Candlelighting and Carol Service Wins Local Acclaim
Grace Finley originated the Candlelighting and Carol service at Presbyterian Church. The Wednesday Musicale sponsored the third annual program, drawing a large audience and selling out. Performers included the High School Chorus, Treble Clef Club, and Troubadours, with a dramatic blue-light tableau and a harp solo of Silent Night. The event drew praise for its smooth pacing and festive artistry, while financial proceeds supported a musical scholarship fund.
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Misa Grace Finley
Presbyterian Church
Huron
Finley
Whales High School
Trimmpeters
Helen Buchanan
Byrne
Griffith
Mildred Srish Ag Mary
Wednesday Musicale
A. A. Wollman
Grace Finley
Wollwian
Hospital Admissions And Discharges Listed
At the hospitals a series of brief notices show admissions and discharges including Anna Serbick a minor surgical, Helen Burrside a minor surgical, Alvira Hofer a medical, Mike Walter a medical, Duane Friese dismissed, Mrs Barry Bender, Will Schley and others from Huron and Wolsey.
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Anna Serbick
Carpenter
Helen Burrside
Huron
Alvira Hofer
Mike Walter
Yale
Duane Friese
Wolsey
Barry Bender
Will Schley
Crisis in Britain as King Edward abdicates for Duke of York
A London despatch recounts the monarch's crisis with Prime Minister Baldwin over Wallis Simpson and a proposed Morganatic marriage. Key events span November to December including cabinet meetings, Bishop Blunt's criticism, royal talks at Belvedere and Buckingham Palace, and Baldwin's statements. The sequence culminates December 10 with the Speaker announcing Edward's irrevocable abdication in favor of the Duke of York.
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London
Edward
Stanley Baldwin
Wellis Simpson
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
Bradford
Alfred F. W. Blunt
Fort Belvedere
Belvedere
Mary
York
Gloucester
Kent
Simpson Feft
France
Commons
Queen Mary
Cannes
Dukes of York
Iiing
Cabinet
House of Commons
Duke of York
NEW MONARCH Chronicles of Edward and Bertie contrasted
The piece portrays Edward as a swift, bold doer while Bertie stays home, dutiful and quiet. It recalls Edward’s global travels and his warmth toward others, including a poignant wartime hospital visit where he kissed a maimed veteran’s face, showing genuine compassion.
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Edward
Midas
Wamar
Bertie
Canada
Australia
New Zeland
India
Japan
South America
United States
Prince Charming
Duke of Yorke
England
Hunger and Disease Strikes Cagayan Valley
Government officials rushed supplies into the ravaged Cegayan Valley to combat hunger and disease. Communication facilities remain severed making it hard to estimate casualties.
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Cegayan Valley
Dates That Made English History
London dated report lists notable reign events of King ward VII with scattered entries from January 20 2936 through November. Read like a tabloid timeline including successions, royal visits, a radio broadcast, a revolver incident, Vimy Ridge memorial visit, Adriatic cruise, and inflation of public duties. The piece preserves a historical chronicle tone with bold dates and brief descriptions.
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London
Ward VII
Sanalma
Oll
Drivy Ccameil
Or. Somen's Palace
Tolow
Funere
Empire
Hizo
Fom
Vimy Ridge
Canadian ‘War Memorial
Adriatic
Is Simpson
England
Wales
Shooting Victim Is Buried Today
EAST LANSING Mich Dec 10 A clergyman officiates at funeral for Elizabeth Giltner 25 daughter of a college dean whose romance ended by bullets from a lifelong woman friend Hone Morgan 22 confessed the slaying and sits in jail awaiting mental examination Cantitin David Babcock an army officer was to marry her Saturday The victim was addressing wedding invitations when shot by dean Ward Giltner The detective said Morgan acted on impulse and psychiatrists will test her sanity next week
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Lansing
Mich
Elizabeth Giltner
N. A. McCune
People's Church
Hone Morgan
Counpty Jar
Mise Gilmer
Cantitin David
Babcock
Wards_ Giltner
Harold Mulbar
State Police
Miss Morgan
Miss Giltner
Mulbar
Heroism May Win Boy 500 Award
Eleven year old Jack Cutler of Columbus nominated for the Kate Smith award tonight on the Columbia network for saving his sister from a train. He will receive 110 cash and a scroll if nominated, with a chance to win 300 in New York if chosen by popular vote. Program airs 7 to 8 p m CST via WCCO WBBM or KFAB.
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Jack Cutler
Wyandote Avenue
Columbus
Ohio
Kate Smith
Columbia Network
Jack
Miss Smith
New York
WCCO
Minneapolis
WBBM
Chicago
KFAB
Lincoln
Notice of Sale Foreclosure of Beadle County chattel mortgage
Fulton State Bank of Fulton South Dakota forecloses on a Dodge Truck Engine DB2265 Serial De15786 and a stock rack 8x15 painted red after borrower W E Poling failed to pay 181 24 dollars note with 8 percent interest. Sale set for December 11 1936 at 11 00 am at Market Road between Kansas and Iowa in Huron. Proceeds to satisfy the mortgage debt of 195 77. Attorneys Danforth and Seacat represent the bank.
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W. E. Poling
Fulton State Bank
Fulton
South Dakota
Register of Deeds
Beadle County
South Dakoe
Futton State Bank
Fultor
Mort Gager
North Dakota
Market Road
Kansas Ave
Iowa l Ave
Huron
Beadle
Joe. Reilly
Danforth & Seacat
Royal Drama Cast Names and Ages Amid Empire Crisis
Fragmentary list portrays royal and political figures with ages including King Edward VII, Queen Mary, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, The Duke of York, The Archbishop of Canterbury, Clement Attlee, and Winston Churchill in a crisis context. The garbled text suggests a royal drama cast reflecting a tense period in the empire.
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Royal Drama London
King Edward VII
Walley Warfield
Stanley Baldwin
Queen Mary
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Archbishop of Canterbury
Clement R. Attlee
Winston Churchill
Morganatic Marriage Term Explained in Royal Context
Morganatic marriage, derived from the German morgen gift meaning morning gift, is described as common in Europe but rare in England. It is sometimes called left handed marriage, with children lacking succession rights, though the union is church recognized and binding during the contract.
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Continental
Europe
England
Lohrem Case Continues with McKichan Arrest Fallout
The pheasant shipping case expands as McKichan is arrested after meat shipments from Bonilla to a Chicago roadhouse. Lohrem testifies he merely collected parcels for shipment and that the package was not handed to him by McKichan, leading to further questions in municipal court.
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Mekkichan
McKithan
State Game Department
Bonilla
Chicago
Bonila
McKichan
Milwa
Crawford
Lohrem
Witness recounts bird box theft and mislaid shipping tags
Lohrem testified he opened and carried a box from Milwaukee station to the train and deposited it in the express car. Pheasant shipping tags were attached when he spoke, and days later tags were found by the Bonilla railway station snow, later produced as evidence. Weather data sections accompany the report.
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Watson
Lohrem
Milwaukee
Bonilla
Weather forecasts for South Dakota Iowa Minnesota
South Dakota generally fine tonight and Friday with rising temperatures except in the extreme southeast. Iowa fair tonight and Friday, colder in central and east sections tonight, warmer Friday afternoon. Minnesota generally fair, colder in extreme east, not as cold in extreme northwest tonight with Friday bringing increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures.
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South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Wessington Springs Pastor Is Honored
The Rev. W. Helwig, pastor of the Baptist Church for seven and a half years, moves to Allenwood Kansas. No successor named yet. Farewell parties planned, including a joint event at the Woonspike Baptist Church Friday night.
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Wessington Springs
W. Helwig
Baptist Church
Allenwood
Kas
Ben
Woonspike
Helwig
WPA Projects Under Way at Spearfish High School
About $100,000 worth of WPA work is underway at Spearfish High School including renovations to the gymnasium the football grid and grounds around the building.
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Spearfish
Spearfish High School
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