Whittmeyer to be tried in Grand Forks on fraud charges
Chris Whittmeyer faces a Grand Forks district court term for defrauding land buyers in Kidder Burleigh and Stutsman counties. He allegedly took cash from about twenty victims, getting initial payments on land he had no authority to sell, with several victims lined up across Emerado Thompson and other areas. Authorities plan to turn him over to Stutsman if conviction fails.
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Chris Whittmeyer
Grand Forks
District Court
Wineman
Whittmeyer
Planas
Kidder
Burleigh County
Jaca Rau
Jobin Weiss
Emerado
Thompson
Stutsman County
Chrtian Borth
Joseph St. Lawrence
Geyer
Arvilla
Oslo
Union Companies Examined by South Dakota Officials
Insurance Commissioner Perkins led a Pierre hearing into alleged violations of the anti compact Insurance law, focusing on local agents and the use of a common rate book from a Minneapolis pushing house. J Ingrand of Chicago testified that the German American company was a union carrier with uniform rates but denied recent rate fixing. The probe continues, with potential one year ban if violat ions are proved. St Paul Fire and Marine hearing set for March 11.
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South Dakota
Perkins
Pierre
Minneapolis
J. @. Ingrand
Chicago
New York
Union
St. Paul Fire and Marine Company
Capitol Lands Sale Authorized by South Dakota Commission
The state capitol commission has authorized the state land commissioner to advertise a second auction sale of capitol lands in McPherson County on Dec 15. He is also authorized to advertise private sales of lands in Hyde, Edmunds and Faulk counties on the same terms and at the same prices as the minimum offered at auction. Since auctions, several private sales are under negotiation and some tracts have already sold in counties with no bidding at auction.
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Huron
Missouri River
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Peple
Pierre
Rapid City
Black Hills
Towa
Wisconsin
Cupid
South Dakota Commission
State Capitol Commission
State Land Commissioner
Capitol
McPhersonounty
Iso
Hyde
Edmunds
Faulk
Milford youth dies in self inflicted gunshot near home
Frank Blume Jr aged about 21 committed death by own action near his Milford township Beadle county home. He fastened a stick to a shotgun trigger and discharged the gun with his foot, the shot entering the breast near the heart. Coroner Tolmie held an inquest but found no evident cause for the act.
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Frank Blume, Jr
Milford Township
Beadle County
Tolmie
Assails Federal Survey Over Farm Acreage Dispute
Michael Ernster of Logan township sues Nels Christenson, now in Marshall county, for $ money over a farm he bought for 2600 dollars claiming the deed overstated 152 acres while a later survey showed 108. Case in state circuit court next January hinges on whether the 152 acres was descriptive or a binding covenant.
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Michael Bernstar
Togan Township
Minnehaha County
Nels P. Christenson
Dell Rapids
Marshall County
Einster
Logan Township
Dee
Ernster
Howe
Christenson
Irrigation Boom Lifts Eastern Ranch Prices Near Whitewood
Eastern buyers chase improved ranches near Whitewood as prices rise from 61 800 to 1500 2000 a ranch in three years. Irrigation near Big Owl creek expected to push ground to 20 per acre. Elevators like Eu reka and Garden City suffer overloads from grain, risking losses while many elevators across the north strain under sparse hauling capacity.
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Whitewood
Big Owl Creek
South Dakota
Brave young lady saves professor after duelling shot
Miss Ruby Cole, a slight 20 year old country school fincher from Ipswich, bound a severe facial wound for Prof H B Callin of Eureka after a gun misfire. She drove twenty five miles through South Dakota prairie to Eureka for medical aid, guiding him to St James hospital at Aberdeen. Doctors say blood poisoning is a risk but recovery is possible with care.
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Prof. Callin
H. B. Callin
Eureka
Ruby Cole
South Dakota
Bngsy
Callin
Miss Cole
St. Juke's Hospital
Aberdeen
Tft
Ipswich
Death of Promoter of Irrigation in Northwest South Dakota
W O Carpenter of Chicago, a developer of the largest irrigated farm in the Northwest, dies at Menominee Michigan. His Brule county project near Pukwana, backed by about 500000 dollars, grew from a romance with Brule County pioneer S A Richards who became Mrs Carpenter after serving as county superintendent of schools. Survived by Mrs Carpenter two sons a brother and two nieces.
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Northwest
Menominee
Mich
W. O. Carpenter
Chicago
South Dakota
Pukwana
Brule County
Carpenter
S. A. Richards
United States
Mr. Carpenter
Richards
Victims of Misfortune in Waubay Webster Area
The Johnson family near Waubay and Webster endures tragedy as Albert Johnson Sr dies in a horse accident and his one year old son Albert Jr lies gravely ill after a horse named Tarelack bolted free and crashed into a fence. The youth was riding with only a halter for control when the animal ran away and rammed the fence.
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Johnson
Waubiy
Webster
Albert Johnson
Birth Rate High And Death Rate Low In South Dakota Report
South Dakota's October vital statistics bulletin shows 858 births including 40 females and 454 males. births since July 1 total 2,971. October deaths 349 with 99 tuberculosis 81 heart trouble and 10 cancer. July 1 to Nov 1 deaths total 1,123 average age 32. Marriages for October 324, 1,046 since July 1, oldest person 55 and several brides as young as 12.
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South Dakota
Vital Statistics Bulletin
Could Not Do It Sunday School Showdown
A Sunday school superintendent asks boys to respect their aging fathers. All hands rise except Jay Way who refuses citing his father’s baldness, provoking laughter as the topic shifts away from the challenge of honoring gray hairs.
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Solmenty
Jay Way
Tim
Dickens Anecdote Sparks Ledger of Barkin Willis
In New South Wales a year after Dickens joined the assembly, Willis, an obstructionist, spoke against lime. Dickens rose for a point of order and then quoted David Copperfield misquoting Barkiss willin to declare Willis is barkin. The moment astonished the house.
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Dickens
Howard Bulwer Lytton Dickens
New South Wales
Willis
Gilbert Parker
Barkiss Willin
Barkin
Pledges Shield Packers as Garfield Delivers Chicago Case
The Chicago Journal reports Garfield inspected packers under a non court pledge and handed study results to the justice department. It cautions government bias toward western offenders and questions methods of searches and compelled testimonies as potentially undignified and suspect.
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Chicago Journal
Garfield
Chicago Packers
Government Department of Justice
Washington
Chicago
New Jersey
Capitol Dome
Mom
Lord Kelvin Deep Sea Soundings Anecdote
A biographer recounts a tale of Lord Kelvin before his peerage being observed by a friend using a long wire to make deep sea soundings. The friend asks what it is for and Kelvin replies it is for making soundings, the friend jokes what kind of note it gives off.
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Lord Kelvin
Pie humor echoing family recipes and memories
A playful exchange centers on pies and family cooking as Mrs Newlywel-Well asks Henry how he likes her pies. He jokes that they resemble those his father recalled but not those his grandmother made, highlighting generations of kitchen lore.
Didn't Know the Game Finds Poetic Voice in Football Echoes
A fragmentary note blends lyric musings with sports imagery as a speaker reflects on a poet’s ear for rhythm and a football player's lingering appeal, hinting at memory, affection, and performance in a single evocative line.
Mail Order Howes Country Merchants Must Protect Themselves
A brief advisory warns country merchants handling mail order sales to implement safeguards. It outlines steps to verify customer identities, secure payments, protect shipments, and avoid common scams. The guidance stresses diligence to reduce loss and liability for small businesses.
The Cat House Route Ends In Kansas City
A satirical tale traces a single dollar’s journey through debt to a seedy retail empire, from Farmer Jones in the Midwest to a Chicago Kitc henware catalog and a Kansas City manuf acturer. The dollar cycles through editors, grocers, bankers, and shops, ending in the cat house profits as the line crosses regions and industries.
Local merchants urged to curb mail order influence
A St Paul area article advocates supporting home merchants to keep towns prosperous. It warns mail order houses drain local trade, lowers town value, and weakens communities. It praises commercial clubs, local industries, and citizen cooperation to build a progressive commercial center.
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Tod
Wilmvluil Mercantile
Homie Starkel
Commerc Club
St. Paul de
John Johnson Loses Temper Over Dictionary Binding
A man named John Johnson bought books and a rare dictionary. While at the binder, the finished work bore the stamp Johnsen's Dictionary. He erupted in anger, asking why the binder did not inscribe the full name as John Johnson's Dictionary.
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John Johnson
Johnsen
Placing the Blame in a Washington Concert Scene
Philip Sousa condemns a young comic opera singer at a Washington party. The critic recalls a boyhood acquaintance, a man named Squire Baer interrupts, then the conductor remarks he does not blame the singer but would strike the instigator with his club if he knew him.
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Philip Sousa
Amil
Washington
Baer
Yong Man
High Society Whist Tale with Four Kings and an Ace
A man recounts continental travel and the boast of playing whist with a king. An observer in an overcoat scoffs, replying that he once played with four kings and an ace. The anecdote underscores bragging and social class banter in a terse exchange.
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