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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
6
Police linked the torso found in a trunk to Mrs Jordan a 23 year old from Remerville. A man confessed to killing his wife on Thursday then dismembering her body and placing the torso in a trunk planning to dispose of the remainings at sea.
Charles Oliver Tones, a Hamilton aeronaut known for his dirigible craft Room Erann, attempted a night ascent at Waterville fairgrounds on Wednesday. A sudden gas leak and motor spark caused a fatal crash as Jones fell from the framework. his spine was broken and death followed shortly after. Mrs Jones and a child near the scene witnessed the disaster, with crowds alarmed as the gas bag ignited during descent.
France and Paris react to Germany notifying the Algeciras powers of a changed front in Morocco. The verbal dispatch, without explanation, signals Germany's intent to bypass the Algeciras Act and recognize a new Moroccan ruler. Officials fear international and Franco relations fallout.
Vermont voters chose George H. Prouty in a Republican win for governor by about 8 000 votes over Democrat James E. Burke. Republicans hold statewide control with strong presidential year turnout and Ind League support. Foster and Plumley win congress seats, legislature remains Republican, state government intact.
South Dakota readers learn that the state board capped bank stock assessments at 40 percent after a heated 1907 session. County auditors rebalanced values, with many raising and some cutting figures, leaving Lawrence and Minnehaha leading and Buffalo County smallest. A former Rosebud land agent, Baker, is accused of land frauds and to be brought from Lawton for federal trial in Deadwood. Wyatt already convicted.
Bryan rounds up Gov. Johnson at St Paul declaring Johnson will back his national aims. Bryan tells Minnesota central committee he is not the first choice but glad to be second in a state where Johnson is the leading preference. Johnson pledges active support and will campaign across the northwest before November 3.
Government report from the census and forest service in Washington shows lumber production reaching the largest total on record in the United States, exceeding 1906 by about seven percent. Output totaled 28,860 million feet, with production surpassing 4,000,000,000 feet. per capita consumption continues rising as lumber use expands.
A sheriff moved a prisoner hours before a mob of about 200, some marked, reached the county jail in Louiss Ky demanding John Aproove for arson and child deaths in Cherokee Ky. The mob searched the jail, while report mix includes unrelated notes on bugs and trains, and cotton crop data appears from another matter.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a disrupted event or claim with unclear names and dates. The readable parts mention a fight or dispute, a squad or group, and a monetary payment or fee, but specifics are not recoverable from the garbled source.
Site Engineer Lea Welles Pamphiet for the Department of Agriculture prepared a pamphlet on irrigation in South Dakota. The work covers rainfall, climate, Lands, irrigated products, laws governing water, and future irrigation development, to be provided free by the department.
The capture ends a three week chase for Charles Hayes alias El Dunn along the South Dakota Wyoming border. Hayes, about 45, is charged with the murder of ranch hand Samuel Frederickson after years of pursuing young acquaintances. Lawmen from both sides kept watch and feared his escape into Wyoming, Montana, or Canada.
A lightning bolt struck the Nicholson farm near Sioux Floux Falls injuring Karl Nicholson a seven year old lad. Standing by a water tank his hand touched an iron hoop when the bolt tore away three fingers in a clean surgical like cut.
The Boutti Dakota State Agricultural College term opens March 14 with exams and registration occupying the first two days. Authorities expect the largest attendance in the college's history. Governor Crawford has returned from the affected district where anthrax was found and reports the outbreak under control with no further spread anticipated.
A suspect was arrested in Newport on suspicion of involvement with a steam move. The detainee has been held since the prior event and is being questioned by local authorities.
Toledo reports a Fort Meigs shaft dedication 82 feet high commemorating preservation of the U S boundary amid the Grand Army of the Republic encampment parade. Taft Heirs Foraker and Mayor Whitlock reviewed huge crowds, with 150000 visitors and trains from Ohio Indiana Minnesota Michigan arriving for the event.
The Peace and Arbitration League formed in North Carolina seeks an adequate armed force. President Roosevelt is named honorary president while Senator James B. McCreary of Kentucky serves as active president of the organization.
The editor critiques the manuscript noting a dislike of the dialect. The aspiring writer, startled and indignant, challenges the remark and questions the reform spelling referenced in the draft.
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