Indian Affinity Ends In Jail For Theft And Flight
Joshua Roan Eagle lured his neighbor’s wife for an affair and stole six of Ben Medicine Eagle’s horses to fund an elopement. The plan failed after a sheriff intervened in Rapid City. the couple’s reunion was restored, and Eagle was jailed by a U.S. deputy.
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Cottonwood
S. D
Joshua Roan Eagle
Roan Eagle
Joshua Roan Beagle
Ben Medicine Eagle
Rosebud
Philip
Harry Stenner
Rapid City
Medicine Eagle
Squaw
United States
Good Roads Case Heads to Supreme Court
The Lawrence county case asks whether counties may spend from the general fund on roads beyond the special road tax. Attorneys for the good roads advocates contend a broad statute allows such spending. judges ruled the earlier provision was repealed, but may be revived in code. The appeal argues three points and aims to settle statewide road funding limits.
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Lead
S. D
Lawrence County
General Fund
Supreme Court
N. T. Mason
Rice
Circuit Court
Atterey
Mason
Moneys Apportioned to Fire Companies in State
The South Dakota insurance department published the 244 percent fire tax distribution to towns guiding fire company funds from old line insurers. Sioux Falls leads with 1921 dollars, Deadwood with 1194 dollars. mutuals add later. Governor Vassey names election supervisors for Tripp county.
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Deadwood
Vassey
Tripp County
Dan E. Hopkins
Presho
Byron McNeill
Reliance
A. C. Dunlap
Oacoma
A. A. Antels
Dixon
H. G. Merchant
Jona
B. L. Walker
Westover
David Rearick
ReHance
Ralph Langon
Cheyenne River Indian Agency
Michaels
Lighted match explodes powder injuring man in Armour
Armour, S D May 13 Frank Piala, a young city resident, was injured Sunday afternoon while repairing a bicycle. He struck a light to see inside a trunk containing shells and seventy five pounds of gun powder. The powder ignited, burning his face hands and neck and destroying the trunk and clothing. He extinguished the blaze with water and suffered severe burns though his eyesight remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour, S. D
Frank Piala
Laying of Marble Begins at Capitol in Pierre
A large force of expert marble workers arrives at the new capitol to begin laying marble mosaics in corridors and vestibules. A carload of material is on the ground and the work will be pushed forward rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Pierre
S. D
Capitol Building
Roads Carry The Gospel Of Good Farming
The Northwestern railway will fund an overland tour by Professor Al J. Chamberlain and state college experts Larsen and Willis to speak to farmers in Stanley county towns Meers Hayes Lansare Kirby Leslie Milesville Marietta Grindstone Kim Springs and more. The move marks railroads expanding expert outreach to promote scientific farming beyond their lines.
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Stanley County
Meers
Hayes
Lansare
Kirby
Leslie
Milesville
Marietta
Grindstone
Kim Springs
Raw Prairie Land Brings $45 An Acre
State Land Commissioner Dokken returned from a trip selling state school lands in Jerauld Aurora Miner Minnehaha Charles Mix and Gregory counties. He disposed of 12201 acres for 424068 dollars, an average of 345 per acre, noting lands were raw prairie with no improvements. Improved lands in the same sections command 10 to 25 dollars more per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Dokken
Jerauld
Aurora
Miner
Minnehaha
Charles Mix
Gregory
Lutherary conference votes to locate college here
In IWareka May 12 Lutherary conference session decided to locate a college in this city with eighty four delegates present and Arkston making a strong bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwareka
Arkston
Man killed by passenger train near Iroquois
Henry Waterman of Watseka Illinois was struck and killed by the west bound Chicago and Northwestern express two miles west of Iroquois as he walked along the track. Coroner Tolmie of Huron conductd the investigation and said death followed immediately. The body will be sent to Watseka.
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Huron
S. D
Chicago & Northwestern
Henry Waterman
Watseka
Ill
Iroquois
Tolmie
Auto Turns Turtle Over High Embankment Near Pollock
At speed 25 miles per hour a car owned by T Tinholt of Herreid swerved off a bridge east of Pollock and plunged down a seven foot embankment. Occupants Frank Alexander of Mound City and Tinholt escaped with serious injuries, Alexander suffering internal bleeding and a sprained knee while Tinholt had three broken ribs.
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Pollock
S. D
T. Tinholt
Herreid
Him
Frank Alexander
Mound City
Tinholt
Alexander
Morrells Secure a Packing House in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls May 12 The Morrell Packing Company of Ottumwa Ta plans to take over the local packing plant from W R Green. Representatives will arrive tomorrow to finalize details. The deal includes 30 acres of land and aims to reopen the plant after extended litigation and closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
W. R. Green
Morrell Packing Company
Ottumwa
Morrell Packing Chief Silent on Sioux Falls Purchase
Ottumwa Iowa May 12 President Poster of Morrell Packing Co. refused to confirm or deny reports that the company bought the Sioux Falls packing house refusing to comment on the report’s authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Poster
Morrell Packing Company
Sioux Falls
LeBeau Named Base of Supplies for Trans-Missouri Line
LeBeau S D May 12 The M and St L has begun building supply yards to serve the trans Missouri extension west from here and will establish LeBeau as the base of supplies for the new road. All surveying engineers have been notified to report at once and the grade layout will start soon. Route from LeBeau to Belle fourche is stated by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeBeau, S. D
Trans- Missouri
LeBeau
Belle Lourche
Japanese Visitors Bid Farewell After San Francisco Visit
In San Francisco on May 12 Rear Admiral Jjichi of the Japanese navy and crews of the training cruisers Aso and Soya concluded a 10 day visit marked by entertainment and sightseeing. The ships sailed for Esquimalt as thousands of Japanese gathered on the wharf to bid farewell.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jjichi
Aso
Soya
Esquimalt
State dairies under tuberculosis scrutiny in South Dakota
Sioux Falls May 10 An examination of dairy herds in state institutions reveals tuberculosis in several herds stirring public alarm. Tests by Dr J P Foster and an assistant covered the penitentiary Yankton asylum Gary institute Plankinton reform school Redfield institute finding seven of 30 cows slaughtered at the penitentiary and 12 of 60 at the insane hospital diseased. Cows at Gary healthy while results at Plankinton Redfield pending. The cows killed appeared healthy to observers.
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Sioux Falls
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agricultural Department
South Dakota
J. P. Foster
Hinron
Federal Bureau
State Penitentiary
Asylum For the Insane
Yankton
Institute For the Blind
Gary
Reform School
Plankinton
Institute For the Feeble Minded
Redfield
Penitentiary
Nathan Strauss
EITHER WIFE OR LOT IS MATRIMONIAL PRIZE
Bison, May 10. Boyrd Hall, son of Shock Hall of Bixby, wins a wife and town lot in Perkins county. George Carr offered a valuable lot to the first bridegroom. farmer in the area hurried marriage to Miss Nettie Kirkpatrick of Ada to claim the real estate prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bison
LL. D
Boyrd Hall
Shock Hall
Bixby
Perkins County
George Carr
Nettie Kirkpatrick
Ada
Harney Peak Tin Mining Company Faces $650000 Judgment
A default judgment for $650,000 was entered in Pennington county court against the Harney Peak Tin Mining company in favor of Farmers' Loan and Trust Company on behalf of Theodore L. Harmann Charles Remsen Mita M. Lewis and George Ehret all of New York. The mines have not operated for years due to a stockholder dispute between English and American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Pennington County
Harney Peak Tin Mining Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Theodore L. Harmann
Charles Remsen
Mita M. Lewis
George Ehret
New York
Northwestern Extends Iroquois to Doland Line
Carpenter South Dakota May 10. A stranger who traveled overland from Iroquois to Doland recently bought quarter sections of land along the route at 10 to 15 mile intervals. The purchase spurs a well founded report that the Northwestern railroad plans a Iroquois to Doland extension. The line would run near Carpenter and greatly aid local residents.
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Carpenter
S. D
Iroquois
Doland
Northwestern Railroad
Lands Sold by Public Lands Commission in Clark County
Pierre South Dakota May 10 The commissioner of school and public lands with his field force are selling land in Clark county A late report states lands sold amounting to 130000 with the highest price per acre at 58 dollars
Senator Gamble To Stock Lake Madison With Fish
Senator Gamble secures an allotment of nearly 1,000,000 pike and perch from Duluth government fisheries to stock Lake Madison. A considerable number of bass will accompany the stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, S. D
Gamble
Madison
Duluth
Watertown lands United States Culvert warehouse
Watertown, S. D., May 10. Water town secured another jobbing house yesterday in the decision of the United States Culvert company of Marshalltown, Ia to locate their distributing warehouse for the two Dakotas here. The company will build when they secure a suitable location, though probably not before fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. D
United States Culvert Company
Marshalltown
Divorces Fall With New Law Shrinking Practice In State
In Sous falls South Dakota May 5 estimates show divorces under the new law will be at most one seventh of the decade’s average. Lawyers who once relied on divorce work plan to leave the state for better earnings in nearby cities and states as patronage fades.
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Sous Falls
S. D
Rays Wis
St. Paul
Team Tears Down 60 Rods of Fence
A team owned by August Loken near Nees, reported in Waesner on May 8, tore loose a 60 rod length of strong wire fencing as a wagon dragged the corner post under a wagon. One horse ended on each side of the fence tones while the horses ran 60 rods gathering fence until the wagon load became too heavy to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waesner
S.C
Nees
August Loken
Interurban Company Formed in South Dakota Region
Articles of incorporation filed for Southern Dakota Interurban Railway with $1,000,000 capital. Plan to build 160 miles from Sioux City, Iowa to Bijou Hills, South Dakota, via Centerville and several counties, touching towns such as Viborg, Menno, Olivet, and Armour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Dakota
Union
Clay Counties
Centerville
S. D
Turner, Hutchinson and Douglas
Charles Mix County
Brule County
Bijou Hills
Viborg
Menno
Olivet
Armour
Milwaukee
Platte
Nature fakes pigs adopted by cow in Clermont farm
Two orphan pigs near Clermont are cared for by a gentle cow. The pigs follow the cow when hungry and the cow allows them to eat by nursing them in the field. The piglets thrive on the cow’s generous feeding.
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Clermont
S. D
Aberdeen Fire Destroys Freeman-Bain Elevator
A May night blaze in Aberdeen South Dakota destroyed the Freeman-Bain elevator two grain warehouses an implement warehouse two barns and five horses. Winds saved the town by stopping spread with the Great Northern fire proof station between the flames and nearby frame buildings. Loss totaled $60 000 with $19 000 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Freeman-Bain Company
Great Northern
Freeman-Bain
Old Iron Shell Elected Sioux Chief at Madison Square Garden
About 73 Rosebud Sioux braves gathered in the Madison Square Garden arena to elect Old Iron Shell chief for the year. Big Turkey, touted as 100 years old, failed with only one vote as the tribe’s candidate. George Connor leads the Rosebud delegation on the Buffalo Bill show.
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New York
Madison Square Garden Arena
Old Iron Shell
Big Turkey
Buffalo Bill
Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
George Connor
Noisy Owl
Strange Horse
Little Hawk
Yellow Thunder
Connor
Madison Square
Farmer Kills Hired Man in South Dakota Altercation
In Beresford South Dakota Ole Dahlum killed his hired man Nels Nelson after Nelson attacked with a pitchfork. Dahlum struck Nelson with stove wood in the back of the head, crushing his skull. Nelson, noted as a hard drinker when drinking, sparked injuries and a State's Attorney investigation with possible arrests to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford
S. D
Nels Nelson
Ole Dahlum
Nelson
Dahlum
Stickney
Livery Man's Wife Elopes With Hired Man
Lennox South Dakota May 7 Assisted by an accomplice Mrs Frank Plucker wife of the local livery owner eloped with Amos Krumeiga an employee in the barn deserting her young child A team belonging to the eloping man's brother was used and later returned It is believed they went south of Fort Pierre where Krumeiga has a claim The husband's intentions are unknown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennox
S. D
Frank Plucker
Amos Krumeiga
Fort Pierre
Krumeiga
Elopers
Governor Finds Surveyors at Virgin Creek on Cheyenne Agency
Governor Wesbury and his secretary return from the Cheyenne agency where they sight a crew of surveyors at Virgin Creek. Locals speculate the Northern Pacific plans a line north from Virgin Creek as NP recently contracted 150 miles south from Mandan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan
N. C
Virgin Creek
Northern Pacific
School Lands Sell Fast in Spink County
State Land Commissioner Dokkan reported large sales of school lands in Spink County totaling 143000 dollars. A single parcel fetched 90 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BPINK
Pierre
Dokkan
Spink County
Taxable lands lists show 3527 quarter sections proved up
State Auditor Hirning reports the government land office lists of taxable lands for the past year. Aberdeen district shows 405, Lemmon 1,148, and Chamberlain 1,974 quarter sections proved up, totaling 3,527.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Hirning
Aberdeen
Lemmon
Chamberlain
Filing By Number Is Discontinued On Tripp County Lands
Gregory, S. D. May 7 There will be no more filing on Tripp county lands at 6 an acre the 4 000 names having been drawn September 8 the drawing will begin of the numbers from 4 000 to 6 000 and which the price of lands will be 4 50 per acre and after the numbers are exhausted if there is any unentered land remaining it will be subject to general homestead entry at 2 50 an nacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
S. D
Tripp County
State Treasurer Calls Outstanding Warrants May 7
Pierre South Dakota May 7 A call for outstanding warrants up to No 20 255 has been made by the state treasurer for May 7 This will leave only 57 000 in the outstanding registered warrant fund and will reduce the net floating debt to 557 000
Viceroy of India and Lady Minto Under Pasteur Treatment
In Simla on May 13 Lord Minto the viceroy and Lady Minto began Pasteur treatment after a rabid dog saluted their pet. They were not bitten, but their hands touched saliva. Two of the viceroy’s servants were bitten and also started Pasteur treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
India
Minto
Lady Minto
Viceroy
Markets Report Across Sioux City and Chicago Hogs Cattle Steady
Sioux City and Chicago live stock markets show hogs, cattle, and sheep largely steady to mixed. Prices span hogs from 6.75 to 7.40 for various grades, cattle from 3.25 to 7.60 depending on class, and sheep with lambs around 6.50 to 9.50. South Omaha lists steady to strong cattle, steady to higher hogs, and strong sheep demand with lambs near 8.75 to 9.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Omaha
Sioux City Produce Market Prices May 12
Sioux City reports commodity prices across dairy, eggs, poultry, hides, tallow and hay. Butter packing stock 17c, eggs $6.00 per case, poultry various values, hides priced by grade, tallow per pound 4 to 5c, hay prices for upland timothy oat and wheat straw listed from $7.00 to $13.00 per? ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Timothy
Sioux City Grain Market Prices Report
Wheat varieties range from 1 velvet chaff new at 1.14 to no grade at 1.03. Corn prices show No 3 and No 4 mixed at about 62 cents, shelled equivalents listed with weight adjustments. Oats and barley quotes span multiple grades from around 48 to 57 cents, flax No 1 at 1.65 and No 2 at 1.53, rye No 3 new at 72 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
New
Chauffeur Rescues Girl With Wire in Trachea
In Higganum near Middletown a 7 year old girl Minnie La Chowsky choked after swallowing mince. A wire piece lodged in her trachea was removed by a chauffeur using a metal hook after the teacher failed to dislodge it. The child recovered from shock at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Minnie la Chowsky
Higganum
Minnie
Electric blower aids heating of buildings via hot air furnaces
The electric blower for hot air furnaces has been successfully used for heating buildings. Scotland has many houses without windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
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Morrells
Harney Peak
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CLARK
Lake Madison
Iowa
Divige Law
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Wilton Murray
Jacob A. Johanson
Magnus Christensen
Sevr Vizems
Ff Boone
Brookings
Interurban Company IS Incorporated
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Lord
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