LODGE REGALIA AT SIOUX FALLS
A July 9 fire in the Gilbert block Sioux Falls damages the third floor where Odd Fellows Rebekahs Woodmen and U C T lodges store regalia. Between 2000 and 2400 dollars of paraphernalia are lost. The building sustains about 1000 dollars in damage and water damages two offices and a stockroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
M. C
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Woodmen
Conway & Muller
Claynesson
Water town Ghost wreck blocks main line at yards
In Watertown on July 9 a Great Northern freight train backing into an open switch derailed fifty cars, causing a mass wreck that blocked the main line. No lives were lost, but damage runs into thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
8. D
Great Northern
Whip-poor-will Involved In Early Morning Shooting
In Winsted Connecticut near Lake Wonksunfuouk Louis Reutler a former Beardsley house proprietor fired at a whip-poor-will perched outside his bedroom window before daybreak after the bird's dawn song. The bird reportedly landed on his barrel and sang before he ceased firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
Louis Reutler
Lake Wonksunfuouk
Reutler
Beardsley House
Baltimore Fruit Importer Guilty of Defrauding Government
John H. Seward of J. H. Seward & Co. pleaded guilty to inflating fruit weight to claim a 1 cent a pound refund. He faces two years in jail and a $10,000 fine for defrauding the government of more than $180,000 over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John H. Seward
J. H
Magic Cup Charms Women in London
A July 11 European gathering hosted by Mrs. L H McCormick showcased Egyptian treasures including a large goblet said to have magical powers. The item reputedly releases red smoke when misfortune threatens and drew close inspection from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid who even inserted a hand into the goblet hoping to reveal the demon within.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
L. H. McCormick
King Edward's Man Sees Knights Templar Parade
In Saratoga on July 11 a parade of 15 000 Knights Templar with fifty bands marched through streets decorated for hunting. Governor Hughes and the Earl of Euston reviewed the procession, marking the land encampment's main feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Knights Templar
Hughes
Earl of Euston
Edward
Ban on Spiritualism Reverses Will Probate
Indianapolis July 11 The supreme court reverses a judgment allowing the will of Mrs Albertsmeyer to be probated ruling spiritualism should not control practical life. She left a large estate but gave the orphan grandchildren only $1 each after claiming her husband appeared at a séance and warned of trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Albertsmeyer
Supreme Court
Olson falls from building caught by ice tongs saves life
Story City Iowa July 11 Olson proprietor of a meat market is in critical condition after falling from a building. He was caught in the fleshy leg by swinging ice tongs and dangled in mid air until passersby rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story City
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City Stock Yards hogs priced at 5.60 to 5.70 for good light and butcher. mixed and heavy 5.55 to 5.60. Cattle ranges include butcher steers at 5.00 to 6.75. fat cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.25. stockers feeders 1.0 to 4.50. yearlings and calves 3.00 to 4.25. stock cows and heifers 2.25 to 6. D.aUs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sioux City Produce Market Prices July 10
Wheat No. northern 90¢ No. 2 northern 88¢. Corn shelled 42¢. Oats No. 2 white 38¢. Barley steep. Eggs case count 12¢. Butter packing stock good 16¢ fancy dairy 22¢ fancy creamery 25¢. Poultry hens 8½ 9¢. spring chickens not under 1½ pounds 17.19¢. roosters 5¢. Old pigeons per dozen 0¢. Cake lots ton 28.50. half ton 29.50. 500 lb lots 31.00. less than 500 lb 82.00 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Northern
Cattle and Hogs Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago July 10 cattle market steady with common to prime steers 4.50 to 5.00 bulls 5.30 to 5.00 calves 3.00 to 7.35 stockers and feeders 3.00 to 66.00 hogs steady for best, slower for others with various weight ranges 5.50 to 6.17 for selection and bulk sales 5.85 to 5.96, sheep market steady to strong with sheep 3.75 to 6.00 yearlings 5.50 to 6.25 lambs 6.50 to 8.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha Cattle and Hog Prices Marked declines and steady sheep
South Omaha cattle market notes best steady prices with native steers 4.80 to 6.90, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, western and Texas steers 3.30 to 5.00 and 3.00 to 4.50 respectively. Hogs ease slightly with heavy 5.60 to 5.72, bulk 5.67 to 5.72, and light 0.72 to 0.74. Sheep steady with fed mutton 5.50 to 6.15, wethers 8.00 to 5.00, ewes 4.50 to 6.25, lambs 6.00 to 7.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Texas
Grain and Provisions Market Quotes from Chicago
Cash quotations list flour and grain prices, with wheat at No 2 spring 1.01 to 1.14, No 2 red 1.10 to 1.15, corn No 2 yellow 54 to 55 1/2, oats No 2 48 to 46 cents, rye No 2 51 cents, barley 60 to 65 cents, flax seed No 1 Northwestern 1.254. Provisions show short rib sides 8.32 to 8.55, mess pork 16.15 to 16.25, lard 8.80, short clear sides 8.75 to 9.00, whisky 1.21, butter firm at 19 46 to 24 cents, cheese steady 13 to 13 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern
Wheat and flour prices in Minneapolis market update
Minneapolis markets report varying grain prices with several wheat contracts noted. Septem ber wheat at around 1.01 to 1.04 dollars, December and No 1 hard and No 2 northern values appear, while flour prices range from about 5.20 to 5.89 per unit in bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Uck
Lumber Growth to Lower Prices in Dakota Market
IMerre South Dakota July 6 A sawmill run by Smith Bros near the Missouri River 35 miles below town is expected to depress lumber prices. They are cutting large amounts of cottonwood and plan to supply Fort Pierre with cheap lumber as demand grows. Peaches 40 000 feet shipped by boat last week. Railroads ask for more time after a radical state legislature change in assessment laws. reports due by August 1 and higher valuations expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imerre
S. D
Smith Bros
Missouri River
Fort Pierre
State Board
Long boat trip up Jim river ends in rail shuttle
John and Arla Todd of Centerville arrived in Huron as they planned a long summer odyssey. The brothers rowed up the Jim river to Cen treville but crooked current slowed them, forcing a rail transfer to Ortonville. They will follow the Minnesota river to St Paul and then the Mississippi to St Louis for their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Sioux Huron
John
Arla Todd
Centerville
Jim River
Ortonville
Minnesota River
St. Paul
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Rabbi Posnasky, longtime Black Hills Jewish leader, dies
Felix Posnasky, a well known Jewish rabbi of the Black Hills, died in Rapid City from old age. He arrived in the Hills in 1878 and settled in 1879. He was one of the best known Jews in the Black Hills. He leaves a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills
Rapid City
Felix Posnasky
Black Hills
Woman Fatally Injured In Runaway in Bridgewater
Bridgewater South Dakota July 6 Mrs George Stahl wife of a prosperous farmer was thrown from a buggy when the horse ran away. She struck her head and shoulders on the pavement and is feared to have sustained fatal injuries. The accident occurred on a main street of the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgewater
S. D
George Stahl
Supreme Court Nominates Martens to Hughes County Judge Post
Pierre South Dakota July 6 The supreme court yesterday decided in favor of Martens in the Broaden versus Martens contest for Hughes county county judge. Justice Haney wrote the opinion and several other rulings were affirmed including Huston versus Sullivan Benjamin and U S G Crerry Minnehaha county Batley Wright Hutchinson B Doyle Birdsall Beadle county and James Steart versus James Tomlinson Beadle county. Presiding Justice Fuller authored further affirmations including Hahn versus Sleepy Eye Milling company Brookings county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Doyle
William H Birdsall
Beadle County
Fuller
James Steart
James Tomlinson
W. J. Hahn
Sleepy Eye Milling Company
Brookings County
Cummins closes Aberdeen Chautauqua program
Senator A B Kittredge, chair of the canal committee, spoke on The Panama Canal at Tacoma park Aberdeen. Governor Cummins of Iowa is to close the program today after Governor Crawford spoke Tuesday. Kittredge assured no delay in digging the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins
Aberdeen Chautauqua
Aberdeen
S. D
A. B. Kittredge
South Dakota
Canal Committee
Senate
Tacoma Park
Panama Canal
Iowa
Coe I Crawford
Kittredge
Must Fight Japan Admiral Predicts War Within Five Years
North Yakima Washington July 6 Retired Rear Admiral W J Thompson U S N arrived here and predicted war with Japan within five years stating Britain would not aid and France might provide financial support to Japan in such a conflict. Also San Francisco July 4 a lawsuit seeks 2575 damages from the city and county over a May 23 attack on a restaurant and bath house during a labor dispute. Secretary Metcalf arrived in Oakland denying a West Coast link to the Japan issue and noting a short vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Wash
W. J. Thompson
Japan
Great Britain
France
Frisco
San Francisco
San Francisc
J. Timeto
San Francisco, July 4.—Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Oakland
Washington
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Acland Oronhyatekha
Kansen
N. E. Hansen
Dakota Territory
Inngrwood
University
Geri AY
Alexander Pell
Tripp
Uncle Sam
Grain Markets
Beeses
Missouri
Martens
Admiral Thompson
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