Kadoka Press Names Durkee and Nellor Publishers
The Kadoka Press in Kadoka South Dakota announces Durkee and Nellor as publishers marking a new era for the local newspaper.
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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
6
The Kadoka Press in Kadoka South Dakota announces Durkee and Nellor as publishers marking a new era for the local newspaper.
Gov Deneen says all shelter in government tents as troops guard Springfield where a mob fights and two die from earlier injuries. Guardsmen pursue rioters while police report attempted cuts to fire and telephone lines and a lynching at Spring and Holward streets. Army units occupy the arsenal as reinforcements clear streets and hold three companies in reserve.
A Black man identified as George Washington is held in a New York jail after rescuers protected him from a mob of about fifty men who battered the jail door with a railroad tie. The assault followed an alleged attack on Mrs Louise Gerde Selene, a hotel employee, near Huntington Long Island. The suspect fled but was captured and placed under guard.
A party of picnickers near Camden New Jersey discovered a trunk wedged in a ravine with a body wrapped in straw and old newspapers. The remains were identified as a man named Ted Leedpeveat with a date in November 190. The discovery occurred about six miles outside Camden as water was sought in the ravine.
Edward Saunders of Rochester New York and his bride Maud Higgins of Pittsburgh were forced to stand handcuffed in an ash wagon while joking friends hauled the vehicle through the streets of Pierg. The incident describes a prank by friends that put the couple on display.
George Parker, at Harper in near Wichita, opened fire Saturday night after mistaking his wife for a burglar. Police report indicates a domestic dispute escalated into a shooting with the couple involved.
Sioux City quotations show top beeves at 5.00 dollars and top hogs at 6.35 dollars on Saturday market activity with other prices not fully listed in the fragment.
A mob in Springfield Illinois attacked black residents after an alleged assault by George Richardson. Fire destroyed east end homes as militia and out‑of‑town units were deployed. several were killed or injured, including Eugene W. Chafin.
The National Convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society in New Haven, Connecticut, denounces liquor traffic and rioting as undermining Catholic profession. It supports sanctification, excludes members who drink, pledges allegiance to the church, and backs Pius X pope’s modernism encyclical.
Conrad Steingruber of New York died Friday after scoffing at hydrophobia warnings from Jersey City physicians who predicted death within twenty four hours from a dog bite. He doubted rabies until three weeks post bite, when hydrophobia signs appeared and intensified until his death.
An envelope balloon owned by Capt. Lovelace of the New York Aero club blew up at the Franco British exhibition grounds in London Friday morning during preparations for ascent. Two people died and six were injured including Miss Hill, 18, Lovelace’s secretary, who was burned. The dead man and six injured were all employed by Lovelace.
H J Dufty of Los Angeles aged 60 attacked his son Fred with an ax, severing the head, then killed his daughter with the same weapon before slashing his throat. He had shown weeks of religious mania and fled the scene shouting with the bloodied ax. His wife escaped after a severe elbow wound.
J Frank Cordova former South River New Jersey minister who eloped with Julia Browne a choir singer was released from state prison after four years confinement. He left by car then boarded a Bristol Pa train to Philadelphia and plans to travel to Mexico where he was born. He declined to discuss personal affairs and may stay in Philadelphia awaiting funds from his brother.
A New Orleans policeman, John J. Carroll, was slain by a negro cook amid a depot incident. The assailant fled to a drawing room car, was tracked by officers, and killed as the chase ended.
A Grand Trunk eastbound flyer with 300 passengers ran runaway for miles near Battle Creek Michigan after engineer Charles Strang was injured on the track and the fireman found the engineer’s seat vacant. The fireman stopped the train and found the engineer with multiple severe injuries.
The New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Mrs Benjamin Teal, Harry M. Mouseley a private detective, and Julia Fleming a seamstress for attempting to suborn perjury by pressuring Mabel MacCauslan to testify falsely against Frank J. Gould in divorce proceedings.
Cardinal Gibbons met the pope in Rome for a farewell audience on Friday. He thanked the pontiff for granting his requests in matters including propaganda and Vatican interests, while the pope affirmed that America’s interests would not be denied.
The 11th trial of John Richards, a Floyd County Virginia schoolteacher, ended Friday with acquittal for the murder of rival Murlee K. Praneis of Roanoke Virginia. The case drew local attention as the defendant faced intensive press scrutiny.
A heavy frost occurred at Medora North Dakota on Friday night. Grain is too far advanced for much damage.
Noted former leading commander of the Grand Army Republic H H McDowell has died at his Illinois home on Thursday from pneumonia. The obituary notes his high rank and service, marking the loss of a respected veteran.
Gov Curtis Guild Jr underwent an appendectomy Friday afternoon in Boston Massachusetts for appendicitis.
Open hunting season in the Mitchell region yields little for hunters as prairie chickens are scarce due to May and June rains. Nests washed away and wet conditions reduced chick crops, prompting discussion to curb shooting for a couple of years to aid recovery. Some towns report hotel tables serving chickens weeks before season end.
John Johnson, a worker for M. C. Meeker near Minchester, was instantly killed when struck by a bolt of lightning. The blast set his clothes and grain bundles aflame, shoes torn off, smoke and flame covering him. Two nearby men were shocked but unharmed.
An insuranceman projects hail damage in eight to nine northern counties will not exceed 17 percent of uncut grain. Some corn stands were badly harmed while other fields were largely undamaged. early reports suggested total losses but private estimates indicate a smaller impact.
Yankton and Clay counties face a thirty day quarantine due to a serious anthrax outbreak. Federal and state officials will curb movement of cattle horses hogs and sheep. Railroads informed to halt transfers. Farmers face hardship as among farms visited 170 carcasses were found from 37 farms, including 40 horses.
Joseph B. Baker was arrested at Lawton Oklahoma on federal land fraud charges tied to settlement of ceded Rosebud Indian Reservation lands in Gregory County South Dakota. He will be brought to South Dakota for trial during the October term of court in Sioux Falls.
The Twin City paper reports the death by his own action of Franz P. Pugetterich in St Paul last Saturday. Clothes found suggest he hailed from South Dakota. He previously attempted suicide in Aberdeen last April by jumping between freight cars.
South Dakota forms a committee led by W A Wheeler to prepare an exhibit for the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 10 to 19. The group aims to attract farmers statewide, expand beyond corn to other grains, and improve the show after last year’s corn sweepstakes victory at Chicago.
Serious losses reported as anthrax spreads in Norway and Meckling townships in Clay county. Several horses and cattle died over the weekend while residents avoid milk cream and fresh meat. Farmers rally for vaccination with veterinary help from Clay, Yankton, and Turner counties.
A western state homesteader travels by mule wagon with a miniature house on the wagon bed. He first reached his claim in northwestern Iowa then moved the domicile to the ground, planning a return trip eastward to visit friends and kin within a month.
South Dakota Democrats press to place a Democratic slate on November ballots. Thomas H. Ayres, acting for the state committee, presented Rapid City nominees to Secretary Wipf but was refused since primaries chose a ticket. Attorneys Null and Lynch prepared to file suit to force acceptance, with a writ expected within days.
A Monday hailstorm struck nine counties from Campbell to Codington in western South Dakota. The storm, up to forty miles wide in places, caused crop losses ranging from 25 percent to total, with damage heaviest from Ashton to Clark County where harvest slowed. Mound City reports twenty five farms swept clean by hail. Philip to Hold Festival features agricultural exhibits September 3 4 and 5 with balloon ascensions sports games broncho riding and a Sioux City Winterzinga troupe attraction.
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