South Dakota farmers adopt contour tillage and soil practices
Brookings reports a wide range of soil and moisture conservation methods being adopted by South Dakota farmers outside project areas. Demonstration farms advance contour tillage, contour furrows, strip cropping, permanent pasture, and crop rotation with technical aid from extension and federal staff.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Soil Conservation Service
Crssian Central Ares
Ralph E. Hansen
State Extension Service
Tampress
Wget
Sovice
Con
Ray L. Greaves
Murson
Graves
Arner
Sanders County Agricultural Conservation officers reelected
Rol and J Nelson were reelected president and rollin C Ward as a county committee member. Germain F Bauer was reelected vice president Esther G Small reelected secretary and George J Ruml reelected as committee member. Leslie Grace and Ray T Bennett elected as alternate members. County agents report 1938 educational meetings likely to begin February.
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Sanborn Aca
Woonsocket
Roland J. Nelson
Sanders County Agricultural Conservation Sociation Committee
Germain FL Bauer
Esther G. Small
George J. Tum
Leslie [. Grace
Ray T. Bennett
Fordham Officials Return From Christmas Vacation
Special Superintendent Floyd Jensen and Mrs Jensen and daughter LaDonna returned from a two week Christmas vacation in Ver million. Mr Jensen is head of the Lagan consolidated school.
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Fordham, Jan
Floyd Jensen
LaDonna
Vermillion
Jensen
Lagan Consolidated School
Return to studies in Frankfort resuming college work
Margaret Franz and Arlene Reynolds have returned to Mitchell to resume their studies at Dakota Wesleyan. Ella Dale Michaels has returned to her studies at Aberdeen Normal.
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Frankfort
Margaret Franz
Arlene Reynolds Shave
Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan
Ella Dale Michaels
Aberdeer Normal
State News Briefs From Associated Press
State and local items from Madison Yankton and surrounding counties report bond releases for Floyd Baird and Ernest Larson on a Winlred store robbery charge. Mumps cases exceed 100 in Lake County. Bart Fitzgerald elected Yankton County commission chairman. Baker Martin Wesselman injured by a defective cable. Milton M. Strong, florist, dies in Sioux Falls at 71. Pat Morrison uninjured in car overturn near Gettysburg. Brown County board reelects H B Test and members. Aberdeen bids open for $200000 school auditorium. construction slated January 15. Funeral for Rev Father Joseph Schell to be attended by nearly 100 priests. Charles Maylum charges of assault dismissed for lack of evidence. Rapid City post receipts hit record in 1937 at $99,477.55.
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Associated Press
Madison
Floyd Baird
Sioux Falls
Winlred
Ernest Larson
Liberty
State News Brief From Evening Huronire
A compressed state news item from the Evening Huronire digest dated Wednesday January 6, 1938. The page presents a concise summary of statewide happenings, politics, and local events reported in the edition.
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Huronire
Roosevelt Seeks 2 Million for Pest Control
The president asked Congress to appropriate 2,000,000 for emergency pest and plant disease control in the 1939 fiscal year. This formed the major item in recommended appropriations totaling 7,503,967 for the bureau of entomology and plant quarantine, up from 3,712,49% the previous year when 1,000,000 was allotted for such programs.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Bureau of Entomology
Merchant Faces Suit For Death Of Woman S100X FALLS
Samuel L. Miller of Stevens S D a merchant is sued in federal court for $10000 for the death of Mrs Ina Grasma. The administrator Harry L Anderson Plymouth County Town claims Miller negligently sold a kerosene gasoline mix that exploded when she tried to start a fire.
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Merchant
Dan
Samuel L. Miller
Stevens
S. D
Ina Grasma
Harry L. Anderson
Plymouth County
Three In Hospital After Car Accident Near Yankton
A Tuesday evening crash west of Yankton left W Hanson and Curtis Hackett of Stickney and Mrs Hanson with injuries but none in serious condition. Hanson drove, possibly blinded by the setting sun, sending them off the grade into a dirt bank. Mrs Hanson suffered a fractured arm and dislocated elbow with cuts. Hackett had cuts on head and body. Hanson had a severe head cut.
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Chree
Yankton
Jan
W. Hanson
Curtis Hocket
Stickney
Dirch Bank
Hanson
Hackett
Yale Junior Class to Present Good Gracious Grandma Play
Yale High School juniors stage two casts of the comedy Good Gracious Grandma at Muself Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings. Thursday cast features Verne Lindquist Richard Macder James Smith Anne Glanzer and Alverta Iverson. Friday cast includes Edward O Keefe Floyd Porter Clarence Hofer Muth Hofer Mary Davis Edna Walter Bernard Leichtenberg Joe Davis and Lillian Tscheller. The plot follows two financially pressed playboys entertaining two daughters of an old friend, with Grandma arriving to complicate and fuel the fun.
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YALE
Yale High School
Grandma
Muself Hall
Dorothy Kyle
Verne Lindquist
Richard Macder
James Smith
Anne Glanzer
Alverta Iverson
Edward O'Keefe
Floyd Porter
Clarence Hofer
Muth Hofer
Mary Davis
Edna Walter
Bernard Leichtenberg
Joe Davis
Lillian Tscheller
Lucky
Miller Ice Skaters Improve City Rink at Crystal Lake
Under supervisor Thilmer Benson recreation director, a skating rink was developed on the Rossety property recently purchased by Miller. The site includes two artesian wells feeding Crystal Lake, with three W P A workers cutting reeds and preparing the lake. A warming cabin is kept open and up to one hundred fifty skaters have been counted on the ice at once.
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Miller
Jon
Thilmer Benson
Rossety
Yeurg
Crystal Lake
W. PF. A
Botton
Holiday Visitors at Kurt Clay Home
New Year visitors at the Kurt Clay residence included Mr and Mrs Carl Anderson and family and Mr and Mrs Arnold Mundhenke of Willow Like.
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Bancroft
Jan
Spreinl
Kurt Clay
Carl Anderson
Arnold Mundhenke
Changes Announced In Pre School Schedule
TROQUOIS Jan 6 Specials Several changes have been made in the pre school kindergarten schedule announced today by Margaret Wuisch and Hazel Maxey teachers in charge. Children will meet in the room back of the WPA sewing room and those aged four to five become eligible. Classes meet twice weekly Friday and Saturday mornings from 9 80 to 11 30. A large enrollment exists and organizers expect more. Saturday afternoons any child under 12 in the Iroquois community may attend for directed recreation.
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Margaret Wuisch
Hazel Maxey
WPA
Poultry Show Sets Record At Watertown
In Watertown South Dakota the state poultry show has a record total of 617 turkeys and chickens entered making it the largest exhibit of its kind in the state. The four day event runs through Friday and features an annual banquet at the Grand Hotel Thursday evening with John Neonan presiding. Judge George W Hackett of Windthry Minn calls it one of the best he has judged and a new dressed turkey division is a feature.
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Watertown Watertown
South Dakota
Grand Hotel
John Neonan
Codington County
George W. Hackett
Wyndthy Minn
Halvorson Family Hosts New Year Visitors at De Smet
Special report notes Mr. and Mrs. Ostar Beening from Bancroft visited the Halvorson family near De Smet starting New Year's Day. The gathering included other relatives and neighbors, with warm greetings exchanged.
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Halvorson
Bancroft, Jun
Ostar Beening
Hans Halvorson
de Smet
New Year's visitors in De Smet area
Mr and Mrs Clarence Krueger visited the Dierks home near De Smet on New Year's Day in a brief New Year greeting.
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Bancroft
Clarence Krueger
Dierks Home
de Smet
Fuller Niece Relatives Return From Vacation
Jean Fuller of Aberdeen and Lois Fuller of Milltron Moni returned to their homes after a vacation at the home of Mr and Mrs L R Stout. They are nieces of Mrs Stout.
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Cavour
Jan
Jean Fuller
Aberdeen
Lois Fuller
Mill Tron
Moni
Ater
L. R. Stout
Stour
Drama Contest With Ten Entries Listed
Vermillion January 1 ten high schools entered the annual one act play tour directed by the University of South Dakota speech department. Schools include Woonsocket Jefferson Lennox Sioux Falls Canton White Lake Farmer Volin Erwin and their plays El Crist Freeman As the Herons Fly Opening of a Door The Bishop's Candlesticks The Black Valise Suppressed Deires The Florist Shop On Vengeance Heights Elmer. The tournament runs from nine o clock morning with five plays, then five more in the afternoon. The evening session features the four best and two winners from these. Judges are Mrs C E Lyon Vermillion and Everett M Schreck. Winners receive a dramatic art trophy and five outstanding actors are named. Sioux Falls High School holds last year’s trophy.
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Vermillion
University of South Dakan
E. Lyon
Woonsocket
el Crist Freeman
Jefferson
Lennox
Sioux ‘Falls
Canton
White Lake
Deires
Volin
Vengeance Heights
C. E. Lyon
Vermilion
Everett MM Schreck
Whe
University
Siowx Falls Hih
State College Student Mark Barber Resumes Studies
Mark Barber, a student at State College, resumes college studies in Alpena after a period away. He plans to complete exams this term and continue coursework with renewed focus and attendance.
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Alpena
Mark Barber
State College
Student Returns After Holidays to Finish Studies
A fragment notes a student who spent holidays with parents and planned to resume studies Monday, indicating a pause in academic progress and family time before resuming coursework.
Unemployed Painter Confesses Purse Theft in Sioux Falls
Emil Hausman, unemployed painter, confessed Tuesday night to stealing a purse from Mrs. Josephine Bogard’s apartment, yielding $164. Police recovered $138. Hausman said he spent the rest after giving to his wife. Mrs. Hausman unaware of the theft. the couple came from Flandreau last July. Chester Hunt returned to Brookings to resume studies at Stour College after holidays with his parents.
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Sioux Falls
Emil Hans
J. Rufer
Josephine Bogard
Housaman
College Burdette
Chester Hunt
Brookings
Stour College
Ray Viait
Kidney Health and Downey Pills Claim Relief
A vintage health ad warns that tired kidneys cause aches and fatigue and promotes Down's Pill and Dunn's Fills as remedies. It claims kidneys misfunction crowds waste into the blood and touts long use by physicians for over a decade to remove toxins and soothe symptoms.
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Dunn
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Spectaren
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Pierre Production Credit Association
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Thy
Lake Preston
Kingsbury County
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Erwin
Roquois
Benjamin Dirks
Pierre Hospital
Ft. Thompson
Dirks
Lake County
County Board of Health
NEADS
Bart Fitzgerald
Yankton County
Fitzgerald
A. 2
Wallach
Baker
Martin Wesselman
Milton M. Strong
Gettysburg
Pat Morrison
Mooridge
Here
Morrison
H.b.test
Frederick
Brown County Agricultural Conservation Committee
O. M. Tiffany
Board of Education
Friests
Joseph Schell
St. Mark's Church
Bernard. J. Mahoney
D. D
Father Sehell
Plankinton
Charles Maylum
Equet
Rapid City
Eugene Banys
Spesink
G. €. Barnes
Newton
Dan Costello
DeSmet
Rita Fuerstein
Ruth Rusche
Donald Costello
Northern State Teachers College
Abredeen
Ed Poppen
Gaylord Barber
State Calley
Jesa
J. F. Anderson. Lumber CO
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Mr. Valentine
Westfield
N. C
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CBS
Woonsocket and Erwin
State Farm Insurance Companies
THE
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance CO
State Farm Life Insurance CO
State Farm Fire Insurance CO
Focal State Farm
A. BR. Swah
S.D. Farm Bureau Federation
A.B. Swab
S. D. Farm Bureau
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