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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1916
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR snippet mentions July dates, averages, pastures, conditions and prices in a disjointed manner. Key entities and clear facts are sparse, with many garbled words, hindering a coherent summary of events or notices.
Market prices show Wheat at 92.9 and 102 per bushel, Corn at 75.4 40.5 46.7, Potatoes 52.1 cents, Hay 210 per ton, Cotton 84 cents per pound, 147 and 16.5 per dozen. Misc price notes imply general commodity quotes for the period.
The Tullie government land sale held at Lorns Land Office attracted limited attendance but spirited bidding. A tract near Hot rerch south, the south fork of Grand River, sold for 9.75 per acre to Mrs Barret after Fred Jennewein of Hat Ranch bid 4.50 for the same plot.
Local notes report Teddy a three year old American eagle mascot presented to the regiment by the boys Nick Warfield and Don at the State Training School. The camp and Lemmon area residents are mentioned with numerous visits, farm chores, and community events amid a period of idle summer leisure on July 4th.
Teddy perched in a tree near Revelle in the night and died by morning. He answered taps as his unit, the machine gun company, buried him with full military honors. The piece questions if loneliness or warlike duties led to his death and notes his spirit remains unclear.
Mr and Mrs Petre visitors attended a dance on the fourth. A large crowd enjoyed the event. Elmer Bran was knocked by a runaway horse, taken to Lemmon, and remained under a doctor's care.
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