Three Year Law In Effect Changes in Residency Rules
The new homestead law approved by President Taft is now in force. Qualified homesteaders may prove under the new three year rule or opt for old laws with five to seven year proof. Non citizens must obtain second papers if they use the commutation path. Ten acres must be cultivated in year two and twenty acres annually thereafter until proof. A local alfalfa yield hints at strong prospects for the area.
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Congress
Taft
Land Office
Mavericks win prize drums up Mitchell license bid
The Fort Pierre band won the first band prize at the fire men's tournament in Pierre and now receives an offer of engagement in Mitchell during corn palace week. John Hughes grants a months after June 6th to prove or contest the injunction against the tryman and to issue a license to Midland saloon keepers, with silence preserving the new law for one year. A petition seeks a force vote on licensing questions.
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Fort Pierre
Pierre
Mitchell
John Hughes
A Beal in Bottles
Four boys found twelve bottles of beer in an alley dynamite box and emptied them to sell. Four Indians later opened the lid and found nothing. the bootlegger profited, the kids kept the bottles, and the Indians went thirsty.
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Gettysburg
Land for trade near Highmore offers 30 per acre
For trade a good improved quarter section of land eight miles south of Highmore for cattle at 30 dollars an acre. Will take 2600 in cattle and balance on four years time. Address C C G Byerly Highmore South Dakota. Wanted live bull and rattlesnake cash paid Roy Chambers Nitteberg South Dakota 2tpp
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Highmore
CC. G. Byerly
Roy Chambers
Nitteberg
Staff Colonels Out of Date in South Dakota
Pierre June 26 Old timers recall South Dakota governors once surrounded by aide de camps at inaugurations and militia reviews. Governor Vessey removed the custom, noting no official record of a modern staff. The earliest records show Crawford in 1907 naming several colonels, while Elrod era members and tales of staff fees persist.
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Crawford
G. L. Goyer
Brookings
W. H. Stokes
Watertown
Harry Libby
McCook
Frank Muller
Burke
A. ©. Clason
Sioux Falls
M. E. Walter
Huron
Theodore G. P. Giedt
Eureka
Tom MacNamee
Pierre
Elrod
Frank Crane
Harry Hunter
B. A. Cummins
Herreid’s
A. C. Mellette
Mother Hubbard
Secretary of State
Property Transfers and Local Notices in Milesville
A compilation of conveyances lists buyers and sellers with parcels and prices, including Samuel Shaw to Sarah Young and Charles A Young to Sam Shaw, among others. Personal notices note Miss Sara Scofield’s visit, a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rogers, and community events at Elshire and Hardingrove schoolhouses with Sorosis Club resolutions of sympathy for Celia Loobey.
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Sara Scofield
Earl Rogers
Sorosia Club
Hardingrove School
Elshire
Celia Loobey
Real Estate Transfers to Clayton Myers and Others
Real estate transfers list multiple parties including Jens C Duhin Frank A Beaster John McGrin Christian Stahl Fannie V Haworth Wilhelm Schulz Frik Bergstrom Henry E Woodard Avis Bumgarner Emanuel Schnell and others to Clayton Myers with a dew 11 is 250 1 00 0. Additional transfers show Clayton Moyers and wife to F W Eilers with dew 11 is 25 100, Nethaniel W Edwards to Louis P Edwards his wife own 15 dw Me 100, HB Young to Terry Amerpobl Dep Cow d won ow 8 aw 17.
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United States
Jens C Duhin
Frank
Beaster
John McGrin
Christian Stahl Fannie
Haworth
Wilhelm Schulz Frik Bergstrom
Henry E Woodard
Avis Bumgarner
Emanuel
Schnell
David L Honey
Andrew Beharsh
Theodore Baden
Benjamin C Stout
Aurora
Spearbeck H
Hoyer & Wif & Henry A
Schulze & Wi
Clayton Myers
Dew
Clayton Moyers & Wi
F W Eilers
Nethaniel W Edwards
Louiss P Edwards
Great Potato Crop Promises In Northwest Section
An Aberdeen News note describes a bumper potato crop in the Northwest, with large, solid spuds and no Paris Green spraying yet. New potatoes fetch 6 to 7 cents a pound, about $3.50 per bush, as homegrown supply nears market in a couple weeks. June 18 marks historic references tied to generations from the War of 1812 era.
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Paris Green
The
Aberdeen News
United States
England
Spotted Bear Briefs and Local Socialists Update
Spotted Bear notes a socialist meeting with Mrs. Fred Fairchild on Sunday July 7. Joe Dorr returned from Pierre for a short family visit. Chas Haxby began cutting whalfs yielding about three tons per acre. Socialist candidates for chairman and treasurer in district No. 91 won the school election. Fred Fairchild and Badie Evans joined the socialist party on June 16. John Wedeman hauled porta to the A.M. Handley plant in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fairchild
Joe Dorr
Pierre
Chas, Haxby
Trict No. 91
Badie Evans
Socialist Party
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U. S
S. J. Wood
L. E. Williams
Capa Hustler
Mavericks
Severin & Wheeler
J. C. Severin
G. G. Wheeler
Stoermer
Gus’ Livery Barn
Bank of Philip
Railroad Street
Gus Stoermer
Prop
Security Banking & Trust Co
Martin Johnson & Wf
J Coverdale
Samuel Shaw
Sarah Young
Charles A Young
Janes B Figgins
Lewis E Goldsmith
Anders Hansen
Isaac M Geyer
A Berven & Wh
Kj Knutson
Catharine E Reese
John B Jones
David B Crippen
Martha J
Harvey
Ezra E Doty
Wito
M Lee
Dalphine Battles
EB M Lee
Horace E Young
Western Town Lot Co
Ed Satrang
John
Howe
Libbie
Morrill & Hb
William A Robertson
Fanpie
K H Bloom
Anns E Oldfield
William A Oldfield
William
Shoun & Wi
Henry Simon
Shoun
Gustav Springer
L Rogness & Wi
Sherman Duggen
Samuel Feslar
Edward
W van Duvan
Mrs. Hood
Mrs. Laughlin
Loobey
Spotted Bear
John Wedeman
A.M. Handley
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