Boy Scout Achievement Contest Opens in Central South Dakota
Central South Dakota scouts begin the Area Achievement contest running to March 31 with troop scoring, focusing on advancements and troop activities during Anniversary week starting February 8. Top troops from Tulare Huron and Ft Pierre previously led contests. current rules set advancement points and grouping trophies.
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Hay
South Dakota
Orea
Factucally
Tulare
Huron
Ft. Pierre
Fred C. Eggers
Eagle Scout
Eggers
Frome
de Smet
Alpena
Pierre
Money Snatcher Is Sentenced To Jail
Sioux Falls January 1 Lyle Gibson pleads guilty to grand larceny and is jailed 45 days. Complaint by Mike Buckmeyer alleges Gibson stole 6 dollars from him during delivery of a gallon of moonshine valued at eight dollars. Testimony says the moonshine was water.
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Sioux Falls
Lyle Gibson
Mike Buckmeyer
Gibson
Buckmeyer
Postal Business Gains At Yankton
Yankton post office reports substantial growth for the year led by new business firms in the city. First class letter mail incoming mail and parcel post show gains, with a 19 percent increase, the Postmaster Olof Nelson said.
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Yankton Yankton
Yankton
Olof Nelson
Nelson
Widow Victimized By Poultry Thieves In South Dakota
Harrisburg dispatch reports Mrs Emil Nygren of near Sioux Falls facing multiple thefts with a large number of breeding chickens stolen from her farm. The loss compounds grief after her husband Mr Nygren’s recent death as neighbors also gathered 30 acres of corn. local women provided meals during the husking effort.
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Harrisburg
Emil Nygren
Sioux Falls
Couple Divorces Granted In Watertown Case
Two Hayti born couples married in 1923 sought divorces before Circuit Judge W N Bkiner this week. Desertion cited in both. Wallace J Davey of Watertown got custody of their six year old son. Gertrude Davey lives in Peoria Illinois. Isabel A Stoneking of Water Town was granted divorce from Alvin M Stoneking of Chicago Illinois with custody of the child and support set at fifteen dollars monthly.
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Watertown
Hayti
W .N. Bkinner
Illinois
Wallace J. Davey
Gertrude Davey
Peoria
Isabel A. Stoneking
Alvin M. Stoneking
Chicago, I
Clild
Stoneking
Bad Check Writer Sentenced to Year in State Penitentiary
Tony Wehner of Alexandris confessed to writing numerous worthless checks and forging others. Judge Alva E. Taylor imposed a one year term in the Sioux Falls state penitentiary after a guilty plea in circuit court. He was brought from Kingsbury county where the offenses occurred. Checks totaled 41. he has a wife and three children.
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Tony Wehner
Alexandris
Sioux Falls
Alva E. Taylor
Wehner
Kingsbury County
Tax Conference Planning With Chamber Aims for Reform
Final plans to promote tax reform in the 197 legislature are set by the state volunteer tax conference meeting January 15 during the Chamber of Commerce annual session. The conference includes reps from over a dozen state groups and backs measures such as an income levy to ease burdens on general property. It also urges that 12 to 13 million dollars now in miscellaneous funds receive explicit legislative appropriation.
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South Dakota
State Chamber of Commerce
Funeral Services for Mrs Phil Murphy in Lake Preston
Mrs Phil Murphy died Sunday from pneumonia at age 47. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 am at Lake Preston Catholic Church with Rev Lemmon of Oldham officiating. Burial followed in Oldham Catholic cemetery. She was a Lake Preston pioneer who homesteaded with her husband in 1840. Surviving are seven children: Ed John Everett Ernest Tou Gertrude Irene Chambers.
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Phil Murphy
Lake Preston
Lake Preston Catholic
Father Lemmon
Oldham
Oldham Catholic
John
Everett
Ernest
Sioux Falls
Tou
Madison
Gertrude
Irene Chambers
Badger
Reward Offered for Thieves in Aberdeen Hide House Theft
Aberdeen January 1 A reward of 51 by David Becker owner of a local hide house for the arrest of thieves who Monday night entered his shop and stole about 800 pounds of cow hides. They entered through a front door and escaped via a rear exit. A second robbery was reported the same night at the Winston Newell wholesale grocery house where a sack of sugar was taken.
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Aberdeen
David Becker
Winston-Newell
Plans Pushed For Madison Creamery Growth
Madison cream producers form temporary board to promote a cooperative creamery project in Lake County. Township representatives were instructed to interview farmers and build interest. A progress report will be given at the next meeting on Saturday January 17.
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Madison Creamery
Madison
Lake County
Boy Scouts Help In Relief Work In Blunt
Blunt’s Boy Scout troop organized relief during the holidays filling a bushel basket with food for a needy family after visits to several homes. The effort drew much commendation for the scouts’ work. Fire destroyed the Ed Conger saw mill seven miles northwest of Custer. discovered at 3 AM, flames had full headway before any salvage was possible.
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Boy Scouts
Blunt
Custer
Jan
Ed Conger
Here
Telephone directory error correct number notice
An error in the latest issue of the telephone directory misprinted Elin Isaac Son's phone as 4827 instead of 4237 at 156 Iowa F. E. Subscribers are urged to correct their records immediately.
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Elin Isaacson
Iowa F. E
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