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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
8
Re port notes a blaze wiping out the Van Metre storefront and contents owned by John Bea with no insurance. Origin undetermined aside from a cheeky aside about a mouse with a match. Five prisoners await October circuit court in Fort Pierre. four charged with burglary and horse stealing, McCuen the murderer.
A 1900 excerpt extols South Dakota growing permanent school fund and land sales, predicting future wealth and low taxes as schools expand. It notes 29 000 acres sold for over one million dollars and envisions a hundred million dollar endowment powering education without extra levies.
A mixed extract covers the Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company sworn statements, premiums, and liabilities, plus several federal contest notices from the Land Office in Pierre South Dakota dated 1909. It includes asset figures, premiums in force, and abandonment claims, with names and dates of state officials and contesters. The text features insurance ledger terms and multiple land contest notices referencing homestead filings and official hearings.
A set of contest affidavits filed in Pierre land office allege abandonment of homestead tracts by Mary Johnston and George C. Laie. Contestants Kuchar and Taylor seek hearings July 25 and June 30 respectively before the register and receiver, to present evidence of noncultivation and lack of residence.
Land Office notices list multiple claimants from Philip South Dakota seeking final commutation proofs. John C Hahn Guy W Keller and James B Colborn file intentions with witnesses named. Dates set for July 1909 before U S Commissioner James A Quigg and registrar offices in Chamberlain and Philip.
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