State Fair to Boom with 47th Exposition Entertainment
South Dakota state fair opens September 14 with a grand program led by La Follies Parisse a musical revue from major productions. Four Hippodrome acts double daily, Jones Exposition Shows bring the largest carnival rides. horse and auto racing feature top purses as the fair runs five days.
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John F. White
South
Pallen
Berg
Elly van de Velde
Mississippi River
South Dakota
Jones Amusement Organization
Minnesota
America
Accident Victim Still In Hospital
Robert Quale an 11 year old Huron boy injured when his car was struck July 27 remained hospitalized today recovering from a fractured skull and a broken collar bone. He was unconscious for about a week but his skull fracture appeared to be improving and he was fully rational though his temperature rose briefly. Doctors feared a possible abscess on the collar bone as of this morning though his condition otherwise remained good.
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Robert Quale
Huron
Quale
Self Defense Is Plea Of Former Prosecutor
Former deputy district attorney and municipal judge candidate David Fi Clark faced cross examination to defend his self defense claim in the killings of Herbert F Spencer and Charles H Crawford. Special prosecutor W J Ford prepared to press questions as the court adjourned amid political intrigue.
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Los Angeles
David Fi
Clark
Herbert F. Spencer
Charles H. Crawford
W. J. Ford
Ford
Hawks Set New Speed Record From Chicago to Roosevelt Field
Captain Frank of the Hawks flew from Chicago to Roosevelt Field in 3 hours 49 minutes, departing at 1 16 p.m. and arriving at 6 05 p.m. The trip previously set at four hours four minutes on a Chicago to Roosevelt Field leg. He returned with an Indian headgear from Hot Springs, South Dakota, where he was named a Sioux tribal chieftain.
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Hawks
Roosevelt Field
Frank Ple
Chicago
Roosevelt Feld
Hot Springs
Paving West Of City Completed And Ongoing
West of the city a seven mile paving strip was finished by Jenison Paving of Rapid City after completing a 20 foot surface near the state fair grounds. A south stretch of one and a half miles awaits materials to begin. officials expect a decision within days. North Dakota progress on a 40 foot roadway from the Chicago and Northwestern tracks to Eighth Street continues, with completion possible by Sunday morning if rock supplies hold.
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Huron
Jenisen Paving Company
Rapid City
Chris Jengen
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Dakota Avenue
Eighth Street
Fourth
Booth
Olson Company
Four In Dell Rapids Family Injured In Crash Near Flandreau
Mr and Mrs John Jensen of Dell Rapids and two children are hospitalized in Flandreau after a car southbound collided with an eastbound vehicle three miles south of Flandreau. Jensen suffered a severe hand cut, Mrs Jensen was badly bruised, the 11 year old boy had a head cut, the 9 year old girl cut on hands and arms, and the 7 year old girl cut on the forehead.
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Dell Rapids
Flandreau
John Jensen
Flandreau Hospital
Here
Jensen
Installment Car Debt Falls Sharply as Slump Persists
C C Hanch of the National Association of Finance Companies reports outstanding automobile installment debt shrank from 964 million dollars in September 1929 to 526 thousand dollars by March 1931, signaling a severe weakness in consumer auto buying under the current slump.
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Chicago
C .C. Hanch
National Association of Finance Companies
Lull Reported in Cuban Fighting Amid Troop Moves
In Havana Aug 14 federal forces push toward Santa Clara as President Machado travels there. Rebels burn a railway station and blow a bridge, rail telegraph lines are cut, and arms seized. The gunboat Baire returned, men deny desertion. Amiel offers amnesty to insurgents within two hours.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Santa Clara Province
Central Station
Francisco Fernandez de Lara
Machado
Santa Clara
United Railways
Agabama
Guaracabaya River
Fomenta
Baez
Baire
Menocal
Emiliano Amiel
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Listed
At the hospitals the admitted include Jake Walters a minor surgical patient and Victor Barden. Dismissed patients are Chet Hoffman from Huron Arthur Johansen from Erwin Knute Saboe from Huron W H Atkinson from Highmore and Lilian Hanson from Huron.
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Jake Walters
Carpenter Minor Surgical
Victor Barden
Chet Hoffman
Huron
Arthur Johansen
Erwin
Knute Saboe
W. H. Atkinson
Highmore
Lillian Hanson
July State Warrants Total 34 Million Reported
Pierre Aug 14 The state auditors office issued 11 178 warrants totaling 2 765 4 44 during July deputy auditor E D Hale announced Gasoline tax refract warrants numbered 5 835 and a payment of 93 06250 Mr Hale announced that the balance by the general fund amounted to 558 385 53 and that the state had 1 000 000 outstanding in tax anticipation warrants
Dry Forces Show Bigger Prohibition Crackdown
Washington reports the July 11 federal dry army produced more and bigger cases than last July. Agents filed 6,623 cases, 5,003 defendants were held, 1,139 jail sentences totaling 452 years were imposed, and fines reached 221,155 dollars. Director Woodcock warned early conclusions are premature. jail terms rose while overall fines were not as large.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Prohibition
Woodcock
Docket Figures Compare Monthly Seizures And Guests At A Home
The report shows month end figures with 1 723 stills seized and 1 639 beer fermenters seized, alongside 395 619 gallons of beer and 9 411 gallons of liquor. Last year these figures were 2 59 and 696 351 gallons of beer and 123 504 gallons of liquor. Mrs. Lee Lawrence of Honolulu and sister Lara Love of Los Angeles are overnight guests of Dr. and Mrs. J C Shirley and plan to depart tomorrow.
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Lee Lawrence
Honolulu
Lara Love
Los Angeles
J. C. Shirley
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White
Jerruld
Wellington Springs
Jerauld County
Duco
Huron Lumber Co
Wia
Ave. S. W
C.S. Laughlin
G. O. Martin
Prohibition Army
F. C. Ohman Newberry Bldg
Huron, S. D
Redfield
S. D
Hustlers
Ever-Glen
A. M. Urquhart Ford Seles and Service
Hart Schaffner
Hart, Schaffner, and
Marx
C.f.koepp &Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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