Death in Wessington coach smash claims farmer Harry Stewart
Harry Stewart of Wessington was killed when his car collided broadside with a Chicago and North Western passenger train near Wessington Saturday morning. His brother in law Will Fass was seriously injured and remained in hospital. Stewart, 30s, left farm work to aid neighbor harvesting when the crash occurred. He is survived by his wife a young son Duane his father and three sisters. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Wessington
Harry Stewart
Will Fass
Stewart
Fasse
Harlan Fass
J. 2. McNair
Harlan Fasse
Chicago and North Western
Weasington
Fosse
McNair
Duane
Rigid Economy Urged For U S by Hoover
Washington July 25 President Hoover urged drastic economy in government spending to curb a growing deficit. He ordered all heads of departments to withhold funds not needed for operation and to trim next year’s estimates. The letter notes a serious financial condition with revenues down and a treasury deficit over 900 million dollars at year end 1931.
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Washington
Presidert Hoover
Treasury
Cirst
Bureau of the Budget
Dry Head Turns. Lt. Colonel to Lead Big Force
Prohibition Director Woodcock temporarily steps aside as head of the largest federal dry force. By nightfall he becomes Lieutenant Colonel Amos W. W. Woodcock of the reserve corps, leading a larger force at Camp Albert Ritchie Maryland. He previously served on the Mexican border in 1916 and led a company in France cited for distinguished service.
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Washington
Woodcock
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Camp Albert Ritchie
Maryland
France
Demo Leaders Give Policies
Washington July 25 two democratic leaders outlined a broad program of national and international policies. Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland warned the Hoover moratorium places U S in global economic and political circles while Senator Cordell Hull of Texas argued that sustained American leadership has kept the world from true progress amid retaliation and trade wars. They blamed ten years of Harding Coolidge Hoover policies for current strife and said isolation is over as the U S participates in European affairs and faces entangling future implications. Ritchie warned of uncertain moratorium consequences and German reparations likely shifting after it ends with limited U S debt collection prospects.
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Washington
United States
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Cordell Hull
Texinessee
Democratic National Committee
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Ritchie
Wyoming Ranchers Face Runaway Fires Across Wyoming
Fierce winds threaten ranches in the Black Hills of northeastern Wyoming and raise fear for New Castle. Out-of-control grass and timber fires flare north of Wheatland and near Toltec in Albany county while western Wyoming fires ease after two weeks. Crews plow districts around New Castle to stop spread and conserve water as foresters push to contain blazes into northern Idaho and western Montana.
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Cheyenne
Wyu
Black Hills
Wyoming
New Castle
Wheatland
Albany County
Toltec
Wyomiing
Mew Castle
Wanton’ County
Idaho
Montana
Weather forecast for South Dakota weekend
Unclear text indicates a weather forecast for South Dakota. It notes tonight and Sunday with a temperature change. Parity cloudy tonight and Sunday with a high around 45 degrees and a few showers possible.
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South Dakota
Seadey
Warrant Issued For Fred Smith Amid Embezzlement Case
Pierre reports a new warrant for Fred R. Smith, former state superintendent of banks, awaiting trial for embezzlement. State's attorney Robinson cites undisclosed charges and plans to reveal them at a later date. Smith is out of state and expected to return to Pierre around July 28 for proceedings.
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Pierre
Fred R. Smith
Atate
Will G. Robinson
Hughes County
Robinson
Smith
Sioux Falls
Fred HK. Smith
South Dakota
Pierra
John H. Johnson
Minnehaha County
Bruce A. Barnes
Sout Falls
M. Q. Sharpe
Platte
Amao
Slowx Fats
Bailey
Willy
Hhestormers
Sharpe
Whoc and Trips Mentioned in Storied Behalf of Beverly Hills
A garbled fragment from a Beverly Hills column references two trips and jokes about storied persons. It mentions Post and Gatty's ship, Bernard Shaw, and Ledy Astor, implying humor tied to their travels. The piece suggests light satire and unnamed destinations in Russia with playful asides about laughter.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Post
Gatty
Bernard Shaw
Ledy Astor
Russia
Bernard
Apple
Beadle County Lands Near True Value in 1930 Survey
Beadle county ranked near top among North Western served counties for assessments closest to estimated true land value. The survey priced Beadle land at 89.1 percent of true value with average value $51 per acre and equalized value $45.4 per acre, among 37 counties. Seven Beadle transfers from 1930 to 1931 covered 1,120 acres at $56.43 per acre. Lincoln led total money transfers with 4,039 acres for $491,546.
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Beadle County
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Central 5
South Dakota
Clark
Faulk
Hand
Hughes
Hyda
Kingsbury
Mines
Potter
Spink
North Western
Haakon County
Hutte
Butte County
Black Hills
Meade County
Yankton County
Clark County
Lincoln County
Matzke Honored as First Chamber Member in new Beadle County Setup
Frank Matzke of Virgil becomes the first honorary member of the Huron Chamber of Commerce under a plan making the Beadle County board of commissioners ex officio a member. The move aims to boost community development and cross‑agency cooperation. Taxes on several thousand dollars of mortgages will be added to next year’s revenue after homeowners were asked to declare mortgages and credits. about 108 residents were found with mortgages in their names.
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Frank Matzke
Virgil
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Beadle County Board of Commissioners
Chamber
Beadle County
City of Huron
Paul KK. Myers
Matzke
Huron
Myers
Matrice
Beedle County
State Tax Commission
Wedding bells ring at 3 A.M. in Oskaloosa nuptials
Katherine Lewis aged 41 and Paul Sherman 19 plan a 3 am ceremony in Oskalooga Iowa to lengthen their honeymoon because Sherman works a late shift until after midnight and must return to work early Monday morning.
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Oskalgoqla
Katherine Lewis
Paul Sherman
Sherman
Heatwaves Hit the Midwest and Southwest Across Several States
Temperatures surged past 100 degrees in South Dakota and neighboring states with Aberdeen peaking at 108 while Pierre and Rapid City reported 4% and 102 respectively. In California and Arizona, Phoenix and Yuma tied or exceeded 112 to 114 degrees as heat deaths rose to five. Forecasters warned of unsettled conditions with little rain likely in the near term.
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M. E. Blystone
Huron
Aberdeen
Pierre
Rapid City
Los Angeles
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
el Centro
Cal
Imperial Valley
Paul W. Robert
California
Arizona
Needles
Yuma
USA Ariz
Brawley
Mitchell
Watertown
Huron SM
Yankton
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Unidentified Body Recovered From Sioux River
Four boys discovered the body of an unidentified man in the Bicuk river below the falls at Sioux Falls after a drownings incident reported in the afternoon. Local authorities began identification efforts as the river rescue details emerged.
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Sioux River
Sioux Falls
Bicuk River
Government Pay Checks Turned Down in Chicago
Four members of the Minnesota naval militia arrived in Chicago aboard the naval training ship Paducah and tried to cash government pay checks of 15.20 dollars. After visiting about 200 places with no success, a nearby restaurant cashed the checks once Sergeant William Murphy agreed to back the government.
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Chicago
Minnesota Naval Militia
Paducah
South State Street
Sergt
Wiliam Murphy
Grant Pardons Granted in South Dakota
In Pierre on July 25, Governor Warren Green approved multiple pardons and commutations. Howard Finlay received a 27 year commutation for a 1921 Minnehaha County murder conviction. George Thompson got a five year reduction from 30 to 15 years for a 1921 Frith bank robbery. Lillian Linnemann received a full pardon for a 1927 Codington burglary. Verbey Admire of Watertown gained a pardon with $247 remitted. Henry Beck of Minnehaha and James M. Bell of Beadle also pardoned. Beck had faced a 1929 assault with intent to rape conviction, Bell a 1929 grand larceny sentence.
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Fachers State Bank
Frith
Thompson
Lillian Linnemann
Codington County
Watertown
Verbey Admire
Bell
Youth Is Arrested For Criminal Attack
Thoras Gaughn a 21 year old resident of the vicinity was to be arraigned before Justice Conner in Miller on a charge of criminally assaulting two Washington girls aged 11 and 12. He was brought from Washington by officers and had reportedly signed a written confession this morning before Justice Croes.
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John F. Croes
Wesington
Justice of the Peace
Capone Brother Plans Appeal to Fight Tax Sentence
Ralph Capone faces a three year prison term for liquor tax violations. The U S circuit court upheld the conviction, and attorney George N Murdoch said a rehearing request would be filed and a stay of execution sought pending Supreme Court review.
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Ralph Capone
Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Alphonse Capone
George N. Murdock
United States Supreme Court
New York Democrats Meet At Long Island Luncheon
A luncheon in West Hampton brought together Governor Roosevelt and former Governor Alfred E. Smith with New York Democratic leaders. Attendees included James A. Farley state chairman Edward J. Flynn secretary of state and several New York Court of Appeals judges.
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New York
Drowning Tragedy At Harding County Reservoir
Three persons drowned in a July incident at a reservoir near the Glannomattl coal mine in remote Harding county about 200 miles from Rapid City. Victims include daughters and a father, with few details available on the remaining victims.
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Rapid City
Eectios
Harding County
Devastating Fire at Home For The Aged In Pittsburgh
More than a hundred patients were hospitalized after a blaze at the Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The four story brick building burned after midnight, with 145 men and 105 women inside. Nuns and volunteers aided rescues as the cupola collapsed and the facility was abandoned.
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Pittsburgh
Little Sisters of the Poor
Flem
Star of the Home
Mary Kline
Agathe
Margaret
Pascaline
Greman
Hoover
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Capitol Building Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
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North Dakota
Beadle
James M. Bell
Beatie County
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