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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
2
A sweeping, fragmented miscellany with futurist claims about baths, drying cupboards, and electrified clothing in a century ahead. The passage mixes imagined daily life with notes on Roumanian descent, rabbit plagues in Australia, radium experiments, and varied curios from opera losses to ancient Rome confarreatio and a Kansas joke.
A roundup of terse international and domestic notes reports massive U S export shifts in 1945 and 1946, legal tax actions, indictments, and political moves. Names include W A Clark, William Cann, Walter Wellman, Ida May Moray, and Taft with references to London Dublin and Washington.
Kermit Roosevelt travels with a select escort to the Badlands and Little Missouri border region to visit the ranch associated with his father, Theodore Roosevelt. The trip includes hunting plans and meetings with locals who knew Theodore Roosevelt, aiming to learn more about the family’s ranching heritage.
Frank Heathcote, a prosperous Codington county farmer, was killed in Watertown when a gasoline torch exploded while he inspected a threshing engine. The boiler burst and flames engulfed him before aid could reach him.
An Iowa man, Charles Colton of Medfeld, was accidentally shot and killed in Woonsocket on Sunday when a revolver discharged. A separate incident reports Henry Wills, a teamster, crushed leg injuries after being caught between a heavy load and a pine tree.
An unreadable OCR snippet mentions polling timing and a person named Renan along with a tense description of an event. It lacks clear dates, places, or outcomes but implies a public action or vote and references names and locations in garbled form.
The article notes Custer County's finances in excellent condition and details the distribution of forest reserve proceeds. It cites a 10 percent share to counties and cites South Dakota’s receipt of 3400.05 dollars. It mentions agricultural settlement laws, forest reserves, and development plans influencing homesteads and local growth.
Large gathering in Watertown South Dakota as the Black Hills Baptist association marked its 17th anniversary with a three day session in Dowtwood. Rev A H Dahl Aberdeen and Rev Monroe Smock Hot Springs delivered major addresses. Sunday school and Young People sessions highlighted by Rev W King. Attendance hailed as the best yet in the region. Also notes on national naturalization law changes and a literary press partnership change in Redfield.
New York reports show money market activity with prime paper at 13 6 per cent and sterling exchange quoted around 84.05 for demand and 4 51 700/4 51 75 for sixty days. Chicago reports New York chaps at 25 cents discount. A report from Cleveland notes John D Rockefeller’s household shakeup and his suburban home, condition described as not serious, expected to recover in a couple days.
The Office of State Superintendent reports a flood of letters from eastern women seeking teaching positions in South Dakota. Rural schools offer $60 to $100 monthly, averages $45 to $49, with city jobs filled already. The office clarifies no matrimonial bureau, notes many teachers marry, and urges inquiries through county superintendents for suitable applicants.
Mrs. Cody and her daughter Mrs. Stolt with grandson Cody Boal are guests of Buffalo Bill’s ally Mike Russell in Deadwood S D. The article recounts how Buffalo Bill earned his nickname after guiding buffalo hunts for the Kansas Pacific railroad era and notes Mrs. Cody’s successful 4000 acre Nebraskan farm near North Platte with cattle and grain, plus her capability as a manager.
Aug. 21 Bridgewater MD A Republican county convention in McCook county will meet at Salem Sept 18 to nominate a full legislative and county ticket. Delegates number 123 with several sharp floor contests anticipated. T J Todd and L S Tyler of Salem seek the senatorial toga while Jacob Tachetter and H C Thorpe clash for representative. W A Schmidt and F E Schmidt contest for superintendent of schools and A W Curl with S M Smith vie for county clerk. Bridgewater T eephorn company completes twelve miles of rural lines southwest of town bringing total miles operated to ape.
In Woonsocket on Thursday an accident left George Cooper tumbling from a sixteen foot scaffold. He sustained fractured or dislocated vertebrae and is paralyzed from the shoulders down. His mother resides in Lynch Nebraska and his sister Miss Guy Sluger in Springfield.
Japanese consul Selgabure Shimizu in Aberdeen says Japan will shift flour imports from California Oregon and Washington to the Dakotas and Minnesota. He notes spring wheat from the region is more nutritious than Pacific coast winter wheat and that Japan may spend 5 to 6 million dollars next year on Dakota and Minnesota flour. He cites potential Japanese farmer settlement akin to Texas rice colonies.
Wreck on the Northwest railroad near Rapid City South Dakota derailed the eastbound freight, eight cars ditched, about 300 feet of track damaged. Passengers were confined in the caboose due to lack of a crew to provide shelter. No lives were lost. cause of the wreck remains a mystery as ballast at the wreck site shows no clear fault.
Charles M Sheldon, author of In His Steps, is invited by Warren of Yankton College to lecture next winter in Yankton. A former Yankton boy, Sheldon’s early years were on a local farm with his parents who later moved to Yankton. His father aided missionary work and regional statehood efforts, shaping local Congregational history. A separate Aberdeen report notes a Bristol girl attempted suicide by train on the Milwaukee last night. she was found in front of the advancing train and her identity was not disclosed.
Vermillion South Dakota August 20. Clay county reports the largest plum crop ever gathered with plums and apples shipping from Unis City to Minnesota Nebraska and across the state. Seven hundred fifty baskets shipped today and daily totals expected this week. County yield may near 6000 bushels of plums with apples harder to estimate.
Detroit paper reports Articles of Incorporation filed in Lansing establishing Michigan Sugar company to unify at least seven largest beet sugar plants under one management. Confirms state secretary of state action and aims to streamline operations in the beet sugar industry.
Marblehead dispatch reports Mrs Leelio M Shaw and her daughter arriving in New York on Aug 20 after Secretary Shaw’s Europe trip. He visited the cubtreasury radio and spoke about financial temnoll ions in the Orly. The family planned to fly to wife and daughter back home, with Europe remorreyy. Also mentions Samtra in first and a seventh event for the Refeners of Lic. jfu in Marblehead on Aug 1.
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