State Superintendent Schedules Rural School Meetings
South Dakota education chief HH A Ustrud announced a tour of county meetings for teachers and school officers. He will present an illustrated talk on Rural School Improvements, with dates set through February across numerous counties including Beadle Brookings Clay Codington Davison Day Edmunds Grant Gregory Hanson Hughes Hutchinson Hyde Jerauld Lake Lincoln Lyman McCook McPherson Marshall Miner Minnehaha Moody Potter Roberts Spink Yankton and others.
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Aurora
Beadle
Ben Homme
Brookings
Brown
Krule
Buffalo
Campbell
Charles Mix
Clark
Clay
Codington
Davison
Day
Deuel
Douglas
Edmunds
Waulk
Grant
Gregory
Ham- Tin
Castlewood
Bryant
Wand
Hanson
Hughes
Hutchinson
Hyde
Jerauld
Wingsbury
Lake
Lincoln
Lyman
McCook
McPherson
Marshall
Miner
Minnehaha
Moody
Potter
S| Roberts
Sanfor
Spink
Wehbrusciy
Sully
Yd. Parner
Union
Walworth
Yankton
Oats yield in South Dakota valued at millions this year
Doane Robinson estimates South Dakota will harvest 1,851,391 acres of oats with a total yield of 36,942,505 bushels. Market value should reach about 16,254,703 dollars, higher than last year though not as much money to the state due to lower surplus for disposal and more used at home.
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Pierre
Doane Robinson
Williams elopes with 15 year old girl and wife and child left behind
W. L. Williams who eloped from Sidney with a 15 year old girl is in Omaha custody. The girl is in police care while her parents prepare to attend the trial in Omaha. Williams has a wife and child in Sidney and Mrs Williams's father A B Regan, a Sidney merchant, is actively following the case.
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Uukton
S. Db
W. L
Clira
Omaha
Williams
Sidney
Neb
LID GOES ON TIGHT IN BELLE FOURCHE
Belle Fourche South Dakota mayor issues a Sabbath closing proclamation. Livery barns stores and places of amusement must close all day Sunday with limited morning openings for home supplies. Residents previously could obtain many goods on Sundays.
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Belle Fourche
S. D
South Dakota W C T U Elect Year's Officers
Milbank South Dakota Oct 9 At the basis session yesterday of the State W C T U the following officers were elected President Mrs L A Romley Woonsocket vice president Mrs Coch rine Aberdeen corresponding secretary Mrs Ruby J Smart Wessington Springs recording secretary Mrs Martha S Cutts Yankton treasurer Mrs B A Bidwell Mitchell The president and treasurer were re elected
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Milbank
S. C
L. A. Romley
Woonsocket
Cochrine
Aberdeen
Ruby J. Smart
Wessington Springs
Airs
Martha S. Cutts
Yankton
B.A. Bidwell
Mitchell
Waterworks System At Gregory Approved
Gregory voters approved a 12000 dollar waterworks project to place a large cement reservoir atop Gregory tower about 100 feet above town. The plan will initially lay mains in the business district to provide enough pressure for a three inch stream to clear any building. Extension to residences planned later amid a city building boom.
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Gregory
SL. D
Gregory Tuie
Saloon License Case Prompts Statewide Interest
Sioux Falls readers follow a test case challenging city council power to revoke saloon licenses under state liquor laws. Dillman & McCormick argue council jurisdiction and hearing legality were improper, while Wirby and Shirby contend only courts may adjudicate such matters.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Jones
Joe Kirby
Dillman & McCormick
Wirby
Dillmin & McCormick
Shirby
Shortage of Teachers Haunts State Education Effort
The state education department estimates a shortage of 700 to 800 teachers in the state. Counties with low country-teacher wages feel the pinch most, though higher-wage counties also report gaps. To cope, the state has temporarily consolidated several districts to ensure schooling for rural children.
Premiums Paid to State Fair Exhibitors in Huron
All premiums from the last state fair have been paid and all claims settled. Secretary C. N. McUsogoe and Assistant Secretary J. I. Sankey mailed checks yesterday to over 700 exhibitors. Total premiums paid exceed $7,000.
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Huron, & C
C. N. Mc Usogoe
J. I. Sankey
Hazel Adds Night Watchman After Robberies
Hazel South Dakota October 5. Business men appoint a night watchman to curb robberies in the northern part of the state. Brad Garkley the current city marshal will serve as night watchman, reinforcing the police force.
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Hazel
S. D
Brad Garkley
Wasps Punish Hobo Who Insults Girls
A tramp who insulted two Brooklyn girls visiting Lincoln Park New Jersey was chased by a dog and a farmer. As the hobo fled, a wasps nest was triggered, and he was stung repeatedly. He was taken to a railroad siding and thrashed by a farmer and brakemen before boarding a coal train bound down the line.
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New York
Esther Burridge
Carlotta Snyder
Miss Burridge
Brooklyn
Miss Snyder
Lincoln Park
N. J
Snyder Farm
William Jackson
Tige
Snyder
Jackson
Lackawanna
Missing Berks miller found dead in Cleveland home
Reading reports that John Merkel, once a Berks County miller and Democratic leader who vanished in 190? from New Berlinville with a wife and six children, died recently in Cleveland. He had lived with Dr Almon Gleason's family for six years and identity was confirmed by a Reading newspaper receipt on his body. He was 54 at disappearance and requested burial in Cleveland.
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Reading
John Merkel
New Berlinville
Boyertown
Berks
Almon Gleason
Cleveland
Berks County
Mrs Busan J Wallace Dies Widow of Gen Lew Wallace
Crawfordsville Indiana October fifth widow of General Lew Wallace Mrs Busan J Wallace is dead.
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Lew. Wallace
Crawfordsville
Ind
O T
Busan J. Wallace
Lew Wallace
Le Beau Cabin on Missouri River May Be Put Under Historic Law
South Dakota residents urge government control of Antoine Le Beau’s old cabin near the Missouri where a famed battlefield and frontier tales unfold. The site, now a chicken house owned by EFJ Boehmer, sits near the Le Beau valley once threatened by Sioux raiders and later linked to 19th century frontier life and 300 descendants on the Cheyenne reservation.
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South Dakota
LE Beau
Missouri
S. D
Antoine le Beau
EF. J. Boehmer
Rctins
Leen
Vyong
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
American Pur Company
Moreau River
Leeau
Prairie Fire From Train Devastes County
A prairie fire driven by a 26 mile per hour gale burned about 8000 acres yesterday afternoon in this county. It started from a freight train on Milwaukee tracks four miles south of Bonilla and spread across land until halted by Northwestern line. Hundreds of tons of hay and substantial grain were lost.
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Waron, S. Db
Bonilla
Buckmeyer Killed by Thresher Wheel Near Garretson
Martin Buckmeyer, a thresher, was killed instantly near Garretson on Wednesday when his foot was caught by a wheel as he walked beside a moving separator. He died at the scene.
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Garretson
LS. D
Martin Buckmeyer
Lawyer's Advice Ends In Tragic Death At River
Pittsburg case details Percy Digby a county law librarian who disappeared after visiting a bank and drawing 25 dollars. His attorney had advised writing wills and seeking peace with God before he killed himself, actions he followed. His wife is gravely ill and judges seek to resolve the case amid rumors of a romantic entanglement.
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Pittsburg
Percy Digby
Allegheny County
Ohio River
Lighthill Street
Digby
Heroine of Allentown Fire Escapes with Brother
Miss Josephine Jenlin night operator at Consolidated Telephone in Catasauqua spotted smoke early in a fire that partially destroyed the plant. She lowered her sleeping brother through a window rope and leaped twenty feet to the ground, escaping with minor injuries.
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Allentown
Josephine Jenlin
Exchange
Consolidated Telephone Companies of Pennsylvania
Catasauqua
Restore Waterways, Says Gov Crawford
Memphis Tenn Oct 8 Declares improving the Missouri River to allow large vessels is a curb on railroad monopolies. Gov Crawford of South Dakota urges river work to open markets, cites wool shipment savings and reduced rates from Pierre to New York, and praises river transportation for regional growth.
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Memphis
Tenn
South Dakota
Missouri River
Coe S. Crawford
Missouri
Mississippi
Crawford
Pierre
S. D
New York City
New York
Sioux City
Many Applicants Fail to Pass The S C Examinations
The state board of teachers examiners reports results from July August and September exams. In July 22 manuscripts yielded 33 second grade and 68 third grade certificates with 125 rejections. August saw 1329 manuscripts with 1 life diploma 7 state 12 primary 31 first grade 272 second grade 336 third grade and 679 rejections. September produced 695 manuscripts with 3 primary 9 first grade 144 second grade 213 third grade and 326 rejections. Overall 2260 manuscripts, 1129 certificates, 1131 rejections, about half of applicants receive some certificate.
Mrs O Grady Held On Murder Charge
Sioux Falls. Mrs Julian Ann O liv is held without bail after a preliminary hearing into the death of her husband John O Grady at their home north of Sioux Falls last Sunday night. The information charges her with causing death with premeditated design.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Julian Ann O'liv
GB. Skinner
State Circuit Court
John O'Grady
Land Speculators Warned to Avoid Brule Lands
Pierre October 8 Superintendent Witten issued a warning against speculative bids on Brule lands. Applicants must file affidavits declaring use of the land for their own purposes. speculators will be closely watched and opposed to actual settlers.
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Pierre
Witten
Aberdeen Masons Plan Big Jubilee Celebration
Aberdeen Lodge No. 38 marks its twenty fifth anniversary with events on October 16. A cornerstone laying at the Normal school, a parade, a blue lodge session with past grand masters, a 6:30 dinner by the Eastern Star, and evening exercises with historical addresses and music.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Aberdeen Lodge
Normal School
Grand Lodge of the State
W. E. Milligan
Ivan W. Goodner
Pierre
Board of Regents
Crawford
Damascus Commandery
Innights Templar
Blue Lodge
Masonry
Temple
Eastern Star
Masons
The
Peoria Woman Seeks Suitor Via Egg Message
Trene Illinois October 7 An egg case at a Co operative store bore the inscription Miss Josie Gardner 816 N Washington street Peoria Ill Not married but willing to be looking for someone to love Several local bachelors have begun correspondence with the girl, complicating her choice
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Trene
S. D
On Co-operative
Josie Gardner
Washington Street
Peoria
Ill
Tt Hite
Defalcation land sale raises funds for Taylor estate
Pierre South Dakota October 7 the state land department has disposed of a twenty acre tract of Taylor land near Madison for 1500 dollars. The land was part of the estate turned over to the state to cover the Taylor defalcation.
South Dakota Baptists Elect State Officers
Deadwood October 7 The South Dakota Baptist convention yesterday elected officers including President J F Schrader Rapid City Vice President J J Allen Sioux Falls Recording and Corresponding Secretary Rev W C King Sioux Falls Treasurer O W Thompson Vermillion and others
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South Dakota Baptists
Deadwood
S. D
South Dakota Baptist Convention
J. F. Schrader
Rapid City
J. J. Allen
Sioux Falls
W. C. King
O. W. Thompson
Vermillion
Yankton Man Determined to Die After Morphine Attempt
Yankton South Dakota October 7 Frank Smith a shoemaker took morphine and went to bed announcing he wished to end his life A physician forced the drug down his throat after a struggle Smith had tried to kill himself two weeks earlier and vowed to be more successful next time He is a widower with two grown daughters living east
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Yankton, S. D
Frank Smith
Smith
Box Car Robbers Captured Near Yankton
Two car robbers Jesse H. White and Morris Hammon were arrested east of Yankton by Milwaukee agent John Wernick. The crime occurred at Gayville and the pair have been bound over to the circuit court, now jailed in the county facility.
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Yankton
S. C
Jesse H. White
Morris Hammon
Here
Milwaukee
John Wernick
Gayville
Free Methodist Pastors Assigned in South Dakota Conference
Wessington Springs SD October 7 the annual Free Methodist conference issued appointments. District elders T Donoughue Sioux Falls and Brandon and Jno Whiteside Faulkton circuit lead district teams with numerous supplied pastors in Sioux Falls North Spencer and Northwest districts including Beresford Wall Lake and Hyde County placements.
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Sioux Falls
T. Donoghue
Brandon
B. Gedais
D. Geddis
Beresford
Cyrus Cook
Wall Lake
Mount Pleasant
Lake County
Walker
Boyden
Rock Rapids
Ortley
W. A. Harden
Gerton
Farnsworth
Wessington Springs
Jno
John Whiteside
Faulkton
W. D. McMullen
Hyde County
James Jensen
Augusta Jensen
Notorious Deadwood Gambler Colorado Johnnie Dies
Deadwood reports the death of John Steinmetz known as Colorado Johnnie a famed gambler and early pioneer who arrived in Deadwood in 1876 at age 62 He had moved to Goldfield with the rush two years ago and was among the era’s most recognizable odd characters shaping Deadwood’s notoriety.
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Deadwood
Cashelin
S. D
Goldfield
Nev
John Steinmetz
Colorado
Johnnie
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