Several Local Residents Visit Family and Attend Events
Mrs N A Brown visits relatives near Fairfax this week while Howard Bardwell heads to Galena Kansas and Chae Bieenman visits Ed in Lesterville. Miss Frances Mason arrives from Chancellor after completing schooling and many townsfolk attend the Woonsocket Water Carnival June 18 19 20. Church notes detail services at St Andrews Presbyterian and Memorial Day observances with sermons by local pastors and a baccalaureate at the Presbyterian church.
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N. A. Brown
Fairfax
Howard Bardwell
Galena
Kans
Chae. Bieenman
Lesterville
Frances Mason
Chancellor
Presbyterian choir honors Miss Wittmayer with birthday party
Friday night the Presbyterian choir entertained by Miss Katherine Wittmayer and Mrs. Haynes in honor of leader Miss Johanna Wittmayer. Guests gathered at the church for piano duets and games, then adjourned to a pink, white, and green decorated basement table for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Choir
Katherine Wittmayer
Haynes
Johanna Wittmayer
Miss Wittmayer
Chas Rex Returns From Camp Caster Michigan
Chas Rex came home on Wednesday from Camp Caster in Michigan.
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Chas, Rex
Camp
Caster, Mich
Scotland Memorial Day Program Emphasizes Uniformed Patriotism
The Scotland community urges attendance at Memorial Day exercises at 2:30 PM May 30 in the Presbyterian Church. The program features music by the Tripp Band, prayers, choirs, readings, and tributes to veterans 61 to 65, with a procession from Donley Corner at 2:15 PM.
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Presbyterian Church
Prof. Williams
Star Spangled Banner
Tripp
All Soldier Boys
The
W. R C
Donley Corner
Commencement Exercises At High School Class Day
The senior class of nine graduates, seven girls and two boys, staged a Tuesday afternoon program in the assembly room. The town praises its creditable school and honors the perseverance of the students, with performances including piano duets, recitals, a class history, prophecies, a valedictory, and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Scotland
Commencement Exercises Held at Opera House with Class Motto
The class of 1919 at the Opera House held commencement with gowns, a solo by Jo Marchant, and an address by Dean McKusick on citizenship. He urged curriculum revisions to fit non college bound students and encouraged daily study without neglecting practical needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Misees Wittmayer
Callwd Attenton
Prominent Local Figures Celebrated Without Higher Training
The program honored men and women who rose to prominence in business and professional fields without formal higher education. Miss Wittmayer and Miss Sweet performed a piano duet. Mr Wheeler awarded diplomas to the clues members. A vocal trio by Miss Baker Gladys and Jo Marchant followed, and Rev Scott delivered the benediction as the audience was dismissed.
Commencement guests and local school closings in town
Mies Lucile Carleton of Menno visited Moore home for commencement exercises. Public schools close today and teachers head home. Professors Williams and Misses Heck Brown and Bye plan to return next year. Clarence Thomas from Yankton visited mother Mrs. M A Thomas with his son Willard between trains Tuesday night. Numerous notices mention farm land ads in Hughes and Sully Counties, local visitors, hospital stays, and auto trouble delaying travel.
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Mies Lucile Carleton
Menno
Moore
Thore
Prof. Williams
Heck
Brown
Bye
Clarence Thomas
Yankton
M A. Thomas
Willard
Gamel
Sioux City
Ethel Moore
Avoid Becoming a Nagger Card
A brief admonition urges stepping away from nagging habits. It recommends a vacation and new scenery to cure blue goggled vision, suggesting contact with the wider world helps home folks gain perspective. Practicing kindly speech is advised even when it hurts.
First Attempt to Explore Africa by Mungo Park
The first organized effort to explore Africa's interior was led by Mungo Park. He sailed for his initial voyage to the Dark Continent 128 years ago and returned after two years and seven months, having charted a large region unseen by whites, though he did not locate the River Niger's source.
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Africa
Mungo Park
Niger
Conan Doyle's baseball blunder noted in transcript
A Boston Transcript note recalls Conan Doyle misdescribing our national game with an odd remark on catching, citing his line about long catches by the blea and tying it to a recent English reporter's score label.
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Holmes
Conan Doyle
Boston Transcript
Forests of the Caucasus and Western Siberia
The forests of the Caucasus in Russia cover about 12 000 000 acres, mainly in the Black Sea region, roughly 20 acres per inhabitant. Western Siberia woods are estimated at 200 000 000 acres, with over half in a pristine natural state.
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Caucasus
Russia
Black Sea
Siberia
Ninety Nine Percent Attribute Poet’s Hair to Eccentricity
A wry remark questions why people assume the poet’s long hair signals eccentricity while noting the other hundredth believes the cost of a haircut keeps him unshaven. The line reflects common social judgments about appearance and finance.
Colors of Scottish tweeds from Garry river beds
Ideas for the colors in the best Scaich tweeds come from the Garry river bed in the Pass of Kil liecrankie with granite porphyry and jasper yielding rich reds grays and greens. The first bulk tweeds to London were six pieces of black and white check woven in Peebles.
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Garry
Killiecrankie
London
Peebles
Right Road to Happiness
The unselfish are the happiest those who work to make others happy and forget themselves. The dissatisfied are those who are seeking happiness for themselves.
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Mitchell
Diehl
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
Thos. Jones
Statter Co
Wm. Bainbridge
Floyd Nelles
Vermillion
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Alvin Hutchison
Alvin
J. L. Hutchison
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J. M. Dunmire
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Montana
P. Ruder
Rev. Warren
Hosmer
Donald Parmenter
Schmierer Clothing Store
Harold Haynes
Levin
Gaye
Larabee
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Wm. R. Scott
W. Langdon
Cuthbert
Hendrickson
Gilliland
Dakota Wesleyan University
Methodist
C. W. Langdon
Lengdon
P. A. Bliss
Baker &Proprietor
America
Rev. Scott Honor
Amy Brown
Song of Victory
Old Glory
Thomas
Piano
Miguel Wittmayer
Sweet
Lena Kost
Opportunity Della Reich
Misses Nelles
Wittmayer
Sweet Tillie Pekush
Theodore Roosevelt
Henrietta Zink
Misses Idetla
Angie Herman
Ruth Hebbert
Misses Horn, Treat, Bye
Maurice Dunmire
Alex Gunn
Ethel Cary
Bevo
Anheuser-Busch
Northwestern Beverage Co
Sol Brown
Hcotland. S
Cere
Hughes
Sully
Adv
Gottlieb Winckler
Sinkler
Carter S. D
Gus Secker
Ahs
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Wisconsin
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Tyndall
South Dakota
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