Severe South Dakota Snowstorm Disrupts Rail and Roads
A major snowstorm blankets South Dakota with up to 18 inches, causing drifting and travel woes. Telegraph and telephone lines fail in many areas while trains struggle to operate. schools suspend afternoon classes as crews battle heavy drifts and late arrivals persist.
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South Dakota
Alredeen
Milwaukee Company
Aberdeen
Sioux City
Sanborn
Iowa
Dakota Central Telephone Co
Western Union
Chamberlain
Yankton
Omaha
Milwaukee Road
Holy
Snowed-in trains halt Milwaukee line through Mitchell
Winter snow snarls railroad service as emigrant cars wait on tracks. The Milwaukee line faces heavy delays between Mitchell and Chamberlain with several trains stuck, engines and crews laboring through the night to free stalled equipment and resume service.
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Milwaukee
Mitchell
Sioux City
Milwaukee Road
Chamberlain
Kimball
Real Buster Brown at Opera House Delights Audience
The Buster Brown and Tige act with relatives played at the opera house Thursday night to an appreciative crowd. Baron Rosen as Buster impressed with his portrayal and song Resolve. Alfred Grady as the dog added comic charm while Baron Rosen’s youth belied his 29 years of stage work.
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Buster Brown
Tige
Buster
Opera House
Buster Girls
Jige
Baron Rosen
Alfred Grady
Mr. Grady
Kenney Stock Co
Isle of Spice
Carelessness in Filling Gasoline Cans Warned
A shopper recounted a kerosene mix up when a vermillion gasoline can was filled at a local store. The officer notes it is illegal to fill gasoline cans with any oil other than gasoline and sellers face a $50 fine for violations. Clerks should exercise greater care to prevent dangerous errors and potential home disasters.
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Pentlenon
Republican Today
City election called for April 17 by council
Mayor Silsby led a Monday session approving April 17 as the date for the city election to elect a mayor treasurer assessor police justice city justice aldermen school officials and an at large school board member. The meeting covered street vacations Y M C A framing work at Main and First Ave east waterworks updates and a pest house vacate notice.
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Silsby
Messrs
Duncan
Koch
Curtis
Kings
Wallace
Hannett
Justice McKinley
Kibbee
Alderman Wells
C. W. Gillis
Main Street
First Avenue East
Wells
Water Committee
First Ward
Stair’s
Travis’ Store
Third Ward
Sheriff’s Office
Fourth Ward
Justice Office
City Hall
Old Settler Max Lyman Visits Yankton in 1853 Echoes
Max Lyman, Yankton’s first street commissioner born 1850 at Fort Pierre, recalls Yankton’s early prairie days from hills west of A. M. English’s house to the river. He notes an unusually mild winter and shares memories of early merchants, Fort Randall moves, and names like Ben Ash John Fox and Sam Bunker from the area’s formative era.
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Yankton Press
Dakotan Gazette
Max Lyman
Yankton
Ile
Sort Pierre
A. M. English
Bramble
Miner
Missouri
Hiresteel
Mitchell
Greenwood
Max
Ben Ash
John Fox
Sam Bunker
Krank
Old Fort Randall
Wajor
Unprecedented Friday Storm Dumps Snow Across Region
The Friday storm was the severest in nine years, lasting 24 hours since 1 am. It dumped 24 inches of snow with 3.03 inches of precipitation, surpassing the 1897 blizzard. City drifts hindered hacks and wagons, with pushes to free stalled teams and rural mail routes halted by heavy drifts.
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A. T. McGovern & Sons
Mitchell, South Dakota
E. B. van Alstine
Coal and Wood
Railroad St
Milwaukee Depot
Mitchell, S. D
Fciac S
Ene Toys
D. Bergman & CO
ST. Paul
Minn
Immediate Et RaAtan
Glenn
Omaha Road
Salem
St Paul
Dience
Opera
Law
Call City
Palmer & Co
Milwaukee Lake
Simms
Greenwood Citizen
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
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