Big Machinery Display At Fair
South Dakota’s agricultural outlook gains boost as the 1940 State Fair will feature nearly double the farm machinery displays from last year. Returning firms include Allis Chalmers International Harvester and John Deere with newcomers Minneapolis Mol ine Plow and J I Case Company. Demonstrations on Machinery Town will run during the six day exposition September 2 to 7.
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South Dakota
C. B. Hansen
Hansen
Allis Chalmers Company
International Harvester Company
John Deere Company
Minneapolis Moline Plow Company
J T. Case Company
Temporary Pastor Is Honored At Bancroft
In Bancroft Orthodox Presbyterian Church a picnic dinner honored Henman Petersen, who will visit his Nebraskan parents then teach at Peniel Bible Conference New York. He has been filling in for Rev Gordon who is on vacation. In Redfield Dr and Mrs Hadidian return to Worcester Massachusetts after a month with Jatters family. Dr Hadidian resumes Clark University duties while Mrs Hadidian stays as psychology research assistant.
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Bancroft Bancroft
Sperialy
Henman Petersen
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Petersen
Tilden
Neb
Peniel Bible Conference
Lake Larzerne
N.Y
AG Gordon
Massachusetts
Redfield
Hadidian
Worcester
Mass
Jatters
BR. Humeston
Clark University
Hadidson
Visit St Paul Frankfort Family Weekend Trip
Mr and Mrs N F King and Mr and Mrs Ray Andrews with their daughter Barbara spent the weekend in St Paul at Lola Karter home. Mrs Ine Michels returned Sunday after visiting Wabassa Minnesota at daughter Milton Motley home.
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ST. Paul Frankfort
N. F. King
Ray Andrews
Barbara
St. Paul
Lola Karter
iKing
Ine Michels
Wabassa
Minn
Milton Motley
Spink County Vital Statistics Reported Births Marriages Deaths
Redfield August report lists eight births nine marriages and ten deaths between July 10 and August 10. Names include Robert Fred Housh Vincent Steward Loretta Eleanor Woodfork Delbert Jean Zarneke Gregory Pal mer Mary Deneigh Strover and others. Marriages record pairs from Redfield Ashton Ghent Wakonda and more with dates July 15 to August 8. Notable deaths include Herman Meyer Grace Underhill Lawrence Clemens and Augusta Goellen among others.
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Spink Redfield
Spink County
Po Courts
Lewis J. Howard
Robert Fred
Glen Housh
Redfield
Vincent Steward
Clarence L. Davis
Loretta Eleanor
Oscar Woodfork
Doland
Ralph Zarneke
Gerald Kent
Morris Palmer
Mellette
Delbert Jean
Harry A. Tiff
Mary Deneigh
Lawrence Ktapperich
Conde
Harold Strover
Ashton
Maurice Wood
Evelyn Anderson
Otto Beardemphl
Mildred Siebrect
Herman Meyer
Crandon
Grace Leona Underhill
Frankfort
Lawrence Edward Clemens
Northville
George William ‘Hugh
Win‘field Scott Reed
Charles Deitrich Pelless
Melvette
Augusta
Caroline Goellen
Redfeld
Maybelle Roberta Edgecombe
Minneapolis
Minn
Dorothea C. Jessen
Rede
Christopher W. Walker
Miller Girl Injured in Knife Fall Shows Rapid Recovery
Florance Hell, a 13 year old Miller girl, fell on a butcher knife she carried and severed a jugular vein. She was initially given little chance of survival, but hospital authorities credit her sister with packing the wound with flour to slow the bleeding. She is now rapidly improving and near release within days.
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Miller
Florance Hell
Miler
Pollution claims rise in Sioux Falls river damage case
Twelve more claims totaling 72000 against the city of Sioux Falls for river pollution damage were filed in the city auditor's office and will be presented to the city commission. The total pending claims reach 480000. Claimants are farm property owners along the Sioux River below the sewage disposal plant.
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Sioux Falls
City Commission
Sioux River
Grain Yields High Across Bancroft Area
Threshing progresses with wheat averaging eight to sixteen bushels per acre and grain quality high. Oats run 25 to 30 bushels, barley 15 to 20, rye six to ten. Corn prospects look promising as harvest continues.
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Bancroft
Barney
Rge
Social Notes from Huron County Towns
Lane and Blunt residents travel for family visits while relatives gather in Lane, Blunt, Wellington, St Lawrence, Tulare, Yale, and nearby towns. Local moves include Burns and Moon family visits, a clothing store position in Wessington Springs, and plans for trips to North Carolina and Illinois.
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St, Lawrence
James Carter
North Carolina
Ardith Moon
Illinois
Lottie Eaton
Miller
Arthur Moon
Modern Jack McCall Pays Fine and Gives Up Driving
RAPID CITY. Aug. 147 The latest version of The Trial of Jack McCall was held in Rapid City Monday afternoon. Alvin Erickson, who plays Jack McCall in the melodrama, pleaded guilty to public intoxication before Municipal Judge W. W. Soule. He was fined $100 with half suspended on condition he does not drive in Pennington County for a year.
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Jack McCall
Rapid City
Wild Bill Hickok
Saloory No. 10
Deadwood
Jack
McCaill
W. W. Soule
Territorial
Yankton
Pennington County
Alvin Erick~son
Jack Call
Soule
Sioux City
Hitchcock Visitors Honored At Party
Mrs A P Schieb of Elkton and daughter Hulda of Chicago visited Alvin Schieh and friends in Hitchcock last Friday. Hostesses Esther Swartz and Helen Cleland led a Saturday evening party at the Swartz home honoring Hulda Shiel and Juanita Kingdon of Sioux Falls plus Mrs Lucile Bender of Gackle ND. Nine guests attended with bridge and visiting, lunch served by the hostesses.
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Hitchcock
A. P. Schieb
Elkton
Hulda
Chicago
Alvin Schieh
Esther Swartz
Helen Cleland
Swartz
Hulda Shiel
Juanita Kingdon
Sioux Falls
Lucile Bender
Gackle
Bridge
Honor Roland Meyer At Wolsey Gathering
A gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs William Meyer honored Roland Meyer on leave from the U S Navy at Bremerton Washington Honolulu Hawaii. Richard Peterson of Silver City New Mexico attended as an honored guest. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Peterson and Mr and Mrs Lee Crossman of Wessington. Meyer will depart next Sunday for his ship.
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Peterson
Lee Crossman
Wessington
Roland Meyer
Hens Stolen From Charles Trenary Farm
About 30 laying hens valued at $23 were stolen from the Charles Trenary farm last Saturday evening in Lake Preston. No clue to their whereabouts has been found. Dr. V. R. Krueger, recently opening an office in the Phinney Building, was appointed county doctor to care for relief patients in this area, succeeding Dr. F. W. Overjdahl.
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Lake Preston
Charles Trenary
V. R. Krueger
Phinney Building
F. W. Overjdahl
Railroad Employes Hold Gathering At Ruskin Park
Ruskin Park hosted a gathering of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad Funis Springs Service Club members. The event featured a business meeting, musical performances by local artists, readings, and community singing followed by dancing and supper at Dowell Cafe. Attendees included Aberdeen officials and railroad staff and their families.
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Urestburg
Specelal
Funius Springs
Chicago, Milwaukee
R J. Cook
Norma Jean Jones
Wessington Springs
Willard Briggs
Forestburg
Elaine Burrill
Kenneth Gebhart
Leslie Young
Aberdeen
R. A. Burns
Frank Kowalski
Madison
Roy Mathies
Dowdell Cafe
Kingsbury County Rural Schools To Open Sept 2
Kingsbury County will reopen 82 rural schools on September 2, matching last year in number. One south of De Smet closes due to a single pupil remaining. Spring Lake Township sees a revival of a school south of Arlington, with two new or nearing completion modern buildings and extensive repairs countywide, especially No. 2 west of Arlington.
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Kingsbury
Lake Preston
Kingsbury County
de Smet
Spring Lake Township
Arlington
No. 2
Fined For Violating Grain Hauling Rates
SIOUX FALLS Aug 14 J Hirchert inspector for the Stsia Public Utilities Commission reports three Avon men fined on a grain transport rate violation. Art Eggers LaValle Meires and Fred Daws paid 50 dollar fines with suspended 30 day jail terms. Chester Stickler Continuance Aug 22. Violators accepted elevator rates of 2 1/2 cents per bushel while the minimum rate was 1 cent per hundred pounds. The rule covers market movement not farm to market.
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Sioux Falls
J. Hirchert
Stsia Public Utlities Commission
Avon
Art Eggers
LaValle Meires
Fred Daws
Springfield
Chester Stickler
Hirchert
State Commission
Seek Share Of Defense Funds For Midwest
Sioux Falls Junior Chamber of Commerce urged South Dakota lawmakers to back preparedness funding and attend the Midwest Defense Council meeting in Kansas City on August 30. The group notes only 5,343,056 dollars of federal defense orders have reached the Midwest versus 1,875,000,000 dollars to the East and Far West.
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Bimum Falls
Aus
Midwest
Sioux Falls
Work Starts at Yale to Repair Lane Storm Damage
Work to repair damage from last week’s storm has begun in and around Lane. Windmills were first to be repaired to obtain water while threshing delays slowed other work. Insurance companies adjust losses under policies. The Lane Methodist Church and its property are under repair and expected to finish soon.
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Yale
Lane
Closing program ends Hitchcock Bible School session
Hiacenatica August 14 Special Commencement exercises followed the two week daily Bible School at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church. Pupils and teachers performed a play Wanted a Sunday School with readings by Connie Gordon and Dorothy Alger. Certificates of attendance were awarded to thirty four pupils, ten with perfect attendance cards.
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Hiacenatica
Presbyterian Church
Werren Shroves
Methodist Church
al P. Whitt
Beira Gross
Davis Meyer
Connie Gordon
Dorothy Alger
Janice Rodman
Marilyn Trebian
Marvin Mortimer
Lake Preston Doctor Sentenced for Intoxication and Guns
Dr. F W Overdahl pleaded guilty before Judge J H Dickey to intoxication and displaying firearms. He received 70 days in county jail and a $25 fine, with all but 20 days suspended on payment of the fine.
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Lake Preston
J. H. Dickey
F.W. Overdahl
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Mabel
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Elgin
Mr. Winegar
Silliman
Schuberg
Emma Winegar
Weesington Springs
Will Schwabauer
Norma
Blunt
Harold Carlson
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Martin Hotter
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Ed Mailer
August
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Snyder
Arthur Moller
Fremont
John Havekost
Lincoln
Herman Heinie
Pender
Bertha Hawkost
Laurel
Tulare
L.C. Sharp
Lester Simmons
Hagle, Col
Bancrofs
Leonard Rabenberg
Canistota
Mr. Rabenberg
L.C. Rabenberg
FL W. Marsh
Mitchell
Charles Mason
Neil Marsh
George Hess
Eugene Waller
Ed Lovely
Lloyd Allison
Columbia
Thhey
Theo
Dore Schultz
ST. Lawrence
Margaret Humphrey
Streater
Melvin Ellis
A. F. Armstrong
Rochester
Richard Howard
Harlow Howard
Ted Kuehl
Canton
Wiliam Kuehl
Adolph Kuehl
Huron
Carl Harding
Wallace
Austin
Mahlon Walker
George Price
Erwin Price
Corrine
Marjorie
Charles Meyers
Mary
Beth
Ben Hagmann
Nelms ‘Walker
Ala
Wolsey
Herman Banse
French Jungemann
Ellendale, N. D
Mrs. Banse
Railroad
Ruskin Park
Laurence S. Betts
Waibel
Royal Crown Cola
Nehi Bottling CO
Royal Crown
Nebi Corp
Kansas
Hitchcock Bible School
Northwest Finance Co
NH. W. Nall Bank Bidg
B. A. Kiser
Mgr
Montgom,mery Ward
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