Mitchell Corn Palace Opens For Record Festival
The frost king's approach worries Mitch ell and Northwest farmers as corn palace activities unfold in Mitchell from Sept 25 to 28. The 1907 exhibit showcases Black Hills products and irrigation from Belle Fourche, highlighting arid-region farming gains. Mitchell to glow with nightly illuminations, street attractions, vaudeville acts, and a famous band amid the great promotional push.
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Mitchell
Northwest
Sioux City
Black Hills
Belle Fourche
United States
Indians Carnival At Crow Creek Agency Begins Sept 23
Crow Creek Indians prepare for a week long carnival starting September 23 with a raised subscription around $1000 to fund entertainments such as horse races war dances and sham battles. The Winnebago and Sioux tribes on the Crow Creek Reservation near Fort Thompson will participate under Maj. H. D. Chamberlain with schools and missions nearby.
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Crow Creek Indiana
New Ulm
Grace Howard
Crow Creek
South Dakota
Fort Thompson
Missouri River
Gann Valley
Chamberlain
Maj
H. D. Chamberlain
South Dakota State Fair Sets Attendance Record and Revenue
The state fair, run by the state board of agriculture, reports its most successful year yet with attendance over previous highs and gate receipts reaching $22,000. Exhibits topped expectations across cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and poultry. A Catholic college will be built in Woonsocket on an 11.5 acre tract donated by locals, with $100,000 in buildings including a girls college and an orphanage funded by community contributions.
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South Dakota
State Board of Agriculture
Catholic College
Woonsocket
Photographer N P Christiansen Hospitalized After Collapse at River Bridge
Pierre photographer N P Christiansen, while obtaining flash effects for a bridge project, collapsed in the calusan and was rushed to the hospital. His condition near the surface was serious but improved to not considered in danger after treatment.
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N. P. Christiansen
Pierre
Coal supplies look solid in Armour and Douglas County
Reports from Armour and Douglas County show about 1875 tons of coal conveyed to dealers with 1200 tons in stock at present. Shippers promise delivery within three days to a week. demand expected to rise due to light corn crop. Dealers claim most residents have secured winter coal, some enough for two weeks.
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Reiat
Duluth
Government Considers Expert Hunter for Wolf Control in Wyoming
Western Custer County ranchers seek formal plan to employ an expert trapper to reduce wolf depredations on flocks and cattle. Wolves in the Custer to Newcastle area have caused heavy losses this past summer, with estimated cattle and sheep losses around 17 percent. Despite bounties offered by state and stock growers, few wolves have been killed. Supervisor J F Smith of Black Hills forest reserve then asked the forestry department to hire expert Howard Wicker to thin the wolf population.
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Custer County
Custer
Newcastle
Wyo
J. F. Smith
Black Hilla Forest Reserve
Forestry Department
Howard Wicker
Sioux Falls Mayors Plan to Reduce Saloons to Twenty
Reported move, alleged to be led by Mayor Pillsbury, aims to cut Sioux Falls saloons to twenty or one per 600 residents, population pegged at 116,000.
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Sioux Falls
Pillsbury
Stowe
Hose
Rural School Reform Visit of State Superintendent Ustrud
State Superintendent HW A Ustrud plans to tour every county in the winter months meeting with school officers and teachers. He and assistants are gathering data and photographs for an instigated lecture on current rural and city school conditions and will offer improvements to benefit rural students statewide. The department aims to raise rural school facilities and surroundings to meet growing city progress.
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Ustrud
Supt
HW. A. Ustrud
Tie
Young Washington man dies after horse throws him in park
Washington reports C Berry Winship, 21, of a prominent local family, was killed in Rock Creek Park when his horse shied at an object in the road and threw him. He died almost instantly.
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Washington
Woodman Hall Fire Destroys Modern Woodmen Hall in Tsant
A blaze at the gasoline lighting plant ignited the Modern Woodmen hall in Tsant Minn on September 17 causing about 2000 dollars in damage.
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Woodman Hall
Tsant
Minn
Church Leader Ends Life in Field Township Home
Aneta North Dakota reports the death of L. O. Drag land a church leader for five years who had long shown religious zeal. He died by self-inflicted action at a home in Field township on September 17.
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Aneta
N. D
L. O. Dragland
Field Township
Bang
South Dakota's Pen Improved And Prison Uniform Plan
The state board enhances charity aid and prison reforms at Sioux Falls with new uniforms for inmates. Three grades define attire from gray check shirts to navy gray coats and a black white striped third grade. A tailor and prisoner labor will cut and sew, aided by a shirt factory producing thousands of shirts monthly. The complex includes a new twine factory, power house, and storage, with total improvements about 20 million dollars funded partly by endowment profits.
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State Board of Charity Aid Corrections
Frood
Havinr
Tiary
Primeley
Parneley
Girlson Hospital
Oremore
Tfe
Manila
Penitentiary Day
Parmeley
Inelnd
Doctor Dies From Carbolic Acid Mistake in Prescription
A physician died after an overdose of carbolic acid, initially treated as a suicide. An investigation revealed he had prescribed and ingested the same poison in error while attempting to prove a prescription mistake to a young woman, who avoided taking the second bottle. The coroner’s jury cited accidental overdose as the cause.
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FP. Y. Frankenstein
Tankenstein
Fragmentary Libel Exchange in County Paper
Story presents a garbled dialogue about a resident named Wat Joni Jones and accusations of prosperity. Worn phrases hint at town discussions, health, and social standing but readable facts are limited and names vary.
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Joni Jones
Cyanide Mill Robbed of Gold and Trusted Employee Arrested
A cyanide mill at Colley Reward Mining Co is robbed of gold precipitates. Hilton, a trusted employee, is arrested after attempting to dispose of bullion in Lead. Investigators allege a wider conspiracy with outside confederates, with warrants issued and more results expected. Hilton is married with a family.
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Ergin Mo Titan
Colley Reward Mining Company
TTL Harriman
Hot
Hilton
Juider
Videnou
Lome
Henry Schnitzel
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