Smithsonian says nitrate plant plan far from enough
A Smithsonian report concludes the $20,000,000 government nitrate plant will not meet wartime or agricultural needs for nitric acid. It notes power needs would balloon to 600,000 horsepower and cost about $80,000,000, with subsidies in peacetime. It warns by product ammonia cannot be converted to nitric acid.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Congress
United States
Institution
Niagara
Army
Chile
Indian Drives Hearse Wagon On Craw Creek Reservation
An elderly Indian from Craw Creek reservation uses a hearse as a family carriage pulled by two mules. The vehicle, kept after a government payment era, serves for camp equipment and family travel, with the top used as a ride.
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Pierré
Craw Creek Reservation
Lis
Hez Parker Baffles Chicago Pigeons and City Slickers
Hez Parker of Pistakee lake visits Chicago and is arrested for counting pigeons and causing a crowd. A smart cop fines him ten dollars, claiming a dollar per bird counted, as Hoy Whos te later explains he tried to trick the official.
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Chicago
Sil
Hez Parker
Pistakee
Jake
Hez
Pistakee Lake
Hoy
Pam
Indians and Artesian battle to a draw in Mitchell classic
Nebraska Indians and Artesian clash in Hitchcock park producing two runs apiece after a tense night of traffic police and near riot. Reed dominates seven innings before a late Artesian surge. game called at darkness with a return engagement set for next Thursday.
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Ted Reed
Innines
Nebraska Indians
Artesian Club
Hitchcock Park
Mitchell
Irom Artesian
Ithan
Alexandria
Artesian
Cass
McGrath
Pratt
Kremer
Schamweber
Dougan
Shea
Hugg
Reed
White Bow
Scharnweber
King
Kelsey
Marty
Huge
Gilmore
Redskins
Indians
Lone Star
Beltzer
Razor
Bobbie
Ugg
Slabman
Foflioneé
Cassef
Rasmussen
Reed P
Battaga
Cattle Profit Is Large Item in Farm Income
Washington D C The U S Department of Agriculture reports that cattle boosting farm income in the corn belt arises from factors beyond calf profits. Livestock provides a home market utilizes roughage and pasture otherwise idle, and keeps labor employed year round, especially in six farming practices including beef operations and related outputs.
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Washington, D. DC
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Peddler in Olivet Arrested for Unlicensed Trading
John Murray was jailed in Olivet South Dakota after a conviction for peddling without a license. Authorities found goods among his wares that matched items stolen from G Doering & Son’s store in Chapa. Murray faces possible burglary charges and a future Sioux Falls penitentiary term.
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G. Doering & Son
Chapa
Doering
Olivet
Tripp
Murray
Sioux Falls
Clip Hair to Kill Bot Flies in Horses
Brookings South Dakota veterinarians advise clipping off hairs with bot fly eggs to prevent hatching. Dr. C C Lipp explains the gastrophilus equi lifecycle, noting eggs laid on hairs hatch, migrate through the horse, and bots emerge from manure in late spring and early summer.
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Brookings
S. D
C. C. Lipp
State College
Notice of Administration Hearing for Abbie Barr Estate
State of South Dakota Davison County announces in County Court a petition by James T. Barr for Letters of Administration for Abbie Barr deceased. Hearing set August 14 1916 at 2pm in Mitchell Court House. interested parties may appear to show cause. Judge O C Thompson signs, S Cattrell seal.
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South Dakota
Davison
Abbie Barr
James IT. Barr
Dale G. Barr
James T. Barr
Mitchell
A. D
Hazel Cox
Parkston
Ethel Disbrow
Lois Spencer
Pierre
Edla Laurson
Carnegie Library
Republican County Central Committee
W. J8. Tipton
Court House
Illinois wife deserter captured near Woonsocket
Sheriff Hopkins and Deputy Robeson arrested Homer Willett at the Lillie farm north of Woonsocket South Dakota. Willett, wanted in Hoopeston Illinois for selling mortgaged property and deserting his wife and children, faced a $200 reward for arrest and conviction. He will be returned to Illinois for trial. Local residents visiting Dr J T Sweeney include Mr and Mrs M G Sweeney and son George of Sheldon Mr and Mrs Lyle Sweeney of Aberdeen and Mr and Mrs Will Sweeney of Bowesmont.
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Woonsocket
S. D
Hopkins
Robeson
Lillie Farm
Homer Willett
Hoopeston
de Serting
Willett
Lillie
Sheriff Stopkins
Illinois
M. G. Sweeney
George
Sheldon, Jr
Lyle Sweeney
Aberdeen
Will Sweeney
Bowesmont, N. D
J. T. Sweeney
Paul Ford
Chelan
Wash
J. T. Morrow
Ford
W.H. Achison
Duff Street
Fisher
I. W H. Gordon
St. Paul
Mitchell
C. W. Betts
Black Trills
Roy Pierce
Sibert & Michels
W. R. Smith
Boyden
A. H. Betts
Canton
Rapid City
Sonic
Black Hills
Julius Waffer
Hugo, Stern
Mina Specker
Fargo
N. D
Olive Geiger
Sioux Falls
S. I. Morris
C. W. Derr
Bon Homme County
W. W. Reams
White Lake
A. W. Grim
G. 5. Bond
la Crosse
Wis
D. C
Sioux City
Tripp
Fairview
Hudson
Rail wage dispute prompts nationwide rail strike vote
National rail workers vote on giving leaders authority to strike over a proposed 100 million dollar wage increase. Railroads warn of disrupted commerce as 3 billion dollar annual transportation costs and 44 cents per dollar of payroll flow to employees. Various railroad executives behind a public service argument urge arbitration or ICC reference to settle the dispute.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad police plan after hoboes seize passenger train
Mitchell officials and Milwaukee road agent J W Shelby announce steps to heighten yard policing after 150 hoboes rode a south Milwaukee passenger train from Yankton to Mitchell. city police admit limits, propose searching arriving workers for guns to deter warnings by gunmen.
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South
Shelby
Railway Plan Aims to Ease Migrant Labor Shortage
A railroad company proposes a strategy to recruit and deploy workers to relieve the migrant labor shortage. If implemented widely, the plan could significantly reduce shortages and improve project timelines across facilities.
Bulgars Lacking Shoes With Half Million Men Ready
Reports from Berne say Bulgarian and German forces totaling about a half million are ready to attack Saloniki but lack footwear. Half the Bulgarian army reportedly has no shoes and civilian prices run high for boots. Bulgaria also faces hides shortages and has rationed existing stock. Soldiers improvise crude sandals used in Balkan conflicts.
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Berne
Switzerland
Saloniki
Sofia
Bulgaria
Wilson backs Senate program for navy and army bills
Washington reports President Wilson supports the naval construction program backing four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers to be built immediately. Senate action also halts wholesale army retrenchment and approves increases totaling over 30 million dollars for ordnance, equipment, and related items despite Mexican tensions.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Washington, D
D. C
Foreign Service
House
Army
Euard
Wtard
National Guard
Din C
Wages Collected By I W W Crowd After Altercation
A crowd of I W W members confronted Mitchell man W L McMackin over unpaid wages from last fall. A scuffle occurred injuring one man who was dragged to the police station. McMackin says one worker owed him seven dollars and has settled. others deny working for him.
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W. L. McMackin
Mitchell
McMackin
MceMackin
Corn Prospects Brightens Across South Dakota After Rains
Sioux Falls reports rains improved crops with corn advancing rapidly and nearly certain to be among the best yields. Winter wheat and other small grains have been harvested with mixed rust damage. southeastern districts expect milder effects than northern regions where rust and heat shriveled late sown kernels.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
South Dakota Reports Crop Progress Across State
A brief crop update notes widespread small grain growth across South Dakota with favorable conditions boosting yields and indicating solid early harvest potential for farmers statewide.
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South Dakota
Sioux Palls hosts state golf tournament at Minnehaha Course
Sioux Falls golfers plan to host players from across the state for the inaugural state tournament starting August 14 at Minnehaha Country Club. Secretary VM Young of Mitchell Country Club received an invitation to membership and a large local delegation is expected to attend.
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Sioux Palls
Minnehaha Country Club
VM. Young
Mitchell Country Club
Minnehaha
Mitchell
National Suspended Monorail Company Incorporation
The article notes the formation of the National Suspended Monorail company in Pierre South Dakota with local backers except Fr D Flint the inventor. It claims a practical suspended car railway system can cost about the same as a surface line or less and be maintained for less than half the cost. It does not propose a railway of its own but controls the patent on a system claimed to be the only feasible practical monorail.
Mexican slaver Jose Valenzuela linked to Parker murders
Authorities report Jose Valenzuela, accused of killing Mr and Mrs William Parker, was traced to a ranch at Del Dos Adoleses about fifty miles northwest of Casas Grandes Mexico. The Parkers were slain six weeks ago at their adobe ranch near Hachita New Mexico.
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Columbus
N. M
Jose Valenzuela
William Parker
del Dos Adoleses
Casas Grandes
Mexico
Parkers
Hachita
Exonerate Miditia Report Of El Paso Skirmish
General Bell's report to General Funston states that Sunday’s exchange of shots with the Ninth Massachusetts and Mexicans at El Paso began with the guardsmen who believed the Mexicans were about to deploy a machine gun.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bell
Funston
Massachusetts
el Paso
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L. W. Baldwin
Central of Georgia Railway
Co. L. Bardo
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
E. H. Coapman
Southern Railway
S. E. Cotter
Wabash Railway
P. E. Crowley
New York Central Railroad
G. H. Emerson
Great Northern Railway
C. H. Ewing
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
B. W. Grice
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Seddon
Seaboard Air Line Railway
A. J. Suone
Erie Railroad
G. S. Waid
Sunact Central Lines
Tosz
Ee Oe
Wells
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