South Dakota Plate Plant At Pen Delayed Until August
The state plans to run a plate and marker factory inside the penitentiary under the board of charities and corrections. Fifteen thousand dollars was appropriated to buy and install machinery and a revolving fund of ten thousand dollars created for materials and labor. Production of license plates and highway signs will be set by contracts with the state department and finance board, with plates to be distributed by the secretary of state by December 1 each year.
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Bntil
South Dakota
Jameson
Board‘ of Charities and, Corrections
Theda
State “Department
Board of Charities G and Corrections
State Board of Finance
Tate
Plankinton School Adds Second Building Plan
Plankinton, July 3. The board of education approves completing another addition to the Plan kinton public school building besides the contract with Bert Kings Mitchell. Both additions will be built this summer at a total cost of 11,763 dollars.
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Plankinton
Kinton
Bert Kings
Mitchell
Board of Education
Lemmon Leader Debuts Fireproof Paper Plant
The Lemmon Leader, newly established by local businessmen, will publish its first issue today from a fireproof brick building sized 40 by 50 feet designed for a newspaper home. It will continue Perkins County’s Grand Valley Herald, official paper since 1907, moved from Meadow after sale to Leader Publishing by Thos. E. Lowe.
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Lemmon
Lemmon Leader
Grand Valley Herald
Perkins County
Meadow
Leader Publishing Company
Thos. EL Lowe
Mitchell Building Permits Hit 10200 This June Increase
Mitchell reports $10 200 in building permits issued in June, up $6 775 from the previous year’s June total of $3 425, per the city engineers office report.
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Mitchell
City Engireer
Abstractors To Meet In Mitchell July 17
A state convention of the South Dakota Title association will be held in Mitchell on July 17. The event gathers abstractors and related professionals for discussions and organizational matters. Local permits and arrangements are coordinated through Pierre and Mitchell officials.
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Mitchell
Pierre
South Dakota
Title Association
Mitéchell
Plankinton Editor Remains Target of Anonymous Call
Leon Davis of the Plankinton Herald was summoned to the phone after a caller mocked the town’s hard to obtain drinks. The anonymous voice urged attention to the lack of beverages and suggested using public drinking fountains on the main street.
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Plankinton
Volsteak
Leon Davis
Plankinton ‘Herald
Pai
Main Street
Rapid Air Lines Weighs Main Office Moves
Rapid Air Lines considers moving its main office from two cities as a potential base. Vice president S. R. Halley says offers from two other cities are under review but no definite decision has been made. President Walter Halley is in Omaha during the inquiry.
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Rapid Air Lines
Rapid City
Rapid
Air Lines
Ss. R. Halley
Halley
Walter Halley
Omaha
Dr A M Harding To Lecture At State College
Brookings July reports that Dr A M Harding famed radio astronomer and author will give two lectures at South Dakota State College during the summer session on July 5. He is a professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Arkansas and known for What's In the Sky Tonight and Celestial Travelogues.
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Brookings
AL M. Harding
University of Arkansas
South Dakota ‘State
College Pernoon
Convention planners map state rural letter carriers group
A regional convention outlines with officers including John A. Hawk ing Waubay president and M. Gordon Rockham secretary. Attendees from towns such as Yankton Lester Bridgewater Milltown and Aberdeen discuss meetings and conferences of the Rural Letter Carriers association.
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Elky ‘Hall
Il Usla
Tate ‘Council
M. "Bordon-of
Bridgewater
Es Babcock
Milltown
Aberdeen
Red Cross to Honor Local Volunteer Service
Vermilion resident Ss D Boy receives Red Cross service award from Midwestern headquarters. The honor recognizes bravery and long hours of work, including five year service medals and certificates of appreciation for senior life saving and water rescue efforts.
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Red Gross
Dakota
Vermil- Monica
Bath
The
Red Cross
Vermillion Lodge Seal Found In Weathered Condition
A damaged fragment reports discovery of an old lodge seal at Vermillion with weathered lettering. The item appears beaten and battered, and the article notes a discussion about its provenance and rank section 2206 Knights.
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Vermillion
Old seal may hold dirt in ground tilled
Fragmentary text notes the ground is tilled and a seal possibly obscures a dirt load. No clear event or entities identified.
Bounty Paid on Wolves in Codington County
A local report notes a bounty paid for 36 wolves killed in Codington County since May 1915. The records indicate ongoing animal control efforts with payments completed as of July 3 in Watertown.
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Watertown
Codington County
May Cut Grain for Feed Sparks County Plan
Reports indicate farmers across the Buffalo County line to the south plan to cut their grain for stock feed if moisture arrives soon. The grain is drying badly, with corn good in rain but otherwise damaged and unusable for markets.
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Danforth
Buffalo
Farmers haul long distances amid drought and scarce feed
Fragmentary report notes farmers facing drought with scarcity of dens and potatoes and rising feeding costs. Several growers haul grain and feed across long distances, seeking relief from harsh conditions and high prices.
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Drouth
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State College
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HOLT
Sioux Falls
Huron
Blunt, Highmore
Onida
Western Material Co
South, D. Koi
Cities
America
Meni
Bank of Huron
Marea Ey See
K.goerz Baewing
ST. Joseph, Me
Goetz
K. Coertz Hrewing CO
St. Joseph
GoutRyar
Huron Grocery Distribreors
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