Key Sioux Falls and South Dakota Milestones 1857 1922
In 1857 the Western Town company of Dubuque filed Sioux Falls townsite claims. 1872 Frank Pettigrew arrived in Sioux Falls after a Wisconsin horseback journey. 1873 William T. Hill, first pastor of Dell Rapids Baptist Church, arrived in Dell Rapids. 1878 the Rapid City and Fort Pierre stage line began. Freeman Knowles, ex congressman, died in Deadwood. 1922 Mrs Emma Kingsley Coshun, city librarian at Huron, died aged 82.
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South Dakota
Western Town Company of
Dubuque
Sioux Falls
Frank Pettigrew
Wisconsin
William T. Hill
Dell Rapids
Rapid City
Fort Pierre
The Routine Work Behind Van Dine’s Success
The piece argues success comes from years of routine toil not momentary luck. It details Willard Huntington Wright known as S B Van Dine, who wrote four detective novels selling over 600,000 copies after dedicating years to study and writing. It notes his Paris slide into illness, then studying crime fiction from Poe to contemporary works before writing.
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van Dine
Willard Huntington Wright
Benson
Greene
Wright
Paris
Bookman
Poe
Gaborian
New Bills To Be Issued In General Circulation
Banks have received samples of the new ten percent smaller currency to be issued. Eleven designs will replace the current bills, reducing production and design costs. Treasury estimates save two million dollars annually. About 857 million new bills will circulate before old notes are recalled, likely by November, while over 1,200 tons of old money are destroyed after careful sorting.
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Huron
Washington
Treasury Department
Huron residents enter Yard and Garden contest
Several scores of Huron residents have entered the Yard and Garden contest for the summer. Contestants will vie for prizes awarded to the entrant showing the greatest improvement in their yard. The slogan You win if you lose reflects the spirit of effort and enjoyment in planting cultivating and beautifying.
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Big Yard
Nancy Richey Ranson
Good Housekeeping
Characters and yards amid summer talk in a persuasive piece
The excerpt contrasts neighborly garden verses with a meditation on character as the key to success. It quotes William Lyon Phelps on climate and prosperity, then discusses how two similar men start equal but diverge over time, attributing the difference to character across professions.
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William Lyon Phelps
Scotland
Mexico
20 Years Ago Today in Huron
Miss Cora Whitney postmistress at Wolsey visited her brother Lafe Whitney in Huron on Tuesday. A Giard of Barrett Giard and wife visited Iroquois and De Smet on Wednesday to buy two fine livery teams. HC Glazier went to Miller on Wednesday. Wilmarth returned from De Smet Wednesday. J C Klemme went to Redfield to settle five logs. Mrs Frances Dellgard and daughter left Denver for home after visiting Earl Orcutt.
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Cora Whitney
Wolsey
Lafe Whitney
A. Giard
Barrett & Giard
Iroquois
de Smet
Giard
HC. Glazier
Miller
Wilmarth
J. C. Klemme
Redfield
Frances Dellgard
Earl Orcutt
Denver
Farm efficiency cuts need for acreage expansion in US
Federal Agriculture officials say farm output has grown faster than population since WWI despite fewer farms and animals and slightly less cropland. Dr. O E Baker predicts limited need for new acreage for ten years, with growth in the Great Plains as tractors unlock semi arid land. Western South Dakota poised to benefit from farming, mining, and tourism expansion.
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Rooga Rapid City Journal
United States
Federal Department of Agriculture
O. E. Baker
Federal Department
Dr. Baker
Great Plains
South Dakota
Barge Colossus Promises Lower Freight Costs on Upper Mississippi
The 2000 ton barge ships from Minneapolis down the Mississippi this week carrying wheat to showcase the nine foot channel on the upper river. It dwarfs the 500 ton barges common on the St. Louis to Twin Cities run and promises economies through higher capacity and efficiency. The first of its size to reach Minneapolis, it underscores the need for peak upper river service to reduce freight costs and widen markets for the Northwest.
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Mississippi
Minneapolg
Northwest
St. Louis
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Upper
South Dakota Travel Men set convention at Yankton
Bloodgood and Master Cyril left Wednesday for Wall near their home. Preparations are underway for the South Dakota Traveling Men's association convention at Yankton June 48-19. Tickets for the special train may be purchased from Hootehingen, Campbell, Burrows, Schroder, Washburn, Ritsehlug, or Wheeler.
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Bloodgood
Cyril
Wall
South Dakota Traveling Men’s Association
Yankton
G.s Hootehingen
Cieter Campbell
Burrows
al Schroder
Geo. W. Washburn
Willian Ritsehlug
C. A. Weeler
Lumber mill notice from Mason area highlights local interests
Published in the interest of the People at Mason and vicinity by the Peter Mintener Lumber Co. the notice announces local business activity and community focus with emphasis on regional timber interests and civic engagement.
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Mason and Vicinity
Peter Mintener
South Dakota farmers adapt as wheat declines
The Argus Leader notes Chicago wheat prices drop to 14 year lows while South Dakota shifts toward diversified farming. Corn acreage rises, wheat acreage falls, with last year’s wheat value near 29.22 million and total grains and livestock revenue around 300 million. Minnehaha County produced 36 600 bushels of wheat versus 5 542 000 bushels of corn.
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South Dakota
Argus-Leader
Chicago
Minnehaha
Lincoln
Turney
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Pisa
Peel
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Bridget
Solin
Owith
Rodney
Peter Mintener Lumber CO
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Marquette
Fisher
Lovejoy
Buick and
Buick Motor Company
Flint
Michigan
General Motors Corporation
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Quhana
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