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Newspaper
The State Line Herald
Location
North Lemmon, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
3
The Cook area report notes residents returning from trips to AE and SD, local movements around Duck Creek and Lemmon, and neighbors gathering for a Saturday gathering. Mild days gave way to a cold front with fog, and several residents or former residents are mentioned in brief community updates.
Notice details a mortgage sale in Berkina County with a sheriff sale date in South Dakota. It lists parties including a mortgagee and an attorney, with date and time of foreclosure proceedings and disbursements.
Sept 14. County Attorney M. nr planned to OC charges after an attack on Miss Chamber by men who gave a coat a vehicle. Witnesses described the scene in town as several women claimed involvement. Nina Chambertade testified about the incident and Mead Gltbacher was mentioned in relation to the tale.
William Calhoun of Chicago, United States minister to China, may be named to fill the Harlan vacancy on the Supreme Court. He is the only Midwestern candidate under consideration, with backing from Senator Cullom and cabinet members MacVeagh and Fisher.
At Bow Street police court 220 suffragists faced charges after the raid on Parliament. Miss Mary Oldham, the first woman arraigned, was sentenced to thirteen days' imprisonment and a fine of 17.50 pounds after accusing the court of obstruction, assaulting police, and property destruction. Trials are expected to span several days as police maintain order outside.
Governor Johnson issues a call for an extraordinary session beginning November 27 in Sacramento with twenty topics. The top item is a proposal to hold a presidential primary before the national convention, aimed at allowing voters to express a preference for president and choose delegates directly to the convention.
Nine senior class members face arrest in Rapid City schools over a rioting incident. Freshmen held a party in a building room. Joe Rosso and five others allegedly broke in and stole refreshments. Miss Frances Jones was knocked down and her leg fractured. Names include Royse, Milton Burke, Jobo Burke, Raw sell, Charles Lippincott, Grant Uistmann, Dale Layman, Ray Garland, and Albert Wheaton.
A Mitchell fire district plan outlines six to seven new buildings costing about 250000 in a city core expansion. Major projects include a 75000 Navin building, a 60000 street improvement, a 50000 academy, a 24000 warehouse, and a 25000 Episcopal home, with various other warehouses and a university hall slated for early spring completion. Local experts advise against monopolistic power franchises while recommending improvements to the electric plant.
Government agents uncover alleged land fraud schemes across the Northwest and South Dakota. Indictments in Aberdeen name several individuals linked to filing false declaratory statements to hold land, inflating stakes for soldiers widows. Timber Lake and Lemmon offices report hundreds of such filings affecting 160 acres and large tracts, blocking legitimate homesteaders. The probe ties to a wider Episcopal clergy conference, rail and road projects, and local political notes as the region continues to wrestle with legal and social tensions.
Edward Warner real estate man of Aberdeen and former agent in Cheyenne and Susie Prexaier of Toledo were named in a federal Aberdeen jury indictment alleging land fraud through soldiers declaratory statements. Warner pleaded not guilty after a demurrer was denied and the Pronster woman had not yet entered a plea.
A highwayman held up two men near Aberdeen street as they returned from the wagon section. One robber demanded money, striking Ringrose with a blunt object and forcing a bag of packages from the pair. Ringrose then chased the robber, who fired a shot, but the other assailant escaped with the money while the other man obeyed. The holdup occurred about three blocks from the town telegraph line.
A letter from Trimble Rowe bishop of Alaska declines election as bishop of Hourh baketa after a Bret session of South Dakota clergymen. At Rapid City a fatal accident injures four year old Elwood Bergh when a boiler toppled by a cat causes burns. Old Man Berry, a hermit known for sheep that followed him, dies near Sioux Falls amid lingering mystery.
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