Americans in 1914 React to War Sparked by Austria Serbia
A Washington writer recalls July 28 1914 when Austria declared war on Serbia and World War I began. Americans discussed the bunny hug and turkey trot while headlines warned of war. They watched Russia mobilize and Germany court chaos as Germany invaded Belgium. News mixed with fashion and stock-market turmoil as war loomed.
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Alexander HK
George AP
Washington
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Francis Ferdinand
John Drew
U. S
Russia
Nicholas
Germany
Hig Cabinet
Berlin
Paris
Chicago
Belgium
Nelson A. Miles
Ruling On Bond Premium Allocation In South Dakota
Premiums from sale of U S treasury bonds owned by the South Dakota school and public lands department should credit the school fund interest and income account rather than the permanent fund per an attorney general opinion. Profits from bond sales at a premium go to interest and income in line with a constitutional intent to apportion any income from fund investments to the state schools.
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Pierre
U. S. Treasury
South Dakota School and Public Lands Department
School Fund
Permanent Fund
Attorney General’s Office
Earl Hammerguist
Rules Aliens Are Entitled To Relief
South Dakota attorney general reaffirms a prior ruling that an alien is entitled to public relief including a mother's pension. The opinion to Gregory County state attorney Harold Gunverdahl states the law provides aid for any woman who meets residency requirements, with no citizenship condition. She must reside in the state one year and in the county six months before applying.
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Rural teachers not required to return for exams
In Pierre on July 27 the attorney general ruled that rural teachers who finish their term before eighth grade exams are not legally obligated to come back for the examinations without extra pay. The opinion notes a one to two week gap after term end before exams and that many teachers go home.
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Pierre
Attorney General's Office
S. K R. Law
Clear Lake
States and feds spend on blind aid in South Dakota
Pierre July 27. The state and federal governments spent $49,279.60 aiding blind persons in South Dakota during the 1938-39 fiscal year ending June 30. Social Security Director C. H. McCay said there were 236 recipients, 93 added, 26 closed. Indians made up about one third. monthly payments averaged about $18.94 per person.
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Pierre
Sou’ Dakota
C. H. McCay
McCay
Garris Families Visit Tolar Home in Wellington
Mr. and Mrs. K L Garris and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Garris of Osceola Iowa visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tolar. Mrs. K L Garris is Mrs. Tolar's sister and Ernest Garris is her nephew.
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Wellington
K. L. Garris
Ernest Garris
Osceola
Frank Tolar
Mrs. Tolar
Petersons Return From Sanatorium Visit
Donald Peterson brought his wife back Monday from a sanatorium where she has been treated for illness over the past month. Her sister Miss Eleanor Carlson, staying at the Peterson home, returned to Plano Saturday evening.
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Sanator Bancroft
Donald Peterson
Sanater
Peterson
Eleanor Carlson
Plano
Lions Teasing Incident Costs St Paul Officers Dear Demerits
In St Paul three patrolmen received suspensions and another a demerit for teasing a lion in Como Park. Walter Gran earned 30 days off, Peter Barrett 15, Hugo Keller 5, and George Bowne a demerit for being present. Barrett and Keller were punished for not stopping Gran while Chief Hackett noted officers were not supposed to be in the park.
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St.Paul
Tearig
Bowne
Barrett
Keller
Gran
Clinton Hackett
Visit by Coast and Geodetic Survey Employee
Heymond Carstens of the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington D C visits his parents Mr and Mrs George Carstens.
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Myme
Wellington
Heymond Carstens
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington, D. C
George Carstens
Voters May Instruct School Board On Hiring Women
Pierre July 27 Electors of a common school district may vote to instruct the district school board not to hire married women as teachers. The attorney general's office advised state Superintendent J F Hines that electors can direct school board management matters and the board must follow those instructions.
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Pierre
Attorney General’s Office
J. F. Hines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California visitor Wrighting Conde and Wessington guest DeHaven
Alfred Wright of San Diego California is visiting relatives and friends in Conde. Tom DeHaven of Vilas was a dinner guest in the home of Mr and Mrs Tom DeHaven of Wessington Tuesday.
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Tom DeHaven
Vilas
Wessington
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