Cornerstone rites mark new church in Aberdeen
In Aberdeen S D on October 21 the German Evangelical Lutheran church cornerstone was laid in ceremonies led by Rev Deansing Rev Father OHara and Rev Keane. The church includes a priest residence and cost about 6000 with the Catholic Sacred Heart church nearby valued around 20000. The event also marked dedication of a second Lutheran church in Aberdeen, Zion’s and the Norwegian Lutheran church nearby as part of a noted church building period.
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Berdeen
S. D
Aberdeen
Dean Nmsing
Father O’hara
Her Keane
South Dakota
Sacred Heart
Zion's Man Lutheran Church
Hack driver faces charge in infant kidnapping case
Marion Wamsley a Sioux Falls hack driver is jailed on impersonating an officer charge linked to aiding Mrs Florence Wendell of Minneapolis in taking her two infant children from South Dakota. Wamsley says he followed an attorney's instructions. preliminary exam set for next Monday. A boarding house telephone failure delayed notification to Mr Wendell.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Marion Wamsley
Florence Wendell
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Wamsley
Wendell
Iowa
Wet Springs
P. M. Smock
Waverly
Baptist Church
J. B. Long
Norfolk
Neb
Congregational
Woods Hole
Mass
Long
Hot Springs
E. B. Bailey
Sioux City
Fred T. Ilovans
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Dies After School Tug of War
Vermillion South Dakota October 22 A 14 year old boy, son of Pat Mahan, died after suffering severe head injuries from a tug of war accident at his school. He collapsed at home two days later and funeral services were held at Garry Owen.
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Vermillion
S. D
Pat Mahan
Young Mahan
Garryowen
Colonel Wood Divorced in South Dakota Divorce Case
Colonel Willis Wood of Kansas City, owner of an opera house and a large hotel, was granted a divorce in South Dakota by Judge Bennett on grounds of abandonment and cruelty. Wood had lived in Deadwood and Sioux Falls, with mining interests reportedly in the Black Hills.
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Kansas City
Bennett
Sioux Falls
S. D
Willis Wood
South Dakota
Third Judicial District
Wood
Deadwood
Sioux Tails
Black Hills
Colonel Wood
Passenger Steamer Strikes Blanco Reef in Fog
The South Portland loaded with wheat for San Francisco struck Blanco reef near Marshfield Oregon in dense fog. Of twenty two crew and fourteen passengers, several reached shore while many others are missing or presumed lost. Captain James McIntyre described a harrowing escape as boats capsized and survivors endured exposure.
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Marshfield
Ore
South Portland
Portland
San Francisco
Blanco Reef
James McIntyre
John Reimer
Emanuel Pasonimis
William L. Wilson, Jr
Baltimore
L. Baker
Alameda
Cal
Guy Burt
Nova Scotia
A. L. Bailey
North Dakota
Charles Bruce
James Ward
T. Pizzonto
Engin
Joan Mellown
J. Driscoll
W. Hughes
W. Robertson
James Atwood
H. Webber
C. Johnson
Charles Huzon
McIntyre
Porterford
Lfe
MeIntyre
MelIntyre
Associated Press
Columbia River
Bandoin
Port Orford
Great Mexican Storm Hits Mazatlan Tolls Reported
Advices from Mazatlan say a terrific storm struck the city a few days ago causing loss of life. Sixteen people were killed and several injured in Mazatlan. Ships in the harbor suffered damage and the Danish schooner Clara wrecked with the captain and fourteen sailors drowned.
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Mazatlan
Austin
Tlex
Mex
Clara
Bank Robbery Wrecks Pantdale Bank in Nebraska
Robbers blasted open the Pantdale bank near Lincoln Nebraska early today creating total ruin of the building and vault. Bank contained about $30 000 before the thieves fled without taking any loot.
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Lincoln, Neb
Pantdale
Neb
Dynamite Found Near Missoula Tracks
Two sticks of dynamite were found by a section man near the mouth of Hell Gate canyon on the Northern Pacific tracks east of Missoula. A passenger train passed shortly before discovery. Armed guards patrol the canyon for nearly ten miles.
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Missoula
Mont
Hell Gate Canyon
Northern Pacific
Jealous Woman Fails to Halt Chicago Wedding
Miss Mary Hayes attacked the groom with a penknife in the Auditorium tunnel as George W. David and Clara May Seehoff prepared to wed. David was wounded in the forearm leg and neck, police detained Hayes, and Seehoff moved to complete the license and ceremony.
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Chicago
Mary Hayes
George W. David
Auditorium Hotel
Clara May Seehoff
Miss Hayes
David
Lea
Aun
Mss Hayes
Frank Repetto
Thelerk
Harrison Street
Hot Springs
Syndicate Proposes Free Capitol Site in Wyoming
A New York and London capitalists syndicate offers to provide the site and build the capitol, penitentiary, insane asylum, and university at no cost to Wyoming if voters choose a central Sweetwater river town as the state capital in 1904. They own land with coal, oil, forests, and farm areas and plan rail connections from Casper, plus branches from the Union Pacific and Burlington. Willis George Emerson leads the syndicate backing the plan.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
New York
London
Capitol
State Penitentiary
Insane Asylum
Sweetwater River
Casper
Union Pacific
Burlington
Willis George Emerson
Buell Hamton
Rich Young Man C Chauncey Stillman Marries Augusta Nurse
The romance of C Chauncey Stillman and Miss Mary E Wight ends in marriage in Augusta Maine The Harvard heir lay near death from typhoid fever when his nurse Miss Wight became his wife Their union ties the Stillman family to the Rockefeller circle and Potter family in high finance
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New York
Augusta
C. Chauncey Stillman
Mary E. Wight
Mr. Stillman
Boston
James Stillman
Stillmans
William Rockefeller
Fifi Potter Stillman
James Brown Potter
Chauncey Stillman
Harvard College
Harvard
Miss Wight
Eat M
Wall Street Promoters Face Indictment in Get-Rich-Quick Shipyards
New York October 22 DA Jerome signals criminal action against prominent Wall Street figures tied to the Shipbuilding Trust collapse. Promoters allegedly unloaded watered capital and sold securities far above their value amid hearings before Referee Olyphant. Dresser’s testimony alleges manipulations by Morgan, Schwab, and Sheldon syndicate to reconsolidate control and tilt profits to favored insiders.
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New York
Jerome
Wall Street
Olyphant
New York Stock Exchange
A. C. Gary
Bob Ammon
Sing Sing
Shipbuilding Trust
Lewis Nixon
D. LeRoy Dresser
Bethlehem Steel
Charles M. Schwab
J. P. Morgan
Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
Wetmore-Sheldon Syndicate
Europe
Max Pam
Nixon
Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem Company
Garry
Elbert H. Garry
United States Steel Corporation
Shipbuilding
Pam
Sheldon Syndicate
Schwab
Sheldon Reorganization Committee
Fight to Maintain Wages Amid Labor Crisis
Chicago reports organized labor faces a wage crisis with unskilled workers underscoring high pay. Railroads, mines, and factories cut back, while unions warn of retrenchment as construction and stockyard wages rise. Leaders fear mass layoffs could fracture unions and stall the movement.
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Chicago
National Civic Federation
International
James O'Connell
Machinsts’ Union
National Eotal Trades Association
Chicago Federation of Labor
Steer Skinning Record Falls In Denver Contest
Jacob Baer of a Denver packing plant skinned a 1200 pound steer in 3 minutes 38 seconds, cutting the world mark by 20 seconds and winning the western championship at the Denver contest.
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Denver
Col
Jacob Baer
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