South Dakota primary to use 1928 precinct count in 1 928 precincts
Sioux Falls report lists 1 928 polling divisions for the May 6 primary, up from 1 800 in 1926. County totals and district breakdowns provided, with Minnehaha County leading at 66 precincts and Armstrong County noted as smallest with one.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
South
Aurora
Beatle
Bennett
Bon Homme
Brookings
Branty
Brule
Buffalo
Butte
Campfire
Charles Mix
Clark
Clay
Codington
Douglas
Edmunds
Fall River
Faulk
St Grant
Gregory
Haakon
Hamlin
Hand
Hanson
Harding
Hughes
Hutchinson
Hye
Jackson
Jerauld
Jones
One Act Play To Be Mother's Day Feature
Vermillion hosts a Mother's Day program featuring The Great Chem's Diamond a one act play by University of South Dakota Mask and Wig. Cast includes Beatrice Drew Highmore William Dean Pierre Isabel Hegness Vermillion Hebert Siegle Herried and Gaylor Lyon Sioux City. Director Ck Lyon Professor of Public Speaking assisted by Eva Nelson Elk Point member of Mask and Wig.
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Vermillion
Mask and Wig Dramatic Club
University of South Dakota
Mortar Board
Beatrice Drew
Highmore
William Dean
Pierre
Isabel Hegness
Hebert Siegle
Herried
Gaylor Lyon
Sioux City
Madison to Pave Cross-Town Street With State Aid
State aid will fund paving on a Madison cross-town street where Highway 24 runs. Pike state department will cooperate with bids due May 0. The project covers about one mile to city limits and is the year’s major paving effort. County graveling and surface roads will connect towns, and pre-surfacing starts on the Lake Madison Chautauqua highway.
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Madison
Pike State Department
Lake Madison
Marqu Named Head Clean Up Campaign at Northern State
Aberdeen April 26 Specials Final preparations for the second annual Campus Clean Up Day at Northern State Teachers college were made by the executive committee. Campus Clean Up Day will be held April 23 with the entire student body taking a half holiday to improve the campus and athletic field. Students will be divided into groups with captains to supervise the work. Captains listed include Harold Marquis and many others.
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Marqu
Aberdeen
Northern State Teachers College
Northern
Paul Finnegan
Herbert Black
Virgil Bell
Inez Werth
Lorraine Aldrich
Constance Lane
Thelma Miner
Percy Washabaugh
John Schaal
Selma Herr
Floyd Blake
Lucille Adkins
Virden Laird
Harold Black
Margaret Hibbard
Carolyne Hill
Moris Madsen
Irma Maschke
Hazel Duncen
Marian
Van Grove to Direct South Dakota Music Festival
Isaac Van Grove of Chicago will direct the concert of combined high school groups from multiple South Dakota sections at the site university music festival May 8 and 9. This marks the early career start following his work with Mary Garden at the college of music.
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Mary Garden
van Grove
Vermillion
Isaac van Grove
Chicago
South Dakota
Site University
Lan
Ton
College of Music
Kingsbury Bankers Elect 1930 Officers
Kingsbury bankers elected 1930 officers and approved apportions for the year. The meeting named officers and set assignments for committee duties.
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Kingsbury Bankers
Girl thanks aid and causes car crash near bridge
A lone female driver, attempting to thank W. A. Pease and his sons for offering help, accidentally steered into their car as they neared a bridge. The Pease vehicle rolled down the embankment but no one was hurt. the Pease car suffered roof damage and minor injuries were avoided.
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Bank Chamberlain
W. A. Pease
Bose
Pease
American Island
State Band Contest Set for May at University of South Dakota
High school bands from district contests will perform May 8 and 9 at Vermillion for the state band contest and music festival hosted by the University of South Dakota. District events occur May 1 and 2 in Madison, Brookings and Aberdeen, and April 23 in Springfield, with solo, glee club, choir and orchestra contests. Winners may advance to the National School Band Contest in Flint, Michigan. Judges include Isaac Van Grove, James Melchar, and Leo Kucinski.
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University of South Dakota
W. R. Col‘ton
College of Music
State Normal Schools
Madison
Brookings
Aberdeen
Springfield
National Bureau For the Advancement of Music
Flint
Mich
Isaac van Grove
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Cincinnati Opera Company
James Melchar
Cedar Falls
Leo Kucinski
Sioux City, In
Comimmunity Symphony Orchestra
Woonsocket
Carl Christenson
State College
Frances Yonker
Mary Stout
John Moran
Roscoe Clark
la von Oddy
Margaret Demeree
Miriam Tremblay
Eugene Campbell
Snyder Humphrey
Fourteen Horses Burn In Colony Ranch Fire
A large barn at Old Mill Colony ranch near Lake Byroh was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night around 7 o clock. Fourteen horses, much machinery, feed, tools and home harness were lost. Tenant Paul P. Glanzer operates the farm.
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Colony Ranch
Old Mill Colony Ranch
Lake Byroh
Paul P. Glanzer
Ten Schools Compete In Wesleyan One Act Contest
Ten high schools are represented in a two day one act play contest at Dakota Wesleyan university. Yankton college dramatics head Sydney Spade will judge. Total prize money is 50 dollars divided as 25 first, 15 second, and 10 third. About 199 visiting students will be on campus.
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Wesleyan
Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
Sydney Spade
Yankton College
New French Fraternity Formed at Dakota Wesleyan
A chapter of Beta Fi Theta a national French fraternity has been organized on the Dakota Wesleyan campus in Mitchell. Officers to be installed in May include Herman Shipley president Georgia Everm vice president Mazel Giese secretary Frank Wingield treasurer and Mme Vacquier along with Miss Cretors as faculty advisers.
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Dakota Wesleyan Mitchell
Beta Fi Theta
Herman Shipley
Georgia Everm
Mazel’ Giese
Frank Wingield
Madame Vacquier
Miss Cretors
Thieves Take 500 in Firearms From Sioux Falls Store
In Sioux Falls on April 26 police report thieves took firearms valued between 500 and 0 from Fred the Fiver at 213 West Tenth Street. Entry was gained by forcing rear double doors. Missing items include 10 shotguns 16 gauge some automatics and pumps 6 pistols including automatics and revolvers 22 25 and 32 caliber guns two 22 caliber rifles and a light colored leather shotgun case. Serial numbers in a police report may help identification.
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Sioux Falls
Fred the Fiver
West
Tenth Street
F. W. Burkey
Vermillion Students Form Alpha Lambda Delta Chapter
Sixteen University of South Dakota freshmen women with averages over 90 percent petitioned Alpha Lambda Delta an honorary scholastic fraternity. Dean Eva Glassbrook notes eligibility requires above high grade averages and the group aims to raise women’s scholastic standards and interest in learning. Members listed include LaVern Eklund Doris Carpenter Corrine Jackson Ruth Waggoner Imogene Esker Alice Abell Mildred Larson Virginia Pier Elizabeth King Frances Geppert Dorothy Hill Gladys Halverson Stella Anker.
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Vermillion
University of South Dakota
Alpha
Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda
Delta
Eva Glassbraok
Alpha Lambda Delta
Margaret L. Carahan
University of Minois
Miss Glassbrook
LaVern Eklund
Doris Carpenter
Fedora
Corrine
Jackson
Ruth Waggoner
Philip
Imogene Esker
Sioux Falls
Alice Abell
Stonecypher
Clubs
Mildred Larson
Wakan
Goldfish Die After Snail Offspring Surprise
April 25 MITCHELL. Mrs. Abe Kaisetz bought a goldfish to accompany a snail. The snail produced 12 young, all armored. The next morning a goldfish died, another turned green, and the tale reached Undertaker D. H. Noble who sold the fish.
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Mitchell
Abe Kaifetz
Aberdeen Businessmen Seek Aberdeen Stand On New Air Line
A group of Aberdeen businessmen plan to fly to Omaha on Monday to press officials on the proposed east and west air route. They will confer with Halley Aviation Management about Aberdeen’s position in the line, which would connect Omaha to Watertown and Fargo. The trip includes stops at Huron, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Watertown, and Walworth.
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Aberdeen
Omaha
Halley, Aviation Management Company
Hamer Air ‘Transport Company
Iel
Bert Coombs
Food Chamber of Com
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Watertown
Fargo
Grand Forks
Woonsocket storefront to bright sign with 400 bulbs
A Woonsocket business plans a large sign using 400 bulbs to advertise its location. The sign will be visible along Main Street, both up and down the street, catching attention from passing traffic.
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Woonsocket
Pierre adds 1000 Chinese elms to spring plantings
Citizens of Pierre plus 1000 Chinese elms were added to spring plantings secured through a free scrub program. The city administration banded together to complete the effort.
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Pierre
Pierre J
Mobridge man credited with killing wolf with frozen rattlesnake
Collier's Weekly prints a sensational tale about Joe Hilton of Mobridge and Rapid City South Dakota. Hilton, an oil man journalist and prize fight promoter, reportedly killed a timber wolf near Belle Fourche by stunning it with a cudgel and then killing both cudgel and wolf with a frozen rattlesnake.
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Mobridge
Collier's Weekly
Joe Hilton
Catlier's
W. B. Bleeker
Sioux City
Yowa
Rapid City
South Dakota
Hilton
Belle Fourche
Senin Dakota
Welf
Farmers Urged to Form Beadle Miner Cow Testing Group
Beadle and Miner county farmers push to organize a Beadle Miner cow testing association. About half of each county’s farmers have joined, with a goal of 26 members by May 1. A tester will sample milk twice daily, weigh cows, and keep records to determine costs and profits per cow for culling selling or breeding.
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Howard
Miner
Beadle Counties
Jcan-Testing Association
United’ States
Mc. Jones
Woonsocket Seniors to Publish Special Edition
Seniors of Woonsocket High School will publish the News during the week of May 3. They will write a twelve page issue with country correspondence and other contributed items. The editor will assist in the mechanical work while the newspaper operates in the editor's absence.
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Woonsocket
Woonsocket High School
Montgomery Ward Opens Brookings Store on May 10
Brookings prepares to welcome a new Montgomery Ward & Company store at 200 Main Avenue. Remodeling nears completion with fixtures in place and stock being arranged for the opening set for Saturday May 10. The firm touts Ward as a national mail order house expanding into retail in progressive Brookings.
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Brookings
Grimm
Main Avenue
Montgomery Ward & Company
S. W. Morse
Morse
Montgomery Ward && Company
America
Lune
United States
Former Watertown Citizen Rolled in Philadelphia W
Watertown reports a former resident died following a car crash in Philadelphia. Details are scarce as the notice notes an automobile accident occurred and references a Watertown connection.
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Watertown
Philadelphia
Phil
Death of H. B. Williamson Red Cross official
News of the fatal accident in Philadelphia reached many friends in Watertown where H. B. Williamson a former Watertown citizen and regional director of the American Red Cross based in Washington D C is mourned. A telegram from Mrs Williamson to Williamson's sister Mrs Henry Walter conveyed the shock and authorities offered few further details.
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Adelphia
H. B. Williamson
Watertown
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Williamson
Henry Walter
Brookings High School Prepares Smaller 56th Class Graduation
Brookings records show 56 graduates this year from Brookings High School, fewer than in recent years. The class has remained small since freshman year, with a larger class expected next year as about 10 more students are predicted to graduate.
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Brookings
Brookings High School
Presant
Postmistress Visits at Cavour Cavour
April 26 Special Mrs. Jessia Garrits Wentworth postmistress stopped for a visit with postmaster B. P. Corrigan en route to Lemmon where she will visit for several days.
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Cavour Cavour
Jessia Garrits
Wentworth
B. P. Corrigan
Buffalo Church To Be Sold At Auction
Trustees of the Union church near Buffalo 25 miles southwest of the city vote to sell the church building at auction on May 30. The unused edifice is deteriorating as the congregation dwindled, and a local farmer is expected to bid and reuse materials for small farm buildings.
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Buffalo
Te Union
Diaffalo
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