Death of Dean Clark M Young Shocks South Dakota Campus
Vermillion S D March 4 in Stillwater Okla Dean Clark M Young dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of South Dakota has died suddenly after a period of ill health He had returned to Tyndall and Mitchell earlier in his career and was appointed to the USD chair in 1892 He was dean and taught sociology and politics at the time of death Classes will be suspended for the funeral.
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Vermillion
S. D
Clark M. Young
College of Arts and Sciences
Stillwater
Okla
Young
Swanee
Williams
South Dakota
Tyndall
Mitchell
University of South Dakota
Yankton to Have New Rifle Range
Yankton South Dakota March 4 Company M of the South Dakota National Guard plans a cement rifle range for competitive practice. Stations at 100 200 300 500 and 1000 yards will be linked by telephone. Civilians may join most shoots while guardsmen lead maneuvers and parades in front of the federal building with a flag lowering ceremony.
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Yanukton
S. D
South Dakota National Guard
South Dakota
Yankton
Ray
Used Oyster Cans as Savings Banks
Pierre South Dakota March 4. Ranchers near Fort Pierre watch Joe Boyce an aging hermit for 18 years living near Manuel Slyvia’s ranch. Struck by dementia he guards a $300 hoard in oyster cans hidden around his cabin and woods. Authorities coax him to hand the money to trustworthy people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slyvia Ranch
Boyce
Many New Companies Organize in South Dakota
Pierre March 4 Corporation filings to February 25 list numerous new incorporations across South Dakota. Entities include Eastern Land company Pierre with 5000 dollars, Sanitary Carpet Sweeper company Pierre with 1.5 million, 151 Trinito Gold Mining & Milling company Sturgis with 1 million, and several others in Brookings, White, Woonsocket, Redfield, Sioux Falls, Sisseton, Doland, Vienna, Huron, Pierre, Ward, Elk Point, and Leola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Telephone Company
Woonsocket
S. D
Ilse Land Company
Redweld
8. D
Sioux Walls
Lunde Telephone Company
Vienna
Robinson Can-Te-Po Herb Company
Huron
Carrara Marble Company
Pierre
Moody County Building & Loan Association
Ward
Tive
Interstate Land & Loan Company
Elk Point
Securities Company (General
Ioto Mutual Telephone Company
Leola
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Werrick
Atlas Steel & Tron Manufacturing Company
Kansas & M Co Land Company
Till City Odd Fellows Association
Hill City
S.D
Christensen Dempter Company
Sioux Falls
Peter Brothers Paving Company
Perre
Columbia Optical Company
Barn Fire Destroys Stock and Hay in Marshalltown
Eight head of horses and fifteen head of cattle burned in the early morning blaze at J C Yetley’s new barn near Marshalltown Iowa. Forty tons of hay and other contents destroyed. Cause unknown. Loss about six thousand dollars with six hundred dollars insured.
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Marshalltown
J.C. Yetley
Settlers Push Opening of Cheyenne River Lands
Yankton South Dakota March 5 Representative Philo Hall has introduced a bill in Congress to open the Cheyenne River Indian reservation to settlement. Senator Gamble and Representative Marshall have filed similar measures to open Standing Rock and the Cheyenne River lands except lands already allotted to Indians. About 310000 dollars is appropriated for school lands at 1.25 dollars per acre.
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Yankton, SD
Philo Hall
South Dakota
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
Congress
Gamble
Hall
Marshall
North Dakota
Standing Rock Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Fight for Life With Vicious Bull
Yankton South Dakota March 5 George Moon a well known farmer fought a vicious bull with a hammer after it charged him He drove off the animal but was severely wounded Several ribs and his collar bone were broken and internal injuries occurred He was crushed against a barn wall The bull killed a cow Moon is thought to recover
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Yankton
S. D
George Moon
Moon
Bite by Babe May Prove Fatal to Mother
A mother in Lead, D. suffers blood poisoning after her infant son bit her finger in a rage over punishment. Doctors warn the bite could be fatal to Mrs. John Zurich if infection worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead, & D
John Zurich
Rapid City voters approve $20,000 bond for new school
Rapid City, S. D., March 5. By a vote of 66 to 60 Rapid City voters decided to issue 20 000 dollars in bonds for a new school. The women took keen interest and worked even harder than the men to bring out a vote.
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Rapid City
S. D
Vermillion Barn Fire Destroys Gunderson Farm
Ten horses perished in a fire that devastated the John Gunderson farm barn in Vermillion South Dakota. The blaze consumed hundreds of bushels of grain, harnesses and machinery with a total loss estimated at $4,000.
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Vermillion
S. D
John Gunderson
Peculiar Answers From Would-Be School Teachers
Pierre, March 4. The State examining board uncovered strange responses from adult applicants for teaching certificates. Half will fail to earn marks, and the humor turns to pathos as candidates mix politics and religion with wrong definitions. Names or dates omitted.
Farmers to form cooperative elevator at Britton
Britton S D March 4 The farmers of this vicinity plan a meeting in Britton on Tuesday next to decide on erecting or purchasing an elevator. The elevator would be run by farmers as a cooperative concern and organizers expect enough stock to incorporate the company.
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Britton
S. D
Perkins Sells Out to the Opposition in Wilmot
Wilmot South Dakota March 4 It is announced that L S Perkins publisher of the Wilmot Reporter has sold his newspaper plant to the publisher of the Wilmot Republican and it will be consolidated with the Republican plant giving the latter complete local field.
Big Ditch Contract Awarded for Clay Creek Drainage
Vermillion South Dakota March 4 after more than two years and 11 lawsuits the joint boards of Clay and Yankton counties awarded the Clay creek drainage ditch contract to Pollard Campbell Dredging Omaha. The 14 mile long 50 foot wide channel will traverse Yankton and Clay counties toward the Vermillion river and involve dredging 831000 cubic yards at a cost of 100000 with damages. Adjoining property owners will bear the expense and two dredges will work to meet an April 1 1969 completion target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion, S. D
Boards of County Commissioners
Clay
Yankton
Clay Creek
Pollard & Campbell Dredging Company
Omaha
Yankton County
Despondent Yankton man ends his life
Despondent Chris Christianson janitor of the federal building hanged himself. He is survived by a son Randolph and a daughter Mrs. J. P. Nelson.
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Yankton
Yankton, S. D
Chris Christianson
Federal Building
Randolph
J. P. Nelson
Judge Carland Grants Bankruptcy Discharges
Discharges from bankruptcy were granted by Judge Carland of the United States court in Sioux Falls. Recipients include Johannes Horsad Dolph Hamlin county Frank W Shaw Sioux Falls Fred Gliem Bath Leonard D Summers Sioux Falls George W Rutan Watertown and Leonard Schryver Sioux Falls who filed a voluntary petition with assets of 1305 and liabilities of 848.40 exempting the full asset amount. The case is referred to Henry A Muller referee in Sioux Falls for adjudication.
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Carland
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States Court
Johannes Horsad
Dolph
Hamlin County
Frank W. Shaw
Fred Gliem
Bath
Leonard D. Summers
George W. Rutan
Watertown
Leonard Schryver
Aberdeen Normal Defeats Yankton College 14 to 10
Aberdeen Normal basketball team defeated Yankton College in Yankton South Carolina with a 14 to 10 score on March 5.
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Yankton
Aberdeen Normal
S. C
Yankton College
AIM TO ESTABLISH MUNICIPAL COLLEGES
A national movement based in Kansas City aims to create municipal universities in every city. The National Fellowship of the University Militant seeks a model where a people’s university strengthens politics and public schools, with Rev. Charles Ferguson, Kansas City University president, calling it the logical fulfillment of the American public school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
National Fellowship
United States
Chas. Ferguson
Kansas City University
University of the People
Cadaver Photo Stuns Artist and Model in Laboratory
Miss Frances Kingsworth, an artist's model, was blindfolded and photographed with cadavers in the John H. Drake anatomical laboratory, Ogden Avenue. She fainted when the bandage came off and triggered hysterics, later collapsing unconscious, after agreeing to pose with skeletons for the camera.
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Hicaga
Frances Kingsworth
John H. Drake Company
Anatomical
Ogden Avenue
Toncre Street
Naval Display Will Be Simply Great
Secretary of the Navy plans a grand naval display as forty five American fighting ships arrive at San Francisco Bay in mid April. Admiral Evans leads sixteen battleships with heavy cruisers Tennessee Washington South Dakota California Pennsylvania Colorado Maryland and others. Secretary Metcalf aboard the Yankton will review the fleet from Mission to Hunter's Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
Metecalf
Pacific Coast
Navy Department
San Francisco Bay
Notorious lecture stirs Martha Washington club
Woburn, Conn. March 4. Dr. Charles A Ward sparked talk of honorary membership at the Martha Washington club after his address last night. He criticized nagging wives and urged women to avoid controlling husbands, saying he would rather live in a soap box with a tarantula than with a nagging mate.
Bishop Duncan Dead in Spartansburg
Bishop W. W. Duncan of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South died in Spartansburg South Carolina today.
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Bishop Duncan
Spartansburg
S. C
W. W. Duncan
Methodist Episcopal Church In
South
Famous Indian Scout Zephier Visits Washington D C
David Zephier famed Sioux scout and interpreter is in Washington as a delegate from the Sioux of South Dakota. He opposed the 1886 treaty to cede the great Sioux reservation and later helped secure better terms in a subsequent negotiation while serving as interpreter and special attorney for his people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
David Zephier
Custer
Washington
South Dakota
Zephier
Little Missouri
Little Big Horn
Uncle Sam
Great Sioux
Missouri
New Weekly Newspaper Planned for Mobridge and Glenbaum
S. D. March 2 6 report that 7B Coote formerly of Arispe Iowa has arranged to start a new weekly newspaper at Mobridge and also at Glenbaum on the Milwaukee railroad a short distance away Mobridge marks the Missouri river crossing of the Pacific coast extension of the Milwaukee railroad.
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Mobridge
S. D
Coote
Arispe
Glenbaum
Milwauke
Missouri River
Pacific Coast Extension
Milwaukee Railroad
Gravel Pit Track Assessed by State Board
The South Dakota state board of assessment met in a special session to value an eight mile strip of Chicago & Northwestern railway track from Blunt to the gravel pits. The assessment set at $1,000 per mile.
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Pierre
S. D
State Board of Assessment
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Blunt
City of Huron and Telephone Company Face Court Battle
In Sioux Falls South Dakota March 2 the Dakota Central Telephone Company and the city of Huron clash in federal court over whether the company must cease operations. With the franchise for an exchange in Huron expired the firm seeks to keep poles and wires in place as a temporary restraining order prevents city authorities from removing the lines pending merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Telephone Company
Sioux Falls
S. D
Dakota Central Telephone Company
United States
Carland
Langford Embraces Metropolitan Air in Street Upgrades
Langford aims to modernize with a new street lighting plant installed by the town council. The town has built many cement walks and plans further expansion in business and residential areas. Businessmen discuss forming a Boosters club to advance Langford interests. Proposals include removing poles from the main street to the alleys.
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Langford
M. D
Boosters
Alaska Governor Weds Utica Bride In Local Ceremony
Miss Clara Eames Millard of Utica marries Wilford Bacon Hoggatt, governor of Alaska, in Utica. The couple, who met in the Klondike, plan to go to Washington for official duties before heading to Juneau. Colonel William P. Richardson accompanied the governor.
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Utica
N. Y
Klondike
Clara Eames Millard
Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
Alaska
Hoggatt
Washington
William P. Richardson
Juneau
Board considers reduced freight rates west of Missouri
South Dakota board members discussed a new schedule of lower freight rates for the region west of the Missouri River at the March meeting in Sioux Falls. A special session is set for March 12 at Pierre with the State Federation of Business Men's clubs to present data supporting rate reductions. A second meeting at Gregory on March 18 will address milk and cream rate issues. Blandreau businessmen petitioned for better train service on the southern Minnesota Sioux City Dakota divisions. The commission also seeks a connecting track at Huron from Great Northern and Chicago Northwestern, with a 20 day response window before hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Sioux City
Dakota
Great Northern
Chicago & Northwestern
Huron
Editors Clash In Hall Town Hall Debate In South Dakota
Hamlin county editors Warner of Hazel New Era and Marshal of Hall Republic argued in a public town hall in Hall South Dakota The radical Hazel editor and insurgent Hall editor traded barbs and left without agreement, returning to their papers to resume the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
Hamlin County
Warner
Hazel New Era
Marshal
Hall Republic
Hall
Hazel
Drug Fiend and Forger Caught in Huron Hotel
C. W. Townsend arrested in Huron South Dakota after attempting to pass a forged check at a leading hotel. He carried numerous blank checks on Los Angeles and New York banks and sought cash for $50. Townsend, a morphine and opium addict, had drugs on his person and pleaded to keep them but was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron Furon
S. D
C. W. Townsend
C. J. Harris
Los Angeles
New York
Denver
St. Paul
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
First National Bank
Townsend
Stock Growers to Meet at Rapid City
The Western South Dakota Stock Growers association plans its 16th annual meeting in Rapid City on April 13 14 and 15. Officers include President C K Howard Vice President H A Dawson and F M Stewart secretary treasurer. Attendance expected to be the largest in the association’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Western
South Dakota Stock Growers’ Association
C. K. Howard
H. A. Dawson
F. M. Stewart
Thaw Separation Near as Mrs Nesbit Thaw Speaks
New York reports indicate the separation of Harry Kendall Thaw from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is near. Mrs. Thaw says she has not seen him for some time and the Thaw family seeks to eliminate her. Colonel Bartlett may help untangle the matrimonial situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Newspaper leaders urge action against White Paper Trust
Herman Ridder president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and editor of the Staats Zeitung requested Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte to address alleged Sherman Act violations by the white paper trust. He urged Congress to repeal the duty on white pulp and wood pulp used in paper making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herman Richter
Amercan
Quail Confiscation Nets 15000 Birds for Relief
Enid Oklahoma March 3 Sheriff Campbell seized a Rock Island car billed to Chicago loaded with quail and confiscated 100 egg cases containing birds. A second attempt yielded 15 more cases and over 15000 quail were distributed to needy families through Associated Charities under court order.
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Enid
Okla
Campbell
Rock Island
Chicago
Associated Charities
Brule County Man Granted Brief Stay in Rape Case
Henry Lysinger of Brule County was convicted of rape in 1908 and sentenced to 15 years. A writ of probable error has been entered in the supreme court, staying the sentence until the April term. Also reported are citizen naturalization figures showing declines in declarations from 1906 to 1907 and a breakdown of national origins.
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Pierre
S. D
Henry Lysinger
Brule County
Supreme Court
Theso
England
Canada
Scotland
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Prussia
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Finland
Poland
France
Italy
Greece
Austria
Bohemia
Roumania
Turkey
Syria
Wolves Kill Over 150 Lambs in Minnehaha County
A farmer in western Minnehaha county reports wolves have slain over 150 lambs and several calves in three to four weeks. The prairie wolves, driven by hunger as rabbits and natural prey grow scarce, attack sheep in daylight. Farmers seek higher county bounties to spur eradication efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Minnehaha County
Boyd Gregory County Racing Circuit Formed in Dakota
A meet of turf enthusiasts from Gregory and Boyd counties leads to the organization of the Boyd Gregory County Racing circuit. Participating towns include Spencer Butte Naper Lynch Bonesteel Gregory and Dallas. Gregory county fair runs September 8 to 11 in Bonesteel with neighboring fairs in Butte and Spencer surrounding those dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonesteel
S. D
Gregory County
Boyd County
Nebraska
Boyd-Gregory County
Spencer
Butte
Naper
Lynch
Gregory
Dallas
Ristad Receives Call to Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls S D Feb 29 Dr A Mikkelson former president of Lutheran Normal college announces retirement at end of school year The college hopes to persuade Dr D G Ristad president of Park Region Lutheran college Fergus Falls Minn to move to South Dakota as president of the college
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ristad
Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
S. D
A. Mikkelson
Lutheran Normal College
D. G. Ristad
Park Region Lutheran
Fergus Falls
Minn
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa Governor's Ex-Wife Remains In South Dakota
Mrs. Sherman of Vinton Ia wife of the late Baron R. Sherman ex governor of Iowa is wintering in Huron with J A Colcord. She has received word that her son Oscar E Sherman died in Phoenix Ariz recently. Oscar, about 85, was managing editor of the Daily Gazette in Phoenix. Cause of death was consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
Sherman
Vinton
Baron R. Sherman
Iowa
J. A. Colcord
Oscar E. Sherman
Phoenix
Ariz
Daily Gazette
Italian colony leader dies during life insurance talk
S. D. Feb 29 Tony Arpino a leader of the Italian colony at Portland died after an apoplectic stroke during a dispute with his wife over increasing his life insurance policy. He was a well known miner for the Imperial Gold Mining company and had lived in the district for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead
S. D
Tony Arpino
Portland
Imperial Gold Mining Company
Pretty Woman Guilty of Forgery in South Dakota
A circuit court jury in Deadwood finds Mrs Anna Miljas guilty of forgery in the third degree and she faces a penitentiary sentence. Miljas, linked to a string of check escapades that stirred Lead last summer, is regarded by many as of unsound mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Anna
Miljas
Mine operators halt push for new wage conference
In Indianapolis on February 29 miners and operators from western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois meet but plan to adjourn without calling a joint interstate wage conference. Operators broadly oppose initiating a contract for the next one or two years citing weak business conditions. Illinois miners and operators continue a Peoria conference to settle alleged unfavorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Peoria
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Dean Young
University OF S. D
Oklahoma City
Savings Bank
NEW School
God
Senate
Britton Farmers
Naghast
1OWAN
South Dakota Board
Wite Paper Trust
Brule
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