Gifford Named South Dakota Grand Army Commander
O S Gifford of Canton is elected commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Mitchell South Dakota during the twenty ninth annual encampment. Details list officers elected and events including a parade, encampment sites and remarks by national president Cora M Davis.
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Gifford
THE
Grand Army
Army of the Republic
O. S. Gifford
Canton
Col. Gifford
Col
Price
Brown
Aberdeen
Brookings, Miller
Big Stone
Carlton Corps
Parker
Cora M. Davis
G. J. Vermilyea
Richard Harding Davis
Hattie Brush- Murray
Murdo
Hot Springs
Union,Ore
W. R C
Relief Corps
State Department
Pennsylvania State Department
Mitchell
South Dakota
S. D
Dakota
Congress
Dakota Territory
Watertown
N. Y
Wisconsin
Rock County
Boone County
Ill
Michigan
Engineers’ Corps
Kentucky-Tennessee
Elgin
Fifth Illinois Light Artillery
Twenty-Third
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Goldsboro
N. C
Sherman
Raleigh
Grensboro
Johnson
Deadwood
Lawrence County
Black Hills
Taft
Roosevelt
Gamble
Richards
Sterling
Martin
Wheaton
Byrne
Elks Open New Opera House in Rapid City
Harry Bulger in the Flirting Princess formally opened the new Elks opera house in Rapid City South Dakota part of an Elks building costing $100000. The brick three story brick plaster and granite structure sits on a half block with 1200 seats and modern equipment. Opening tickets at $10 drew mainly Elks members.
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Rapid City
S. D
Harry Bulger
Elks Opera House
Elks
Dakota Wesleyan University Dedicates Science Hall
A large audience attends the dedication of Science Hall at Dakota Wesleyan University. President Kerfoot presides as Dr. M. S. Hughes of Pasadena speaks on Christianity and education. Memorial windows for John T. Gold are accepted. About $90,000 spent, staffing toward a new gymnasium. Banquet and reception close the day with alumni remarks and campus tours.
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Geo. A. Silsby
J. S. Hoagland
Methodist Church
Hitchcock
Lauritz Miller
Miller
Commander Greaves
Ransom Post
Clara A. Lukens
Relief Corps
Dakota Wesleyan University
Kerfoot
Willis C. Hunter
Pres. Verfoot
A. Se. Hitchcock
Dakota Wesleyan
Northwest
M. S. Hughes
Pasadena
Cal
Hughes
Christian College
Hugh
Presserfoot
We Auditorium
John T. Gold
University
Morris
Board of Trustees
Thomas Nicholson
Harkness
Science Hall
M. E. Church
Lewis Shuster
Dr. Kerfoot
Burton Tanner
Mary Morrow
Bruce McVay
Dakota
Wesleyan
Jenkins
Frappe
Boy Dragged To Death By Horse At Floyd Dock Ranch
A 12 year old, Joseph Kline, allegedly tied to a horse rope at Floyd Dock ranch north of Belle Fourche was dragged about a mile and a half. He died within minutes at the scene, his body later recovered by searchers. The case prompted continued inquiries into the tragic accident.
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Belle Fourche
Joseph Kline
Mary
K. Kline
Floyd Dock Ranch
Here
Kline
Parkston Wins Baseball Title and Winds Up Tournament
Parkston defeated Kimball 10 to 2 to claim the baseball tournament title drawing the larger share of the purse. Parkston's Rasher and Gray pitched well, with Parkston taking the lead in the seventh inning and widening the margin in the ninth. The day closed with a canceled aviation flight as strong south winds prevented Aviator Castory from flying.
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Parkston
Kimball
Rasher
Gray
Kurehner
Pflaum
Feltis
Fergen
Judge
Fertis
Forsythe
Sage
Hoffman
Bounder
Forechner
Arend
Patton
Grey
Furchner
Homie
Mergen
Newman
Frieck
Wight
Eouth
Castory
Inwood
Iowa
200 Are Reported Dead In Alaska Volcano Eruption
News from Alaska says Katmai volcano eruption destroyed seven fishing villages on the Alaska peninsula with about 200 people killed or missing. Kodiak and Woody Island communities were buried under ash. the schooner Manning aided refugees and distributed water and rations as the area faced ashfall and contaminated springs.
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Seward
Alaska
Ayak
Kodiak Island
Alaska Peninsula
Katmai
Seattle
Wash
Fairbanks
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Alaskan
Mt. Hayes
Aleutian
Kodiak
Sewau
Woody Island
Revenue Cutter
Manning
County Board Chooses School Books For County Under Study
Tuesday the thirteen member county board of education met to select school books. City representation on the board was debated. extra city members were rejected. Twelve bids were reviewed. readers and a South Dakota history were updated with Baldwin & Bender replacing Stepping Stones and F L Ransom revising the state history.
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County Board of Education
Mitchell
South Dakota
Baldwin & Bender
American Book Co
Stepping Stones
F.L. Ransom
Educator School Supply Co
Sioux Falls Business Men Subscribed 1640 For Good Roads
Sioux Falls business men raised 1640.50 for the Good Roads association to improve approaches into the city. Local residents from nearby rural areas and towns supported the effort amid long standing concerns over highway conditions.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Good Roads Association
Father Scheel Takes Charge at St. Marys Aberdeen
Rev. Father Joseph Scheel of Herod assumes leadership of St. Marys German Catholic parish in Aberdeen South Dakota succeeding Rev. N J Dahlmanns who was transferred to Parkston parish.
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Father Schell
Aberdeen
S. D
Joseph Scheel
Herod
St. Mary’s
N. J. Dahlmanns
Parkston
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W.R.C
Sdbury Ferry
Vermillion
J. C. Purdy
F. A. Tassett
Ilot Springs
Council of Administration
Phil
Lawrence
Huron
T. C. DeJean
Plankinton
C. S. Blodgett
G. W. Snow
Springfield
Fox's
Mitchell Band
Helen Kibbee
W. R. CG
Nanna M. Moore
Kibbee
Hlk
Tomor
Ransom Post and
Ransom Relief Corps
Whittaker
Fox
Ken
W. RR. C
Elks’ Club
Ellen Geiger
Evelyn Curtis
Union
Ore
Department of Pennsylvania
Offeers
S. Nevada Hlereford
Minnie Hichberg
Brookings
Mary Cowell
van Ness
Scienceh
Is. Hughes
Dakota Wasleyan
North
J. J. Hill
College
W. H. Wilson
J. K. Olson
Byrant
D. J. Noble
J. A. Melvin
J. P.walsh
Embalmer’s
J. A. Behrens
Armour, S. D
Armour
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