The Steel Trust Vindicated in Government Case
The article discusses the government's suit to dissolve the steel trust, noting the court’s findings, stock market reactions, and doubts about the anti trust law’s effectiveness. It questions whether dissolution would help or hurt, and mentions the potential role of a new trade commission in curbing monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United” Steel “Corporation
Steel Trust
New Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Split Debt of Stanley County Faces Settlement
Kadoka S D representatives from Stanley Haakon and Jackson counties meet to divide Stanley county debt totaling about 131000. Haakon would assume 54000 and Jackson about 33000, with a settlement seen as likely and expected to place all three counties in solid financial condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kadoka
S. D
Stanley
Haakon
Jackson
Stanley County
Haakon County
Jackson County
Belle Fourche to Open Irrigated Lands for Homestead Entry
The Interior Department announces the opening of 10 196 acres in 156 farms of the Belle Fourche fourth irrigation unit for homestead entry on or after June 8. Applicants must file at the Belle Fourche land office with a water right certificate and pay five percent of $400 per acre construction charge. Initial payment for 40 acres is $30, with $38 per acre remaining to be paid in 16 annual installments, first due five years after filing, plus a 75 cent per acre foot operation charge due March 1, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
Secretary of the Interior
Belle Fourche Land
Thaw Trial Hearing Delayed to June Sixteen
New York Thaw trial for sanity was postponed by Supreme Court Justice Hedrick to await the court ruling on the state's appeal from the decision granting a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New “York
Cuy
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Hedrick
German Airman Recalls Long Wartime Aerial Duel
A German airman, Kreig Schule Munich graduate, recounts a dangerous mission over enemy lines. After engine failure and a duel with a faster French double decker, he crash landed in a woodland, and he and his observer fled through woods for eight days, dodging patrols and marching by night toward safety with scarce provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreig Schule
Munich
Library records best May for circulation and events
May circulation reached 1956 volumes an increase of 25 percent with daily average 78 books. One third non fiction and one third juvenile. children's book day reached 58, the highest yet. New titles include The Story of Tonty and Psychology and Industrial Efficiency while institute upcoming features The Teacher and The Next Generation. A rapid City convention highlights include a grand council sessions and a special Northwestern train trip from Huron with a 11.95 round trip rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Holst
Tonty
Catherwood
America
Deland
Jewett
Munsterberg
Institute
G. H. Palmer
Alice Freeman Palmer
Traveling Men To Rapid City Session of UCT
Rapid City will host the fourth annual session of the United Commercial Travelers of South Dakota from Thursday through Saturday. Hd M Chaney calls it the biggest state event, with Rapid City ready to entertain visiting knights of the grip and their wives. A featured convention ball game rivalry includes teams from Sioux Falls Aberdeen Huron Mitchell and Lemmon among active UCT members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
United Commercial Travelers of
South Dakota
Hd. M. Chaney
The
Order For
Knights of the Grip
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Huron
Mitchell and
Lemmon
Methodist hospital campaign seeks $100,000 in Mitchell
The board of trustees approved a $100,000 drive to fund the state Methodist hospital in Mitchell. Dr. G. T. Notson will lead the campaign with support from lay church members and pastors, aiming to build a quadrante valued at about $250,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Mitchell
Board of Trustees
G. T. Notson
Wessington Springs
Notson
Dakota Wesleyan
John Wesley Potter
Sioux Falls
G. D. Brown
Madison
Spitzer Freed on Jail Break Charge After Return to Leola
Leola South Dakota reports John Spitzer, a youth under 21, was found not guilty of jail breaking. He had earlier been jailed in McPherson county for a statutory offense, escaped Canada after removing his jail door, and returned to Leola to save his bondsmen by surrendering. The jury acquitted him on the jail breaking charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola
S. D
John Spitzer
Spitzer
McPherson County
Canada
Joss
Car Accidents In Aberdeen And Big Stone End With Narrow Escapes
Three accidents in twenty four hours near Aberdeen South Dakota and Big Stone South Dakota left occupants uninjured or only briefly trapped. Dr BEBE and family escaped unhurt after a fifteen foot embankment rollover near Foot Creek. The Hodgson family survived a turtle rollover under their car at a bridge. Congressman Royal C Johnson and party avoided injuries after a roadside ditch mishap. In Big Stone a novice driver John Hublou wrecked a new auto on a hill turning over a bridge, six aboard with two escaping before the car sank to rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Bebe, Snow
Eureka
Ashley Brundage Ofureka
Pawpaw
Mich
Foot Creek
W. W. Hodgson
Turing Turtle
Royal C. Johnson
Country Club
Big Stone
John Hublou
Child Victim Of Rattlesnake In Lyman County
In Reliance South Dakota a 6 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Dinger, died after a rattlesnake bite near their home. The child was playing in the yard, showed a leg scratch, worsened, and despite medical care the venom spread, leading to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
S. D
Lyman
Arthur Dinger
Drunk Man Fools Authorities Near Aberdeen Farm
A lifeless man found in the Nelson farmyard near Aberdeen prompted a sheriff and coroner to rush to the scene. They later learned the man was not murdered but merely drunk, waking before the officers arrived and driving home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Nelson
Huebl
Nelson Farm
Strafford
Record Trout Caught by Nebraska Man in Black Hills
Gordon Thomas of Grand Island Nebraska claims a Black Hills record trout caught with hook and line weighing 11 1 2 pounds after a hard fight that broke his pole and forced him into the stream at Belle Fourche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
fBelle Fourche
Gordon Thomas
Grand Island
Neb
Black Hills
West Fourth Avenue paving proposed in Mitchell petition
A petition at the Mitchell city council meeting seeks to pave West Fourth Avenue from the alley between Main and Rowley to Iowa Street with grading. The measure faces opposition on South Sanborn Street where 71 percent oppose grading and graveling. Council actions include naming The Republican as official paper, electing officers, and handling sewer and street projects with private protests over snow shoveling assessments and potential oil tanks at National Oil Refining plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fourth Avenue
Mitchell
F. J. Werrick
Main and
Rowley Steets
Iowa Street
Sanborn Street
South Side
J. H. Davis
J. D. Doane
J. O. Walrath
Capitol Addition
Rowley Street
East Tenth Avenue
Kimball
Langdon Streets
East Ninth Avenue
Maine
Kimball Streets
John Quirk
Quirk
West Eleventh Avenue
Main
Wisconsin Streets
A. ‘. Miles
John Kurvink
East Third Avenue
Kimball Street
E. A. Loomer
National Oil Refining Company
Omaha
L. W. Miller
Kuryink
Milwaukee Railroad
S. H. Smith
L. R. Erskine
M. Grundland
J. F. Berry
Fred Donaldson
Court House
J. W. Broadbent
Thomas Hastcott
Kuryiik
Fire Department
Smith
H. M. Sparks
Brookings
Brookings County
Population Growth Targeted in Five-Year Plan At TU HHO
The plan calls for a population increase within five years at TU HHO. Officials outline steps to boost enrollment and services while addressing infrastructure needs and funding.
Nearby Towns Set Dual Celebrations At Woonsocket and Chamberlain
Mitchell residents are urged to attend two events next week the Woonsocket water carnival June 16 17 18 19 and the Brule and Stanley county old settlers reunion and good roads congress at American Island near Chamberlain on June 17 Committees from the Mitchell Commercial club will coordinate attendance with Tipton Smith Becker guiding Woonsocket plans and Wilde Burg Dean fostering Chamberlain efforts including a monster free dinner and barbecue events while rail connections are available if car travel is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Woonsocket
Brule
Stanley County
Old Settlers
Reunion
Good Roads Congress
American Island
Chamberlain
Corn Palace
W. E. Tipton
A. F. Smith
Delyan T. Becker
Commercial Club
R. D. Wilde
Joe Burg
B. B. Dean
Sioux Falls Census Reaches 21 000 Mark
Sioux Falls reaches and surpasses the 21 000 census threshold as H M Avery confirms the count after the enumerator’s late evening report. He notes potential additions of three or four hundred names and reflects on future population growth over the next five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
H. M. Avery
Civil War Battle Reenactment Draws Crowd at Capitol Lake
At Pierre South Carolina a Memorial Day event staged a naval reenactment of the Merrimac versus Monitor on Capitol Lake. Spectators watched as light vessels armed with double barrel shotguns fired from six inch puposeful ports while militia aided the monitor. The display ended with a large American flag fireworks finale marking a new Memorial Day feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monitor
Colt Killing Wolf Taken by Hunters
A huge grey wolf that had depredated along the White river and preyed on calves and colts was slain by rancher Albert Marton. The animal, one of the largest of its kind in years, had troubled ranchers spanning the Missouri Black Hills region. Marton’s success ends weeks of cattle and horse losses for local ranches.
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Murdo
S. D
White River
Missouri River
Black Hills
Albert Marton
Gasoline Used To Kill Gophers In White South Dakota Field
A farmer near White South Dakota uses gasoline soaked cotton batting placed in gopher holes to release fumes that penetrate the burrows and kill the animals. The simple method is described as effective while farmers seek humane or practical controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
S. D
Notice For Proving Will in Davison County Court
State of South Dakota Davison County confirms a hearing date for Rhoda Toland deceaseds will. On June 5 1915 the court set Saturday June 26 1915 at 10:00 am in Mitchell for probate and issuance of letters testamentary. George W Toland sole heir may contest the petition during the hearing in City of Mitchell Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Davison
Lestate
Rhoda Toland
George W. Toland
C) Thompson
S. Cattrell
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Mitchel
Carl MO
Gary Atuners
Phaiaioon
Eae Ders
Pment
Ache ‘Corporation
Gaa -Be
Tal Nizance
Haakon and
Mother County
Belle Fourche Valley
May
D. G. Gallett
Grand Counceil
Harney Hotel
Northwestern
Dark Canyon
Yankton
L. R. Campbell
Knights OF Grip
M. E. Hospital
Board OF Trusteees
Bondsman
Leoda
Nebraska
West Fourth
Republican
Capitol
Colt
BTC
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