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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
1
Ammons September 22 Mrs C F Kirkpatrick dies after fire ignites clothing from a gasoline stove blast. While cooking she left a pot on the fire which boiled over, pushing gas into the closed room where it met a lighted burner. The blast fatally scorched the bride a few weeks after marriage. She was the daughter of Mathew Bergen of Beresford.
Jonas Erickson of Brandon township Sioux Falls alleges a gang led by M Ferris assaulted him over a disputed Great Northern road tax receipt. Erickson says he was dragged from a wagon and forced to sign a blank receipt under threat of hanging near a nearby tree.
In Lead S D robbers broke into Ottman & Sons drug store and R C Platt china shop. They concealed the entry by placing a green felt covered pistol over the door and left the felt on the glass pane. Only 40 cents was taken before thieves were driven off.
Lead, Sept. 22. With Miss Katherine D Steele arriving to run the Hearst library, a curious coincidence emerges. Her immediate predecessor was Miss Katherine Gold who resigned and married. Miss Gold was followed by Miss Katherine Coal, showing Lead’s mineral history reflected in librarian names.
L P Trenholm age 34 leaves wife and three children to elope with Mina merchant Moulton’s 15 year old daughter. He borrowed 300 dollars from his father before disappearing. Officers are pursuing the couple as details unfold in Aberdeen South Dakota.
The Presbyterian Synod of South Dakota will hold its 26th annual meeting in Sioux Falls October 7 to 10, 1909, beginning with a Sunday school institute Wednesday evening. The Woman's Synodical Missionary Society joins the synod. bishops and elders from New York Chicago St Paul and South Dakota will participate. A young people's rally closes the event Sunday afternoon with a foreign missions meeting Sunday evening.
Mrs. Jessie Tetrow 22 wife of J E Tetrow of Philip South Dakota was seized by sudden insanity during a train journey to visit relatives in Perry Iowa. She was taken to Yankton state hospital for treatment after being brought there by her husband and relatives.
Chicago report says Yee King fined $50 and costs for offering Mrs Goldie Carter shelter under his umbrella during rain. He stated he had learned in New York missions to be courteous to white women. Judge Beitler called such conduct a breach of peace and linked it to racial tensions with a remark about the Sigel murder.
A rear end collision on Gravesend avenue between two loaded street cars returning from Coney Island Mardi Gras derailed both vehicles. A dozen people suffered injuries including several women trampled as men scrambled free. A couch of passengers was overturned by a following automobile, but all occupants escaped with minor injuries.
A movement in Custer South Dakota aims to erect a monument for Horace Ross the Black Hills gold discoverer buried near Custer. Ross first found gold on French creek in 1874 sparking the southern hills rush later spreading to Deadwood gulch and he joined General Custer expedition at the time.
LeBeau mayor Mecsride asks South Dakota governor to send a company of troops for police duty during the Cheyenne Indian reservation land opening and registration period. Town leaders vow to enforce state laws against gambling, drunkenness, and debauchery with military presence.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the barns of the Henry Frawley ranch six miles east of Deadwood with tenants fleeing. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars and fully insured. Nearby, officials in Hot Springs report a newspaper publishing firm dissolved and to be continued by Christy and Son. In Madison, Fred Church found dead in Ramona farm lodging, body showing signs of death several days prior.
An automobile carrying Colonel George Harvey editor of Harper s Weekly, John H Hoffer and two others toppled on the Shore boulevard near Manahakin New Jersey. Harvey sustained a broken shoulder blade and internal injuries and was sent by special train toward Deal Beach. The chauffeur escaped unharmed while the Hoffer party suffered minor bruises.
At Berlin Imperial Field Orville Wright stayed aloft for one hour and 35 minutes with Captain Englehardt aboard setting a new endurance mark. He previously held the record of one hour and 12 minutes set July 27 with a passenger. In Ostend Louis Paulhan won 5,000 for a 73 km flight in an hour in a Voisin bi plane over coastal waters.
Towa City Iowa September 21 Professor Henry E Gordon of the University of Iowa was called by death after a prolonged typhoid fever at age 54 He leaves a wife a daughter and two sons The daughter is a victim of the same disease but will live
Sioux Falls SD Sept 20. A test suit seeks to determine the constitutionality of Sunday closing laws banning paid ball games and theatrical performances on Sundays. State's Attorney Danforth sues P J Toohey as several moving picture houses challenge the law. Defense by Joe Kirby argues the law is unconstitutional. The case goes to the state supreme court for ruling.
The United States district court in Deadwood issues a call list for the petit jury including C A Davis Sioux Falls A F Clough Canova L C Roundy Aberdeen and others. Beside government cases against the McLaughlin Tie TIMber company there is little of importance noted for the jury.
Lead City Sept 20 Open meetings to replace secret ritual parts as a move favored by many miners. Western Federation amendment adopted. new officers include President A F Rowe and Secretary A Hawley with several district delegates.
In Wakonda a. I. Sandelius sold a quarter section near town to the Ketchum brothers for 71 dollars per acre while Hiram Bierce’s 120 acre farm south of town sold to L. Nelson for 80 dollars an acre. Governor Vessey appoints G. K. Sellers private secretary. fire damages hay land near Dunlap. fines levied for alleged trout dynamiting. Jorgenson to pursue appeal after new trial motion on Emil Victor case.
Ames Iowa Sept 20 The Des Moines Methodist conference hears a memorial by Rev W H Shipman urging bishops to submit to all conferences a constitutional amendment to elect district superintendents by ministers rather than appointment by the bishop The memorial was set as the day’s main order of business at 10 a m and is expected to provoke a spirited debate Superintendent Collins Creston district reports reveal a lively church compared with others in its area
Mrs Ed Olson of Bijou Hills was bitten by a rattlesnake while berrying with her children Monday morning. She died at 11 p m the same day in Chamberlain local hospital. The bite went unnoticed at first and the family struggled to reach help before they could reach home.
Elk Point South Dakota votes September 27 to decide whether hitching posts on Main street will remain. The council had abolished them but a petition against removal prompted a public vote to settle the issue.
Lamro S D Sept 18 The interior department confirms grazing leases on ceded lands in Tripp county expired in June last year. Cattlemen with Indian agreements have no rights in the ceded area since that time. If they ignore homesteader rights, they face trespass penalties under South Dakota law.
In Watertown South Dakota on September 18 a hobo seized a jackpot of 67 dollars at gunpoint from a fellow tramp on a westbound freight. He forced other gang members to surrender then escaped as the train slowed for a crossing.
At Le Beau near the Missouri river the Springsteel brothers profit from floodwood, towing uprooted cottonwoods to a sandbar, then rafting logs to a portable sawmill. Four men cut 5,000 to 8,000 feet of lumber daily through the summer.
Yankton reports a lively fall registration with hopes of a strong year ahead. The football squad adds Carl Nelson returning from a prior drowning scare, thrilling faculty and students. Amy Ellerman wins a vocal music class in Chicago and joins Pilgrim Congregational church quartet and choir.
In Farmington township near Madison, a boiler from J. Richter’s thrashing outfit exploded killing a 6 year old boy of Henry Rohrer and injuring engineer Arthur Richter fireman Ben Foley and the water team. The boy’s body flew 200 feet and the blast also scorched a separator and grain bundles.
A Cresbard operator reported being robbed and shot by four masked men during a nighttime raid. The Minneapolis and St. Louis dispatch office sent a rescue engine, covering 41 miles in record time, to Cresbard where they found the operator dead drunk and placed him in a coal box.
Judge Dick Haney of the state supreme bench married Miss Eve Treadway at her parents home in Huron. Rev. Henry Kimball Warren officiated in a private ceremony attended by close relatives. The couple will reside in Pierre after a wedding breakfast. The bride, a longtime Huron resident and Oberlin graduate, was last year principal of Pierre city schools.
John H Walsh of the Industrial Workers of the World failed to establish a local branch in this city as the Western Federation of Miners moved to exclude rival union activity. James Kirwan from Denver convened a meeting, had I W W supporters withdraw, Walsh refunded dues, and departed.
In Watertown South Dakota the libel suit against Herald editors led to a draw verdict. Mrs Eastwood admitted writing the article but her husband was cleared. Attorneys for the defense secured an arrest of judgment and expect an appeal or further action.
Belle Fourche South Dakota September 17 word from the department of agriculture Washington states no hunting or shooting will be permitted on the large government lake at Owl Creek used for irrigation project work. The government has set this place aside as a refuge for birds and game during migratory periods and has appointed temporary officers to enforce the rule notices have been posted at all reservoir sites
Federal grand jury returns new indictments including John Atana for introducing liquor on the Yankton Indian reservation. A F Blodgett of Fort Pierre charged with removing $600 worth of stock from the Cheyenne reservation. The stock belonged to Richard Larabee. Rock Iron Crow and Jacob Under the Baggage face larceny charges for stealing three horses from Little Bull.
Atlanta report details gulf coast devastation with Mobile and New Orleans cut off from the world. Winds at Mobile reach 50 miles per hour as waters flood streets and trains are waterbound. Four deaths reported by 1 a.m. with extensive property damage and widespread communication outages in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Mobile Alabama reports a severe night storm with winds up to 60 miles per hour. Many houses unroofed and Water street flooded by two feet as tides drove inland. Property losses exceed 50 000 dollars but no lives were lost. Refugees from the South Shore summer colony arrived by a special Mobile & Bay Short Railroad train at midnight reporting further damage on the outlying coast.
Aberdeen expected to welcome department head James W. to establish headquarters on September 23 for the registration and drawing process for Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian reservations, with duties to continue until completion.
A dispatch from Kiev reports anti Jewish rioting in the city causing 20 deaths and several hundred injuries many fatally. The violence underscores a severe outbreak of sectarian unrest in Russia.
Sioux City market notes hog prices from $7.80 to $8.20 for light and mixed hogs and packer bids at $7.95 to $8.05. Cattle quotes include dressed beef steers at about $3.60 to $5.50, feeders and stockers $3.50 to $5.00, yearlings and calves $3.50 to $5.00, veals $2.76 to $4.50, cows and heifers $2.25 to $3.15, canners and cutters $2.25 to $3.00.
Chicago on September 22 reports cattle receipts around 11,000 with weak to firmer movement and varied price ranges for Beeves Texas and western cattle. Hogs receipts near 10,000 with shade lower prices across weights. Sheep receipts about 28,000 with steady to slightly lower quotes for natives westerns and lambs.
Cattle receipts 7,000 with best steady and others lower. hog receipts 4,200 with market slow to lower. sheep receipts 23,500 with market steady to 10c lower. Ranges include native steers 4.75 to 8.00, cows 3.00 to 5.00, hogs 8.00 to 8.30, yearlings 5.00 to 5.25, lambs 7.6 to 7.6, hay oats straw prices, poultry and eggs noted, butter and hides listed.
A humorous dialogue reconstructs a banquet scene with Mrs Kicker and Mr Kicker discussing a house number and a door screw. The exchange hints at social tension between a surly man and a gentleman who borrows money amid everyday life.
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