Local Notes On Town Doings And Baseball News
A compendium of community chatter details a ball club win 3 to 1 over Midland, visits from Bert Mirnick and Joe Rousseau, and locals like J A Curington, Miss Esther McCleery, Ruth, and Wakama’s team supporters. Travel to Huron and Alliance Nebraska is mentioned, with crop notes from the windblown Kinkaid area and remarks on batch life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Mirnick
Mid‘land Club
Oncar Rousseau
Sam Rousseau
Joe
Esther McCleery
Little Ruth
Mesars
McDonald
A. G. Donahoe
A. Rathgeber
Carlinville
Walter Hanson
Midland
Wakama
John Mayers
O. R. Starbuck
Huron
Open Letter Sparks Local Business Club Controversy
A local newspaper prints an open letter alleging misused funds and unconscionable tactics by a leading merchant in the Commercial Club. The letter claims the club pushes town growth through subscriptions while some businesses refuse to contribute, prompting calls to curb unequal benefit distribution and protect city advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club of
Philips
Commercial Club
Black Hand
Lste
Philip Writes of Frontier Change and Old Times
The Sioux City Tribun notes Philip’s transformation from cow town to modern settlement as railroads arrive, bringing teachers, merchants, and settlers. It describes post offices as social hubs, the shift from cattle life to farming, and the enduring frontier spirit amid new shops, banks, and homes. A Grange field day near Wellsburg drew 200+ members, with recitations, songs, addresses, tug of war, and a planned Wellsburg range fair. Fort Pierre real estate plans surface as Ole Flattrop arrives with an automobile for local use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Sioux City Tribun
Montana
Marm
Bur
Nowboy
Grange
E. A. Morrison
Piuia Creek
Wellsburg
The
Chas. B. Hoyt
State Grange
Brookings
Assembly
Ash Creek Grange Choir
Eva Burns
Ash Creek
Reading
Alice Fate
Elbow Song
Elbow Grange Choir
N. J. Bachelder
National Grange
Concord
N. H
Nellis Wells
Long
Ash Creek Grange
Viola Lincoln
Elbow
Elbow Granges
Dinky Engine Collision Injures Brakeman in East Pierre
Between 11 and 12 Saturday morning the Dinky engine from Pierre to Fort Pierre collided with a switch engine in East Pierre. George O Vonnell, a young brakeman, was severely injured. a carload of horses overturned and two were killed. He was taken to St Marys hospital where doctors amputated his severed right limb and badly crushed left limb. Later reports say he died Saturday afternoon. The cause of the crash was not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Fort Pierre
East Pierre
George O’vonnell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pierre Capital-Journal
Flood damage cripples Spearfish canyon railroad lines
The Spearfish canyon railway is undermined with rails hanging and buried by sand and water. Repairs will take weeks and trains to Spearfish may not run for two months. Main Deadwood to Edgemont line will be fixed first due to widespread flood damage. The Homestake mines shut to conserve pumps amid fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Spearfish Canyon
Spearfish
Deadwood
Edgemont
Local Market and Social News From Philip
Items include sales on office harness and pens, a piano for sale at 400 dollars, and driving horses described as ready for work. Mrs. R A Bielski and Carroll return from a western states trip. a grand opera house farce is announced for July 25. Also noted are a death in Tyndall, hogs sold to City Meat Market, a marriage at the Catholic church, and a double wedding at Gettysburg with a bridal tour planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Bielski
Carroll
Sala
F. C. Huss
Pedro
R. M. Williams
Grand Opera House
McPherson
J. W. McPherson
Smith
Tyndall
Ernest Jacobs
Hardingrove
Anderson Michael
Bank of Philip
Gettysburg
Edna Bonster
Philip Wheels
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Pabst’s
Blue Ribbon Beer
Blue Ribbon
H. C. Peckham
Peter
Wrill
May Bern
Osre i
F. E. Morrison
Kool
Baet
D. B. McCleery
Jobn van Loan
Alliance
Neb
Kinkaid
van Loan
Business Men’s Club
United States
John Hao
August Meyer
Nelias Olson
Waroken
Etta Shafer
Hannah O'Donnell
Perry Wible
Jos. Lanther
Hans Berg
Cella McCallum
Chancey Maheotha
Edwin Arnold
Walter Parks
Ira Decker
John Hoffman
Clarence Hunter
Wa. Gear
Frank Lowe
John Koener
Metts King
Chas
Majerus
Sam’! Zerbe
Lydia Coon
Bath Gommel
Raymond Liggett
Joa
Polan
Dia Goon
Ole Haugen
M. Waddell
Red Arnold
Jeasie Arnold
Philip 625
Oasbram Gilibood
Lillie E Ohelsdoerfer
Wen
Deibert Caldwell
Hormidas
Orla Atwood
W. W. Neale
Philip Creamery
Black
W. O. Smith's
West Pine Street
C. A
Bessie A. Wilts
John R. Culhane
Fr. O'Hara
Minnie Kurth
Charles Wilts
Elkton
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