Belle Fourche Dam Nears Completion In South Dakota
Belle Fourche May 18. If weather holds, contractors will finish the Belle Fourche dam early in June. The large embankment, 6,200 feet long and 115 feet high, forms a canal system with a 1,600 cubic feet per second capacity and will create the region’s largest lake. The project will irrigate about 100,000 acres in the Belle Fourche Valley, spurring rapid settlement and new towns along a branch railroad. Full details available from the Reclamation Service Statistician in Washington.
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Reclamation Bureau
Great Wall
Belle Fourche
Reclamation Service
South Dakota
Statistician
Washington, DC
Mellette County Emerges On South Dakota Map
South Dakota’s map gains Mellette County west of Tripp in the Rosebud country as railroad openings and Indian allotments spur growth. Gov. Vessey calls an election for county officers including Indian leaders, with Wood as a possible seat and a new townsite paper launched by E. Crook.
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Limeight
Mellette
Tripp
Rosebud
Gregory
Vessey
Stranger Horse
Eddie Dark Face
George Whirlwind
Andrew Night Pipe
Wood
Western Townsite Company
Mellette County
E. Crook
Advocate
Winner
Nickel scare over 1910 coins debunked
Washington reports a prank claiming 1910 nickels were not minted and any 5 cent piece from that year is counterfeit. Mints produced 0,169,363 nickels in 1910 and about $1,000,000 worth remain in circulation. Mint and secret service received many calls from midwest banks as some genuine coins were treated as counterfeits.
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Middle West
Treasury
Secret Service
Mint Bureau
Washington
Social Discontent A Cause The New York Dog Rescue Ride
A New York couple rushes their dog by special car from San Diego to the city to save the animal with an operation. The article notes public sympathy is limited to their circle and mocks historic abuses of wealth as a reflection on modern affluence and motives. The text compares public judgment of wealth at the turn of the century to contemporary millionaires and their charitable acts.
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New York
San Diego
Cal
Caligula
Borat
Rowan Senate
No Comet This Spring From Halley Warning Past
A year ago people fretted over Halley's comet and its predicted impact on humanity. The text recalls the warning, noting the universe quieted, the sky stayed fiery and sulphurous forecasts did not appear, and the 18th of May proved bright and calm despite the omen.
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Halley
A Prince of His Race at Grand Saturday
Oscar Graham presents the dramatization A Prince of His Race at the Grand on Saturday May 20. The show has toured Texas and Oklahoma for three seasons and is now an enhanced scenic production with the same company. Leading lady Loretta Graham features new gowns including a Battenburg piece valued at $600, marking the production as one of the road’s classiest attractions.
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Texas
Oklahoma
New York
Chicago
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Loretta Graham
Mavericks Happenings in County and State
Heirs of Moses Kauffman of Sioux Falls lack a will. F M Ziebach, the early Dakota figure, becomes winner mayor in Tripp County. A lumber car accident near Rapid City kills W S Ayris, 26. John Craven’s riding accident leaves him badly hurt. Local items cover census notes, legal notices, and editorials on new tools and police equipment.
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Sioux Falls
F. M. Ziebach
Dakota
Winner
Tripp County
W. S. Ayris
Lamphere-Hinrichs
Rapid City
Rice pudding politics in a hungry time
The Sioux City Journal notes a stark split as democrats defend government money needs while republicans doubt relief. The piece hints that farmers craving rice and sugar protection fear underlying motives from free list policies.
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Sioux City Journal
Pat's Faith and the Sleepy Doctor Phantoms
A fatigued physician tending a pneumonia patient asks Pat to count respirations. Overwhelmed by sleepless hours, the doctor nods off with ear to the chest and wakes to hear Pat miscounting loudly in a memorably mispronounced cadence.
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Pat
German Lutheran Service at Philip Sunday
German Lutheran services will be held at Philip Sunday in the afternoon at 2:30. All are invited to attend. Rev. E. A. Dautenhalin is the pastor.
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Philip
E. A. Dautenhalin
Supreme Court Backs Standard Oil Breakup After Suit
The Supreme Court ruled Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and 19 subsidiaries formed a conspiracy in restraint of trade and monopolized interstate commerce in violation of the Sherman Act. It ordered dissolution within six months, noting the decision narrows the Act to undue restraints, with Chief Justice White announcing the opinion. The case drew remarks from prominent officials and lawmakers.
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Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the
United States
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Wickersham
Frak B. Kellogg
Corporation
Rip Van Winkle of South Dakota Awakens Public Opinion
A Beresford Republic editorial praises South Dakota’s growth while rebuking isolationist spending on immigration ads. It argues the state is thriving with high bank deposits, growing populations, and abundant farm lands, urging South Dakotans to stay active and ambitious rather than complacent.
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Rapid City+ Journal
Beresford Republic
North Dakota
South
South Dakotas
Rip van
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