Marietta Schoolhouse Destroyed and Post Office Shifted
A fire destroyed the district schoolhouse, with only a desk and a few seats saved. Miss Garretson the teacher started the blaze from the stove. insurance was absent. The Marietta post office was closed January 1 and mail redirected to Wellsburg, causing hardship for locals. Sioux sunspot belief predicts a wet spring and summer. Stanley County births and deaths for 1911 show 66 deaths and 80 marriage licenses, with notes on underreporting by justices of the peace.
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Marietta
Wellsburg
Ash Creek
Osanse Naan
United States
Justices of the Peace
Governor Vesny Notified of $49 977.18 Land Sale Revenue
Pierre reports the state will receive 49977.18 dollars from the general government as its five percent share of public land sales for the past year. Governor Vesny was notified of the upcoming funding.
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Pierre
Vesny
Inland Post Offices Number 250 West of Missouri
Those who never had an occasion to look the matter up will be surprised to learn that there are 250 inland post offices in the territory west of the Missouri river.
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Missouri River
Angpered Solic Orders Featured in Review
In a brief Review item, a commentary notes orders for angpered solic cards, detailing the official action and its context. The notice cites actions taken and the process, with emphasis on the administrative function and the affected parties in the local area.
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Ufifite
Bea
Gross State Roads Proposed
State papers from Pierre report a cross state road plan praised as beneficial to Stanley County towns. Two branches would connect Brookings to Rapid City and Sioux Falls to Deadwood, meeting near the Cheyenne. both aim for better grades and county-led construction and maintenance.
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Stanley County
Brookings
Arlington
Lake Preston
DeSmet
Huron
Pierre
Missouri
Meers
Ottumwa
Old Trail
Philip
Cheyenne
Friends of Good Vids
Snow Depths in Western South Dakota Stir Old-Timer Fears
Rapid City Guide notes unprecedented snow in the mountains and valleys of Western South Dakota since 1880 and 1886, raising worries about melt rates and potential torrents through river gulches, with portable buildings along rivers especially at risk. The article ponders whether gradual melt or fierce chinook winds will dominate the snow’s disappearance.
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South Dakota
Black Hills
Rapid City
County commissioners report 15 destitute families aided
In Meade county in session, officials confirm only 15 destitute families identified and all are being cared for by the county.
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Sturgie
Meade County
Governor Vessey Loses False Teeth In Rapid City Mystery
Sioux Falls January report details Governor Vessey swallowing his teeth at the Cataract hotel amid rumor and panic. A later telegram confirms the lost teeth were found in bed linen and returned, ending the immediate alarm and saving the keynote. In Rapid City an incineration crime at a Bennett property yields no culprits after examination of charred remains and surrounding evidence.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Mouto
Governor Vessey
Richards
George W. Egan
Dean Sterling
la Follette
Gamble
4Saundry
Rapid City
George P. Bennett
Anton Beckman
Rapid City Dairy Company
Canyon Lake
Charles Johnson
Alton Schroeder
Hewitt
Robinson
Wood Family Trio Delights Highland Park Church
Pastor Wai Boynton Gage praises the Wood family of musicians at Highland Park Presbyterian Church. He lauds Miss Heater Wood as a virtuoso and notes Miss Margaret Wood and Miss Lois Wood as prize winning pianist and a renowned cellist respectively.
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Wood
Heater Wood
Margaret Wood
Welch
Lois Wood
Wai
Boynton Gage
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
City Officer McMillan Missing Sparks Fort Pierre Worry
Fort Pierre residents worry after City Auditor Maurice McMillan vanished with his family during a visit. His wife has since returned and is packing up the home, claiming she does not know his whereabouts. E. L. Lorimer has been appointed City Auditor to review city business amid the absence.
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Fort Pierre
Maurice McMillan
McMillan
E. 8
Lorimer
County to furnish seed grain for needy farmers
Stanley county commissioners voted to grant petitions for seed grain assistance. Blank applications mailed to postmasters and available from the board, auditor, or state’s attorney. Applications must be sworn before a notary, show land owned and needed, personal property, indebtedness, and inability to obtain seed otherwise. Deadline February 20, 1912. contracts include interest and possible lien if unpaid. seed must be used for planting. Railroads may ship seed into the county for cash sales at shipment point.
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Stanley County
One of the finest dances in the city
Friday evening social hosted by the Eastern Star at Masonic hall drew a large crowd as invitations issued by the committee led to a gala event. Ladies directed the program featuring many old time dances while men had limited partners. The event, deemed a success, hints at another similar ball early in 1913.
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Beckman
B. C
Committee of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
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First State Bank
Philip, South Dakota
Severin & Wheeler
J. C. Severin
G. G. Wheeler
Andy C. Ricketta
Wesley
Hewett
Batt
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