Groton Plans City Library From Meriin Women’s Club Project
The Meriin Women’s Club library committee announces cataloging of over two thousand volumes to form a city library. Donated works cover fiction philosophy religion science arts literature and Britannica reference. Temporary reading rooms opened in Empire hotel lobby with space donated. city transfer planned after minor details are settled.
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Groton
Meriin Women's Club
Mesdames Farl Mueller
Jon Williams
H. W. Iverson
E. J. Rod
H. H. Beebe
Totwich
Old Empire Hotel
Piano Recital at Preston by Lutheran Church
June 29 Preston Lake special recital at the Lutheran church featured pupils under Walter Matson. Performances included The Sail Boat The Rag Doll s Lullaby The Happy Farmer and For Elise among others with a large crowd in attendance.
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Preston Lake
Preston
Walter Matson
Lerman
Lorene Erie
Happy Farmer
Schumann
Helen Neilson Streadbog
Parts Of Sully County Are In Need Of Rain
Onida July 2. A week of warm dry weather has left Sully County with uneven prospects. Some areas show good showers boosting grain and corn while others lag, corn ahead of normal, some fields hip high. Barley yield forecast at 20 percent, wheat at 2 percent due to late freeze and moisture shortage. Rye suffered.
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Sully
Onida
Jurn
Will Feed Fishermen At Mitchell Thursday
Mitchell South Dakota fishermen are invited to Lake Mitchell Thursday for fishing, followed by a Tree feed of lemonade and hot dogs. Preparations cover a large crowd with 4375 wieners 4000 jars of mustard and barrels of lemonade planned.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
Lake Mitchell
Aged Onida Veteran Attends Encampment
Onida reports special coverage of George Fierce a seven year old noted as the region's last surviving Civil War veteran in Sully county living with his son Francis Fierce nine miles northwest of Onida. He remains active for his age amid community encampment activities.
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Onida
George Fierce
Sully County
Francis Fierce
Ice Shortage Hits Yankton As Heat Bites
Demand for ice soars in Yankton amid a warm spell and a thin winter. A local company says it serves old customers and is cautious with new ones while artificial plants aid in easing supply.
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Yankton
Beardsley Joins Sioux Falls College Botany Faculty
Dr Martha Lydia Beardsley a botany instructor from Washington University St Louis will join Sioux Falls College science department this fall President C FR Lattgast announced She has held roles from teaching fellow to instructor at Washington University and is a member of Phi Mu Phi Sigma Sigma Xi Botanical Society of America AAAS and other societies
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Sioux Falls
Martha Lydia Beardsley
Washington University
St Louis
Sioux Falls College
C. FR. Lattgast
Beardsley
Botanical Gardens
Henry Shaw
Sioux Fells College
Phi Mu Sorority
Phi Sigma
Sigma Xi
Botanical Society of America
American Association For Advancement of Science
Women’s Organization
Surety Firm Not Liable for Embezzlement Interest
The Federal Surety Company of Davenport is not liable for a $3,445 interest on $17,172 embezzled by Frank Howard during his county treasurer term 1923 to 1927. The state supreme court held interest only from discovery date August 2, 1928, and remanded for further proceedings. Other cases noted include appeals from Stanley and Minnehaha counties and a Hanson county divorce appeal.
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Supreme Cor
High Court
Jos R. Giddings
William H. Messy
John Nessy
Stanley County
Warren
Stock Growers Bank of
Ft. Pierre
Fred R. Smith
William H. Nefsy
John Nefsy
Wat- Tem
J. O. Alviden
B. A. Sorken
O. Gilseth
Ida Sorken
Minnehaha County
Roberts
Jennie D. Caldwell
W. A. Caldwell
Hanson County
Defendent
Sanborn Crops Show Benefit From Rain despite Heat
Woonsocket reports continued heat with a welcome rain. corn is thriving the best in years, small grain improved after recent rains, potatoes look good, and alfalfa first cut is harvested though thin due to late freezes. Cutworms affect gardens and fruit is scarce after freezes.
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Woonsocket
Rain Urgently Needed to Save Lake Preston Crops
Farmers around Lake Preston report severe drought with winds ending a short life history for barley, oats, and cats. Harvest will be small, eye crop gone, some fields pastured down. Potatoes look poor, while flax is excellent where frost spared it though moisture is low. Crop prospects hinge on immediate rainfall.
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Lake Preston
Preparations Underway for Watertown Sewage Plant
Watertown engineers stake out the site for a new sewage disposal plant. Gray Construction Co. of Watertown holds the contract. The 18 inch pipeline to the pumping station is awarded to South Dakota Concrete Products Co. Electric lines are being laid to power construction at the site.
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Watertown
Gray Construction Company of
South Dakota Concrete Products Company
Purse Stolen During City Temple Wedding
During a wedding ceremony in Sioux Falls thieves entered City Temple and stole Mrs. Richard Wagner of Waterloo's purse. It contained a small amount of change and miscellaneous articles. Mrs. Wagner hopes to recover the missing handbag and its contents.
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Sioux Falls
Richard Wagner
Waterloo
City
Cossack Chorus to Haunt Aberdeen in Summer Edition
The Russian Cossack chorus of fourteen male voices, led by Sergei Sokoloff, will perform at Northern State Teachers College on July 6 as part of the summer entertainment season. The group has appeared in Milan and Paris and toured Italy, Mexico, and Central America before arriving in the United States for a North American tour.
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Aberdeen
Northern State Teachers College
Aberdeen Institution
Sergei Sokoloff
Moscow
Royal Conservatorium
Milan
Italy
Rome
Venezia
Florence
Genoa
Royal Theatres
Shipping Crops Plans Outlined For Midwest Meeting
Estimates will be drawn of 1931 crop production and transport plans for grain to markets at the midsummer meeting of the Northwest Shippers Advisory board in Sioux Falls. Speakers include Harry F. Brownell and Curtis L. Mosher. Over-size grain stocks in terminal elevators may complicate fall movement.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Shippers Advisory Board
Sioux Falls
Harry F. Brownell
South Dakota Chamber of Commerce
Curtis L. Mosher
Federal Reserve
Minneapolis Bank
Shippers Advisory Board
Museum Open in July and August at USD
The University of South Dakota museum will stay open through July and August this year. W H Over curator invites all visitors to view the exhibits. Lillian Earns from Forest City will supervise summer visitors again this season while Mr Over is on vacation in the Black Hills.
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Muzem
University of South Dakota
W. H. Over
Over Sal Lillian Earns
Forest City
Mr. Over
Black Hills
Governor Invited To Hot Springs Race Meet
Governor and Sir Warren E. Green are expected guests of honor at the Water Carmi and Race meet in Hot Springs. Invitations were sent to Senator Peter Norbeck, Congressman Williamson, and Senator elect William Bulow. Green and Bulow will judge the bathing beauty contest amid preparations as stables are repaired for next month’s meet.
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Warren E. Green
Ellery Kelley
Peter Norbeck
Williamson
William Bulow
Green
Bulow
F. ©. Butler
College Hill
Butler Seld
Miss Glenn Binger Wins Freshman Scholarship
Miss Glenn Binger of Tulare won the top freshman scholarship at Morningside College Sioux City for the past year. She received a $100 scholarship and a cash gift of $51 the Tucher pelte. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Binger of this vicinity.
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Tulare
Glenn Binger
Morningside College
Sioux City
Tucher Pelte
Binger
Herman’ Binger
State enters new fiscal year with smallest appropriations in 14 years
Pierre June 2 South Dakota will begin a new fiscal year Wednesday with the lowest operating appropriations in 14 years totaling 2 787 201 for the Biennium. Education institutions receive 2 487 162 the lowest since 1919 21 while penal and charitable institutions rise slightly to 2 567 879. Large capital items totalling 1 090 812 are included but do not cover the capital annex 280 000.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Northern Normal
Redfield
Yankton
BZA
Warning Against Careless Use Of Fireworks
A state fire marshal official urges parents to prohibit children from using fireworks on the Fourth of July. He warns fireworks cause fires and fatalities and a ten cent firecracker can start large fires. The danger includes fire, injury and death, and costs to the states reach about one million dollars annually.
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Pierre
Jone
Tom Scanlon
Scanlon
Scanlan
Gypsy Day Plans Underway at Northern State Teachers College
Aberdeen June 3 Gypsy Day homecoming planning progresses at Northern State Teachers College. Harold Fowler notes no appointment yet for student businessmen's manager vacancy after Chester Buenning's resignation. Lloyd Johnson chairs the Gypsy Day committee with Dorothy DeMeisseman as senior representative.
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Aberdeen
Northern State Teachers College
Harold Fowler
Chester Buenning
Ashley, N. Dak
Northern
Lloyd Johnson
Chelsea
Dorothy DeMeisseman
Clarkfield
Minnesota
Johanna Elaing
Patricia Fitzpatrick
L. H. Spencer Ie
Scattered Showers Aid West River Drought Relief
Scattered showers north of Belle Fourche added water to low reservoirs and temporarily alleviated worsening drought conditions. Crop conditions remain poor in most areas though irrigated Belle Fourche crops resist heat. Range country feed and water supplies are shortened due to moisture shortage.
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West River
Belle Fourche
Here
Belle Forche
Education leads graduate majors at South Dakota summer session
At the University of South Dakota 83 of 128 graduate students are pursuing advanced degrees this summer. Education tops the list with 40 majors, followed by history with 9, and economics and English tied at 6 each. Other fields include business, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, and government among a diverse slate of disciplines.
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Vermillion
University of South Dakota
A. M. Pardee
Woman Wrecks Car Purchases New Sedan
Miss Avis Williams county superintendent of schools owns a new sedan after a recent purchase. A week earlier while traveling to Mitchell with Mrs E M Smith they hit a ditch and wrecked her previously bought car while avoiding a sheep. Both women escaped with minor injuries.
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Woonsocket
Avis Williams
Miss Williams
Mitchell
E. M. Smith
Lake Preston O E F E Holds Annual Picnic
The O E F E of Lake Preston held their annual family picnic at the Lake Preston tourist park. About 75 people attended as they enjoyed lunch, swimming, and social time after a day with temperatures around 15.
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Lake Preston
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