Crop Bulletin No. 8 United States department of agriculture
Week ending June 2, 1902 reports generally warm, dry conditions favorable for field work across South Dakota. Corn planting nears completion with cutworms causing stand reductions in some areas. Wheat oats barley rye are thrifty. flax and millet progress well. Grass and pasture in excellent condition. potato bugs widespread in some localities. Regional notes from several counties and Black Hills to Missouri Valley sections record good growth, with frost damage minimal and w farm activities continuing.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Moody
Sanborn
Davison
Hutchinson
McCook
Missouri Valley
Campbell
Hyde
Lyman
Custer
Fall River
Lawrence
B . Pennington
W. Glenn
Huron
Clark
Codington
Edmunds
Hamlin
Marshall
McPherson
Prooco
Jerauid
Kingsbury
Crops Progress Across Counties With Planting Nears Finish
Reports from multiple counties show corn planting nearing completion with early corn up in many areas. Wheat, oats, barley and rye are in fine condition overall, while cutworms injure some corn stands and frost affects fruits and gardens in limited spots. Pasture and hay prospects remain strong in most districts.
Patten Ends May Oats Corner in Chicago Profits Near Million
Evanston mayor James A. Patten wrapped up a May oats corner that dominated the Chicago market since last fall. Estimated profits approach $1,000,000 as he reportedly held 10,000,000 to 12,200,000 bushels of May options and absorbed deliveries at favorable terms.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Evanston
Board of Trade
Patten
Shorts
Market oats rise as Patten moves prices in pit
Prices for May oats climbed after Patten forced higher quotes in the pit. May oats closed Thursday at 43 percent, Saturday prices jumped about six cents to 49 percent. A closing flurry sparked some excitement but did not affect other options.
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Patten
Wanted for Counterfeiting in Chicago Escape Arrest
Fred Middleton, who escaped from U S Marshal Cass Monday night at Union depot while awaiting a train to Milwaukee for a two year counterfeit sentence, was arrested in Harrison street and Customhouse place. He broke free, fired at officers, then ran south before being overtaken at Polk street. He is held at Harrison street station pending federal arrival.
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Chicago
Fred Middleton
Cass
Union Depot
Milwaukee
Harrison Street
Customhouse Place
Middleton
Polk Street
Twelve Drowned Immigrants Fall On Saskatchewan River
Twelve Galician immigrants drowned in the Saskatchewan river near Edmonton Alberta. The settlers, about 30 people total, landed in Canada a month earlier and reached Calgary mid month. They were loaded on a scow with a cargo of effects when the disaster occurred.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Calgary
He Has Cored Thousands and Visits Huron
Local professional visits Huron South Dakota with monthly returns. He will be at the Depot Hotel on Friday June 6 from 9:00 A M to 6:00 P M offering consultations to potential clients during the opportunity.
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Depot Hotel
Eye care warning and services from local optician
The ad urges not delaying vision treatment and offers expert eye examinations. It claims to determine if glasses are needed and guarantees perfect fitting, promoting Fred J. Baker, watchmaker and optician, on Dakota Avenue in Huron South Dakota.
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Fred J. Baker
Battle Near Hermosillo Between Mexican Army and Yaqui
A Mexican battalion under General Lorrez fought 300 Yaqui Indians on May 29 at El Tanque near Hermosillo. Forty Yaquis were killed and many wounded. Mexican losses were 15. Yaquis fled toward the Carmatian mountains, leaving dead and arms behind. Hermosillo commerce halted as volunteers join the conflict.
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Tucson
A. T
Lorrez
Sonora
el Tanque
Hermosillo
Death of Absalom Rug gles Bainbridge in New York
Absalom Rug gles Bainbridge, once condemned for aiding John Wilkes Booth in Lincoln's assassination escape, died at his home in this city from a growlexy.
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New York
Absalom Ruggles Bainbridge
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
House Passes Thanks to Hay for McKinley Memorial Address
The House of Representatives, by a 129 to 46 vote, adopted a joint resolution thanking Hon. John Hay for his February McKinley memorial services address under suspension of the rules. A minority reader, Mr Richardson, demanded a second on Grosvenor's motion, but the motion was carried 92 to 52.
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Washington
House
Grosvenor
Congress
John Hay
McKinley
Richardson
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
Black Hills
M Turner
Yankton
Mayor Patten
Prac
Victoria
Dakota Avenue
Third Street
Huron, South Dakota
B. Sop
Webb
Geo. C. Fullin Weider
Standard Savings Bank
Huron, Souta Dakota
U. S
Sadie B. Finckh
Hair Bazaar
Beadle
Hand
Spine Counties
The
Morris Land Agency
Nea
Booth
Hay
Fairbanks
Fairbanks-Morse
Eclipse
Steem
Fairbanks. Morse & CO
ST. Paul, Minn
Clearfield Wooden Ware Co
Glearfield, PA
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