False Theory Is Torn Down in Brookings
BROOKINGS Dec 20 Speckel Sam A Lassen a Brookings county farmer and state corn hog committee member authored an article in the December issue of United States Live Stock News. He argues against a consumer producer wedge and urges balancing purchasing power to lift earnings so both groups prosper. He notes tariffs and processing taxes and calls for limits on tariffs to aid economic adjustment and farming profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings
Speckel
Sam
A. Lassen
Brookings County
United States Live Stock News
United States Livestock Association
Lesion
Aeems
Ari
Las Gen
St Lawrence pupils stage program with varied acts
The St Lawrence high school student council presented a Wednesday afternoon program featuring a play Two each play Football and Powder Putts directed by Genevieve Whittington. The cast included Bob Merrill Max Thompson Marilyn Knox Bertha Abbott Isabel Creighton Wilma Keyes Jack McDonald Helen Bush Tom Breed Anita Gamble and others. The afternoon also included a speech a mixed quartet violin and piano solos and games. SPONSOR PUBLIC PARTY Bonilla Dec 28 American Legion Auxiliary hosts a public card party at the hall. VIRGIL Epworth League to present a Christmas hymns and carols program after Sunday school.
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St. Lawrence
St Lawrence Hich School
Genevieve Whittington
Bob Merrill
Max Thompson
Marilyn Knox
Bertha Abbott
Isabel Creighton
Wilma Keyes
Jack McDonald
Robert Grey
Phylig Hemingway
Jack
Helen Bush
Tom Breed
Junior Ford
Ward Harvey
Sydney Strong
Alice D. Young
Marie Seigling
Germigine Rose
Blue J
Anita Gamble
Ir. Jones
Wilma Ford
Moriclora Brons
Alvin Anderberg
Chester Brown
Geraldine Fact
Marian Rom‘Younh
Fire safety urged for holidays by South Dakota official
Dawson the state insurance and fire marshal urged South Dakotans to use non inflammable holiday decorations and secure trees. He advised modern slow burning decorations, safe placement of lights, no candle lighting by children, and ready fire extinguishers and exits for crowds. He warned that most holiday fires are preventable and care now saves life and property.
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Pierre
Dee Ae
W. J. Dawson
South
Parenta
Dawson
Tony
Frankfort High School Orator Contest Winners Named
Frankfort high school held a local declamatory contest with seventeen contestants. In oratorical division eight performed, Miss Agnes Aldergren earned a superior rating for The Character in the Shawed, while Franz Schulte Harald Phillips Herschel Torkelson Elton Hull received excellent ratings for their pieces. In humorous division Miss Ruby Jones won first place, and six students entered dramatic division with Lola Dixon and Ruth Osborne earning superior and excellent ratings respectively. Supt M F Coddington of Tulare judged the event.
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Frankfort
Doland
Orator Ical
Agnes Aldergon
Franz Schulte
Harald¢ Phillips
Dy, Jekyl and
Mr. Hyde
Herschel Torkelson
Elton Hull
Ruby Jones
Lola Dixon
Mickie
Ruth Osborne
M. F. Coddington
Tulare
Doland Schools Close for Christmas Holiday
Doland Public Schools will close today for the Christmas holiday, with a return date set for December.
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Doland
Redie
Ae. S
Anticipated Large Acreage Under New Wheat Contracts
Brookings Dec 20 Special The state grain board predicts large acreage in South Dakota will be brought under the 1936 39 wheat adjustment contracts, with several old contracts merged into new ones. In 53 counties 38 269 contracts have been signed, and some counties already show more applications for the new contracts than old contracts signed. The board plans to finish listing by December and then set quotas, followed by rye program work, with wheat and rye signups completed before the new hog program starts. Board members are James P. Paulson William J. VanZee Harry Schoo ler Ross D Davies and Arnold J King.
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Brookings
State Grain Board
South
Dakota
James P. Paulson
Tulare
William J. VanZee
Platte
Harry Schooler
Cooper
Ross D. ‘Davies
Arnold J. King
Virgil Extension Club Christmas Party Update
The Virgil Home Makers extension club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. D. Weasel's home on a Wednesday evening. A short business meeting preceded games and gift exchanges. An oyster supper was served, with the next meeting planned at Mrs. FD's home.
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Virgil
Virge Home Makers Extension Club
D. Weasel
Mas
Surplus Of 100 Teachers Reported In South Dakota
Pierre December reports a surplus of about 100 qualified teachers in South Dakota. Superintendent D. F. Hines said information came from county school superintendents after a questionnaire. Nine counties reported shortages while 71 showed surpluses, and several of the 104 certificated teachers listed as unemployed were now working.
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Pierre
South Dakota
D. F. Hines
Mayors face heavy costs in English towns
London reports Sir Percy Vincent will earn over 50,000 a year as lord mayor but must cover far more from his own pocket. Mayors nationwide find official allowances insufficient for annual duties, with the role described as mentally physical and financially draining. Islington Mayor George Bull notes the strain and jokes the hardest task is avoiding excess eating and drinking. Also in DoLand an all high school party with games and cafeteria coffee and doughnuts.
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London
Percy Vicent
Loidon
Cos
George Henry Bull
Islington
Tondon
Sewing Room Party Brings Christmas Cheer in Frankfort
Women of the Frankfort sewing rooms enjoyed a Christmas party after work hours in December 1920. Gift exchange preceded lunch and a social half hour. Mr and Mrs Leslie Christenson attended, with Mia Christenson, superintendent of women’s work in Spink County, present in official capacity.
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Frankfort
Dec
Frankfort Sewing Rooms
Leslie Christenson
Mia Christenson
Spink County
Bae
Dennison Birth in Aberdeen Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harvey Dennison of Frankfort announce the birth of a son on Monday at Aberdeen hospital. The infant is unnamed in the report and details are limited.
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Frankfort
Harvey Dennison
Reading
Aberdeen Hospital
Grain Feeding Benefit Shown in Dairy Cattle Study
Roy A. Cave of State College reported on 12 525 cows tested 1923 1930 showing grain feeding pays. Each $5 extra grain up to 50 per cow yearly paid for itself and added $5 profit. He noted butterfat prices favor grain use and cited South Dakota records to illustrate production gains from varied feeding levels across cow groups.
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Brookings
Roy A. Cave
State College Today
South Dakota
Cave
Grain and dairy averages and wartime gas deaths
The item cites dairy figures with butterfat values and profits for cows, plus grain values. It notes a weekly Bible study in Frankfort with a Christmas gift to the visiting Rev. Bunt. It also mentions wartime gas casualties, estimating 1221 American soldiers died in hospitals and 20 on the battlefield due to poison gas.
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Aalery. Club
Geyerman's
Swainson Bus Lines
Mayme Druyer
Bunt
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