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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
1
U S Weather Bureau weekly report shows daily highs and lows with precipitation totals. Entries list dates Thursday through Wednesday with temperatures and rainfall amounts. Cumulative totals are given for years 1913 1916 and multiple others with observer initials.
The Memorial Highway Roosters picnic at Wood last Sunday drew a large crowd with delegations from Winner White River and Carter. Speakers from Winner and White River discussed road building benefits and marking the highway from Winner to Belvidere with MV in blue on white. After the meeting the crowd watched Wood defeat Mission 1 to 0 in a late ninth inning run.
Vern Ross of Winner was admitted to bail by the supreme court after his appeal from a lower court ruling. Bail set at 25 000 dollars, but he had not posted by Tuesday morning and remained in sheriff custody. Strong local opposition and potential transfer to Sioux Falls for safekeeping ahead of an August trial.
Frank Richardson president of the Fair Association called a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon June 23 to secure wider country representation. He notes current attendance is insufficient and urges farmers to take responsibility. The annual fair benefits farmers most in the long run. Regular association meeting follows on Monday evening June 21.
The Republican Publicity Association states that protective tariffs do not raise living costs. A British commission study is cited, claiming U S wages rise by about 139 percent with shorter hours while food and rent rise about 52 percent, and that American families consume more meat and vegetables.
The article laments a world haunted by postwar arms race and looming threats of air fleets and torpedoes. It warns that bright minds focus on destruction, reshaping civilization toward renewed conflict and bloodshed as hope for lasting peace fades.
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