May mean a new South Dakota line
Aberdeen S D Oct 26 The latest railroad talk centers on a possible link to Watertown via a connection between the Minneapolis and St Louis line and the Soo road Canada Pacific. Surveyors report plans to join the Watertown branch with the Soo line through McPherson county and Leola to Aberdeen.
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Watertown
North Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Canadian Pacifice-Soo
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Canadian Pacific
Soo
St.ouis
South
Minneapolis and
South Dakota
McPherson County
Leola
iSt. Louis
St.Louis
Canistota Inventor Patents Wireless Check Row Planter
Canistota South Dakota October 26 H F Spaldling of this place has patented a wireless check row corn planter. He spent eight months developing the device and says the system uses a surveying machine to set and pull stakes at regular intervals. An endless chain bears stakes eight feet long parallel with the ground and swung from the axle center. Stakes in the ground trigger planter action to plant corn in straight rows on uneven ground.
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Canistota
S. D
H. F. Spaldling
Rand
Grand jury actions in Sioux Falls indict several individuals
United States grand jury in Sioux Falls returns indictments in multiple cases. Levi Clark pleads guilty to counterfeiting and receives two years in the penitentiary plus a $100 fine. Fred Wagg faces liquor selling to Indians charges. Pleas of not guilty recorded for William Wright Webster Iron Wing on larceny and unlawful stock driving from Rosebud. George Coy faces perjury tied to a Rapid City land district homestead entry. White Face and Still As Swallow are mentioned as Sioux Indians in the docket.
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United States Court At
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States Grand Jury
Levi Clark
Fred Wagg
Walworth County
Clark
Carland
William Wright
Webster Iron Wing
Rosebud Reservation
George Coy
Fall River ‘County
Rapid City Land District
White Face
Swallow
First Sale of Lands Set for McPherson County
Pierre S D Oct 26 The first sale date for state building lands is Thursday October 26 in McPherson county Commissioner Bach reports many inquiries since advertisements and expects to sell enough to complete the wing of the new capitol building Installments are offered in three payments attracting buyers unable to pay cash.
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McPherson County
Pierre
S. D
Bach
Capitol
Mrs Hearst Gifts $200 to Local Churches
Lead Oct 26 Mrs Phoebe Hearst's annual gift to the churches of this vicinity is received. Leed Central and Terraville each receive $200, totaling $3,200. Mrs Hearst gives annually this amount to these churches.
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Lead
S. D
Phoebe Hearst
Leed
Central
Terraville
Hearst
Spearfish Boy Fatally Shot While Playing Soldier
In Spearfish South Dakota on October 26 Hassel Graham thirteen son of Charles Graham of the fish hatchery was killed while hunting with playmate Ray Edgerton. Graham was dragging a gun and it exploded when it snagged on brush, the ball entering his neck and penetrating the brain.
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Spearfish
S. D
Hassel
Graham
Charles Graham
Ray Edgerton
Spearfish Canyon
Corn Worms Widespread In South Dakota Fields
Brookings S D October 24 Professor W A Wheeler of Brookings Agricultural College discusses the corn worm known by many names and its extensive range from Canada to Texas It damages corn ears buds leaves and tassels and shows varied colors The only practical remedies are late fall plowing to expose pupae to winter and crop rotation to break the worm's food cycle.
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Brookings
S. D
W. A. Wheeler
Brookings Agricultural College
South Dakota
United States
Canadian
Texas
Atlantic
California
Minnesota
Narrow Escape for Engineer From Threshing Machine Accident
Martin Limmer, engineer of a threshing machine in Lake county, Sioux Falls S D, narrowly escaped death when clothing caught on a shaft end and wound him around the machine. He was hurled several feet after being released, suffering a broken arm a dislocated knee a rib loosened from the sternum and a severe facial cut from a gear shaft.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Martin Limmer
Lake County
Grover Ryan Found, Returns to Sanity After Alarming Episode
Grover Ryan, a young man who became mentally unbalanced Thursday evening and fled town, was located Friday morning by a farmer eight miles south in a haystack. The cold night aggravated him, but he recovered his mental balance after being brought to Armour. He had recently suffered illness and investigators suspect it triggered the temporary irregularity.
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Armour
S. D
Grover Ryan
Women drivers and workers boost South Dakota harvests
In Scotland South Dakota on October 23, women and girls drove six horse binders and headers while others did field labor as farmers faced labor shortages. Russian and local women earned up to 2.50 a day plus board, praised for reliability, with broader notes on women in politics and education roles in the state.
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Scotland
S. D
South Dakota
Prairie hen in South Dakota faces extinction due to hunters
Armour South Dakota Oct. 23. Prairie hens once numerous across the state are vanishing as hunters and market shooters drill into the population. Farmers block fields as warden coverage remains scarce. Birds migrate back each fall only to be hunted. Penalties are light, prompting farmers to threaten force against trespassers.
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Armour
S. D
South Dakota
Jand
Jhhe
Farmers Institute Dates Set for East River Counties
South Dakota Farmers Institute sessions are announced for counties east of the Missouri. Towns listed include Ipswich, Roscoe, Eureka, Kimball, Plankinton, Mitchell, Geddes, Wagner, Tyndall, Armour, Wessington Springs, Woonsocket, Howard, Sioux Falls, and Salem with dates from November 8 to December 22. Institutes resume in January, likely at Aberdeen.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
Farmers’ S Institute
Missouri River
Ipswich
Roscoe
Eureka
Kimball
Plankinton
Mitchell
Geddes
Wagner
Tyndall
Armour
Wessington ‘Springs
Woonsocket
Howard
Sioux Falls
Salem
Great Northern Railroad Plans New Line to Black Hills
Aberdeen 8S D Oct 23 report that the Great Northern will build from Forbes near Ellendale through Bowdle in Edmunds county to Forest City crossing the Missouri River and continuing toward the Black Hills in competition with the Milwaukee and Northwestern.
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Aberdeen
Great Northern
Forbes
Ellendale
N. D
Bowdle
Edmunds County
Forest City
Missouris River
Black Hills
Milwaukee
Northwestern
New South Dakota Railroad Extends Toward Wentworth
Sioux Falls officials announce the South Dakota Central will start extension work within a week toward Wentworth and Prairie Queen, with a steel Sioux River bridge planned. Train service to Wentworth is expected within ten days or two weeks, and two daily trains will run once complete.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
R. F. Sherman
South Dakota Central Railroad
Illinois Central
South Dakota Central
Joe Nirby
Sioux River
Wentworth
Prairie Queen
Passing of Red Men in Crow Creek Area
Miller reports Crow Creek Crow Dounble Crow Dog carries pap poose died at teepee. Burial done at agency forty five miles away. Observes Indians crowding towns for trading causing harsh conditions and rising illness. Notes an Indian at Pierre turning white from consumption.
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Pierre
Indictments in Federal Court Hit Sioux Falls
United States grand jury returns multiple indictments including John M. Bell and Arthur G. Waldorf for post office robbery at Loomis near Mitchell. Andrew J. Sharp faces counterfeit charges at Yankton. Claud Conover accused of stock larceny on Rosebud land. George Coy charged with perjury. Bell and Waldorf plead guilty. swift sentencing.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
United States Grand Jury
John M. Bell
Arthur G. Waldorf
Loomis
Mitchell
Andrew J. Sharp
Iowa
Yankton
Claud Conover
Rosebud
Conover
George Coy
Fail River County
Hamestead
Rapid City
Coy
Fall River County
Carland
Butter firkin case heads to federal grand jury in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls reports that a Codington county butter firkin shipment to Chicago contained prairie chickens in violation of the Lacey act. Workmen seek shipper identity as federal jurors hear evidence. station agent Carl may be pressed for the true name. Police also link in recent Colton robbery with two strangers suspected to be part of a South Dakota crime gang.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Codington County
Kampeska
Watertown
Chicago
L. Murdock
Codington
Waddel
Hundredmark
Erand
Carl
Express
First Snow Falls as Hog Cholera Strikes Western Farms
Ethan S D reports light snowfall in Oct with several inches on the ground. Farmers nearby face losses from hog cholera, with cattle herds affected and some deaths reported ten to fifteen miles west. Disease here last appeared in late 1898 after years of absence.
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Ethan
S. D
First Snow of the Season Reaches Yankton
The first snow of the season began overnight in Yankton South Dakota and continues to fall as the ground turns white. Light rain in recent days has preceded the snow, with expectations of snow most days for about a week.
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Yankton, S. D
City to Build Large Public Skating Rink
Yankton South Dakota on October 21 reports the city council will construct a large public skating rink to provide a safe place for the youth to skate and enjoy the exercise while avoiding dangers on the Missouri River.
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Yankton
Missouri
Three Inches of Snow Improves Aberdeen Farming Prospects
Aberdeen S D Oct 20 a three inch snow fell on Aberdeen and nearby areas. The ground was too dry for fall plowing but the snow melts quickly and will leave soil in good condition. The Brown county exhibit at the courthouse, postponed from October 18, will now be held on November 1.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Brown County
Court House
Freight Train Wreck at Warner Causes Track Shutdown
Aberdeen S D October 20 a special freight train at Warner was wrecked Tuesday all southbound Milwaukee trains ran over Northwestern tracks between Aberdeen and Wolsey due to a broken journal on a barley car causing five cars to leave the track.
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Warner
Brown County
Aberdeen
S. D
Milwaukee
Wolsey
Yankton College blanked Springfield Normal 37 to 0 at Athletic Park
The opening college football game of the season, played in Yankton South Dakota, ended with Yankton College defeating Springfield Normal 37 to 0. The first half stood 26 to 0 before Coach Haney rotated in substitutes for 11 more points.
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Yankton
S. C
Athletic Park
Yankton College
Springfield Normal
Haney
Mitchell High to Play Sioux Falls Eleven Next Saturday
Mitchell South Dakota reports that on October 21 the Mitchell high school football team will travel to Sioux Falls to face the local high school eleven on their home grounds. Earlier Parker defeated Mitchell here at the corn palace.
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Mitchell
S. D
Sioux Falls
Parker
Corn Palace
Rooney Hanged at Dakota Prison in First Execution Under New Law
John Rooney, convicted of murdering Harold Sweet in Fargo three years ago, was hanged at 1 05 this morning in the North Dakota state penitentiary. His fatal fall broke his neck. he spoke a ten minute denial of firing the shot but admitted being an accessory to the holdup. He sang There Is No Death before stepping onto the scaffold and prayed as the cap closed. The execution took place in the twine warehouse yard with only law‑specified witnesses present.
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Bismarck
N. D
John Rooney
Harold Sweet
Fargo
Supreme Part
United States
State Penitentiary
Rooney
Sioux Indian Suicide at Ranch Celebration
At John Dillon’s ranch in Lyman County a Sioux man named Frank King killed himself during a celebration after his horse won a race. He waved a six shooter and, despite warnings, pressed the trigger to his forehead, the bullet entering between the eyes. King died the next morning after lingering in agony.
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Sioux Falls
John Dillon
Lyman County
Dillon's
Frank King
King
Ald
Saloon Fight Ends in Daley’s Death in Waverly
Will Daley was shot six times and killed in a Waverly saloon by Lawrence Mehrens, a saloonkeeper, after a quarrel with a friend of Arsiean. The incident occurred last evening and a telegraph from Waverly confirms the fatal shooting.
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Laurence Mehrens
Will Daley
Watertown
8. D
Waverly
S. D
Lawrence Mehrens
Daley
Arsiean
Meherns
Death of a Young Farmer’s Son in Canton
Elmer William Brandhagen, aged 17, died of consumption at his parents’ home in Canton South Dakota, Oct 18. He was the youngest son of O T Brandhagen, a prominent county farmer.
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Canton
S. D
Elmer William Brandhagen
Death of Dr Holmgren in Canton at 39
Hjalmer August Holmgren died at the Rudolph hotel in Canton on October 18 from diabetes. A prominent physician, he was a member of the Sioux Falls Knights Templars lodge and Oriental Consistory No 1 of Yankton. He leaves a wife and three children.
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DR. Holmgren
Canton
Hjalmer August Holmgren
Rudolph Hotel
Sioux Falls
Death of Beloit official at 67 shocks town
S. G. Morton of Beloit Iowa died after rising and dressing, though in apparent good health. He was 67 and served as depot agent for Milwaukee, postmaster, justice of the peace and town recorder. He leaves a wife three sons and one daughter. The sons are railroad operators.
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Beloit
Canton
S. Gs. Morton
Milwaukee
First Snow at Pierre Sparks Early Storm
Pierre reported its first snow of the season on October 18 with snow and rain. The flakes melted quickly as the storm moved through, leaving slushy streets in the capital city.
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Pierre
Prince of Monaco Receives Gold Medal in Berlin Dedication
Emperor William praised the prince of Monaco for scientific contributions at the dedication of the Royal Prussian аэрonautical observatory. He presented the gold medal for science to the prince and awarded Abbott Lawrence Rothrock of Boston the Red Eagle third class for his role in the international aeronautical commission and Atlantic atmospheric study plan.
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Prince of
Monaco
Lindenburg
Prussia
Em_ peror William
Iicnaco
The
Abbott Lawrence Rothh Cok
Boston
Mass
inter= national aeronautical’ commission
Berlin
Atlanti
Ocean
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Mrs. Hearst
Wheeler
Charles j.Mix County
Farmers’ Institute
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Attem
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Lowk
Bown
Sioux Fails
Springfield
A. S. Peterson
Colton
Peterson
Dakota Prison
United States Supreme Court
Him
Prince
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