District Teachers Gather At Wolsey Today
County Superintendent Nellie M. Brusso attended a Wolsey district teachers meeting as part of a countywide program. The event featured music and reading training with local committee members and student participants. A countywide session is planned for Huron in January or February.
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Nellie M. Brusso
Wolsey
Huron
Hiltrada Thieman
Wessington
Paul Rottman
Mildred Kenyon
Nance Township
Martha Bowman
Wessington Township
Mamie Wiren
Bonilla
Vivian Talcott
F. W. Wardman
Wolsey City
W. L. Seeley
Hartland Township
Sioux Falls
Cecil Schwartz
St. John's Lutheran School
Rottman
Edith van Buskird
Altoona Township
Wolsey School
Edith Hurley
Whiteside Township
N. L. Hurley
Brusse
Beadle County Boasts Car Supply Well Above State Flux
Beadle County shows one pleasure car for every 3.18 residents based on 6,060 licenses and 1936 census figures listing population at 22,902. The county has 777 trucks in addition to cars, with 6,086 auto and 741 truck licenses sold during the year. Some late 1990 sales were to buyers who anticipated new plates.
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Beadle County
Beadie County
South Dakota
Alpena Man Kicked in Face by Horse
Ray McDonald was kicked in the face by a horse early in the morning while pursuing the animal from a corn pile. He lost consciousness and sustained a badly cut forehead requiring several stitches.
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Alpena
Ray McDonald
MacDonald
Low Priced Wheat Fed To Stock By Farmers
Milbank reports a surge in feeding wheat to livestock as price drops. Grant county farmers use wheat as cheap feed, mills grind large quantities daily, and claim the grain makes good livestock feed.
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Milbank
Grant County
Milbank Feed Grinding Mills
Wesleyan Singers to Appear in Messiah Recital Tour
Mitchell reports Dean Beecher head of Dakota Wesleyan School of Music will depart for Minot North Dakota December 18 to sing tenor in the Messiah. Instructor Thomas W Williams also performs in the Messiah with Huron Choral Society at Huron in December. The A Cappella choir, greeting Mitchell music lovers, opens its season with Christmas carols from around the world at the Methodist church next Sunday morning. Lockhart Land corporation organized at Clear Lake with $8000 capital. Directors are A J Lockhart Clara M Lockhart Verne Eichinger and T L Vought.
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Wesleyan
Mitchell
Dean Beecher
School of
Dakota Wesleyan University
Minot
N. D
Thomas W. Williams
Dakota Wesleyan
Huron Choral Society
Huron
Methodist Church
Pierre
Lockhart Land Corporation of
Clear
Miller Pioneer Tells Of Early Tobacco Growing
Miller, Dec 13 Special A Yankton dispatch notes a resident experimenting with tobacco cultivation recalling A H Abbott. Abbott, now in Illinois, visited Miller and spoke with John A Bushfield about growing tobacco on his Hand county farm forty years ago. Abbott seeded from northern Wisconsin and planted in a cellar hot bed, then set plants May 1 to fit South Dakota’s short season. His son Ted Abbott longtime Miller resident and former Hand county sheriff also remains in Miller.
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Miller
Yankton
A. H. Abbott
Wisconsin
Abbott
South Dakota
Ted Abbott
Mfiller
Hand County
City Ordinance On Intersections May Be Unenforceable
In Sioux Falls a court ruled a city rule limiting speed to 10 mph at intersections likely null. Einar Sandstrom sued the city for damages after an accident while traveling 12 to 14 mph, claiming negligence by a city employee. He was awarded $500.
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Sioux Falls
Einar Sandstrom
South Dakota
Sandstrom
Elevator thieves believed forgers in Giedd office raid
Local authorities suspect thieves in the Giedd office break in on December 13 were forgers. Four blank checks were stolen along with a filing cabinet lock a steel wrecking bar and a cold chisel after breaking off a south door lock.
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AVGN
Giedd
Alpena Brightens Streets With Christmas Decorations
Alpena displays festive cheer as businesses place small Christmas trees and two streaming colored lights across streets. Homes join in with abundant decorations and colorful lighting, creating a townwide holiday scene.
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Alpena
Quick Punishment for Local Thief in Gary Case
Fay Collins of Gary received an eight month sentence in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to stealing twenty four chickens from the state school for the blind at Gary. The theft occurred Monday night and led to swift arrest by Devel county officials with Judge W W Knight presiding. Authorities say suspicions arose when the mayor and marshal found the chickens confined where Collins had left them for later retrieval.
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Clear Lake
Fay Collins
Gary
Lioux Falls
Devel County
Collins
W. W. Knight
State School For the Blind
Improvements On School Building at Redfield
Redfield December 13 Old granite the original building at the state school here has been transformed into a modern structure under head carpenter Carl Vedin. The renovated building now houses employee quarters with multiple comfortable rooms and apartments. Governor Bulow recommends funds for another school building to expand capacity. A limit is set on girl admissions due to crowding.
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Redfield
Carl Vedin
Bulow
Plow Display Rooted in Huron Street History
A weathered red moldboard plow behind the Royal hotel stands partly hidden by papers and weeds. Local lore recalls Maurice Dinneen and John Powers turning a plow to mark a race on the Fourth of July in the 1860s, shaping Dakota Avenue and nearby routes as a lasting community memory.
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Royal Hotel
Huron
Fair Grounds
Maurice Dinneen
John Powers
Dakota Avenue
Widow from Chicago Brings Realistic Gangland tale to Bijou
A First National film starring Neil Hamilton Edward G Robinson and Alice White opens Wednesday and Thursday at the Bijou. The drama, based on Earl Baldwin story, aims to show gang life with unglamorous realism, depicting gang members as human beings and professionals rather than simple criminals.
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Chicago
Neil Hamilton
Edward G.O' Robinson
Frank McHugh
Alice White
Earl Baldwin
Edward Cline
As Austhor
America
Dominic
Edward G. Robinson
Slug
Cline
Hirowkas Club Admits Two New Members
HIGHMORE December 13 Hirowkas club held a session in which Father Justin Snyder of Stephan and Alvin Staack principal of the high school were taken into the organization. A committee was appointed to plan the February basketball tournament. After the meeting at the Hill hotel the group went to the legion hall and spent the rest of the evening playing cards.
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Hirowkas Club
Highmore
Justin Snyder
Stephan
Alvin Staack
Hill Hotel
Legion Hall
Hunters Fall For Clever Ruse By 2 Youths
ALPENA December 13 Two Alpena youths Harley Thompson’s sons staged a pheasant skin on a fence post with wires and waited as hunters passed. The decoy drew shots from passersby and the boys watched amused as the hunters missed the “bird.” None grew angry, hoping someone else would be tricked.
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Alpena
Harley ‘Thompson
Miss Peck Undergoes Emergency Appendicitis Operation
Has Operation Wolsey reports Dorothy Peck arrived in Wolsey week earlier and was taken to a Yankton hospital for emergency appendicitis surgery after arriving was delayed by illness notes.
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Wolsey
Dorothy Peck
Yankton
Roller skating gains popularity at Wesleyan
Mitchell reports at Dakota Wesleyan the Athletic association promotes roller skating in the gym. Skates secured, opening night December 12. Gym open to public and students two nights a week Friday and Saturday with a small fee to cover equipment costs.
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Wesleyan Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan
The
Athletic Association
Akst~ers
Neighbors Foil Car Theft At Gray Residence
Neighbors alerted by activity in a Bristol Bristol area home prevented two men from pushing Harry Gray’s coupe from his driveway into the street. Gray, of 455 Dakota Avenue North, thanked neighbors for their quick notice and noted he avoided leaving keys in the vehicle. Gray works in The Evening Huronite composing room. Bee, 13-. M. Hallstrom sold Bristol Service firm interest to Ed Mahler and Ed Bender of Webster. firm handles Chevrolet cars in Bristol.
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Gray
Harry Gray
Dakota Avenue North
Uarage
M. Hallstrom
Bristol Service Company
Ed Mahler
Ed Bender
Webster
Chevrolet
Bristol
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Fisher Body Corporation
Auro Paseed
Anyle
Fisher
B. Flint
Michigan
Vate
Jones Chevrolet CO
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Eggleston & Son _ GTON
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