Taft era moves echo in Washington and states
Congress debates initiative and referendum limits while Taft approves Alns worth retirement. USColombia tensions rise after a Colombian minister’s letter. Fields faces arrest over border incident. China Society urges US recognition of the Republic of China. Arizona becomes the 48th state as Taft proclamation is signed. Pinchot withdraws from La Follette and backs Roosevelt. California governor Hiram Johnson endorses Roosevelt. Roosevelt contemplates presidential bid. Chicago convention looms. Georgia GOP backs Taft. Roosevelt meets Senator Clapp in New York.
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Supreme Coort of
United States
Hat Tribunal
Bred
Ainsworth
Taft
Alnsworth
Colombia
Senor Pedro Ne Ospina
Hunting
Jon Wilson
State Department
Knox
Columbia
Central America
War Department
Ben W. Fields
Eighteenth Infantry
Tuarez
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Fields
Bee
China Society of America
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republic of China
North Carolina
Senate
Ceneral Hitchcock
Gifford Pinchot
Senator la Follette
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Pinchot
Hiram Johnson
California
Chicago
Tecan
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
la Follette
Deaths of Ambrose Moore and Judge William M. Lanning
Ambrose Moore known as the Pennsylvania Giant died at his Mount Carbon home from kidney disease. He weighed 525 pounds and had an extraordinary waist measurement. United States Circuit Judge William M. Lanning died at his Tren ton New Jersey home from heart trouble at age sixty three, a prominent figure in the Presbyterian church.
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Ambrose Moore
Pennsylvania
Mount Carbon
William M. Lanning
Trenton
N. J
Lanning Wos
Presbyterian Church
Death of 17-year-old fireman in railroad accident
Joseph F. Haugen a Northern Pacific railroad fireman aged 17 was struck and killed by cars attached to a switch engine near Massachusetts street railway avenue in Seattle while returning from work. He lived in Reville South Dakota with parents notified of the tragedy.
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Joseph F. Haugen
Northern Pacific Railroad
Massachusetts Street
Railway Avenue
Kelly
Young Haugen
Seattle
Reville
S. D
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Joe Haugen
Frank Hicks for Sheriff in Roberts County race
The notice announces Frank Hicks as a candidate for sheriff of Roberts County. A lifelong Republican and active community member, Hicks has farmed in the southern part of the county and now resides in Sisseton with his family. His candidacy is expected to receive broad support from those duty bound to select a suitable sheriff.
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Frank Hicks
Roberts County
Hicks
Prank Hicks
Abraham Lincoln
Our County
Sisseton
Fosston Cleaner Promises Pure Grain Separation Demonstration
An advertisement urges testing the Fosston Cleaner to separate wild from tame oats and flax from other grain. It claims wheat and barley clean quickly and perfectly after Fos sion treatment, inviting readers to bring grain samples for a crank demonstration by F. Carlberg.
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F. Carlberg
Live Chickens Wanted by Miller Farmers
Miller Farmers advertise for live chickens priced at 9 cents per pound for weights up to four pounds and 10 cents per pound for over four pounds. Economy Drug Store offers a free book on seed grain and formaldehyde.
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Economy
Union Evangelistic Services Grow in Sisseton
Rev Holgate leads increasing Union Evangelistic meetings with strong attendance. Presbyterian church overflow prompts Sunday services moved to Methodist church. Sunday afternoon men’s meeting called the largest in Sisseton, with sermons praised and plans urged to attend remaining services. A union young peoples prayer service replaces the usual session. Leap Yearites entertain with a Peever dancing party featuring Thompson’s orchestra and a red and white hall decor.
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Union
Holgate
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Sisseton
Sisseter
Young Peoples
Peever
Swenson
Thompson
Sjogren
Wilson Looks Like Winner in Roberts County Sheriff Race
W D Wilson, popular sheriff candidate for Roberts County, visited the office this week. The Ortley Outlook notes his pleasant demeanor and energetic campaign, suggesting he is a likely winner from the start.
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W. D. Wilson
Roberts County
Mr. Wilson
Ortley
Star Male Quartette at Lyceum This Thursday
Patrons of the Lyceum await the Star Male Quartette as the next act on the local course. They perform Thursday evening February 29 with a five year singing harmony, promising a popular program full of fan and life after last year’s Weatherwax Quartette impressed audiences.
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Lyceum
Star
Weatherwax Quartette
Star Quartette
Milwaukee rail plan to double track to Aberdeen
The Milbank Review reports Milwaukee railroad will build a double track from Milbank to Aberdeen starting this spring as weather allows. The project is expected to require hundreds to perhaps a thousand workers, with millions in expenditure. The bridge department is ready, firemen may be promoted to engineers, and work could span a year or two with crews expanding between Summit, Waubay and Aberdeen.
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Milbank
Aberdeen
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Summit
Here
Waubay
Milwaukee
County Judge candidates join race in Roberts county
E J Turner and J W Barrington of this city announce their candidacy for County Judge in Roberts county subject to the June primary. They are longtime residents of Sisseton with broad support, joining Hal Knight in the three way contest that supporters will watch closely.
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E. J. Turner
J. W. Barrington
Roberts County
Sisseton
Hal Knight
Best Flour Promotes Quality Says Local Writer
The Best in Town by W A Robinson writes to Gordon Bros praising Pillabury Best flour sold in Sisseton stating it makes white light bread with a cool taste. He argues no economy in saving small amounts by buying cheap flour and claims buying Best leaves no scraps.
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W. A. Robinson
Gordon Bros
Sisseton
Noted People and Political Moves Highlight Taft Era
The report covers high level moves including Secretary Knox’s statement on an invitation, Brigadier General Whipple’s retirement after long service, and Mahlon Pitney’s nomination as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court. It also notes Charles W Morse sailing to Europe for treatment and social events involving Ed rdl Brown Alsop.
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Goviiney G. WP
Knox
Colombia
Ower
D Trinity Church
New York City
Charles W. Morse
Federal
Atlanta
Nema
Europe
Bad Nawheim
Germany
Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
British Parliament Reopens Amid Mourning and Tense News
The second George parliament reassembled in London after a Dec 16 prorogation as court mourning for the Duke of Fife dampened ceremonies. Reports note a harbor collision near Nagasaki drowning forty six aboard Ryoka Maru and Mori Maru, while Belgium's Bart hage district faces a reign of terror from looting and rioting by striking miners. Lady Goschen, wife of the British ambassador at Berlin, has died, and Norway's entire cabinet has resigned.
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London
Duke of Fife
Alois Iexa von Aehrenthal
Biamarck
Austria
de Count von Aehrenthal
Austran Foreign Service
Nagasaki
Tupan
Barthage
Belgium
Lady Gouchen
William Edward Goschen
Berlin
Goschen
Darius Clarke
Philadelphia
Unfortunate collisions claim several lives and injuries
A Chicago Great Western freight collision near Des Moines injures twenty and fatally wounds two as a Pennsylvanian Limited derails at Warriors Ridge killing one fireman. A fire at the Grand Opera House in St Paul leaves two families rescued with difficulty and many injured. Another derailment injures many on the Great Northern Orietal Limited near Devon Bartlett.
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Chicago Great Western
Des Moines
Sxty
Pennsylvania Limited
St. Paul
Great Northern Orietal Limited No. 2
Devon Bartlett
Grand Forka
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