Infestation Heavy In Spink Grasshoppers Devastate Crops
Brookings June 18 Special Grasshoppers threaten South Dakota crops with severe damage reported from every county. Spink County faces near total loss in four townships as authorities seek hundreds more tons of poison bait. Rain slows growth but hot weather will boost fungus that helps destroy the pests. Thousands of dollars in damage already occur with worse to come if action is delayed.
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Brookings
South Dakota
A. J. Nergaard
Sully
Norgaard
Evey
Spink
Spink County
Minneapolis
Extension Club Class Taught Craft Skills in Miller
In Miller on Saturday 17 women from eight extension clubs attended a session led by Mi sa Nellie McLoughlin home agent. The program showcased Cutting the Corners in Making a Dress from the Cotton for Style Speed and Saving series, covering pattern stitching cutting garment assembly pockets and finishing tips. Delegates for next year program and County Achievement Day were discussed along with Farm Women's Camp delegate elections for Hills in July.
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Miller
Hand County
Misa Nellie McLoughlin
City Auditorium
Heavy rain flood harms fields in Sheffield district
Special report from June 16 notes about three inches of rain soaking the area. Low spots flooded and corn fields flattened. It is described as the heaviest rain in years. Also mentioned are Fordham camp meetings at Fordham and Holiness Association camp at Mudgett Grove starting Thursday.
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Sheffield
Fordham
Holiness Association
Mudgett Grove
Lambert Rezac Early Hyde Pioneer Dies in Pierre
Lambert Rezac an early Hyde County settler died in Pierre after a short illness. Coming to South Dakota in 1882 he farmed and raised stock in northern Hyde County. His spouse, Mrs. Rezac, had died a few months earlier. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Lambert Rezac
Hyde
Highmore
Hyde County
Pierre
Fulghum to Head Music at S D U in Vermillion
Ralph T. Fulghum named director of the University of South Dakota band and head of the music department, succeeding Homer Borst. Fulghum, a former Sousa Band cornetist and Michigan graduate, will earn a master's degree in music this summer. He taught wind instruments at the University of Michigan and led music programs in Urbana, Ohio.
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Sousa
University of South Dakota
W. RB. Colton
College of Fine Arts
Homer ¥. Borst
Ralph T. Ful
University of Michigan
Urbana
Ohio
Dean Colton
Fwgham
Problems In Arranging Music for Symphonic Bands
A partial fulfilment record for a Master of Arts degree from Iowa outlines the work titled Problems In Arranging Music for Symphonic Bands.
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Iowa
Potter County Receives Beneficial Rains After Drought
Potter County locals report scattered rainfall from Saturday into Sunday with 1.06 inches recorded. The moisture aided vegetation and helped dry spillways release water from dams as ongoing showers affected the area.
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Potter County
Gettysbuhg
Jmne
Family visit route spans Oregon and Washington states
Visit from Mrs Gary of Yale and her son Paul with relatives in Iroquois and Mitchell included a stop in Lend where Mrs Gary stayed with another son and daughter while the rest continued to Oregon and Yakima Washington to see a daughter of Mrs O'Brien.
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West Yale
Bfre
Barnard Gary
Yale
Paul
Grace O'Brien
Mitchell
Gary
Oregon
Yakima
Wash
Yale Gets Rain Delivers Injury Report to Crops
Yale reports Saturday morning rainfall totaling three inches with all crops described as in fine condition except corn, which is being replanted due to cutworm damage. Weather impact on agriculture noted for the area and crops under cultivation.
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Yale
Lois McGuire Leaves For Denver Colorado
Special dispatch notes Lois McGuire left by car for Denver Colorado to establish her home. She taught in Hand County rural schools for years and travels with Doris Olson Esther Brown and Esther Whittenberger. Brown and Olson return by bus in two weeks while Whittenberger plans an extended stay in Denver.
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Lois McGuire
Denver
Colorado
Wayland
Colo
Miss McGuire
Hand ‘County
Ska
Misa Doris Olson
Hand County
Miller
Misa Esther Brown
Miller Courthouse
Esther Whittenberger
Wassington
Brown
Olson
Yale Altar Society Opens New Year Meeting
The Ladies Altar Society met at the parish hall with twenty four members present. Mrs. George Hariig attended as a guest and lunch was served. This gathering marked the society’s start to its new year.
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Yale Altar Society
YALE
Ladies Altar Society
Parish Hall
George Hariig
Bandana
Cottonwoods Bloom Blunt Weather Spurs Seed Release
Fragmentary report notes warm Monday weather releasing cottonweed seeds as ground appears to frost.
Spanish War Vet Auxiliary elects Margaretha Martin and Jeanette Anderson
In Pierre the Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year. Josephine Hopkins of Watertown is president, Lydia Kruger of Madison senior VP, Jessie Stelow of Pierre junior VP, Margaretha Martin of Huron chaplain, Jeanette Anderson of Huron conductor, Edith Munroe Mitchell judge advocate, Katherine Aikman Rapid City patriotic instructor, Anna Maybel Schheinist Mitchell histori, Christina Riley Madison associate conductor, Freda Klock Hot Springs guard, Clara Guggs Pierre assistant guard. Hopkins named appointive staff including Maritla Hopkins Watertown secretary, Dora Bowen Watertown treasurer, Carey Flanders uX Falls chief of staff, Ella Gavers Belle Fourche reporter.
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Huron
Christina Riley
Madison
Freda Klock
Hot Springs
Clara Guggs
Pierre
John Danburg Celebrates 93rd Birthday in Union Era Hero Tale
John Danburg, Hand County's lone Civil War veteran who fought with Sherman on the march to the sea, marked his 93rd birthday with a family dinner in Aid Hall. Thirty-two guests attended including Prof. Russall Darnburg of Mitchell and relatives from Huron Pierre Wossington Springs Miller and nearby areas.
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John Danburg
Lawrence
Hand County
Sherman
Prof
Russall Darnburg
Mitchell
Dwight Danburg
Huron
Scotty Powes
Marvin
Pierre
BE V
Harding
Phillip
Wossington Springs
Miller and Vicinity
Kadoka Boy Found After Disappearance Near Kadoka
Lyle Hemmingson, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Finer Hemmingson, who vanished Monday afternoon nine miles northwest of Kadoka, was located by sheriff’s deputies in Rapid City Tuesday morning. He said he planned to visit his brother Oliver and sisters Helen and Evelyn Hemmingson in Hat Springs.
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Rapid City
Lyle Hemmingson
Finer Hemmingson
Kadoka
Hat Springs
Oliver Hemmingsen
Helen
Evelyn Hemmingson
Expectant Rider Held in Rapid City Sheriff’s Office
A young man who had hitchhiked most of the way arrived in Rapid City this morning on a motorcycle. His parents were notified and he is being held at the sheriff's office until they arrive.
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Rapid City
Sheriff's Office
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Legion Hall
Erwin
John Tolmic
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S.D.U
Ralph Te Eun Guundt
Orient
Seneca
Redfield
GMC
General Motors
Wilson - Barber Auto Co
Mees
Whee
Margaretha Martin
Jeannette Anderson
Geyerman
Kadoka Boy
R. C
Wall Street Journal
Broad St
Jack’s Market
DREFT
Conoco
Beadle County Oil Company Distributors
Block North Royal Hotel
Royal Hotel
Conoco Travel
Bert Mower
Schnldtom
Highway
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