Ten Leading Educators Meet in Mitchell for Uniform Course Plan
A committee of ten educators from Vermillion Yankton Elk Point and Mitchell met in Mitchell to formulate a uniform course of study for South Dakota. The aim is standardization across schools so graduates are on par for college entry. Adjournment set for Saturday with plans for summer or fall sessions and five department subcommittees language English mathematics sciences history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
State Educational Association
Vermillion
C. M. Young
W. J. McMurty
Yankton College
A. E. Jeneh
Elk Point
BE. J. Quigley
Dix House
South Dakota
Mitchell High to Grduate Largest Class in June
Mitchell High School will award diplomas to twenty two graduates in June. Officers include Mary Liko as president Lyra McCurdy as secretary and Winton Richards as treasurer. Salutatorian is Alfred Dix and valedictorian is Phyllis MacKay. Graduation exercises set for Friday June 11 with class day activities in the afternoon and a guest speaker to deliver an address alongside the top speakers. Graduates: Bennie Davis Alice Saul Eton Hill Maude Grace Elias Millard Annie Hopkins Lida Maugham Ella Wals trom Minnie Grace Anna Maguire Clifford Gheen Lou Clark Edith Heminway Ettie Grinnell Beatrice DeWolf Maggie Maguire Belle Tyler Winton Richards Alfred Dix Phylis MacKay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell High School
Mary Liko
Lyra McCurdy
Winton Richards
Alfred Dix
Misa Phyllis MacKay
Bennie Davis
Alice Saul
Eton Hill
Maude Grace
Elias Millard
Annie Hopkins
Lida Maugham
Ella Walstrom
Minnie Grace
Anna Maguire
Clifford Gheen
Lou Clark
Edith Heminway
Ettie Grinnell
Beatrice DeWolf
Maggie Maguire
South Dakota butter rises as state’s dairy prospect
South Dakota sneaks up on Elgin as a dairy force with butter prices placing the state a half cent above Elgin. Clay county creameries Olsen and Greenfield lead the charge as the industry shifts from experiment to main farm work, signaling South Dakota could become a leading dairy state with new regional prospects.
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Vermillion
United States
South Dakota
Elgin
Clay County
Olsen and Greenfield
City council action on Third ward returns and water line
The city council met to confirm election results with Grace declared elected alderman. They rescinded a prior motion to lay 432 feet of water main on the extreme west end of West Third street, a decision met with general approval. An unrelated ad touts Hopsteiner Stomach Bitters as a tonic for nerves and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Third Street
Third Ward
Mr. Grace
Ald. Bracy
Ald
Levinger
Ald. Johnston
Ald. Nielsen
Third Street
Second Death Destroys Little Freda Lyons After Kerosen e Explosion
The twelve year old Little Freda Lyons died from burns suffered when a kerosene stove explosion spread oil over her clothes. Her mother Mrs Alfred Lyons died days earlier. Funeral held at Lutheran church. Neighbors aided the bereaved family. Weatherman Hicks predicts May storminess and urges timely field work. Davison County jurors drawn for May term include A Taylor and C Knappe among forty names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lyons
Lyons
Davison County
A. Taylor
Carl Knappe
Claus Asmussen
John Reierson
C. W. Jones
J. W. Gilfillan
John Gleason Jr
Geo. F. Allen
W. B. Broadbent
Reuben Earl
J. E. Bromwell
E. Spangler
A. Brackett
Chas Hedden
Andrew Stopher
Joseph Fergen
I. KE. Kintigh
W. Riggert
C. C. Halphide
Jas. Weepie
Ed Lee
D. G. West
M. Boice
C. C. Bras
Dan Keen
H. Field
A. J. Smith
Geo. E. Logan
John A. Fosdick
C. P. Christianson
L. Soper
P. T. Gibson
John
Weather Forecast For May From Prophet Hicks
Prophet Hicks issues a May weather forecast with storm periods centered on May 1 2 and 7 8 Dangers include warm waves and cool nights with frosts possible between May 3 and 6 A stormy midmonth period may extend to the full moon May 16 and a Vulcan period around May 8 Expect unsettled skies frequent cloudiness and potential violent storms midmonth centered on perigee full moon and extreme declination with planetary influences noted.
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Saturn
Uranus
Prophet Hicks
Equator
Fourteenth G A R Encampment Set for Redfield
General orders No 8 issued for the South Dakota department G A R detailing the June 9 and 10 encampment in Redfield alongside the annual Womans Relief Corps convention and Sons of Veterans encampment. Notables include John H Mullen and Rev C B Clark as a department commander candidate. Rail fare set at one fare round trip with hotel rates of 1.00 to 1.50 daily. Old soldiers may camp free with tents. Bishop Hare visits Mitchell, delivers sermon, parish meeting follows. A A Boynton resigns wardenship, S S Bately elected. Mrs Thompson secretary, S T Greene treasurer with bishop’s confirmation. Bishop Hare then visits Chamberlain and Indian reservation missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Stroupe
Department of South Dakota
Department
Redfield
Womans’ Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
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S. H. Scallin
C.G. Rathbun
Browns
Edward Rose & Co
Chicago
Will Koch
W, H, Webster
Lex
Meeting OF
Cook
Thos. Wallace
R. L. Tremaine
Sioux ‘Falls
United States District Court
Geo. H. Brooks
Jim Clark
Joe Kirby
Highmore
Kirby
Sioux Falls
Fosness
Queen City
Nomed Carroll
Highmore Post Office
Water Main
Little Freda Lyons
Hicks
Bishop Hare
ROYA
Royal Baking Powder Co
New York
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