Rural South Dakota Quartet and Play Contests Planned
In Brookings on February 6 and 7 during Farm and Home Week rural singers and actors from across South Dakota will compete at State College. The first Rural Adult Quartet Contest and the Rural Adult One-Act Play Tournament are scheduled with preliminaries held in the college auditorium and finals in the same venue. A State College symphony orchestra will perform between plays. County tournaments are planned in Brookings and several counties, with up to ten quartets already entered and more possible. No admission charged for performances.
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Brookings
South
Dakota
State College
State College Symphony Orchestra
Car’ Christensen
Devel
Kingsbury
Brown
Potter
Davison
Beiing
Harry L. Kobler
Music Department of
Freshmen Highlight Attendance at Highmore High School
Freshmen lead with best attendance showing at Highmore High School for the last semester. Overall 45 pupils achieved perfect attendance while sophomores trailed.
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Highmore
Highmore High School
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement claims a woman can shed fat by taking half a teaspoon of Kruschen Salts in hot water each morning. In three weeks, scales should show fat loss, with increased energy and a feeling of youth. It promises money back if not satisfied and directs readers to Eni Pharmacy.
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Eni Pharmacy
Brookings Dakota Cooperative Institute Plans February Meeting
Brookings leaders of the cooperative movement announce the annual meeting of the Dakota Cooperative Institute for February 6 to 8. The program focuses on agricultural adjustment, corn-bag reduction, and credit topics with AAA, Federal Land Bank, and farm production loan representatives. Ongoing sessions cover cooperative marketing in rural schools and livestock meetings, with additional speakers to be invited.
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Brookings
Dakota Cooperative Institute
Horna
Accor
A. M. Eberle
Eberle
AAA
South Dakota
H. Olson
Bijou
Hills
Brule County
Sivert
Nelson
Smith-Hughes
Brookings Bight
Coopers Livestock
Farmers Ask For Farm Account Book No. 1 in SD
Brookings January 25 1947 More than 500 farmers have requested copies of South Dakota Farm Account Book No 1 through county agricultural agents. Limited copies are available with a new print run soon to be distributed free to farmers. Last year over 5000 copies were sent out. Thorfinson, farm management specialist at State College, Brookings, urges farmers who received books last year but did not use them to try them in 1934.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Thorfinnson
State College
Thorfiingen
Bishop Burleson Leaves Estate Over Ten Thousand
The will of Bishop Hugh J. Burleson, longtime Episcopal church leader, was filed in New York. The estate is valued above $10,000 with son John Ely Burleson of Idaho Springs named residuary legatee. Executors named include John K. Burleson of Escondido Wilbert D. Swain and William B. Roberts of Sioux Falls.
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Burleson
New York
Hugh J. Burleson
Protestant Episcopal Church
South Dakota
Escondido
Cal
Wilbert D. Swain
William B. Roberts
Sioux Falls
Bishop Burleson
Cap Remington
Black ‘Hills
Risinger addresses Rotary on Wisconsin relics and anthropology
Northwestern railway special agent M. E. Risinger spoke to the Rotary Club on anthropology and the development of civilizations along the Mississippi in Wisconsin. His exhibit of relics aided Smithsonian materials. New members Ed Hanson and John Dorsey joined. Rev Morrison and E. H. Swanser attended as guests.
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Risinger
Rotary Club
M. E. Risinger
Northwestern Railway
Smithsonian, Institution
Ed Hanson
John ‘Dorsey
Morrison
Jand E.H. Swanser
Rapid’ City
Rinso Ad Claims Gentle Clean for Tough Wash
An old Rinso advertisement touts safe laundry use with gentle action and long lasting clothes. It promises savings in time and effort, claiming Rinso protects fabrics even in hard water and reduces wear on hands while delivering rich lather for effective cleaning.
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Rinso
Wheat Acreage Reduction Plans Face Doubts
Washington officials warn the spring wheat reduction program may not meet goals under the international agreement. Only about a fourth of the shortfall is due to noncompliant contract signers, with many promising to cut sowings and still expecting second payments if full reductions are met. Hope rests on a heavy winter kill.
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Washington
United States
Thi
Assure Use Of Funds In Missouri River Project
Fragmentary remarks from Representative Gillette describe an effort to allocate funds for Missouri River improvement. The text references a supposed 000,000 allocation and concern over the river in the lower Sioux region, with emphasis on equitable shares and river interests.
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Missouri
Missouri ‘River
The News Behind The News from vague talks by professors
Prof Rogers surpassed Prof Warren in dialogue but both spoke vaguely, leaving senators and students such as McAdoo and Glass puzzled by the money business. Glass mocked Warren, hinting at asking him to explain the Einstein theory while McAdoo pressed about hog prices in Seattle.
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Rogers
Warren
McAdoo
Glass
Seattle
Evolution and Water to a Professor in Water Hearings
The account describes moments in house and senate committee hearings where Miller guided a water task to a professor, Profs Warren and Rogers avoided the house committee, a federal reserve governor spoke to empty chairs, Rogers resisted photography, and newsmen failed to meet an official on detecting a new milk code during farm administration talks.
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House
Warren
Rogers
Senate
Federal- Reserve Bank
Farm Administration
New ‘York
Washington
Fragmentary House Note on Roosevelt Budget Pledge
A fragmentary transcription notes a Republican desk mural in the House referencing a newspaper headline about Roosevelt promising to balance the budget if needed over winter. The garbled text hints at political critique and fiscal resolve. Named figures or exact dates are not clearly readable.
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Daskroom
Roosevelt
Freshmen Host Upper Classes At Forestburg High Party
In Forestburg on a Friday evening the high school building hosted a merry party for freshmen entertaining the upper three classes. Games kept attendees engaged and the event concluded with lunch featuring ice cream and cake.
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Forestburg
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