Moonlight Theatre Night At Vermillion University Play
Vermillion July 16 A full moon over the open air theatre at the University of South Dakota enhanced the summer production There s a Moon Tonight by Alfred Kreymberg Presented July 15 under C E Lyon The cast featured Helen Blankenburg Isabel Hegnnes Dorothy Connor William Looby Norman Paulsen Simeon Scarier and others The play blends rhyme prose and free verse in a romantic comedy about poets Scarlet and Mellow with love affairs and editors Noble and Wise The performance drew students faculty and townspeople and received enthusiastic praise
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University of South Dakota
Alfred Kreymberg
Tueday
C. E.lyon
Vermillion
Helen Blankenburg
Fedora
Dians
Isabel ‘Hegness
Vermilion
Betty
Dorothy Connor
Sioux Falls
Amanda Biggs
Simeon Scarlet
Montague Mellon
William Looby
Nunds
Norman Paulsen
Centerville
Froe
Scarlet
Mellow
Timothy Sharks
Noble
Wise
Shanks
Mr. Oblong
Ir. Clod
Simpleton
Robert Duan
Groton
Diana
Norman Paulson
Simeon Scarier
William Tleoby
Nanda
Amanda Biges
Dorothy’ Connor
Jiffy Ward
Clark Canistota
Timothy Shanks
A A. Schlat
Jaya
Lemuel Wise Earle
Running Gregory
Samuel Noble
James Sweet
Washington, D. C
Oblorz
Jecel Peterson
Colman
Clo
Raleigh Baldwin
End of English Towers General Store After 25 Years
The Clear Lake store, started in 1901 by Ennis and English, closed after 25 years of service. Towers bought English out in 1909, ads ran on the same page for over 25 years, then health and retirement prompted the sale and closing.
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Clear Lake
Sad Towers
Ennis
J. M. Towers
England Towers
English
Towers
Clear Lake Courier
Elevator Men Hold Session At De Smet
Special agents from Atlas and Eagle elevator companies gathered in De Smet for an annual meeting with head office staff. B A Rice arranged locally. Twenty five men attended including Minnesota agents and executives from Atlas and Eagle Milling firms. A noon dinner followed at a local cafe hosted by the De Smet Lions Club.
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de Smet DE Smet
Atles and
Eagle Elevator Companies
South Dakets
de Smet
B. A. Rice
Atlas
Minnesota
E. 0. Smith
van Dusen Harrington Company
Minneapolis
J. J. Wilson
Watertown Mother II Injured In Smashup
In Watertown on July 16 Mrs Andrew Anderson suffered severe cuts and bruises after being hurled through a car windshield in a Lake Norden collision. Her six week old baby, cradled in her arms, was thrown to the ground but uninjured. Anderson, who drove the car, said another vehicle struck it on Lake Norden streets, sending the car into a ditch and overturning. The other driver's name was not learned.
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Watertown
Andrew ©. Anderson
Afar
Lake Norden
Anderson
Mc. Anderson
Lake Norgen
Pierre Couple Escape When Car Spills and Burns
Pierre residents Jilly 16 Dir and Mrs. Fred L. Vilas escaped serious injury Sunday when their car overturned in a ditch after striking the remains of an old wrecked auto. Vilas freed himself. his wife Beth escaped with minor injuries. They lost all personal belongings inside the vehicle.
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Pierre
Jilly
Fred L. Vilas
Vilas
Hames
Beth
Rainor
Buffalo Farmers Combat The Heat By Working Nights
In CANN VALLEY the week after July 4 saw average maximums reach 106.05 degrees with daily highs from 102 to 110 degrees. Farmers switch to night work to plow and harvest ripened grain while dealers hire extra labor to meet the demand for harvesting machinery as heat persists.
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Cann Valley
Gann Valley
Readjustment Of Rates To Be Help Readjustment Of Rates To Be Help
The interstate freight rate readjustment in the Western Trunk Line Territory aims to aid South Dakota jobbers and business men by reducing favored points and leveling rates across multi line moves. The South Dakota railroad commission notes gains for local centers and offsets any class rate increases with lower agricultural commodity rates.
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Commission
South Dakota Paints and Paints
South Dakota Railroad Commission
Aberdeen Schools Add New Equipment
Aberdeen plans improvements in city schools after Morning Heights join the district. Supplies will be ordered this week after board approval. Desks lockers filing equipment and other supplies will be added as enrollment grows. Monroe school remodeling contract to Jonason company. Repairs finish by July 3. Household arts unit work underway at Washington school.
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Aberdeen
Morning Heights
Bwe~wysttenach
Monroe
Jonason Company
Washington School
Paper Boy Injured While Playing On Lake Madison
Emmett Steele, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sterle of Madison and a seven year Argus-Leader carrier, was badly hurt playing on a diving raft at Lake Madison. A scuffle caused a rupture and pelvic fracture. he was rushed to Madison hospital for surgery. He has missed only two delivery days in seven years and fears for his papers to customers.
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Madison
Emmett Steele
C. Sterle
Argus-Leader
Lake Madison
Lannett
Madison Hospital
Emmott
Hitchhiker Picked Up Near Mitchell Faints on Highway
Jack Stewart of Flint Michigan was found unconscious on the Custer Barefield highway about three miles west of Mitchell after a fainting spell on Sunday night. Rushed to a local hospital he is reported recovering satisfactorily. Stewart said his last memory was fainting while walking along the highway and passersby brought him to care.
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Mitchell Mitchell
Custer Barefield
Here
Jack Stewart
Flint
Mich
Stewart
Fish Die Amid Heat Wave Along Cheyenne River
Excessive heat lowers Cheyenne river to six inches in places. Catfish flock to shallow pools and suffocate as water warms. A farmer near the river east of Buffalo Gap counted twenty dead and dying fish in a single day.
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Buffalo Gap
Cheyenne
South Dakota Car Crash Deaths Rise in 1939 Five-Month Span
Pierre reports twenty five people died in South Dakota automobile accidents in January through May 1939, per Easter Insurance figures, up seven percent from 1925. Monthly totals show varying deaths, with January five and May seven, among others.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Lan Easter Insurance Company
Record corn flax and barley acreage tops in state history
Brookings, July 16. South Dakota reports all time high acreages for corn flax and barley as of July 1 led by 5 113 000 acres of corn and 2 056 000 of barley. Durum wheat declines six percent while oats and flax show gains with overall crop area about 24 percent above 1925.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Joseph I. Orr
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Federal Farm Board
Orr
Eastorn Counies
A&a
Soine
Counies
Summer visitors surge at University Museum in Vermillion
University of South Dakota museum records show 72 visitors on Sunday and about 300 since opening June 26. It is the first summer opening, with daily hours 9 to noon and 1 to 4 30, and Sunday tours from 2 to 5. Indian relics, birds, and animals draw crowds from across South Dakota.
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University Museum
Yes
Vermellion
University of South Dakota Museum
Lillian Kearns
Miss Keams
South Dakota
Picnic crowd enjoys staged Ford smashup at Glenwood Park
Mitchell July 16 a Knights of Columbus picnic drew 700 to 800 people as two old Ford cars staged a pre arranged collision for amusement. Spectators watched thrill seekers in two ball games with Bridgewater beating Dimmork then Mitchell pickups winning a later game.
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Knights of Columbus
Glenwood “Park
Bridgewater
Dimmork
Mitchell
Eleventh Swimmer Rescued At Mitchell Beach
Lifeguard Bud Crowningshield warned young swimmers to avoid tampering with life buoys after rescuing a boy near the offshore barrels. It marked the eleventh near drowning this summer at the Mitchell municipal beach.
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Mitchell Mitchell
Bud” Crowningshield
Crowningshield
Alpena reports twenty six dogs in city records
Alpena city assessor finished work listing 26 dogs in the city records. The report compares assets with 43 pianos and 39 radios. Real estate valuation totals 4524,028.
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Alpena Alpena
Alpena
Professor Hanson Leaves For Europe For Study
BROOKINGS July 15 Dr N E Hangen professor of horticulture at State College sails July 14 for London to attend the International Horticultural Congress August 7 to 15 and the International Botanical Congress at Cambridge England August 16 to Sept 4 The trip aims to study permanent changes in plant cells to improve hardiness and adaptability He will visit leading experiment stations in western Europe and expects to return about October 1 Mrs Hansen accompanies him
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Hansen
Europe
Commission To Decide On Game Regulations
Pheasant hunting regulations for 1930 and the question of an open season on prairie chickens will be decided by the state game and fish commission at its next meeting on August 9 in Pierre. Before then, game wardens will submit recommendations on open season length and bag limits. Last year the pheasant season ranged from sixteen to three days with a five bird limit, including one female. A western prairie chicken closed season was requested previously but kept closed.
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Pierre
State Game and Fish Commission
O. H. Johnson
Department of Game and Fish
Missouri River
Petrified Forest opens in Black Hills near Piedmont
Pierre reports the Forest of Lebanon in the Black Hills near Piedmont, 18 miles from Rapid City, will showcase 550 acres of petrified logs and stumps. Secretary Kriebs notes daily discoveries, with trees up to 40 feet long and four feet in diameter, some agatized and multi colored, dating seven to 20 million years old.
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Pierre
Forest of Lebanon
Black Hills
South Dakota
Frank D. Kriebs
Mr. Kriebs
Piedmont
Rapid City
Elk Creek Valley
Kriebs
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Huron
Axelrad Brothers Costain Music Store
C.C. Faylor Elec. Service
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Perziten Drug Co
D .O. Root
General& Motor Equip. Co. Distributors
Huron, S. de
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Battle Creek
Kelley Rice
Tsu
Marilyn Miller
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