Miner county corn variety trials compare twelve types
In Howard on May 25 farmers, with county extension service, planted twelve corn varieties across three plots in Miner county. Varieties include Alta Yellow Dent, Golden Jewel, Fulton Yellow Dent, Sandal Yellow Dent, Cisco Special, Green Valley Special, Shabine Yellow Dent, Ramsey Yellow Dent, Minnesota 13, Calico, King, Silver King and Daly White Dent. Plots span farms of Hillman Canova Zimmerilian Kramer Harmers Rumi Bastian Vincent etc. Four rows per plot, watch tassel dates and maturity for summer observation. Next fall yields to be compared.
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Howard
Miner County
Inva
County Extension Service
Vincent
Kramer
Letcher
Kramer Brothers
Carthage
At. Sandal
Colton
Glarance B
Hillman
Canova
Earle Brothers
A. A. Wolff
Mt. Vernon
C. ©. Ramsey
Zimmerman Brothers
Fedora
Hugh Nash
Redfield
Oli Gaard
Hetland
H.T. Walter
Roswell
Memorial Day Services Planned at Blunt Legion Hall
Memorial day services will be held at the American Legion hall in Blunt on Thursday with the Legion and Auxiliary in charge. G W Bledsoe of the Methodist church will give the address on The Origin and Protection of the American Flag. A short service is planned at the cemetery at the close of the meeting.
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Blunt
American Legion Hall
Legion
Auxiliary
G. W. Bledsoe
Methodist Church
Blunt Couple Are Married at Pierre
Word reached here of the marriage of Chris Sias and Dottie Slater at Pierre on May 25. Sias, long-time resident, studied at Northern Bible college and plans to serve as a Church of Christ minister in Arapahoe Nebraska. Slater is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Slater of Muscatine Iowa.
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Blunt
Pierre Blunt
Chris Sias
Dottie Slater
Pierre
Sias
Northern Bible College
George Slater
Muscatine
Towa
Arapahoe, Neb
Church of Christ
Pierre Eastern Star entertains visitors at dinner event
Members of the TSU Sun chapter of the Order of Eastern Star in Blunt were entertained by the Pierre chapter in Pierre. Onida and Ft. Pierre members attended. Both afternoon and evening sessions were held and a dinner was served.
Poppy Sale On At Blunt Today
Today is Poppy Day in Blunt. The American Legion Auxiliary unit places eight hundred poppies for sale in Blunt and at War Yolad and Canning to support veterans.
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Blunt
Thig City
Waryolad
Canning
Alfalfa Linked to Butterfat Profits in Dairy Report
ABHADEEN May 25 The Day-Brown Dairy Herd Improvement association reports alfalfa boosts butterfat profits. March average 48.9 pounds per cow for high herd. April fell to 48.0 due to alfalfa hay shortage as cows fed wild hay. Members increasing alfalfa and sweet clover acreage this spring.
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Abhadeen
P. W. Johnson
Johnson
Howes To Speak At Bonilla Memorial Day
W Howes of Huron Beadle county states attorney will give the Memorial day address Thursday at Bonilla community hall at 3 o clock. The Bonilla American Legion will hold memorial services at the cemetery at 10 in the morning. A funeral meal is expected to be served by the cemetery association in the Presbyterian church basement.
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Howes
Bonilla Bonilla
W. ‘W. Howes
Huron, Beadle
Bonilla
the Amercan Legion
Disney
Cemetery Association
Presbyterian Church
Bonilla Forms Girls 4-H Club for Local Youth
A girls 4-H club will be organized at Bonilla hall on Tuesday afternoon for girls aged 10 to 16. A meeting was requested to invite all eligible girls to attend.
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Bonilla
Bonilla, Hall
Fedora Hold Farewell Reception For Local Teachers
A farewell reception for Fedora area teachers was held at the church. The program included informal time and each teacher received flowers.
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Fedora Fedora
Fedora
Kingsbury Back In C M T C Enrollment
Kingsbury county is behind others in enrollment for Citizens Military Training Camp this summer Col John M True of Sioux Falls said during his visit to De Smet He urged merging boys for four weeks of training at Fort Lincoln near Bismarck in August.
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DE Smet
Kingsbury
County
Citizens Military
John M. True
Sioux Falls
Jonel “Crue
de Smet High School
Fort Lincoln
Bismark
Graduation Week At South Dakota State College Planned
A tentative schedule for June activities at South Dakota State College outlines outdoor commencement in the Coolidge Sylvan theater on June 10 at 6 15 p m Dr Stratton D Brooks of Missouri will deliver the address A cornerstone ceremony for the 165 foot campanile tower will follow the graduation events from June 4 to June 10 including Blue Key recognition a senior class play a military band concert and a baccalaureate service
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Brookings
South
Dakota
State, College
A. Sy Harding
Blue Key
National Service Organization
State College
Coolidge Sylvan Theater
Stratton D. Brooks
University of Missouri
Campanile
Sunday Schools to Convene in Brentford June 1
Spink county teachers and pupils plan to gather in Brentford for the annual Sunday school convention on June 1. The Rev. I. Sh. Whiteside of Mellette will lecture on Jesus the Ideal Teacher. Mellette youths present two short dramas under Mrs. 19. E. Whiteside’s direction, The Dust of the Road and The Seeing Heart.
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Brentford
Spink County
I. Sh. Whiteside
Melletté
Jesus
Mellette
E. Whiteside
Tri-Square Named 4-H Club News The Tri-Square selection wins trip prize
In Salem on May 25 the 4-H clubs of Miner Lake and McCook chose Tri-Square as their monthly paper name. Miss Clark earns a free district 4-H club camp trip to Lake Madison June 10 to 12. Judges included S W Jones R B Gardner DL Keck and Georgia Rae Foster.
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Tri-Square
Salem
Miner and McCook
Vesta Clatic
Pedora
Miner
Ounty
Clark
Lake Madison
S. W. Jones
R. BH
Gardner
DL. Keck
Miner, Lake and McCook
Georgia Rae Foster
Missionary Federation Set to Meet in Canton June
The South Dakota district of the Women’s Missionary Federation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America will hold a convention in Canton from June 10 to 12. Rev. Nervig’s parish in ward 2 hosts the sessions and a Worker’s conference is planned for the final day.
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Si “T Missionary Group
Canton
South ‘Dakota
Missionary Federation
Ivegian Lutheran ‘Church of America
Avill
Sin Canton
Nervig
Tineath
Large litter of pigs reported near Blunt
May 26 report from Blunt notes farmer Andrew Sxitchen owns a sow that farrowed 22 pigs. The breeder says the large litter is near the world record of 24 and stands as a remarkable local farm yield.
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Blunt
Andrew Sxitchen
Seniors at Mellette Honored with Two Medals
Mellette High School awarded two medals to seniors Leonard Deloye and Hazel Grayce Tollefson. The best all around athlete medal was donated by BE Steinecker, and the scholarship loyalty and achievement medal by Balfour Company of Attleboro Massachusetts. Faculty judges conferred the honors.
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Mellette
Moellette High School
Steinecker
Balfour Company
Attleboro
Mass
Leonard Deloye
Hazel Grayce
Tollefson
Gann Valley Ball Team to Meet Sioux City Stade Ward
Gann Valley's undefeated baseball team will meet Sioux City Stade wards on June 24 to test their mettle. Local manager R. D. Fraser signed the contract for the game, with extensive advertising promising a large crowd. The M. & M. show troupe will entertain that evening to boost attendance.
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Valley Ball
S. C. Cowboys
Gann Valligy
Valley
Sioux City Stade Wards
R. D. Fraser
Miss Bua Eilers and Ray Robinson wed in Madison
Miss Bua Eilers of AARPedora and Ray Robinson of Madison married at Howard. Mrs Robinson will reside in Madison where he is employed. The couple met local roots and plan to settle in Madison. D O C club at Richland township welcomed nine members and 14 visitors with two new members.
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AAR
Pedora
Bua Eilers
Ray Robinson
Madison
Howard
Iroquois
D. O. C. Club
GO. W.van Toyl
Richland Township
Singer
McNabee
Saving on Power Use Through Organized Farm Work
Beresford area farmers studied with state and federal researchers show power costs depend on yearly hours of use and organization. One horse averaged 8.8 cents per hour with 1,089 hours, while another with 627 hours cost 17.8 cents. Tractor use ranged 50 to 450 hours with 90 cents to 1.98 dollars per hour, and yearly horse costs ranged around 60 to 100 dollars with straw and stubble pasture cutting costs.
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Beresford
Lincoln
Clay
Union
State College Department of Farm Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
School Bus Driver Sets Record For Timeliness
Argonne May 25. Special A H H Lusk school bus driver and janitor set a record by never being late during the term. Even when roads were so poor he drove a team instead of a bus yet arrived on time.
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Argonne
A. HH. Lusk
Hyen
Corn yield and quality tests under Spink county plan
Spink county agent J A Balishburs announces corn variety trials this season. Poor farmers across the county will test 10 varieties currently grown locally and seven new ones from north of the region. Trials form part of county corn improvement work alongside a 10 acre yield contest by the Redfield chamber and a Kiwanis junior corn club expected to enroll over 100 boys.
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Spink
Spink County
J. A. Balishburs
Aly
Salisbury
Redfield
The Cost of Living and Local Advertisements
A noisy wartime style lede discusses the national tax burden and daily levies while the page promotes lumber yard trellis patterns at Kansas Ave and EB. It urges storage purchases to beat summer prices and includes scattered notices about deliveries and rent, with promotional lines mixed among tax rhetoric.
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Arden
Kansas Ave
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W. L. Matlock
M. D
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Costain
Dr. Hagman
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S. D. U. Co-Op
Vermillion
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Belle Fourche
FruNlent Cac
Ure University of Seara
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Ehsen
Vere
Manus
Louis Lilibridge
Barke
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Chirk
Vermure
Co Ararounge
Sel Eveh
Umhog
Ace Pris
TS Soins
MeLin Ordh
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Wos
Seare
Law ‘Vost
Cihcago
ST. Lawrence
Especial
Adolphe Fisk
Chewa
Iis
Voin
Peonte
Huren
Peter “Mintener Lumber Ca
Aloe
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Peter Muntener Leaiber
Kang
NEW International
Frank Oviatt
Leo Keefe Kato,s. Dak
Wolsey
Missouri
L. Borkhuis Wayland
P. J. O'Keefe Cavour, S. de
Holtey Bros
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E. W. Bottomley
Troquois
Bancroft
Dake
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