Douglas Land Is Put To Good Use
Douglas county in South Dakota ranks third among small counties with 279 888 acres used by 991 farmers. Agriculture Secretary Frank D Kriebs notes 244 405 acres under cultivation last year and corn as the principal crop since 1919 with 79 100 acres in corn. The county seat moved multiple times, now Armour, and rail and highway access support dairying and fruit growing with 39 cars from Corsica and 542 from Armour shipped last year.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Douglas County
Frank D. Kriebs
State Secreaary
Yankton County
Charles Mix
Kriebs
Brownsdale
Huston
Grandviewand
Armour
Corsica
Delmont
Hot Springs Theater Among Best In State
The Hot Springs theater opened to the public and is described as one of the finest in the state. Chicago artist Carlos de Lopez designed the interior using modern techniques, with only two similar theaters in America, at Saranac Lake New York and Toahsonburg Pennsylvania.
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Hot Springs
Het Springs
Carlos de Lopez
Chicago
Black Hills Teachers College Graduation Set for May
SPSARFISH May 27 The forty third commencement of the Black Hills teachers college will be held here May 2. Dr. C W Puusley president of South Dakota State college will address the graduates. Twenty one will receive degrees 43 will complete the own year course and 6 will finish the one year Traurse.
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Western Normal
Spsarfish
Black Hills Teachers College
C. W. Puusley
South Dakota State College
Novel Card Boosts Canova Dairy Day
A clever window card promoting Canova’s third annual Dairy Day is being distributed. The 17 inch by 11 inch card features a bristol board design in yellow to evoke cream and butter with a top cut to resemble a cream can. W. Bulaw and rural credits commissioner D A McCullough will appear on the day program and L G Atherton of Flandreau will give a community building address.
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Canova
Bristol
Bulaw
D. A. McCullough
L. G. Atherton
Flandreau
Mine Worker Falls Fifty Feet In Spearfish Canyon
William W. Huff nineteen year old Spearfish youth and Homestake Mine employee suffered numerous cuts and bruises and possible skull fracture after a fifty foot fall while drilling an angle site on a cliff face between Maurice and American Siding in Spearfish canyon. He was taken to the Homestake Mine hospital in Lead ineer unconscious. An examination showed no broken bones though skull fracture possible.
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Deadwood
William W. Huff
Spearfish
Homestake
Comany
Spearfish Canyon
Maurice
American Siding
Homestake Mine Hospital
Lead
Eer
Clark Graduates Will Hear Professor Lyon
Vermillion May 27. E Lyon professor of public speaking at the University of South Dakota will deliver the commencement address at Clark high school on May 26. Lyon has spoken at Alexandria May 2 Blunt May 22 and Hitchcock May 23.
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Clark
Lyon
E. Lyon
University of South Dakota
Bates
Alexandria
Blunt
Hitchcock
Wessington Springs J.C. Graduates Nine
Spectdl Nine high school students regraduated from Wessington Springs Junior College last night. Dale Barber was class valedictorian and Jean Atkinson salutatorian.
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Wessington Springs
J.C
Scientific Club Banquet Honors Noted Students at S D U
Sigma Xi annual banquet at the University of South Dakota celebrated 16 students for scholarship and research. Principal speaker Dr. H. H. Waite of the University of Nebraska discussed bacteriology and physiology. Guests included Randall Brewster of Woonsocket and T Jackson Laughlin of Huron.
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U” Scientific Club
Sigma XI, Scientifc Club
University of South Dakota
H. H. Waite
University of Nebraska
Woonsocket
Mathematics
T. Jackson, Laughlin
Huron
Anatomy
Plans For Aberdeen Fire Hall Upgrade Unveiled
Aberdeen officials review a tentative design for a new Sixth Avenue and Main Street fire station to replace the condemned No. 2 wooden hall. The proposed $15,000 bond issue to fund the project goes to voters on June 10, with failure risking a tax levy increase to finance the work.
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Aberdeen
Sixth Avenue
Main Street
Ordway
South Dakota Fire
Printing Laboratory Observed By Hundreds At State College
More than 300 visitors toured the state college printing laboratories during the annual Printonian event. Students demonstrated five composing machines five presses a cutter stapler folder and saw while guides led groups through the facilities.
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State
Brookings
State College
Nelsons celebrate golden wedding at Carthage farm
Mr and Mrs Nels Nelson hosted relatives and friends for their 50th anniversary on May 25 at their Carthage home. They were married in Kasson Minnesota, lived in several towns before settling in Carthage. Fourteen children were born, 13 living, with many grandchildren in attendance and a four tier gold wedding cake on display.
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Nelson
Carthage
Nels Nelson
Kasson
Minn
Fulkewana
Nelsons
Gro. Nelson
Huron
Hall
de Smet
Ted Linds
Ida Howell
Wheaton
Melvin Nelson
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Oscar Nelson
Pharr, Tex
Eighteen Potter Farmers Enter In Corn Yield Contest
Gettysburg May 27 Special A total of 18 farmers from 14 Potter County townships entered an 11 acre corn yield contest. County agent Lou I Thompson notes the goal is to identify high yielding strains and compare cultivation methods over three years. Leading varieties include Fulton s and Alta yellow dent with four plots each. Other entries include Payn s white dent Pride of the Worth vorking and mixed white and yellow dents. Participants named: Eli W Martin Latah Norris Victor Norris Lee C G Westphal C G Millhouse OR Houck Eldon Knott Orville Vail Peter EWenbecker Ezra Warn Ray Ingkley Harold Breene Walton Zuber Carl J Rud.
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Potter
Gettysburg
Potter County
Lou
I. Thompson
Thompson
Fulton
Ezra Warn
Ray Ingkley
Harold Breene
Walton Zuber
Carl J. Rud
State college senior class to present The Show Off
The senior class at State College will stage The Show Off as their class play on June 0. Rehearsals are underway with Sue Stedman of Brookings heading the committee and handling inquiries.
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Brookings
State College
Jane
Sue Stedman
Young Madison Pianist Plays At Y C L Meet
Madison boy pianist Jack Throop, age 12, has been chosen to perform before the Young Citizens League in Pierre during its annual convention. He will also play at the Pierre Hiwanis club luncheon by special invitation. A pupil in the sixth grade and student at McMahon Conservatory of Music, he is noted for his unusual ability and enjoyed by many in the city.
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Madison
Jack ‘Throop
Young Citizens League
Pierre
Jack
Pierre Hiwanis Club
End
McMahon
Rend
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Chrysler Motors
Chrysler, Dodge Brothers
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Brandreth Simmons
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