South Dakota Wool Output Sets 1940 Record
Brookings reports a 1940 wool boom with 11,249,000 pounds shorn from 1,305,000 sheep, the highest on record though one third of the crop remains unsold. Eastern counties yielded more sheep while average fleece weights varied. U S total wool output climbs to 388,692,000 pounds, the largest drop on record in 1940.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Evan V. Jones
Sioux Falls
United States
Northwest States
Wisconsin
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Birth of Daughter Gloria Ann Skelton at Willow Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skelton announce the birth of a daughter named Gloria Ann at Willow Lake, delivery occurred Sunday August 11 with the birth noted in the August 15 special.
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Willow
Sioux Falls Youth Wins National Gond Drivers League Award
Pierre Aug 1947 Jim Conway a 16 year old Sioux Falls youth won the South Dakota Ford Gond Drivers League contest and will receive a special Youth 3 license plate for a national competition in New York late this month. Secretary Olive Rings tad will issue the plate without a county code showing he represents the state. The plate will bear the number 5900. Conway is eligible for a $5000 prize and a scholarship.
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S. D
Pierre
Jim Conway
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
New York
Olive Ringstad
Conway
Farm Population Dropped Across South Dakota in Decade
Brookings Aug 15 Over 42,000 people moved from South Dakota farms in the 1920 1940 decade according to W F Kumlien. Preliminary census data show 63 counties gained or lost population differently with Black Hills counties adding residents. Lawrence County led gains at 37.1 percent due to gold mining while Minnehaha County and Sioux Falls accounted for major urban growth.
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Brookings
South Dakota
W. IF. Kumlien
South Dakota Ag
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Bureau of Census
Missouri River
Anches
Kumlien
Black Hills
Custer
Pennington
Lawrence
West River
Shannon
Minnehaha County
Sioux Falls
Potter County Fair Set for August with 4-H and Indian exhibits
Potter County Fair will run August 19 20 21 at Gettysburg with revival this year. The exhibit building is under repairs and will soon be ready. 4-H clubs will present a play and Indian exhibits will be on display. Extension clubs arranged a program The Songs We Sing. A carnival company will be present and there will be daily dances at the American Legion Hall with Pierre Capitol fans providing music.
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Potter County
Gettysburg
American Legion Hall
Pierre Capitol
Beadle County Real Estate Transfers Summary
Irene D. Hillmer transfers land to Exama Freeman M D in NE 3 113 61. William G Tolman conveys Lot 11 Block 2 Second Addition to Yale South Dakota to Mrs William Tolman in Huron South Dakota for $1. Wipt.
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Beadle County Real Estate
Irene D. Hillmer
Exama Freeman
M. D
William G. Tolman
William
O. Tolman
Huron
S. D
Yale
Hot Weather Care For Chickens In Summer
Brookings reports poultry expert W. Wilson outlines hot weather practices to protect egg production. Ensure abundant cool water, proper ventilation, shade, and strategic feeding with copper mash at noon and evening. Provide extra nests, ample roost space, and allow poultry to roam in shade or corn fields to maintain growth and prevent production loss.
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Brookings
W. ©. Wilson
State College Poultry Department
Start Conservation Practices In Fall Says County Agent
Beadle County extension agent Leonard Ladd urges farmers to begin conservation practices in fall. Key tasks include destroying hopper eggs by plowing and field work, water diversion structures, contour guidelines, basin listing, weed control, and establishing color farming plans in stubble fields to ease spring work and help technicians service more farms.
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Leonard L. Ladd
Beadle
Ladd
Beadle County
Youth Rally Attendance Noted at Wessington Event
Chris tat Church attended a Youth Rally in Wessington last Saturday with young participants. The brief item records local church youth activity and community involvement.
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Christat Church
Wessington
President Edge names Brightman as new instructor at Dakota Wesleyan
Professor Howard H. Brightman of Boston Mass is added to the Dakota Wesleyan University staff as instructor in English and sociology for the 1940 41 school year. Born in Lincoln Neb his father taught at Nebraska Wesleyan University and he has since 1919 been professor of philosophy at Boston University. He earned a B S from Boston University attended Treitschirs Gymnasium in Berlin did graduate work at Northwestern University and later earned a master's in education at Boston University.
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Edge
Howard H. Brightman
Boston
Mass
Dakota Wesleyan University
Brightman
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Boston University
Treitschirs Gymnasium
Berlin
Germany
Northwestern University
Six Births And Six Deaths In Hand For July
SOULER Aug 1 Special Births and deaths in Hand County show six births and six deaths in July. Newborns include a son to Leonard Dean Miller and a daughter to B. H. Rawson Gann Watson to Royal G. Matson and a son to James C. Everett St Lawrence, a daughter to Gradus Albers St Lawrence, and a daughter to Thomas Hasart Ree Height. Deceased include the Rev Albert Reiman El Weatherford, Adolph Lenz 59 St Lawrence, Glenn Dynes 21 St Lawrence, Kate Baloun 89 Highmore, Pearl W Fred Murphy Miller, and Cha Servers 70 Miller. Marriage licenses issued to Carl Johanson Vivian Yearaus Miller, Robert Hancock Edna Haberling Miller, John Meyer Eileen Berdon Miller. Additionally 18 births prior to the vital statistics law are noted.
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Leonard Dean
Miller
B. H. Rawson
Gann Watson
Royal G. Matson
James C. Everett
St. Lawrence
Gradus Albers
Thomas Hasart
Ree Height
Albert Rei
Man
Weatherford
Oklo
Adolph Lenz
Glenn Dynes
Kate Baloun
Highmore
Pearl W Fred Murphy
St. Miller
Cha
Carl Johanson
Vivian Yearaus
Robert Hancock
Edna Haberling
John Meyer
Eileen
Erdon
Miller Band Members Plan Camp Sessions and Concerts
Miller, Aug. 15 Special. A large number of Miller Band members will attend summer band camps. Francis Schwartz has joined Vandercock School of Music at Spearfish for two weeks. About 13 youths will attend St. Lawrence Band Camp in St. Lawrence next week. The Miller Band will skip its Aug. 22 concert, while the St. Lawrence group will give a concert on Miller auditorium lawn Aug. 23. The band also plans to perform on Governors Day at the State Fair in Huron.
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Miller Band
Miller
Francis Schwartz
Vandercock
Auditorium Lawn
Miller‘Band
Huron
Paving contract awarded to Sioux Falls firm links Sioux Falls
Pierre Aug 15 The state highway paving contract for 10,099 miles of Highway 38 between Sioux Falls and northwest lows was awarded to C A Wagner Construction Co of Sioux Falls for 275,288 25 dollars. Bids opened Tuesday and approval by federal roads administration followed. The firm will use state cement and crush rock. The commission also awarded Summit Construction Co Rapid City 30,227 34 dollars for base course and oil surfacing 4,013 miles of US 14 and 16 east and west of the Cheyenne River near Wasta in Pennington County.
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Sioux Falls
Pierre
Lows
C. A. Wagner Construction Company
Federal Roads Administration
State Highway Commission
Summit Construction Company
Rapid City
Wasta
Pennington County
Favorable Crop Yields Reported At Faulkton
Faulkton reports harvest near finish with a favorable crop outlook. Early threshing shows small grains performing well after a light grasshopper season. Wheat yields run 10 to 16 bushels acre, barley around 20, corn not exceptional due to July heat and moisture shortage, but forage crops look strong for rough feed this winter.
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Faulkton Faulkton
Ryan
S D Indians Rally With Governor Talk At Kyle Event
Sioux nations from South Dakota reservations gather for a three day Republican rally in Kyle August 22 23 24. The program opens with Governor Bushfield State Chairman Glenn Martens Denny Cosgrove and others. Aug 23 features State Treasurer W G Douglas Auditor W W Warner and Lead Commissioner Earl W Haimmerquist. Final day guest list includes additional speakers and officials.
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S. D
W.G. Douglas
W. W. Warner
Earl W. Haimmerquist
Irrigated Field Yields Record Crop in Belle Fourche
John Kindslater operates an irrigated farm near the sugar refinery and reports top yields for oats at 112 bushels per acre, wheat 48, and barley 59. He irrigated twice, first at six inches high and again when heads formed, with 23 acres in grain as an experiment. Also notes council attendees and mountain peaks in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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Belle Fourche
John Kindslater
Farmers Warned Of Hog Cholera
Pierre August 15 warning farmers about threshing season hog cholera. Health authorities urge avoid sharing labor across neighbor hog lots to prevent virus spread via equipment and wheels, noting outbreaks rise over two years and unvaccinated herds face loss before marketing.
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Pierre
American Foundation For ‘Animal Health
Foundation
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