South Dakota Tops Nation in 1913 Corn Output
Government crop report shows South Dakota at 78 percent condition on Sept 1, tops eight-state ranking in corn area. Despite claims of a 14-point August slump, observers doubt the drop and predict final South Dakota corn figures will be near or above 78. Also notes spring wheat results: South Dakota produced 38,120,000 bushels in 1913 versus 52,185,000 in 1912, with Minnesota and North Dakota showing respective totals.
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Nebraska
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Chocolate Girls Wanted Sign Sparks Incident
Aberdeen South Dakota. Jot Bohmer, manager of Vroman Bakery, posted signs on his store window reading Chocolate and Girls Wanted. Two mulatto women entered seeking work, called him out for the signs’ wording, and led him outside to address the matter as the signs contradicted his denial of advertising for mulatto girls.
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Aberdeen
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Jot Bohmer
Vroman’ Baking Company
Joe
Rural Schools Big Balance in Brown County
Brown county school district treasurers report total receipts of 160814.41 and expenditures of 117641.48 for the past fiscal year. Net balance in district treasuries amounts to 43172.93. Town schools not included. Howard Rew returned from Minneapolis after several weeks’ visit.
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Brown County
Treasuries
Crawford Seeks Re nomination to United States Senate in South Dakota
United States Senator Doe I Crawford urged a rebuilt Republican Party in Huron to embrace Progressive tenets, attacking stale leadership and detailing platform planks including currency reform, federal roads, express company nationalization, child labor abolition, and a minimum wage for women. He urged enrollment in county mass meetings to choose a majority proposal committee and pledged renewed effort to defeat railroad and machine politics.
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Wilson at summer White House visit
President Wilson arrived at the summer White House this afternoon after a motor trip from Windsor Vermont, confirming his stay at Cornish New Hampshire.
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Wilson
Windsor
Aberdeen Normal Opens for Year With Strong Enrollment
Opening services for the year at the Aberdeen Northern Normal and Industrial School featured addresses by Rev. D McMasters on behalf of city churches and by Royal C C Johnson former Vice President Willis E Johnson now of Ellendale North Dakota, and Rev. Dr John W Taylor. Enrollment promises to break all previous records.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Northern Normal and Industrial School
D. McMasters
Royal CC. Johnson
Willis E. Johnson
Ellendale
N. D
John W. Taylor
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hamline
Minn
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ministers urged to attend national Anti Saloon League meeting
Superintendent R N Holsaple urges South Dakota churches to send pastors to the Columbus Ohio convention November 10 13 expected 20000 delegates. The event marks 20 years of anti liquor work and the launch of a national prohibition program with Governors Day November 12 featuring five governors including Hanna of North Dakota.
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Ohio
R. N. Holsaple
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Bryne
Hanna
North Dakota
Byrne
No Trace Of Missing Man In Woonsocket
Guy Bellows, 26, of Woonsocket disappeared after reporting a severe headache. He was last seen boarding the 10:11 Milwaukee train toward Sioux City and Chicago. his bundled pocketbook, receipts, and cap were found near the water tank after Lake Prior searches. A reward is offered for information.
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Brotherhood of American Yeoman
McLeod Quits New Committee
Aberdeen Daily News proprietor J McLeod resigns from the executive committee formed after a Sioux Falls conference. McLeod, summering at a cottage on Big Stone Lake, had not attended the meeting and opposed parts of the platform.
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S. D
C. J. McLeod
Aberdeen Daily News
Big Stone Lake
Ortonville
Minn
J. W. Parmley
Ipswich
Pet-Together
Moves to give state rates in South Dakota case
The attorney general moves to dissolve the injunction against the 214-cent passenger rate act from 1907. The hearing before Judge Willard in Sioux Falls is set for September 25. The state contends the 2¼ cent per mile rate is not confiscatory and seeks its enforcement, while railroads argue they cannot operate under the 1909 rate in the state.
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State Legal Department
State College squad enters football camp in Brookings
Brookings South Dakota Twenty members of the State College football squad with Coach Harry W Ewing depart for Lake Oakwood to attend the annual camp through September 19 They will be joined by additional players later twice daily practices and rule study plus hunting and boating activities The schedule includes Huron College Brookings Oct 4 Carleton College Oct 11 N D Agricultural College Oct 18 Hamline Oct 25 Open Nov 8 Huron College Nov 14 State School of Mines Brookings Nov 21 Yankton College Nov 27 Dakota Wesleyan at Yankton with optimism for a strong season after returning many players and promising freshmen
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Harry W. Ewing
Lake Oakwood
Ewing
Huron College
Carleton College
N. D. Agricultural College
Sioux Falls
Rapid City Wins Long Court Fight Over Bond Suit
In federal court Rapid City defeated Henry Denet of Chicago who sought 230000 for bonds and interest dating twenty years. Denet had bought 70000 worth of bonds claimed to be issued illegally for the Crouch line project between Rapid City and Mystic. Harry Friend of Chicago testified for the defense. The jury returned a verdict for Rapid City.
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Henry Denet
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Mystic
Harry Friend
Famous Sioux Chief Yellow Bear Dies at Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge Agency South Dakota Yellow Bear a renowned Sioux leader and former war chief died at his reservation home at age 70. Once a head man among young warriors during Red Cloud and Spotted Tail era he later served as a government scout and ally of whites. He led a large western Bennett county settlement and urged progress through civilization.
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Raise Land Values by Building Silos
Kimball South Dakota reports wheat near Viga yields up to 20 bushels per acre. Farmers install underground silos, with Ed Thompson building a seven foot deep thirty foot high silo fed by an artesian well. Thompson plans another silo, predicting alfalfa and silos will lift land to about 100 dollars per acre.
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This Man Sets His Own Broken Bones
Colton resident D G L Wood a thresherman showed high surgical skill by setting his own broken bones after an accident. He walked six miles to Chester and aligned his arm with a physician present. Previously he had broken a leg and collarbone and treated them himself.
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Colton
G. L. Wood
Chester
Aberdeen City Adopts 214000 Budget With Parks Cut
Aberdeen city commission approves annual budget totaling 214 778 90 dollars allocating 36 000 for police and 47 964 44 to schools. Park board asked 15 000 but receives 8 000 this year as partial funding for park improvements.
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Aberdeen City Commission
City Park Board
New Cement Home for Kimball Post Office
Kimball South Dakota real estate dealer T Trusdell tore down his Main Street office to replace it with a cement block building to house the post office. The old post office, once owned by J B Long, sold to Brooks and Brohan who plan a new hardware building. Wim J Verzagt visited Sioux City for the fair.
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W. T. Trusdell
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Brooks & Brohan
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