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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
2
Dr Cyril Mopkina of University of TMilnoin proposes a simple non patented method to analyze lime stone purity and a device to perform the test. The notice also mentions public service aims to aid American agriculture.
In Hen win County a case from Nich tht school district involving three boys charged with soliciting the principal and causing a disturbance reached a stalled point. The jury disagreed in earlier trials and May 17 has been set as the date for the third trial to determine guilt or innocence.
Reports from Rapid City and surrounding towns detail bank leadership shifts. Mirat State Bank of Wests changes include Haatke as publican senator candidate and Porter moving to banking in Watertown. Madiron and TP fe'ernon sell Dakota State Bank interests to Mitch ell and Mitchell, with Spiergeen staying in Madison to focus on farm loans. Local officials list for Salem include water works, police, street, and building inspectors.
Reported incident centers on Frederickson and Mrs Jeye Thompson connected to Turner County. Mrs Thompson allegedly fled with a neighbor's child to Walworth County South Dakota, while authorities plan to return the child to Turner County for trial. A bank replacement note follows about Bristol bank re opening after a prior defalcation.
J G Bartine Republican candidate for Congress in the Third South Taare district urged RO Patterson of Giretory county to explain his vote against Senator Sterling’s election. Bartine and Patterson were both members of the state in Berie dies and defended the verdict of the people by urging support for Sterling.
Several hundred Luther League members from across South Dakota gather in Garretson for a daylong session at the local Lutheran church. The program includes addresses by prominent workers and showcases the growth of the league from its infancy to a thriving state organization.
The attorney general rules party central committees can fill vacancies in their ticket caused by withdrawal or failure to file nominating petitions for county offices. Some counties lack a full slate for the coming primary, risking a fall election vacancy, but the ruling avoids this.
Tyndall and surrounding towns push to persuade Milwaukee officials to add Sunday passenger service on the Platte line. The move aims to boost business and serve riders, with regional commercial clubs coordinating with Yankton and Sioux City. Local sentiment holds the line is a strong profit source and deserves Sunday trains.
Murdo South Dakota May 6 A fire early morning in the Gaten home killed Eaton a local businessman and his infant child. Mrs Eaton escaped after her clothing caught. Two other children aged 4 and 2 were rescued from a window. the baby died from burns and smoke. Eaton was a member of Eaton Hirer firm and prominent in local business circles. The blaze prompted neighbors to delay entering the burning house.
In Pierre on May 6 attorneys for HO Webb of Doland requested a continuance of the disbarment hearing to May 17, which the supreme court granted. The report notes pardons and local civic actions as unrelated items from the same region and date.
Reports from Verdun indicate heavy fighting along the Meuse with renewed German assaults on Dead Man's Hill and Hill 304. French forces reportedly repelled the initial rushes, while four German regiments attacked east of the Meuse in a fierce but inconclusive engagement.
Manuel Quezon, Philippine commissioner, told President Wilson that he and his followers have abandoned the idea of immediate freedom. He urged support for the House bill granting greater self government without a set independence date, opposing the Clarke amendment setting independence by 1920. Yangko and Clarke pressed for Senate acceptance of the House amendment.
Indianapolis May 8 The 43rd annual session will begin next Tuesday evening and continue for a week. Arrangements cover more than 3,000 delegates and 15 allied organizations.
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