Fearful Harvest Labor Shortage Hints at High Prices
Reports from multiple counties warn that harvest hands may be scarce this year as farmers expect reliance on volunteer help from wives and daughters to operate headers and mowing machines. Hot, dry weather boosts corn and grain prospects, with rye and barley ripening and yields likely to be strong despite looming labor limits.
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Wosebud
South Dakota
Aefe
Walstones
Hending
Smire
Will Christ en Cruiser Miss Grace Herreid to Christen South Dakota
Miss Grace Herreid daughter of Governor Herreid of South Dakota is selected to christen the U S cruiser South Dakota at Union Iron Works San Francisco on Thursday July 28 at 6 30 PM She is 14 years old and from Leola De Pere County Iowa May 11 55 details note her social prominence and patriotism with a sideline on regional wheat yields and Lyman County mentions.
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Grace Herreid
Herreid
South Dakota
United States
Union Thon
San Francisco
Mi Herrefil
Llerreid
Wis Bor
Leola
de Pierson County
All Saints
Sioux Walls
Crop storms and drought damage hit Maine fields
A severe hail storm south and southwest of Bangor destroyed fine wheat. Garvetsorn reports corn and small grain suffering from a long dry spell. Millson rers visiting town note barley damage from the drought and hail.
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Bangor
Banger
Garvetsorn
Millson Rers
Wheat Prospects Improve with Lottery Chances Named
Reports From Many Towns note better land lottery chances declining weed pressure in Langford due to recent rains. Claremont an area reports smut in fields while crop conditions vary across regions as the past month’s weather reshapes yields.
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Claremont
Langford
Packard to Lead G A R in South Dakota
Will lead the G A R department in South Dakota. Packard of Redfield, a prominent business man and former private in Company B Fiftieth New York engineers, is seen as an ideal commander. Born 1845 he enlisted at 16 and later moved to Minnesota and Redfield.
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Hf. P. Packard
Redfield
Department of
Mr. Packard
Petersburg
Lee
Shrine Charter Granted for Velduz Temple in Aberdeen
Imperial Council in Atlantic City grants a charter for Velduz temple in Aberdeen South Dakota. Petition shows 150 shrine members near Aberdeen and 159 novitiates ready to join, creating a 900 starting membership. Aberdeen already hosts all major Masonic bodies and will gain a local shrine. Nearest shrines are in Minneapolis Sioux Falls and Fargo.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Atlantic City
N. J
Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine
Velduz Temple
Minneapolis
Pargo
Sioux Rials
Hailstorm Ravages Farms Near Mansbridge
Considerable damage reported from a hailstorm affecting farms south of Mansbridge. Some fields that yielded about twenty five bushels per acre before the storm are now unfit for cutting and binding, with many farms cleared out entirely.
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Armour
Mansbridge
Business Men Act Sioux Falls Tax Payers Favor Municipal Plant
Sioux Falls taxpayers and business leaders at a large meeting voted to continue the fight for completing and operating the municipal waterworks system. Some heavies urged spending as much as 560,000 if needed. An appeal will be taken from Monday’s federal court decision by Judges Sanborn and Warland ruling against the city.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux Stails
S. 2
United States
Sanborn and Warland
Beresford Deaths Include Sophia Torgeson
Sophia Torgeson, sister of local merchant T. S. Torgeson, died in Beresford as of this morning. Separately, farmer Geo. Determan, six miles north, fell from a barn, breaking both legs below the knees.
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Beresford
S. D
Sophia Torgeson
T. S. Torgeson
Geo. Determan
Here
Superintendent of Drawing Chooses Rosebud Farm Supervisors
Sioux Falls July 18. P B Sherman a major wholesale farm machinery and vehicle dealer has been named one of three to supervise the drawing for farms in the Rosebud reservation starting July 28 at Chamberlain W A Richards commissioner general of the land office will join the board. Aberdeen July 18. A broad rain across northern South Dakota brings welcome moisture to dry areas with precipitation near an inch in twenty four hours. Armour July 18. Armour Democrats caucus elect delegates and alternates to judicial senatorial state and county conventions to be held tomorrow at the courthouse.
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Beresford
Montrose
Northville
Spink
Sisseton
Kingsbury
Canistote
Wentworth
Plankinton
Alexandria
Ngs Aby
Sioux Walls
5. D
Aberdeen
S. D
Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri River
Beets by Irrigation Explored Near Belle Fourche
Belle Fourche South Dakota reports American Beet Sugar Company official S Bundlick, headquarted at Norfolk Nebraska, touring local soils along proposed irrigation ditches. He found the soil superior and plans beet raising with farmer guarantees. State tests two years ago showed high sugar extraction from Isutte county beets. Farmers adopt sugar beets as a principal crop for irrigated lands.
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Belle Wourche
S. D
Bundlick
American Beet Sugar Company
Norfolk
Neb
Belle [Fourche
Isutte
Small Registration at Bonesteel
Bonesteel July 15 reports the smallest registration day as residents fear Priday and the lyth. Clerk McPaul says Iony- Steel will register 25000, while the Northweek region may face pressure to offer a more reasonable rate in the last week.
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Bonestert
Lyth
McPaul
Iony- Steel
Rosebud drawing underway with 321 registered early
Three hundred twenty one entries were registered for the Rosebud drawing in Chamberlain S D as of this morning before the early train. Officials expect more names this week as townsfolk prepare to view the lands. Boats ferry residents downriver to inspect sights.
Sioux City Women Noted in Yankton Registration Surge
July 21 Yankton reports record crowds as registration tops 5000 with a clerk tally surpassing Reno O T. Fourteen clerks beat the Reno single day record while 25 staffers manage indexing amid shortages. Miss Noble and her sister from Sioux City win best appearing prize as crowds jam streets and police praise order amid ongoing registration days.
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Yankton
S. 1
Denin
Ja! Reno
O. T
Ff Reno
Ima
Brom Railrow
Fahl
Record crowds register in Yankton amid peak registration day
Thousands waited overnight and into daylight as Yankton South Dakota saw a mass registration surge. Officials reported about 6 000 daily registrations with 12 000 estimated in town and 7 000+ en route from Chicago. Crowds packed streets, rooms filled, meals at 25 cents, bread scarce but later replenished.
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Yankton
S. D
Milwaukee and
Northwestern
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Chicago
Land Office
Tinious
Scavenger Tax Law Ruled Unconstitutional by North Dakota Supreme Court
George N Williamson reports that North Dakota's Wood law of 1897, the scavenger tax statute, was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court in a quiet title case. The ruling leaves unspecified the exact constitutional points involved. Williamson, representing the defendant, challenged the law's validity.
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Herdeen
S. J
George N Williamson
Supreme Court of
North Dakota
Williamson
South Dakota
Graft and crime overwhelm Bonesteel in Rosebud report
A Sioux City Tribune correspondent describes Bonesteel as run by grafters and thieves with weak police protection. He details gambling rings, con games, intimidation, pickpocket crews from Omaha, and a crowd-driven, unsafe town as residents fear for visitors and the overall order.
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Bornesteel
Bonesteel
Szo John Westfield
Sioux City
Reuben
Omaha
Death by Own Action Prompts Paris Inquest
Norwald Shapleigh, a former ambassadorial appointee, killed himself in the Grand Hotel Dore Paris after annotating Schopenhauer and Baudalane. He left notes for his mother and cited morbid books, claiming joy in death and a wish to end his life after a period of distress from morphine use.
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Paris
Norwald Shapleigh
Schopenhauer and
Baudalane
Grand Hotel Dore
Boulevard Montmartre
Ambassador Porter
Shapleigh
Hotel Dore
Ostend
Weisbaden
Rosebud Registration Tops 2,580 in Chamberlain Draw
Rosebud drawing registration at Chamberlain reaches 2,580 as early registration hours pass. The process moves steadily with registration sites opening earlier, easing crowd buildup and allowing more residents to register for the sale of town lots in St Elmo.
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Chamberlain
St. Elmo
S. 1
Nly
Rosebud
Bridgewater Man Resists Robbers in South Dakota
In Bridgewater South Dakota July 16 two masked men tried to rob John Hefer outside his home seven miles south of town. Hefer wrestled for a gun and escaped as shots were fired, hitting the house twice. The attackers fled, leaving behind a torn mask. they may have been after wheat sale proceeds.
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Bridgewater
Michael Hefer
Here
John Hefer
Hefer
Pauline Astor Engaged to Captain H dH Spender Clay
The Pall Mall Gazette announces the engagement of Pauline Astor daughter of William Waldorf Astor to Captain H dH Spender Clay. The notice appears in a London report dated July 14.
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Pauline Astor
London
William Waldorf Astor
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Pauline
H. Dh. . Spender Clay
Panic on Brooklyn excursion steamer outbreak averted
Fire on the Spear’s upper deck caused a swift evacuation as 4000 passengers aboard the Tolchester Spear Susquehanna and Columbia moved to shore. Firemen with axes and buckets confined the blaze in five minutes aboard the crowded vessel. Detectives checked safety as the voyage resumed with all on board aboard the fleet leaving Dock street.
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New York
John J. Keely Association
Fifth Ward
Brooklyn
Spear
Columbia
Dock Street
Fulton Street
Blamed for wreck at Midvale on Greenwood Lake line
New York July 21 William Z Stich ards station Operator and Ernest Heller rear flagman found responsible for wreck of a train on the Greenwood Lake division at Midvale station one week ago. Sixteen killed and fifty two injured. Coroner Blauvelt led inquest over Henry Swanzer. Heller admitted not going back far enough after stop and flag status unclear. Richards knew signal was out of order and an engineer said it was set clear. The crash followed.
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New York
William Z. Stichards
Ernest Heller
Greenwood Lake
Irie
Midvale
Blauyvelt
Henry Swanzer
Heller
Richards
Hearing on Slocum disaster resumes in New York
The July 21 session of the Steamboat Inspectors Bureau reopened after July 12. Captain William Willery of the Golden Rod testified about life preservers found on rescued victims. The old weathered devices with cork holes bore a June 18 1891 stamp, and Capt Hillery offered to jump with one during rescue. He recalled five or six people clinging to a single preserver.
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New York
Bureau of Steamboat Inspectors
William Willery
Golden Rod
Hillery
Root Confers With President Roosevelt At Sagamore Hill
After a long night meeting with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, former Secretary of War Elihu Root left for New York on important business. Despite the heat, the president continued to handle a mass of official duties.
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Oyster Gay
Roosevelt
Root
Sagamore Hill
New York
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Will Christen Cruiser
Grace Herreid, Rs
N. Her
Oncoma
Lyman County
Yankton, S. D
H. P. Packard
S. DB
Imperial Council
Black Hills
Miss Sophia Torgeson
Armour Democrats
Rush AY Chamberlain
Rosebud Gateway
Sioux City Tribune
Magner
Schopenhauer
Rosebud Registration
Farmer
Slocum
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