Fletcher and interpreters aid Dresden visitors in German city
A mix of notes covers Duncan Fletcher a longtime Jacksonville leader and senator nominee, plus Dresden police appointing 20 interpreters to guide non German speakers. The item also mentions African diamonds, fishing concerns, and civic talks about Minneapolis and St Paul merger rumors.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher
United States
Rom Porida
Pune
Timocratic
Jacksoville
Board of Muble Instruction
Duval County
Wyor
Jacksonville
Democratic State Committee
Scnatersledt Fletcher
Sumter Unity
Georgia
Vanderbilt University
Parix
Dresden
Tink
Twin Cities
Commission cuts express rates to comply with law
South Dakota’s railroad commission in Bloux Falls approved a new express rate schedule lowering rates about 20 percent across the state effective July 1 under last legislative act. The meeting also considered track connections between major lines and ordered sidetracks where petitions demanded, plus adoption of standardized accident reporting forms for railroads.
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Bloux Falls
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Commission
Board
W. G. Smith
George Rice
F.C. Robaeon
W. H. Stanley
P. W. Dougherty
South Dakota
Adams, American
Great Northern Express
Chi- Jonge & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Tedfield
Northwestern Railroad Company
Eastifall
Charles Mix County
Mil- Winked Company of
Wagner
Lake Andes
Ais Point
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boards of Railroad Commissioners
Caruso Undergoes Throat Operation in Milan
Milan dispatch reports world tenor Caruso entered private hospital of throat specialist Professor Della Vedova for surgical operation. Doctors express hopes of restoring his voice and enabling him to resume contracted performances next winter after previous similar surgery.
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Caruso
Milan
Della Vedova
Milas
Lehor
Ginger
NOT ENGAGED SAYS SPRECKELS
Parle June K A rumor claimed Claus Spreckels of San Francisco planned a U S return next week to wed in an inherited ceremony, with Art Mary 7Aca from Portland referenced. Spreckels denied engagement and indicated plans to return to the United States per laws awaiting future betrothal actions.
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Spreckels Parle
Claus Sprecklr
San Francisco
Lms
Paria
Art Mary
Portand
United States
Spreshels
Tates
Supreme court upholds county salary law in South Dakota
Brookings South Dakota May 31 The state supreme court affirming the county auditors authority to fix salaries for county officials held the law constitutional despite prior expectations. The decision ends a battle over whether the legislature delegated power to county commissioners to set pay for state attorneys and auditors, a change many see as a reform to curb influence.
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Brookings
S D
Supreme Court
South Dakota
North Dakota
Pierre
Ke Oral
Whiting
Young Man Drowns in Lake Andes
Arthur Robinson, 20, son of A. B. Robinson of this city, drowned in Lake Andes this morning around 11 o clock. No details available at this time.
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Andes
Stork Folding Crib Company Factory Burns In Vermillion
Fire destroyed the Stork Folding Crib company factory and warehouse in Vermilion on May 21, totaling about 16,000 in losses with partial insurance. A car and a stock of beds were shattered in the blaze while the McCaull Webster elevator nearby was saved. Incendiarism suspected as the cause. another recent building fire remains unexplained.
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Vermillion
Stork Folding Crib Company
McCaull- Webster
Aged Father Receives Fortunes From Son's Death
John Gregor sr aged 83, longtime Lake county surveyor since 1877, inherits 260000 from his son John Gregor jr who died in Phoenix after wandering life. The fortune will be held in trust for the father and later passed to the five daughters.
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Madison
John Gregor, Sr
Lake County
John Gregor, Jr
Alaska
Phoenix
Ariz
White Slave Traffic Reported in Panama
Atlantic City May 21 American girls are victims of an extension of the white slave traffic in the new Panama canal zone reports at the 20th annual conference of the National Florence Chalfonte. Judges and officials testify to the conditions and urge investigation and refuge stations and missionary action.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Trafic
Panama Canal Zone
Florence Chalfonte
Cuba Prefers German Rifles to American
Waattington May 31 There is much interest here in the Cuban government's contract for 15 000 rifles in Germany and many coast defence and field guns in France. American firms failed to win the contracts as Cuba imported abroad with open competition. Local sentiment fears the move may undermine reciprocity and tariff concessions in Cuba's sugar and tobacco sectors.
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Waattington
Germany
France
Cuba
Jay
United States
Princess Alice Floated After Second Mishap Near Ambrose Channel
New York May 31 The steamer Princess Alice outbound to Pryee again ran aground in Ambrose channel off Bahay Bago after already being aground off Staten Island overnight. The vessel was floated shortly after the second mishap.
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New York
Pryee
Ambrose Channel
Bahay Bago
Staten Island
Watertown Gets Fourth Ranking Institution
Watertown will host a new fourth ranking financial institution with a 300000 capital. J B Sullivan of Minneapolis will head operations, with others assisting locally. The plan includes a partial stock slice and flexible opening hours as needed.
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Watertown
Watertown, & C
Sullivan
Minneapolis
Nenana
Elmo
Minneapolia
Necémary
Senery
Heroic Rescue Of Five From Storm Beaten Lake
Madison South Dakota May 29 Friends of Charles Parker seek Carnegie hero medal for rescuing five from Lake Madison last Sunday Parker and three sons and John Uthe and his three sons battled four foot waves to tow a stricken boat a half mile to shore Parker swam three trips dropping the boat twice to save a child and carry him to land after reaching shore the party was exhausted Parker later recovered tuberculosis sanitarium site sought at Custer county May 20 board to donate 160 acres for home Morristown division point rumor denied by Milwaukee officials May 29
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Parker
Uthe
Grand View Hotel
Cos
Custer County
Custer Comn
Abardeen
Morristown
Missouri River
South Dakota
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Examination 10 Be Held For Midshipman
Washington May 29 Senator Crawford received war department notice that Robert W Holt appointed by Senator Kittredge failed the examination and that Crawford may nominate a principal and alternates to fill the vacancy for an examination on June 15. Applicants have filed requests and Crawford urges public notice in South Dakota for eligible young men to contact him promptly for selections and recommendations.
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Washington
Crawford
War Department
Robert W. Holt
Kittredge
South Dakota
John Browns Captor Dies At Mitchell South Dakota
Major Israe C. Green aged 85 died at his home near Mitchell of heart trouble. A Confederate veteran, he once led a detachment that captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry after forcing entry with a sword. Brown was stunned then captured. Green later joined the Confederate cause and settled in South Dakota. Also mentioned is John Brown's nephew H Day dying in Ottawa Kansas.
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Brown
Green
Tir
Ain
South Dakota
Han
John Brown
Ottawa
Kan
H. Day
Cannatointe
Kansas
Day
New York
Taft cartoonist Arrested in San Juan Porto Rico
Joaquin Belrreiro editor of El Carnival, a weekly paper, was arrested by federal authorities in San Juan for sending improper material through the mails. The charge stems from a cartoon of President Taft and a Porto Rico message. In Paris, shipworkers seek a weekly day of rest from merchant marine stewards and stokers.
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Taft
San Juan
Porto Rico
Joaquin Belrreiro
el Carnival
Federal Authoritie
Porto Riro
Paris
Reward of 90000 to Omaha boys for robbers capture
Six rural boys aged up to 14 and their South Omaha teacher Miss Elizabeth Hayes helped identify and arrest three suspects in the Overland Limited robbery near Omaha last Saturday night. The group faces $90000 in rewards from Union Pacific and the U S government for the capture. Evidence includes mutilated currency matching a Wyoming redemption drawing and a postcard photo of the trio with a woman, found in a bandit’s grip.
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Timatia
Neb
Ithe Boehemian
Elizabeth Hayes
South Omaha
Union Pacific
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Satie
Great Northern Express
Hilliard
Waah
Great Northern
Wyoming
United States Treasury
Washington
Bis
Denver
Hal
White
Vavice
Levent
Fremont
Second Kaufmann murder trial opens at Flandreau
Sioux Falls June 2 The new trial of Mrs. Emila Kaufmann charged with the murder of nine year old Agnes Poireis began at Flandreau yesterday. The case ties to a prior trial in 1907 and a change of venue to Moody County circuit court.
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Sioux Falls
Emila Kaufmann
Agnes Poireis
Flandrenu
Moses Kaufmann
Sion Malls
Minnehaha
State Circuit Court
Moody County
Danforth
Orr
Thomas H. Null
Huron
Ira PF. Blewitt
Moony County
Aikens & Judge
George Rice
Flandreau
E. G. Smith
Yankton
State Supreme Court
Wiliam G. Rice
Deadwood
Farmer 8 Impaled On Hoisting Fork
Lars Rosen Kerr, a well known farmer near Hchatler, fell 20 feet while mowing hay. He was badly injured, with the fork penetrating his side. Condition described as serious. Also brief note: earthquake in Greece on the Morea peninsula yesterday morning causing damage.
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Lars Rosenkerr
Hchatler
Greece
Athens
Morea Peninsula
Parkston Woman Kaufmann Charged With Murder In Sioux Falls Case
Agnes Polreis of Parkston South Dakota alleged victim of the accused Mrs Kaufmann. The body of the dead girl was exhumed twice for examination as investigators search for the cause of death. The defense claims the girl suffered from diabetes and that the wounds were not the result of brutal assault. The case portrays Mrs Kaufmann as a reclusive, socially isolated pianist with few close friends and limited interest in current events.
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Emma Kaufmann
Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Flandreau
Sioux
Moses Kaufmann
Gebind Mre
Agnes Polreis
Parkston
S. D
Womar
Sioux Fall
Patten Corner Wheat Profits and Market Prices
The Patten interests report 4 100 000 bushels delivered with 3 000 000 cash on hand and a May wheat purchase of 17 000 000. Closing price 1 84 and high price 1 90 with profits around 3 4 million for Patten interests and estimated farmer gains amid 40 million in receipts and 60 million in consumer costs.
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Patten
Longevity Claim: Woman Lived 115 Diet Onion Rich
Belifontaine Ohio records recall Rebecca Burns who died at 115, attributed to daily onion consumption. She reportedly ate and grew onions for decades, making them the centerpiece of her diet. The obituary notes her age and the onion habit as key to longevity.
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Belifontaine
Rebecca Burns
George Washington
Prince Fushima Appointed Patron of English Japanese Expedition
June 2 official announcement states Prince Fushima is named patron of the English Japanese expedition. He previously represented the Japanese government at the St. Houle expedition. In Quintana Roo Mexico a convicts uprising in the mines leaves officers dead or wounded and about a dozen escape.
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Prince Fushima
St. Houle
Quintanaroo
Mexico
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