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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
2
A celebration marked Mr Meyers 50 years in the Montreal Gazette office. He began July 4 1863 operating a side press printing 800 four-page papers per hour and now runs a 48 000 16 page press. The article also notes Belgian lace exports to the United States and other varied items from culture to industry.
Pierre August 12 The Blate tax commission boosted Homestake Mining Company valuation from Lawrence county to 16 000 000 on its own authority doubling last year s 2 000 000 figure Residents argued the firm carries about 26 000 000 in bonds beyond shown valuation and that officials influence in politics aided tax favors and exemptions.
A flock of ocean type sea gulls surprised harvesters twenty miles north of here. The birds followed grain headers and grasshoppers, circling from morning to evening, then rising to the sky during heat before returning to the machines. They rested near a nearby lake each night.
Miller slaughterhouse cited by Inspector W M Cox for lead conditions. proprietor pleads guilty in justice court, fined $10 plus costs. Inspectors conference in Vermilion plans broader prosecutions under sanitary and hotel inspection laws.
A contractor began drilling an artesian well on the lake shore that gives the town its name to secure water for the lake. The aim is to raise lake water levels to enhance fishing and hunting resort status in this part of the state.
Warnings arise as federal Week McLean law limits migratory bird shooting to November and December along the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio rivers. Prairie hunters claim loss of sport and private preserves, while some areas see less impact.
D M Neill lieutenant governor of Minnesota, visiting relatives in Aberdeen, recalls early South Dakota days. He helped found Ipswich, later lived in Milbank, took part in the Grant county seat war, and returned to Minnesota in 1886 while sharing reminiscences.
A 1911-13 inquiry reports the department’s maintenance cost at 63,520.80 dollars, about 0.625 percent of receipts, the lowest percentage among five administrations. The 1911-15 debt maintenance rose to half the 1895-98 level.
Aberdeen on August 1 reports Anthony H. Olwin aged 67, head of a leading Aberdeen mercantile firm, stricken at dinner and dying within minutes due to paralysis affecting his heart. Chancellor, South Dakota, August 3 notes Stone, an elderly resident, killed when thrown from a wagon as runaway horses pulled the wagon. he had lived in the area for a term. He leaves surviving family.
Reports from multiple towns detail crop conditions on farms near Huron and Vienna with corn heights, oat and wheat yields, and land treatment. Also covered are liquor cases in Vienna, lumber trust judgments in Yankton, elevator dividends in Lake Preston, a county sale in Kimball, and various arrests and public notices in Pierre Blaha and surrounding areas.
The Mitchell meeting showed defiance by graduate veterinarians as few apply to be deputies under the new live stock law. Only three applicants sat the board exam, with many vets likely to refuse the law despite state requirements for practice.
OH Owanka North Dakota Aug 9 John Kauapp 70 died in a farm outbuilding of heart failure caused by excessive heat. He and his wife planned to meet in a hay field then return home. She found him dead after failing to appear and searched the area. He leaves a widow and several children.
Owing to falling river water the revetment project west of Elk Point progresses rapidly. Government crews cut willows at Saux and Jefferson and near Garyville. Top-raming length will rise from 7 600 to 10 500 feet, edging toward two miles of revetment.
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