Belle Fourche Cattle Trade Shifts As Small Ranchers Lead
News from the Northwest reports a shift in the cattle market as large companies disappear and small stockmen gain prominence. August shipments are expected near 800 cars with 850 cars already on order from the North Western, while hay crops boost cattle readiness. Demand and prices could curb or increase shipments this year depending on market signals and producer decisions.
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Steckman
Belle Fourche le
Free Range
Franklin Cattle Company
Belle Fourche
Omaha
Sioux City
Chicago
North-Western
Levy to Be Highest Twine Plant Costs State Tax
The state levy rises to a record level due to a 11 4 mill twine plant operating fund at the penitentiary. A 2 mill emergency levy was authorized for this and next year but only 1 mill was applied because of the twine levy. The total exceeds previous records, funding the plant erected with 1905 appropriations but likely requiring debt renewal and higher future taxes.
Fewer Mills Operate At South Dakota Conference
The South Dakota and Southern Minnesota Millers' club met in Huron with 48 members from over 25 locales. President George Sexuuer of Brookings and Secretary Henry Nell of Madison attended as crop reports projected a 25 million bushel yield, 7 million in durum wheat, about 20 percent below last year. The group noted at least eighteen fewer mills operating this fall due to discriminatory pressures, with a Sioux Falls meeting slated next.
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South Dakota
Minnesota
Sioux Falls
Inspector Fines Dairy Sender for Spotted Cream
An inspector from the state dairy and food department found a can of spotted cream shipped to a local creamery in Fergue Falls Minnesota on Friday. He traced it to the sender and assessed a fine of 15 dollars plus costs.
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Fergue Falls
Minn
State Dairy and Food Department
Harriman Losses Reported Amid Stock Slump
New York Aug 20 reported on Wall Street that H Harriman's Joes in the present stock slump exceed 32 million dollars as markets falter.
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Harriman
New York
Wall Street
Road is scored by commission findings on Wisconsin line
Madison dispatch reports the Wisconsin railroad commission ruled Marathon County Railroad, owned by Lieut. Gov W D Connor, unlawful and parasitic. It ordered rate cuts for lumber cars and required tariff publication. The road was deemed a common carrier despite prior defenses.
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Madison, Wis
Marathon County Railroad Company
W. D. Connor
Railroad Commission
Nicholas Stregeler
Copher
Rate Commission
Coal Records Broken at Head of the Lakes
Superior Wis Aug 18 There is no danger of a coal shortage for the Head of the Lakes region if the entering roads handle winter traffic. Receipts up to now have broken all records with about 2 000 000 tons on the docks. Shipments look strong for summer and docks may sell more coal this season than ever before at Superior and Duluth.
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Superior
Wis
Duluth
Harvest Field Dramas Stir Wisconsin Labor Scene
In Appleton Wisconsin on August 18 courts ruled that a civilized Indian may buy whisky like whites. Farmers lose workers as many harvest hands head West to Minnesota and Dakota. Indians employed at two dollars a day squander earnings in long drinking sprees.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Insane man cuts throat in Abbotsford jail
An inmate at the Abbotsford city lockup attempted suicide with a razor last evening. He was confined by the marshal and later deemed insane after initial delirium tremens confusion.
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Abbotsford
Wis
Richard Jenkins
Ishpeming
Mich
Constitutional Amendment Criticized Over Tax Levy Change
The proposed state constitutional amendment to Article 11 draws criticism for removing the constitutional limit on tax levies and leaving tax decisions to the state board. It also omits Section 4 on bank taxation, raising concerns among readers unfamiliar with legislative details, while preserving most substance with minor wording changes.
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State Board
Individu
Buy Exchanges Hill City Action In Telephone Trouble
Nebraska Telephone faces a boycott in Hill City over new toll rates for long distance calls. General Superintendent Belt and General Manager H Vance Lane from Omaha are negotiating to settle. Hill City sold its exchange and fifteen phones to John Mattes with a 15 percent royalty on outside business. Other Hills towns may adopt similar deals, keeping Deadwood and Lead as core exchanges.
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Hill City
Nebraska Telephone Company
Ite
Belt
H. Vance Lane
Omaha
Nebraska Company
John Mattes
Mattes
Hills
Deadwood
Feed Grain to Sheep Amid Storm Ravages
Southern Brown and northern Spink farmers, faced with a hail disaster that ruined hundreds of fields, buy sheep in the Far West to graze on spilled grain. The plan aims to fatten flocks for sale, preserving some revenue from destroyed crops.
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Brown
Spink
Heads State Druggists Elected SD Association Officers
The South Dakota Pharmaceutical association elected Fr G Sickles of Mellette as delegate to the National Association of Druggists and E C Bent as delegate to the American Pharmacists Association and president. Other officers include H Scallin of Mitchell first vice president F A Kresser of Sioux Falls second vice president J E Heisler of Centerville secretary E C Bent of Dell Rapids treasurer A A Woodward Aberdeen. The ladies auxiliary named Mrs J B Heisler Centerville president Mrs W S Michel Willow Lake vice president and Mrs Eva Loher Hsterline secretary.
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Scalini
Mitchell
South Dakota Association
South Dakota Pharmaceutical Association
Fr. G. Sickles
Mellette
National Association of Druggists
E. C. Bent
American Pharmacists’ Association
A. A. Woodward
Aberdeen
J. B. Heisler
Centerville
W. 8. Michel
Willow Lakes
Eva Loher
Hsterline
Duluth Manager Dies in Harbor Rowboat Tragedy
Aston R. Chamberlain a department manager at Panton & White collapsed and died in a Duluth harbor rowboat while with his seven year old son. The boy rowed his father's body to shore.
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Duluth
Minn
Aston R. Chamberlain
Panton & White
Quake Reported in Porto Rico and San Juan
A perceptible earthquake occurred at 7 o'clock last night with a heavy shock recorded in Porto Rico and San Juan on August 20.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Doctors Prefer Proprietary Remedies Over Private Prescriptions
An examination argues that most physician compounded medicines are nostrums and that ready made proprietary remedies, prepared by reputable pharmacists, are safer and more reliable than physician created prescriptions. It cites the secrecy of formulas, risks of compounding by doctors, and stronger regulation for patent medicines under federal law.
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Simon
United States
James Burnett
Picketts Old Friend A Lincoln Visit to Richmond Tale
Abraham Lincoln visits Richmond days after its fire and asks for Gen George Pickett. Mrs Pickett, surprised by the visitor, denies Pickett is home. Lincoln identifies himself as an old friend and is given the infant son in a gesture of welcome.
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Abraham Lincoln
Richmond
Lincoln
Gen. Pickett
President Lincoln
Great Northern
George Pickett
Lmit
Confederacy
Pickett
George
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors received several patent grants as reported by Lothrop and Johnson. The list includes hand wheel, bag holder, dumping wagon, mop wringer, traction engine, weed extractor and other devices from individuals in Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
Andrew M. Gow
Duluth
Wenceslaus F. Mikolasek
Vodnany
S. D. Eschester
William Milbrath
Lakefield
James H. Murray
Larkin
N. D
Arthur J. Smith
Winona
Paul Swenson
Hopsting
Traction Engine
Axel Wahlund
Boston lawyer probes divorce with sharp Dublin wit
In a Derbyshire motor encounter a famed figure faced a police demand to remove a scary mask. The offender insisted he wore no mask, prompting a tense exchange as observers noted the confrontation and the humorous misread.
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Boston
Dublin
Derbyshire
Defense dialogue on Thawabey and Selley over meters
A dialogue fragment shows Thawabey questioning Selley while a banker defends him. The exchange centers on new-fangled meters and the originality of Selley’s methods, with acknowledgment that his ideas are not fundamentally new.
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Thawabey
Selley
Daring youth reflects on courage and future promises
A bold remark after a daring moment, the speaker quips that kissing and being cuffed is better than never kissing. He adds that renouncing one’s own sins makes for stronger preaching than condemning others, and notes the universal promise of a future few actually reach.
South Dakota News In Brief From Pierre To Yankton
Pioneer Pierre resident Mrs M P Martin dies after lingering illness at her home. An acetylene explosion at Yankton injures Mrs Thomas. Eastern friends seek pardon for Harry A Jones, jailed for Yankton robbery. A K Gardner named general attorney for North Western Railway in SD. Lightning destroys Stevenson Hanson barn at Clear Lake, 19 horses killed, stock valued at 310000 with little building insurance. North Western Railroad extension to Pierre Rapid City creates new division, C T Dike named division superintendent. A horse rescued after two weeks in abandoned well near Faulkton. Beresford man injured by hay pulley, jaw broken and multiple wounds. Deadwood coal prices rise amid looming shortage. Hartford Creamery reports 20012.46 distributed to farmers. new directors elected. Clear Lake men buy Ulven's Point for summer resort. Spencer Farmers Elevator officers elected J J Justice president, W H Weleh secretary. Robbery victims at Starkweather: Duglus robbed. suspects Wilkes and Wilkes held, pocketbook recovered later. County teacher shortage hits Yankton. low wages cited. Belle Fourche irrigation project nears completion. diversion dam last gap filled. floods delayed progress.
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News of the Northwest
Erange
Reno
Nev
Edward H. Harriman
Sparks
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Chicago & Alton Purchase
Lyman Homas
Yankton
Thomas
Harry A. Jones
A. K. Gardner
Rapid City
North-Western Railway Company
Col. Stewart
Huron
Stevenson & Hanson
Slear Lake
Thelossa
North-Western Railroad
Pierre
C. T. Dike
John Small
Faulkton
A. J. Wimple
Beresford
Tn Une
Black Hills
Hartford Creamery Company
W. B. Knodt
Henry Schaper
G. A. Boulette
Joseph Schwartz
W. L. Meyer
Clear Lake
Ulven
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Spencer
J. J. Justice
W. H. Wele
F. A. Gates
James
Thomas Wilkes
Starkweather
William Duglus
Peter Filskey
Egeland
Duglus
Shim
Yankton County
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