Wind Up Of School Year At Sisseton High
Sisseton High School events mark the end of another year with a senior banquet at Agnes Stavngs home, a baccalaureate at the Opera House, and a Memorial Day program prepared by WWG. The year closed with reflective speeches, floral decorations, and a large senior alumni crowd, while the community prepared for the annual observance and local news noted a farm fatality west of town.
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Sisseton High School
Agnes Stavng
Willlone
Opera House
Parker House
WWG
Sisseton
Khoyy
A.P. Houde
Steele
Ade
Wii
Maple St
New
Presbyterian Church
Iildiien
Rand l Exer
Rew Irwin
Sisseton Brass
W.rg
Stewie
Ebert
Proclamation Calls Men of Nation to Arms
A presidential proclamation empowers registration of all males aged 21 to 30 as part of a wartime mobilization. It outlines duties, penalties for noncompliance, and authority for enforcement across federal and state agencies under military law.
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War Department
District Court Qt
United States
Railroads Seek Interstate Freight Rate Increase
South Dakota railroads prepare petitions to the state railway commission at Pierre seeking authority to raise interstate freight rates by 15 percent, matching western rate hikes before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. The move follows a prior 1 percent South Dakota request and anticipated shipper protests over an estimated 4 to 6 percent rise in shipping costs. Similar petitions have been filed in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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South Dakota
Board of Railway Commissioners
Pierre
Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washing
South Waltola
State Railway Commission
Hierre
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Mrs Ingraham Dies After Long Illness in Lee Township
Mrs Ingraham of Nis Helin Higrahan in a thin city died Tuesday May 15 at age Sa years after a period of poor health. She and her husband moved from Wisconsin in 1WkS and ran a farm in Lee township where they resided until the fall of 1907.
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Nis Helin Higrahan
Thin City
Ingraham
Wisconsin
Lee Township
State Sheriff and Matron Notice in Mobridge Action
State Sheriff Ltirs Mobridge and Parker Shiks joined Sheriff Dudle Martin to close two sorbs south of the city, giving inmates 24 hours to leave. Monte Carlo west of town closed after tip of trouble. Cigar stores pool halls and punch boards ordered to discontinue. Sisseton lacks a ball team this year. Grant beat Sisseton townships on Sunday at Henry Heineke tome with Grant winning.
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Shiks
Parker
Eit
Dudle Martin
Luis
M Shanks
Monte Carlo
Sisseton
Beteen Grant
Henry Heineke
Grant
Heavy Rain Delivers Mixed Impact Across South Dakota
Heavy rain swept northern and western South Dakota with two hours of downpour near Mullton. farmers expect profitable crops as spring wheat is in good shape and corn was planted. Severe electrical storm damaged buildings, caused fires and cattle losses across the region. General Thin On Sindy visited the area during the event.
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Norther
South Dakota
Thin
Mullton Ad
Lutherans To Unite At St Paul Convention
Three Norwegian Lutheran bodies in the United States and Canada plan consolidation at a St Paul convention on June 15. More than 4000 pastors and about 111,000 lay members from the Norwegian Lutheran Synod the Ru Huuees Synod and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church are expected to attend. The move unites branches split in Norway sixty years ago and ratifies a tentative agreement submitted last year.
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United States
Canada
St. Paul Dutins
Norwegian Lutheran Synod
Re Huuees Synod
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Norway
Consolidation Plans For United Churches Considered
Approval sought for three church consolidations with 1100 pastors reassigned and a planned 1 million dollar pension fund. Reorganization of educational isolates due to consolidation discussed by Dr. T J Dahl Dr A L G Stub and Dr J L Fiske. A Red Cross benefit concert with a 2000 voice chorus and bands is planned.
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Red Cross
T. J. Dahl
United Church
Alg. Stub
Norwegian Synod
J. TL. Fiske
Hauges
Death of Mrs McDonald Dew Mother and Palace of Loss
Mrs McDonald Dew dies after a long illness following a paralytic stroke in Peru Indiana and Chicago. She was born Alice N Jenneson in 1845 in Hoston Mississippi and lived twenty eight years in Hastings Minnesota before moving to Sisseton. Her husband Thos McDonald served in the Civil War and died August 4 1916. She leaves four daughters Mrs Geo Wis Lush Peru Ind Bee Chicago Amice Milbank and Adele plus other relatives and many friends. Funeral held at Ingersoll home with Rev Lewin officiating and interment in Sisseton cemetery.
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Alice N. Jenneson
Hoston
Miss
Thos, McDonald
Hastings
Minn
Sisséton
Sune
Sisseton
Geo. Wis Lush
Peru
Ind
Bhie
Chiccago
Amice
Milbank
Adele
Registration Day Nears in Roberts County Draft Registration Emphasized
Sheriff McGee announced registration for all male citizens aged 21 to under 36, with registrars at each precinct. Questions cover name, birth date, citizenship, birth place, occupation, dependents, marital status, and military service. Emphasis on both married and single men. Browns Valley plans a Memorial Day patriotic rally in the afternoon.
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United States
Congress
Nini
Regular Army
Navy
National Guard
District Court of
Roberts County
Sheriff McGee
Sheri
McGee
Browns Valley
Designation of Vast Acreage in Western States
The designation covers 320 acres in eight western states with entry in figures. South Dakota lists 111,800 acres across fourteen counties including Tripp Perkins and Gregory, while Wyoming accounts for 109,200 acres across nine western counties.
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Washington
Jerry Lane
Satur
South Dakota
Tripp
Perkins
Gregory
Wyoming
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Andis
Hiss
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Beeston
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Amtrrnoon
Opera Moss
P.m. Sharp
Rev. Mbert
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Mrs. J
Cottingham
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Chris Andrews
Tenting Vonight
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Farnham Farm
Here
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Parker Home
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Glenwood
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District of Columbia
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