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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
4
A 1913 notice cites Alderman Meldinger over a firehouse dispute in the third ward. It notes campaign advertising costs tied to the Ramsland Braught Quammen gang and mentions a testimonial for Father Ike Emberson. The Braught ticket won, with liquor license questions to be voted on by both yes and no sides.
Martha Ellen Mitchell wife of B A Mitchell died suddenly at St Luke’s hospital Aberdeen. The funeral is planned for Saturday afternoon with services by Rebekah lodge and Odd Fellows. She was born May 10 1870 at Colfax Iowa and lived in Harlan Irwin Lemmon and near the state line before settling near Lemmon. Survived by husband three children two brothers a sister and three grandchildren.
Miss Leta Foot spends a week with friends in Morristown. Mrs. F C Totten leaves Tuesday to visit her sister in Graf ton North Dakota. Dr Totten reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs J E Dresback on Tuesday.
White House intimates President Wilson will force tariff reform forward. He would read a reform bill in joint session, then demand Democrats who opposed the measure explain their positions open to both chambers. The move aims to test and expose representatives who blocked the party program.
Washington April 10 Democrats clashed over the Underwood tariff in a closed house caucus. Representative Broussard of Louisiana offered a resolution to amend the sugar schedule proposing a two cent per pound duty, removing free sugar in three years. Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, Michigan and other beet sugar states backed the measure.
Washington reports April 1 prices for staple crops at the Department of Agriculture bureau findings show farmers received 25.9 percent less than a fixed 1912 date, 47 percent lower than 1911, and 182 percent lower than 1909. March 1915 prices rose three tenths of a percent versus typical March increases of about 21 percent in recent years.
President Wilson says the federal government will not interfere with pending California legislation restricting land ownership by aliens who have not declared intent to naturalize. An informal communication was made to Representative Baker. Grand Forks flood crest from the Hed river has moved northward with continued high temperatures limiting river flow.
Farmers are invited to view a demonstration of the Spaulding Deep Tilling Machine at Lemmon on Saturday afternoon April 26. The event starts at 1:00 PM, and the demonstrators will show what the deep tilling machine accomplishes, with F A Finch in charge.
Washington reports details of Standing Rock reservation land openings with a fall drawing and spring 1914 filing date. Prices for filings tier by months, down payment required, and white and Indian allocations outlined. Vast tracts remain for future home seekers despite expected demand.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway sold 330 million in 4 1/2 per cent bonds due 198h to a Kuhn Loeb led syndicate and National City Bank. Proceeds fund general uses, double tracking work, and a planned $8 million electrification project on Puget Sound. The issue should cover road needs until 1914.
Mr and Mrs Cliff Larch visited Meadow on Sunday returning that evening. Attorney Morrison in a Mobridge case was interrupted by a noisy gasoline engine and told to proceed. Dr Phelps sold a fourth Perkins county land quarter to Dr R L Murdy Aberdeen, the fourth such sale since year start. since December 25 Phelps has sold seven quarters in the county.
The article urges active local work to build and maintain the Yellowstone Park Trail along the Milwaukee line from the Twin Cities through the city, arguing the route’s popularity depends on concrete effort and real construction rather than plans. It notes Mr and Mrs Ted Clark of Hixby visiting Lemmon and that Mrs A S Hall will spend the summer on nearby claims.
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