Two Men Die In Train Collision In Sioux City Yard
Engineer Denny Sumner and Fireman Weiland were killed when their Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight engines collided in the yards near the electric light plant. The crash left both locomotives wrecked with exploding steam, as witnesses said the freight engine failed to slow. Sumner, about 30, died soon after, while Weiland, 24, was killed instantly and was found pinned in the engine. Bodies moved to Broadbent's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Sumner
Weiland
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Electric Light Plant
Floyd Bond
Sioux City
Dakota
Floyd
Julius Plante
Julius
Plante
Bond
Sumner
Freyberg
Broadbent
Broadbent’s
Yankton
Winsor
Canton
Peculiar Insurance Draft Snafu In Johnson Case
A complex mix up blocks payment of a 2000 insurance claim from the A O U W to Mrs. Johnson of Mitchell. The draft travels from Washington to South Dakota to Sioux Falls as the beneficiary moves between Mitchell and Sioux Falls, with the membership certificate and power of attorney scattered among Everett, Sioux Falls, and Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Johnson
Everett
Wash
Sioux Falls Argus
Johnson
A. O. U.W. Lodge
Mitchell
Pacific Coast
Mitchell Lodge
Grand Recorder
South Dakota
Washington
Haverett
Sioux Falls
Washington City
A Vn U. W
Censured Railroad Over Fatal Switch Collision Verdict
Coroner Dundas led a inquest into the Milwaukee and Saint Paul yard collision that killed engineer Sumner and fireman Weiland. The jury ruled the accident purely accidental but censured the railroad for switch and incoming train on the same track. Trainmaster Laurson attended, bodies sent to Sioux City and Delmont. Sumner and Weiland were from Yankton and Delmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundas
C. G. Nichols
John Michels
George Strong
Denny Sumnere
Charles Weiland
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Broadbent
Sioux City
Julius Plante
Plante
Sumner
Weiland
Laurson
Delmont
Yankton
Temporary Plan For High School Split Schedule
Board of education approves a half day split system to fit overcrowded high school. Seniors and sophomores attend morning classes at the school while juniors and freshmen study at home, with all recitations in the afternoon. Some students may attend out of order due to irregular classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
DeGood is No Good in Mitchell
Steve Dale of Mitchell learned Friday evening how easily a plan could backfire when he and about a dozen Mitchell friends entered A A DeGood's Boston restaurant. Dale planned to pressure DeGood to feed Mitchell visitors for nothing by gathering meal tickets, but DeGood stayed in the kitchen and Dale ended up paying the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Halls
Argus-Leader
Steve Dale
Mitchell
Mr. Dale
A. A. DeGood
Boston
Mr. DeGood
Marriage Unites Miss Josephine Blenkiorn And Roy Townsend
The wedding took place Sunday at 9 30 AM at the Blenkiorn home on Mitchell’s south side. Rev H S Wilkinson presided with Miss Berneice Lathrop on the organ and Florence Blenkiorn as bridesmaid. After a wedding breakfast the couple departed for Aberdeen to begin married life with Townsend employed as cashier at Citizens Trust Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blenkiron
Josephine
Roy Townsend
Aberdeen
Berneice Lathrop
H. S. Wilkinson
Methodist Church
Florence Blenkiorn
Sioux City
Charles Blenkiorn
Mitchell
Citizens Trust and Savings Bank
Townsend
Loomis
Milwaukee
Pure Seed Proposition in Mitchell Seed Firm
Vermillion Republican notes the push for a farm and garden seed company in Mitchell to breed and grow improved seeds. It highlights secretary Professor W. A. Wheeler, formerly botanist at the State Agricultural College, visiting town with Prof. Perisho for the new enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion Republican
Dakotas
Mitchell
W. A. Wheeler
State Agricultural College
Perisho
Surplus Things Ad Hints At Move Soon
A reader advises if a move is near to search for surplus items and use a for sale advertisement. The note implies liquidating belongings and leveraging local ads to ease transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
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Messrs. Diehl & Brown
Panama
A. F. McGovern
Nas Attan
Olney & McDaid
Clinton
Iowa
Owa
Suallin Bros
S. D
Dean
Wei
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs
Lief
DeGood
Roy Rowneend and
Josephine Blenk
Iron
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