Germans and foreigners in early 20th century notes and curios
A compilation of scattered items covers monarchs and manners from a Paris quip about the German emperor’s changing outfits to comments on aristocratic entertainments in Berlin. It also notes Mrs Mackay’s park receptions, a German fuel from coal tar, juvenile court praise in Austria, and various oddities from peats gas use to a famed London barber lass and Circassian slave customs.
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Germany
Berlin
South Dakotans seek extension of road to Pierre
Onida reports a three member Commercial Club committee will visit St Paul to press Great Northern and Minneapolis and St. Louis about extending rail service from Aberdeen through Onida to Pierre the capital. The push cites an 1890 grade from Onida to Aberdeen and notes Onida is county seat yet railroad-less, seeking Twin Cities link. A separate reservoir plan to curb Red River floods is proposed by engineer Davenport linking Lakes Traverse and Big Stone via canals between Mustinka and Otter Tail rivers, with White Rock Ortonville Wheaton committees to meet. Fire destroys Joe Shoemaker residence, $2,000 loss. Joint horticultural session planned between state and Black Hills societies at Belle Fourche fair, Sept 6-7.
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Onida
Great Northern
Aberdeen
Pierre
Commercial Club
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Pierce
Securin
Unida
Chiesa
Sisseton
S. A
R. Davenport
Brontia Valley
Traverse
Big Stone
Red River
Mustinka
Otter Tall
White Rock
Ortonville
Wheaton
Uoon
Davenport
Joe Shoemaker
Horticultural Societies
Brookings
South Dakota
Ciety
Black Hills Horticultural Society
Tate
Ripper Report Falsely Targets Horses in Bruce Area
In Bruce Nebraska Aug 28 a sensational local note claims Jack the Ripper targets animals not people. Reported victims include two horses owned by Ole Erickson, slashed in pasture with one severely wounded and likely to die. The source narrative offers no identifiable perpetrator.
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Bruce
S. D
Jack the Ripper
Ole Erickson
Right of way sought for Continental Midland railroad
Ipswich farmers and business leaders met with J W Arnold Jr and J F P Sherwn to gain support for a route across Faulk county. A representative visited Ipswich, committees were named to push the right of way through McPherson. St Lawrence businessmen posted 9000 to secure crossing in Hand county. The line would enter South Dakota at Charles Mix, pass through Douglas Aurora Jerauld Hand Faulk Edmunds McPherson to North Dakota and Winnipeg, with surveyors near Pembina. Backers include South Dakota and New York magnates led by U S Senator Robert J Gamble.
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Creekard
J. W. Arnold, Jr
J. F P. Sherwn
Ipswich
Faulk County
Continental Midland Railroad
McPherson County
St. Lawrence
Hand
Charles Mix County
Douglas
Aurora
Jerauld
Hand, Faulk, Edmunds
McPherson
North Dakota
Winnipeg
Pembina
Continental Midland
South Dakota
New York
United States
Robert J. Gamble
Black Hills Pioneers to Gather for Rapid City Picnic
Rapid City hosts the annual Black Hills pioneers picnic on September 6 as part of a three day rail celebration starting September 5. Governor Crawford congressman Barker and ex-congressman Martin plan to attend to welcome the settlers. Special trains from the Northern Hills will bring large crowds.
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Rapid City
Black Hills
Crawford
Man Barker
Martin
Fairbanks to Speak at South Dakota Conference
Vice President Fairbanks has accepted an invitation to address the South Dakota Methodist Episcopal conferences meeting in this city on October 18. The event highlights prominent political support with Fairbanks confirming his participation in the regional gathering.
Fire destroys large brick plant in Deadwood area
Early morning blaze at Phillipe and Bartett brick works wipes out an industrial site near Deadwood. Firemen report extensive damage with an estimated loss around twenty thousand dollars as crews battle embers and salvage efforts unfold.
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Phillipe and Bartett
Cilea'te Suse Aieaes
BS Eea
Ieee Tanurahen
Aberdeen Wins Over Railroads Secures Interchange Track
Sioux Falls Aug 23 Aberdeen merchants and shippers announce victory as interstate railroads will complete an interchange track after years of dispute. Following court challenges and a remedy to the law, the track is slated for completion early September despite initial railroad objections. W H R Stanley reports official notice and plans show Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Great Northern and Minneapolis St Louis lines backing the project. The move follows shippers complaints of inconvenience from lack of a connecting track and signals a major local rail improvement.
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Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Uack
Supreme Court of the United States
Sioux
W. HR. Stanley
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Great Northern
Minnepolis
St. Louis
Big Packer Leases South Dakota Grazing Range
Nelson Morris of Chicago has leased over 750000 acres of grazing land northeast of Rapid City on the Standing Rock Indianreservation. Ten year renewal bids were a fraction of a cent per acre lower than Morris's bid. Five years ago the LT people fenced the land and host large cattle droves. Morris has moved000 cattle to South Dakota and plans to bring in more as soon as possible. This marks his first feeding presence in the north.
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Big Packer
South Dakota
LANG
Rapid City
Nelson Morris
Chicago Packer
Here
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Morris
Texas
Forsibié
Masked highwaymen rob harvest hands on Northwestern line
In Groton on August 23 two masked highwaymen halted twelve harvest workers sleeping aboard freight cars on the Northwestern track. They took $30 and fled with the loot.
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Groton
Aberdeen Normal School gets new building contract
The board of Vita atom imseting r in Sioux considen the Aberdeen Normal School project. Casper Lepper wins the contract to construct the new Aberdeen Normal School building at Vermillion area for 346,000. Heating plants and related installations also awarded at several state institutions.
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Aberdeen State School
Vita Atom Imseting R In
Sioux
Vermillion
Normal School
Normal
Aberdeen
Casper Lepper
Aberdeen Normal School
Itp Ing
Rancher kills youth after shooting out dance hall lights
In a frontier incident a 19 year old youth Mike Henry shot windows then rode to Carney’s ranch. Carney confronted Henry. a double barrel shotgun blast killed Henry and wounded the rancher’s brother. Sheriff notified after Carney rode to Sturgis with the corpse.
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B.D
Mike Henry
Ylesporido
Mu J
Carney
White Owl Creek
Henry
Berarat
Ren
Vee Carney
Peeses
Wes Carney
Sima
Sturgis
Sherif Stewart
McSloy
Highmore ordinance bans public flirting in town
Highmore South Dakota city council passed an ordinance forbidding public assembly in church steps stores and obscure places for courting and flirting. Minors may be removed and parents warned. The law, approved by Mayor J E McDonald, takes effect after two weeks of publication.
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Highmore
D. D
Hyde County
S.D
J. E. McDonald
Roosevelts Proclamation Opens Tripp County Land Sale
Aug 26 Tamro North Dakota reports say a proclamation by President Roosevelt will announce the opening of the Tripp County portion of the Rosebud reservation. Locals await the details and expect new development as brick buildings rise in Gregory County nearby. Dallas, already building up, sees hotels and waterworks as land openings approach.
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Tamro
Roosevelt
Tripp County
Waltig
Sinal Prairies Town Rush Sparks South Dakota Move
Arlington South Dakota Aug 26 Within three hours yesterday the site of a new town in southern Brookings county was chosen a side track laid 100 carloads of building material placed and three elevators started The town of Sinal on the new Dakota Central railroad line from Sioux Falls Witerton had been disputed for over three months Railroad authorities decided on a point twelve miles south of the city The town will be platted today while work gangs rush tram houses for the upcoming crop A lumber train is on hand for business buildings while tents will house early businesses Sinal lies in a rich farming belt in eastern South Dakota and is set to grow into a significant town
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Arlington
S. C
Brookings County
Sinal
Dakota Central Railroad
Sioux Falls
Witertown
Sinai
South Duatto
Injunction Blocks Big Sioux River Power Development
Sioux Falls reports an injunction issued to restrain the New Improvement company from blasting near the old dam of the Bennett company along the Big Sioux river. The Bennett group fears blasts will damage the dam as development funds pour in, with Chicago capitalists backing the rival project. Separately, Pierre notes more than 1,500 teacher examination papers will be graded, with extra markers drafted to handle the load over about ten days.
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Sioux Falls
Big Sioux
Sioux Fulls Light and Power Company
Bennett Company
Sioux Falls Light and Power Company
New Improvement Comany
Stabbed by a bolt victim of strange accident
Peever D August 26 Isaac Foreday a farmer near Peever was struck by a bolt while repairing a binder. The bolt drove through his hand and into his chest near the heart. Had it penetrated a little farther it would have killed him instantly.
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Peever
Isaac Foreday
Buttonless people form new colony in Buffalo county
Condonites from Hutchinson county arrive to establish a 4600 acre colony near the Nebraska line in Buffalo county. An old school and churches will be built. The group is described as buttonless, wearing hooks and eyes, dressing plainly and with minimal apparel. The men reportedly work diligently and adopt a boyish haircut.
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New Colony
Miller
Sds
Hutchinson County
Clover
Buffalo County
Cost Of Tramps 25 000 000 A Year Says Penn
Pittsburg Aug 8 A Pennsylvan ia Railroad report from Pittsburgh cites vagrancy as costing railroads nationwide more than 16 000 000 yearly. A Ridgway train wreck and a tramp burglar incident spurred calls to punish riders who steal rides. The piece notes 23 494 killed and 24 286 injured trespassers in two years. Southern railways resist delay in North Carolina rate case urging jurisdiction to be settled by the US Supreme Court.
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Max Lederer
Prague
United States
Austria
Owen Ita
Aus
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ridgway
Pennsylvania Rifle Road
Cules Eee
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Southern
Washington
Gov
Glenn
North Carolina
J. 2 Pritchard
Supreme Court of the United States
Fritchard
Onion Jag Seizures Sweep Texas Saloons in Odd Tale
New Orleans reports describe a humorous trend dubbed the onion jag where Texan saloons profit from onion drinks amid a craze. Travelers recall onion highball concoctions, futuristic perishables, and a lighthearted fear of whisky becoming scarce as the onion craze spreads from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle.
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New Orleans
Percy W. Morrow
Louisville
Noshville
Houstor
Texas
Rio Grande
Panhandly
Man Kills Horse and Shoots Self at Atlantic
Atlantic La Aug 28 Tempor arily demented G A Long of this city killed his favorite horse with one barrel of a double barreled shotgun then shot himself. He cried there is nothing more for me to live for then blew out his own head. Long was a wealthy bachelor and leaves two brothers.
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Atlantic
G. A. Long
Long
Well Known Idwan Dies at Dubuque Well Known
Dubuque Aug 28 George Jenkins traveling passenger agent for the Pennsylvania railroad and former Democratic candidate for state railroad commissioner is dead of blood poisoning.
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Idwan
Dubuque
George Jenkings
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mrs Yerkes Granted Final Divorce Decree
New York Aug 24 Justice Guy of the supreme court signed a final decree of divorce in the suit filed by Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mixner for an absolute divorce from her husband Wilton Misner. By the decree Mrs Misner may resume the name Yerlen and she may marry while Misner is forbidden to remarry for life.
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New York
Justice Guy
Supreme Court
Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mixner
Wilton Misner
Misner
Yerlen
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