Building Plans Show Optimism In Huron Growth
City hall permit report from January 1 to March 1 shows 1931 building activity far above the same period in 1930. The most valuable project is a Beadle county warehouse at 12000, with a $6000 Norris residence on Idaho Avenue SE and a $5000 one story brick building at Second Street and Wisconsin Ave SW. C W Cox plans a $1500 remodeling of a Colorado Avenue home.
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Huron
Beadle County
K. D. Norris
Idaho Avenue Southeast
Second Street
Wisconsin Avenue Southwest
Oscar Kiebbs
C. W. Cox
Colorado Avenue
Distribute Good Health Equipment in Beadle County
Beadle County distributes twenty one pieces of health equipment purchased from Christmas seal sales to five anonymal schools. Teachers, led by county superintendent Nellie Esusso, select from kits first aid racks and drinking easers with most choosing first aid kits. Distribution occurs from H. M. Cass's office in the Lanac building.
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Beadle County
Nellie Esusso
Seal Campaign
Selec
H. M. Cass
South Dakota
Solons Sing and Act Funny on Final Day
South Dakota legislators held a lighthearted closing day with contests and skits at the Capitol. State employees joined in as singers performed, gifts were exchanged, and jokes flew between members. John Bertolero received a shirt claimed to be from Mussolini, while he lampooned Scandinavian reps in Italian dialect.
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Sout
Dakota
Twenty-Second
Legislates
Capitol
John Bertolevo
Mussolini
Black Hills
Duce
Bertolero
Eleven Negro Convicts perished in Duplin County fire
In Duplin county a kitchen fire swept through a stockade prison trapping eleven black convicts who died in their cells. Guards Owen Basden and B S Nicholson rescued forty one other inmates as the flame spread through the timber stockade near the town. Coroner Don H Bridgers opened an investigation and urged restraint while details unfold.
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Bnansville
Duplin County
Owen Basden
B. S. Nicholson
Don H. Bridgers
Swords
Basden
rupture expert here demonstration in minneapolis hotel
C F Redlich of Minneapolis will demonstrate his rupture treatment method at the Marvin Hughitt hotel in Huron on Tuesday March 10 from 11 am to 4 pm. He claims instant relief and contraction of openings with his Retention Shields method, offering free inspections for previous patients. Bring children. statistics claim a 95 percent recovery rate.
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C.F. Redlich
Minneapolis
Minn
Huron
Marvin Hughitt
F. Redlich
Falls Down Hay Chute. Mother Killed Near Lake Andes
Mrs James Semoha 52 wife of a farmer five miles north of Lake Andes was killed when she fell down a hay chute in a barn while gathering eggs. Her three children Bernadine Genevieve and Vincent found her body on returning from school. She died from a neck fracture on the manger edge. Funeral services likely here but not yet arranged. Surviving are widower and five daughters Elsie Janasek Altamax New York Mare Josia Engel Lake Andes Helen Hanson Cuthbert South Dakota Lucy Gee Ellendale Emma Gin g r e y Bonesteel South Dakota.
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Lake Andes
Mar
James Semoha
Here
Bernadine
Genevieve
Vincent
Semoha
Elsie Janasek
Altmax
N. Y
Mare Josia Engel
Helen Hanson
Cuthbert
S. D
Lucy Gee
Ellendale
N. D
Emma Gingrey
Bonesteel
Princess of Panama draws large crowd at Huron college
A full audience filled Huron college gymnasium for the Campus Players second production of the year, The Princess of Panama a four act comedy drama by Prof. E. 5. DuPoncet. Donald Streeter delivered a strong performance as the disinherited heir earning warm audience approval alongside solid work from Orville Hill Henry Williamson Kenneth Seim Leonard Anderson Lowell Powers Marie Haskell Maxine Bager Evelyn Decker and Letha Costain in supporting roles.
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Huron College Gymnasium
Campus Players
Panama
E. 5. DuPoncet
Princess of
Donald Streeter
Orville Hill
Henry Williamson
Kenneth Seim
Leonard Anderson
Lowell Powers Marie Haskell
Maxine Bager
Evelyn Decker
Letha Costain
Carnival A Success At Junior High School
The Junior High School carnival dance and program last night at the high school proved successful both financially and recreationally. Parent teachers association officers praised the event as a money raiser and enjoyed student performances in the assembly room before the dance in the gym.
City Assessor In Pierre Visits Huron On Business
City assessor Joseph Ihli of Pierre spent yesterday in Huron on business as Pierre plans to hire a full time assessor. He checked work by Huron’s W. H. Olson and spoke with his son Joseph Ihli Jr an employee of the Northwestern Public Service company. The Past Oracles of the Royal Neighbors plan a meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs Mina Wood’s home.
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Pierre
Joseph Ihli
Huron
Thli
W. H. Olson
Inti
Joseph Ibli, Jr
Northwestern Public Service Company
Mina Wood
Embraces His Wife Knife Killing Basis in Accident
In Norfolk Nebraska Frank Diederichs a 3 year old garage proprietor died from a knife wound near the heart. Authorities say the wife held the knife and the death appears accidental. Diederichs entered home after an argument and assaulted Mrs Diederichs while she was peeling radishes. she did not know he was wounded. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental.
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Norfolk
Neb
Frank Diederichs
Diederichs
South Dakota Legislature Review of Major Actions and Finances
The 22nd session approved a capitol annex plan and set highway and education measures while failing to pass taxation and banking reform bills. Expenditures for the next two years total about 6.21 million, with the budget cut by the house by roughly 343 thousand versus 1929. Motor truck license fees are expected to yield about 1.5 million, and general economy steps include office consolidations and bond refunds.
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South Dakota
House
Warren Greeen
State Tax Conference
State government reforms and budget measures summarized
The document outlines elimination and consolidation across state offices, lowering automobile mileage allowances from ten to seven cents, and anticipated savings from refunding state bonds. It notes a failed resolution to curb local salaries, shifts in motor vehicle license fund distribution toward counties, and higher expected revenue from heavier truck taxes. It also covers road paving priorities, banking reform mostly defeated, enhanced AG investigations powers with funding, education expansions at normal schools, rural credits governance changes, and reapportionment affecting congressional districts after Missouri river division.
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Sharpe
Senate
Capitol Annex
House
M. Q. Sharpe
Madison
Springfield
Spearfish
D. A. McCullough
Rural Credits Board
McAllister House
Missouri
Agricultural policy and public service cuts in 1920s South Dakota
The article reviews attempts to shift administration of agricultural extension from South Dakota State College, with reduced county agent and state agriculture funds. It notes passage of dog tax and farm storage loan bills, and protective measures on butter, taxes on substitutes, and various tax measures to ease farm assessments. Public service funds rose for child welfare but fell for the Young Citizens League. A vital statistics bill passed and care standards for the feeble minded were tightened. The Slocum primary law of 1923 remained unchanged amid calls for full nominations and removing the 35 percent vote plurality threshold. Courts faced failures in attempts to remove.
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South Dakota State College
State Department of Agriculture
Young Citizens League
Slocum
Tang
State Supreme Court Commissioner Plan and 1993 Referendum Proposals
The report notes speeded court procedures in counties under 1000 population with original jurisdiction in misdemeanors. Parole rules were loosened. A prohibition referendum and a bill to relax dry laws were rejected by the senate. Divorce residence requirements were cut from one year to 90 days in the house. Constitutional referendums in 1993 would seek salaries for state officers and allow county superintendents of schools to serve more than two terms.
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Senate
House
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