State library loans rise as readers favor fiction travels
South Dakota Free Library commission reports 31 843 books loaned in the year ended June 20, led by fiction and travel titles. 15 583 volumes went to schools and communities, reloaned five times on average. individuals received 2 263 books. Director Leora Lewis notes growing access via the commission system, aided by low parcel post rates.
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Fierre
South Dakota Free Library Commission
Afiss
Leora Lewis
Miss Lewis
Commission
Russia
India
South Dakota
Births Outpace Deaths in Howard County 1931 Half Year
Vital statistics from Howard County Court show 91 births and 45 deaths in the first half of 1931. Marriages outnumbered divorces by a five to one ratio with 3 marriages and 4 divorces from January 1 to July 1.
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Miner
Howard
House
Dan Cupid
Miner County Shows School Census Drop in 6 to 21 Age Group
Miner county census reports 8 fewer children aged 6 to 21 this year than last year. The county has 2669 children this year versus 2157 last year in that age range.
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Miner County
Howard
Students To Complete Work For Certificate
University of South Dakota students are listed as having completed or nearing completion of state teachers certificate requirements by September 1. Names include Stella Blair Volin Florence Bohr Clark Vernon Brugger Tulare Alwayne Burkhart Kingsley Ia Doris Carpenter Fedora Helen Clifford Bur bank Gale Dartt Wall Lysle Dartt Wall Madeline Dowd Burbank Mary Elliott Vermillion Alice Gidley Garman Meldie Glass Burbank Edith Hagen Armour Lester Herbrandson Alches ter Milton Kleinjan Gregory Elizabeth Kneifl Newcastle Mildred Larson Wakanda Edna Leman Nemo Violet Merrigan Burbank Lucile Nelson Vermillion Hazel Odeen Vermillion Violet Orr Meckling Opal Richardson Vermillion Kirsten Bakken Thunder Hawk Martin Reinecke Leela Eden Smith Vermillion Florence Sutton Agar Sheila Sweeley Vermillion David Thomas Ipswich Opal Van Horn Vermillion Clarice Wilson Cresbard
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A. Jay
University of South Dakota
Hlow. Frankenfeld
Stella Blair
Volin
Florence Bohr
Clark
Vernon Brugger
Tulare
Alwayne Burkhart
Kingsley
Doris Carpenter
Fedora
Helen Clifford
Burbank
Gale Dartt
Wall Lysle Dartt
Wall
Violet Orr
Meckling
Opal Richardson
Vermillion
Kirsten Bakken
Thunderhawk
Martin Reinecke
Leela
Eden Smith
Florence Sutton
Agar
Sheila Sweeley
David Thomas
Ipswich
Opal van Horn
Clarice Wilson
Cresbard
Lake Preston C C Holds Monthly Business Meeting
The Lake Preston commercial club met at the tourist park for a monthly session with a social lunch of Dutch treats and malt served by the men. Plans for Watermelon Day on Sept 7 were set, committees named, and a band committee appointed. A kittenball game ended with the east side beating the west 3 to 11. about 65 men attended.
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Lake Preston
Commercial Club
Vacation Bible School Closes Near Preston
Vacation bible school at Congregational church in Preston finished Friday with songs recitations and a play titled Neighbors. Miss Abe Weed of Lincoln Nebraska led the session aided by Marion Collins Armina Bogue Greta Thormess Vernice Gunderson and Charlotte Smith. Another feature of the school was the
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Preston Lake
Preston
Specia
Vacation Bible School
Congregational Church
Abe Weed
Lincoln
Neb
Marion Collins
Arminia Bogue
Gretta Thormess
Vernice Gunderson
Charlotte Smith
Booths Visit Cresbard Family Ties Extended
Mrs F D Booth and her daughter Betty Grace joined Mrs RL Wilhelm and children on a motor trip to Cresbard Thursday where they stayed at the EB. The Booth party then returned home the same evening. Mrs Booth has been visiting Cresbard for several weeks and plans to return today to continue her visit.
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Cresbaard Athol
F. D. Booth
Dauighter
Betty Grace
Mra RL Wilhelm
Cresberd Thuradsy
Mra
EM. Booth
Cresbart
Chicken used to exterminate grasshoppers in garden
Mrs. O W Coursey Soday recalls a girl chick’s fondness for grasshoppers, so she placed a hen in the garden to battle an insect outbreak. The scheme worked and grasshoppers were exterminated. the fowl is kept ready to repeat the method if insects return.
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Mitchell
O.W. Courry Soday
Gerdra Res
Coursey
Gaughn Hearing Set For Wednesday
Miller July 21. Sperially Thomas Gaughn 71 year old youth of this vicinity will have his hearing Wednesday. He was arraigned for insulting two Wessington girls after being arrested Friday night and is said to have signed a confession before Justice J F Croes of Wessington. The accused was taken to Miller Saturday morning.
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Gaughn
Miller
Sperially Thomas
Justice of the Peace Corner
Wessington
J. F. Croes
Watertown Paving Start On Highway 212 East
Watertown prepares to begin paving on Highway 212 east of the city with Wagner construction as contractor. Chamber of Commerce says local Watertown labor will be used where possible and invites job applicants to file names at the Chamber office. Construction starts on Codington county’s eastern edge and moves toward Watertown.
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Watertown
Chamber of Commerce
Wagner Construction Company
Codington County
Mitchell Girls Win Vaudeville Contract
Mitchell team Virginia Mac Lean Hazel Raber and Adeline O Brien receive a three day vaudeville contract on a major circuit after winning first place in an amateur contest in Sioux City They will perform August 15 to 37 in Sioux City and have recently spent six weeks in Chicago studying chanting and voice at the Abbott School of Music.
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Mitchell
Virginia MacLean
Hazel Raber
Adeline O’brien
Sioux City
Miss MacLean
Miss Raber
Chicago
Abbott School of Music
Scotland Barley Yield Reported To Be Heavy
Threshing is in full sway with farmers reporting wheat yields from two to ten bushels per acre. A riverfront farmer says his barley yields two bushels per acre. The Scotland community has had no rain since July 3, and the corn suffers badly from the drought.
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Scotland
Thief Forcibly Buys Dress Then Fined and Jailed
In Watertown William Joyce known as the singing hobo was fined 40 for petit larceny after attempting to obtain a dress valued at 25 without paying. He pleaded guilty before Judge Loyd B. Peterson and now serves two dollars a day in jail due to lack of funds.
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Watertown
William Joyce
Joyce
Loyd B. Peterson
Gravel Removal Progress in Redfield Streets
Redfield officials report gravel is being laid in the residential area as preparation for paving. Ten blocks will receive gravelling while other blocks are paved. A larger paving project is planned for next year and will involve marking a community program to open the new pavement. The State School roadways were recently paved, adding about twelve blocks of concrete pavement in Redfield.
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Redfield
Alus
Davison Budget Shows Big Slash
Mitchell reports a tentative Davison county provisional budget for 18% reveals a $52,008 cut from last year, about 33 percent reduction in tax levies. Total tax funding set at $41,101.20 versus $41, N/A last year.
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Davison
Mitchell
Davison County
Pollard Added to Sioux Falls College Faculty
Desa James Hubert Pollard is named the fourth and latest member of the Grand Island college faculty to join Sioux Falls college staff. An ex cowboy from Oldshoma, he has led educational and social service work among Indians in the southwest and taught at Bacone college. He holds degrees from William Jewell College and Newton Theological Institute, with studies toward a PhD at Boston University. Pollard once served as army chaplain and directed Christian activities for Indian schools before becoming dean and head of the Bible department at Grand Island college prior to its merger with Sioux Falls college.
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Sioux Falls
Desa James Hubert Pollard
Grand Island College
Sioux Falls College
Oldshoma
Broome College
Dean Pollard
Southwest
Bscone College
Pollard
William Jewell College
Liberty
Newton Theological Institute
Newton Center
Mass
Boston University
Haskell Institute
Kansas
Theological Institute
Brown University
Providence
A. T
Bacone College
Hisork
Bacone
Oklahoma
the Bible
Huron Woman Among Grads in Minnesota Summer Session
Three South Dakota students were among 215 graduates at the University of Minnesota summer session exercises. Alvar Nixon of Frederick earned a bachelor of business administration, Cleata Thorpe of Huron earned a master of arts, and Donald Blumer of Flandreau received a doctor of philosophy.
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Huron
Minneapolis
South Dakota
University of Minnesota
Alvar Nixon
Frederick
Cleata Thorpe
Donald Blumer
Flandreau
Sioux Falls College Plans Major Meredith Hall Renovation
Sioux Falls College announces a large fall enrollment anticipated after a merger with Grand Island college. Meredith hall will be gutted and rebuilt to add classroom and conservatory space on four floors, with an interior restoration and new furnishings. After Meredith hall, Jordan hall corridors and classrooms will be redecorated and the gym balcony bleachers may be rebuilt to double seating capacity.
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Sioux Falls College
Sioux
Falls
Grand Island College
Meredith Hall
South Dull
Jorden Hall
Roads Are Gravelled In Vicinity Of Athol
Athol July 27 The county graveling crew has finished with the Athol graveling A five mile stretch from Ashton is graveled and will aid residents for miles The main street and roads to two cemeteries and the Congregational church are now graveled The crew will move to Zell next The old road from Reinecke bridge to Johanneson's farm will be freightened and moved to follow the county road created by the project
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Athol Athol
Athol
Ashton
Congregational Church
Zell
Atholfe
Reinecke Bridge
Johanneeson
Erwin Girl Breaks Arm Riding Pet Lamb
A girl in Erwin suffered a fractured collarbone after falling while riding a pet lamb. She was reportedly under the care of family members when the accident occurred.
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Erwin
Batty
Gas Tax Tops South Dakota Revenue for First Time
State Auditor Willian Dunn reports the gasoline tax provided about 23 percent of South Dakota’s $24.19 million revenue in the last fiscal year ending June, totaling $5.29 million and surpassing the state tax. Expenditures rose to $27.30 million, aided by retirement of $3 million highway bonds and $450,000 land settlement bonds. The highway department spent $7.38 million, about 26.85 percent of expenditures, while interest and sinking fund allocations reached $6.16 million.
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South Dakota
Willian M. Dunn
Dunn
Highway Department
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Commission
Custer Sanatorium
OES Department of Agriculture
Tulare Young Woman Married At Aberdeen
Tulare July 27 Special The marriage of Miss Lois Hawstern to Stanley Blaine at the Congregational parsonage in Aberdeen was noted as a past week event. Mrs Blaine is the daughter of Carl Hawstern of Mellette and has worked as a waitress at the Tulare cafe for several years. The couple left for a short honeymoon in North Dakota.
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Tulare
Aberdeen
Lois Hawstern
Stanley Blaine
Blaine
Carl Hawstern
Mellette
Points
North Dakota
Erwin Church and Aid Sponsor Rural Picnic
The Erwin Congregational church and Ladies Aid held a community picnic at O Wolkow farm two miles northeast of Erwin. The afternoon featured a kittenball game between town and country women. Evening programs included vocal and instrumental selections and a talk by Harold Gaidseth. Refreshments supported church finances.
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Erwin
Bon Homme BudgetCuts 44 359 Tyndall July 27
Bon Homme county commissioners approved a provisional budget cut of 44 350 for 1932 in a continued meeting. Major reductions include road 31 000 bridge 5 000 auto fund 2 000 highway 3 000 Custer sanitarium 500 and highway superintendent 1 000. Added increases over last year cover mothers pension 300 and election expense 3 500. The 1931 budget totaled 224 915 30 versus provisional 180 359 30 for 1932.
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Bon Homme
Tyndall
Bon Homme County
Custer
Sentenced Man Flees Sioux Falls Court Room
A Sioux Falls judge had suspended a M day vagrancy sentence for Roy Mahoney of Sioux City. As the judge ordered Mahoney to leave town, he dashed from the courtroom, apparently heading toward his home state, prompting a swift departure from Sioux Falls.
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Harry
Sioux Falls
Roy Mahoney
Sioux City
Mahoney
Legion Bureau Provides Local Jobs In Brown County
Aberdeen July 27 The Legion employment bureau reports July fills for Brown County residents. Forty seven men eight women four married couples for farm work fifty one men for odd city jobs about half still employed eight women city work twenty six girls for odd jobs such as tending children cleaning house and cafe work seventeen men on county highway bridges thirty men for Milwaukee railroad extra gang twelve boys for weeds and bill peddling ten horses for bridge approaches all jobs kept local to residents.
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Legion Bureau
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Brown County
Legion Employment Bureau
Ivan Leach
Bureau
Milwaukee Railroad
Alpena Prairie Fire Quickly Stamped Out
A prairie fire near Alpena started by a northbound train was found on the Nelson farm southeast of town. Quick response by local farmers and residents kept the flames under control with little damage. Dry grass and stubble make fires spread rapidly in the area.
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Alpena
Nelson Farm
Old Roommate Athol July 21 Bunco Party Honors Miss Coppman
Special guest Miss Clarice Coppman of Sioux City Iowa arrived in Athol to visit Miss Mary Miller. Friday night twelve guests including Evelyn Booth Maxire Twiss Norma Ingles Bonnie Rhoades Maurine Twiss Mary Dutch Anna Sandell Grace Rasmussen Vivian Hopking Roberta Price and Azalia Price attended a Bunco party at the Miller home with refreshments at midnight.
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Athol
Clarice Coppman
Sioux City
Mary Miller
Miss Coppman
Miss Millers
Morningside College
Miller
Evelyn Booth
Maxire Twiss
Norma Helen Ingalls
Bonnie Rhoades
Maurine Twiss
Mary Dutch
Anna Sandell
Grace Rasmussen
Vivian Hopking
Roberta
Azalia Price
Neuharth and Green Die Hardakk—No, Ihrm? (Note: Output constraints require a valid T. but the provided content is garbled. Attempting concise headline.)
Harold Neuharth and Thelma Green were married at Woonsocket. The bride is Nettie Green's daughter. the groom, John Pes’s son, is a local barber and City barber college graduate. Both have deep ties in Alpena community.
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Harold Neuharth
Thelma Green
Alpena
Harold Newhart
Woonsocket
Nettie Green
John Pes
Neuharth
Best Month for Poultry Culling, Says State Expert
July is identified as ideal for culling flocks by Prof. Wiliur Lully head of the poultry department at State College. He cites lower costs per bird and better overall flock performance if culling begins now. He warns to feed hens well for two weeks before culling to avoid removing non laying birds and lists signs of cull hens such as dried combs and hard non flexible bones. He recommends free State College booklets on culling.
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Pouler Wiliur Lully
State College
Toc
Tully
Aged Alpena Woman Breaks Hip in Morning Accident
A 75 year old Alpena resident M Mary Coon suffered a broken right hip while feeding chickens on July 21. She slipped and fell at the school grounds. a physician set the fracture and she rests comfortably. Also notes Belvidere club plans corn show Sept 2 and a brief Erwin social visit by the Donaldson family.
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M. Mary Coon
Aed
Cole
Ineers
Dakota
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C. W. Baker
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Baker
Wilhelm Oil Company
Pierre
State Banking Department
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Lemmon
Bank of Lemmon
First State Bank
Elmer Jorgenson
Weall
South Dakota Securities Co
Belvidere
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Donaldson
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