Indian School Not To Be Closed
Report claimed Chamberlain Indian school might close and Advent school could take the site but the inquiry finds no near-term closure. Superintendent S A M Young returns from a Rosebud trip praising enrollment gains and improved finances, with enrollment surpassing last year despite new departmental pupil solicitation rules. The Chamberlain school remains favored by reservation Indians and is seen as properly maintained within the department’s standards.
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Chamberlain
S. 1
Chamberlain Indian School
S. A.M. Young
Rosebud
Young
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Witten Heads to Dallas for Tresebud Land Registration
Judge Witten, superintendent of the Tresebud Indian lands registration set for October 5 to 17, plans a Dallas visit September 26 and will stay through the October 19 drawing. Notaries will staff registration points as plans shift. Officials rush the goover time building to be ready by Saturday morning. Northwestern railway officials coordinate with Dallas citizens to handle expected crowds with extra trains during registration days.
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Dallas
S. D
Witten
Northwestern Railway
City of the Dead Will Be Moved
In mid October a historic trainload shipment will depart Lin ton Emmons County to transport remains and headstones from Fort Yates. The consignment includes Sitting Bull and other notable figures buried there, to be reinterred in Keokuk Iowa National Cemetery. Smith Irvine won the bid to complete the work by October 10.
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Mureka
S. D
Linton
Emmons County
N. Y
Fort Yates
Morton County
Smith & Irvine
Sitting Bull
General Custer
Standing Rock Reservation
Geo. P. Beldon
Dakotas
Keokuk
National Cemetery
Autographed pouch travels across the nation
Misses Angela Kremer and Maggie Dolan of Ilikton S D signed names inside a mail pouch at the post office. Since January 21 the bag has traveled from Maine to the Pacific and back across the country, with signatures reported from Greenville Junction Maine to Detroit Michigan and many towns in between.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilikton
S. D
Angela Kremer
Maggie Dolan
Maine
Pacific Coast
Greenville Junction
Gardner
Mass
Brown Valley
Minn
Surry
N. D
Culbertson
Mont
Mondak
Spokane
Wash
Alamosa
Calo
Walsenburg
Detroit
Mich
State board of pharmacy to meet in Rapid City
The state board of pharmacy will hold an examination session for candidates in Rapid City at the Hotel Harney on October 14.
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Soard OF Pharmacy
Rapid City
Dell Rapids
S. D
State Board of Pharmacy
Hotel Harney
Consuelo Returns to Duke Marlborough After Split
The duchess Consuelo Van derbilt, formerly of New York, plans to reunite with her husband the Duke of Marlborough for their children's sake. Reports say she will bring a $10,000,000 fortune, after paying $100,000 a year to end the separation. the Marlborough family and King Edward aided reconciliation, with her return to Blenheim Palace anticipated.
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Tonden
Maches
Marlsorough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
Bienheim Palace
Edward
Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Arrangements Set for Crowds at Tripp Opening
Dallas South Dakota September 28 Inspector John T Boylan of the post office department arrives to organize mail handling for the Tripp county lands opening with October 5 to 17 drawing. Affidavit point applications from Chamberlain Presho Valentine and ONeill will reach Judge Wilton by October 17. Extra staff and security measures including Indian police deputies and detectives are planned for the registration days and surrounding crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
S. D
John T. Boylan
Post Office Department
Tripp County
Rosebud
Chamberlain
Presho
Valentine
O'Neill
Neb
J. W. Wilton
Déellas
United States
Stranger Steals $500 and Pays the Penalty
In STRANGER STEALS $500 AND PAYS THE PENALTY, a hotel guest named James Saulsbury reports his money and checks were stolen from a Milwaukee and St. Paul depot agent's room while the agent was away at breakfast. A stranger, posing as a law officer, was arrested near Eureka after attempting to flee with $205 in bills and a $75.80 balance recovered. the incident ends with the robbery and arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
S. D
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
James Saulsbury
Saulsbury
Hosmer
Eureka
J. H. Coonen
North Dakota
Woman Confesses to Alaska Fire Plot by Couple
Mrs. Fred Gringle of Alaska admits to county attorney that Alaska was set afire by herself and her husband to collect insurance. A bed saturated with kerosene ignited to divert suspicion while valuable woods and cigars were removed earlier. Sheriff Haven and Fire Marshal Craft recovered stolen goods and debunked the couple’s plea that they could save nothing but their sleeping clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fureka
S. D
Fred Gringle
Alaska
Ballinsky
Gringle
Sheriff Haven
Craft
Three Sudden Deaths Strike One Spencer Family
In Spencer South Dakota on Sept 23 J F Davey an old settler dies suddenly. He had recently lost his younger son to an abrupt death and earlier his elder son who was returning from a U S Navy discharge was accidentally killed aboard a vessel. Now the father dies in a similar sudden manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
S. D
J. F. Davey
Davey
United States Navy
University of South Dakota begins 1908-09 under high hopes
Vermillion S D Sept 28 The University enrollment stands at 310 with many more students arriving. President Gault and faculty strive to keep the standard high as the 1908-09 year opens. First chapel convocation featured a talk on Reserve Force. Class work started Friday with a joint Y M C A and Y W C A reception at the armory.
Thieves Steal Driving Team from Avon Street
Avon South Dakota on September 23 reports a small three year old driving team hitched to a new top buggy stolen from a street. The outfit belonged to Mike Pudwill of six miles northeast. No clue to the thieves as work on Avon's $8,000 sewer system presses ahead before snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
S. D
Mike Pudwill
Pudwills
Dode Fisk
Additional Delegates Named to Trans Mississippi Congress
Governor Crawford appointed H. I. Olston Lake Preston J. P. Yenold Flandreau C. A. Jewett Sioux Falls H. E. Claughter Gregory Frank L. Van Tassell Yankton C. G. Rathbun Mitchell to attend the nineteenth annual Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress in San Francisco October 6 to 10, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
SL. D
Coe I. Crawford
San Francisco
Cal
H. I. Olston
Lake Preston
J. P. Yenold
Flandreau
C. A. Jewett
Sioux Falls
H. E. Claughter
Gregory
Yankton
C. G. Rathbun
Mitchell
Slave auctioneer Payne dies at 72 in Kansas City
William W. W. Payne, once a constable who in 1858 presided over the selling of more than ten slaves, died in Kansas City at age 72. The obituary notes his role at the city hall and his long life since that notorious act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W.W. Payne
Missouri
Milwaukee to Run Its Own Express Service
Aberdeen Sept 22 The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line plans to operate express and commercial telegraph business on its own system after January 11. Current contracts with Western Union Telegraph and United States Express expire year end, with likely management of all lines by the railroad. The change follows a national trend as roads like Northern Pacific and Great Northern already run their own express services. Continental Express company is implicated with N A Averall as superintendent overseeing the Pacific coast operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
United States Express Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Continental Epress Company
N. A. Averall
Continental Ixpress Company
Presho Bars Gamblers From Registration Crowds
Presho South Dakota braces for October registration as up to the land seekers from nearby Tripp lands descend on the town. Officials ban all gambling and deploy plain clothes police to ensure order. Milwaukee excursions and daily stage service will support visitors exploring the White River valley lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presho
S. D
Milwaukee
White River Valley
Naked babe found crying in cornfield near Gayville
A newborn baby was found in a sun scorched cornfield owned by Henry Feisler near Gayville South Dakota. Mrs. John McWelvie heard cries and discovered the infant which had no clothing and suffered sunburn and blistering. Deputy Sheriff Lee investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
John McWelvie
Gayville
Henry Feisler
Lee
Union Pacific Aims to Control Northwestern Line
Sept 22 news from Huron reports strong belief that Union Pacific will gain control of the Northwestern line. Officials of Northwestern deny the report, but observers expect action soon that would place Huron on the main Pacific coast route. Developments awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Northwestern Line
Huron
S. 1
Union Pacific Railway Company
Pacific Coast
Panama Ditch Across Sioux Bottom Lands
Sioux Falls, September 22. Work on a mammoth drainage canal along the Big Sioux river north of Sioux Falls is advancing rapidly. The digging contractor aims to finish before winter, prompting county commissioners to plan bridges across the canal where highways cross. The project will reclaim thousands of acres of farm land rendered useless by Sioux river floods. The canal is 40 feet wide at the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Ditch
Sioux Bottom
Sioux Falls
S. D
Big Sioux River
Posse Captures Crazed Lover After Fatal shootings
In Waukesha Wisconsin John Smith a blacksmith employed by Julius Grabow shot Olga Grabow aged 14 seriously wounding her and fatally wounding her mother after Sheriff Dwinnel was shot when attempting arrest. Smith was captured at the Grabow home by a heavily armed posse following a night siege. The sheriff and Olga will recover while Mrs Grabow is not expected to survive. The shooting stemmed from unrequited love. Also note Locusts in Cape Colony trigger eagle kite plan by farmers to deter swarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
John Smith
Julius Grabow
Calhoun
Here
Olga Grabow
Dwinnel
Grabow
Smith
Olga
Chicago School Census Shows Drop in 7 to 14 Attendance
Chicago reports 1,924,060 residents in the latest school census, up from 1,714,144 four years ago. Despite a 40,797 rise in minors, public school enrollments for ages seven to fourteen fell from 183,600 to 176,800, with private and parochial enrollments also down. The number of youths out of school rose only nominally, deemed normal by Census Superintendent W. T. Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Education
W. T. Monroe
Belle Fourche Doctor Wounds Nurse After Drug Trial
Dr. H M Champney city coroner and hospital owner in Belle Fourche fired a pistol after a drug experiment on himself. He shot head nurse Mrs Azlou in the arm as attendants restrained him. The coroner avoided prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
M. D
H. M. Champney
Roosevelt visits the Black Hills with US marshal
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, spent a day with United States Marshal Seth Bullock in Huron and planned a few days’ hunt on the Cheyenne Indian reservation. He hinted at accompanying his father to Africa but the plan was not settled. He praised South Dakota and its rapid development and noted many young people seeking opportunities.
Liberty men released in pocket theft case
Huron Minnesota Sept 19 three men Samuel Cohen Harry Rodgers and J W Simpson were released from custody after a judge ruled requisition papers defective and they could not be held further The men were charged with pocket picking at the state fair and are said to be linked to a recent Winona incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Huron
Abun Winona
Samuel Cohen
Harry Rodgers
J. W. Simpson
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
Parr
Winona
Boucher
Aberdeen American Sold to Pickler and Kutnewsky
Aberdeen September 19 The deal for the sale of the Aberdeen American to A A Pickler of Faulkton and W Kutnewsky of Aberdeen closed yesterday and the new owners have taken charge. The policy is not outlined yet but expected soon. Pickler and Kutnewsky are noted young businessmen. McKee and Potwin will remain as business manager and managing editor for now.
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Aberdeen
SL. D
Aberdeen American
A. A. Pickler
Faulkton
W. Kutnewsky
Messrs. Pickler
Kutnewsky
T. H. McKee
T. D. Potwin
Heaviest Registration Yet at S S University
Vermillion reports 144 students registered by second day of 1908 09, far above last year’s 95 and earlier records. Nearly two thirds are new. engineering faculty gains Dr. Thomias McKinney of Marietta College as mathematics chair, replacing Dr. Pell who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S&s. D. U. Vermillion
College of Engineering
Thomias McKinney
Marietta College
Ohio
Pell
20000 Acres in Wheat Land Deal
Chicago dispatch reports Fred E. Lee of Donegac Michigan purchased 20000 acres of Saskatchewan wheat land from John J. Watson of Semmersburg, Ill and Nicholl Halsey, vice president of the Northwest Land and Trust Co of Chicago. Land valued at $300000 in exchange for Chicago properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Saskatchewan
Canada
Fred E. Lee
Donegac, Mich
John J. Watson
Sémmersburg
Jra
Nicholl Halsey
Northwest Land and Trust Company
Election Ordered on Galveston Plan for Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls city council will hold a special election on September 29 to vote on adopting the Galveston plan of city government. The measure, previously rejected, is being reintroduced after shifting public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Sioux Falls
S. D
Chamberlain Gas Plant Reorganized In South Dakota
Chamberlain Chamberlain Gas Light and Power company reorganized with a 50000 dollar capital. New officers are J. W. Sanford president C. W. Tidrick vice president C I Brockway secretary Geo Kilpatrick general manager. A new gas plant holder and a large steam engine for the electric light plant are planned at an estimated cost of 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain Gas Plant
Chamberlain, S. D
Chamberlain Gas, Light and Power Company
J. W. Sanford
C. W. Tidrick
C. I. Brockway
Geo. Kilpatrick
Chamberlain
Brule fair expected to draw crowds with sports and humor
South Dakota notes report the Brule fair will be a hum, Marion hunters bag good game, Rap id City hits 101 degrees on the seventh, Yankton man loses two fingers in a dangerous pastime, and local papers praise new publishers while local markets, fishing, and grain discourse stir community interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Marion
Union
Mercury
Rapid City
Yankton
Vrue Republican
Wessington Springs
Desadwod
Daily Pioneer Times
Draper Democrat
Lead
Miley
Egyptian Princess Aims for Role in Elinor Glyn Play
A widow princess, daughter of Ismail Pasha, offers to star as the queen in Elinor Glyn's Three Weeks in Paris. She would wear jewels valued at 500000 dollars on stage and resides in a residence once owned by the duke of Aumale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cleopatra
Ismail Pasha
Khedive
Egypt
Elinor Glyn
Sphinx
Nun Garbed Woman Commissaries Robbery Hoax Arrest
Annie Miller, 40, arrested in a saloon at Ninth Avenue and Fortieth Street while posing as Sister Cecelia, collecting charity contributions. Police identified her by rogues gallery No. 14704. she admitted no defense after six months on Blackwell’s Island. Found with $1.77, police say she lives at 402 West Twenty second Street with her husband, also known as Annie Werner and Annie Gabler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Annie Miller
Ninth Avenue
Fortieth Street
Charity
Cecelia
Policeman Forber
Central Office
Thirty-eighth Street
McCafferty
Blackwell's Island
West Twenty-second St
Annie Werner
Annie Gabler
Sioux City Live Stock Markets Report September 23
Sioux City stock yards priced hogs at butcher and heavy 6.00 to 7.00 and light to mixed 6.50 to 6.90. Cattle ranged butcher steers 4.50 to 7.00 with feeders 2.75 to 4.00. yearlings and calves 2.25 to 3.25. grass cows 2.50 to 3.50. feeding cows and heifers 2.00 to 3.00. Chicago quotes show cattle weak with steers 4.20 to 7.60, cows 8.25 to 5.25, bulls 2.50 to 4.50, calves 3.50 to 6.00. hogs steady to big, 6.90 to 7.55. sheep steady 3.50 to 4.75 for ewe lambs and yearlings 4.0 to 4.5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Chicago
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Markets Report from South Omaha
South Omaha on Sept 23 shows cattle steady with prices for native steers and cows in the 4.00 to 4.25 range and western and Texas steers around 3.20 to 4.50, calves to 6.00, and bulls 2.25 to 3.20. Hogs steady to slightly lower with heavy hogs near 6.75 to 6.90 and light hogs 6.70 to 7.00. bulk sales 6.80 to 6.85. Sheep slow to 10c lower with yearlings 2.85 to 4.25, wethers 3.26 to 3.85, ewes 3.00 to 3.80, lambs 4.75 to 5.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Texas
Sioux City Grain Market Prices Record Produce Rates
Sioux City market report lists wheat prices by grade with No 1 northern at 91c for 58 pounds test and No 2 new northern at 89c for 56 pounds. corn prices include No 8 old mixed shell 65c and No 4 mixed shell 68c. oats No 3 new white 41 1 2c and flax No 1 at 1.09 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Northern
New Northern
Sioux City Produce market rates September 28
Price list from Sioux City detailing butter packing stock creamery and fancy dairy at 16% 17% 25c, poultry values by weight and type, eyes and candled stock prices, hides and calves by grade, dry goods and murrain and glue prices, horses and tallow brackets, hay and straw values across multiple grades and lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Timothy
When to cut corn for silage from Wallaces Farmer
The article advises cutting corn for silage at peak feeding value when ears are well dented and husks and blades begin to turn. Start a bit before this ideal time to avoid overly dry silage, as too wet silage causes sour results. Mixing sorghum with drier corn can boost moisture and improve silage quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaces
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Whitley
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Whaley House
Whaley
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Pierre Board of Trade
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Izaak Walton
Woonsocket
Lake Prior
Armour Herald
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Princess Longs
Arnte Patele
Fiarley
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