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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
4
Local notes report various residents visiting towns for work and social visits. Multiple names, places, and events appear, including harvests, cane mills, a postmaster appointment, church decisions, and a barber’s incident, reflecting a busy regional week.
Wokama and families spend Sundays visiting. school opens with Mise and Nellie Stoughton in charge as thirty five pupils enroll. Residents plan dances, balls, and horse races, with attractions including Along The Kennebeck at Grand Opera House and Axland Harp Orchestra.
Sunday school at 9 20 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 20 p m. The evening service features an abridged review of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress with twenty stereoptical views. All welcome. FP I King pastor. Also new stock of lumber at Robinson Smog member yard.
A major prairie fire northwest of Philip burned hay stacks and shacks across a township. Volunteers fought the blaze as it approached the town, using back fires and rain to finally extinguish it within a half mile of homes. Losses were heavy, with Joseph Henry among the hardest hit. Petra Peterson and daughters were rescued from danger as flames raged.
We express gratitude to those who stood by us in our loss and offered kind acts and thoughts. We especially thank Davi ine taamtty for their support.
Department of the Interior contest notice from Chamberlain South Dakota announces Harry Bennett as contestant against Homestead entry No. OSS 1002 in section 30 township 1 north range 20 east and others. It alleges abandonment for over six months and lack of occupancy or improvements due to military service claims, with hearings scheduled October 1908 before Notary Public M. L. Parcells and final hearing October 30 before the United States Land Office in Chamberlain.
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