04 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
1
Heavy rain swept the northwest for Thursday night adding an inch or more, soaking fields and signaling a likely bumper crop. Despite heat, properly tilled plots show strong potential, with farmers optimistic about Per ying and nearby counties reaping the largest yields in the region.
A quirky critique on reading and farming wisdom argues books are for all who can read not just professionals. It urges embracing science in agriculture, mocks ignorance, and advises farmers to seek knowledge from state college literature and scientific agriculture to improve practice and profits.
Winter rye ready to cut in two weeks. Grain stands about five feet high and filling well. Corn growing rapidly and knee high in many fields. Farmers report better field care and weed control than ever. Prospects indicate a big harvest unless hail intervenes. Bison Courier.
Local and personal items recount visits and travels in the Lemmon region. Mr and Mrs Borteson visited John Fields. E M McBride of Mobridge is in Lemmon on business. T C Ramsland and party head to Dickinson and Belfield, ND for a week. Miss Gladys Callanin visited Miss Pearl near Hettinger. hail devastates Thunder Butte valley crops near Chance and Coal Springs. Oscar Sampson and family return east with positive crop outlook. Jack Wygard may join Abel Johnson Biscuit Co in Sioux City. Drs Leon and Phelps retrieve Raynold Ellingson for the Capital Amusement Co in Forsythe, Mont, amid medical curiosity about his skin condition.
A newspaper advert promotes a large free prize campaign claiming a beautiful six foot piano from Mitchell South Dakota and other prizes with a 25 year gold bond guarantee. The piece emphasizes generosity, national advantages, and aims to boost circulation by inviting readers to participate in the promotion.
An appeal encourages readers to recruit subscriptions for the Herald to win the Grand Piano prize. It outlines asking neighbors like Mr. Cook to subscribe or renew, promising votes for multiple year commitments, and pledging editor support to boost backers. The message seeks weekly updates on standings and urges persistent solicitation to gain votes and subscriptions.
A partially legible historical dispatch outlines legal actions and jury involvement concerning express companies. The text references names, locations, and dates with fragmented phrasing, noting court proceedings and trial context across several towns and regions.
Fragmentary reads from Meade County story describe a cashier missing and a suspect at large. Scattered phrases hint at hospitals and arrests, but many details are garbled. No clear names, dates, or locations are confirmed in the legible text.
A garbled OCR passage mentions Clark-Clark and a Wednesday event at Liptash, with scattered names and phrases. It references a pageant or page, a person named Hywel, and unclear local happenings. The text is largely unintelligible but indicates a plan or appearance near a city hub on a Wednesday.
Reports detail a single company’s effort at Mignonpedi to test and evaluate a new oil extraction method. The piece mentions specific personnel including Herlihy and Coyne, with notes on locations and dates, outlining steps toward trial completion and potential cost reductions.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Waite Slayer in trouble at Abe er terien bom and references Sada art and juace Tread tia fiter Cetin with unclear local names. It appears as a damaged page fragment with potential legal or court context and scattered personal names lacking coherent details.
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