Hugo’s Poverty to Wealth and Prison Statistics
Victor Hugo’s early poverty contrasted with his posthumous wealth. The Ohio penitentiary records show 89,884 prisoners since 1815, with 1,616 male convicts and 8 ferrals, plus lifers totaling 2,220 years. Victoria Falls project eyed for Africa’s railways and power, with 35 million horsepower potential. Madame Strebor promotes billiards for women, linking grace to sport and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Richards
Columbus
Ohio
Ut Haa
Nellie Mitchell Delights Audience At Six In Concert
A six year old girl named Nellie Mitchell made her first public appearance singing Comin’ Thro’ the Rye at a school concert. She received enthusiastic applause and an encore as she performed amid family and friends.
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Motha
Nellie
Nellie Mitchell
Morally Unfitted Court Opinion Concerning Egan
The court opinion upholding disbarment of Egan is written by Justice Whiting and joined by Justices Smith and McCoy. It details the moral unfitness alleged from Egan’s campaign tactics and attacks on the judiciary, notes the disbarment occurred before new justices joined, and states the record supports the punishment. Justice McCoy adds a brief concurrence, and Justice Smith concurs with the Whiting and McCoy opinions.
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Tierra
D. D
Corson An Hanney
She Egan
Casa Owine
Whiting
Smith and McCoy
Gan
Sinc
Diutsev
Exec
Lino of Action
Egan
Haney
Carson
McCoy
Justce Whiting
Smith
Egun
Three Youths Husking Record Set In County
Three young men William Klock Ben Peters and John Rabhbenberg husked a local cornhusking record on Dick Holdland's farm. Klock and Peters each cribs 142 bushels in nine hours while Rabhbenberg husked 189 bushels. Dec 1. Chancellor 5 TD.
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Chancellor
William Klock
Ben Peters
John Rabhbenberg
Dick Holdland
Northwestern switchmen not engaged in strike report
Officials of the Chicago and Northwestern railway in South Dakota deny any chance of switchmen joining the strike. Freight and passenger traffic continue uninterrupted and fuel supplies remain adequate despite a snowstorm. Local switchmen are union members but unlikely to strike, and fuel fears are abating as supplies arrive.
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Northwestern
Huron
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago & Northwestern
South Dakota
Northwestern System
Shooting Affray Over Line Fence Between Farmers
A shooting incident occurred near town between Henry Hackett and Leonard Teeters over a fence line dispute. Hackett surrendered after the altercation. Teeters was treated and is expected to recover. Nearby, Union County couples plan a wedding on the Brooin’s farm ten miles north. State brief notes include Don Smith’s. Dan Grut’s search. a pardon movement for Otto Hull. and a rape case linked to Harry Devin.
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Kesh
Henry Hackett
Leonard Teeters
Hackett
Teeters
Harkett
Testimony Set for Passenger Rate Case in South Dakota
The state board of railroad commissioners and the Warldus railroads set December 28 to begin testimony in the passenger rate dispute. Officials, including Attorney General Clark and A G Dougherty, will travel to Chicago to start the hearings as they seek to cut fares from three to two and a half cents per mile, with rails hoping to keep the three cent rate. The process is expected to be lengthy and detailed.
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Sioux Falls, & D
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Warldus
South Dakota
Clark
P. W. Dougherty
Chicago
Watertown Secures a Packing Plant in South Dakota
Watertown secures a modern packing plant with a 12 000 hogs daily capacity to be operating by next summer. Ground breaking soon. site options secured. Watertown chosen due to nine railroad lines. H O Winn of Austin Minnesota, former Georgia A Hormel associate, leads the venture with Business Men's union backing.
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Watertown
5. D
Business Men‘s Union
H. O. Winn
Austin
Discrimination Gets Hard Blow Through Courts
Supreme Court sustains conditionality of 1907 anti discrimination law affecting Central Lumber company and potentially probing similar firms. Pending case against Williams Lumber company echoes concerns over independent lumber interests and price predation by rival yards.
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Williams Lumber Company
Webster
David Williggins
Duluth
Indian patterns shape Take One fishing resort plans
At Pickerel Lake in FD on December 4 an Indian owner’s decision to move a hotel and expiring lease prompts relocation of cottages and a surge in rental charges for lake shore cottages. The resort has grown with cottages and hotels attracting hundreds each season.
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Clear Lake
Ralph
Minnesota
Atrong Artak
Socialism A Factor In Homestake Strike
Lead South Dakota December 4 The Homestake company defends its use of Pinkerton detectives to protect property and says they will not patrol streets The dispute is framed as a clash between socialism and anti social forces with churches backing the effort to suppress socialist meetings in Lead where outspoken orators have faced disruption by police
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Calgary
Woma
Kicking Horse
Field
B.C
Grier
Miss Turner
Golden
Buckham
Kootenay
British Columbia
Homestake
Pinkerton
Absoue
Homestake 1
Pinkertons
Isaac
Homestake Company
South Dakota
Becomes a Millionaire From Desert Lands
Sioux Falls man Harry L. Hollister made a fortune urging desert lands in Utah and Arizona. Irrigation schemes raised land values to about 100 per acre. profits already counted, with large sales completed.
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Sioux Falls
D. D
Utah
Arizona
Harry L. Hollster
Chicago
Hollister
State Historian Tells Story of Dakota's Growth
Pierre South Dakota official Doane Hobinson presents the ninth annual review of state conditions noting population at 546 000, per capita wealth $351 80, total farm and mineral production figures, growing bank deposits to 101 9 percent year over year. Highlights include railroad work on reservations, county divisions, and Yankton Missouri River Navigation congress, with the state rated healthiest in the union and lowest death rate.
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Nalatle Wen
Atte Ts
Department of Jie- Uce
Agricultural Department
Postal Service and Land Department
Bke
Robinson
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
Milwaukee
Butte County
Carson County
Standing Rock Reservation
Missouri River Navigation Congress
Yankton
Union
Robert S Person Leaves Interior Auditor Post
Washington reports Robert S Person of Howard D D relinquished the interior department auditor job at close of business yesterday and will start duties as clerk for the House committee on Indian affairs led by Representative Burke of South Dakota, a backer.
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Washington
Robert S. Person
Howard
D. D
Interior Department
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Representative Burke
South Dakota
Person
Bishop Hare Memorial Fund Grows From New York Gift
All Saints school in Sioux Falls receives a 10000 dollar stock gift from Henry Dexter to establish a Bishop Hare memorial fund. The fund's interest will educate Indian girls at All Saints, continuing Dexter's earlier support for the Lucretia Marquand Dexter hospital project for Sioux Falls Indians.
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Bishop Hare
Sioux Falls
S. D
All Saints School
William Hobart Hare
Henry Dexter
New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York
Dexter
Lucretia Marquand Dexter House
South Dakota
News Briefs of the Northwest item unclear
An obituary fragment notes the death of Mrs. Martin Max at age years in Revi and mentions George Allen, with incomplete details about the cause and related relations following a rabbit hunting incident.
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Aczcin
Martin Max
George Allen
Jose Tha
Egan judged unfit to practice law in Minnehaha case
In a lengthy decision Judge Whit finds George W. Egan unfit to practice and denies admission. Egan was disbarred over a year and a half ago in connection with the Julia Anne O Grady murder case. The court notes prior disbarment and his later public roles and candidacy for governor.
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Minnehaha Couly Bar Association
Julia Anne O'Grady
A. B. Kittredge
Parke Davis
Henry Robertson
Han
Minnehaha
The
American Republic
Ieeture Feld
Belle Fourche Girl Disappears While En Route to Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports Belle Fourche teen Cora Sheldon, 18, vanished after leaving Hudson Wisconsin to attend a Chicago mission training school. She had $9, planned to contact cousin Dr William Banks, and was last heard from upon arrival in Chicago. Central police ask for search.
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Chicago
Central
Cora
Sheldon
Belle Fourche
D. D
Hudson
Wis
Chileno
Wm. Banks
Northwestern Requests Second Postponement in Rate Hearing
Sioux Falls, Dec 3. The Northwestern road asks the railroad commission for a further postponement in the Interstate Commerce Commission rate hearing. General attorney P M Dougherty sent the request, citing two important oral arguments in Washington on December 16 and 17. Evidence in the rate case was set to begin December 14.
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Northwestern
Sioux Falls
S. C
Northwestern Road
Railroad Commission
P. M. Dougherty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
President Moyer Says No Step Today Amid Pinkerton Rumors
President Moyer of the Western Federation reports no planned action in the Lead mining dispute with Homestake. He notes exaggerated rumors of Pinkerton involvement and says the situation remains quiet as developments await clarification.
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Says
Federation
Homestake Mining Company
Pinkerton
Moyer
Western Federation
Pinkertons
Yoakum and Associates Buy the Frisco Road
New York dispatch confirms B F Yoakum and associates have purchased the St Louis and San Francisco Railway from the Rock Island Company. Separate operation planned. Winchell poised to become president of the St Louis and San Francisco Railway Company.
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New York
B. ¥. Yoakum
B. FP
Wlichell
St. Louis & Han. Francisco
The
Rock Inland Company
Winchell
St. Louie & bin Pranclece Comepany
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Tegimoe
Hugo
Victoria
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Strathaine
Ireland
Garight
French Guiana
Island of Salvation
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Stirs Cao
Goran
Cowar
Ieee
Anal Enterit Colleges of América
Rae
Pera Sat
Corson and Haney
ME Bo Husking
Union County
Eth Point Dee
Erwin
Muie
Mies
Hichland
Imat
Alexandria
Don Smith
eShoot
Kiahoma
Adeen
Daniel Grut
Mursarer
Loula
Maxwall
Enytevale
Flankinton
Waneed
Otiw
Sioux Valley Poultry Association
Granger
W. C. Billison
Intergats
Sotland
Chris Moser
Scotland
Uttle
Nils
Centerville
Roy
C. J. Ness
Tom Amundson
Marchant
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Mark
Mune Dexter
Mra
Pans Reera
Henry Gunderson
Mr. Jackson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Geddes
Michael Brock
Charles Mixmunty
H. J. Finn
Vermillion
Frank Orr
Meckling
Atecia
Bokerel Lake
Buffalo
Harding
Wakonda
Beresford
Dakota
Robert Person
Aberdeen
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Bowe
Eye
Broadway
Northwest
Bar
Supreme Court
Charles Martin
Lily
United States
Maral Barney McVeigh
Maron
Hudson, Wis
Jowan
Crawford
Ida Grove
H.C. Mason
Mason
Atterney
Looe
oMeera
Iowa
Lake County
Madison
President Moyer
Yoakum and Associates
Frisco Road
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