Study On Vitamin D For Cows At State College
Brookings reports dairy department researchers at State College testing vitamin D deficiency in cows to learn if winter sun exposure can improve bone health. The study, begun last December, uses night exercise and blood plasma tests in rats to gauge cow vitamin D status and potential practical guidance for winter rations.
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Brookings
Dec
Miss America
State College Dairy Department
G. C. Wallis
Dairy Department
State College‘ Dairy Department
Wallis
Mission group to meet Hitchcock with Christmas party
The Werner’s Foreign Missionary Society will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E E Dubois. Mrs. Bessie Anderson is the program leader. A Christmas party will follow the business session with a gift exchange. The Wessington Rebekahs report a Thanksgiving dance netted 114 dollars for lodge officials.
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Hitchcock
Werner’s Foreign Missionary Society
E.E. Dubois
Bessie Anderson
Wessington
Wessington Rebekahs
School Officers Meeting slated at courthouse
Faulkton December 4 Special The annual school officers meeting will be held at the courthouse on December 15 in the afternoon. County superintendent Mrs Baton announced Supt J F Hines of Pierre will attend. Fourteen thousand teeth make up the digestive process of the common garden snail.
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Faulkton
Batteen
J. F. Hines
Pierre
Faulk Farmers Host Soil Saving Practice Tryout
C D Tanner of Miranda with South Dakota Extension and Conservation Service spearheads a pasture seed ing and contour listing project. Six acres will be basin listed with contour furrowing and sown to various grasses. J A Keller conducts a second contour plowed ten acre field east of town with a mix of crested and Western wheat grasses and other species. H Schilder and son Wayne operate a contour plan project nearby.
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Aulkton
C.D. Tanner
Miranda
Huron
South Dakota Extension and Conservation Service
J. A. Keller
H. Schilder
Wayne
Miss Zella Baum Honored At Wellington Party
Mrs. A. C. Prentice and Mrs. Alfred Prentice hosted a Friday afternoon event for Miss Zela Baum soon to wed Harold Davis of Platteville Wisconsin. Contest prizes went to Mrs. Henry Thieman and Mrs. Clifford Bothwell. The bride-to-be received many useful gifts as refreshment was served.
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Zella Baum
Wellington
Der
A. C. Prentice
Alfred Prentice
Zela Baum
Harold Davis
Platteville
Wis
Henry Thieman
Clifford Bothwell
Ed Baum
Faulkton Club Joins Prep Press League
Faulkton journalism club under Miss Forsford joins South Dakota high School Press Association. SDHSPA gathers journalism clubs statewide and publishes the monthly High School Editor with news of achievements and critiques for high school papers.
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Faulkton
Journalism
Miss Forsford
South Dakota High School Press Association
Sdhspa
Potter farmers collect for 1939 crop losses
In Gettysburg on December 4 a special report states eighty six indemnities were paid to Potter County farmers for 1938 crop losses under the federal crop insurance program. Benefits total 15 373 bushels with a cash value of 8 099 85 dollars. Mellie Fleeger of Lakefield Minnesota visits her parents in Willow Lake over the weekend.
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Potter
Gettysburg
Potter County
James J. O'Connell
Willow Lake
Mellie Fleeger
Lakefield
Minn
A. B. Fleeger
Yale Visit by Gaughran Family from Austin Minn
Mrs William Gaughran and her children of Austin Minnesota spent Thanksgiving and the weekend visiting relatives in Yale.
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YALE
Bec
William Gaughran
Children of
Austin, Minn
Visitors from Hastings Honor Wellington Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Larson and their children from Hastings Nebraska are guests of Mrs. Larson's parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crops in Wellington.
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Wellington
Ray Larson
Hastings, Neb
Howard Crops
Not Even Trace Of Rain In Forestburg For November
The U S Observer reports no moisture during November, a rare event in six years. Normal rainfall here is .72 inches, with year to date total at 16.81 inches, 4.06 below the yearly average. Soil is very dry, rye largely germinated poorly, corn husking finished. Temperatures ranged from 14 to 72 degrees, with 23 days above 40 degrees. Stock conditions improved as some roughage was fed.
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U. S
S. S. Judy
Driest November In Old Timbels Memory Sparks Local Remarks
Old Timbers residents recall November as the driest in memory with only a trace of rain in the first week. The month was unusually mild with calm spells keeping windmills idle. December arrived with strong winds, while soil largely protected by vegetation held steady. a Thanksgiving weekend Iowa visit by Will Vollenweider and others is noted with family stops in Lawton and Whiting.
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Bluml
Guests at William Austin home gather from nearby towns
Special report from Bancroft notes Thursday guests visiting the William Austin home include John White of Sioux Falls Hazel Miller Arlet Woog Cora Miller and Rinehart Hector from Estelline and Donald Peterson of Bancroft all listed as visitors to the residence on that day.
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Bancroft
William Austin
John White
Sioux Falls
Hazel Miller
Arlet Woog
Parker
Cora Miller
Rinehart Hector
Estelline
Donald Peterson
Dirksen Guests Visit Bancroft Family Home
Mr and Mrs Albert Dirksen of Fulda Minnesota and Viola Dirksen of Clark were guests at the Ralph Dirksen home in Bancroft last Thursday. Edward Dirksen who had been working in Fulda returned home with them.
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Bancroft Bancroft
Albert Dirksen
Fulda
Minn
Viola Dirksen
Clark
Ralph Dirksen
Edward Dirksen
Dust Storm Ushers in December at Lake Preston
One of the heaviest dust storms of the year ushered December in at Lake Preston. The day began with springlike warmth and calm, then a south wind intensified and shifted to the northwest, lifting dust into clouds. A midafternoon light snowfall followed, then a sharp temperature drop.
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Preston
De Smet Nazarenes To Have New Church
The Nazarene congregation meeting in Klinkel's hall will gain a church of its own. The structure is being moved in sections from Rockham to a First Street site. Earl Pounds of Mozlison district supervises the construction.
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DE Smt
Nazarene Congregation
Klinkel’s Hall
Rockham
First Street
Earl Pounds
Mozrlison
Nazerene Church
Lake Preston O. E. S Elects New Officers
At the annual OBS session Beatrice Kerr is named worthy matron and Eleanor Whipkey associate matron. L. J. Lewis is worthy patron with Henry Hendrickson as associate patron. Ming Scott becomes conductress and Ruth Ulrich associate conductress. Dollie Peterman is secretary and Lillian Hendrickson treasurer. Installation with the Masons set for Tuesday night December 12. Willow Lake resident Bartel Nelson leaves for winter visits in Wisconsin and Iowa.
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Lake Preston
OBS
Beatrice Kerr
Eleanor Whipkey
L. J. Lewis
Henry Hendrickson
Ming Scott
Ruth Ulrich
Dollie Peterman
Lillian Hendrickson
Masons
Former sheriff Will Swartz visits De Smet over Thanksgiving
Will Swartz, former Kingsbury County sheriff now residing in Hampton Iowa, traveled to De Smet for the Thanksgiving holidays and stayed as a guest in the John Armstrong home during the visit.
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DE Smet
Will Swartz
Kingsbury County
Hampton
Iowa
John Armstrong
No Inquest Held On Bassett Skeleton
State's Attorney Charles Whiting said the case is closed as far as he is concerned after consulting Bassett relatives. The skeleton found south of Haplocity a year after he vanished from Northport Nebraska suggests a coroner's jury could not determine the death manner. Relatives had urged an inquest, doubting self-inflicted death or voluntary disappearance.
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Charles Whiting
Steve Bassett
Here
Northport
Neb
Whiting
Bassett
Bergstresser Heads to California for Winter Visit
Mrs Bertha Bergstresser left last week for California to visit relatives and friends. She planned a stop in Grand Junction, Colorado to see an aunt before continuing her travels for the winter.
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California
Willow Lake
Bertha Bergstresser
Grand Junction
Cols
Trio Heads to Chicago to Visit Friends
Bernard Maass Sam Glanzer and James Smith Jr left last Wednesday for Chicago to visit friends. Maass returned home Saturday and then went on to Racine Madison Milwaukee and Minneapolis before coming home.
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Chicago
YALE
Bernard Maass
Sam Glanzer
James Smith, Jr
Racine
Madison
Milwaukee
Wis
Minneapolis
Loans Made On Potter Wheat Crop 1939
Forty five loans on Potter County's 1939 wheat crop under the federal crop loan program have been made, county agent James J. O'Connell said. The closing date for loan applications is December. Loans total 160,313 bushels valued at about $119,210 with 53,573 bushels in farm storage and 106,740 bushels in warehouses. Seven other loan applications are pending.
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Potter County
James J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Applications for 1959 farm benefits mailed
Faulkton reports 996 AALS benefit applications mailed to operators with County Agent Douglas Wallace noting more forms with unresolved details will push the total above 1,000. The count reflects early distribution and highlights ongoing processing of payments under the AALS program.
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Faulkton
Douglas Wallace
Healy Family Visiting In Bancroft From Hancock Minn
Mr and Mrs Healy and their family from Hancock Minnesota are spending a few days visiting at the Henry Ruschel home in Bancroft. Mrs Healy and Mrs Ruschel are sisters and the visit strengthens family ties in the community.
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Bancroft Bancroft
Mrs. Healy
Hancock, Minn
Henry Ruschel
Mrs. Rusche
Crop Rotation Is Nothing New
BROOKINGS December 4 Crop rotation soil erosion and soil conservation are not modern topics. Pamphlets date to 1809 from the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture reveals its early focus on rural affairs and agricultural improvement.
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Brookings
State College Library
Philadelphia Society For the Promotion of Agriculture
H. Dean Stallings
State College
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Biddle
Oklahoma City chrysanthemum show crownsTicknor couple
Erected canvas tents and heated with electric lights as part of a display. The Ticknor couple walked away with most honors at the Oklahoma City chrysanthemum show, earning 15 blue ribbons.
Thanksgiving Visit Reach Buffalo Center Friends
Mr and Mrs Arlea Johnson and family and Mr and Mrs 8 J Alberts spent Thanksgiving Day and weekend visiting Mr and Mrs Arthur Cramer in Buffalo Center Iowa.
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Iowa
Willow Lake
Arlea Johnson
J. Alberts
Arthur Cramer
Buffalo Center
Distance Is Your Problem in Northwest Shipping
A historical note discusses long distance hauling from Northwest producers wheat cattle seed potatoes apples to distant markets. It highlights how Great Northern Railway aimed to reduce this cost through efficient transport and full capacity use while criticizing policies that raise per mile costs, subsidies, and unequal regulation.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
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