South Dakota Legislature Ends In Deadlock At 3:30 A.M.
The fourteenth South Dakota legislative session adjourned sine die after a late night stalemate over the interest prosecutions item. The session featured a sweeping primary law and a bank guaranty act as key outcomes, with many appropriations and constitutional questions left for the governor’s ten day disposal period.
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Pierre
S. D
Sion
Smith-Leger
Congress
State Tax Commission
Night session bill approvals in Pierre South Dakota
In a quiet night session both houses advanced a long list of bills. The Senate and House approved appropriations and reforms including printing reports for 50000 dollars and capital grounds improvements for 20000 dollars.
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Pierre
S. D
House
Senate
Attorney General’s Office
State University
Secretary of State
Fort Island
General Fund
Vote for Improvements in Pierre South Dakota Legislature
Afternoon session details show bills for Normal schools funding in Aberdeen Spearfish and Madison passed or defeated. Senate bills cover embalmers board tax receipts limits and highway wire removal while a constitutional amendment for a convention advances. Floor clashes, gifts to leaders, and watch presentations mark the adjournment phase.
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Senate
S. B
House
Sunday Baseball Bill Killed in the House
In Pierre South Dakota the morning House session showed little calendar progress. Debates over HB 300 and Aberdeen Normal stalled, but SB 304 reimbursing state board of agriculture funds passed. The House rejected Sunday baseball municipal option and killed the bill. Senate moved water and feed racks in stockyards. other measures advanced or died. The county game warrants bill passed after contentious votes.
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State Auditor
State Board of Agriculture
House
Railway Commission
Senate
Sheafe
Marvick
Stephens
VanDemark
Odland
Stiles
Stut
Enroth
Roods Administration Receives Clean Bill in State Dept
After a legislative probe, Secretary Rood ordered a full desk to date review of the secretary of state department. The executive accountant reports a clean bill for all time in office. Senate considers Sunday baseball local option. Aberdeen reps push for passage while smaller towns resist. Swanson and Buckman support. Cole opposes, warning of a Sunday league.
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Rood
Pierre
S. D
Legislative Investigating Committee
Senate
House
Aberdeen
Swanson
Brown and Buckman
Cole
Senate bill to create state game bird refuge at old Fort Sisseton
The Senate failed to pass House Bill creating a state game bird refuge at Fort Sisseton Marshall County after opposition from northwestern senators. A leased tract now used by a brewing company as a cattle ranch allegedly hosts fall carnivals and noisy arrivals from Milwaukee, while many representatives recover from a grippe outbreak and prepare to return home.
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Senate
Old Fort Sisseton
Marshall County
Milwaukee
Mitchell Manns Arctic Explorer chronicling Eskimo digs
Ernest W Hawkes former Dakota Wesleyan student now with the University of Pennsylvania describes Arctic exploration from Nova Scotia to Cape Chidley in Labrador He recounts marriages with Florence Case at Seattle and a two year stay on a secluded island amid Eskimos He lists finds from Moravian stations including 200 archaeological and 600 ethnological specimens and notes encounters with polar bears during a lengthy voyage across Hudson Bay and the Labrador coast
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Arctic Circle
Ernest W. Hawkes
Dakota Wesleyan
University of Pennsylvania
Hawkes
Mitchell
Taueght
Wessington Springs
Wesleyan
O. L. Branson
Cape Chidley
Labrador
North America
Towelier
Lithhe Diamede Island
Nome
Alaska
Seattle
Florence Case
Islands
Mr. Trawkes
Nova Scotia
Evangeline Country
Newfoundland
Lake Country
St Johns
Hamilton Inlet
St. Lawrence
Tucson Strait
Eskimos II
Baffir Land
Cape Wolstenholme
Hudson Bay
Cape Dufferin
Fort Churchill
Chesterfield
Cape Eskimo
Coat’s Island
Cape
Perilous Arctic Voyage Amid Ice and Storms
An account of a frail wooden yacht navigating east coast bergs and fog as they nearly collided with two schooners. They endured two days of storm off Hudson Bay, sheltered crew ashore, repaired a kerosene engine, and narrowly escaped Arctic currents while news of the war barely reached them.
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Hudson Bay
Coat’s Island
Fox Channels
Hardware Dealers Adjourn as Officers Are Elected
The tenth annual convention of South Dakota hardware dealers adjourns with HW C Parker of Murdo named president, succeeding R J O'Dell of Montrose. A J Morgan Parker is vice president, J P Rummel Sioux Falls and E C Warren re-elected treasurer and secretary. Warren to be permanent secretary with Mitchell as headquarters. About 80 dealers attended due to storm and traffic issues.
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South Dakota
HW. C. Parker
Murdo
R. J. O'Dell
Montrose
A. J. Morgan
Parker
J. P. Rummel
Sioux Falls
E. C. Warren
B. G. Wattson
Chamberlain
Otto Mueller
Warren
Mitchell
National Association
Board bans commissions for Davison County auditor
Davison County commissioners voted to forbid commissions to the school moneys and loans auditor. State's Attorney Lauritz Miller advised the action. John M. Campion named W. O. Crampton deputy auditor and approved. deputy salary set at 80 dollars monthly. Treasurer Charles Fowler authorized to hire extra help up to 50 dollars a month to handle March and April tax payments.
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Davison County
Sesson
Lauritz Miller
John M. Campion
W. O. Crampton
Charles Fowler
Governor appoints state board leaders in SD
Pierre S D The governor sent the following appointments to the senate this afternoon W H King Mitchell vice S H Bakewell deceased Warren H Green Hazel reappointed to the board of regents T W Dwight Sioux Falls J W Campbell Hu ron vice A Sk Hitchedéck of Mitch ell mine inspector Otto Ellerman Lead soldiers home board J L Turner Springfield reappointed tax commission C M Henry Redfield reappointed commissioner of food and drugs Guy G Frary Vermillion reappointed adjutant general W A Morris Redfield reappointed W H King formerly secretary of the board of charities and corrections and resigned in 1918 to go
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Springfield
Tax Commission
C. M. Henry
Redfield
Food and Drugs
Guy G. Frary
Vermillion
W. A. Morris
W. H. King
Board of Charities and Corrections
Mitchell High Debaters Face Yankton In Monroe Doctrine Debate
The Yankton high school defeated Mitchell high school two to one in a Friday night debate on the Monroe doctrine. Judge from the Republic praised both teams for their effort and noted Yankton’s balanced talent and Mitchell’s strong potential. Profs Harmon and Lindsey were commended for organizing the event and their courteous conduct.
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Beresford Republic
the Republic
Yankton
Mitchell
Trains Return to Normal After Major South Dakota Snow
After over 72 hours of heavy snow, weather improved and rail service resumed. Milwaukee line from Mitchell to Sioux City cleared, Black Hills line work began, and morning passenger trains returned to regular routes as crews cleared tracks before freeze.
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South Dakota
Platte Line
Milwaukee
Mitchell
Missouri River
Black Wills
Sioux City
Chamberlain
Black Hills
Canton
Omaha
Sioux Falls
Mitchell to House SD Retail Hardware Board for six months
Mitchell will serve as headquarters for the South Dakota Retail Hardware association for at least six months. F. C. Warren of Pierre announced the permanent secretaryship at the convention’s final session. Exhibits were packed at city hall auditorium after four days of hardware show.
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Mitchell
South Dakota Retail Hardware Association
F. C. Warren
Pierre
City Hall
Retail Merchants’ Association
Widmann Hotel
South Dakota Stove Salesmen’s Association
South Dakota Stove and Hardware Salesmen’s Association
P. J. Tendick
W. S. Young
WB. F. Smith
O. H. Dyar
Joe Cochran
Carl Whitcher
Joe Long
Clarence Olson
Jack McLaughlin
G. C. Warren
C. B. Dowdy
T. J. Morgans
Commercial Club
Major Kohlenberg Quits Indian Service for Private Work
Major W C Kohlenberg resigns as agent at Crow Creek Indian reservation after eighteen years of service. He leaves government Indian work to enter private business, with the government losing an efficient Indian worker who never had a complaint against him.
Major Kohlenberg Enters Crow Creek Mercantile Venture
Major Kohlenberg joins J. Q. Anderson to start a mercantile business at the Crow Creek agency. The venture points to local commerce activity and reflects frontier economic efforts in the region.
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Major Kohlenberg
Crow Creek Agency
J. Q. Anderson
Sickness Drives Mother to Insane Asylum
Mrs Alpress wife of a former Gregory county homesteader has been placed in an asylum after severe family sickness. Husband suffered a serious winter illness with blood poisoning while six children battled scarlet fever. Amidst this, she gave birth to another child.
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Carlock
Alpress
Gregory County
Scarletina
Pioneer James Miller Dies After Long Career in Brown County
Aberdeen South Dakota reports the death of James Miller at Bemidji Minnesota. Miller settled on a Brown county homestead near Warner in 1881, served one term as county auditor in 189, helped organize the Modern Brotherhood of America, moved to Grand Forks North Dakota and later to Ohio, finally dying in Bemidji in 1914 from tuberculosis.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Bemidji
Minn
James Miller
Brown County
Warner
Modern Brotherhood of America
Grand Forks
N. C
Ohio
Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters of Administration
In Davison County Court in Mitchell South Dakota on February 27 1915 a hearing is set for the petition of Elizabeth Meneough seeking Letters of Administration for the estate of Mathew Meneough deceased. The hearing is scheduled for March 20 1915 at ten oclock a.m. at the county courthouse in Mitchell to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Judge C Thompson presiding.
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State of
South Dakota
Davison
Mathew Meneough
Elizabeth Menough
Mary I. Meneough
Trenry M. Meneough
B. Frances Meneough
Edward M. Meneough
Laww
Elizabeth Meneough
Mathew Mencough
Mitchell
Davison Coun County
S. D
A. D
C Thompson
Indian man shoots self with paper wad in South Dakota
Harvey Big Eagle, an Indian on a reservation in Chamberlain South Dakota, attempted suicide after being pursued by police for stealing a horse. He removed a shell’s shot, filled it with a paper wad, and fired it into his body, hoping the wad would cause less harm. Doctors at a sanitarium report most of the wad removed and no serious danger.
Eye care clinic describes sight tests and glasses selection
We test sight scientifically to identify the exact defect then determine the proper glasses. Our experience and methods emphasize safety and accurate lens fitting for each patient.
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Review OF Work
Free Library Commission
Anna Price
Dr. Gbousa
State Board
J. W. Rummel
Bf. P. Sand
John Deets
Henry Hanton
Vivian Experiment Farm
Blind Asylum
State Training School
State Experiment Farm
Cottonwood
Spearfish Normal
Department of Securities
Christopherson
Withee
McFarland
Watertown
Benson
Custer Sanitarium
Mitchell Publishing Company
Stanley County
Jackson County
Attelonhonos Jononios
McMasters
Supreme Court
Urdahl
Wisconsin
Berndt
Hagen
van Demark
Amsden
Hays
Jlagen
Norbeck Ziebuch
Norbeck
McLean
Lincoln
Mitchell Manns
Arctic Explorer
C. Parker
State Association
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Hitchcock
Huron
Mitchells
Board OF
Mitchell High
Beresford Paver
Trapric
E E. C. Warren
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Indian Service
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