Yankton Indians Not Drunkards Quiet Prohibition Rule
A Yankton County report disputes claims of a drunken Indian population after a Supreme Court liquor ruling. It notes strict prohibition on Yankton lands, tribal efforts toward Christian renewal, and minimal crime among Indians in Charles Mix County.
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Wagner
S. D
United States Supreme Court
Yankton Jndians
Waender
Yankton Indian Reservation
Yankton Indian Agency
Patrd
Yanktoh Reservation
United States
Congress
Charles Mix County
John P. Williamson
Williah Tissu
Sheenwood
Yankton Reservation
Hare
Sioux Walls
Rigas
Santee Agency
South Dakota
Waener
Yankton Agency
Hourles Mix County
Range Fences Boost Indian Cattle Holdings, Says Aberdeen
Reports from Cheyenne River Agency residents condemn claims of cattle losses due to range fences. They say Indians now own more cattle than before, with some buying dozens of head using lease and cattle trail rents. Stock losses arose mainly from storms and occasional fence-related incidents, not widespread decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Cheyenne River Agency
Jackson cashier guilty in bank case in Clark
The jury found Carl Jackson guilty after about a day of deliberations. The judge sentenced him to one year and he may seek a new trial by June 15. Jackson, former cashier of the defunct First State bank, was charged with making a false statement to the bank examiner. Prosecution was led by Philo Hall, the attorney general.
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Clark
S. D
Carl Jackson
Jackson
First State Bank
Philo Hall
Geniales
South Dakota Weekly Crop Bulletin Report Highlights Favorable Conditions
The South Dakota crop bulletin notes cooler than usual week temperatures with well distributed showers and ample soil moisture. Wheat remains healthy though some fields show thin stands and weeds. corn, barley, spring rye and spelt progress well with early plantings emerging. Millet sowing continues, flax on old land advances, and potato planting nears completion as livestock condition improves and hay outlook remains positive.
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Huron
S. D. Jone J
South Dakota
Crop Outlook in Clay County
Vermillion S D June 1. Farmers of Clay county report a good stand of small grain and rapidly advancing growth. Only corn planted looks fine with truck patches and gardens promising solid earnings. Fruit trees are heavily laden and strawberry beds set well signaling a profitable year for growers.
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Chin County
Chiy County
Wiet Sra
Yankton Man Charged In Counterfeit Money Case
United States Deputy Marshal Jerry Carlton arrested A. J. Sharp in Yankton and presented him before U.S. Commissioner I. T. White on counterfeiting charges. Authorities found counterfeit half dollars on Sharp and local merchants testified. Sharp was remanded for trial at the next U.S. court session in Sioux Falls.
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Yankton
S. 1
United States
Jerry Carlton
Sioux Lealis
A. J. Sharp
I. T. White
Sharp
Sioux Alls
Girl dragged to death near Leslie by horse
A ten-year-old daughter of Howard Griffith near Leslie on the Cheyenne river was dragged to death last Sunday when one foot remained in the stirrup during a ride. She was carried through a cactus bed and found dead.
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Pierre
S. D
Howard Grifith
Leslie
Cheyenne River
Struck by Train Near Humboldt Ends Man's Life
George Jevans, 75, was fatally struck by an eastbound Omaha road passenger train about a mile from Humboldt while trying to corral a cow. Deaf and unable to hear the approaching locomotive, he stepped onto the tracks and was hurled twenty feet. He lived with his son J C Evans, a nearby farmer.
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Sioux Arts, & C
George Jevans
Omaha Road
Humboldt
Livans
J. C. Evans
Unknown floaters body found in Jim river near Springfield
The body of a man about 25 to 30 years old, five feet two inches, 175 pounds, was recovered from the Jim river near Springfield. Coroner Stonebraker held an inquest. death cause undetermined. He had $8.51 and a notebook with the name Pat Conway of Chamberlain and other associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Jim River
Springfield
Stonebraker
Pat Conway
Chamberlain
Wool Clip Forecast Heavy From Pierre
Wool buyers have contracted a large portion of this year’s clip to be shipped from Pierre South Dakota with most deals at 25 cents a pound. Estimates put the total wool to be sent out around one and a half to two million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
South Dakota Bankers Meet in Watertown June
The South Dakota Bankers Association will hold its convention in Watertown on June 14 and 15. Prominent state bankers will speak, and several notable bankers from other states will deliver addresses. The gathering is expected to be the largest yet.
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Watertown
S. D
South Dakota Bankers’ Association
Fire destroys Horse Shoe cyanide mill in Deadwood
A major blaze in Deadwood South Dakota destroys the Horse shoe cyanide mill, the world’s largest wet crushing mill. The fire started in lime bins and caused a $300,000 loss, fully insured, with plans for immediate reconstruction.
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Deadwood
S. B
Montana Souvenir Praises State House Model
A Montana souvenir booklet extols its own state house design as a magnificent, well appointed, modern building with ample future accommodations and a cost lower than many more pretentious structures. It notes South Dakota's own class in comparison and references the shared regional context.
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Pierre
S. D
South Dakota
Montana
Pakota Com
South Dakota Lands Shrink Shrink In Great Demand
Final proofs show 2725 tracts to come under taxation this year in South Dakota. Western counties report 1051 tracts with Lyman County alone at 508. Eastern counties show few or no new lands, with Grant Hanson Lincoln McCook Minniehaha Moody Turner Yankton among those lacking offerings. Private bids likely as government tithe passes.
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Grant
Hanson
Lincoln
McCook
Minniehaha
Moody
Turner
Yankton
Convention Opens At Water Town For Bankers Meeting
The Water town convention begins at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Whitat toss hall with H. S. Howe presiding. Speakers include General Mark W. Sheafe, FE. C. Issenhuth, J. L. Abel, and J. Chapman Jr. The two day program covers bank ethics, safeties, mortgage issues, advertising, and national bank examinations. A smoker and discussions follow the addresses.
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Watertown
H. S. Howe
Merchants’ Bank of Bryant
J. GB. van Fleet
Mark W. Sheatfe
FE. C. Issenhuth
Bank of Redfield
George C. Fulenweider
Huron
John Schmierer, Jr
German-American Bank
Parkston
I. Ranson
First National
Mitchell
A. C. Anderson
St. Paul National
St. Paul
Minn
L. Abel
Wirst National
Bridgewater
MR. Dennis
Sioux Falls Savings
National Bank
Joseph Chapman, Jr
Northwestern National
Minneapolis
J.C. Ett
Aberdeen National
Charles II
Holmes
Sioux Falls
Mission Chooses Building Model for South Dakotans
Mission selects this building as a model to be enlarged and rearranged, a description relevant to South Dakotans at the present time.
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South
Teatty Crippen and Edith Reeves Win in Brookings
Vermillion South Dakota May 20 Teatty L Crippen and Miss Edith Reeves aided by Richard Lyons persuaded judges at Brookings two weeks earlier that trades were fair.
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B. Crippen
Edith Reeves
W. D. Shouse
South Dakota
Creighton University
Vermillion
S. D
Teatty L. Crippen
Richard Lyons
Brookings
Unions Fail to Move Judges in College Debate
Unions did not show a general tendency detrimental to the best interests of this country in the debate against the state agricultural college, and they failed to make good with the judges here last evening.
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State Agricultural College
Mill City Clergymen to Address Sioux Falls Conference
Sioux Falls and hundreds from across the state prepare to attend the Scandinavian Baptist conference at Viborg starting Wednesday, with sermons in English and Swedish or Norwegian. Key speakers include Dr. O. A. Williams and Dr. Frank Peterson of Minneapolis.
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Mill City
Sioux Falls
Scandinavia Baptist Conference
Viborg
Sioux Balls
O. A. Williams
Frank Peterson
Minneapolis
Glitter of Silver Resolves Rosebud Land Payment Tensions
Rosebud Sioux leader Hollowhorn Bear threatened violence over land payments. Indian Commissioner Leupp presented twenty five new silver dollars to win consent, and Hollowhorn Bear finally shook hands after resisting the money. The scene unfolds amid delays in compensation for Rosebud lands.
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Rosebud, S. P
United States
Hollowohrn Bear
Rosebud Sioux
Rosebud
Leupp
Washington
Hollowhorn
Commissione Leupp
Redmen
Hollowhorn Isear
Hollowhorn Berar
Jong
Commissioner Leupp
South Dakota Adopts Iowa Census Plan
Des Moines Iowa and Secretary Davison discuss adopting the Iowa plan for a state census to classify and conduct the count. South Dakota’s official, Fred G Goodfellow, reports the system will be copied while noting concerns over assessor pay and residents' willingness to reveal property values.
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Des Moines
South Dakota
Iowa
Fred G. Goodfellow
Davison
Iowa Executive Council
Towa
Ite
Goodfellow
Historical Society of
Executive Council In Laws
Automobile excursion to Lake Kampeska planned
The article notes participation in an automobile excursion to Lake Kampeska. Details on organizers, participants, or date are not specified in readable text.
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Lake Kampeska
Painter crushed in fall from church steeple
Yankton South Carolina May 29 William M McCoun of this city while painting on the steeple of the Lutheran church yesterday suffered a severe accident breaking his right arm in three places He was moving a ladder when a strong wind tore it from his hands unbalancing McCoun and sending him sliding down the steep roof to the ground below At the edge of the roof he managed to grasp the gutter where he hung until rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. C
William M. McCoun
McCaun
Lyons Substituted by Shouse in Creighton Debate
In the annual debate with Creighton University Lyons was substituted by W I D Shouse. The judges scored two to the affirmative and one to the negative. A fair sized audience heard the arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creighton University
Lyons
W. I D. Shouse
Runaway Injures Vermillion Couple on Main Street
Vermillion South Dakota May 29 Dr and Mrs E A Morgan are in serious condition after a buggy runaway last evening. They were thrown onto the Main Street pavement with Mrs Morgan suffering facial injuries and the doctor sustaining head and body trauma.
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Vermillion, S. D
E. A. Morgan
Main Street
Buffalo fish run floods streams in northeast South Dakota
Aberdeen reports thousands of buffalo fish of good size running in Roberts county streams and other parts of northeast South Dakota. The streams have not seen such numbers in several years.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Roberts County
Atlantic Yacht Atlantic Breaks One Day Record
The Atlantic finished at 9718 p.m. after passing Wolf Rock with full sails. Captain Burr reported an average speed of ten and a half knots since Sandy Hook as crowds watched from the cliffs near Cowes. The voyage included calms and a strong gale, with a record one day pace of 341 knots claimed by Wilson Marshall and owner Mr Marshall.
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Liazird
Jang
Wolf Rock
Burr
Sandy Hook
Atlantic
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Sicilly
Lizard
Barr
Wilson Marshall
Marshall
Rumors of Scandia War Sweep Across Europe
A cable from Christiania claims Norway has seceded from the union and its royal house. Stockholm reports calm amid crisis over separate consular representation with dissolution viewed as likely. London notes Norwegian anger over the king not visiting Christiania and rumors of Swedish troop mobilization and possible foreign intervention.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Christiania
Claius Winter Hjelm
Norway
Bernadette Winter Hjelm
Supreme Court
Claus Winter Hjelin
Nor- Wegian
Stockholm
Sweden
London
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph Ssiays
Warmland
Bertin
Windsor Castle
Germany
England
Ryan to be Cardinal in Rome Cardinal Rumor
Monsignore Ryan arch bishop of Philadelphia arrived in Rome for a private audience with the pope. Rumor says he is the likeliest American to be named a cardinal at the upcoming consistory. If true he would depart Rome for the US soon after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
United States
Monsignore Ryan
Philadelphia
Graft Gang Disbands as Philadelphia Leader Surrenders
State Insurance Commissioner Israel Durham, longtime Philadelphia Republican leader, surrendered to Mayor John Weaver ending a power struggle over gas lease reforms. Durham released ward leaders from pledges and advised support for confirming A Lincoln Acker as director of public works and Colonel Sheldon Potter as director of public safety if named by the mayor, signaling a shift in the internal fight.
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Philadelphia
Israel Durham
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
John Weaver
Durham
Weaver
Select Council
Williams. Ware
Recorder of Deeds
George A. Ware
A. Lincoln Acker
Sheldon Potter
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Clay County
Omaha
South Dakota Bankers
Vention
Tate Capitol
State Auditor
Missouri River
Creighton
Burton Tanner
Dakota Wesleyan College
Mitchell, S. D
Scandia
Sion
Ryan
America
Pope
Graft Gang
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