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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1929
Page
2
J M Duus of Yankton says he owned the first automobile in the state and has just bought his fifth car. He bought his first vehicle in 1901, a one cylinder machine with a 4% horsepower gasoline engine weighing 650 pounds and capable of 10 to 15 miles per hour under good weather, reportedly costing over $800.
Pierre Aug 13 The highway commission reports South Dakota road construction has passed peak activity for the 1929 summer program with more projects completed than begun August opens. Details include gravel surfacing on U S 212 and State No 45, culverts bridges and grading on State No 41, and surfacing on several segments near Ip aswich and Wesington Springs.
Major C W Coursey of Mitchell is proposed for junior vice commander in chief by the South Dakota Spanish War Veterans. A. R. Schlosser says the plan will be discussed at the state picnic and a delegation will push for his national election at the Denver encampment September 8 to 11. The South Dakota delegation was chosen at Rapid City. The veterans' annual picnic will be at Glenwood Springs park on the James river near Mitchell on August 13.
Sully County Fair books for the seventh annual fair were distributed this week. Officers of the fair association include President C. E. Byrum Vice President Luthar Nelson Secretary A J Norgaard and Treasurer M R Brown.
Specs stimulate cash trade as the Dimboss men of Tulare award prizes every two weeks. First prize is a tattooed calf valued at $26, won by Roy Gotzke Elmer Meyer Ernest Polak and Herman Roober among others.
Peter Wallner, a farmer eight and a half miles east of Hitchcock, is likely to remain in Huron Hospital for about two weeks after injuring his leg while repairing a granary on his farm. He accidentally stepped back and severed a tendon near the ankle.
Ammonia fumes blanketed Carthage after an ice machine exploded at the Alley market. No one was in the room and no serious injuries occurred, though the market was out of operation for a period.
The Rev. Mr. Crellin resigns from the Carthage pastorate effective October 1 as he and his family take a vacation in the east visiting Ohio and New York departments. The resignation was sent from the church.
At the first regular meeting of Onida school officials J. S. Foster was chosen president Earl Hardwick vice president and W. L. Clair clerk. New member Mrs Minnie Zimmer was sworn in replacing Charles Phares who served sixteen years on the board.
A South Dakota exhibition project mounts prints of famous American pictures purchased with Federation of Women’s Clubs funds. The set, chosen by a state art committee, includes fifty years of works and one etching. First shown at the state federation meeting in October, prints will then go to clubs for display.
Iweroving Ashton Aug 13 Special Mrs W H Francis of this city is recovering from an operation for the removal of tonsils at a Redfield hospital.
Volga prepares a two day Golden Jubilee August 22 and 23 with speakers Congressman Roy Townson and Carl Trygstad. A Volga Anniversary March by Carl Christenson will debut, plus two baseball games, street events, a dance, a historical pageant of 800 participants, a 40 page commemorative Volga Tribune, a community picnic, dinner, and sightseeing tour.
A large crowd gathered at Sully lake for a benefit program in a natural amphitheater. Speakers included Royal C. Johnson and Frank Kriebs. The operetta Miss Cherry Blossom featured 50 local performers led by Cetile Reinschmidt and others with Sylvia Adams as accompanist directed by Mrs. Frank Frahm.
Alei da Romberg of Fremont Nebraska sues Dr. D. O. Church and C. H. Roening of Big Stone City in federal court for 50000 damages claiming severe burns from electrical treatment at a Big Stone City clinic. The incident occurred in Sioux Falls on August 13.
Milbank hosts the first annual achievement day for Grant county 4 H girls on August 24 in the city auditorium. Demonstration team contests will pit seven clubs against each other for the county title, with winners advancing to face teams from Clark and other districts.
The Codington district championship yields two winning teams that will be sent to the state fair for further competition.
Prospects for a corn crop around Ashton look brighter today than recently as showers in the latter part of last week helped the crop. Several farmers in the vicinity have already finished threshing. Mrs. W. L. Brockway of Ashton is reported to be recovering satisfactorily from an operation at a Huro hospital.
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