Correspondence Work Attracts Broad SD Participation
Vermillion reports growing adult education via University of South Dakota Extension. A 328 teachers 51 homemakers 31 farmers and 18 clerks led last year’s correspondence courses, plus 12 music teachers and 10 clergymen. Other workers included motion picture operators dentists invalids laborers and many more as total courses reached 406 for 314 students, up from 336 for 269 in 1924–25.
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Vermillion
South Dakota
University of South Dakota
Garrett Breckenridge
Breckenridge
Miller Delivers Christmas Cheer to Miller and Surroundings
Saturday brought a free show and bags of candy for Miller and nearby families, funded by local merchants. The town shines with festive decorations as shoppers enjoy Christmas displays while the Women’s Club coordinates Christmas baskets for needy families in Miller and rural areas.
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Miller
KUSD Silent Over Christmas Holidays at University
Vermillion December 24 KUSD University of South Dakota radio will be silent during the Christmas holidays from December 4 to January 6 per Extension division secretary Garrett Breckenridge. The station broadcasts on 890 kilocycles with test programs aired on the second and fourth Saturdays from midnight to 2 a.m.
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KUSD
University of South Dakota
Garrett Breckenridge
University
Lake Andes Builds Modern Grain Elevator
Lake Andes reports the completion of a new Farmers Cooperative grain elevator replacing the July 20 fire wreck. The modern facility, with a 25,000 bushel capacity and electrical gear, can unload 3,000 bushels per hour, shortening loading times and emphasizing fire protection.
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Lake Andes
Farmers Cooperative
Madison Receives Clearinghouse Help From Sioux Falls Bank
Madison residents gain essential banking services as Citizens National Bank of Sioux Falls opens a clearing house in Madison. Deposits are accepted, checks cashed, and change supplied. Ebm Toohey oversees operations in the former Lake County bank quarters.
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Madison
Sioux Falls
Citizens National Bank of
Houte
Ebm Toohey
Seeuge
Old Lake County
Rapid City Kiddies Get Free Hair Cuts
Rapid City held a benevolent event where 33 union barbers offered free haircuts to all city children. Each child received candy and music while being groomed, with local firms supplying radio equipment and transport to and from the municipal auditorium for the charity occasion.
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Rapid City
Dev
Barber’s Union of
Christies
Municipal Auditorium
Ree Heights corn show winners named
Winners announced by W. J. Norgaard for Ree Heights fair last Friday list bushel and ten car exhibits in rough yellow smooth yellow white rainbow and gehu squaw classes. top prizes include Roy Shreffer R R Bowden Ira Coutts Jacob Hosart Jack Lackey J E Specker and others with Ray Shieffler earning best bush and Bowden best ten car exhibitor. total prize money reached 76 dollars.
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Ree Heights
W. J. Norgaard
Onida
Sully
Roy Shreffer
R. R. Bowden
Gibson Bros
Ira! Coutts
Christ Roseman
J. E. Specker
Jacob Hosart
Peter Ahran
Rainbow
Jack Lackey
H. D. Biche
Gehw
Squaw
George Hernz
R. R. Bowdon
Wim. Beck
Wareing
Ray Shieffler
Beck
Chiropractic Hospital Sought In Hot Springs
A proposal to build a chiropractic hospital and sanitarium in Hot Springs will be reviewed by the state chiropractic board at its next meeting. District No. 4 in Rapid City discussed and voted on the idea with Drs. Maack Cowles and Williams promoting the plan. Enthusiastic response from Rapid City awaits state board endorsement.
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Black Hills Hot Springs
Hot Springs
State Chiropractic Board
Rapid City
F. Maack
Kenneth Cowles
Clara M. Williams
State Board
Christmas Trimmings Destroyed By Vandals
Sioux Falls police protection provided by the Associated Retailers after Christmas decorations were damaged in a residence yard. The act is believed to be by thoughtless youngsters and is the first report here. Decorations were part of the city home yard contest. Protection will continue during the holidays and in summer for gardens.
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Sioux Falls
Dell Rapids Bank Land Sells for 1.25 Per Acre
A court order authorizes the sale of 200 acres of Montana land among Granite City Bank of Dell Rapids assets in Golden Valley county. J. C. Jensen of Lavinia Montana bought the land for cash at 1.25 per acre, with conveyance to the Montana purchaser upon payment.
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Dell Rapids Bank
Sioux Falls
Montana
Granite City
Bank of
Dell Rapids
Golden Valley County
J. C. Jensen
Lavinia
Mont
Smith
Montire
Seek Revision Of Gas Tax Clause
Sioux Falls reports that the South Dakota Automobile Club will push legislative revision of the state gasoline tax refund clause. A subcommittee favors shortening filing time to 60 days and eliminating refunds on purchases under 25 gallons to save highway funds and possibly enable greater federal aid for highway construction and employment.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota Automobile Club
D. K. Hoopes
Hoopes
Anio Club
Highway Fund
Motor Club
South Dakota
Hoopés
De Smet Fire Company Spreads Cheer With Food Gifts
The local volunteer fire company continues its tradition by distributing bags of candy and nuts to city homes. This year they also provided 30 geese and ducks for Christmas dinners, highlighting the group as a helpful, good fellow organization in the community.
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de Smet
Leora J Lewis to Attend Library Association Meet
Leora J Lewis director of the South Free Library commission will be a delegate to the mid winter conference of the American Library Association in Chicago from December 29 to January 1. She presides over a program sponsored by the League of Library Commissioners. Topics include the import ban on books, effects on the book buyer, new children’s books, federal aid for libraries and rural library service. over 400 delegates expected.
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Leora J. Lewis
Pierre
South Free Library Commission
American Library Association
Chicago
Miss Lewis
League of Library Commissioners
Fiiaries
Sitting Bull Said Medicine Man Not Indian Chief
Vermillion December 24. W H Qver curator of the University of South Dakota museum says Sitting Bull was a medicine man not a chief. He notes the medicine man could wield power via superstition. The portrait in the museum shows him as swarthy and homely yet dignified.
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Sitting Bull
Vermillion
W. H. Qver
University of South Dakota
Mr. Over
University
Old Time Skates Given To U Medical Museum Relics Shown
Vermillion reports J A Eberhart donated wooden skates with metal runners to the University of South Dakota museum. Curator W H Over notes cave dwellers as early inventors of skates, citing Pepys diary and Peter the Great as pivotal in metal skate development. The pieces feature wooden bodies with three strap openings, once popular a generation ago.
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University of South Dakota
J. A. Eberhart
Tor
University
W. H. Over
Pepys
Peter the Great
Russia
Petrograd
Holland
Over
Parker Faces Knock From Theft Epidemic
Parker reports a surge in thefts from businesses with a drug store robbed of 10 dollars from a cash register while a jewelry store suffered a damaged plate glass front and the loss of two wrist watches. An expensive watch beside the scene was not taken.
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Parker
Children Take Part In Iroquois Christmas Program
About one hundred children will join in the Methodist church Christmas program tonight. The junior and primary classes perform class songs and exercises, and the junior department presents a pageant titled the Hope of the World.
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C.itdren
Pageant recalls shepherds and wise men to Bethlehem
The pageant recounts the journey of shepherds guided by angels and the wise men following the star to honor the newborn babe in Bethlehem, capturing the nativity scene in period theater.
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Bethlehem
Pioneer settler S Amble buried at De Smet
S Amble, longtime resident of the news township south of De Smet, died Sunday at his home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in De Smet with honors for the deceased.
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S. Amble
de Smet
Ews Township
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