Hills ranchman mystery and political clash shake South Dakota
Brownfield saloonkeeper George Brown is suspected in the disappearance of rancher John Vaughn and his cattle after Vaughn’s horse and herd vanish. in politics, Mix County Republicans back Harding amid charges in the First Judicial Circuit as delegates are instructed, while Harding’s supporters dispute rival claims. In sports, Connie Collins dominates Black Hills track and field, planning to return to Vermilion and aiming for Denver with university teammates.
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Royalwood
John
George
PUSEY A CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE GAFFY RIVAL
Sept 5 S D A town judge Gaffy may face a challenger from Judge Gaffy amid letters from counties asking him to run. The state rule committee chair led past campaigns, noted for tight elections and narrow margins. He previously won county office by small majorities and served as state's attorney and postmaster here.
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Gaffy
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State Rule Committee
Yan
Ofve
Efe
Industries of the Dakotas by Census Bulletin
The Census Bureau reports 3 849 manufacturing establishments across Montana North Dakota and South Dakota in the census year with a productive value of 78 490 157 dollars. Montana shows 1 080 establishments employing 10 177 with wages 7 969 888 and product 57 075 824 including copper and lead smelting. North Dakota lists 1 130 establishments with 2 398 workers earning 1 222 472 in wages and product 9 183 114. flour milling dominates 4 184 028 and 45 percent of state output. South Dakota records 1 639 establishments with 3 121 workers and product 12 231 239. flour milling employs 295 and cheese and butter 148 workers with values 3 379 843 and 1 199 493 respectively.
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Bexard
Washington
Census Bureau
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Attempted Assault In Ames Des Moines Sleeper Case
In Des Moines Iowa on September 4 ex Superintendent McCord heard a girl scream aboard a Chicago sleeper at Ames. Josephine Sullivan daughter of Northwestern Conductor Mike Sullivan had been left in a sleeping car with a note for the Des Moines train conductor. A porter demanded her ticket and tried to send her to the smoking room she screamed and fled. The porter was later arrested in Ames and Sullivan was sought for.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Ames
McCord
Josephine Sullivan
Mike Sulivan
Northwestern
Jord
Sullivan
Condition of crops late corn improves in most sections
Weather bureau notes generally favorable conditions across districts with heavy rains harming crops in parts of the south Atlantic and gulf states. Dry weather hurts Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, Oklahoma, Texas droughts worsen crops, and California fruit matures slowly. Apples remain unpromising. planting and plowing advance except where drought retards Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Missouri
Mississippi
North Pacific Coast
Oklahoma
Tex
California
Nevada
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
North Dakota
Tawney Injured After Golf Ball Strike
Congressman J A Tawney of Minnesota was struck on the left leg while playing golf in Paul Minnesota and seriously injured. Attending physicians say he will recover unless complications arise.
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Essman Tawney
Minnesota
Ei, Paul
Minn
J. A. Tawney
Clay county splits over Dillon in first district judicial race
Vermillion South Dakota Sept 4 in Clay county Republican convention delegates divide on supporting C H Dillon for judge of the First Judicial Circuit. Twenty for Dillon and seven for no change, with Smith faction seeking early nomination. The split suggests Dillon may still fare well if Smith falters. The article also notes a separate case on Myra Priest and a nearby disappearance tied to Ward as a suspected thief.
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Mix Alore
Joie
Judge Smith
C. H. Dillon
Can Rata
Charles Mix County
Ela
J.y Flarding
State Central Committee
Yankton Sioux
Headquards
Greenwood
Harding
Iors
Wagner New Era
Countrie
Conwy
United States District
Atorsey Willett
Frank Trumbo
Bon Hore Ane
Smith
Dillon
Willett
Graves
King
Frank Patton
Lb. Winker
Wagner
Vermillion
S. D
Clay County
First Judicial Circuit
J. T. Copeland
Argus
J. L. Jolley
Parker Citizens Offer $10,000 Note for Court House
Parker D. Sept. 4. The city council appointed a committee to secure signatures to a note for 10,000 dollars as the town’s contribution toward a courthouse. The plan is to deposit the note with the county treasurer under a contract that transfers the amount to the county once the county appropriates its share. if not, the note is returned. The pledge reflects a promise by Parker citizens to keep the county seat here.
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Parker
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Ua Court House
Armour City Moves to Ban Transient Auctions
Armour South Dakota seeks to bar cheap John merchants from selling bankrupt stock by ordinance. The proposal would prohibit sale of goods via auction or general auction stores by transit persons without paying 75 dollars monthly rental to Armour. The ordinance is in first reading and aims to protect local merchants and fund town taxes.
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Armour
Prairie chickens to curb grasshoppers in Dakota farms
In Hutchinson county near Wark on Grasshoff the farmers post rules to protect prairie chickens and rely on them to eat grasshoppers along Firesteel Creek. They prohibit shooting the birds on their farms and will not harm the chickens themselves, counting on the birds to clear the pests. The story later discusses a separate Geddes case over a stepdaughter’s orphanage custody, where officials and witnesses backed the Gilliland family.
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Dakota
Scotland
S. D
Hutchinson County
Candy poisoning case leads to arrest in Deadwood
Mrs Myra Priest a Deadwood waitress is under arrest for attempted murder after allegedly sending a candy box laced with strychnine to her daughter’s adopted guardian Mrs Vener. A physician saved the guardian’s life after she ate the candy. The preliminary hearing is set for next Wednesday. Delegates to Aberdeen convention named twelve to represent Beadle County with Hon Thomas H Null favored. Briggs and Minty wed in Huron and now reside in Huron.
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Myra Priest
Deadwood
Vener
Whitewood
Advises Sultan to Settle With Germany Over Crisis
In Constantinople on Sept 3 M Bapst of the French embassy and staff toured the Sea of Marmara to avoid dressing ships for the sultan's accession anniversary. Germany reportedly urges a rapid settlement between France and the porte. In Paris Munir Bey returns to Switzerland as the dispute continues. Caracas Gazette declares Venezuela's complaint against Colombia a casus belli amid rising tensions.
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Germany
Constantinople
M. Bapst
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Paris
Munir Bey
Trukish
Switzerland
Caracas
Venezuela
Colombia
Ex-Mayor Tubbs freed after time served for obscene mail case
Richard A. Tubbs former Alcester mayor released from the Sioux Falls penitentiary amid questions over when his two year term began after appeals. He spent roughly seven months in prison with good behavior time counted from an old commitment. The ruling signals a new precedent in calculating term start dates for appeal cases. A separate item reports Chris Mortrud losing an arm after a hunting accident near Elk Point, requiring below elbow amputation.
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Richard A. Tubbs
Alcester
Sioux Falls
McKinley
Tubbs
Carland
United States Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Liberty
State valuation climbs by nearly a million overall
The South Dakota auditor reports a total state valuation of 173,206,7283 dollars, up 951,648 from last year across all property classes. Real estate adds 1,280,339, railroads 174,631, and telephone companies 9,410, while town lots decrease by 398,636 and personal property gains are 113,496. Other classes show minor shifts.
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Beadle
Iyde
Bonhomme
Erauldre
Brookings
Kingsbury
Brown Lake
Brule Ory
Lawrence
Buffalo
Lincoln Pee
Butte
Lyman
Campbell
McCook
Charles Mr McPherson Clark ' Marshall Ab Clay
Meade
Codington
Miner
Custer
Minnehaha
Davison
Moody Bea
Pennington
Potter Tyres
Douglas Tee
Roberts
Edmunds
Sanborneos
Fall River
Spink
Potter
Campbell Gregory
Stanley
Sully
Jeraurd
South Dakota
Pierre
State Auditor's
Vis t From Gen Miles Fort Meade Likely HQ for 13th Cavalry
Fort Meade South Dakota on September 2 reports Lt General Nelson A Miles expected for a September inspection tour with Secretary Root. He plans Fort Meade as general headquarters for the Thirteenth Cavalry with annual troop mobilizations. Lieutenant James Longstreet arrives to join his regiment and is well regarded by his men. A separate note from Sioux Falls mentions a small Minnesota county Democratic convention electing twenty four delegates. Deadwood reports Congressman E W Martin and family off to Washington for school arrangements, returning late November. Connie Collins of the state university returns to Vermillion after sweeping Black Hills events.
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Miicis Hilla Sports
Collins
Fond
Black Hills
Connie Collins
Caillion
Denver
Aves
State University
Princeton
Leland Onford
Vermil
Olaf Han
Ft. Meade
13Th Cavalry
Fort Meade
S. D
Nelson A. Miles
Root
Miles
Thirteenth Cavalry
Washington
James Longstreet
General Longstreet
Tragic Naptha Launch Explosion Kills Family
Albany Sept 3 a naptha launch exploded on the Hudson near The Abbey, killing Mrs Alexander and her young daughter. Contractor Wilbur Alexander and his son William Jr were severely burned. the accident followed a river outing as the boat burned, the family perishing, with recovery uncertain for Mr Alexander and hope for the boy.
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N. Y
Wilbur Alexander
Hudson River
Alexander
Lynchers Sentenced In Second Degree Murder Case
Wetumka Alabama September 3 the jury found John Strength and Martin Fuller guilty of murder in the second degree for participation in the lynching of Robert White a Black man. Each was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary marking the third conviction alongside George Howard who received life imprisonment after pleading guilty earlier.
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Wetumka
Ala
John Strength
Martin Fuller
Robert White
George Howard
Embezzlement Charge Against Milwaukee Cashier
Julius Van Steen, cashier at Preister Vogel tannery in Milwaukee, arrested on a warrant for embezzling 10000 dollars from his employers. He pleaded guilty in district court and was bound over for trial.
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Milwaukee
Preister & Vogel Tannery
van Steen
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