South Dakota banking deposits rise despite panics and drought
June reports show state bank deposits totaling 34,065,620.57 with a small 60,000 drop since March and a yearly rise of 908,396.20. National banks rise 692,840.25, lifting combined deposits to 54,258,974.66. Tele p hone assessment workload increases as many companies must report before July’s end. failure incurs a 75 percent valuation penalty. Tex Hemphill to sink artesian well on his Fort Pierre road ranch. cattle shipping activity grows along Dent north trail. Heavy rain north of Pierre renews streams boosting corn and flax prospects though wheat remains short. Melon crops along Chapelle creek show slow start but potential good yields.
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South Dakota
Norbeck and
Nicholson
W. Z. Hemphill
Side Lights on Mythology Boreas Blows South
Mythology note recalls Boreas the son of Astraeus and Aurora setting out to see the world. He chooses an air route for the south and easily raises the wind, a wind that has blown himself ever since. This item appears from the Chicago Tribune.
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Boreas
Astre@us
Aurora
Chicaso Tribune
Roosevelt orders retrial of Standard Oil case
President Roosevelt directs the Attorney General to arrange a retrial of the Standard Oil case noting the appeal court ruling does not affect merits. He insists no guilt question exists and vows to prevent miscarriages of justice by technicalities with Kellogg consulted to pursue justice.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Standard Oil
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Loeb
Frank B. Kellogg
Grosscup
Peter S. Grosscup
Chicago
Court of Appeals
Railroads and diplomacy headline multiple 1920s topics
The report covers Kohlsaar ruling on railroad payments, Canadian coastwise trade restricting American ships, Yaqui versus Mexican forces deaths, Parma Agrarian Labor League strikes, Wilbur Wright’s imminent tests in France, and French Polish commerce talks in Warsaw with boycott context.
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Pacific
Canada
Bacatate Mountains
Parma
Agrarian Labor League
Wilbur Wright
Aeronaut
France
Warsaw
Poland
Global labor moves span unions from coast to coast
Upholsterers in Guelph contest a 40 percent cut while Denver firemen form a union. San Francisco Barbers exceed 700 members and Revere workers win 25 cents daily. Toronto brewery staff gain pay and shorter hours as Spokane plots a $75,000 labor temple.
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Guelph
Ont
Denver
Colo
San Francisco
Toronto
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Central Labor Union of
Spokane, Wash
Spokane
Labor unions unite to curb lax Philadelphia factory inspectors
faced with a high tuberculosis toll among workers many Philadelphia labor groups push for stricter sanitary rules and enforcement. they cite 10 000 cases and 3 628 deaths yearly costing 7 million dollars and accuse inspectors of neglect failing to inspect interiors and forcing abatement of nuisances.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Displacing the Fire Horse In Boston Fire Department Report
Commissioner Wells lauds motor ambulances and chiefs cars citing safety gains for riders and the public. He notes thousands of miles with autos without injuries while horse drawn wagons have caused rider falls and a pedestrian death and injuries.
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Boston Department
Wells
Fort Wayne Politician King Dies in Columbia City Train Crash
Six people including Fort Wayne businessman and former Indiana legislator Charles Sherman King and family members are killed when a Manhattan Limited passenger train strikes their automobile at a Columbia City crossing. The King party, en route to Lake Wewasee, had hurried the trip. the crash derailed the locomotive and mangled the six occupants.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Sherman King
Faynia Bradshaw
Carl Timmins
Fort Wayne
Nation Leads In Airships And Tragedy In Indiana
The piece notes American progress in heavier-than-air flight with trials at Fort Myer while mentioning Chanute Lilienthal and Fa de la Grange in France. It covers a Columbus runaway crash where Elizabeth Dupree and Mary Dupree were involved, and reports on Tom Taggart of Indianapolis related to the incident. Wright brothers and H Hesring plan Fort Myer trials next month.
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United States
Fort Myer
Ferber
Fran
Octave Chanute
Lilienth
Harry Fa
de la Grange
France
Mother Hart
Elizabeth Dupree
Mary Dupree
Columbus
Tom Taggart
Indianapolis
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Harry Stadler
French Lick
Garden City
Wright Brothers
H. Hesring
Herr
Lilienthal
Oklahoma voters to decide sale of public lands in November
Analysis argues that selling 3 million acres of Oklahoma public lands, held for schools and state buildings, could yield immediate revenue and fund education while preserving potential gains. opponents warn lease or delayed sale may reduce farming interest and long term value.
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Oklahoma
Themenselves
Prohibition Nominee Plans Statewide Speech Campaign
Eugene W. Chafin announces a plan to speak in every state before the election. Frank H. Hitchcock is named chairman of the national Republican committee as Taft’s campaign manager. Roosevelt declines recording speeches for sale. Taft completes a draft acceptance speech at Hot Springs, aiming for 3500 words after revision. Theodore E. Burton, seeking Senate, says Taft's election is paramount and forgoes pledges for his own run.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
National Republican Committee
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Hot Springs
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
United States
Wright brothers reveal aeroplane balance device
Octave Chanute notes Wright brothers cut half the size of his machine but its main feature is an automatic device to maintain equilibrium. Previously there was fear they would forfeit the bond with the government rather than reveal the secret, but the Wrights say they have perfected the machine and will publicly demonstrate its success.
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Austria
G. Hugel
G. Fuchs
Edward Engelmann
Max Bohatsch
Europe
Hungary
T. von Foldvary
Sudaupest
Switzerland
Sweden
Ulrich Salchow
E. W. Syers
Weetminster
Eae Wright
Orville Wright
Octave Chanute
Wrig Brothers
Wright Brothers
Wrigh Brothers
Paten
Great Army of Pythians Converges on Boston
The twenty fifth session of the Knights of Pythias in Boston will bring together the largest gathering of members ever, with an estimated 100000 visitors. Two parades will mark the event, one of the uniform rank and one of the other ranks, on the following day. The organization reports about 800000 men in its membership, with 200000 in the ladies auxiliary for a total of 1000000.
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Su Ldge
Knights of Pythias
Boston
Order
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Pythian
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State Board of Assessment
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Dent
Cheyenne River
Wendie
Lance Creek
Pierre
Chapelle Creek
Hughes County
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Santa Fe
Kohlsaar
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Potsdam
David J. Hill
United Mine Workers of America
Taleoo
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Kansas City
Arkansas
New York
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Greater
King
Mate
Katherine
Josephine
Miss Bradshaw
Lake Wawasee
Robert F. Bradshaw
Candley
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