Local Notables Attend Funeral and Town Growth Notes
Ethan S D urban Steichen helps at Dan O Rourke sale while John Baughman and Jack McDonald visit from Mitchell. Miss Eva Annis starts a nine month teaching term. Viola Baver buried after spinal meningitis. A second Dimock store rises. community sorrow marks Viola’s death. multiple relatives visit Ethan and nearby towns.
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Eva Annis
Delmont
Prosper Township
Trailor Yankton
Ethan
Joan Abeln
Redfield
Zell
Emsley
Dimock
James
Carlow
Tulare
Washington
Viola - Baver
Holy Trinity Church
Ffather Feldmeyer
Offeldting
Viola
Megsie
Urban
Steichen
John Donovan
Edward Donk
Gus
Tremaine
Father Feldmeyer
A. G. Bauer
Chillicothe
John Bracha
Canada
A. J. Harrington
Wentworth
A. . G. Bauer
Jno. Bauer
Martin
Cabinet Place on Eve of New Fight
Washington bulletin reports Ballinger resigns as secretary of the interior after a cabinet meeting. Walter Fisher of Chicago succeeds him, a conservationist with Taft ties, signaling a shift away from Ballinger and aligned with reform.
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Mr. Fisher
Pinchot
Taft
Balling
Washington, D. C
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Walter Fisher
Chicago
White House
Ballinger
Roosevelt
Glavis
Morgan- Guggenheim ‘Syndicate
Cunningham Group
Alaska
Fqr Pier
Gifford’ - Pinchot
Trand
George W. Perkins
Morgan
New York
Wickersham
Fisher A
Taft’s
Railway Securities. Commission
National Conservation League
Rosevelt
Western railroads agree to cancel planned freight rate increases
Washington D C officials report after meetings with railway presidents that western lines have accepted the commission's decision and will drop all proposed freight rate hikes. Eastern roads followed suit after conference, signaling widespread cancellation of planned increases.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Eastern Roads
Commission
Blockade Hammers Chihuahua as Starving People Suffer
In El Paso reports say Mexican insurgents seal Chihuahua with a complete blockade and railroad damage while civilians starve. Coffee tops four dollars per pound and sugar reaches one dollar. About six thousand insurgents surround the town, and federals claim Laduga captured with many insurgents killed.
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el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Laduga
Baptist Church Welcomes Rev. Benj F. Tilley as Pastor
After a vacancy the Baptist church sustains a new pastor Rev Benj F Tilley of White Hall Illinois arriving Saturday and preaching Sunday to large audiences. He spoke on Essentials to Successful Christian Work and What Have We to Give to the World highlighting vision revision decision and precision and the true ideas of God and salvation. Prof Hunter leads a growing choir as Mitchell anticipates further campaign gains and the Tilley family plans to join in June.
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Baptist Church
Benj. F. Tilley
White Hall
Ill
Hunter
Tilley
Dr. Torrey
J. Wilbur Chapman
Billy Sunday
Mitchell
Lisbon News Notes and Local Moves in S D
Lisbon activities include Floyd Jenks moving near Betts and several visitors and movers across Lisbon Loomis Mitchell and nearby farms. Residents change homes, visit relatives, join neighbors in farm transfers, and several residents are listed as sick with ongoing recoveries.
Lead to Vote on Commission Plan in SD City
Lead, S. D., becomes the latest town to seek a commission form of government. The council ordered the proposal to establish the plan to be voted on April 19 at the regular election. Lead is the third largest town in the state, with Deadwood expected to follow.
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Lead
S. D
South Dakota
Deadwood
Offer Cannon 500 A Night To Talk
A western lyceum bureau offered Representative Cannon of Illinois five hundred dollars a night for one hundred nights to engage in talks. Cannon replied that he was too busy to accept the proposal.
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Cannon
Washington, D. C
Veasey Plans Judicial Appointment And Vetoes In S D
Governor Veasey will appoint William son of Oacoma to the new Eleventh Judicial Circuit amid a field of candidates including John L. Hannett. He also intends to veto at least four measures from the closing session, targeting irrigation districts and liquor access rules, while expanding anti discrimination protections to buyers.
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Vessey
South Dakota
Inheritance tax money to be paid in Pierre South Dakota
Since the supreme court's May ruling, inheritance tax payments have been halted by county treasurers under attorney general guidance. With the court's reversal, taxes paid in various counties since then are expected to be remitted, and the total may reach a substantial amount. An English firm has spent about one hundred thousand dollars on airship propeller testing apparatus.
War scare over Mexican border prompts troop rush
Washington reports a Mexico border crisis with US troops mobilizing as Diaz lies near death and Mexican officials seek talks. Taft refuses comment while finance minister Lamontour travels to Washington with ambassador Barre to discuss the Mexico situation amid Wall Street and foreign pressures.
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Washington
D. C
Jose Limontour
Mexico
Taft
Limontour
Bela Barre
New York
Lamontour
Paris
Diaz
Wallstreet
England
Germany
Wall Street
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Dan O'Rourke
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Jack McDonald
Frank Schmitz
Walter I. Fisher
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S.D
Floyd Jenks
Betts
Frank Kenton
Loomis
Florence
Hazel Miller
Albert Steevens
Clynt Liston
Gerald Wilson
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Nort Annis
Mary Cropsey
North Annis
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Scott Decker
Decker
Don Chesman
Cliff Wheeler
Grant
Butterfield
C. C. Wheeler
Mitchell Goers
Esther Hattenberg
McClintock
Cora Butterfield
Chas. G. Blackman
W. E. Rathbun
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