South Dakota Academy elects officers at Yankton meeting
The South Dakota Academy of Science met in Yankton last Saturday and elected Doane Robinson state historian Pierre as president Prof. A P Larrabee Yankton College as vice president and A L Haines State University as secretary treasurer The president sent about twenty five post office appointments to the senate for confirmation including Christian Donnaire to succeed Dennis Foley at Main Office Most appointments replace resigned postmasters The move aims to place democratic appointees for four year terms whether it succeeds remains doubtful.
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South Dakota Academy of Science
Yankton
Doane Robinson
Pierre
A P. Larrabee
Yankton College
A. L. Haines
the State University
South Dakota
Senate
Christian Donnaier
Maino
Dennis Foley
Anarchists Return to Russia From America
Emma Goldman longs to return to the United States claiming Americans are freer. The deported group including Markus Orodowsky and Arthur Kaljes is held in Moscow jail for plans to plant bombs at a building housing the general executive committee of the Soviet government.
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Russia
Soviet
Democratic
America
Emma Goldman
Markus Orodowsky
Arthur Kaljes
Moscow
Crime Wave Across Nations Raises Police Alarm
A discussion notes a global crime surge with New York reporting 100 unsolved murders and Chicago tallying 68 unsolved slayings plus 3.1 million dollars in robberies. It criticizes police fear of testifying in the Italian district and urges organized protection for witnesses to curb crime.
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America
New York City
Chicago
England
Wales
Farmers seek relief as grain prices slump and costs rise
Sympathy grows for farmers facing low crop prices while costs stay high. Debates on relief measures include a proposed farm loan plan to hold grain for higher prices, and a National Bankers Association push to market surplus grain abroad through private channels rather than government action.
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Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
National Bankers’ Association
Europe
Asia
Jaye Dis
Scotland School Bond Meeting Urges Yes for $65,000
In a December 21, 1920 notice Scotland residents are urged to vote yes on a $65,000 bond to fund a new high school on the existing site. The letter rebuts rumors of tearing down the building, argues growth requires more rooms, and notes plans to add a new grade division with heavy enrollment ahead. A Friday evening assembly at 8 p.m. will discuss the bond and school expansion.
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Scotland School
Scotland
Civic League Education Program at High School
A Civic League meeting in the High School assembly was devoted to education. The program opened with Glee Club performances by the Girls and Boys groups and closed with the high school song. Papers covered kindergarten work, public playgrounds, parent involvement, and women’s civic rights, plus two violin solos.
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Civic League
Our Old High
Essie Barth
Ada East
George Stevenson
J. R. Wilton
Scotland
Misa Ellen Wicks
Mies Edith Wicks
Mankato Student Missing Fr om Boarding House
Misa Leduse Ptak 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Ptak of Tyndall, attended a business college in Mankato Minn. She suffered a mental collapse from study pressure and disappeared from her boarding house. A search found her in an abandoned house 13 miles from Mankato in serious condition, exposed and at risk of pneumonia. She may be brought home when her condition allows.
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Tyndall
Misa Leduse Ptak
Frank Ptak
Mankato
Minn
Vienna Death Rate Becomes Appalling
Five years of famine have driven Vienna’s mortality up from 15.8 to 22.5 per thousand in 1918. Dr. Gustave Bohn and Prof. Hans Spel warn of child malnutrition, skin diseases, rabies, and tuberculosis risk as mothers struggle to nurse under-nourished infants. American relief efforts fed hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children, backed by a broad coalition and a $38 million appeal.
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Vienna
Europe
Gustave Bohn
Vienna Health Department
Hans Spel
University of
Clemens Pirquet
Barlow
American Relief Administration
Herbert Hoover
Poland
Ee Europe
Relief
America
European Relief Council
Hoover
American Red Cross
American Friends’ Service Committee
Quakers
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Knights of Columbus
W. C
Laughter of Child Scarce in Poland Report
Dr Harry Plotz reported severe child hunger and disease among Polish Jewish children to the European Relief Council. He cited high infant mortality, widespread tuberculosis and typhus, favus, smallpox, and chronic malnutrition in Vilna and Lithuanian villages, noting no vaccines available.
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Poland
Harry Plotz
European Relief Council
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Plotz
Vilna
Ukraine
Freier's son Emanuel breaks leg in sand hauling accident
Philipp Freier reported his son Emanuel suffered a painful broken leg while hauling sand under a shed. He failed to dodge a timber, was forced backward, and his leg snapped in the sand. He rested easy after the injury, though it was very painful. A St Paul visitor sought Midland Packing Co stockholder agreement to pool interests. A Twin City firm may reorganize Midland. Henry Reinert's auto caught fire north of town, burning sharply after a short circuit at the battery box ignited wood. five tires, cushion, and hood survived partially insured.
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Philipp Freier
the Ledger
Emanuel
St. Paul
Tripp
The
Midland Packing Co
Twin City
Midland
Henry Reinert
Henry
Springfield Times Notice of Local Changes and Illness
Mrs J G C Young is reported very sick this morning after sailing for some time. Joan Fitch of Running Water visited the city Saturday and dispels news that the ferry was lifted for winter. Dr Failing of Tyndall will move to Springfield, taking rooms at the Grand View hotel next Tuesday as town lodgings were full.
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Springfield Times
J. GC. Young
Joan Fitch
Our City
Mr. Fitch
Hfe
Dr. Failing of
Tyndall
Springfield
Grand View Hotel
Whiting to Speak in Union County Schools This Week
Uncle Joe Whiting County Superintendent of Schools will give his chalk talk in two towns in Union County this week. Talks are growing in popularity among residents and educators. Mildred Hughes, a Siouxvalla area teacher, traveled to Yankton Friday to visit her hospitalized mother. Dr W Q Robinson and Mrs Robinson celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary in Crescent City Florida, marking fifty years since their Morristown New York wedding.
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Chas. Boyer
The
Tyndal Register
Joe Whiting
Union County
Mildred Hughes
Siouxvalla
Yankton
Avon gardener reels in orders for winter bed plowing
O. H. Rauch of Avon reports strong demand for garden plowing to kill pests. He works late with several orders this season, turning worms from winter beds in December, a new practice for the area.
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O. H. Rauch
Avon
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Fred Kirschmann
Newa
Townsley
Wagner
Tripp Ledger
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Corn Belt National Bank of Scotland
J. R. Wilson
Caskier
Meat Market
Ian
James J. Cisar
Prop
J. W. Cisar & Son
W. F. Hanson
Brown Block
H. J. G. Koobs
M. D
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Mitchell
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Corn Belt National Bank
W. H. Dahn Svotterd
Wicks & Quinn
Dax
James L. Meighen
Becker Block Scornanp
Dray & Express Lin J.J. Cass
Puonz
van Ferney
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