Fairplay School Notes and Local Improvements
Walter Sinclair editor reports Fairplay School District No 85 pupils enjoy a week’s vacation. Helen Dreger earned a large reading certificate after completing five library books. Ed Mattison visited on Wednesday. A new store addition benefits pupils and better banking around the building is urged. Bhdora Manor’s father injured by a wagon wheel, crippling his foot. Teacher Mr Morgan leads weekly parliamentary drills and debates. Mottoes were recently displayed in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dreger
Ed Mattison
Mr. Morgan
Moneyed Men Optimistic On South Dakota Outlook
Pierre January 1 The Capital City Spirit reports bankers across the state foresee an optimistic 1912 with deposits steady to up, reserves rising despite December declines. Crops faced heat losses but prices stayed high, aiding liquidation to a sounder state finance. Forecasters predict good soil moisture, snowfall, and diversified farming to boost prosperity, while cautioning against a single-crop approach. Local social notes detail Christmas dinners, school entertainments, and family gatherings across Milesville and nearby towns.
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Tebfore
Banke
South Dakota
Leap Year Origin and the February Calendar
The article argues that leap year name is a misnomer as February does not gain four days. It suggests the four year rule, referencing the 29th of February appearing on the calendar and being “leapt” over in Jewish calendar reckoning, with the year not exactly defined.
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Gregory
Snow accumulates over six feet in Lead area
Since the end of October Lead and vicinity have received over seventy two inches of snow, exceeding six feet when converted. The Homestake weather bureau records show a recent storm dropped a little over three inches but powerful winds caused extensive drifting several feet deep in many spots.
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Homestake Weather Bureau
Local social and legal notices from regional papers
Notices include Rev. C. L. Fillebrown named special district deputy I. C. O. F grand master over several lodges, the Frank Ripley black hand case resulting in discharge, regional fi nal commentary on settlement independence, a coyote attack foiled by a pig mother, and multiple wedding announcements across Interior to Fort Pierre, Rap id City and surrounding towns with names Haz el French Emory Swett Margaret Frandsen Elmer Litcer Mabel Jones Mina Craig Zay Jeffries Frances Schrader Harry Roush Lucy Stroup May O Gara and others.
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Harry A. Roush
Lucy IM. Stroup
R. W. Roberts
Stroup
Fort Pierre
May O'Gara
John Stroup
Black Hilla
Abandoned Shacks Referred Death Traps For Livestock
A western state report describes deserted shacks becoming death traps when animals seek shelter. Stray horse and milch cow deaths were found in two such ruins, as doors are left ajar and structures deteriorate, trapping livestock after owners abandon homesteads.
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Pierre
West Country
Weat
Harry Newby
Leslie
Chas. Crain
Manila
Train wreck near Piedmont injures several passengers
A Rapid City to Deadwood train derailed two miles north of Piedmont on Saturday afternoon. The engine, baggage car, and a coach toppled after the rails failed. Injured include Mrs E A Woods of Lusk Wyoming with a fractured hip and sprained ankle, her grandson bruised, John Walsh of Yankton with an ear cut and cheek bruised, Clarence Erickson of Scenic with a leg wound, Mrs L B Thompson of Rapid City with a wrench side, her husband with a sprained knee, and Mrs Canton of Billings with a bruised hip.
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Rapid City
Deadwood
Piedmont
E. A. ‘Woods
Lusk
Wyo
Wood
John Walsh
Yankton
Clarence Erickson
Scenic
L. B. Thompson
Can‘fon
Billings
Mont
Cottonwood man files involuntary bankruptcy petition
A Cottonwood man, Ghayapadh chant, filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Pierre, with the case referencing the local clerk and the timing of a ten day notice to show cause. The document appears in an early 20th century OCR, with portions garbled and names uncertain.
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Pierre
Petifien
Ghayapadh
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Grand Opera House
Ramona Schalch
Edna Kelly
Walden Orchestra
Beasie
Dorothy
Pieme
Philip
First State Bank
Philip, South Dakota
Severin & Wheeler
J. C. Severin
G. G. Wheeler
Fairplay School
Walter Sinclair
Bhdora_ Manor
Bankers of State
Pierre Papers
Hardingrove Flate
J. B. Loobey
Mrs.b. A. White
Padget
Loobey
J. G. McKinney
W. H. Crowley
O. T. Manor
Hild
West Fork
Union
Milesville
Alice Laughlin
Art Schofield
Wm. Rickert
Christ
Hosteau
Mavericks
C. L. Fillebrown
Owanka
Wasta
Wall
Pedro, Quinn
Cottonwood
F. B. Raymond
Vilna
3. D
Frank Ripley
Onida
Martens
Ripley
Quinn Courant
John Hilgert
Branley County
el French
Emory Swett
Rapalid City
Lewis
Homer D. Cannon
Margaret Frandsen
Capa
R. W. Roberta
Elmer Litcer
Mabel ‘Jones
William Griffiths
Riggs
Stanley County
H. Hayes Milton
Ziebach County
Mina Craig
Pheba
Phebs
Iowa
Dupree
Zibach
Zay Jeffries
School of Mince
Cleveland
Ohio
Francea Schrader
J. F. Schrader
Johnston Jeffries
Ohio City
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