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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
4
The Kadoka Press in Kadoka South Dakota reports on community events and local updates with publishers Ourkee and Nellor guiding editorial direction. The weekly paper serves as the town’s primary source for notices, announcements, and civic happenings.
France will grant land access only if President Castro of Venezuela issues a formal apology for past offenses and ensures telegraphic orders to Caracas to comply with an arbitration award. The cabinet’s secret decision also anticipates aid if Castro arrives in Bordeaux but is ill, with diplomats seen en route to Santander.
Prolonged rain and banking erosion raise fear of more property losses in Pine Bluff Arkansas as the Arkansas River recedes a foot. The wholesale district and county courthouse embankments show critical weakness with 150 feet of bank collapse on East Barraque street. The Arkansas River Packet company warehouse faces threat from the caving bank.
A bridge over Cache Creek collapsed during a prairie fire run at Fort Sill. Privates Bryant and Maxwell of Battery C were killed immediately, Private Rich is not expected to survive. Twenty five artillerymen and horses were on the bridge when it gave way. several others were injured. The bridge had been impassable for weeks and the swift creek aided the tragedy.
Two Santa Fe passenger trains collided near Haney Texas on Sunday killing E Maxon of Roswell New Mexico and J J Smith a mail clerk. W H Nelson of Amadrillo and Fireman Holstein were seriously injured. The north bound train slowed at the meeting point but frost prevented speed reduction.
Saturday market quotes list top beeves at 4.50 and top hogs at 5.70 while a conscience contribution of twelve hundred dollars arrives at Georgetown. A Standard Oil 765000 gallon tank exploded near Bayonne causing panic in Greenville.
The special Chicago grand jury accused voters including long residents from other cities temporary absentees the insane and even the dead of casting ballots. It returned 81 indictments against two score or more politicians and others and said the primary election was a city disgrace. Voting machines and civil service reforms are urged though police offered little aid.
The late Caleb Chase wholesale grocer leaves gifts totaling over 300000. He bequeaths 2000 to longtime firm associates, 1000 to 55 traveling salesmen, 500 to sales and office staff, 200 to shipping and factory workers, 500 to widows of four deceased salesmen, 15000 to the People's Palace Salvation Army, and 10000 to ten local charities with another ten societies receiving 5000 each.
Meyer Stein, a Columbia University medical student, was removed to a hospital Thursday night after an apparent self poisoning attempt. He is reported to be recovering. The case unfolds a young man fighting to educate himself while supporting a wife and child amid ongoing marital strain.
The attorney general Bonaparte won expedited handling in Boston Friday before the United States circuit court. The government seeks to compel the New Haven railroad to relinquish its holdings in the Boston and Maine railroad, and the railroad’s constitutional challenge to the expediting act was overruled.
Three Dutch warships sail along Venezuela’s coast from Puerto Cabello to La Guaira at 3000 yards offshore. One battleship returns to Willemstad while two cruisers head to Maracaibo for a similar demonstration.
The long buried body of Maj l Enfant an engineer with the colonial army who aided Washington in laying out the national capital will be removed from a Driggs farm Maryland site at government expense with military ceremonies to Arlington Cemetery Virginia.
The conference of powers convened by Great Britain to draft a code of naval warfare and to form an international prize court, as urged by the Hague congress, opened at the Foreign Office in London on Friday.
Revenue agents seized more than 12 000 ponies of oleomargarine shipped by Narragansett Dairy Co of Narragansett Rhode Island. Officers say the product was artificially colored yet handled as uncolored and the manufacturers paid a tax of one quarter of a cent per pound instead of the 10 cent tax required on colored oleomargarine.
In Port au Prince citizens orchestrate a sudden coup deposing Nord Alexis and installing Gen. Legitime as Haiti’s new president. Armed gatherings slide into control with minimal violence as international warships restrain, while Alexis and key officials seek refuge.
A Washington report from the bureau of navigation cites that 55 ships were completed in November in the United States. The fleet includes 42 steamers and 13 sailing vessels, all but seven sailing ships steel hulls. The total gross tonnage reaches 9,166 with 30 destined for the Atlantic and gulf, eight for the Pacific, eight for the Great Lakes, and nine for western rivers.
William R Hearst backed the Independence party with 42295 dollars as election funds. A Secret Suffrage Council in New York City includes wealthy patrons supporting women's voting. In Cincinnati Taft spoke at a Commercial Club dinner urging investors while warning lawbreakers to expect no favors from the next administration. Colorado voters helped reelect Judge Lindsay, a graft exposer, aided by broad support from women voters who framed their ballots for child welfare.
Jacob French a farmer was jailed for contempt of court in Mitchell after an incident where his daughter, a state's witness, reportedly refused to testify and was sent to the country. Four witnesses said French offered $750 to settle, while three said the daughter would not testify. Judge Frank B. Smith fined $100 and ordered 30 days in jail. Attorney A E Hitchcock appealed to the supreme court.
The twenty sixth annual South Dakota Educational association meeting will be in Aberdeen on December 29 to 31. Dr Nathan C Schaeffer of Pennsylvania will speak on Work and lay in Education. Ben B Lindsay of Denver will address December 30. Rev Thomas Nicholson presides. Local leaders include Hans Ustrud G Tred Knappen and others. Railroads offer a fare and a third round trip on the certificate plan.
A White Lake report cites a reliable source that the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will extend its line in spring from Platte or Stickney to Orient in Faulk County. The route would cross the Mitchell Chamberlain Milwaukee line at White Lake, giving White Lake a full north south and east west rail link. This closure would shorten the distance from Sioux City to the coast extension of the Milwaukee road.
Dr. Jonah C. Gilfillan, a prominent Aberdeen physician, was arrested on a Vermont deputy sheriff's warrant. The case stems from his two marriages after a 1907 divorce, with the first wife filing the prosecution. Gilfillan denies the claim as blackmail and says his divorce decree was eventually obtained.
News of Frank Pechin’s promotion to general superintendent of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway was welcomed by many friends in Huron. Formerly a Dakota division conductor on the Chicago and Northwestern, he rose from minor positions to prominence and is regarded as one of the northwest’s most efficient railway managers with headquarters in St Paul.
Ed Spatz of Meckling paid a county fine for illegal game shipping but still faces federal action. A deputy U S marshal took him to Sioux Falls to be indicted under the Lacey Act. A shipment of prairie chickens and ducks, reportedly 75 to 100 birds, was found being sent by express to market.
In Mitchell circuit court Judge Smith imposed prison terms on several defendants. Frank West received five years for rape, Isaac Allison one year and six months for attempted rape. Frank Cummins and Walter Wallace each drew one year and six months for grand larceny. Jacob Bujer was fined $300 for selling intoxicating liquor without a license and appeals plans were announced.
At the Joseph Klamper farm ten miles from Aberdeen a loaded shotgun in the hands of visiting children caused the death of a seven year old Klamper boy. The Ferris youth also present was involved as the weapon discharged. The accident occurred while children played with the gun.
Ralph Edinger, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Edinger, a well known Aurora county resident, died from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted.
In Mitchell the crackdown on selling cigarettes to minors tightens. Roy Rodenbaugh, a 15 year old, was arrested for smoking and fined five dollars and given four days in jail.
Hans Nielson of Rapid City bought a goose for a Sunday meal and found a gizzard mixed with cold dust. By panning the material from the gizzard his wife extracted enough colors to partly pay the purchase price and earn several ru les.
An elderly man named Hooder from White Owl attempted to move toward Pedro during a thanksgiving blizzard. He was last seen wandering the storm and a Saturday search party found him dead in Cheyenne river after he reportedly waded the river to seek shelter.
Gov Crawford issues proclamation fixing January 26 for the organization of the new Perkins and Harding counties.
James Doyle a native of Cork Ireland died at his Huron home aged 74 He had been a Beadle County resident since 188 The note provides his origin and long residence highlighting a local obituary record.
South Dakar corn growers show strong interest in the National Corn Exposition in Omaha from December 9 to 19 and mount a determined bid to win top prize in the corn contest.
The Missouri river is blocked by floating ice, hindering railway traffic. The drawbridge on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Chamberlain line is shut but should reopen in two or three days, allowing passengers and mail to cross once more.
The Aberdeen ceremony for the new administration building at the normal school will take place December 1. Gov. Crawford and other distinguished guests are expected to attend.
Local business leaders and farmers in Mt Vernon have begun a plan to construct and operate a creamery at the town. The surrounding countryside is well settled and organizers believe enough farmers will patronize the venture to ensure early success.
The annual report of State Treasurer Cassill to Gov Crawford shows net indebtedness rising to 183,936 in 1907 and 383,184 in 1908 with 200,020 more debt that year. He urges restraint, a depository law or constitutional salary hike, a nonpartisan tax commission, and criticizes lavish recent appropriations while revenues grow.
An unclear notice indicates rate increases affecting commerce, power, and railway sectors. The public is urged to review the proposed terms, with mentions of capital adjustments and management plans. Further details remain ambiguous in the fragmented text.
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