Wheat Making Good Progress in State Crop Report
South Dakota climate and crop service reports cooler than usual weather with well distributed showers and ample soil moisture. Wheat shows healthy condition with good progress. oats, barley, and speltz thriving. rye and winter crops fair to good. Corn stands good but worm damage noted. flax millet and potatoes progressing. early potatoes blooming. wind and rain caused some crop injury in Marshall County.
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South Dakota
Climate and Crop Service
Clover Leaf Mining eyes Uncle Sam mine expansion at Lead
Clover Leaf Mining Company closes a several hundred thousand dollar deal to open the Uncle Sam mine at Lead with a 1000-foot shaft and expanded mill capacity. The firm clears $500,000 debt via Paris investors and plans a major ore development after recent finds of high grade ore.
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Clover Leaf Mining Company
Clover Tat Mining Company
Uncle Sam
Lead
Paris
Clara Bell Mining Company
Clevend
Ohio
Frank Herbtre
Clara Belmine
Keystone- Holy Terror Company
Holy Terror
Keystone
Bismarck
Cattle Dipping Order Sparks County Board Meeting
A Huron county board of commissioners met to discuss a state order requiring cattle dipping for all cattle, including healthy stock. Farmers oppose enforcement on healthy animals and seek modification to cover only diseased cattle. signatures and funds have emerged for potential legal action.
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Board of County Commissioners
Huron
State Board
Embezzler Sentenced after Guilty Plea in Mitchell
J R Franklin Singer Sewing Machine agent pled guilty to embezzlement in Mitchell. He was brought from Idaho for trial, choosing immediate sentencing and to credit five months toward a one year term. Franklin collected about 3000 on notes not due and sent small payments to the company.
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J. R. Franklin
Idaho
Mitchell
Smith
Franklin
Singer Sewing Machine Company
South Dakota Doctors to Meet in Deadwood on Westward Trip
Dr. Charles B. Mailers announces the nineteenth annual South Dakota Medical Association session will be held in Deadwood with a special Sioux City to Deadwood train July 3. Members plan tours of Speary Fish Canon and the Homestake mine, aiming to combine state and American Medical Association meetings on a single trip.
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Deadwood
Charles B. Mailers
South Dakota
Medi Eti Taya
South Dackota
Wily Dam
Missouri
American Medical Association
Porthind
Ore
Sioux City
Hills
Homestake
Progam
Portland
New Law Regulates School Funds in Cities With State Colleges
A new law limits funding for students at model normal schools and other state institutions by excluding them from the school census used to apportion funds. Effective July 1, the state pays for their education, but they will not count toward local public school funds, ending a double benefit for towns hosting the institutions.
Veteran editor becomes U S consul in Mexico
Lead Daily Tribune editor D. Edwards is appointed United States consul at Ciudad Juarez Mexico effective immediately. He has led the paper for 25 years as a Republican stalwart and gold standard advocate and will sell a half interest to Prof. George H. Grace of Miller S D. Also noted is 109 year old Commodore Clayton of Lyman County and John Dwyer’s 30 day jail for wife beating with talk of reviving the whipping post.
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D. Edwards
South Dakota
Mexico
T. D. Edwards
Daily Tribune
Washington
United States
Caided Juarez
Mex
Texas
Mr. Edwards
McKinley
Edwards
Black Hills
George H. Grace
Miller, S. D
Commodore Clayton
Iowa
Lyman County
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
John Dwyer
Beresford
Italians Start Riot in Wisconsin Strike Attempt
Three assailants tried to force 150 laborers to strike at Lanaville Wisconsin on June 18. The plan involved firing with shotguns if workers refused as three men were shot. Burlington road sent a special train with sheriff and fourteen deputies to the scene but no arrests by nightfall. At Ferryville, part of the same band was driven from town by armed citizens.
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Prairty du Chien
Wis
Jaue
Lanaville
Burlington Road
Tim Elty
Noar
Ferryville
NAS MURDER SUSPECT IN DEADWOOD DESCRIBED
A man matching the description of Charles Lennox, sought in Butte Montana for a murder in 19, is held in Deadwood South Dakota. He arrived from Denver recently by a cable train. Local rumor also links Alfred Carrol to an old Vincellette ranch killing of a young cattleman on Centennial prairie.
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Deadwood
S. D
Charles Lennox
Butte
Ment
Denver
Alfred Carrol
Tintlow
Vincellette Ranch
Centennial Prairie
Daughter of 76 Dies. Washington Aide's Daughter Passes
Susan Atwater Gillette, widow of Judge Gordin Hllette and an original Dashiier of the Revolution, died at her Kenosha home at age ninety five. She was a daughter of John Atwater, aide to Gen Washington, who carried dispatches between Washington and Lafayette.
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Washington
Kenosha
Wis
Susan Atwater Gillette
Gordin Hllette
Lisely
Gillette
John Atwater
Lafayette
Gates County Objects to Change of Name by Legislature
Residents protest a state legislature vote to rename Gates County to Rusk Wisconsin. Telegrams urged the governor to veto the measure as county residents say they were not consulted.
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Gates County
Tadymith
Wis
Gates
Rusk
Wisconsin mother kills four children then commits suicide
In Kieler near Dubuque Wisconsin Mrs Paul Klass fatally wounded her four children with a butcher knife then took her own life. The five victims ranged in age from a newborn to six years old. The motive appears tied to the mother’s ill health and personal crisis.
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Wisconsin
Dubuque
Iown
Paul Klass
Kieler
Wis
Fire at Jasper destroys $11,000 in stock
Fire at Holvig Bros general merchandise store in Jasper Minnesota yesterday morning ruined stock valued at $11,000 despite prompt action by the company.
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Jasper, Minn
Holvig Bros
Pocahontas Arrests Over Fishing Fines Hit Hundreds
In Pocahontas Iowa police rounded up over a hundred residents for illegal fishing. Authorities allege seining from Lizard Lake and nearly all detainees pleaded guilty. Fines ranged from eighty to five dollars.
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Pocahontas
Iowa
Lizard Jake
Five Indicted for Bank Dynamiting in Paris Case
Grand jury returns five indictments against Walter W. Juntgen for dynamiting the Edgar County National Bank in Paris. Bail set at $30,000.
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Paris
Walter W. Juntgen
Edgar County National Bank
Fire destroys Wisconsin Veneer plant in Rhinelander
A severe storm caused a blaze at the Wisconsin Veneer Company factory in Rhinelander destroying the dry kiln and structure. Estimated loss reached 825000 with 22000 coverage. the plant had recently been rebuilt after a prior fire. Company directors listed as Moen Tyson Morvill and others.
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Wisconsin Veneer Company
Rijnelander
Wis
Moen
Datiela
Tyson
Charles Morvill
Mississippi River Flood Threat Grows Across Iowa
The Mississippi River swelled by heavy rains in the north threatens flood damage again. Rising rapidly near Muscatine and Clinton, fields on the Iowa side flood. A 17 year old, Charles Shocker, was struck and killed by lightning at Fort Dodge yesterday. A severe hailstorm caused damage around Davenport yesterday.
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Mississippi
Des Moines
Towa
Muscatine
Clinton
Mitnois
Charles Shocker
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Pioneers Affirm Buffalo Kills in Towa Debate
In Algona a large gathering of eight Northern Iowa pioneers and others debated buffalo existence. J Gordon of Tracy forfeited a $50 wager that buffalo never lived in Towa, while BN Talley of Britt accepted a bet. Affidavits from participants claim they killed buffaloes in the Des Moines region.
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Towa
Hine
R. J. Gordon
Tracy
Algona
BN. Talley
Britt
Garden
Iowa
Algohard
S Des Moine
THINK MAN FELL FROM CAR NEAR MILWAUKEE TRACK
Minneapolis resident Janes McClelland found near the Milwaukee track in Winona seriously injured. He suffered a closed fracture of the lower arm and dislocations at the elbow and shoulder, with the cause unknown though believed to be a failed attempt to board a train.
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Minneapolis
Winona
Minn
Jhine
Janes McClelland
Milwaukee Track
Man Hangs Himself in County Jail
In Grand Forks North Dakota on June 20 Bertal Asst, 30, killed himself using a chain wrapped around his neck in a toilet room. He was found by Sheriff Turner standing nearly upright with the chain tight.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Bertal Asst
Sheri Turner
Dr. Bascom Delivers Wisconsin University Baccalaureate
The fifty second commencement at the University of Wisconsin began with the baccalaureate in the armory hall. Dr. John Bascom, former university president from 1874 to 1887, gave the baccalaureate sermon yesterday afternoon at Maison Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin University
Maison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Armory Nall
John Bascom
Diversity
Pardon Granted to Murderer Lambert Jones by SD Board
South Dakota state board of pardons recommends mercy for Lambert Jones sentenced to life in Charles Mix County murder case and for Hend. Caddy sentenced to twenty years in Lawrence County robbery case.
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South Dakota Board
Lambert Jones
Pierre
State Board of Jardons
Charles Mix County
Hend
Caddy
Lawrence County
Des Moines Fourth of July Plan Rejected by Colfax Ministers
Colfax ministers abandon a planned Independence Day observance due to lack of support. Local negro leaders take over the celebration and plan to observe the day in their own way.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Colfax
Ashland Boy Struck by Lightning
Ashland Wis June 18 Charles Hartz twelve years old was struck by lightning while driving cows to pasture and is unconscious with small injuries reported by local authorities
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Ashland
Wis
Charles Hartz
Lightning Kills farmer in Minnesota storm
In Freeport Minnesota on June 20 during a severe electric storm the home of R Boekermann four miles west of town was struck by lightning Edward Atkinson was instantly killed and four Boekermann family members were severely injured authorities reported the event outlining the fatal strike and injuries in the aftermath
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Ed Atkinson
Freeport
Minn
R. Boekermann
Edward Atkinson
Boekermann
Milwaukee Business Man Adolph Meinecke Dies
Milwaukee business man Adolph Meinecke died last night at age sixty five in Milwaukee. He was a well known local figure and his passing removes a prominent member of the business community. Funeral arrangements were not announced immediately.
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Milwaukee
Adolph Meinecke
Russian War Stores Burned in Moscow
Four army depots were destroyed by fire yesterday in Moscow. Large quantities of stores meant for the Far East were consumed in the blaze.
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Moscow
Far East
Aged Man Hangs Himself in Wisconsin
In Black River Falls Wisconsin the body of Ole Rida age eighty one was found hanging from a tree near the city. The coroner's jury ruled the mind unbalanced for years and death by his own action.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Ole Rida
Iowa Banks Show Large Deposit Growth
Iowa banks report deposits rose by more than 15 million dollars over the prior four months and about 30 million dollars in the past year. Separate items note two drownings in Belleville Wisconsin Priester's Park Lake after a rowboat incident. In Bluffton Indiana Herbert Scheenrider 21 hanged himself. In Cayuga Indiana Magdalene Ashley 19 killed and Madaline Adane fatally injured by a skyrocket.
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Iowa
Tes Moines
Cayuga, Ind
Magdaline Ashley
Madaline Adane
Man Hangs Self With Shirt in St Paul
John Laufkoeter committed suicide yesterday in St Paul by hanging with a thin shirt. Friends say he had expressed disgust with life and contemplated death.
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St. Paul
John Laufkoeter
Laufkoeter
United States Delays Norway Recognition Until Europe Leads
State Department confirms Sweden sent a note to officials in Oslo and Alfh mickers protesting Norway's independence. The US states it will not recognize Norway until a European power acts first, asserting no action will occur before European leadership and Norway's stability is demonstrated.
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United States
Europe
Washington
State Department
Sweden
al Fowers
Norwas
Rosse
Norway
Social Democrats stage peaceful Sweden Norway settlement rally
Stockholm June 18 The Social Democratic party organized demonstrations of factory workers and others in favor of a peaceful settlement of the Sweden Norway dispute and acceptance of the established facts in Norway. About ten thousand trade unionists passed in procession without disorder.
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Stockholm
Social Democratic Party
Sweden
Norway
Home Building Swindle Leader Arrested in Kentucky
Bor n head of the People s Home Purchasing company was arrested for operating without a license and failing to deposit state funds. Depositors were promised installments on homes. A rigid state investigation is under way and a receiver was sought for patrons. Postal authorities in Washington issued an order against the concern.
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Whicsh
People's Home Purchesing Company
Enraged farmer shoots man over child ride in Missouri
George W. Stockton, a farmer in St Joseph Missouri, killed Hele McGowan an employee of a laundry yard after McGowan took Stocktons young daughter for a ride. The girl is thirteen and also employed at the laundry. Stockton confronted McGowan claiming self defense and shot him saying he must preserve his self respect. McGowan was twenty three and married.
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St. Joseph
George W Stockton
Hele McGowan
Decauae McGowan
Stockton
McGowan
McGowans
Tragic death at Quartz Hill cliff end of Miss Mable Grummer
Miss Mable Grummer twenty-year old school teacher from Rollins Kun died after plunging from a cliff at Quartz hill Cripple Creek Colorado The older sister who accompanied her left momentarily returned to find her body on the rocks below Cause of the plunge remains unclear with options including accident fainting or self harm
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Mable Grummer
Rollins, Kun
Quartz Hill
Miss Crummer
Woman's plea saves him in remarkable murder trial
Samuel Greason, a colored man, was acquitted of the murder of John Edwards after Mrs. Kate Edwards, widow of the victim, testified to exonerate him. Edwards was killed nearly four years ago. Greason was arrested two months later and his death threat was repeatedly quoted during a trial described as remarkable.
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Samuel Greason
Reading
John Dewards
Kate Edwards
Greason
Dweyds
Ad Greason
Wallace Coming Home From Panama Canal Talks
Chief Engineer John F. Wallace leaves Panama for Washington to confer with Secretary Taft on canal matters. He will place large orders including 7,000,000 vitrified bricks and rock crushers and rollers for paving Panama.
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Canal
Taft
Panama
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
Fort Francis Burned. Business District Annihilated in Fire
Fort Francis Ont was struck by a morning blaze that destroyed the main business portion and swept Front Street for over a block. The total loss exceeds 100000 dollars, with about half insured. No licensed hotel remains. officials suspect incendiary origin.
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Border City
Fort Francis
Ont
Otis Botts Executed for Wife Murder in Peoria Jail
Otis Botts a twenty one year old man was executed in the Peoria county jail for the murder of his wife on January 5. The trap was sprung at 9 08 P M Botts spent his last night joking and telling stories and invited everyone to attend his funeral. He tied a ball ribbon around his wife’s neck to kill her.
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Otis Botts
Peoria
Twen
Botts
Potts
Acetylene Light Touted To Protect Eyesight In Homes
Chicago readers learn acetylene gas offers a clear steady light that resembles daylight. The article argues better lighting reduces eye strain in schools and homes, citing improved vision for children like Alice and predicting fewer vision problems as usage spreads in churches, schools, and households.
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Chicago
Alice
Misa
Railway Rate Legislation Opposed by Conductors at Portland
At the Order of Railway Conductors biennial convention in Portland Oregon resolutions condemn secret rebates and oppose giving a single body power to regulate rates. They seek only fair legislation that preserves equal rights and argues rail costs, efficiency, and low freight rates support current practice.
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Order of Railway Conductors
Portland
Oregon
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Inter-State Commission
Parson Delivers Calm At Wedding Amid Book Swap
A whimsical note from a second-hand bookshop recalls trading Marie Corelli for Epictetus. The writer notes that a parson seems the best man at a wedding, bringing calm and seizing chances.
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Marie
Marie Corelli
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Jasper
Rhinelander
DR. Bascom
Farmer
Belleville
Priester’s Park Lake
Wallace
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