Rooskin imports, soap questions, and a wood blight note
A 1916 trade note cites 1,072,494 pounds of roo skins imported into the United States in the 11 months ending May 31, with value around $633,801. It surveys related topics from kangaroo skin use to old testament references to soap, and mentions chestnut wood usable after blight, a Baltimore suffrage figure’s Arizona voting hurdle, a steamer flag identity, a New Hampshire red fox encounter, corn rot effects, and local Brooklyn classroom observations.
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Iato
Weird story alarms patrons as peddler faces arrest
Mitchell S. D June 27 A plaster peddler named Gil lan jailed for alleged abuse of a patron who refused to buy. Separate report says a German in Nebraska sold leprosy contaminated court plaster. town cautions buyers to destroy stock. Yellow Dogs order expands local membership amid Red Cross funds drive.
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Mitchell
S. Dy
Gillan
Perioda
Nebraska
Ja Auld
Mitchell S
Peter Noieck
Supreme Court
Wells
Sheriff G
Davison County
Dakotans Stock Up Against Dry Spell
Sioux Falls notes a rush to stockpile liquor before South Dakota statewide prohibition takes effect at midnight June 30. Purchasers include residents from beyond Sioux Falls, with some men amassing large quantities for medicinal use. Reports cite seven quarter-barrels and a barrel of whisky moved by one buyer, with liquor transported by car to avoid scrutiny.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Toen
Grangers of Dakota Meet at Brookings
The South Dakota State Grange holds its annual meeting in Brookings and at state college with about 100 delegates. Gov. Peter Norbeck and college President B. C. Perisho addressed the gathering, praising services to farmers and outlining aims for fair prices, cheap money, fuel, power, and cement, framed as government service rather than charity.
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Brookings
S. D
South Dakota
Yverhof Norbeck
Norbeck
Perisho
State Grange
Boast of not registering lands man under arrest in Huron
Mike Stipich a 22 year old railroad worker in the Chicago and North Western yards was arrested after publicly boasting he had not registered and would not. He claimed ignorance of government laws and said he had been in the United States three years. He is being held pending federal instructions. The report also notes the Dakotas Bankers association meeting in Huron, the rainfall aiding crops near Vermilion, and a government stance on leniency for those who prove ignorance of registration requirements.
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Huron Huron
S. D
Huron
Charles Hubble
Mike Stipich
Peter Soller
Steve Zlewich
Sioux Falls
Chicago & North- Western
John Boyle
Stipich
United States
Association OF Dakota Bankers
S.ds
South Dakota Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
South Dakota
North Dakota
Dakota Territory
Naion
Aberdeen
Dakota
Grasshopper Epidemic Feared in 800th Dakota Year
June 13 Pierre reports a feared grasshopper epidemic endangering crops across the Missouri region. Expected swarms threaten early cuts and field yields, with farmers preparing automeathods of examination and control as the season progresses.
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Dakota
Pierre
Missouri
Thie
New Line to Canada Under Consideration
Aberdeen South Dakota June 22 rumors in North Dakota papers say Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad plans extend line from Leola to Lampman Saskatchewan 450 miles to serve farming land in the Dakotas.
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Aberdeen
S. D
North Dakota
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Watertown
Leola
McPherson Rotrigy
Lampman
Saskatchewan
Dakotas
South Dakota
Norbeck
Chicago, Milwaukee
George W. Wright
Sioux Falls
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Caryle
Orleans
Millard
Milwaukee
Enggage 8
2500 Persons Attend State Baptist Meet at He reid
June 22 at Herreid South Dakota reports a large Baptist association gathering in the Dakotas. An estimated 1 600 attended one day of sessions and 2 500 were on Sunday, marking a successful convention in the town.
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Herreid
Dakotas
Price of coal at mines fixed at conference
Government in trial of 51 individuals and 102 companies alleges a conspiracy under Sherman law to fix semi-bituminous coal prices in Virginia and West Virginia. Witnesses say January conference discussed production costs and rail, spike, steel and labor costs, with an $8 mine cost cited and a $2.50 to $3.00 per ton agreed figure.
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New York
Virginia
West Virginia
W. R. J. Zimmerman
Smokeless Coal Operators Association
PREDICTS BLOWN BY RUSS ARMIES Paris minister argues for possible offensive
Paris June 26 Albert Thomas French minister of munitions returned to Paris from Russia and said separate peace with Russia is unlikely. He stressed military organization and financial difficulties remain but the overall outlook in Russia improves and an offensive by the Russian army remains a material and moral possibility.
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Paris
Russia
Albert Thomas
M. Thomas
Student Strike Closes German Held Warsaw Schools
Berlin reports that Gen. Hans H. Von Beseler, governor of occupied Russia territory, shut Warsaw University and the Polytechnical Institute due to a student strike dating from May. A street disturbance led to several arrests, later released, prompting a sympathy strike by the student body over dignity and national honor.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Hans H. von Beseler
Russia
Warsaw Universitys
Polytechnc» Institute
Todast
Victim Ruth Cruger Allegedly Lured by Suspect at Shop
Bologna June 5 interrogation of Alfredo Coethi, self confessed murderer, kept secret in Italy until trial. He claims Ruth Cruger sought him for skates sharpening and describes a dreamlike sequence before confessing to the crime. The case centers on his alleged manipulation and timing before legal examination.
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Bologna
Alfredo Coethi
Ruth Crogen
New York
Italy
Uno
Flicht
Ruth Cruger
Ruth
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