Fire injures Fenn Bros. Candy Factory in Sioux Falls
Fire last night at Fenn Bros. candy factory caused about 20000 dollars in damage. The building owned by Geo Blackman suffered about 2500 dollars, stock valued around 25000 dollars, and insurance of 22000 dollars leaves the firm with disrupted operations. Fire reached the basement and upper floors as water from heavy rain drenched the scene.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
James Fenn
Fenn Bros
Geo. T. Blackman
Fenn Gros
New Legislative Reapportionment Seen For Dakota
Pierre S D Oct 22 From territorial days southeastern counties have held legislative strength due to population If census figures show school population shifts and 1905 returns confirm 1900 there will be a shifting of representatives New apportionment under the constitution will be in 1911 after the 1910 census The newer regions must press to secure their share leading to inevitable fights over adjustments.
Two Severely Burned In Chicken Coop Tragedy
Howard Di Det 22 and Jesse Gass and his young daughter suffered severe burns when a lighted hay wisp ignited mites in a chicken coop. Gass discarded a burning wisp, the blaze reignited, setting the child’s clothing aflame and forcing the father to strip to save her. He also sustained serious burns.
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Howard
Jesse Gass
Mr. Gass
Avon Lake Drainage Plan Fails to Lower Water Level
Surveys show the sewer head eight inches above Millewaukett lake surface, blocking drainage and ending hopes to drain the lake. The lake, a popular skating and muskrat trapping spot, remains a local recreation area benefiting the town’s youths.
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Avon, S. D
Millewaukett Lake
Large land rush eyed as Cheyenne river agency opens reserve
Alloting Agent Deets reports progress on allotment along the Moreau river with older Indians choosing near water and wood while younger groups select what they deem better farming land. The reserve is described as good upland prairie with little gumbo except along Moreau river. opening area is about three times Tripp county, signaling a major northern land rush next fall.
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Moreau River
Tripp County
Saloon trunk theft gang busted in Huron
City officers seized John Murphy who claimed St. Paul as home after a trunk he loaded at the Chicago and Northwestern depot was opened by accomplices and parts sold to a second hand store. A book in his possession shows months of similar thefts and division of spoils. Murphy remains jailed awaiting December circuit court.
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Huron
S. D
Barker
Boyle
John Murphy
St. Paul
Murphy
Chicago & Northwestern
Prosperous farmer ends life in South Dakota barn
Geo W Wetherill 57, living on a farm nine miles south of Huron, SD, hanged himself Saturday afternoon or evening. His body found Sunday morning in his barn. Wetherill, described as prosperous, leaves a wife and two children. Authorities say he was in reasonably good health but had mental instability, suggesting temporary insanity.
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Huron
S. D
Geo. W. Wetherill
Advance in Sugar Prices in New York Market
Refiners raised all grades of refined sugar by 10 cents per hundredweight in New York on October 22, reflecting a broad advance across the market.
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New York
Meyer County Set for Open Land Lottery Next Says Judge
Dallas Oct 21 Judge Witten, Rosebud Sioux land opening chief, says Meyer county will be the next tract opened by the lottery plan. The area west of Tripp county totals over 1,000,000 acres and fertility promises good crops. Towns in Tripp county surge toward seats. Lamro and Winona have partial settlements with banks, stores, post offices, and new prospects for young settlers seeking fortunes.
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Dallas
S. D
Meyer County
Witten
Tripp County
Tripp
Imen
Lamro
Winona
Noble divorce ends in favor of Mrs Noble
In a Howard County divorce case Noble against Jennie Noble Judge Whiting awarded Mrs Noble the house and lot and $15 monthly alimony while giving the doctor the office barn and lots on which they stand The doctor is described as one of the oldest residents of Howard
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Treward
Ae . Noble
Jennie Noble
Babeete
Hayes alias Bill Dunn to be hanged December 4
Lend, S. D. October 21 Charles A Hayes known as Bill Dunn has been sentenced to death for the murder of Fred Samuelson near Spearfish on August 7 last.
Gettysburg Women Heroically Intervene Against Prairie Fire
A South Dakota prairie fire threatened Gettysburg on October 21 as strong winds pushed flames from the south toward the town. Women donated underskirts and aprons which men used to make makeshift fire tools and block the blaze, helping to save the town.
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Gettysburg
S. D
Employer Held for Workman's Bad Shot
Washington October 21 Employers may be sued for damages when a workman fires at a cat and hits a person under the employers liability law. A jury awarded Thomas Reeves $500 against B B Earnshaw & Co grain dealers after an employee shooting at a pigeon killed by the firm wounded Reeves on a street car.
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Washington
B. B. Earnshaw & Co
Thomas Reeves
Reeves
Earnshaw
Evans’ Son Found Guilty of Courtmartial Charges
Yokohama Oct 2 Lieutenant Frank Evans son of Rear Admiral Bob Evans was found guilty of two charges including absenting from his post and disrespect to a superior officer He was sentenced to lose 150 numbers and publicly reprimanded Admiral Sperry announced the verdict The ruling considered inadequate but approved to ensure some punishment is imposed
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Yokohama
Frank Evans
Louisiana
Bob” Evans
Sperry
Manila
Ivans
Commander In Chief
Evans
Poor Boston Preachers Move to Form a Union
Boston ministers complain they cannot support families on small salaries and some till soil for a living. Rev. Herbert S. Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist urges a ministers union and a meeting of Protestant pastors will be called.
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Boston
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Captain Jack Foster a famed Northwest frontiersman dies
Chamberlain S D Oct 24 Captain Jack Foster noted frontiersman and former government detective at Rosebud agency died after brief illness. About 52, resident of South Dakota over 30 years, he led Troop 6 in the Spanish American War and had a storied career battling rustlers. He was fearless and popular.
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South Dakota
Grigsby
Rough Riders
Northwest
Jack Foster
Remington
Jackson Tole
Wyo
Nebraska
Jack Hooster
Rosebud
Foster
Destruction as prairie fire sweeps Tripp county
Dallas S D Oct 17 Hundreds of land seekers watched a prairie fire driven by 15 to 20 mph winds burn across Tripp county and threaten the town. Wigwams burned, three families lost homes, and volunteers fought fires with bucket brigades and plows turning soil to create a barrier. J W Neal saved a woman from flames and Judge Witten moved registration papers to a safe field.
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Dallas
S. D
Tripp County
J. W. Neal
Toulon
Jas. W. Witten
Automobile Dashes Into Team of Horses in Dallas
A large touring car collided with a spring wagon on the north road in Dallas, tearing away a horse’s bridle and sending the team across the prairie. Driver Art Glass escaped serious injury while Walter Laripple suffered a badly fractured leg and was treated by Dr. Crawford.
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Dallas
S. C
North Road
Art Glass
Walter Laripple
October term to open without grand jury in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls will host the October term of the United States court with Judge John E F Carland presiding. The term will last about a week to ten days and involve civil actions only with no criminal cases. jurors and attendees aim to return home in time to vote on November 3.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
United States Court
John EF. Carland
Excursion tickets sold without authority cost depot agent
White Lake S D Oct 20 Fred Sweep a Marion depot agent for the Milwaukee Railroad sold many landseekers round trip tickets at one fare without authorized special rate. He must pay the difference.
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White, Lake, S. D
Fred Sweep
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Marion
Sweep
Typhoon Toll Tops 300 in Chang Chow China
Reports from Chang Chow state that more than 300 lives were lost in that city due to Thursday's typhoon affecting Amoy and surrounding areas with extensive damage and casualties.
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China
Amoy
Chang Chow
New Gas District In South Dakota Necks Back 800 Feet
In Marion South Dakota on the John Smith farm five miles west of town a gas seep began at about 800 feet depth. Local reports call the well a susher with a strong gas flow. Land values rise as plans outline ten to twelve more wells once equipment arrives to test the field.
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Marion
S. To
Weehl Levers
John Smith
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Little Girl Survives Bite From Rattlesnake
In Stanley county South Dakota on October 17 a two year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Adams, fell on a coiled rattlesnake in the yard. The fangs pierced her hand and swelling followed until a physician arrived nearly four hours later. The child recovered after home care and medical treatment.
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Sioux Falls
Jesse Adams
Stanley County
Adams
Sioux Indian defies compulsory school law case
Steve Blaine, a Yankton Sioux Indian living near Wagner South Dakota, was arrested for persistent refusal to obey the compulsory school law. He was jailed for a day or two and then promised to enroll his children in schooling and keep them away from muskrat houses during school hours.
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Wagner
S. D
Steve Blaine
Here
Indians Will Not Celebrate Cession of Lottery Lands
Dallas South Dakota October 16. Hollow Horn Bear sage chief of the Sioux cancels a planned farewell barbecue for 1,000,000 acres of Tripp county lands on the Rosebud reservation after funds for an ox feast were embezzled by an unofficial treasurer. John Gillick burglarized Frank Weaver hardware store and escaped from officers, dodging into a restaurant back door and later into a saloon before being jailed.
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Dallas
S. D
Hollow Horn Bear
Tripp County
Rosebud
John Gillick
Frank Weaver
Firecracker Accident Inflicts Severe Injuries and Damages
In Oldham South Dakota a firecracker mishap involving a small boy and an empty gasoline barrel caused serious facial and bodily injuries to one man, a shattered hand bone for another, and partial building collapse as the barrel exploded sending the head across the street and striking bystanders. The boy escaped injury.
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de Smet
S. D
Oldham
Landseeker killed by cattle chute accident
Clement Lindskog 22 of Volga died after being knocked from a Chicago Northwestern train near Valley Junction. He was en route from registering for a land entry in Tripp County, accompanied by his two sisters. Lindskog fell while passing a cattle chute and died this morning. His body was returned to Brookings County for burial.
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Landseeker
Iiuron
S. D
Clement Lindskog
Volga
Chicago & Northwestern
Valley Junction
Mr. Lindskog
Tripp County
Brookings County
Mother’s Deathbed Plea Delays Convict’s Prison Start
Sturgis South Dakota October 16. Romeo Glover delays his sentence for grand larceny as his ill mother, dying, sought to keep him from learning of his crime. After Supreme Court denial, he offered to surrender, but other cases and a murder tied up the officers. Once resolved, Glover reported to begin his term.
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Sturgis
S. D
Romeo Dlover
Miun
Supreme Court
Glover
Romeo
Young Glover
Zaie
Federal official posts cash bond after hearing in Sioux Falls
Anson Wagar former United States commissioner at Dallas, removed from office by Judge Carland, appeared in Sioux Falls before United States Commissioner D J Conway. He waived preliminary hearing and posted 300 dollars bond pending grand jury action. He is charged with mailing private advertisements on postal cards urging homestead registration in Tripp county.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
United States
Anson Wagar
Dallas
Carland
United States Court of
D. J. Conway
Grand Jury
Wagar
Commissioner Frank
Tripp County
Pittsburg Denounces Salome Dance by Blanche Deyo
Pittsburg will not stand for Salome. After Monday's show officials and police viewed the performance as wicked and indecent. Safety Director Lang and Police Chief McQuaid observed from a box and left when Salome had finished, then announced the dance would not be permitted to continue in the city.
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Pittsburg
Blanche Deyo
Joe Weber
Salome
Lung
Admiral Sperry Receives Imperial Audience in Japan Visit
Yokio Oct 22 report says Admiral Sperry and officers presented to the emperor of Japan. the audience described as the palace’s most brilliant function. The emperor and empress greeted officials warmly and a planned Roosevelt message signaled strong entente between the two nations during the fleet’s visit.
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Yokio
Admiral Sperry
Japan
Roosevelt
America
Grand Forks Leads North Dakota City School Population
Grand Forks, N D, Oct 22. Figures from the North Dakota department of public instruction show Grand Forks has the largest school population among the state’s 20 largest cities. The table lists totals, with Grand Forks at 3357 and Fargo at 3843, followed by Jamestown 1261 and Minot 1162, among others.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Department of Public Instruction of
North Dakota
Fargo
Jamestown
Minot
Dickinson
Valley City
Devils Lake
Bismarck
Grafton
Mandan
Wahpeton
Kenmare
Bottineau
Cando
Park River
Williston
Langdon
Hillsboro
Lisebon
Carrington
Markets Report from Sioux City and Chicago Cattle and Hogs
Sioux City stock yards quote hogs at 5.00 to 6.40 with heavy and butcher grades. cattle range 2.00 to 7.00 while grass cows bring 2.50 to 3.50. Chicago market steadier with hogs 5.25 to 6.25 and cattle 3.25 to 7.50. South Omaha lists steady cattle 3.25 to 7.00 and hogs 5.61 to 6.55 with lambs at 4.79 to 5.85.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Texas
Sioux City Produce Market Prices October 21
The Sioux City market lists butchering stock and commodities with prices for poultry and game, hides and leather, dry goods, tallow, and hay. Included are dairy items, weights, and pricing for various slaughtered animals, by the pound or unit, with notes on case returns and damaged stock.
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Sioux City
Sioux City, la
Lieges
Sioux City Grain Market Prices Report
Sioux City Iowa October 21 Wheat No 1 northern five pounds test 98c No 2 northern new 56 pounds test 91c No 3 64 pounds test 89c No 4 50 pounds test 4c No 2 winter new 89c No 3 winter 86c No 1 Wee 92c No 2 W C 82c Corn No 4 mixed old shelled 60c No 4 mixed shelled 58c ear same as shelled 7a pounds yellow ac more than mixed Oats No 2 white new 40c No white 39c No 3 mixed 38 14c no grade wisn the Hatley ab ete pounds test 48c C 46 pounds test 46c D 45 pounds test 45c E 44 pounds 44c Rye No 2 new 61c No 3 dic Flax No 1 1.09 No 2 1.07
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Sioux City
W. C
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Dakota
DEETS
Cheyenne Agency
Nitten
Hayes
J*oster
Troster
Jack
Federal
NEW Gas District
Marion—Field
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Tokio Court
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