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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
2
A long column notes varied items from the era including praise for a woman writer in The Citizen-Republican, Paderewski anecdotes about practice hours, and several short notices on health, law, and industry. It covers royal, military, and civic topics, with biographical mentions and local interest notes.
In Crocker South Dakota, a group calling itself the Young Men's Protective Association organized to aid marriage prospects, claiming spinsters boast of pursuing suitable suitors as the new year arrives. The club reports about 100 members and hopes to limit spread to nearby towns.
Lewiston Montana news reports a widow Mrs Slater aged 40 and her four children were killed at the Old Bottormy ranch. The house burned with the bodies found among the ruins and two children were burned beyond recognition. Motive unknown. investigators describe the evidence as murky.
Members of the Idaho Wool Growers Association gathered near Spokane to adopt resolutions against changes in public land administration. They criticized city emergency rescue policies and urged restoration of the federal quarantine on Idaho shines, while supporting retirement plans for Patile tends by bonale homebuilders.
The 23d annual meeting of the South Dakota Press Association convened in Watertown on June 21. Officers were named including President RB Dowell and First Vice President Charles M. Day with others filling roles such as Secretary Juni T. Cogan and Treasurer Robert Sehaber. Delegates to the national press convention were announced from numerous papers across the state, with committee members listed and meetings set for 1909.
Residents of Hanson County anticipate the trial of William Buffalo George a desperate character between the Missouri River and the Black Hills in Western South Dakota. Indicted in Lyman County for horse stealing the defendant sought a change of venue due to local prejudice and will face the February 3 circuit court term in Highmore.
Deadwood, June 21. After a decade of mitigation and dispute over a $40,000 judgment awarded to Lawrence County, the Meade County settlement is adjusted. Meade officials offered $1,000 cash and rest in interest bearing bonds and warrants. Lawrence accepted, clearing the long dispute.
State board of railway commissioners, traveling to Aberdeen, will rule on four proposed Great Northern station closures after a new law curbs railroad prerogatives. Chiefs say the board will decide advisability of closing stations near Aberdeen. Also, Sioux Falls business leaders prepare for the second annual meeting of the state federation of commercial clubs at Pierre. Freight rates within South Dakota are expected to be on the agenda.
June 21 report says George L. Billups of Billups hotel and his wife were instantly killed when their automobile left the road and occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
The abortion of the case follows the arrest of Bartol Kosets in Sioux Falls for involvement with a married woman who fled Austria with another man. Kosets was sentenced to a year in the penitentary after the court heard how the couple eloped to America and found work in Sioux Falls, with the husband pursuing them to East Sioux Falls. He expressed willingness to reconcile and return his wife, but authorities pursued the matter.
A hoax targetting farmers in Hors and Brown counties prompts warnings as land prices surge and an “advertising” fee is demanded. In Hartford a plan to rebond $5,000 for a waterworks rebuild follows a tank explosion. Aberdeen authorities seek 21-year-old Clarence Joseph Rudy, last seen last August, possibly near the west of the Missouri River.
One of the state’s largest families, that of Mr and Mrs Hart, of this place, welcomed a new baby making twelve children all living and healthy. There are six boys and six girls, and the mother is 38 while the father is 40. The parents are proud of their brood.
The Stanley county term begins with Aurelius Bow en charged with murder for killing Katherine Kille. Sheriff Huston pursues Harry Brooks in connection with the Carl Linder killing at Midland last year. Several cattle and horse rustling cases and a case of assault with a dangerous weapon involving Nordroid are expected, as two youths resisted Nordroid’s stop request and he defended with an ax, injuring one.
Chicago on January 24 probate officials filed the will of Mrs. Wi Edin Schaeffer a 46 year old divorced wife of Henry Schaeffer a prominent Chicago hotel owner The document includes a bookmark epitaph pun about tombstone lettering and gold letters revealing the couple s complex marriage history through its provisions
Aberdeen police report John K. Van Ness, an architect who lived here about a year, sent notice stating his wife died suddenly in a town of pneumonia. He had disappeared two months earlier after presenting another woman as his wife. his current whereabouts are unknown to authorities.
Alderman Bred Burgi of Yankton lost his farm house near the city to an early Thursday morning blaze. The residence and all contents were destroyed before aid arrived, with an estimated loss around $1,400 insured in the Royal Insurance company. A stove pipe entry caused the fire.
A summary of the South Dakota direct primary statute covers nomination by party vote for state and national offices, with municipal offices exempt unless a majority vote exists. It details filing petitions, candidate fees from $1 to $40, election procedures, precinct ballots, canvassing, and the process for county and state conventions to select delegates and final nominees. It notes timing for primaries on the second Tuesday in June and subsequent conventions in July, with open and party-specific ballots and rules for vacancies.
Hot Springs South Dakota January 18. George D Harras cashier of the Hot Springs No 1 bank which closed four months ago remains missing. Harras and his father left Hot Springs and traveled to Des Moines then to Sioux City where they parted without further word. Relatives and officials report no contact from Harras since. The missing man would have aided the bank’s receiver in settling the failed institution.
Miller and St Lawrence end long county seat feud after artesian wells dispute. New well at St Lawrence fails to spout as Miller well did, vindicating Miller and easing old suspicions. County begins ten steel bridge project. warm winter accelerates completion with bridges near finish.
Yankton January report: First National Bank annual meeting elects Frank L. Van Tassel as president succeeding the late W. H. McVay with George Wilson as vice president and W. E. Heaton as director. dividend 12 percent declared. News confirms Harry A. Jones, jailed five years for robbery, was pardoned after two years following advocacy by influential friends.
In Stockholm on January 18 the first parliament of King Gustave's reign opened with simple ceremonies. The king pledged wholehearted zeal for Sweden's prosperity after King Oscar's death and asked for the people's support in common work for the fatherland. He said the suffrage bill would be resubmitted for final approval and urged commissions to study naval and military defense and employer worker relations.
A mob of about 30 Fort Leavenworth soldiers stormed the Gem, a Leavenworth resort, driven out inmates and set the building ablaze amid suspicions surrounding a comrade’s death in a burning building in the tenderloin district.
In Pierre yesterday Judge Carson handed down opinions in several cases. Flint & Wallace Manufacturing Co. vs A D Men et al. in Minnehaha was affirmed. Sylvester Phillips vs John J. Sinnie of Minnehaha affirmed. Alfred A Lotneau vs William Arp in Moody affirmed. Peter Neilaen vs Brookings affirmed. Jay R. Hickox vs Charles S. Eastman sheriff Fall River affirmed.
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