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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
3
A legal weekly newspaper published each Thursday afternoon with office on North Center Street in Philip South Dakota. J D Mditer entered as second class matter August 2 1907 at the Philip post office under the act of March 3 1879.
One year costs 1.50, six months 0.75, three months 0.40, with advance payment offering 1.00 per year. The fragment outlines pricing and discount for full-year payment.
The item notes cinema venues plan for Colum bus service in three years, recalling a prior rough voyage. The text preserves local venue announcements and a nod to past travel difficulties.
As the event approaches it becomes clear that the convention chairman in Chicago on the 17th will enjoy a notably active day with duties and appearances likely to define the proceedings.
Senator Dixon is hailed as a top campaign manager as Taft pledges grow, Roosevelt seems likely to win. Stanley county voters call the primary law a failure, worsening political troubles. Chicago reports waiters may strike during the national convention week, signaling potential unrest in the city.
The piece notes a lively local campaign in Stanley County and Meade county voters, with Meade County pushing a proposal to divide Meade into three parts while Delano and Seoby counties seek to define state alignment ahead of the November election.
Missouri imposed a heavy fine on Standard Oil and collected it. The state also stopped the company from operating within its borders. The move demonstrates that even a powerful trust can be restrained, whether seen as good or bad, if it refuses to comply.
Report notes South Dakota voters should be best informed but many struggle to mark ballots. In a Philip precinct a voter spent fifteen minutes in the booth trying to decide on a ballot choice, highlighting ongoing voter confusion.
Property transfers list numerous deed actions, detailing grantees grantors and parcel identifiers across multiple townships, with consideration amounts and lot descriptions. Names include Thompson Clair Newton Lambert Rose Scott Herold Sechler Bell Scofield etc, reflecting a sequence of land conveyances and filings.
Mrs P J Gallagher arrived from Philip with freight for a short stay with Pierre friends. Dr Lavery aided Robert Gray’s family after a horse accident left a leg broken below the knee. Mr Uray hoped to recover quickly. Mrs Rowland and Wm Langley, relatives of D Langley, visited the city and then went to Grindstone where Mrs Rowland once lived.
A daughter discovers a love letter her father wrote to her mother during courtship. She reads it aloud with substituted names, provoking the mother to anger and forbidding involvement with the writer. The daughter hands the letter to her mother, and the house grows quiet as snow falls outside.
Local election results from Philip show ward by ward tallies across offices including U.S. Senate, Congress, Supreme Court, National Committeeman, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Railroad Commissioner, State senator, representatives, treasurer, auditor, register of deeds, clerk of court, Supt. of Schools, Commissioner District 4, and the state central committee. Totals include candidate names such as Grigsby Richards Sterling Gamble Martin Wheaton Polley Corson Haney Gates Thorson Halliday Egan Byrne Cull Van Osdel Abel Hepperle Pay Platts Glasner Pinckney Ewert Lavender LeCucq Ege Mueller Murphy Millett Morrison Bielski Granger Lavery Lee dam Norby Trambo McKay Stuart Durkee Langley Quige Bernan Doren May McKillip Barth Benson Ricketts Waldo Sper Warner Isemer Vicker Dunlevy Morri son West Williams Gallagher Lovalid with varying vote counts.
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard born Rushville Indiana August 19 1849 served in Iowa state legislature and fourteenth district congress later renomination defeated Scott then died of heart disease at Johns Kelly home in Hubbard Iowa at 5 30 this morning He was Yale 1872 law practitioner and married Eleanor Hermanee Cots on June 6 1882.
Fragmentary notes discuss for and against prisoner labor and “scientific” training. One reference names Florida and contractors using inmates, with criticism of harsh treatment and slavery-like work. No clear event or full names provided, but hints at reform vs punishment debate in penal systems.
In Custer county homesteaders report Battle Creek flow halves at a point where water vanishes through an underground passage. They plan to reroute the stream to bypass the mysterious deficit while a Monday wind storm damaged towns, toppling a newly built ball park grandstand and blasting windows, with lumber scattered across Mintener yard and fencing torn.
In Topeka an army wedding sparked a lighthearted moment as the line There goes his bicycle was joked by a lieutenant guest after the groom repeated With all my worldly goods I thee endow. The remark drew smiles during the service and became a noted anecdote in the D. of H. Review.
Wilbur Wright, one of the Wright brothers who invented the heavier than air flying machine, has died at his Dayton Ohio residence. The death ends a prominent aviation era and closes a chapter in early flight history.
A dated admonition urges daily outdoor time to improve health and beauty through sunlight and physical activity. The fragment mentions traditional advice about stomach and bowel health and cites a product likely tied to Chamberlain's Tabiet or similar remedy, with sale language from dealers.
A sheriff announces the sale of the Northeast quarter of section 3, township 4, range 18 in Stanley County South Dakota to satisfy an earlier judgment of 86.66 dollars plus costs in a Sioux Falls case. The sale occurs at Ft Pierre courthouse on May 13 1915 at 10:00 am, with C B Gogny Sheriff and G A Christoperston attorney listed.
Department of the Interior notices that James B. Ranutta of Elbow Dakota, holder of H E No 8478 serial 06741 for Southeast Quarter Section 24 Township 4 North Range 19 East B H Meridian, will appear to prove five years on July 6 1912 before James A Quigg A S Commissioner at Philip Dakota. Witnesses named are listed.
A clipped list references K Wohnson of ateer Odegaarden Hill D Clarence Vanatta and Theodore Larson of Eton S D John L Lockhart Register.
Notice is hereby given that William Buchhols of Powell City filed intent to make five year proof to establish a claim to the land described Lots 1 2 and 3 ½NW of Section 30 Township 3 North Range 22 East B TL Meridian before James A. Quigg U S Commissioner at Philip South Dakota on July 15 1912 Witnesses are Charles P Wofford Thomas Crahan Hugh J McMahon Mary M Crahan all of Old Trail South Dakota
Department of the Interior notice from the U S Land Office at Pierre South Dakota dated June 3 1912 states Nels Carstensen of Philip SD filed intent to prove up a five year claim to land described as NE1 SE1 Section 34 NWY SWY and SW of Section 45 Township 2 North Range 1 East Fifth Principal Meridian. The hearing before James A Quigg US Commissioner at Philip SD is on July 13 1912. Witnesses listed: Fordyce F Sammons Orrin J Carstensen Nels Jen aen all of Philip SD and John L Loehart.
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