Slingshot Battle Ends in Fatal Eye Injuries
A sling shot clash among boys near Selbaugh and Decker yards last Thursday left Mrs. Jennie Decker and her son George both blind in the left eye. Eleven to thirteen year olds fired shots through a doorway, destroying sight. both were rushed to hospital where their eyes were removed. Widow with five children faces hardship as Hantz offers help.
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Jennie Decker
George
Selbaugh
Hantz
Decker
Mrs. Decker
Fire at Rogers Home Damages House in Wood Avenue
A Friday afternoon blaze at the Rogers residence on Wood Avenue was started by a defective kitchen flue. Mrs. Rogers opened the door, fanning the fire into a heavy blaze before chemical engines contained the flames. H. G. Arens owns the home in Belle Fourche. Belle Fourche notes include a $50,000 Belle Fourche water works project by Katz Craig Omaha, with four artesian wells and air-lift boosted pressure, and Yankton’s interest in a Missouri River bridge aided by Omaha financiers.
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Wood Avenue
Rogers
Belle Fourche
Katz-Craig Company
Omaha
Norval Morrison Crippled In Gun Accident
Friends and relatives in Vale Oregon learned of a tragic accident on April 4 that left Norval Morrison with a leg amputated below the knee. While riding with his family toward central Oregon, a companion’s gun discharged after slipping on a rock, injuring Norval’s left ankle and ending his mobility. He is reported to be progressing well with no further complications expected.
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R. F. Brown
Norval
Soctor
Bia
Alfalfa Culture Aid for Farmers From Prof Hansen
Prof Hansen urges South Dakota farmers to test new alfalfa varieties from Russia and Siberia. Legislature funded limited trials in each county. seed scarce this year with a few thousand one year old plants available. He notes potential for winter hardiness and adaptation to rough lands, offering ten free plants to first applicants per county.
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South Dakota
N. KE. Hansen
State College
Hansen
Russia
Siberia
United States Department of Agriculture
Sioux Falls
Artefact of wells and fish eggs in Miller tale
A long, mixed clippings piece from The Miller Sun recounts curious claims about an artesian well at Judge Briggs’ property feeding daily fish into hens and eggs with fish pictures, plus a church conversion of a former saloon in Whitewood and varied notes on agronomy, storms, politics, and baseball.
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Miller Sun
Judge Briggs Tari
Miller
Sara Tome Knee Niren
Bens
Hartwick Buys Malone Out of Grand Opera House Block
L. J. Malone sold the north twenty five feet of the Grand Opera house block on Center Street to L. B. Hartwick. The deal includes the lot and the portion of the building. Ed Orton’s clothing store occupies the first floor, with the opera house on the upper floors, owned by Aldrich & Son. Hartwick takes possession June 1 to move his mercantile stock. Malone retains the opera house section until January 1.
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L. J. Malone
L. B. Hartwick
Center Street
Railroad
Pine Streets
Ed Orton
Aldrich & Son
Hartwick
General Mercantile
Linn
Pine Street
Opera House
Malone
Western South Dakota Stock Growers session ends
Rapid City reports the nineteenth annual Western South Dakota Stock Growers association closes with H A Dawson of Pine Ridge reelected president and officers. The herd law debate leads to a petition plan seeking 5800 signatures by June 4 to delay the law two years, as small farmers fear market impacts from free range and cattle sales. The group notes rising membership despite cattle numbers falling and ongoing country settlement.
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Rapid City
Western
South Dakota
Will Refer 6000 Roads Law To Stanley County Voters
Petition campaigns prepare to refer the good roads law with a county option clause to Stanley county voters. States Attorney Waggoner drafted the petitions and sent them to Fort Pierre for distribution to circulators. If enough signatures are collected the law's effect is postponed to the next general election for a county vote. Minnehaha and Grant counties also launch referendums.
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Stanley County
Waggoner
Fort Pierre
Minnehaha
Grant County
State law on road work faces doubt and praise
Papers in the state publish the new law in full and note sweeping changes in road work methods. Many express doubt about the enactment's merits, even as some concede the current system is far from ideal.
Many Dairy Cattle Shipped West for Milk Trade
Pierre April 19. Shipping to the western states shows a shift from beef shipments to dairy cattle. Cattle moved in one or two carloads as homesteaders restrict range and creameries and cheese factories demand milk. Milk provides steady year round income, with returns concentrated in shipping months.
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Pierre
Missouri
Stave
Mitchell County Jail Holds Suspect After Money Found
Fred Dickson, about fifty, remains jailed on suspicion of involvement in a girls assault. Sheriff Berry seized $2,500 on his person, citing the large cash as possible proof of questionable means. Dickson, who travels to farm jobs, says he earned the money honestly and avoids trains and boarding houses.
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Mitchell
Fred Dickson
Sherif Berry
Son
Dickson
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