Policyholders Rally to Back Northwest Association
Watertown South Dakota November meeting of the temporary Policyholders' Protective Association of the Northwest elected J W Dougherty as president and F C Kile as secretary. The group aims to secure proxies from mutual life policyholders for Governor John A Johnson to advocate restitution and reform. Proxies will be distributed across the Northwest with mass meetings planned after proxy blanks are printed. An appeal urged policyholders in South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa to organize branches and request proxy blanks.
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Watertown
S. D
Policyholders’ Protective Association of the
Northwest
J. W.W. Dougherty
F. C. Kile
Mutual Life Insurance
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Northwestern States
Mutual Life and
New York Life Insurance Companies
Legislative Insurance
Johnson
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life Insurance Companies
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Policyholders’ Protective Association of the Northwest
State Capitol
St.aul
Father Loses Suit Over Child Custody in S D
Sioux Falls telegraph reports Judge Marquis rules in habeas corpus case involving R J Sunde of Laverne Minn and The Dyrdalls of Toronto S D. The nine year old Stella to remain with foster parents until age 15 or church confirmation, with Sunde barred from interference.
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Sioux Walls
S. D
Marquis
State Circuit Court
Third Circuit
Stella
Sunde
Sunder
Wife of county farmer dies suddenly in Huron township
The wife of Co. W. Wolters a prosperous Iowa township farmer in Huron Iowa died Saturday while attending to daily chores and after caring for her infant a nearly month old child she walked to the bed and fell to the floor dying almost instantly. Mrs. Wolters was among the early residents of the township.
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Huron
Co. W. Wolters
Iowa Township
Rush of cattle as season peaks at Pierre stockyards
Pierre South Dakota November 15 The Northwestern road experiences the year s heaviest stock shipments with 360 cars sent out since Saturday at about 100 cars daily This marks the season s climax though shipments will still arrive from smaller points west of Pierre The extension opens territory formerly served by the Milwaukee road and promises several busy years for cattle shipping through the yards
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Pierre
S. D
Her
Thisefty
Milwaukee Road
Wyatts
Den of rattlesnakes found in Gregory county South Dakota
A snake den about 125 rods from Theodore Musch’s homestead in the Rosebud reservation area is targets for extermination by dynamite. Henry Kusure and Musch have killed seventy three rattlers, averaging three to four feet, since discovery near a rock 20 yards from the dwelling.
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Sioux Fall
S. D
Gregory County
Theodore Musch
Rosebud
Mr. Musch
Acciden
Henry Kusure
Musch
Missing 13 year old girl in South Dakota
Alice Capps disappeared near Kimball, South Dakota, after leaving a note saying she would go south. Authorities in Aurora and Brule counties, plus relatives in Platte and Stickney area, have been unable to locate her. She is described as dark complexioned with black hair and eyes, wearing a red dress and green cap.
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Alice Capps
Sioux Falls
S. D
Aurora
Brule
Stoneberger
Kimball
Nea Platte
Charles Mix County
Stickney
Second largest hatchery in the United States
Spearfish South Dakota reports the second largest US fish hatchery, under D C Booth for six months. The station ships over 5,000,000 fry yearly nationwide, with eggs sent as far west as Portland and fish planted in Maine and Florida. Improvements total about $11,000 plus a $25,000 congressional appropriation, highlighting stone bulkheads, hydraulic engines, and flood safeguards near Spearfish Creek.
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S. D
United States
D. C. Booth
Portland
Florida
Congress
Black Hills
T His
Nebraska
Bull snake bluffs two women at Nebraska ranch
Mrs. Robert Cheney of Norfolk recounts a scare at a Nebraska ranch when a large bull snake stretched across a shelf blocking exit. The pair chased it into a sack and discovered it vanished into a hole under a chiffonier, escaping through a floor vent hours later.
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Pierre, & D
Robert Cheney
Lisle Wilkinson
Norfolk
Boas
Vermillion Varsity Triumphs 22 to 5 Over Mitchell
Vermillion defeats Mitchell 22 to 5 before about 2000 fans in a high intensity football game at home. Mitchell scored first but Vermillion answered with a first half score and a goal, then tallied three more touchdowns in the second half in spectacular fashion.
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Mitchell
S. D
State University
Vermillion
Golden wedding honor for Judge and Mrs Abbott in Milbank
Milbank South Dakota November 14 1903 many friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Judge and Mrs Austin L Abbott to celebrate their golden wedding. Congratulations came from across the state and gifts were given. Abbott born 1833 in Oswego County New York and served as probate judge in Grant county.
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Milbank
S. D
Judge
Austin L. Abbott
Judge Abbott
Oswego County
New York
South Dakota
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
Grant County
Adaline M. Hougland
Elkhart
Ind
King George Arrives in England for Royal Visit
King George, accompanied by Prince and Princess Nicholas, arrived in England today for a royal visit to his brother in law King Edward.
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King George
England
London
Many Take Claims on Government Lands West of Missouri River
Large numbers in this region file homestead claims west of the Missouri along the Chicago and Northwestern line through the Sioux Reservation from Pierre to Rapid City. Beadle county youths lead filings with about forty in a month, many unmarried and eager for farms. Some also enter Hyde county on the Winnebago reserve. enthusiasm for land is rising in the northwest.
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Huron
S. D
Missouri River
Chicago and Northwestern
Pierre
Rapid City
Pierre Land Office
Beadle County
Hyde County
Winnebago ‘Reserve
North‘west
Thanksgiving Proclamation Set Thanksgiving Day in South Dakota
Governor Samuel H. Elrod proclaims November 30 1906 as a day of thanks for bountiful crops employment health and prosperity urging citizens to attend worship and contemplate divine blessings in observance across South Dakota and the nation.
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Roosevelt
Samuel H. Elrod
South Dakota
Commonwealth
Pierre
D. D. Wipf
E. A. Platts
Griffing will contest hinges on widow’s rights and heirs
In South Dakota the Griffing will contest moves through the state circuit court with Judge Marquis ruling in favor of the widow. The decision grants the widow a life homestead, one third of remaining property, and legal exemptions. The two thirds go to the other heirs, children of the first wife. Heirs plan to appeal to the state supreme court, likely delaying conclusion for years.
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Gary
S. D
Griffing
Mr. Griffine
Judge Marquis
State Supreme Court
Tuberculosis Prevalence Among Sioux Indians Reported
Doane Robinson gathers agency reports from South Dakota North Dakota and the Yankton agency showing tuberculosis as the leading cause of death among Sioux groups. Sisseton Rosebud Pine Ridge Lower Brule Crow Creek Cheyenne and Standing Rock reservations show high death shares from the disease with rising percentages over years.
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Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Lower Brule
Crow Creek
Cheyenne Agency
Standing Rock
Yankton
Rapid City Landlord Claims Heaviest Man in South Dakota
Ernest Schleuning a Rapid City hotel landlord weighing 365 pounds asserts he is the heaviest man in South Dakota. He recalls rival Judge Bennett of Watertown who weighed about 430 pounds. Schleuning has lived in Rapid City since the early 1870s and remains part of the local business scene.
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Apid City
Ernest Schleuning
South Dakota
Judge Bennett
Watertown
Schleming
Black Hills
Rapid City
Railroad survey eyes new right of way through Fort Pierre
Fort Pierre South Dakota November 11 F C Carter chief engineer of the Northwestern railway tours the area with Major Chittenden to study railroad government work in the flood area. Dike joins the trip and changes to survey are planned. Millett president of the Stock Growers bank circulated a petition to vacate streets for the rail line between First and Second streets from the north city limits to Bad River. The route crosses Main street at the Davis livery barn area with six river crossings planned in six miles amid town optimism.
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Pierre
Fort Pierre
S. D
F. €.Carter
Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Major Chittenden
Dike
Co. L. Millett
Stock Growers Bank
Rapid City
Bad River
Main Street
Davis Livery Barn
Rural Mail Service Expanded in Bon Homme County
A special post office agent spent a week in Scotland South Dakota to enlarge rural delivery. Bon Homme currently has seven routes with origins at Tyndall Tabor and Springfield. Nine new routes will run from Scotland Avon Springfield Tabor and Tripp, adding free mail delivery to most rural residents. Each route will cover twenty eight to thirty miles, after which the agent will extend the program to Hutchinson County.
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Scotland
S. D
Post Office Department
Bon Homme County
Tyndall
Tabor
Springfield
Avon
Tripp
Hutchinson County
Carnegie Library Opens in Deadwood South Dakota
Deadwood, Nov 11. The Carnegie library in Deadwood opened Tuesday night amid civic ceremony led by the mayor. The stone building, funded by Carnegie money, is praised as one of the finest public library facilities in the state and is now freely patronized by residents. A $45,000 bond issue to relieve floating indebtedness passed by a small margin, though turnout was only 296 of 1,400 votes, possibly making the result ineligible. The election outcome and the library opening mark key events of the season.
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Deadwood
S. D
Carnegie Library
South Dakota
Carnegie
Pierpont to Get Two New Rural Free Delivery Routes
Postmaster E F Udell and Senator Kittredge of Sioux Falls secured consent to establish two rural free mail delivery routes from Pierpont. The routes, to begin January 2, cover forty eight square miles and will serve hundreds of residents, marking Pierpont's first rural routes.
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Pierpont
S. D
EF. B. Udell
Kittredge
Sioux Falls
Walworth County Man Freed as Prosecution Fails to Appear
Aberdeen South Dakota November 11 O D Bu checker of Walworth county has been discharged from custody after an adjourned Walworth circuit court term. The charge was assault with a deadly weapon on his son. The prosecuting witness did not appear in court.
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Aberdeen, S. D
O. D. Buchecker
Walworth County
Brown County
Claremont Becomes Largest Millet Seed Market in World
Claremont South Dakota asserts its status as the premier millet seed shipping market in the world over the last two years. The town also shows a strong wheat export role with an elevator moving about 100 carloads of wheat this season and paying farmers up to 6000 dollars daily in grain value. Corn raising supports a growing market for finished beef and pork stock in the area.
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Claremont
S. D
Bishop O Gorman Confirms Large Class in Garryowen
Rt Rev Thomas O Gorman Catholic bishop of South Dakota confirms a large class of new members in Garryowen South Dakota. The new church building is nearly debt free after about 3000 was raised, leaving 1000 still to be paid to clear the debt.
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Garryowen
S. D
Thomas O'Gorman
South Dakota
Brule County Teachers to Organize Public School Association
Pukwana South Dakota November 1 Brule county school teachers meet Saturday at the public school building to organize a teachers association. The aim is a parent organization to aid material improvement of the schools and teachers and a program has been prepared. Attendance is certain.
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Pukwana
S. D
Brule
Copper Vein Potential Boosts Deadwood Mining News
The Deadwood area shows a rich Homestake belt with copper outcroppings reported from 2 percent to 50 percent on a long belt extending 45 miles. Blue Lead mine near Cripple Creek and Dakota Calumet at Blue Lead hold copper prospects with a 600 foot shaft planned to connect to a cross cut.
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Deadwood
S.D
Homestake
Deadwood Gulch
City Creek
Southern Queen
Custer People
John Hannan
Cripple Creek
Associates
Chicago
R. M. Maloney
Orphan Bell
P Rece
John’ Hannan
Dakota-Calumet Company
Custer Peak
Black Hills Traction Builds Five Mile Water Power Plant
Spearfish, November 10. The Black Hills Traction company is constructing a large water power plant on Redwater about seven miles from Spearfish. A five and a half mile canal will carry 1000 miners inches with a 103 foot fall, producing 1000 to 1200 horsepower. The project, funded by Milwaukee investors, will cost about 50000 for dam and ditch and 300000 to 400000 total before operation. The plant will power a trolley system linking Spearfish Deadwood and Lead, with rails planned in the next year and operation by January 1.
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Spearfish
S. D
Black Hills Traction Company
Redwater
Black Hills
Deadwood
Lead
Milwaukee
Fire in Roubaix destroys half the mining camp
Deadwood South Dakota November 10 Fire today leveled half of Roubaix a mining camp twelve miles south of this city Fourteen houses and store buildings were destroyed estimated loss twenty five thousand dollars with about a quarter covered by insurance The fire is suspected incendiary
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Deadwood
S. D
Roubaix
Funeral services for Frank Blume held in Huron
Funeral services were held at the family home east of the Jim River in Huron for Frank Blume. Professor Martin Schoenert conducted the German language service amid a large attendance from out of town. Blume died in Minneapolis St Barnabas hospital after medical treatment, having resided here since 1882 and operated a large brewery on the east river bank. He was born in Brunswick Germany and came to the United States in 1878 with his wife and four children J M Kauff, Robert Blume, Albert Blume and Mrs J Stephan of St Louis among survivors.
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J. M. Kauff
Robert
Albert Blume
J. Stephan
St. Louis
Mr. Blume
Brunswick
Germany
United States
Jury drawn for Brown county circuit court term at Aberdeen
Jurors have been drawn for the December term of Brown county circuit court in Aberdeen. Several major criminal cases are listed including William Barker charged with murder of Lee Zook Jack Purcell charged with manslaughter and Reon Burns charged with assault with intent to kill as read in the court.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Brown County
William Barker
Lee Zook
Jack Purcell
Burns
First National Bank Deposits in Deadwood Reach 1.7 Million
In Deadwood on November 10 the First National Bank reports deposits totaling 1.7 million dollars and earnings for the period. The bank is described as the strongest in the state of South Dakota, amid mentions of earnings and financial stability.
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Deadwood
First National Bank
South Dakota
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