Mayor Upholds Law Refuses Hotel Tax Refund
Vermillion May 18. Mayor H J Wersy declines to sign a refund order for the Waldorf Hotel taxes. City council earlier set a $1,000 assessed value for fifteen years as an inducement. The hotel company paid taxes of about $8,000 and seeks a refund, but the mayor cites constitutional limits and vows to uphold the law. Local sentiment favors both legal compliance and honoring past promises.
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Vermitth S. D
H. J. Wersy
Vermillion Hotel Company
Pet Hotel
Miyvor Merry
Leayers
Iidot
Perry
Die
Siice
Path i
University City
Second Annual Meeting of Eastern South Dakota Teachers
The eastern South Dakota teachers convention meets in Madison next week with Huron representation. General Meade delivers welcome, I B Mobius of Huron to respond, and Huron educators participate in debates, athletic events, and contests over three days.
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Madison
Huron
W. Hy. Yl. Meade
MubBois
HE. Manuel
Huron City
Aquime- Depo
Aberdeen
Prinetiesd
Oretoviepl
Athleu
South Dakota announces capital building plans with Bell and Detwiler
Pierre May 17 The state contracted with the Minneapolis firm Bell Detwiler for the new capital building plans. Architects expect draft plans complete by mid next month then bids to be invited. Building will be 291 feet long two stories high basement 165 feet dome height. East wing work to begin this year with granite foundation stones from Missouri river bluffs and local materials preferred.
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Pierre
Minneapolis
Bell & Detwiler
Capital
South Dakota
Missouri River
Sauch Dakera Products
Apiiol
Strawboard Plant Said To Seek Watertown Location
May 17 Watertown officials and the Business Men's union hosted Gilbert Murphy, a strawboard factory representative, to discuss inducements for locating a plant in Watertown. A factory here could employ about 800 people, boosting the local economy. a formal decision follows later. Also notes stock shipments to Chicago and rising cattle feeding near Ethan as stock yards expand.
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Strawboard
Watervtown
Watertown
Business Men's Union
Gilbert Murphy
Murphy
Wold Accree
Micradronel
Deids
Mihnan
Chicago
Shipypi
Beardsley
Love
Ethan
Slugged Men for 15 Dollars in Chicago Strike Case
Two more union men are jailed as police pursue confessions from Carriage and Wagon Workers' union officials. Gilhooly, paid 15 dollars for beating Charles Carlstrom, names Henry J Newman and Charles Casey, with others linked to hired attackers. He admits involvement, blames a partner, and vows revenge on stool pigeons.
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Kitueep
Mig
Wnion
Henry J. Newnan
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union
Vanom
Chilhooty
Reely
Looney
Casey
Newman
Gilhooly
Carlstrom
Newnin
King Gilhooly
Pal
Lotney
Carlstream
Patrolling Levees As River Rises Near Danger Mark
Des Moines residents patrol levees along the Des Moines river amid nearly two feet rise overnight government gauge nears danger. In Norfolk Nebraska the Faikhorn river swelled five inches, flooding the east side and forcing evacuations. rescued families were moved by boats as the north fork Weiheilkhern widened to about a mile.
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Des Moines
Norfolk
Neb
Faikhorn River
Wight
North Fork
Weiheilkhern
Big Yacht Race On Across Atlantic From Sandy Hook
Eleven guests including eight Americans and two English and one German will start from Sandy Hook lightship for a 3000 mile race to Lizard England. Vessels vary from a 40 ton schooner to a 648 ton ship and race tests seaworthiness against weather and distance. Yachtsmen view it as a move toward more seaworthy craft replacing racing machines for America’s Cup contention.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Atlantic Ocean
Lizard
England
Bonesteel Matrimonial Club Seeks Farm Husbands in SD
A Bonesteel South Dakota club of 126 educated young women offers marriage prizes to suitors who agree to a year of apprenticeship on a farmer’s land. Applicants file with the secretary and must endure demonstrated moral worth, with dowries drawn from club land.
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I. Ts
Wosebud Indian
South Dakota
Stuth Partie
Prankfort
Ind
Jmstelle Juogansport
Goi Thompson
Flora
Jaborv
Wee Spt Fm
Wies
Boresteel
Husbrard
Judge declares Nan Patterson guilty in Young murder case
Supreme Judge Davis asserts Nan Patterson's guilt in the Caesar Young homicide after trials involving J Morgan Smith. He argues most New Yorkers believe she held the pistol, while noting public sympathy for the defendant and questioning Rand’s handling of the prosecution.
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New York
Phi Delta Phi Club
Vernon M. Davis
State of
Nial Peetferson
Rand
Wormanoather
Caesar Young
Davis
Miss Patterson
Young
J. Morgan Smith
Nin Patt- HW
Combine
Sud
Cesar Youngs
Struggze
Boston Woman Posed as Carlotta Seeks Austrian Throne
A woman claimed to be Carlotta wife of Maximilian allegedly fleeced Boston Italian residents of about 40000 by promising to install her as duchess and throne claimant. Reported she sat on a throne at a South End home with courtiers and a self proclaimed royal court.
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Boston
Carlotta
Maxiimilian
Mexico
Pranceis Joseph of
Austria
North End
Carlotta, Sister-In-Law of Himperear Kraneis Joseph
Russois
Ue Ey
Lem- Joseph
Jann
Hirm
Still wrangle over Rockefeller gift in New Haven church group
A New Haven committee of protestant ministers reacts to the Rockefeller donation by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Thirteen Congregational churches respond with mixed views and condemn harsh criticism of missionary societies.
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New Haven
Mity
Rockefeller
American Board of Commissioners of Foreigny Missions
Supreme Court Reverses Judgment in Gutke Kelly Case
Jefferson City Missouri May 18 the supreme court reversed the judgment against Charles Gutke and Charles F Kelly former members of the St. Louis house of delegates and remanded their cases for new trials.
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Jefferson City, Mo
The
Supreme Court Today
Charles [&. Gutke
Charles F. Kelly
St. Louis House of Delegates
Frost Hurts Fruit Crops Delays Planting in Canton
A heavy frost in Canton on May 15 damaged fruit crops, killing about 25 percent of apples and plums while corn was largely destroyed. Cold, rainy weather kept planting down for two weeks, leaving farmers discouraged about the corn crop and awaiting better conditions to finish planting.
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Canton
Ss. DL
Ranchman Slays Large Wolf in Frantic Chase
Charles Persson of Sully County shoots and kills a giant gray wolf after a miles long chase and fierce close quarters fight. The animal, one of the largest on record in the region, measured six feet from tip to tail and will be kept as a memento skin.
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Ohkoboro
Charles Persson
Sully
Mersson
Persson
Elopement and local developments in Vermilion region
Creighton youths James Helm and Adeline Clark elope to marry after clerks refuse in Creighton. They secure a license in Wheeler County South Dakota with parental consent, then receive later reconciliation news from the bride’s parents. Meanwhile a wreck on the Missouri River and a Sioux Falls packing plant planned by local capitalists are reported.
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Ada
Coligtaiulyerisi
James A. Helm
Adelinee
Clark
Creighton
Neb. A
South Dakota
Patriax
Cues
Nile
Heim
Missouri
Wheeler
Charles Mix County
Pedee
Boy Hurt In Stone Accident At St Martin’s Academy
May Lose Both Eyes Walter A Murphy a Deadwood youth at St Martin’s academy was struck in the eye by a stone during play. The blow burst the eyeball and doctors fear he may lose the other eye as well. He was taken home to Deadwood.
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Sturgis
S. D
Walter Amurphy
Deadwood
St. Martin’s Academy
Murphy
Weather bulletin cites delayed corn planting across central belts
The weekly weather bulletin notes cool week ending May 15 slowed germination and growth in the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and northern Pacific regions. Excessive rains hindered farming in central and west gulf areas, delaying corn planting across the corn belt, with drying weather needed in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin Michigan. Wheat remains promising despite rust reports, oats improving in Iowa Nebraska and Kansas with rain needed in parts.
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Washington
Bureau
Misissippi
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
Central
West Gulf States
Lake
Tinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Middle Atlantic
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Weather report notes cool wet week harming crops in Iowa
The St Week report shows cool cloudy weather and heavy rain across districts with 2.00 to over 3.00 inches. Wind squalls hail and lightning caused local damage to buildings crops and livestock while corn planting and field work were delayed by moisture. Pastures and meadows benefited though fruit may have suffered. overall conditions listed as fairly good pending warm dry weather.
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Des Moines
Bureau of Crops and Weather
Nebraska weather and crop bulletin reports mixed conditions
The Nebraska weather and crop bureau bulletin notes above normal temperatures in the east, below normal in the north and west. Central and eastern sections saw copious rain while western areas had light rainfall. Hail damaged gardens and fruit, corn planting delayed by heavy rains, some corn washed out and replanting needed. Wheat oats and grasses show fair to good growth. fruit damage totals unknown yet but apple trees promise a good yield.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Weather and Crop Bureaus
Siate
Excess Moisture Impacts Crops Across Huron Region
Weather in the week was cooler than normal with frost in the east and rain turning to snow in the northeast and mid eastern sections. Wet fields delayed fieldwork, delaying corn planting and oats and barley emergence, while pasture and range livestock suffered losses in the western area due to heavy rain and a spring storm.
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Huron
S. Db
Wth
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