High School Literary Societies Organize Debating Progam
Four high school societies announce programs with presidents officers and upcoming debates on Philippines retention. Irving Lincoln Gitche Gumee and an unnamed group compete for the society championship with finalists to meet for the high school title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Literary Society
Ruth Knowles
Marion Walrath
Thelma Cassem
Maurice Cooney
Lincoln
Nettie Rathbun
Gladys Cox
Dorothy Findlay
McKinley Wattles
Third Library Society
Vesta Murray
Ada Tilley
Donald Hoon
Norman Shelby
Gitcie Gumee Literary Society
Inez Beddoes
Anna Coughlan
Henry Hoagland
Glen Doty
United States
Irving
Carl] Boyden
Margaret Gleason
Stanley Vermilyea
Impanelled First Purors Hear Mt Vernon Assault Case
Warl and Homer Anshutz of Mt Vernon face trial before Judge Frank B Smith for assault with billiard cues stemming from an Old Settlers celebration. Carl Anshutz faces a separate assault charge. Jury impaneling began after 11 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warl
Homer Anshutz
Mt. Vernon
Frank B. Smith
Albert H. Baker
Carl Anshutz
Lars Peterson
J. P. Donnelly
Milwaukee
Ben Walker
Byudge Smith
Donnelly
Walker
Louis Hunt
Northwestern
Louiza McKee
Helene Veeder Anderson
Smith
Minnie Blume
Louis Blume
Motiorg
Charcoal Burning Industry in the Black Hills
Deadwood South Dakota notes that charcoal, a forest product, plays a role in the Black Hills economy. The Homestake Mining Co. uses about 24 000 bushels annually for assay work. Charcoal is produced at Merrit in the county’s southern part and the industry has been expanding.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Homestake Mining Co
Merrit
New Charcoa
Faculty Benefit Concert At Dakota Wesleyan College
Seven members of the Dakota Wesleyan faculty will perform at a Monday night concert at First Methodist Church in Mitchell to raise funds to grade the university athletic field. The program includes violin, vocal, piano, reading, chamber music, and the Wesleyan Glee Club under BE Hobson. The event, originally planned for Friday, was postponed due to Mme Sophia Stephani’s recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Wesleyan
First Methodist Church
Mitchell
W. C. Tlunter
Mina Hager
School of Music
J. M. Phelps
C. M. Tull
H. F. Watterson
Wesleyan Glee Club
BE. W. Hobson
University
Mme
Sophia Stephali
Young Aberdeen Groom Bets On Promise To Bride
Lloyd Bateman of Aberdeen married Miss Lillian Sharar after a statutory charge led to a guilty verdict. Judge McNulty postponed five years hard labor, suspending the sentence if Bateman supports his wife, stays in South Dakota, refrains from liquor, and reports monthly. He then set up his bride in furnished apartments and sought employment.
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Aberdeen, S. D
Lloyd Bateman
Aberdeen
Lillian Sharar
Young Bateman
Rank McNulty
State Circuit Court
Bateman
Miss Sharar
McNulty
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Youngest Dakotan Bank President Elected at 26
Hecla native John Henry Kissenger, 26, was elected president of the First State Bank of Guelph after the death of Joseph Wegener who had led the bank and owned stock at the First National Bank of Hecla. Kissenger served four years as assistant cashier and is regarded as the Dakotas' youngest bank president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecla
S. D
John Henry Kissenger
First National Bank of
First State Bank of
Dakotas
Aberdeen
State Board of Regents of Education
Charles D. Poore
Northern Normal and Industrial School
W. Smith
North Dakota School of Forestry
Bottineau
N. D
Poore
Missouri
Hastings
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
Black Hills Medical Association Nominates 1914 Officers
Deadwood South Dakota authorities report the Black Hills Medical Association elected new officers for 1914 at their annual meeting. President is Dr. F. E. Ashcroft of Deadwood, vice president Dr. T. W. Moffitt, treasurer Dr. Minty of Rapid City, censor Dr. Lyle Hare of Spearfish.
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Medical Association
Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills Medical Association
F. E. Ashcroft
T. W. Moffitt
Minty
Rapid City
Lyle Hare
Spearfish
Minority calls not numerous in South Dakota counties
The article notes a lack of minority mass meeting calls across counties to form minority proposal committees as majority calls spread. It warns that some counties may leave minorities unrepresented, forcing independent candidates with no party organization to mount opposition on ballots. Dual mass convention calls appear in Hughes county, signaling potential confusion as campaigns proceed.
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Hughes County
Walters to testify in Winner gambling loss case
George S. Walters former Montgomery Lumber manager who pleaded guilty to embezzlement is brought to Winner under guard to testify in lawsuits by the company against residents who allegedly won money from him in gambling. Court convenes with Judge Williamson presiding. Walters confessed he lost the company’s funds gambling and the suits aim to recover those sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winner
George Ke, Walters
Montgomery Lumber Company
Sioux Falls
Williamson
Walters
Burke returns to Washington in robust health after long recuperation
Congressman Charles H. Burke of South Dakota traveled from the Pacific coast to Washington with his family for the winter session. He says multiple surgeries and fatigue left him tired before the trip but now he is energized to resume his Indian committee work and duties. In Lake Campbell, progress continues on a cement dam project to raise the lake level by twenty two inches, enhancing fishing and hunting prospects. the $500 cost is funded by local resort supporters.
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Washington
D. C
Charles H. Burke
South Dakota
Huron
Burke
Lake Campbell
S. D
Bank of Volin Entered and Loot Found in Bloodhound Hunt
Yankton SD reports Volin town swarmed by a large man hunt after an overnight break in at the Bank of Volin. Bloodhounds from Mitchell tracked a suspect through the area as investigators recovered the boot and other loot worth about $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Volin
Mitchell
Bank Break Involves Small Take In Volin Area
Yesterday morning the State bank of Volin was entered and only a revolver and one dollar were taken. The P. J. Eulberg drug store was broken into with $46 and some jewelry stolen. The Goodrich Call lumber yard and a billiard hall were broken into but yielded nothing of value.
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State Bank of
Volin
P. J. Eulberg
Goodrich- Call
Pay 10 Cents Per Name For Enrolled Voters
Aberdeen South Carolina Brown County commissioners last week paid township clerks 10 cents per name for all names legally enrolled for the March primary under the Richards primary law before November 1. City and village auditors received 21 cents per name. Compensation for names enrolled prior to registration close was not provided until after enrollment books closed, given as a surprise for officials who urged voter enrollment as a duty.
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Brown County
Sterling's stenographer self made young man
Theron Brown, appointed stenographer to Senator Sterling, has gone to Washington to begin his duties. A South Dakota native and former Centerville resident, he earned high honors at the University of South Dakota Vermillion, then studied shorthand and became an expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Theron
Brown
Sterling
Washington
South Dakota
State University
Vermillion
Exhibit of foxes appropriates poultry
A Deuel county farmer dug out six young foxes and sold them to a Clear Lake butcher for “exhibits” placed them in a shed with poultry. Next morning he found the six foxes had killed sixty five chickens and he owned forty five fewer chickens than the night before.
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Pierre
S. D
Deuel County
Clear Lake
Prominent Woman Dies in Iona South Dakota
Mrs Joseph Ritter a prominent Iona resident died suddenly at home from heart failure while preparing breakfast for her family. She was widely known for charitable acts and aided homesteaders and settlers in Lyman County during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona, S. D
Joseph Ritter
Iona
Lyman County
Tyndall Young Man Shot by Robber in St Joseph
Grover Sanders of Tyndall was shot and robbed in St Joseph after resisting a hold up. He was wounded and $8 taken. his mother Mrs Sanders Quat ter traveled from Tyndall to St Joseph after a telegram reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
S. D
Grover Sanders
St. Joseph
Young Sanders
Ex Auditor Willis Dies in South Dakota
Henry E. Willis, former Sanborn county auditor, dies at his home in Letcher South Dakota after years of ill health from a leg amputation three years earlier. He never fully recovered from the shock of the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Letcher
S. D
Henry E. Willis
Sanborn County
Troubles of King Alfonso and His Troubled Line
Madrid reports a royal curse on the Spanish monarchy as Infanta Maria and Infante Jaime face deafness and other trials. Monarch Alfonso fears critics, his mother in law Princess Henry of Battenberg, and the aunt Infanta Eulalia in Paris, amid royal scandal and autography.”
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Madrid
Alfonso
Infanta Marie
Don Jamie
Infanta
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Queen Victoria
Osborn Cottage
Isle of Wight
States Rights Loom in Conservation Fight at Congress
Washington delegates at the fifth annual convention of the national conservation congress clash with federal policy critics arguing the government is usurping state rights to regulate local resources.
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Washington, D. C
National Conservation Congress
Washington
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Harvey J. O'Higgins
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Victoria-Eugenea
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Victoria
Friburg
Alphonso, Crown Prince of
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Bank For
First National Bank
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B. A. Loomer
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J. T. Morrow
B. Wallace
Mitchell Trust
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