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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
3
A roundup of small town updates includes visits from F B Cowen, J H Denham, J A Springer and others. property moves, harvests, and hay production noted. Train line reports west improvements and local business ads mix with social visits, church notices, and upcoming events at Grindstone and Mitchell.
Philip residents split for weekend celebrations with Grindstone Cottonwood Fort Pierre and the big river city. A lively afternoon baseball game between local pickup teams featured noted players such as W West La Jolie Long Waggoner Waddelon Linn and E L Keith with Gardner and Quinn behind the plate. Fort Pierre crowd estimated at 5000 watched a dramatic 5–15 loss for Philip amid hot sun and dusty grounds then a Western frontier show at Scotty Philip’s buffalo pasture with branding steers roping bronco riding and a later railroad town exhibition and a tied five inning game on a slow river boat trip home.
Fannie Hoag was thrown from a pony four miles from town on Monday morning injuring her forearm. Doctor Philip dressed and bandaged the injured arm and noted a fracture of the radius. The pony panicked at a lake and reared several times before throwing her. Track laying completed July 1 as the rail line of the Pierre Rapid City & No Sioux Railway was finished linking the east to the fertile west in South Dakota.
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