County Manager Law Debate Grows in National League
The National Municipal League pushes for a county manager system to unify governance. Professors Fairlie and Wager draft the proposal, arguing a trained manager under an elected board would run finance public works welfare and possibly police, with audits and tenure to suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Municipal League
John A. Fairlie
University of Ilinois
Paul W. Wager
University of North Carolina
Howard P.jones
National Municipal Review
County Board
League
Meyer Appointment to Head the Federal Reserve
The article endorses Eugene Meyer's appointment as head of the Federal Reserve System, praising his courage and financial acumen. It notes his prior success leading the War Finance Corporation, where he achieved a profit of about 17 million dollars, and suggests the need to address perceived profit incentives within the Fed. It ends by hoping Meyer will resolve an ongoing logical tension in the system.
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MR. Meyer
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Banking System
Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Federal
Federal Reserve
Fed
War Finance head Meyer visits state on banking aid tour
The War Finance Corporation chief, Meyer, arrived in the state to assess the banking crisis. He reportedly heard private bankers' offerings and departed with strong belief in the state's solvency.
Voting by machine at State Fair promotes fair elections
A State Fair display by the League of Women Voters showcases a voting machine now used in many U.S. cities. The device offers private, lever-based ballot casting, tamper protection, and rapid vote tallying, with potential savings in printing costs and staff. It notes 12 million U.S. voters used machines in 1928 and cites major cities adopting the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
United States
New York City
Baltimore
San Francisco
Seattle
Los Angeles
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Tax Reform Forecast From Watertown Sax Conference
An unofficial Watertown group named the Sax Conference spends two years studying taxation and proposes reforms for 1922. It supports an income tax with supplementary sales taxes including tobacco and amusements, plus a highway tax on large trucks and buses. The plan aims to ease burdens on landowners and earned income workers and to inform voters before the legislature convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Maanismous
Plains
South Dakota
Industrial growth drives U.S. electricity use and employment
A Federal Power Commission report notes per capita electricity consumption has doubled recently as industry expands. It cites radio, motor vehicle, chemical, and motion picture sectors now employing about a quarter of workers and supporting nearly thirty million people.
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Federal Power Commission
United States
the Commission
Asmecas
Club Girls Win Awards At Fair
The home economics department of the 4H division reports a rise in exhibits and improved quality. Miss Mine Keithline notes the awards list covers clothing, room improvement and earnings with demonstrations from multiple counties. Awards span many categories including dresses, blouses, and outfits with winners named for first and second places across several lots and years.
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Butte Perkins
Day
Charles Mix
Bon Homme “Harmonious
Faulk
Fedora 4 H Club Girl Wears Dress With History
Dorothy O Neill, a third year clothing project participant, designs a wool dress from fabrics with a long lineage. The overcoat worn by her grandfather at his wedding becomes part of the dress, with elements from her mother's garments and repurposed trim and belt buckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy O'Neill
Dorothy
4th to 8th Grade Baking and Craft Winners List
Reading from a long list of winners at a county fair or school contest shows numerous first to eighth place finishes in items like Rug making Quick Breads Gingerbread Loaf Nut Bread Angel Food Cake Fancy Drops and Rolls. Names include Rachel Haire Putney Eleanor Neilson Huron Ramona Roundy Aberdeen Viola Reid Canistota Marian Haan Kranzburg and many others across First Second and Third Year divisions with locations Madison Lennox Vermillion Sisseton Canistota Huron and Brookings among others.
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Ellen Opsahl
Roslyn
Virginia Doblar
Madison
Alma Opsahi
Irene Carpenter
Fedora
Floy Lynds
Howard
Agnes Barclay
Ardmore
Mary Tripp
Lillie Langager
Brandon
Arlene Halvorsen
Castlewood
Frances Frohling
Mina
Agnes Hansen
Dorothy Gerber
Worthing
Sth
Delores Meier
Chancellor
Geraldine Cook
Ferney
Edith Stoddard
Newell
Margarette Dohme
Lot
Princess Slip
Lillie Rose Kielubauch
Tyndall
Thelma Ballinger
Elk Point
Dorothy Goodspeed
Eva Carlson
Adene Halvorson
Thelma Tumd Bradley
Agnes
Hanson
Ming
Iva Mae Johnson
Vit
Ore
Det
Blouse
Marion Mann
Wolsey
Anna Tepley
Leaine Osan
Iva Mar
Johnson
Viborg
Alice McBrida
Anna Sauk
Alberta Harmon
Garden City
Arline Halvorson
Franges Frohling
Heela
Margaret Dahme
Mildred Sanden
Sissuton
Florence Krause
Carleton Gregg
Bradley
Dorothy O'Neal
Vesta Clark
Blaine Clark
Jeannette Jones
View
Wallan
Sioux Falls
Velma Clark
Dorothy Durst
Beulsh Hart
Blani the Neyhart
Gettysburg
Anna Swenston
Sisseton
Viola Mach
Tabor
Ethel Knight
Hudson
Beu-lah Hart
Cheris Esche
Bath
Audrey McCollam
Bernice Swallows
Ipringfield
Margaret Morris
Sud Ethel Ga
Ryvelyn
Ted Dorothy
Holland Putney
Girl's
Eleanor Neilson
Huron
Ramona Roundy
Aberdeen
Viola Reid
Canistota
Marian Haan
Kranzburg
Irene Dahlberg
Vermilion
Esther Sundell
Carthage
Tuh
Helen Robbie
Viole Tilten
Vera la Craft
Mary Alice Mallory
Lennox
Frederica Sundell
Fannie Burger
Maxine Snow
Ether Sundell
Geraldine Evarty
Bonnie Stemmons
Dorothy Burger
Ruth Exson
Fth
Vida Tilgen
Marians Haan
Bersnice
Driggs
Angel Food
Dorothy Rogers
Sara Mae Reese
Gertrude Kaffer
Lauretia Ghitendel
Anna Kaskie
Doris Ullyot
Henry
Ith
Lorraine Sweeney
Fancy Drop Cokes
Astrid Anderson
Frances Brooke
Vermillion
Helen Campbell
Larraine Lawrence
Agnes. Blankenburg
Margeret Carlson
Cas— He Rock
Lauretta Gruendel
Edna McLaughlin
R. R. No
Ss. Mitchell
May Jensen
South Shore
Hazal Harrington
Barbara Goode
Alexandria
Leona Musch
Orphin McGilligary
Marianna Willman
Lola Zugsvinwerdt
Mitchell
Dorothy
McLaughlin
Mitchelly
Lala Zugebhwerdt
May Jessen
Orphin McGillivary
Mary Alice"Mallory
Lennes
Margie Link
Brookings
Geraldine Rogers
Debra Simon
Gladys.Cook
Watertown
Leola Pack
Bryant
Lois Peterson
Tulave
Doris Brassfield
Canning
Rosella Livafelter
Alpena
Ola Scott
Belle Fourcheard
Mildred Nelson
Woonsocket
Esther Schmidt
Hazel Cook
Groton
Éth
Leona Kutler
Mildred Johnson
Dorothy Petersen
Frederick
Rosella Linafelter
Helle Fourche
ValLois Clemmons
Ethel Lund
Ethel Kitterman
Gretm
Mildred Wheatley
Lincoln Ave
N. E
Faye McClary
Jeby
Washingaton Ave
Mildred Doty
Wagner
Revert
Trewhella Welling
Tulare
Velma Mowry
Faulkton
Ruth Eggers
LaVerne
R . Fu Vi Beete “S
Mot & Zoorto
Pate Vane Vikini
Plow Falls
Anna
Local Fair Winners List Varies Across Lots and Prizes
The document lists several contestants from Watertown Bisgeton and surrounding areas earning placements in a community fair. Winners include Gladya Cook Doris Jones Pearl Linafelter Helen Colburn LaVerne Pew Marian Haan Gladys Week and others across categories Vegetables Fruits Emergency Meals and more with various 1st to 7th place designations.
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Gladya Cook
Watertown
Detla Bors
Tomate
Anna’ Swenstan
Bisgeton
Lawillo’ Kinney
Spearfish
Virginia Watkins
Sioux Falls
Doris Jones
Bath
Ird
Pearl Iinafelter
Alpena
Florence Murray
Avereil Beller
Raymond
Helen Colburn
Egan Ave
Madison
Linafelter
Helen O'Lein
Wash. Ave
LaVerne Pew
Milbank
Marian Haan
Kranzburg
Gladys.Veek
LaDeen Kenrady
Henry
Nene
Girl Scout Booth Highlights Merit Badges and Driving Skills
At the Women's Building second floor a Girl Scout booth showcases crafts such as painting basketry and leather work along with health records bird lore astronomy and plaster parts. Troops La Ko Tah Sacajawea and Scoonatap display leadership under Mrs. J A Johnson Mrs. O E Wright and Mrs. George Campbell. Automobiling is introduced teaching minor repairs and driving.
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J.A. Johnson
la Ko Tah
Huron Girl Scouts
Huron
J. A. Johnson
Sacajawea
O. E. Wright
Scoonatap
George Campbell
Earliest Animal Life Recorded In Cambrian Rocks
Washington report highlights that animal life first appears in Cambrian rocks over 300 million years ago, far younger than Earth's 2,000 million year history. Dr C E Resser notes no undoubted animal fossils found in pre Cambrian rocks, prompting ongoing speculation about early life. Professor Resser is cited in a Carnegie Institute study on the Colorado grand canyon exposing ancient rocks into the Algonquian period before Cambrian.
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Washington
Earth
C. E. Resser
United States Nation Museum
Travel hints and tips spark world round exploration
A playful dialogue compares travel to broadening the mind. The speaker suggests trying a tip around the world to expand experiences and inspire curiosity about distant places.
Grandma Nabor Reflects On Modern Youth At State Fair
An elderly spectator in the State Fair's women’s club building laments changing times as young competitors, notably Woelpert of Zuron, win first prizes in canned fruit and vegetables. She recalls the good old days and notes the new generation has much to learn yet shows promise.
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Grandma Nabor
Alkyne Woelpert
Zuron
Fire Hits Elevator Roof in Esmond
Lightning struck the RH. E. Frost elevator in Esmond early Sunday. The roof fire was spotted by G. F. Goddard who raised the alarm, and firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze with little damage.
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Esmond
G. F. Goddard
Elkton Considers Refunding Bonds for Old Gas Plant
Elkton officials move to issue refunding bonds to cover most of a $9,000 matured issue from a municipal gas plant started over two decades ago. The project proved unsatisfactory and the city will use available funds to pay the remainder.
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Elkton
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