South Dakota farm work programs yield net profit for 400+ youths
More than 400 boys in 25 high schools completed vocational agricultural projects in 1934 35, earning a combined net profit of 24569 11 from crops livestock hogs poultry and other ventures The program reported total income 65471 94 and total cost 40902 53 with labor income for completers totaling 36450 14 Several schools posted profits over 1500 including State College School of Agriculture Brookings Canton and Win ner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
W. P. Beard
School of Agriculture
State College
Brookings
Bryant
Canton
Egan
Gettysburg
Lennox
Sisseton
Wakonda
Winner
Beard
Besiits
Headlight School to Be Held at South Dakota Campus
Sheriffs police officers garage men and mechanics from the state will gather August 9 and 10 on the University of South Dakota campus Vermillion for a two day headlight school directed by Dr B B Brackett and conducted by Merk Gass of the Dunwoody Institute with help from the university electrical engineering faculty. Free tuition will be offered to state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Vermillion
University’ of
South Dakota
B. B. Brackett
Brackett
Vermillion
University of South Dakota Offers Public School Music Course
Vermillion August 5 The University of South Dakota amusic college announces a new three year public school music course. Dean W R Colton says state demand for trained music supervisors exceeds supply as university appointment bureaus handle growing requests. The program blends academic work with music training to lead orchestras glee clubs and bands and to supervise school music programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amusic College
University of South Dakota
W. R. Colton
College of Music
South Dakota
Brown County Personal Property Value Rises in 1929
Brown County shows higher personal property valuation in 1929, rising to $7,953,829, an increase of $401,164 from 1928, while farm lands decrease to $38,231,730 at an average of $36.42 an acre. County Auditor Royal Hasse notes the equalization board lowered land valuations in several tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Brown County
Royal Hasse
Equalization Board
County Commission
Wheat Yields Surpass Early Farmer Expectations in Lockinam
Wheat in the Lockinam area is yielding better than many farmers anticipated with good quality and cleanliness. The crop is short and combines are ideal for harvest, while corn in Faulk County suffers from dryness and will depend on rainfall in the coming days to salvage any significant yield.
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Lockinam
Faulk
Bonilla Man Buys Kadoka Dray Line
Aug 5 Kadoka note reports Mr and Mrs George Barnes and family will move as George Barnes has purchased a Kadoka dray line. Their son Roger operates the line currently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonilla
Kadoka
Tonilla
George Barnes
Barnes
Roger
Bonilla 4-H boys seek judging seat at state fair
In Tonilla on August 5 4 H club members Wayne Swaney Harold Palmer Delbert Atkinson and Ray Russell were taken to Brookings by Earl Bushoe and club leader Fred McKichan to judge dairy cows as part of their bid to become state fair judges.
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Bonilla
Tonilla
Wayne Swaney
Harold Palmer
Delbert Atkinson
Ray Russell
Brookings
Earl’ Bushoe
Fred McKichan
Wool Pool Ships Last Car Load in August Delivery
The local wool pool formed by community farmers shipped their fourth and final car of wool for the season. The pool handled over 100000 pounds and stockmen estimate a minimum increase of five cents per pound in price.
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Reckham Woool Pool
Beckham Cattle Fetch Top Prices in South Carolina Market
ROSKHAM Aug 5. W A Nose, local stockman, shipped to Sioux City market this week the finest car of feed cattle from the community. Steers averaged 1,420 pounds with top price of 16.35 dollars per hundredweight.
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Beckham
S.C. Roskham
H—W.a. Nose
Sioux City
Law reaches across years to sentence Captain Pire to hang
Across fourteen years and the Austro Hungarian collapse Captain Pire, formerly the Austrian Gendarmerie, is sentenced to death for shooting Marco Milic, a Yugoslav farmer, in 1915 during wartime occupation. In a separate note Yale reports the death of Mrs. James Ford of Ramona, mother of Irene Ford who taught locally last year.
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Jugoslavia
Captain Pire
Jnugoslav
Pire
Marco Milic
Serbia
YALE
James Ford
Ramona
Ford
Irene Ford
University plans freshman week at Vermilion
Vermilion August 5 The University of South Dakota has announced complete arrangements for the annual freshman week. Attendance at convocations is compulsory to acquaint new students with school customs and traditions. Programs include addresses by faculty alumni and students and musical numbers.
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Eva. Glaysbrook
Herman James
Julian
E. N. Stevens
L.H. Akeley
College of Engineering
M. M. McKusick
College of Law
G. R. Albertson
College of Medicine
Cost Of Living Rises Slightly During Year
The cost of living rose only about one tenth of one percent in the past year. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the June index at 70.2 percent above 1943 levels. For the year to June 1929, overall stability masks a six tenths percent drop in the second half.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Watertown Girl Wins State Essay Contest
Tlea Ner Allen a Water town High School sophomore won first place in a state essay contest conducted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Tleaner -Allen
Watertown High School
Women’s Christian Emperance Union of
South Dakota
Woman Recovers After Three Years Illness
Mrs H A Apama of Little Rock Arkansas reports long illness after her last baby, saying seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She now manages a large family and urges others to use the remedy, claiming it helped her feel well again.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lydia
E. Pinkham
H.A. Apama
Arkansas
Appreciation of Art to Be Main Y C L Project Says Pierre
The South Dakota Young Citizens League will make art appreciation the major project for the coming year with library, school grounds, music and decorum programs continuing. D C Mills notes 38,472 youths served as officers. total receipts 40,572.73. major expenditures include pianos, playgrounds, school equipment and landscaping plans. Reports incomplete but loyalty and cooperation among pupils teachers and county superintendents praised.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Young Citizens League
D. C. Mills
U. GC. S
Mi Se
Y. C. IL
Mills
Y.C. L
Stanley County Extension Team Wins Three-County Contest
Stanley County’s extension team won a district contest with teams from Sully and Hughes counties. Newell Potter County Extension Agent served as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley County
Blunt
Sully
Hughes
Potter County
Newell
Watertown H S Head To Go To Michigan
Arthur J. Erickson longtime Watertown educator, principal of the senior high for three years and of the junior high for three years, was released from his contract after being offered the combined principalship of the Ironwood Michigan junior and senior high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
H. S. Head
Michigan
Arthur J. Erickson
Board of Education
Board Grants Release to Pursue Better Offer
A board approved his release to allow him to seek a superior contract. The decision enables the player to explore opportunities with potentially enhanced terms and exposure.
Wheat Yields Reported Near Geddes Farms
Geddes reports show Pearl Hand farm yielding twenty eight bushels per acre and the Beeler and Mokress Land Co. field farmed by John Schults averaging thirty three bushels per acre marking strong local wheat production in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geddes
Pearl Hand
Beeler and Mokress Land Co
John Schults
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W. PL Beard
Lydia E. Pinkham
al N. Ford
Iessay
Manufacturers and Employers Association of
Agriculture
South, Dakota
Goetz Country Club
M. K. Goetz
C. Penney di O
Oxford
Emfort
Walter Tan
Oxfords
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