Despondent Wife Shoots Self in Running Water Town
Mrs Blanche Hendricks wife of Jesse Hendricks a freight brakeman died by suicide at her home in Running Water after a quarrel over attending a ball game. An inquest found evidence supporting the husband’s account. The event leaves a six month old baby to be cared for by neighbors with relatives in Marton Junction and near Chamberlain.
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Blanche Hendricks
Jesse Hendricks
Hendricks
Dugald
Springfield
Montfore
Congregational Church
Marton Junction
Chamberlain
Uncle Sam’s Gift to Sioux at Cheyenne River Reserve
Government will start June 15 distributing cattle and farm implements to Sioux Indians on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. The program includes more than 6,000 heifers, cows and brood mares plus wagons axes harrows plows and harness bought by the Indian Bureau. The aim is to incentivize allotment uptake and expand government welfare for the tribe with purchases from both Eastern breeders and local horse breeders on the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
South Dakota
Sam
Cheyenne River Reservation
Indian Bureau
Washington
Uncle Sam
Cheyenne River
India
Northwest
Dakotas
County Corn Contest Draws Rural Pupils in Kingsbury
A. H. Seymour reports nearly 200 boys from Kingsbury county rural schools entered the county corn contest. Prizes await those who raise the best corn this season, with contest participation growing yearly and fostering modern scientific farming among local youth.
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A. H. Seymour
Kingsbury County
South Dakota
Nelson of Yankton elected grand master of South Dakota AOUW
Olaf Nelson of Yankton won the grand master post by one vote over T. M. Simmons of Huron in a ballot of more than twelve hundred. Other officers chosen include S. H. Goodfellow Brookings foreman 8 J. Smith Mitchell overseer J. D. Lavin Aberdeen recorder J. EB. Platte Stark receiver Dan Newell Sturgis guide A. McCullen Highmore inside watch F. S. Row Fort Pierre outside watch C. V. Dilger Rapid City Sol Starr Deadwood F. M. Crane Redfield and T. M. Simmons Huron as delegates to the supreme lodge Deadwood to host the next meeting A committee favored the administration rate and its report is under consideration.
Flax acreage in Faulk county tops 20 000 acres this year
Faulk county farmers plan to sow about 20 000 acres of flax. In Faulkton courthouse tower, observers count ten to fifteen steam rigs at work turning sod. Thomas Mitchell, owner of many rigs, set a record by breaking 160 acres in two days and three hours on a quarter section near Faulkton.
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Faulk
Faulkton
Thomas Mitchell
G A R Encampment to Entertain Sioux Falls June 22 24
Sioux Falls prepares for the South Dakota Grand Army of the Republic encampment from June 22 to 24 with Gen. C. O. Howard as keynote speaker and other dignitaries including Henry B. Nevies ex Minnesota official S. R. Van Sant and Col. Melvin Grigeby on the program. Special rail fares will be offered for the round trip and side amusements are planned by local G A R officers.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Grand Army of the Republic
C. O. Howard
Howard
Henry B. Nevies
Behief
R. van Sant
Minnesota
Melvin Grigeby
Rough Rider
Claris Anderson
Gen
David Barker
H. Magner
Gen. Sherman
Kenesaw Mountain
Gen. Corse
Altoona
State Bankers Gather in Capitol City June 23 24
The state bankers association meets in Pierre on June 28 24 with talks by Congressman E M Martin Gov Vee sey and Bank Examiner Jones. Attendees include bankers from Minnesota Duluth Sioux City and Nebraska. Visitors will tour and dine aboard a boat excursion to buffalo pasture and a fish chowder lunch on Marions Island. The session is expected to attract many bankers statewide.
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Capitol City
State Bankers’ Association
Pierre
E. M. Martin
Veesey
Jones
Charlies H. Froet
W. I. Nolan
Minneapolis
David Williams
Duluth
C. N. Takes
Sioux City
HL R
Gurnay
Freemont
Neb
Buffalo Pasture
Marions Island
Lost Life in Tragic Farm Wagon Accident
North Dakota farmer William Wolfe of Newville died after a wagon wheel ran over his leg and chest when he lost a grip on lumber and fell from the wagon. The accident occurred as he drove away from Newville, and he died within half an hour.
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North Dakota
William Wolfe
Newville
Wolfe
Ines
Harper's Ferry capture story from Maj Greene reveals details
Maj Israel Greene, who led Marines at Harper's Ferry, recounts the assault through a smoke filled room. He claims to first entered the doorway and knocked Brown unconscious after Col Lewis Washington identified Brown, then says he escorted Brown to Charlestown the next day under Col Lee's orders.
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Maj
Greene
Harper's! Ferry
Israel Greene
John Brown
Mitchell
S. C
Sioux
Harper's Ferry
Brown
Lewis Washington
George Washington
United States
Col. Washington
Osiwatomie’ Brown
Kansas
Michael Quinn
Quinn
Use Strategy in Surveys St Paul Road Engineers Looping West
Reports from the country west of Forest City indicate railroads are closely watching each other and expanding surveys to gain territorial advantage. The St Paul road is said to run long west loops to cover maximum area, while Minneapolis & St Louis seeks the Fox Ridge region, and Northwestern surveys move from Leslie toward Thunder Butte. If these lines become operable, South Dakota’s rail map will look different when the next maps circulate.
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St. Paul
Forest City
St. Paul Road
Minneapolis & St. Louis Eres
le Beau
Milwaukee
Fox Ridge
Northwestern
Leslie
Thunder Butte
Ines
South Dakota
Change Policy Forms for Life Insurance Firms
Actuary F A Draper reports that most large life insurers comply with the new policy form law while several smaller firms are far from requirements. Some must revise minorly, others must overhaul forms to meet legal provisions before resuming business.
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F. A. Draper
Alpena boards eyed bond issue for new school building
A signed petition has been filed with the Alpena board of education signaling a special election to authorize issuing bonds totaling 10,000 dollars for constructing a new public school building.
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Alpena Board of Education
Four Thousand Visit Brookings College Excursion
More than 4,000 visitors arrived by special and regular trains to the state college at Brookings for two days. It marked the largest excursion in the college’s history and included children from country schools for the first time. Gov. Vassey Prof Holden N J Bachelder spoke while Cadet Battalion maneuvers impressed guests. Pomona Grange organized for Brookings County under Charles Hoyt with Dr A A Brigham as master.
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Brookings
State College
North-Western
Hans Ustrud
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
E. R. Chrisman
Fctional
State Grange
Charles B. Hoyt
Pomona
A. A. Brigham
School of Agriculture
Reckless Freshman Performs Daring Gumming Feat for Flag
Pierre high school cheers as Daniel McCord, fifteen, scales a 150 foot pole, swings on a wire with a banner, tears down the rival class flag at a state house derrick, then descends to ground 400 feet away. Spectators erupt, lifting him on classmates shoulders.
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Daniel McCord
Pierre
Clase
McCord
Watertown Eyes Two Electric Lake Lines
Rival firms seek interurban franchises to Lake Kampeska. A. Li Rowe led Watertown’s first line project. the franchise expires this month with no construction. A second local group now promises electric cars to the lake within sixty days if granted right of way, prompting the first company to seek an extension.
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Watertown
Lake Kampeska
A. Li Rowe
Ite
Surveyors Raise Real Estate Stakes Near Onida
Surveyors for the North Western road arrived at Onida Sully county and pitched a long term camp. Landowners within twenty miles rushed to sell or raise asking prices. In Pierre a tract promised at twenty dollars an acre jumped to twenty with a demand to close immediately. Movements by the surveyors remain uncertain.
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Onida
Sully County
Pierre
Dorsey Convicted of Murder in Schultz Killing
Eugene Dorsey one of four African American men implicated in the killing of Walter F. Schultz a Chicago artist was found guilty by a jury in Alexandra Virginia of murder in the first degree highlighting a racially charged case.
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Alexandra
Eugene Dorsey
Walter F. Schultz
Chicago
Will of the Stridbecks and Swedish politics tied to aid funds
The Stridbecks of Karls-Krona bequeath 10 000 crowns to Pauvres honteux and 5 000 to the home for incurables plus 4 400 to the common boys school whose rent funds needy students. 5 000 to the orphane home and 5 000 to Aspo and Hasslo churches, rents aiding poor widows and children. 15 000 to Lund and Danielson funds with annual rent to the poor. Sweden hosts about 100 French deputies, with Baron Bonde arranging visits and royal entertainments at Stockholm. Anders Nielsen resigns as Danish agriculture minister amid defense policy disputes. expected to be replaced. Rigsdag likely to adjourn May, reassemble June 7 for a few months. Three Vinteras citizens sentenced to three months for dodging compulsory drill. drills pressed despite refusals. A woman may give a cold look when ending a friendship with a man.
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Stridbecks
Karls- Krona
Pauvres Honteux
Aspo
Hasslo
Anders Nielsen
Nielsen
Rigsdag
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Paopmiston
Sisseton
Siareton Mining CO
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The
Sisseton Mill &Light Co
Sweden
Chamber of Deputies
Bonde
Storkholm
Vinteras
Ene
Axness & Co
T. Axness Co
Pioneer
Bote
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