Milbank News and Bond Vote in Grant County
Grant county voters defeated a proposed 85 000 bond to build a new court house citing belief in staying out of debt and strong finances. The report notes mortgage repayments, arrests for Halloween depredations paid in pennies, andReady work on Milbank electric light, rail track relays, storage tracks, and expansion of roundhouse stalls for large engines.
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Grant County
Milwank
Milbank
Milbank Yards
Wnise
Law Is VoIP Franchise Rights in Huron Dispute
Judge Carland rules City of Huron cannot grant or deny a franchise to Dakota Central Telephone and must remove its lines by franchise expiration. The 10 year permit in Huron is null and illegal. Presho loses county seat bid. Oacoma retained. County division fails. Rowe defeats Brown. Sutley elected superintendent. sheriff race tight.
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Carland
United States Court
City of Huron
Dakota Central Telephone Company
South Dakota
City of
Huron
Telephone Company
Dakota Central
Presho
Oacoma
Oncoma
Fred S. Rowe
Mathew
Scotty) Brown
Iaa Sutley
Sheldon
Three-way county split wins in state vote
The measure to create three separate counties by dividing Butte County carried unofficially, with Stanly expected to gain the largest countys status for at least two more years. In Walworth Hutchinson Charles Mix Lyman Fairfax Herrick and Lucan counties voters weighed county seat moves and divisions with varied outcomes.
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Walworth
Bangor
Belby
Hutchinson County
Parkston
Tripp
Charles Mix
Wheeler
Lyman
Tacoma
Presho
Fairfax
Herrick
Gregg County
Lusan
Butte County
Stanley
Aberdeen High School Strike Ends Quietly
Students at Aberdeen High School ended a brief election day strike after suspensions and apologies. A school board meeting led to staff changes, and the conflict subsided as students made amends. Separate notices report plans for a large ice making plant in Aberdeen by International Ice & Cold Star and a Chicago backed brewery with 26,000 barrel capacity plus a malting and ice plant.
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Aberdeen High School
Aberdeen
Joseph and
Martin Breidenbach
Chief Justice Howard G Fuller Dies at Pierre
Howard G Fuller chief justice of the South Dakota supreme court died at his Pierre home after a lingering illness. The funeral was held on Friday. Born in 1854 at Glens Falls New York he moved to Iowa with his parents as a child and was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1881. He came to Dakota Territory in 1886 and was elected judge of the Sixth circuit in 1889. In 1894 he was appointed to the supreme bench to fill a vacancy and was elected to the position twice, most recently in 1904.
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Howard G. Fuller
South Dakota Supreme Court
Pierre
Andre Fuller
Glens Falls
N. Y
Iowa
Dakota Territory
Sixth Circuit
Supreme Bench
Bennett
Farmer in deadly shredder accident near James
Farmer Welrauch near James Dakota Territory feeds a corn shredder. His arm is mangled and amputated after neighbor halts the machine. He walks a few yards before collapsing. Condition feared fatal, though he shows strong nerve. Governor appoints Bullock game warden for Butte County. Delegates named to National Rivers and Harbors meeting in Washington. Mining Men's congress delegates listed from multiple towns.
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Welrauch
James
Groton
Crawford
Butte County
Stanley Bullock
Belle Fourche
Washington
Robert J. Gamble
Yankton
A. R. Klitredze
Sioux Falls
Philo Hall
Brookings
E. W. Martin
Deadwood
Mining Men’s Congress
Pittsburg
Decemichalas
Treweek
Lead Fer
Deaiwood
A. A. Webb
A. C. Boland
Wessington Springs
Charles H. Fulton
Rapid City
Wiliam J. Thornby
Melrauch
Kidnapper Returns Child After Multistate Chase
Margaret Bowman faced kidnapping charges for taking five year old daughter of John M. Ellis from Deadwood. After a chase through three states Ellis recovered the child, Bowman's husband returned the girl to Ellis, and the case is expected to be dropped. Sheriff Trathen traced the pair from Butte to this state and confirmed the handover.
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Margaret Bowman
John M. Ellis
Deadwood
Ellis
South Dakota Thanksgiving Proclamation 1908 by Gov Crawford
Gov Crawford issues a November 6 1908 Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday November 26 1908 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. He extols autumn harvests moral virtues and national gratitude, urges worship and family reverence, and directs observance across the state per the seal and signatures of Doe I Crawford and Secretary D W Wimpf.
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Crawford
Coe I. Crawford
South Dakota
Pierre
Doe I
D. W. Wimpf
Drunk Man Sentenced for Manslaughter in Hutchinson
Albert Maxson, intoxicated after a July spree in Bripp, Hutchinson County, shot at Martin Berry after an argument at Berry's saloon. One bullet struck a bystander, the other killed Berry. Indicted for murder, he was found guilty of manslaughter after a three week trial. insanity was raised. He received a four year sentence.
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Albert Maxson
Bripp
Hutchinson
Martin Berry
Berry
Maxson
Max
Jesser Accused in Voter Denial at Hoffman District
McPherson county reels as John Jesser a leading local farmer is arrested on a serious charge filed by Peter and Paul Sherman sons of a neighboring farmer. On election day at his Hoffman district residence the brothers were barred from voting after a dispute with Jesser who allegedly seized a club and refused entry.
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McPherson County
John Jesser
Peter
Paul Sherman
Jesser
Hoffman
Sherman Brothers
Ther
South Dakota
U. S. Court Opens Session in Aberdeen
The United States court convened at Aberdeen and will stay at least ten days with many criminal cases and several railroad damage suits on the docket. Missing business from Sioux Falls will be addressed here as a grand jury was not present last term. Marshal Seth Bullock arrived yesterday ahead of the court opening.
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U. S
United States Court
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
United States
Seth Bullock
Voter table shows Taft lead grows across counties
Corrections in county head ticket table indicate Taft maintaining the lead, Vessey near a 1,000 vote margin. Republicans strengthen in the state with larger majorities in Brown and Minnehaha counties. Some smaller counties favor Vessey more, while Charles Mix senate race finds a defeat for the Republican candidate. Granville Jones appears elected in Pennington, with party gains in the house increasing Republican dominance.
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Taft
Vessey
House
Aurora
Brule
Buffalo
Charles Mix
Davidson
Edmunds
Hand
Lyman-Stanley
Pennington
Granville Jones
Senate
Pennington County
Brown County
Minnehaha
Lincoln
Shot Little Sister in Caliber Mishap on Farm Near Clear Lake
A seven-year-old boy on a Clear Lake area farm found an uncased rifle and, thinking it unloaded, fired at his three-year-old sister. The bullet pierced her hand and passed through, narrowly missing fatal injury. Neighbors remark on the boy’s lack of awareness and the day’s grim irony.
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Paul Besser
Clear Lake
Speaking for the Chickens In a Southern night raid
A Southerner alarmed by a ruckus in his chicken house armed himself and demanded who was there. No answer. The tremulous voice from the back declared that only the chickens were present. The man warned he would shoot if anyone spoke.
Happy Man and the Rich Folks Poignant Thought
A speaker named Brother Dickey muses on wealth and happiness, noting that the rich may not notice the poor unless someone speaks up. He reflects on whether complaint serves a purpose for the downtrodden in life.
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Brother Dickey
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