Census Count To Start April 2 Nationwide Survey
Washington reports the 15th decennial census will begin April 2 with about 100000 census takers delivering a detailed questionnaire. The 2930 census adds at least 24 questions covering home value or rent, age at first marriage, radio ownership, and employment status. Home makers are designated in family records, while education and industry data will be collected for skilled and unskilled workers. Results to be announced locally by district supervisors after compiling records. Modern mechanical devices will assist in processing vast statistics.
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Washington
Sam
House of Representatives
Colum
Distriet
Census Bureau
Minnehaha County To Award Road Contract
Sioux Falls at March 11 briefed plan to award a road construction contract April 9 for a new route from east Sixth street to Brandon via state highway No. 16. C. T. Charnock says bids open, routing avoids a dangerous curve near Brandon, reduces crossings, supported by federal authorities, creating a federal Lia highway to Minnesota.
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Minnehaha County
Soux Falls
Mar
Sioux Falls
Sixth Street
Sioux River
Split Rock Creek
Brandon Road
Minnesota Line
Brandon
Laverne
Charnock
Minnesota
State Elks Officer Dies In Sioux Falls
William J. Mulvey age 52 of 850 West Eighth Street, secretary of the Sioux Falls Elks and state Elks secretary, died at a local hospital after a sequence of intestinal obstruction and bowel paralysis. He was hospitalized Tuesday, underwent two surgeries, then suffered a fatal embolism late Saturday afternoon.
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Elks
Sioux Falls
Siqoux Falls
Mar
William J. Mulvey
West Eighth St
Elks Elu
State Elks Association
Focal Hospital
Elevator Managers Meet At Mobridge
About 100 managers and elevator officers plus interested farmers attended a Northwest Grain association meeting in Mobridge. F. M. Brown of Selby, a Northwest Grain director, was asked to lead the session, with C. W. Covey of Aberdeen and H. E. Crocs of Hamill as directors and Bill Schnidt, state college marketing specialist, present.
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Mobridge Mobridge
Northwest Grain Association
South Dakota Farmers’ Elevator Association
F. M. Brown
Selby
C. W. Covey
Aberdeen
H. E. Crocs
Hamill
Bill Schnidt
State College
Woonsocket Forms Civic Improvement Club
Woonsocket's Civic Improvement club is formed with L. L. Lawson as president and Mrs. H. S. Dazie as secretary. The group, meeting at the Commercial club rooms, aims to select a uniform color for Woonsocket painting and notes 36 city organizations existing.
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Woonsocket
L. L. Lawson
H. S. Dazie
Yankton College Installs National Science Frat Pi Gamma
Yankton college installed a chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, a national honorary social science fraternity. A banquet at the Masonic Temple featured Dr. G. W. Nash as toastmaster and Ernest Vanden Berge as speaker. The local chapter lists Corsica as president, H. C. McMurty as secretary treasurer, and ELL. Curry as organizer with 33 charter members, including 22 students and 11 faculty.
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Yankton College
Yankton
Mar
Pi Gamma
Masonic Temple
G. W. Nash
Ernest Vanden Berge
Corsica
H. C. McMurty
Ell. Curry
Larse
Canton Company Builds Farm Line to Serve Area
Canton now has a new farm line running southwest from Canton completed by the Northern States Power company. Farmers Obel Alrikson Oliver Oakland and John Urban will have their homes lit by the line. More farm lines planned in the Canton district including Inwood Beloit and Fairview. Work begins on a second line to serve two farmers near Inwood.
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Canton
Mar.ai
Northern States Power Company
Obel Alrikson
Oliver Oakland
John Urban
Inwood
Beloit
Fairview
Funeral Services Held For Pioneer Of State
Funeral service will be held here tomorrow for Ivar Larson 35 a South Dakota pioneer who freighter on the Missouri river from 1869 to 1873 from Stone City and Nankton to Fort Benton Montana
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Sioux Falls
Mar. D
Ivar Larson
South Dakota
Missouri River
Stone City
Nankton
Fort Benton
Montana
Plan to consolidate veteran agencies proposed in bill
Williamson introduces a plan to merge all government agencies handling veterans into a single administration of veterans affairs. The bill, drafted after talks with President Hoover, would include the Veterans and Pension bureaus and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, directed by an administrator. The aim is to equalize benefits, remove discrimination among wars, and improve economy and administration across hospitals and homes while separating domiciliary from hospital care.
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Washington, Mar
Administration of Veterans Affairs
Williamson
House Expenditures Committee
Hoover
Veterans and Pension Bureaus
National Home For
Farm Woman Benefits From Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A Lickdale Pennsylvania farmer's wife describes years of frontier farming with her sister and mother’s help, then after marriage and childbirth suffers illness until a doctor prescribes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, leading to a renewed sense of health and vitality.
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Lickdale
Lydia E. Pinkhaim
Mus, Cripel, Saorgax, R. &I
Lickdale, Pa
Plan gains Hoover backing after committee hearings
The chairman stated the new plan has Hoover's approval and reflects the committee's conclusions after extensive hearings on the subject.
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Hoover
Mitchell Chamber appoints to lease airport site near Mitchell
Mitchell Chamber of Commerce names A. C. Cohrt, A. J. Harmon, and M. E. Dowdell to a committee to lease a field near Mitchell for an airport and survey lands for a permanent future airport. The board also forms a group with the Retail Merchants to address James River pollution concerns, and to coordinate with the State division of the Izaak Walton League.
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Mitchell
A. C. Cohrt
A. J. Harmon
M. E. Dowdell
Mitchell Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Board
Izaak Walton League
James River
Retail Merchants Board
3B. Ia. Bobb
A. A. Cohrt
C. I. Rolston
Edna May Leaver Decker Obituary in Wolsey Area
Edna May Leaver born June 2 1906 Elk Point died February 25 1930 at a Huron hospital aged 23 years 7 months 25 days. She lived near Wolsey most life moved with parents to farm east of Wolsey and later with her aunt near Wolsey before marriage. Married May 7 1926 to Edward J Decker of Doland at Clark South Carolina. They lived on a farm northeast of Yale since marriage. She is survived by her husband Edward J Decker.
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Edward J. Decker
Edna May Leaver
Elk Point S. D
Huron Hospital
Adam Leaver
Wolsey
Edna
David Wistrom
Hartland Township
Edna Leaver
Doland
Clark, S. C
Decker
Yale
Leaver Infant Obituary and Family Roster
The obituary notes mourning for a deceased child with parents Mr and Mrs Adam Leaver of Wolsey and six brothers. Survivors include Jacob of Hitchcock Jesse and Robert of Wolsey William Leaver of Northville John and Elmer of Detroit and a sister Mrs Roy Vogar near Huron. An infant brother preceded in death. A service was held February 24 at Kinyons chapel Huron with Rev J M Tschetter and Rev Miss F B Mills assisting. Interment was in Wolsey cemetery.
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Mel
Adam Leaver
Wolsey
Roy Vogar
Huron
Jacob Leaver
Hitchcock
Jesse Leaver
Robert Leaver
William Leaver
Northville
Mich
John
Elmer Leaver
Detroit
Kinyons
J. M. Tschetter
Carpenter
F. B. Mills
Walsey Presbyterian Church
Miss Mills
Tschetter
Wolsey Cemetery
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