Defrauding Case: Fredericks Caught After Yearlong Chase
George Fredericks, once trusted agent for a Texas land company, was arrested in Dallas after evading law for a year. He had led a land sale in Walworth County, where $700 paid by buyers was to go to the Texas firm but never did. Deputies tracked him from Mitchell to Gregory, where gunfire occurred as bystanders tried to free him, then secured his transfer to Aberdeen for Walworth County authorities.
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George Fredericks
Dallas
Fredericks
Tripp
Texas Land Company
Walworth County
Texas Company
Mitchell
Plotner
Gregory
Aberdeen
A Yard of Ballots in South Dakota General Election
County auditors have delivered ballots for the general election. Ballots exceed two feet with seven side by side headings representing Republican Democratic Prohibition Socialist Good Government Scales and Justice and independent nominations by petition. Attorney General Clark rules independent petitions must appear in one column under their mottoes, not as a combined ticket, affecting voter choices at the booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Democratic Party
Scales of Justice
Hearst
Independence Party
United States Court
Elvic
Clark
Wipf
Fire Loss Heavy in South Dakota Report
South Dakota Deputy Fire Marshal Frank Craft reports 446 fires in the year with property losses totaling 610599.66 dollars. Unknown origin caused 383627.71 dollars, defective flues 57653.965, lightning 57321, gasoline 37641, prairie fire 19189.50, engine sparks 17187.50, matches 10774, and incendiary loss 10245. He cautions agents chase large premiums and urges reducing friction between insurers and insured to ease settlements.
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South Dakota
Frank Craft
Prairie Fire
Robinson Estimates South Dakota Wheat Yield in 1098
Doane Robinson presents a preliminary South Dakota wheat forecast for 1098 totaling 25,882,030 bushels, up 500,000 from 1907, with winter wheat 114,250 bushels on 7,110 acres, durum 3,081,359 on 162,284 acres, and spring wheat 32,686,321 on 2,468,210 acres. Figures await more definite data but are deemed approximately correct.
Erring Girl Sent Home by City Officials
Flora Wilcox, a young town girl, was sent back to her home after an inquiry by Mayor Adams and Police Chief Lambert of Deadwood. Found in a disreputable resort after arriving hungry and broke, she was treated in hospital and later located again in another resort before her father Webb McConnell of Harlan Iowa was contacted to arrange her return. She claimed employment by the Burlington railroad at Edgemont that proved too heavy.
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Mayor Adams
Lambert
Deadwood
Flora Wilcox
Webb McConnell
Harlan
Iowa
Burlington Railroad
Edgemont
Sioux Falls Man Held on Assault with Intent to Kill
John Adams, a well known Sioux Falls citizen, was held to answer for assault with intent to kill his wife. The case arose after he allegedly beat her, pushed her with a revolver against her body, and pulled the trigger, the cartridge dropping out before a possible wife murder charge could be added.
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John Adams
Sioux Falls
Ron Cans Hold Lucky Names In County Draw
The twelve day registration for the Tripp county lands closed at 4 20 pm Saturday with 14769 entries. Bert Murphy of Chicago placed the last paper in the iron can as the drawing nears on Monday Oct 19. Dallas registered 80635 and Gregory 34134, while O Neill led with 45808 and Chamberlain followed with 20248.
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Tripp
Honesiel
Bert Murphy
Chicago
Dallas
Gregory
O'Neill
Chamberlain
Gas Find Causes Furore Near Marion Farm
Since Friday at 4 pm gas was found on John Smith's farm five miles west of Marion. The discovery has sent neighboring farms' prices rising and sparks talk of forming a stock company to exploit the fortune. Smith's well at 800 feet yielded gas, increasing flow to a gush. Ten more wells are planned as well diggers rush in. Experts have been sent to study the field.
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John Smith
Marion
Indian First Victim in Education Law Campaign
Authorities in Charles Mix County launch compulsory education enforcement. Steve Blaine, a Yankton Sioux near Wagner, refused school for his children and was jailed briefly before relenting and agreeing to educate them. Prosecutors say no favoritism for any parents, with further arrests likely.
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Charles Mix County
Steve Blaine
Wagner
Blaine
Twenty Hour Law Suit Against Rail Line
The United States files a civil action in Sioux Falls seeking a $600 penalty against Chicago and North Western Railway for allegedly keeping fifty five head of beef cattle in transit for thirty eight hours without rest water or feeding. The suit, directed by the attorney general, is the first of its kind in the state under the twenty eight hour law.
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Chicago & North-Western Railroad Company
United States Attorney's
Sioux Falls
United States
E. T. Jackson
Salem
Sioux Falls Editor Cora Craig Dies After Stroke
Cora Baker Craig wife of C H Craig longtime city editor of the Sioux Falls Daily Argus Leader died from a stroke. A Decorah Iowa girl, she married Mr Craig in 1884 and came to Sioux Falls. Survived by her husband and two children Mrs Leo Symms of Le Mars Iowa and Van Craig aged sixteen.
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Cora Baker Craig
C. H. Craig
Sioux Falls
Child Bitten by Diamond Rattlesnake Survives in Stanley County
The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Adams playing near home fell on a diamond rattlesnake. Fangs struck her hand. Mother summoned a doctor who arrived after nearly four hours. Parents treated the bite at home to slow the poison as she began to recover under care.
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Parente
Jesse Adams
Stanley County
Adams
Apm
Raich Accepts Verdict in Manslaughter Case
Eli Raich will not appeal his manslaughter conviction for the killing of Michael Augusta in Lead last May. After an eighteen hour jury deliberation, the defendant chose to accept the verdict and faces sentencing on October 17, with a death sentence previously looming for William Dunn in the same case.
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Eli Raich
Michael Augusta
William Dunn
Raich
Augusta
London Becomes a More Glamorous American Magnet
The city is described as a gayer, more attractive capital with new dining spots inspired by Paris and a longer, brighter season. Americans increasingly visit and are warmly welcomed in social circles, driving London's rise as a social Mecca for Americans, even surpassing Paris in appeal.
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London
Paris
Mecca
Silent Exchange Sparks Hidden Lesson in Piano Discourse
A father and daughter discuss piano practice revealing a key they should lock away. The exchange centers on discipline and boundaries, implying underlying rules about handling the instrument and the home. The dialogue hints at broader themes of trust, privacy, and responsibility within family dynamics.
Forte. He Says Drinking Is His Pronounced Success
Dialogue fragment shows a confrontation where Forte challenges a claim about drinking. He asserts that his drinking is not a failing but a pronounced success, while she indicates she believes otherwise.
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Forte
Woman First in Land Grab in Dallas South Dakota
In Dallas South Dakota on October 21 the land draw for Tripp county Rosebud lands began after 10 a.m. A crowd of 33 000 registered but few attended the start as 114 769 applications were examined from the 19 iron cans opened on the platform. Judge James W. Witten announced the first name May A Melser of Kennebec with many details about her registration and affidavit.
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Dallas
S. D
Tripp County Rosebud
James W. Witten
May A, Melser
Kennebec
May A. Melser
Presho
Peter Lift
Pones
Neb
J. Hannen
Meadow Grove
Deina Rose
Virginia Wagner
Town saved by skirts and aprons in prairie blaze
In Gettysberg Oct 21 a prairie fire from the south threatened the town. Women and local workers corralled teams and saddle horses and bundled garments to fight the flames. Men and women combined to halt the blaze, saving the town though surrounding areas suffered damage.
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Gottyabais Society Wonton
Gettysberg
Heai
Manson Takes Own Life In Morris Hotel Room
Blood dripped from a Morris room above the Mickel shack restaurant exposing the body of Peter Man son an unmarried man about forty five. He died from a self inflicted gunshot wound discovered after three days. Coroner Cane ruled suicide after post mortem.
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Morris, Minn
Peter Manson
Mickelshack
Cane
Sheriff Pursues Child Stealer in Deadwood
Deadwood South Dakota October 21 Sheriff Trathen has gone to Butte Montana with a warrant for Mrs Margaret Bowman accused of stealing five year old daughter of M Ellis of Lead The woman allegedly cared for the child then refused to return her and fled the country The child's mother is dead.
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Deadwood
S. D
Trathen
Butte
Mont
Margaret Bowman
M. Ellis
Lead
Elderly Woman Attacked by Two Men Near Milwaukee Depot
Mrs Catherine Nelson an aged widow living alone near the Milwaukee depot was attacked in her bed by two men who choked her and left her in serious condition from the shock. Four men were arrested but released after she could not identify her assailants.
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Mason City
Oet
Catherine Nelson
Big Shell Rock Fire Destroys Fifteen Businesses
A blaze at the Shell Rock town hall swept away fifteen business buildings in the Iowa town, with an estimated loss near $150,000. Hose carts and trucks stored in the hall burned. Firefighting required outside help, including a special train engine and crew. Shell Rock has about 1,000 residents.
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Shell Rock
Waterloo
Iowa
Cloudburst Triggers Flood Rush In Lamar Colorado
A heavy October cloudburst drenched Lamar Colorado causing about four inches of rain. The Arkansas River surged beyond its banks with water flooding streets and rising rapidly, threatening homes and fields along the riverfront.
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Colorado
Lamar
Colo
Arkansas River
Football Player Dead After Iowa Game
Clarion Iowa Oct 21 Will Smith son of ex State Senator C S Smith of Eagle Grove IA sustained injuries in a football game Saturday and died later Local and state officials reported the tragedy marking a fatal sports accident with the victim identified as Will Smith son of the former senator.
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Clarion
Iowa
Bank president in Carroll, Iowa, dies by self-inflicted gunshot
W. L. Culbertson aged sixty four, longtime president of East National Bank, committed death by own action in the bathroom of his Carroll home by shooting himself through the head. He led the bank for thirty five years.
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Iowa Bankera
Carroll
Iowa
W. L. Culbertson
The
East National Bank
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Wiss May A. Messer
Kennebec, S. D
Ets
Rosebud
Second Ave
HH. Mead
Propriete
Sisseton, D. D
Sieeton Milling Co
Atabda
Sisseton Mill & Light Co
Snyder & Dale
Proprietors
Sisseton Produce Co
Sisseton, S. D
Axness & Co
T. Axness Co
Pioneer
Wilson Bros
Northwest
Commercial Hotel
Suselon, South Dakota
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