Diverse 19th century notices from Queen Victoria to local lore
The column surveys varied items including Queen Victoria’s coronation account, a youth helper at Madison Street police, a bear hunt by Archduke Josef, Detroit Methodists electing Mrs. Jane Bancroft Robinson, Swiss school hygiene exhibits, swimming mandates, and notes on German imperial cards, grasshoppers as mascots, ear sensitivity tests, and electrified Swiss rail plans. Many named places, factions, and dates appear throughout the digest.
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Madison Street
Louis Davidson
Louie
Louis
Vadacziap
Archduke Jo
Archduke Josef
Sinister River mocks railroad at Chamberlain station
Fragmented report details construction and defense of a bridge over the Missouri River with bulldog piers and heavy piling, describing the overhead 21,000,000 steel bridge plan and a complex draw mechanism to permit river traffic while preserving the rails. Also notes a separate item about Ed Wallace, a Negro slayer, being released and plans for relocation.
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Italian Stabber Identified as Tomano Fernante in New York
Fragmentary report says the Italian suspect who stabbed a leading citizen and another person in New York is believed to be Tomano Fernante of Italy, en route to marriage. He left one week earlier for New York with savings and a guitar.
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Lead
G. D
Talian
Fen
New York
Tomano Fernante
Thin
Eltz
Italy
Fernante
Untitled local crime report notes large property damage
A fragmented account cites a fire or arson event damaging numerous structures in the Butte County area. Estimated losses reach substantial amounts with several businesses cited as burned or destroyed. Names and precise details are obscured in the text.
Innocent Bystander Wounded in Double Shooting
Vernon, South Dakota. December 10. Eldridge, a Burlington freight conductor, was hit three times while standing outside a saloon. A quarrel over a card game led to gunfire. Eldridge sustained bullets to the head, thigh, and leg and was hospitalized. The gambler responsible was arrested.
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Vernmbel
Dee
al Mes
Eldridee
Eldridge
Hurlington Reid
HM City
Shaide
Tind
Anu Ue
Wil
Pnc
Towns Want River Opened for Traffic
Several towns along the river discuss reviving river freights with fishermen and boatmen ready to start business next spring if there is profit. In South Dakota, Sheriff Sheldon tracks a long-criminal career of “Buffalo” George suspected of rustling cattle and horses near Lyman county. A Dakotan river fortunes issue looms as authorities close in on the famed desperado. Also Yankton hosts the seventeenth annual declamation contest with Maude Madura winning first prize for “Burgundian Defiance.”
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Pierre, & D
Busidens
Desperado Chamberlain
Dee
Sherrif
Sin” Sheldon
Lyman County
William George
Missouri
South Dakota
Lyman
Girl Empire
Yankton
Hursday
Misa Maude Madura
Centerville
Amiundat Clement
Hudson
Misa Hazel Abbott
Bonhomme County
Plaintiffs Win Mine Case in Rapid City Court
In Rapid City Circuit Court Judge Rice ruled against W L Moyer in the Gertie tin mine dispute near Hill City. He found deception and bad faith by the defendant, awarding plaintiffs F C Johnson and Ger Ye Tin Mining Co full ownership and machinery, while denying damages for mismanagement and most claimed damages due to contract still active.
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Rapid City
Rice
Gertie Tin
Hill City
F.C. Johnson
Ger. Ye Tin Mining Company
W. L. Moyer
Philadelphia
Governor Patterson Weds Mamie Gardner in Nashville
Governor Malcom M. Patterson of Tennessee marries Miss Mamie Gardner of Union City. Gardner is related to Russell A. Gardner, a local businessman in the state. The ceremony took place today in Nashville with state officials receiving updates on the union.
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Nashville
Dee
Malcom M. Patterson
Tennessee
Missy Mamie Gardner
Union City
Mise Gartner In
Russell A. Gardner
Discovery of gold along Big Muddy Excites Fairview County
Reports from Fairview County detail a significant gold find along the Whet Stone Crook, a Missouri tributary northeast of Honesteel. Some say older finds along the Big Muddy hint at a source, while others anticipate a new mineral rush and economic development for coal near Burning Bluff.
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Fairfax, & D
Stone Crook
Missouri
Honesteel
Sersion
Detectives Seek Crouch Line Train Wreckers
Rapid City reports an investigation by Missouri River and Northwestern railroad officials into two recent wrecks on the Crouch line. Officials say evidence points to deliberate attempts to harm the railroad, with possible arrests anticipated soon. A locomotive between Rapid City and Mystic was burned and wrecked while idle, adding to the suspected sabotage.
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Rapid City
Missouri River and Northwestern Railroad
Crouchne
Mystic
Death of Mrs Gertrude Nicholson Brown Div 7 member
Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs Gertrude Nicholson Brown a Can Adian Woman and divorce colony member in Bronx 5. Some say suicide but friends point to nursing care and possible heart failure from an overdose. An inquest by Coroner Miller is set for Saturday afternoon. Government extends cash payment deadline for homestead filings due to financial strain. E E Jackson of Sioux Falls arrested for peddling medicines without license. fined 25 and 81.80. Horses run away near Hitchcock injuring driver and daughter. Charles Sutter suffers clavicle fracture and injuries.
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Bronx
Gertrude Nicholson Brown
Miller
Rapid City
8. D
Washington
General Land Office
Bioux Falls
Elk Point
E. E. Jackson
Sioux Falls
E. E. Sherman
Justice of the Peace
James T. Norton
Jackson
Sherman
Huron
Charles Sutter
Hitchcock
Steamer collision sinks off Paranague with thirty dead
A Brazilian coasting steamer bound for Rio de Janeiro sank after a collision with an unknown vessel off Paranague. Thirty persons were drowned in the disaster, with survivors battling for life amid wreckage and confusion as rescue ships converged.
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Janeiro
Paranague
Brexit
More Servants Than Places in New York
New York on December 9 reports more women and girls seeking house servant positions than available openings. Mrs W E B Wilmerding, head of the bureau of social requirements, notes ships bring more applicants and employment agencies are overwhelmed with requests for placement.
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New York
Mra
W. EB. Wilmerding
Bureau of Social Requirements
Artisian Well Powers Lake Andes Water Rise
A new artesian well at Lake Andes is delivering about 4 000 gallons per minute into Lake Andes, totaling roughly 2 880 000 gallons daily and 67 600 barrels per day. The large flow is expected to raise lake levels significantly, aiding drought conditions and enhancing one of the region’s largest lakes. The project, described as the strongest and greatest artesian well in Charles Mills County, is part of ongoing U.S. government efforts near the lake’s north end to restore Lake Andes as a premier water body in the Northwest.
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Clain
Pierre
Yonestenders
General Land Office
Lake Andes
Dees Geelie Pil
Charles Mill County
Ohio
United States
Laborer's Son May Go to West Point
Washington DC December 4 Representative Parker of South Dakota nominates Clarence VL Danielson Teal as a cadet for West Point with alternates Ferm Seal and Henry O Arnis Son Brooklegs Parker notes the nominee is a leading foreman from Homesake Mboing Lead city high school first laborer son from SD to be recommended for West Point. South Dakota delegation also proposes a new land office district in Harte county near Larm on SD.
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Washington, DC
Parker
South Dakota
Weat Point
Clarence VL Danielson
Teal
Doh Ferm
Seal
Henry O. Arnis Son
Brooklegs
Homesake Mbning Company
Lead
Lead City
Cape
West Point
South Dako
Harte County
Larmon
Sister Bequeaths Wealth to Dakota Brother in Legacy
Canton Ohio area reports that Frazier Gilman, ex Hudson resident, has secured a large legacy from a sister’s estate after a prior New York case. Gilman, now in Brooklyn, is remembered for aiding Hudson friends during grasshopper times and his wife is noted as a skilled hunter. Mrs Carrie Relerson, pioneer wife, died of pneumonia aged 83 at her daughter’s home. Funeral held at Norwegian Lutheran church with burial at Forrest Hill cemetery.
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Canton, & D
Dec
Frazier Gilman
Hudson
Gliman
Colats
New York
Tate
Gilman
Brooklyn
Carrie Reterson
Rein Reterson
Noid
Relerson
Forrest Hill
Commissioner to test South Dakota pure food law
Sioux Falls Dec 6 Professor A He Wheaton state food and dairy commissioner arrived to file a warrant for the arrest of Dr RW Reeny a local wholesale drug company president. The test case seeks an early Supreme Court decision on the law's constitutionality as many druggists and wholesale houses defy enforcement. wheaton says if the law is bad it must be repealed.
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Sioux Falls
A. He Wheaton
State Food and Dairy
Voner
RW. Reeny
Tost
Siouxvarl
État Food and Dairy
Wheaton
State Supreme Court
T Watt
Smithland Man Held for Murder of Girl
Smithland resident Aurelius Bowen is jailed on murder charges following the death of Katherine Kille near Fort Pierre. An autopsy showed a pistol wound behind the ear as the cause. Bowen was arrested near the crime scene after traveling from Smithland Ta. He faces a coroner’s inquest and a hearing scheduled in Fort Pierre. A related Sioux Falls suit concerns a $1,000,000 mining claim in Alaska with a court demurrer and a receiver appointment for Campion mining salts.
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Pierre
B.D
Bort
Katherine
Kille
Luverne
Minn
A. Bowen
Fquest
Bowen
Fort Pierra
Kutehring Kille
Aurelius Bowen
Smithland
Ette
Sioux Falls
S. D
Curland
United States Court
Campion
Alaska
Carland
Frank L. Blackman
Czar Nicholas Receives Taft at St Petersburg Audience
In St Petersburg on December 6 Secretary Taft was received by Emperor Nicholas II who expressed Russia's sympathy and regard for the United States. The emperor asked Taft to convey his cordial greetings to President Roosevelt.
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Petersburg
Taft
Nicholas
Russia
United States
Roosevelt
Sioux Cityan Well Driller Dies In Aberdeen Ice
Aberdeen Dec 6 Joan Yours, a Sioux City well driller who came to work for a well drilling firm, froze to death last night while sinking a well. A companion drove to the Hamline farm house to summon help but died an hour later. Coroner notified.
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Aberdeen
Joan Yours
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