Highmore Boy Scout Activity Gains Momentum in New Year
Highmore special report notes renewed troop activity led by J. G. Ryan with HL A. BR Indall as scoutmaster. Plans include Court of Honor, exclusive meeting space, merit badge counselors across many fields, and appointments for examiners.
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Higismore
Highmore
J. G. Ryan
HL A. BR. Indall
Indall
University of Iowa
Indail
Trueman Daniels
Lisle Swanson
Dr Parkinson
W. ¥. Bann
T. Magek
Walter Bloomenzader
John Meek
Orwille Lindell
Dr. G. V. Sigier
John Hardesty
Frank Hawkins
D Gibbs
A. A. Kaye
H. C. Harris
B. Perkins
Dr. A. A. Jordan
R. J. Drew
Vice President Elected At S Ioux Falls College
Frexessur e AC. Rice head of the chemistry department at Sioux Falls college was elected vice president by the board of trustees. He will take over duties when President Sattgast is absent. Rice, who joined from Grand Island college Nebraska after a merger, has 12 years at Grand Island and previously served as vice president and business manager at Keystone academy in Pennsylvania. He was made a Royal Society of Arts fellow for educational work in Rangoon Burma and holds memberships in several American scientific societies.
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Sioux Falls
Frexessure AC
Rice
Sioux Falls College
C. R. Saugast
Sattgast
Sattfast
Ran‘oon
Burma
Riceberg
Stafford To Speak At Miller Meeting In 1932 Club Program
George Stafford of Huron will be the main speaker at the Miller Commercial club meeting Tuesday evening. Public attendance is invited. Other program items include the club aims for 1932 by President Merrill Pangburn, piano solo by J. B. Ryan, farewell remarks by retiring president Albert Nelson, and readings by Mrs. Maurice Campbell. The Prairie Transformed by George Bradford, Huron, is listed among items.
Postal Receipts Hold Up Well At Highmore
Highmore January 4 Special postmaster L W Carter reports December postal receipts held steady from the previous year with only a slight decrease. City receipts declined slightly but were offset by more mailing by rural patrons. He notes many fowls, turkeys, geese, and chickens sent by parcel post for Christmas gatherings in South Dakota and nearby states.
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Highmore Highmore
L. W. Carter
Etatee
Band Benefit Card Party Planned at Miller
Plans advance for a Band Benefit card party next Thursday evening at Miller. The public is invited to join in preferred games such as euchre and 500 to support the local organization as the third fundraiser in the drive.
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Miller Miller
Plana
Fall Pig Crop Shows Decline
South Dakota's 1931 fall pig crop drops about 24 percent from 1930, per federal statistician C. J. Borum. United States overall up 19.7 percent, corn belt up 21 percent, spring breeding intentions up 13 percent. If trends hold, sow farrowing may fall 38 to 40 percent next spring, with total yearly hogs around 4.1 million for 1931.
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Brookings
South Dakota
C. J. Borum
State College
United States
Borum
Highmore Woman Leaves Hospital
Mrs John Vollum wife of John Vollum of Highmore was released from Pierre hospital after seven weeks. She entered in weakened condition from a hemorrhage but recovered with blood transfusions and is on the way to permanent healing.
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Highmore
Hospital
John Vollum
Pierre Hospital
Vollum
Ministers Close Yankton Meeting
The fourth annual convocation of Congregational ministers closed its three day session at Yankton college with the largest registration in convention history. Ninety two delegates attended from seven states plus strong South Dakota minister participation.
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Yankton
Congregational Ministers
Yankton College
South Dakota
Illinois
Ohio
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
G. W. Nash
Congregational Churches
W. Keck
H. H Lindeman
Ministers Pen In Look Hall During Yankton Campus Stay
On the Yankton campus, ministers were housed in the newly erected Look hall for men during their stay, with the facility serving as lodging for the visiting clergy as part of the campus program.
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Pen
Look
Yankton
Legion Convention Committee Chosen in Watertown
Post Commander Carl B. Gilbertson announced a convention committee for the 18% department convention to be held in Watertown mid July. Members include Carroll H. Lockhart Dr Lyle F Spencer Tom Collins Jack Flag John Dickinson and Jay B. Shirk with more panels to be appointed to handle convention activities.
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Jay B. Shirk
War veteran Jacob Hein dies in Minneapolis
Civil War veteran and former superintendent of Minneapolis police from 1887 to 1884 died at his home after a lengthy illness. He would have turned 92 on February 23. Separate note cites a University of Cincinnati study linking higher death rates from diabetes exophthalmic goiter and Addison's disease to northern climates.
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Minneapolis
Jacob Hein
Clarence A. Mills
University of Cincinatti
Places Blame For Drop In Finances
NEWELL January 4 F C Youngblutt superintendent Belle Forturche irrigation project blamed low market prices water shortage pests and adverse weather for the general decline of agricultural finances in the state. He estimated 1931 crop values on the project at 685000 averaging 15.44 an acre a 31 percent drop from 1930 and 38 percent from 1929. Sugar beets lead income followed by alfalfa corn fodder irrigated pasture barley potatoes and oats with potatoes at 8 per acre when computed per acre.
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Youngblatt
Record of 1931 farm yields across crops and growers
The report lists crop values per acre for cucumbers 54 dollars, sugar beets 51, beans 20, alfalfa 1, and oats 5, with barley also 5. Despite adverse conditions, several standout yields are noted: E J Mott at Horse Creek 22 tons per acre of sugar beets, Louis Maas 50 bushels corn per acre, Eugene Adams of Vale 60 bushels barley per acre, John Bentz of Butte Hill 330 bushels potatoes per acre, and Louis Larson of Nisland 152 bushels per acre.
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Youngblutt
E. J. Mott
Horse Creek
Louis Maas
Eugene Adams
Vale
John Bentz
Butte Hill
Louis Larson
Nisland
Production honors for cucumber yield at Nisland farm
Bushels of cucumbers per acre highlighted as a general production honor. Dr. L. J. Townsend’s Nisland area farm led with 192 acres returning an average of 37 dollars per acre.
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L. J. Townsend
Nisland
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Cavalier
Cavalier Coal
Ay Huron Lumber CO
Wisconsin
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G. O. Martin
Nat Shilkret
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Alex Gray
Chesterfield
Wat Srilkret
Toygote Dryid Symphonia Orchestra
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