Wool Market Records Volume in Western South Dakota
Belle Fourche and Newell warehouses reported the heaviest wool sales in western South Dakota history last week. About 5 million pounds stored in the two towns largely sold at 30 to 31 cents per pound, with Newell selling roughly 2 million pounds. A Montana of sales exceeded 180,000 pounds at 34 cents to Eisenmann Inc of Boston. Additional sales totaling about 2 million pounds occurred in Newcastle Moorcroft Gillette and Bowman in Wyoming and North Dakota, within the Belle Fourche marketing territory.
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Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Newell
Boston
Belle
Fourche
Devereaux, Burke and Sheridan
Eisenmann, Inc
Newcastle
Moorcroft
Gillette
Wyoming
Bowman
N. D
Regional Apple Production Clip Across Plains
North of Belle Fourche and 60 miles east of Newell the region covers the northeastern corner of Wyoming the southeastern corner of Montana and Butte Harding Lawrence Meade and Perkins counties in western South Dakota. Estimated South Dakota production this year is 11 249 000 pounds with three quarters grown in the west river area. More than half the state s entire production is marketed in Belle Fourche and Newell.
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Belle Fourche
Newell
Wyoming
Montana
Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and
Perkins
South Dakota
West River
Rattlesnakes Show No Age From Rattle Count
Rattlesnakes may gain three or four rattles per year as they shed, but the number of rattles cannot reliably indicate age. Additionally, most American steel is consumed domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Blind man runs his own thriving filling station
Corin th Miss Aug 27 blind since birth 50 year old J A Odle operates a one stop service filling station. He uses sensitive ears to gauge gallons and reads the bill by raised letters. Odle directs its building 18 months ago and has worked as miller rancher garage tuner and piano organ repairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Miss
J.A. Odle
Odle
Star Spangled Buoy Missing From Waves
Baltimore officials question whether the Star Spangled Banner buoy ever existed at Fort McHenry anchorage during the 1814 bombardment. Old yachtsmen recall sightings with conflicting dates. Captain Rich claims placing a three foot diameter eight foot tall can buoy in Chesapeake Bay for the 1914 centennial. It was moored between Fort Carroll and River View Park before likely washing away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
William H. Rich
Sentinel
Chesapeake Bay
Riehl
Fort Carroll
Old Riverview Park
Rainfall in Frankfort Reaches 0.30 Inches
Frankfort recorded 0.30 inches of rain on Saturday. Dr. A. B. Hawes, unofficial observer, logged the rainfall, bringing the year total to 19.11 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
A. B. Hawes
Aid Society to Meet Thursday in Church Basement
The Ladies Aid Society holds its next regular meeting in the church basement Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Herry Miller and Mrs. Victor Dablin will be hostesses for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonilla
Ladies Aid Society
Herry Miller
Victor Dablin
Dead Past Hoax Leaves Copper Bar Worthless
Benson Arizona August 27 Wiley Langston digging in his garden unearthed a heavy metal jar wrapped in burlap stamped .859 ounces 14603. He valued it at 30000 dollars but a Tucson assayer found the bar was nearly solid copper. Older residents recalled a 45 year old con where a stranger tempted two partners to buy gold bullion that proved copper, yielding a loss.
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Benson
Ariz
Wiley Langston
Tucson
It Must Have Been The Heat It Must Have Been The Heat
AP Feature Service notes summer mischief by animals and people across Missouri and Kansas. Skunks at Arthur Frey’s near Trenton share a pan with pets. A couple necking on Sedalia courthouse lawn. not feathered birds. Turkeys in Byers Missouri become oil stuck after crossing a road. Terrapins visit Smith gardens at Fort Scott and Lamar seasonally. Heat drives animals to cucumber patches as two Smith families observe ongoing antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Frey
Trenton
Sedalia
Harry Graff
Byers
Kas
Smith
Guy Smith
Fort Scott
Oscar Smith
Lamar
Yukon Gold Streams Through Dredges Shift
Yukon placer fields still hold vast gold reserves after 108,078 ounces produced in the year ending March 31 as Canadian Mines and Resources reports the Klondike remains rich. Dredges replace pan and rocker methods, with old diggings still yielding. In nearby scenes, Merle Woods battles a fox in Scottsbluff and Jose suffers a hunting accident near Pawnee Buttes as heat, pursuit, and a rifle mishap lead to a hospital stay.
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Yukon
Ottawa
Canadian Mines and Resources Department
Klondike Sill
Klondike
Glass stopper test alters gold alloys
A test of gold uses a glass stopper with nitric acid. The acid untouched gold remains unchanged while alloys acquire color changes.
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S. D
Schenley Distillers Corp. Kry
Maxwell
Gus” Schrader
Jack Benny
Benny
Huron
Beere
Saey
Habicht
Habicht’s
Carole King
Ilia
Betty Rose Coats
Odette
Patricia Pat
Men’s Shoes Badger
Freeman
Robbe
Brown-Hill
Union
Robert E. Geiger
Nebraska
Merle Woods
Scottsbluff
Mr. Reynaré
Jose
Pawnee Buttes
Colorado
Fuzzy
Eid
Cam
Esa County
U.S
Rigg Fabre
Priscilla
Others
Puritan Alameda
Genee Corona
Wagner
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