Pretty Social Hour Hosted by Miss Les Anderson
A charming afternoon and evening social at Miss Les Andersons home on Fourth Avenue West and Duff Street featured five decorated tables, a violin solo by Miss Rosenberger, singing by Miss Luck Durkee, and a recitation by Miss Wauneta Fertig. Guests included Mabie Oschner of Chamberlain and visiting Miss Mabel Dachner.
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Les Anderson
Fourth Avenue West
Duff Street
Gale Wallerstedt
Marguerite Anderson
Mabie Oschner
Chamberlain
Mabel
Maynard
Main Street
Mabel ‘Dachner
Lucy Durkee
Phillip
Committee Favors Admitting Arizona and New Mexico
Senate committee on territories votes six to three to report favorably the joint resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico in a form similar to the House version. A new amendment aims to guard against fraud in the New Mexico recall referendum. Arizona strike motion fails three to six with Nelson Burnham and Jappie voting to strike.
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Senate Committee On
Arizona
New Mexico
House
Nelson
Minnesota
Burnham
New Hampshire
Jappic
Rhode Island
Indictments Bring Charges Against Lumber Dealers in Chicago
In Chicago a federal grand jury indicted fourteen secretaries of ten retail lumber dealers for alleged Sherman anti trust violations. The dealers allegedly operated a "trust of power" to restrict lumber sales to consumers through retail channels, despite lacking incorporation or capital stock.
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Chicago
United States
Retail Lumber Desiers
Platform by Sterling for his campaign for US Senator
Thomas Sterling of Redfield announces his Republican bid for the US Senate to succeed Robie Gamble. He pledges to reflect the will of South Dakota voters, support tariff reform, trust regulation, direct election of senators, and efficient legal procedure while guarding against burdensome changes that disturb business. He argues for tariff moderation, federal trust oversight, corporate liability, and balanced taxation. He supports primary and initiative reforms with safeguards against cross party manipulation.
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Vermillion
S. D
Thomas Sterling
Redfield
College of Law
University of South Dakota
United States
Mnator
Robi
J. Gamble
South Dakota
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
Congress
Big verdict against Chamberlain in Brule County case
The June term of Brule County circuit court cleared its calendar with Hans Quarnberg versus the city of Chamberlain leading the docket. A jury awarded Quarnberg 8854.56 for lost milling business due to an injunction blocking artesian well sinking. Judge Smith faces remaining legal questions. Divorce decrees granted to Placek, McMillan, Arnell, and Smith couples, all Chamberlain residents.
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Chamberlain, S. D
Brule County
Hans Quarnberg
Chamberlain
Ecourts
Supreme Court
Quarnberg
Judge Smith
Mathias JJ. Placek
Christina Placek
Martha McMillan
Avery McMillan
Sadie C. Arnell
Courtroom Blushes as Juror Falls Asleep During Trial
In Chicago Arthur Lee trial juror J W Gottlieb slept fifteen minutes while prosecutor read a paragraph from the Book of Truth prompting blushes among female spectators. Defense notes nap to be used for a potential new trial argument. Courtroom crowded and hot with other sleepers including a stenographer and a policeman.
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Chicago
Arthur Lee
J. W. Gottlieb
James 9B. Callahan
Gottleib
Lee
Rain Lifts Central South Dakota Crops After Dry Spell
Central and western South Dakota received rain on Saturday and Sunday night, boosting crop prospects after a dry period. Totals ranged from a half to two inches in many counties, with towns like Woonsocket and Marion Junction reporting heavier falls. Cooler, drier weather followed, improving overall conditions amid hopes for a strong corn yield. In Kansas City rainfall brought high heat relief sought by prayers across Missouri and Kansas.
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Kota
Davison
Rome
Tobin
Baker
South
Prosper
Lisbon
Union
Mt. Vernon
Badger
Perry
Brendon
Chamberlain
Pukwana
Kimball
White Lake
Plankinton
Woonsocket
Milwaukee
Scotland
Tripp
State Line
Canton
Marion Junction
Worthing
Emery
Alexandria
Tyndall
Menno and
Freeman
Omaha
Mitchell
St. James
Minn
Sioux Falls
Salem
Kansas
Kansas City
Garden City
Kan
Salina
Mutchinson
Concordia
Atchison
Missouri
Explosion on City of St. Joseph Kills Twenty on Mississippi River
In Memphis Tennessee the packet City of St Joseph exploded its boilers while steaming past the city. Six deck hands are dead fourteen more expected to die ten others injured. Rescue by ferry Charles H Organ saved many by pouring water on the burning vessel and tying craft together.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
St. Joseph
Charles H. Organ
City of
Three Reappointed By Governor Vessey In South Dakota
Governor Vessey reappoints O S Basford of Redfield as insurance commissioner W S Bancroft of Watertown as state game warden and Prof A N Cook of the state university at Vermillion as food and drug commissioner Basford has served two terms while Bancroft and Cook each served one term Bancroft formerly managed the Watertown Public Opinion.
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O. S. Basford
Redfield
W. S. Bancroft
Watertown
A. N. Cook
The
State University At
Bribe Offered to Drop Jewel Smuggling Probe
New York City investigators report a bribe of 200000 dollars offered to Deputy Surveyor of Port Richard Parr to drop the jewel smuggling case involving Helen D Jenkins. He says suspects include a Wisconsin millionaire a Tennessee capitalist and a New York broker. Parr alleges threats to his family and notes past actions exposing sugar trust frauds.
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Helen D. Jenkins
Wisconsin
New York
Parr
Sugar Trust
Oldest Chicago Resident Killed by Train
William H. Gale 77, reputedly Chicago’s oldest white resident, was killed by a railroad train Saturday night. Gale had lived in the city seventy-seven years, arriving with infant Fernan do Jones who stayed aboard longer. the Gale land claim dated him by one day as Chicago’s oldest resident.
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Chicago
William H. Gale
Mr. Gale
Fernando Jones
Gale
Jones
Railroad Man Married in Huron South Dakota
Jesse B. Jackson, a conductor on the C. N. W., wed Miss Linnie Z. Kester at the bride’s parents home in Huron. The couple, well known in the city, will reside here after their wedding Friday.
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Huron
S. D
Jesse B. Jackson
Linnie Z. Kester
Old Soldiers Seek State Posts in South Dakota
Pierre and Mission Hill report Old Soldiers pushing for political positions. T. Sterling seeks U S Senate seat to succeed Lena Gamble, while A L Osdel of Mission Hill runs for governor. News notes also mention Asher Pay’s role and Burke’s potential bid. A Ramsey man, Charles Sterr, died in a train accident near Wolsey, Ramsey County.
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T. Sterling
Ued States Senate
Lena Gamble
A. L. Osdel
Mission Hill
Yank
Northwest
Dakotas
Asher Day
Muron
Pay
Beadle County
Burke
Senate
Pierre Land
Congress
City
S. D
A. van Osdel
van Osdel
South da Ta
Vocational Education Advance Touted by State Superintendent
Sioux Falls, S D C G Lawrence state superintendent of public instruction urged teachers at the summer school to add vocational education to curriculums. He said consolidating rural schools is a key step to secure vocational training for students.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Lutheran State Neal
C. G. Lawrence
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Sterling Worth
Committee
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Mexico
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QUT
Sterling
Miller
Aberdeen
Letcher, Chamberlain
Black Hills
Milwaukee Road
Mississippi
Vessey
Basford
Bancroft
COO
ACT
Baby
New York City
Port
Richard Parr
A. F
Pioneer
Charles Sterr
Ramsey
Wolsey
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