Mitchell wedding marks fifty years of Rogers union
Mr. Oscar F Hobart married Miss Alice Norton at the First Methodist church parsonage. The couple, both Mitchell natives, will live in Chamberlain after visiting the groom’s family in Interior SD. Ten children born to the Rog ers family. eight survive, with seventeen grandchildren. Fifty years of marriage celebrated with large receptions, honors from Eastern Star Rebekahs Masons and local clubs.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Oscar F. Hobart
Alice Norton
Inez Norton
M. A. Mohn
J. 8
Hoagland
Interior
Black Hills
Chamberlain
Mitchell
Western Union
Hunter
Mr. Rogers
Onedin
New York
Ilinois
Illinois
Pacific Slope
Chicago
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Panama
Carson City
Nevada
Peccatonica
Rogers
Dakota Territory
Davison County
George H. Eastman
Wyoming
Carrie B
O. H. Taylor
Erie
Emily D
W. E. Tipton
Edna May
Minneapolis
Julia B
Jay A. Dundass
Chamberlain, S. D
Henrietta
Fred Terpenning
S. D
Anniversary Surprise For B R and Emma Jones
On Tuesday March 21 the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs B R Jones of Prosper Township was celebrated by about fifty neighbors at a farm house and later at the Jones home. They enjoyed socializing music and an elaborate supper with a final gift of pearl handled silverware. Mr Jones traced his life from Rockford Iowa arriving May 1 1879 to homestead Evening Creek and his role in hauling lumber for the first Hope Chapel church.
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B. R. Jones
Prosper Township
Jones
George Watson
Rockford
Iowa
Jim River
Evening Creek
Emma Colby
Rock Valley
Mitchell
Mr. Jones
Marion Janction
Hope Chapel
Aberdeen Plans Baseball Team
Aberdeen South Dakota business leaders and citizens gathered to form a strong Aberdeen baseball team for the season. C N Herreid president of the Aberdeen Railway Company will donate and help equip a suitable field near the car tracks. A large pool of good men is expected and last year’s strong team bodes well for a bright season statewide.
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Aberdeen
S. D
C. N. Herreid
Aberdeen Railway Company
Bonfire Sparks Million-Dollar City Fire
A children’s alley bonfire in Minneapolis sparked a blaze in the upscale residence district. The fire spread to the Tyler Lumber Co warehouse and grew into one of the fiercest conflagrations in recent years, causing about one million dollars in losses.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Tyler Lumber Company
UW Students Back Johnson Dry Drive in Madison
About four thousand University of Wisconsin students packed the Assembly chamber to back the Axel Johnson bill to close saloons within five miles of the Main Hall flagstaff, a move seen as likely to wipe out eighty five saloons and three breweries in Madison amid arrests for drunkenness and student run-ins with police.
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Madison
Latin Quarter
Prairie Fires Ravage Western South Dakota Farmlands
Fires across southern Stanley and northern Lyman counties cause major losses including three granaries and a barn in Southern Stanley, eleven horses cattle hogs and chickens in Lyman, a family burned out near Iona, and an arson-like flare suspected in a hay stack. In Corson county two homesteaders George Ballard and John Thimbler suffer severe burns while battling a fire that scorched a wide Custer township area and damaged barns fencing and livestock.
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Lyman County
C. Y. Floid
Kennebec
Crane
Sweeny
J. D. Rose
Iona
Lyman
Corson County
George Ballard
John Thimbler
McIntosh
Custer Township
W. L. Payne
O. W. Olson
Thomas Dougherty
Redfield Quickly Raises 4000 to Fight License
In Redfield South Carolina a business and professional men meeting raised four thousand dollars in thirty minutes to keep the town dry for the coming year. The committee expects to top six thousand with broader canvassing and notes that last year saloons left Redfield by 171 votes. Citizens agreed to pursue the same program again after an encouraging showing.
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Redfield
S. C
Murdo Market Day Plan Revived With Success
Murdo revived its market day concept with a Saturday event organized by the commercial club. Special prizes funded by local merchants and an auction drew strong attendance and notable sales, marking the best business day in months for several shopkeepers.
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Murdo
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