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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
1
Not Guilty The Verdict Second Hubbard Trial Acquittal
Muron South Dakota June 27 The second Hubbard trial on the charge of killing G W Cakebread two years ago ended in acquittal. Hubbard and Cakebread brothers in law ran a farm partnership and a dispute over control led Hubbard to shoot after Cakebread threatened to “fix him.” Hubbard had been convicted of manslaughter in a prior trial and sentenced to fifteen years but a new trial was granted on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Cakebread
Return Game After 42 Years of Checker Match
In Yankton South Dakota at a veterans reunion Iverty-two year old history resurfaced when Iverty-two year old Hopkins and Milo Strong renewed a 1864 checkers game started before the Civil War. The 70 year old Strong faced Hopkins in a quiet Masonic temple parlor and Hopkins won drawing local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. C
Iverty
Atlanta
Hopkins
Thirtyfist
Wisconsin
Sargeant Milo Strong
Sherman
Masonic Temple
Death From Intoxicants Plunges Elk Point Farmer
John Harrington of Elk Point South Dakota a 45 year old farmer died early this morning on his farm after an inquest returned death by acute alcoholism. He is described as wealthy with brothers Daniel Maurice Curley and sisters Mrs Peterson and Mrs Smith. The body was found after Daniel searched the yard and orchard where injuries from barbed wire were noted. Funeral was set for the Catholic church tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harrington
Elk Point
S. D
Harrington
Daniel Harrington
John
Daniel
Darel Harrington
Maurice
W. W. Main
Elliott
Beresford
Curley
Andrew Peterson
James Smith
John D Goes Farming Amid Oil King Tension
Settlers in Midland South Dakota report resentment as Standard Oil employees, after drilling, claim homesteads in farming lands. Local residents allege violation of homestead laws and fear loss of traditional farming country between Pierre and Rapid City. Tensions rise as oil interests encroach on land rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
S. D
Pierre
Rapid City
Standard Oil
Attempt On Life Of Prominent Watertown Lodge Man
J Carl Southwick a leading Watertown businessman and Knights of Pythias grand keeper of records was badly burned when smokeless powder was placed in his furnace during a Sunday night incident. The blast cracked walls and shattered windows as flames endangered his eyesight. no arrest yet though police say a solid clue exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Southwick
Knights of Pythias Lodge
the Elks
Sioux Falls Prepares for South Dakota Firemen Tourney
Sioux Falls hosts the annual South Dakota Firemen's Association tournament with decorated streets and a parade planned for Wednesday. Mayor Pillsbury to welcome visitors in the auditorium and symbolically hand over the keys to the city. Fifteen to eighteen volunteer departments are expected to compete for generous prizes starting tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota Firemen’s Association
Pillsbury
South Dakota
South Dakota Land Department Distributes Second Apportionment
The South Dakota state land department issued its second yearly apportionment of income to endowed state institutions totaling 9 425 08. Receipts include Agricultural College 4385 77 Aberdeen Normal 343 75 State University 1175 99 Deaf and Dumb School 438 20 Reform School 101 07 Spearfish Normal 498 63 Madison Normal 498 63 Springfield Normal 431 71 Northern Hospital 399 88 Blind Asylum 843 96 School of Mines 257 39 Totals reach 30 012 97 for the year, about 2700 more than the same period last year, with growing funds expected to influence future maintenance decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform School
Spearfish Normal
Madison Normal
Springfield Normal
Northern Hospital
Blind Asylum
School of Mines
Hen incriminates thieves in Letcher poultry case
In Woonsocket South Carolina June 28 a widow named Laab used her pet hen to identify two chicken thieves. The hen singled out the suspects leading to a court appearance where William Welch paid 10 dollars and costs and William Phillips 20 dollars and costs plus restitution for the stolen birds. The case warns against stealing from widows with pet hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
S. C
Laab
Letcher
Baer
Justice Hurd
William Welch
William Phillips
Married After 40 Years Reunite in West
Rapid City reports Jerry Gilrooney, 68, and Prudence Sprior, 62, wed in Omaha after decades apart. They lived in Brighton Indiana, separated for over forty years, and now travel west to Gilrooney’s ranch thirty miles west of White Owl. He is a rancher and cattleman. she previously ran a boarding house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Jerry Gilrooney
Prudence Sprior
Brighton
Ind
Gilrooney
Gilcohoney
Omaha
Indiana
Meat Scandal Threatens Stock Growers in West
Deadvrood S D June 25 Disturbance sweeps cattlemen as packing house scandal prompts an estimated 25 percent drop in the season’s cattle trade. Stock raisers fear higher inspection costs shifted to packers will be passed to them, worsening prices and harming large firms and range land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadvrood
S. D
Stouckman
Uncle Sam
Northwest
Old Timers Hold Their Annual Reunion at Lead
Thirty years after Black Hills pioneers began settling the region the Black Hills Pioneers of 1876 and earlier held their annual picnic in Lead South Dakota. A small procession led by Deadwood Dick and his pack mule marched toward the park while aging members and shuttered shops joined the celebration despite cold rain and Bald Mountain snow. The frayed old United States flag carried since 1876 topped the line. Membership has dwindled to about 150 from earlier years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead
S. D
Black Hills
Society of Black Hillis Pioneers
Deadwood Dick
Deadwood
Missouri River
James W. Allen
Cheyenne
Bald Mountain
United States
Fighting the Beetle in the Black Hills
In Custer South Dakota on June 26 a forest beetle control program begins. The forestry bureau mobilizes over sixty workers to cut infested timber near Hill City and Custer. Logs are peeled bark burned and logged for sale to railroads and lumber firms to curb the pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
S. D
Forestry Bureau
Hill City
Three Men Drown In Jim River Near Mitchell S D
In Mitchell South Dakota three men Nathan Bell Claude Hillison and Clarence Knott drowned while fishing from an old boat below White's dam on the Jim River about two miles north of Mitchell. The high river and strong current swept their boat over and capsized it. Ellison's body was recovered. Bell and Knott remained missing as searchers dragged the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel, S. D
James River
Nathan Bell
Claude Hilers
Clarence Knot
Mitchell, S. D
White’s
Jim River
Mitchell
Davison County
Claude Jhllison
Clarence Knott
Sa Jem
Ellison
Woman saves her child from rattlesnake bite in South Dakota
Mrs Arthur Phoenix of Wheeler South Dakota rushed to her 2 year old Rex after a rattlesnake bit his arm. She sucked out the venom, saving the boy from the bite as rattlesnakes prove unusually numerous on the plains this year. A woman has died from a rattlesnake in the same region this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
S. D
Arthur Phoenix
Sioux Blands
Missouri River
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rex
Plains
Bullets Strike Iowa Lad. Sioux Falls Surgeons Strive
Orville Norris a 14 year old from Larchwood Iowa was shot in the neck three months ago. He is paralyzed from the hips down as doctors seek the lodged bullet near his spinal column. Mother, a widowed laborer, keeps vigil in Sioux Falls while experts attempt to locate and remove the bullet to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Iowa
S. D
Orville Norris
Larchwood
Norris
Lowthian Chosen South Dakota Grand Army Commander
Milbank man General N I Lowthian elected commander of the South Dakota department of the Grand Army of the Republic at the state encampment in Yankton. DeLong and Captain Ludlow withdrew. Lowthian won 78 votes to 68. He has long service in the Grand Army and Dakota politics. Other officers and delegates named. Hot Springs and Yankton praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
N. I. Lowthian
Milbank
South Dakota
Grand Army of the Republic
Ludlow
Sioux Falls
Osborn
DeLong
Canton
Lowthian
Grand Army
Ontario
Iowa
Minnesota
Fifth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Old Eagle
Sixteenth Army Corps
Red River
Grant
Vicksburg
Corinth
Tupilo
Nashville
A. J. Smith
Mobile
Freeborn County
Grant County
Dakota
Department of
Minneapolis
John Morse
Hitchcock
A. B. Nelson
Pierre
Michael Smith
Carthage
Union Veterans Union
Department of South Dakota
Stewart
Hot Springs
Andrew Gellwig
Aberdeen
E. H. Willis
James Tanner
Weather Bulletin Reports Favorable Growing Week in South Dakota
Officials note a dry spell most days with a Sunday rain bringing 1.51 inches at Huron. Sunshine was above average, southerly winds reduced moisture in northern wetlands, and daytime highs ranged from 77 to 97 degrees. Warm, cool nights occurred, and outdoor work benefited from the rain for southern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Huron
S. D
Castlewood
Pierra
Semi annual apportionment awards Union county funds
Elk Point South Dakota June 28 The semi annual apportionment of the income from the permanent school fund of the state gives Union county 8239.14 dollars. This yields 2.34 dollars for each pupil in the county's school districts to reflect general taxation for school expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Point
S. D
Union County
Graduates Represent Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota
The Lutheran College at Sioux Falls announces its commencement with graduates from Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. English Course graduates include Magne Anderson Hayfield Minn Charlotte Hinson Bede Ia Bertine Landsrud Lake Mills Ia Johanna Peterson Hanson Sd Olaf Smedal Albert Lea Minn Edward Mosboe Rembrandt Ta Edward Risty Shindler Ia Amanda Scheie McIntosh Minn. English Norwegian Course graduates include Martha Bly Cottonwood Minn Iver Nanson Vermillion Sd Bina Kammerud Starbuck Minn Cora Mae Wilson Chatfield Minn. salutatory by Martha Bly and valedictory by Amanda Scheie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Lutheran College
Magne Anderson
Hayfield
Minn
Charolette Marie Hinson
Bede
Bertine Landsrud
Lake Mills
Johanna Peterson
Hanson
S. D
Olaf Smedal
Albert Lea
Martha Bertine Bly
Cottonwood
Iver Walther Nanson
Vermillion
Bina Christine Kammerud
Starbuck
Edward Mosboe
Rembrandt
Edward Risty
Shhindler
Amanda Scheie
McIntosh
Min
Mixed train derailment near Spain shocks Andover crowd
A Britton to Andover mixed train derailed a mile north of Spain yesterday afternoon. Three freight cars, a baggage coach and a passenger coach left the track, with three boxcars overturning. Twenty or more passengers escaped serious injury as the passenger coach stayed upright. Several passengers were bruised. Track damage extended 300 feet. Cause unknown though a failing truck on a boxcar is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
S. C
Britton
Spain
Grand Army encampment in Yankton highlights W R C officers
June 22 Yankton South Dakota reports the three day G A R and W R C encampment with the W A G C electing officers led by Laura Harmon Parker as president and Laura Blackman as delegate at large. Other officials include Katherine Weeks Vermillion senior vice president Ella Kingey Parker secretary and Edith Wilsey Parker treasurer. A grand parade ritual and joint G A R W R C services accompany the events while National Commander James Tanner is set to speak this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
W. A. GC
Laura Harmon
Parker
Katherine Weeks
Vermillion
Almera Stowell
Aberdeen
Ella Kingey
Watertown Census Shows Few Children in Homes
Watertown South Dakota census reveals 387 of nearly 1500 homes have no children ages 7 to 21. City notes steady 12 month population gain despite grim statistic. Charles Springer, a carpenter, died suddenly at breakfast from rheumatic heart disease, ending a vigorous summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
Citi Sens
Charles Springer
Man in Gadena Tries Suicide With Knife
In Gadena South Dakota June 22 N G Burton attempted to end his life by cutting his wrist with a cattle knife. He had been trying to quit liquor but recently relapsed and, after a period of despondency, made the fatal entry into self harm. Doctors say chances for recovery are good. He is a member in good standing of the A O U W and the Elks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Gadena
S. D
N. G. Burton
Burton
Orders
The
A. O. U. W. and the Elks
Armour Bids Delay New School Bond Plan
Armour South Dakota. The town shelved plans for a new 600 pupil school due to high material costs and shortages. Bids ranged from 29000 to 39000 dollars and the district seeks state legislative power to bond about 25000 dollars. School to start in August to finish early and aid builder scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
S. D
Waterworks for Fort Pierre to use natural gas power
Fort Pierre city council requires the winning bidder for the new municipal waterworks to install a gas engine and a single acting pump with a 500000 gallon daily capacity. This makes Fort Pierre one of the few U.S. towns to operate its plant by natural gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierre
8. D
Poisoned Water Sickens Wealthy Watertown Citizen
Wealthy Watertown resident Charles Kregar nearly died after drinking from a stagnant tin pail of water at a farm. Poison possibly from chemical action or foul play. He fell unconscious on the way to town but survived after doctors treated him through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
Charles Krefar
Kregar
Woman near Hermosa shot by negligent target practice
Mrs Hart Strange of near Hermosa was accidentally shot when men practicing with a target placed it near her home. The ball lodged in her chest and she faced serious blood loss but a Rapid City doctor believed she would recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Hart Strange
Hermosa
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. G Carebread
John D
Oil King
J. Carl Southwick
South Dakota Land Department
A. S. Stewart
Union Veterans’ Union
Lutheran College In
Mrs. Harmon
FT. Pierre
WOMAN
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