South Dakota Crop Report and Miscellany
A South Dakota crop report notes good conditions for wheat and corn despite a cool spell and frost in parts, with rain improving prospects across thirty five counties. Other items include a strange Moab colony near Pierre, county officials Merriman and Jones charged with illegal fees, a railroad grader finding a $50 gold nugget, and Sioux leader WHITE SWAN warning against further tribal land sales. Firemen to update uniforms in Pierre, and various local incidents from Rondell to Ipswich, Yale, and Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Hughes
Minnehaha
Black Hills
Aberdeen
White Swan
Pierre
James River Valley
Dayton
Rondell
Horace Jenks
Yale
Butte County
Yankton
Cheyenne Valley
Gen. Alger
Dakota Veterans' Association
Oakwood
Brule
American Island
Missouri River
Chamberlain
Wm. Conley
Ipswich
Conley
John Wesseling
Harrison
G.h.evans
Fuller
Sioux Falls
Eighth United States Cavalry
Melrida
T. D. Porter
Harrold
Fort Abraham Lincoln
War Department
Mende County
N. LaFlamie
Carter
Slugged the Keeper and the Trenton Jail Escapeers
Philadelphia officers near Tacony confronted Tom Thomas and Henry Jackson, escapees from Trenton prison. Barberlie was mortally wounded at home, Jackson was fatally shot, and Thomas was captured after a confrontation that left one officer badly wounded and two convicts dead. Jackson died at the scene. Thomas was captured and later identified his partner. Jackson’s final remarks claimed his partner’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tienry F. Barker
One Hundred and Fifty-Eighth
Tacony
Philadelphia
Tom Thomas
Henry Iackson
New Jersey
Trenton
Charles Parker
Holmesburg
Bristol Turnpike
Henry F. Barber
George Milligan
Longshore Road
Barber
Henry Jackson
Milligan
Thomas
Wissinoming
Smith
Gorham
Darkies
Jackson
Nero
Central Police
Clarkson Leaves On Western Post Office Tour
Clarkson, First Assistant Postmaster General, departs for a long western tour starting Des Moines to Seattle then through Washington and Oregon. He plans to study Pacific slope postal needs and will inspect services at major centers before returning in about a month.
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Clarkson
Far West
Des Moines
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Oregon
San Francisco
California
Pacific Slope
Bold Robbery on the Street in St Paul
On Fourth Street a young thief snatched Mrs. Mary Casserly's handbag containing $65 and fled toward an alley. Police pursued across Robert Street and the Kansas City railroad bridge. The robber, James Dougan of Spokane Falls, fired but missed. He was captured in an old storehouse after officers closed in. Most of the money was recovered, $100 remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Casserly
Fourth Street
St. Paul
Robert Street
Kansas City
Lightning kills five in Hamburg and swing tragedy at Reamskindorf
Five people die when struck by lightning at Hamburg while six children perish as a swing collapses at a Reamskindorf kindergarten. Other items include a Yost Writing Machine dissolution petition in New York supreme court and Wieslawn broker Wourr missing with $20,000 entrusted by Hebrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Reamskindorf
Yost Writing Machine Company
New York Supreme Court
Wourr
New York
Europe
Counr von Bersschem
Imperial Foreign Office
Baron Marshall von Bieberstein
Count Herbert Bismarck
Tomas J. Basso
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Garfield Memorial Dedication In Lake View Cemetery
Garfield memorial day ceremonies in Lake View cemetery drew President Harrison Vice President and numerous dignitaries from across the nation. Ex Governor Cox delivered the oration praising Garfield and urging emulation of his public spirit as a monument of Western Reserve manhood. A grand parade preceded the service, with military civic groups, Ohio militia, and naval escorts in a vast crowd. The day closed with choral selections and benediction as city residents filled the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake View Cemetery
Society of the 42d Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Garfield
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Ohio
Gov. Campbell
Cleveland
United States
Michigan
Schofield
Congress
Hayes
Memorial Association
America
Leonard
Cox
Cincinnati
Gov. Cox
Handel
Harrison
Morton
Knight Templars
Ex Mayor Langdon Faces Financial Straits In Detroit
Former Detroit leader George C Langdon, a leading master in the city, shows financial embarrassment. He assigned a $40,000 bill of sale to People's Savings Bank to secure $25,000 in due papers. Gillette Hall and the board of trade men have filed suit in attachment for $2,000. Langdon says his total indebtedness will not exceed $6,000 and he can pay dollar for dollar, yet he is attempting settlements at 60 cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymarket
Hayes
Haymarket Square
Desplaines Street
Marsh
Providence
Joseph Kaiser
Herr Most
Kaiser
Central Office
Ripley
New York
George C. Langdon
Detroit
People’s Savings Bank
Gillette & Hall
Board of Trade
Langdon
Dollar Wheat Prospects Improving Dakota Outlook
A Northwest grain dealer predicts a bountiful Dakota harvest with dollar wheat as spring planting profits rise. He notes eastern winter wheat losses boost demand for spring wheat, with Chicago traders forecasting $1 a bushel in the northwest by September.
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Northwest
Dakota
Mississippi
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Chicago
Old Hutch
Board of Trade
A Dear Girl's Wiles and a Daring Elopement Gone Wrong
A wealthy livery stable keeper, Hampion Transon of Hone Indiana, is gravely shot by Otto Seneff who sought to elope with Transon's daughter. The daughter had removed a loaded gun while her father prepared to confront the suitor. At dawn Seneff fired through Transon's lung. he fled and remains at large. Also notes consuls at Samoa establish a new government and a caustic column on Angoro. Herbert Clancy sues for 100000 in Brooklyn court for breach of promise by Carrie Windolph.
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Bridge
Oakland
Dunn
Santa Cruz Mountains
Indiana
Traders’ Point
Cumberland
Walthy
Lave
Hampion Transon
Hone
Ind
Otto Seneff
Transon
Seneff
Samoa
London Chronicle
Germany
Angoro
Samuel Baker
O ‘Curkey
Herbert Clancy
Chicago
Kings County
N. Y
Supreme Court
Mise Carrie Windolph
Long Island City
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Chenveckly Capital
Mitchell
Mitchell Printing
Dakota State News
TBS
Moab
Merriman and Jones
Edmunds County
News Jersey
Richard L. Edwards
Edwards
Reed
Republican Party
House
Colorado
Denver
Gunnison
Christianburg
Hardie
Robert Hardie
Tombstone
A. T
Grierson
Department of Arizona
Haynes
San Carlos Reservation
Henry Hardie
Army
Miles
Geronimo
Lowell
Grant
Huachuca
Arizona
Fort Bayard
N. M
Kid
Mexico
Minneapolis Journal
Henderson
Red River Valley
Goy, Cox
Astors
New York City
George C. Boldt
Bellevue
Stratford
Atlantic
Thirty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
John Jacob Astor
Boldt
Sioux City
South Omaha
Hoga
Great Northwest
Sioux
Bailey
Rapid City School of Mines
John R. Brennan
Rapid City
State Board of Regents
Missouri
Hyde County
Midland Pacific
Bad River
State Board of Charities
Cando Record
Johnson
Alzada
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