Northwest Man Urged Cuba Consulate Gets Sanity Ruling
Benedict Stuhlmiller of Pierre wore Salvation Army uniform and faced the county insanity board last week. The panel ruled he is not a subject for the asylum and he expressed readiness to remain in Pierre. He earlier worked with the Salvation Army in Chicago and other eastern cities and pressed for a Cuba consulate, prompting authorities to review his case.
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Salvation Army
Benedict Stuhlmiller
Pierre
County
Cuba
Washington
State Department
Preae
Fifteen Mile South Dakota Boy Believed a Sheep
A fourteen year old boy, son of Joseph Jupiter, a sheep owner near Fort Pierre, becomes insane and believes he is a sheep. He walked about sixty miles to Fort Pierre, fearing pursuit. A county insanity board will hear his case with a likely outcome of commitment to an asylum.
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Joseph Jupiter
Fort Pierre
County Insanity Board
Knights Confer Degrees in Columbus Initiatory Work
Twin City Deputies help Watertown Knights confer the anniversary initiatory in a 63 member class. A prize team and District Deputies Nightingale Roe and Shuetz assisted. Largest gathering of the kind in the state with initiatory work from 2 pm to 10 pm and a banquet led by Rev. Father O'Meara.
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Twin City
Columbus
Watertown
Father O'Meara
Pierre Board of Trade Reorganized for City Prosperity
The Pierre meeting to reorganize the board of trade drew a largely attended turnout with spirited enthusiasm. It decided to retain the historic name Pierre Board of Trade, preserving prestige while committing all factions to unite for Pierre’s progress.
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Board of Trade
Pierre
New Playhouse Planned for Watertown by Richards Partners
E R and O H Richards secured adjacent post office block lots in Watertown and will erect a brick vaudeville house. Toner holds the contract, ready by July 1, one story 50 by 100 feet with sixteen foot ceilings, Watertown sand lime brick. Bacon and Draka of Rand Works, N D, lease the building for vaudeville and occupy it when ready. Cost of construction set at 10,000 dollars. lot acquisition 1,000 dollars.
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Playhouse
Watertown
E. R
O. H. Richards
Toner
Bacon & Draka
Rand Works
X. D
Ingham Gets State Bank Incorportation Reported
The State Bank of Ingham has been organized and incorporated by B. J. Spencer of Ingham R. W. Mathieson of Philip E. G. Fischer G. E. Sumner and C. L. Molett of Fort Pierre. It is capitalized at $7 000.
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Ingham
State Bank
Stanley County
The
State Bank of
B. J. Spencer
R. W. Mathieson
Philip
E. G. Fischer
G. E. Sumner
C. L. Molett
Fort Pierre
Erect Soldiers Monument in Hurley Park
Hurley G A R post members and local citizens are raising about 1200 for a granite or bronze monument in Hurley Park. When completed, thousands of old soldiers from southern parts of the state are expected to attend dedication exercises described as elaborate.
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E. 8. McCook Post
Hurley
Hurley Park
Rush City Fire Leaves Town Block Destroyed
Rush City Minnesota suffered major loss as Johnson block and two smaller buildings burned late at night. Two banks, the light plant, telephone offices, and numerous professional offices were housed in the Johnson block. Loss estimated at about 200000 after a long effort by residents and the local fire department to control the blaze.
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Walsh City
Minn
Johnson Block
Oelock
Rush City
Rush City State Bank
First National
Elcenie
Johnson Bloc
Duel Ends in Death in Bald Butte Mining Camp
In Helens Montana on May 14 a dispute between prominent Bald Butte district miners ended in a gunfight. George Melville shot and killed Winfield Guthrie after Melville pursued him with a pistol following a quarrel with Melville’s wife. The confrontation occurred in the camp center amid a rocky mountain mining community thirty miles west of Helena.
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Eld Guthrie
George Melville
Helens
Mont
Auarrel
Bald Butte
Helena
Rocky Mountains
Winfield Guthrie
Melville
Guthrie
Prize Fight Stopped by Fargo Police at Ring Side
Fargo North Carolina May 14 Chief of Police Wade and Captain Dahlgren halted a prize fight planned for the West side warehouses. Horton Adams and Frankard White were to clash for the state championship after warnings from Minnesota officials earlier in the day.
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Fargo
N. C
Wade
Dahlgren
Horton Adams
Frankard
Minnesola
Dilworth
Two Drownings in River Amid Fierce Gale Near La Crosse
In La Crosse Wisconsin on May 14 a Mississippi trip ended tragically as Van Camp and Rosa Wright drowned while two others were saved. George Miller, ex University of Wisconsin football star, arrived with a launch and rescued one man clinging to a capsized skiff, while a crowd watched the perilous scene.
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la Crosse
Mississippi
van Camp
Rosa Wright
RE. O
Elsworth
George Miller
University of Wisconsin
Old checks found in drawers by bank receiver
Letters containing money and checks in old pigeonholes were discovered by Receiver Fry of the Farmers and Drovers Bank. Some checks date back six years or more and were forgotten after the drawers and individuals involved had vanished or died.
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Seymour
Towa
Woney
Cheeks
Fry
Fiene
Ness
Burglars Blow Safe At Minot Laundry Take $300
A gang of professional burglars robbed the Minot Steam Laundry in Minot North Dakota on May 14. The safe was blown with nitroglycerin and shattered, with about $300 taken. Local police pursue leads as investigators examine the wreckage and collect evidence.
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Minot
N. D
Worker Injured by Bursting Emery Wheel in Hudson
Frank Geiger, an Omaha railway shop employee, was badly injured when an emery wheel burst. The wheel broke and pieces struck him in the chest and arm, causing serious wounds in Hudson on May 14.
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Hudson
Frank Geiger
Omaha
Fatal railroad accident halts at Mason City
Killed by engine in Mason City Iowa on May 14 as H A Scott stepped from a passenger train he was struck by a switch engine. Both legs were severed and he died about three hours later according to local reports.
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Mason City
Iowa
H. A. Scott
Elk's Button Charm Delays Minnesota Couple's Wedding
Charles P F Resin, a plumbing contractor from Costheton Minnesota, faced a license obstacle when the clerk of courts refused to issue the license without proper identification. Brennan, unaware of his own identity amid plans to marry Tessie Cutter of Eymsville, found help from a stranger wearing a Wilkes button who confirmed his identity. The duo returned to secure the papers and the ceremony proceeded, with Rev F Bronson officiating in the Red River valley.
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Charles PF
Costheton
Wiener
Wreninies
Tessie Cutter
Eymsville
Minn
Aberdeen
Mrennan
Brenan
Brennan
Crookston
F Bronson
Red River Valley
May Get Coast Trains on Northwestern Route to Pierre
Rumor says as soon as new track is announced, Northwestern trains may run to Pierre by way of North Platte rather than Omaha, signaling heavy traffic and substantial yard expansions at Pierre. Brick and concrete buildings rise, with a ten stall round house planned and eventual forty stalls, repair shops, and new coaling and heating facilities. An estimated quarter million dollars will fund the improvements and new yard tracks.
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North-Western
Twin Cities
Pierre
St. Paul Coast
North Western Road
Omaha
Jwesent
Maidencot
Welcome for Bishop O Gorman in Sioux Falls
A reception honors Bishop Thanis O Gorman of San Dakota on his return from Rome to Sioux Falls. The visit featured felicitations from Catholic leaders and a Papal message. President Roosevelt said the stay in Washington would be indefinite with no exact return date to Sioux Falls.
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Rey Thanis O'Gorman
San Dakoli
Sioux
Farina
Rome
Doe Gentiel
Ehurel
Sonu Dakota
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Washington
Siow Falls
Fire damages store and home in Sisseton area
Fire destroyed TH. Mankelkow department store in Sisseton with about 10,000 in stock damaged before controlling. Mrs. McGowan residence also burned due to a defective fire, fully destroyed with 500 insurance. Peeger Mercantile fire loss adjusted at 15,000.
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TH. ©. Mankelkow
Sisseton
Tistrance
Perfect Womanhood and the feminine health message
The text proclaims that the greatest menace to a woman’s happiness is illness from feminine organ disorders. It urges women to prioritize health to sustain marriage and social esteem, claiming thousands have saved their lives by addressing these issues promptly.
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Paxton CO
Boston
Mass
Dinner tale at Beach Club features scathing melodrama manager
At Palm Beach Beach Club Oakleigh Thorne recounted a story about a theatrical manager who condemned a leading man. The manager wrote a note saying his performance was so bad that fourteen dead heads demanded their names be stricken from the free list.
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Palm Beach
Oakleigh
Thorne
New York
Patents Issued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
Listing of patents issued to Northwestern inventors with names such as Lothrop Johnson Beaudette Menders and Elmon De Warding from Minnesota and Illinois. The fragmentary text also references patent-related legal firms and various device descriptions including apparatus display rack tool holder and multiple misspelled names. The passage includes unrelated misc text about opinions and a political proverb.
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Northwestern
Lothrop & Johnson
Monee Pre
St Maul
Minn
Alds
Cleveland
Tulsa
Beaudette
Menders
Elmon de Warding
Montevideo
Henry
Henke
Wavouta
Mit
Suelkholder
Geo
W. Kellogg
Grindorks
Lorenst
Kylie
Pintehaut
Arthur Munch
St. Paul
Man questions sea dry pump time and wife asks where to put water
Mr Brown debates a science problem with his wife. He notes it would take 12,000,000 years to pump the sea dry at 1,000 gallons per second. She ponders the claim and then asks where the water would go.
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Free Trials and 75c Bottles
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from local merchants and doctors. It claims the remedy is taken internally and affects the blood and mucous membranes. The note reiterates price and drugstore availability while criticizing legal fictions.
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Vera
Ming
Winchester
Masury
John W. Masury & Son
Chicago
Madsen
Ayern
Mifyan Fron the
Tore
Iran
Free Farms
Canada
Superintendent of Immigration
Ottawa
M. McClachlan
Booth Dakota
Thompson
News of the Northwest
Winfl
O'Gorman
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gerald
Geraldine
Mra. Winslow
Edna Elie
Brown
Hall
Cheney
Toledo
Garry
Bi Bens
Watninay
Duluth
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