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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
3
A faint promotional contest urges readers to act at 6 am on a weekend to win a $675 piano by submitting a nomination. Readers are told to fill out a nomination blank or write a letter with other names if space runs out, and to voice their support for the prize in sparse terms.
At patrons request a news stand is added with current issues of popular and scientific magazines. List includes Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post Colors Country Gentleman Cavalier McClures Vunsey's Everybody's Literary Digest Argosy Railroad Man's Green Book Blue Book Review Life Judge Woman's Home Companion Cosmopolitan. More titles to follow as demand grows. Special club subscriptions available.
Lemmon community notes list residents traveling to St Paul and Dickinson, relatives visiting, a new baby arrival, and table service ending at Palace Motel. Local tradesmen, ranchers, and merchants are mentioned with visits to Perkins county and Meade. Page also notes changes at Fullerton Lumber and a swimming contest incident.
The piece notes visitors from Leo and Milestown enjoyed the Thursday events and praised the performances. After the Milestown celebration they remained at home, while Mayor Hrauehtie wuthustee and others continued to attend entertainment tied to Powder River and related duets and riding activities.
The license decision for Lemmon remains unsettled with a noon deadline Friday. Officials anticipated no action beyond a water sale at the town hall as discussions continue.
A promotional notice invites farmers to view a demonstrator of the new John Deere binder. It highlights improved performance and efficiency, promises on‑farm demonstration, and urges attendance to see the updated Deere implement in operation.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a mortgage sale notice with garbled names and unsettled parties. The readable bits refer to a sale event, likely a foreclosure proceeding, but critical details such as dates, exact debtor and creditor names, and location are obscured and unreadable.
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