South Dakota Mortality Rate From Car Accidents Not High
Census Bureau figures show South Dakota had a death rate of 16.6 per 100000 in 1931, among the nation’s lowest alongside North Dakota and Arkansas. The report notes 116 deaths from automobile accidents in 1931, with 112 in 1990, excluding railroad and streetcar collisions, and compares regional mortality trends across the United States.
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Arkansas
South Dakota
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Pacific Group
Middle Atlantic
New England
Nevada
Wyoming
California
World War Veteran Dies In Nebraska
Lawrence Cross world war veteran and Abernathy Post American Legion member died from sunstroke on a Nebraska farm. Burial occurred in Kimball beside his Civil War veteran father, with Crips Post Kimball in charge of the military funeral. A Gann Valley post representative attended. A surviving brother in the U S Navy sent funeral instructions, noting the man spent most of his life in Bridle and Buffalo counties.
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Nebraska
Gann Valley
Lawrence Cross
Abernathy Post American Legion
Gano Valley
Kimball
U. S. Navy
Bridle
Biffalo
Boy Confesses to Stealing Money From Office
In Sioux Falls an 11 year old boy admitted taking 13 dollars from an office this week. He said the theft funded his mother’s going to shows. The boy, who sells ice cream bars during daily rounds, entered an unoccupied office and took the money. an employee caught him the next day after the confession.
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Sioux Falls
Groton Gets New Railroad Crossing Signal
A new flashier crossing signal installed by the Milwaukee railroad on federal highway 12 west of Groton provides stop signs and lights at the rail reach of trains two thousand feet away. Power for the system is supplied from Groton.
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Groton
Milwaukee Railroad
Picnic Supper Enjoyed by Local Families at Grove
Raymond Aug 4 Special Mr and Mrs Fred Hink and children Mr and Mrs George Prentice Mr and Mrs Walter Olson and Thelma Crippen enjoyed a picnic supper at the grove by the Eber Hurlbert school in a small community gathering featuring neighborly sharing and conversation.
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Raymond
Fred Hink
George Prentice
Mra
Walter Olson
Thelma Crippen
Eber Hurlbert School
Mentha Pepsin Offers Quick Body Makeover Promise
An advertisement extols mentha pepsin as a gastric aid that supposedly smooths curves without dieting. It claims a 14 pound gain in three weeks from a tablespoon daily, touting a “genuine” bottle from Dare’s and Longstaff Drug Co. with a money back guarantee.
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Itabe
Dare's
Longstaft Drug Co
Two Face Trial For Killing Of Farmer
Lake Andes August 4 P A James Varilekm and Frank Souleck two Lake Andes youths will face trial for murder in the November term of circuit court over the death of farmer John Struka from injuries after a Saturday night quarrel. The men are jailed with bond set at 2500 before Judge A B Bock.
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Farmer
Lake Andes
James Varilekm
Frank Souleck
John Struka
Tere
Siluka
Geddes
Stluka
A. B. Bock
Ree Heights Program By American Legion Auxiliary
The first in a series of Legion Auxiliary programs at the church aimed to boost enforcement of laws. Miller Women’s Temperance Union hosted contest speaking by Miller High School students. Phyllis Woodward won the contest and received a medal donated by Mrs. B. S. Meade. The Auxiliary also gave the W. C. T. U. a purse to support their work.
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Ree Heights
REE
B.S. Meade
Rain and Visit Notes From Ames and Mitchell
A brief item reports last year’s appointment of William Han nan of Mitchell to a post. Ames received a nice rain this week with high winds hail and lightning. moisture will aid corn and pastures. Also notes Mrs. K Sprague and daughter Phyllis Jean visiting her parents Mr and Mrs William Beach at Flardreau Aug 4 special.
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Raymond
Helen Riddle
Jack Riddle
Minneapolis
The
General Hospital
L. M. Riddle
Aug
Herman Mehlberg
Isle
Jean Hanson
Faith
Gettysburg
Walter Imsland
Faith and
Bia
William Hannan
Mitchell
Ames Ames
K. ¥. Sprague
Phyllis Jean of
Flardreau
William Beach
Rain Benefits Crops Despite Damage In Bonilla
Bonilla August 4 Special report notes rain will aid pastures and crops, though wind caused damage to many farm buildings and poultry losses occurred in the area. A banker and several land bank accounts are listed with several debts and sheriff transfers noted for local properties.
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Bonilla Bonilla
O. Purintun
Mina
Land Bank
SEY
Southern
Joint Stock Land Bank
Southern Minn
Property transfers and deeds across multiple South Dakota townships
Legal notices listing transfers and liens including voters in Arlington De Smet and Kingsbury County deeds. Transactions show parcels Lot 1 Sep 1 1955 up to suburban blocks with prices from $1 to $10,000 paid to various sellers and institutions including Peoples State Bank and Mutual Benefit Life.
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Nelson
W. Jeffery
A.B. Cook
C. A. Collins
Peoples State Bank
de Senet
O'Hara
Grant Rounseville
Liz Ney
Sheriff
Niels Landsverk
Garret Luschen
Alfred Peterson
Oldham
Kingsbury County
Bunday
Arlington
Southern Minn
Joint Stock Land Bank
Alice Coulson
Emma Coulson
Charles A. Coulson
Helen Payne
Brown’s
Det Smet
Mary Knudison
Brown's
de Smet
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co
Mey
Charles A. Weed
Lottie M. Johnson
Equitable Life Assurance Society
C. J. Hinkley
Anna E. Hinkley
Sey
Rain Ends Drought Boosts Groton Farmers
A drought lasting several weeks broke with about half an inch of rain in Groton. The moisture aided garden crops and pastures while corn remains stunted from heat and drought, producing little more than fodder. Grasshoppers damaged many fields, though some escaped the insects.
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Groton
Buffalo County Herd Struck By Anthrax News
Buffalo county reports anthrax among Herman Geppert’s cattle herd of about 1000 head. Two head died before vaccination finished as Knippling brothers vaccinate 650 head and L C Garvin vaccinates 20 head. In Iowa, Esmond notes the death of Hannah Vernon of Woodward, a Royal Neighbor charter member, survived by husband and four children.
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Buffalo County
Gann Valley
Herman Geppert
Knippling Brothers
L. C. Garvin
Iowa
Esmond
Hannah Vernon
Woodward, Ta
Ames Appointed Correspondent by State Organization
Aug 4 in Mitchell R W Ames named correspondent of the state department by Monty Buck Nelson elected grand chef de gare at Watertown convention. Ames served as Grand Cheminet of the organization.
Property transfers listed for South Dakota parcels
Snippets show several transactions including Jerry J. Kellar to Anna Rose O Hara parcels in De Smet dates and amounts H VanBuskirk to Charles C Maxwell Lot 5 Block 3 Arlington 1350 dollars N K Hopkins to B Ray Petty Lot 4 with Lake Preston and Blk mentions incomplete details.
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Jerry J. Kellar
Anna Rose O'Hara
H. VanBuskirk
Charles C. Maxwell
Arlington
N. K. Hopkins
B. Ray Petty
Land transfers and small estate notices in S Dakota county records
A list of property transactions and deed notices records transfers between individuals and banks across townships and additions. Amounts range from one dollar to several thousand dollars with parcels in Bis, Ensign, Carrolls, Iroquois, Miner county areas and mentions of sheriff notices and life insurance companies in the sequence.
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Faye Welmer
Mexia Harris
Evelyn Bluno
Henrietta Schubert
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Baal ‘Besiavisken
Ty Sppley Hotels CO
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Batiste
Voiles Printa
Chiffon Bose
Wagner
Huron Oods
Lake Preston
Bik
Lieske
Susie Garner
Alice Bogue
Ensign
Nick: Hoffman
Nellie Hoffman
NEM
Hans J. Setbackert
Edith HL Stone
Miner County
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Misa Harriet Jansen
Wilson St
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Cuticorm Laboratories
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Hodern Shoe and Hosiery Petailers
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