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From the Ipswich Tribune November 13, 1930 edition People Asked to Observe Thanksgiving In his annual Thanksgiving day proclamation President Hoover asked the people of the United States to observe Thanksgiving day by extending aid to those who are in need. His proclamation follows: “By the president of the United States, a proclamation. Notwithstanding that our forefathers endured the hardship and privations of a primitive life, surrounded by dangers and solaced only with meager comforts, they nevertheless bequeathed to us a custom of d...
From the Ipswich Tribune October 16, 1930 edition Marriages in S.D. Decrease Divorces Show 3.7 Percent Increases in the State Over 1928 and also in the United States. According to figures from the United States department of commerce, marriages in South Dakota decreased .5 percent last year in comparison with 1928, while divorces increased 3.7 percent for the same period. During 1929, 6701 marriages were performed in the state, 37 less than the 6738 performed in 1928. These figures give the state a percentage of 9.8 marriages per 1000 of popula...
From the Ipswich Tribune December 25, 1930 edition The Child’s Allowance Child specialists believe that a pocket allowance works best when it is in no way dependent on work done to help in the house, but is given in order to train the child in the use of money. Help in simple tasks should be expected as a matter of course, and an allowance of some sort given also as a matter of course. Do not use the allowance as a means of disciple. Find other ways of teaching obedience or other necessary lessons. Very unusual tasks may be paid for. If the c...
From the Ipswich Tribune January 8, 1931 edition 96 in Attendance at Father-Son Banquet Ninety-six men and boys attended the Father and Son banquet Saturday evening at the Baptist church dining room. The Berean class served the dinner, the principal feature of which was the elk steak, furnished by Geo. Cilder, mashed potatoes, gravy, escalloped corn, buttered rolls, cranberry mold, apple pie and coffee completed the menu. Table decorations consisted of miniature Christmas trees. A bouquet of roses added to the appointments at the speaker’s t...
From the Ipswich Tribune September 18, 1930 edition Jail Break Attempt By Check Forger Oliver Melton of Oklahoma held in the Edmunds County jail on a forgery charge, endeavored to break jail last Thursday. He had sawed through one bar when discovered and his plans for escape were frustrated. Nickie Heitz who had visited with a prisoner that day was asked by Melton to obtain some saw blades for him. Heitz did not get the blades but told him where some could be found. Melton found them and began work. Heitz waived examination and will appear...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 29, 1930 edition Over Twelve Hundred Farms in Edmunds Co. The Tribune published a complete census report last week, giving the comparative population in each township in 1920 and 1930. Edmunds county now has a population of 8,709 as compared with 8,336 in 1920. This week we give the number of farms enumerated in the various divisions. Bowdle city 3, Hosmer city 5, Ipswich city 10, Loyalton 4, Roscoe 2, Adrian 17, Belle 34, Bowdle township 36, Bryant 44, Clear Lake 30, Cleveland 25, Cloyd Valley 32, Cortland 39,...
From the Ipswich Tribune September 11, 1930 edition Iowa Youth Gets Jail Sentence for Theft Clarence Herr of Manley, Iowa is serving a 30 day sentence in Edmunds County jail. Herr got off a freight train at Ipswich Saturday night and came up town to get something to eat. Seeing a load of groceries in Frank Pemberton’s car, he drove away with the auto and parked it by the railroad tracks. He abandoned the car and loaded the groceries on the freight train. Deputy August Schumacher picked Herr up at Roscoe as the freight arrived there. Stephen S...
From the Ipswich Tribune August 21, 1930 edition Movement to Establish Yellowstone Highway Association is Advacated At the Lions Club luncheon Monday a resolution was passed unanimously in favor of Ipswich citizens sponsoring an organization to promote travel over the highway known as the Yellowstone Trail to improve it as a transcontinental highway and to advertise it to the public as a direct and practical route for tourist or interstate traveler. Action along this line has been long delayed. The Yellowstone Trail was organized as an...
From the Ipswich Tribune September 30, 1930 edition Ipswich Public Schools Have Large Enrollment Slight Decrease As Compared to Last Year-Roster of the Student Body Given-Out-look Good for Coming Year The Ipswich City school opened Tuesday with an enrollment of 262 pupils-106 in the high school and 156 in the grades. In comparison with the first day enrollment last year, the total is decreased of seven. There were 269 pupils enrolled last year-117 in the high school and 152 in the grades. As the week progresses there will doubtless be more pupi...
From the Ipswich Tribune August 28, 1930 edition Story of Slaying on Farm Proven False Ipswich citizens were alarmed Wednesday evening when a report was received by Sheriff Geo. M. Engler that a murder had been committed at the Geo. Harrison farm north of Beebe. The report later proved to be absolutely false. Sheriff Engler and a party of citizens from Ipswich went immediately to the farm to ascertain the facts of the case which proved to be as follows: Mr. Harrison had gone to the pasture to see about some cattle. Upon arriving there he found...
From the Ipswich Tribune September 4, 1930 edition Legion is Subject of Lions Club Meeting Monday September 1 was the date of the scheduled meeting of the Lions Club at the C & C Café. Club songs were sung, with Mrs. Sam McCleary as pianist. Lloyd Cronholm addressed the club on the subject of the American Legion. He related its history since the organization of the first post in Paris; told about the first convention in 1919 at Minneapolis when the constitution and by-laws were drawn up. Today the Legion numbers a membership of two million...
From the Ipswich Tribune July 17, 1930 edition July 4th Celebration Takes Large Death Toll The three days celebration of the nation’s birthday this year cost the lives of 404 persons and was responsible for the injury of many thousands more. It is said that two days of extra celebrating cost the lives of 226 persons. Fireworks and toy pistols which have been legislated against by all lives of 29 people, which though a states and municipalities, cost the small percentage of the whole number is all the more amazing due to the many restrictions p...
From the Ipswich Tribune July 17, 1930 edition Receives Bonus for Work T. E. Jones left his home Monday morning at exactly six o’clock bound for the country to do service work among the farmers. He had 2000 pigs to treat for worms this week and proposed to get an early start. His son Leighton started at about the same time for his work in Campbell County. The elder Jones received $25.00 in gold as special bonuses because of the volume of sales made during the month of June as a special recognition from the Moorman company. In May he led the s...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 29, 1930 edition Women’s Clubs Plant Several Zinnia Beds The Zinnia beds about town sponsored by the Federation of Women’s clubs have been planted. The large bed on Main Street was planted by the Altar Society ladies, the one east of the White Eagle oil station by the Baptist ladies and the plot north of the Felder home by the Congregational ladies. The various societies have volunteered to plant and care for these beds this year, thus distributing the work more evenly. The Federation has also planted the beds at...
From the Ipswich Tribune August 21, 1930 edition SHERIFF CAPTURES CAR THIEVES AFTER CHASE After out-distancing Verne Adkins, Aberdeen police officer, in a seven mile race out of Aberdeen, in which he was forced to give up the chase after being left behind, James Hill of Wichita, Kansas and Ira Penland of Arma, Illinois driving a 1930 Chevrolet sedan stolen from the streets of Aberdeen belonging to John Franks of Forbes, N.D. were apprehended at Ipswich last Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Geo. M. Engler following a race of more than two miles on...
From the Ipswich Tribune Sept. 11, 1930 edition ANALYZE BUDGET OF NEW LIBRARY Detailed Report on Budget Expense for New Library — Asset to City of Ipswich On account of a number of inquiries received as to the prospective cost to taxpayers of Ipswich for the new library the following information has been compiled from the records of the librarian. The largest item of expense is the librarian’s salary which during the past two years has been $80.00 per month. It is proposed to increase this $5.00 a month making the salary $1020.00 for the yea...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 3, 1930 edition Famous Writer to be at Bowdle April 15 Ozark Ripley, of Chattanooga, Tenn. the famous writer of Outdoor America will be in Bowdle, April 15 to address the Selby and Bowdle chapters of the Izaak Walton League. The meeting will be held at the school house. Ozark Ripley who is known as the dean of sports writers, at an early age was a great lover of the outdoors. He was educated in France, but after finishing his education left for the wildest parts of the Ozark Mountains and became engaged in guiding...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 29, 1930 edition LIBRARY IS BIG ASSET TO TOWN The Ipswich Public Library is a great asset to the town and to the people in this vicinity and it can be made still more of a benefit without any expense to the taxpayers, if more take out books. Thomas Edison wrote as follows: “It was the books I borrowed from the Detroit Public Library, in the days when Detroit Public Library in the day when I was a train boy and too poor to buy then, that gave the scientific information I needed for my early experiments. I cannot b...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 15, 1930 edition Saturday, May 24 Set Aside for Poppy Day Saturday May 24 has been officially designated “Poppy Day” throughout the United States by the national department of the American Legion Auxiliary. On this day millions of confined in Battle Mountain sanitarium of France and Flanders in memory of the men who gave their lives in the World War. In Ipswich, the Auxiliary will have these memorial flowers on hand for this day. The units in the South Dakota department are supplied with poppies made by the dis...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 24, 1930 edition Edmunds County Early History by L.C. Jillson When I left Aberdeen for Georgetown thirty miles west, I had a load of lumber with a box containing a registered Poland China sow and five little pigs, a hive of bees and a canary bird on top of the load and my cow hitched behind. My cow had lost her cud when she came fresh. Some wise men there, mostly land sharks told me to give her a chunk of fat port or a greasy dish rag, I was short on pork but I did manage to give her the dish rag. She got worse...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 10, 1930 edition Bulow proclaims Friday, April 11 Arbor Day In accordance with the custom adopted by other states in years past and which practice has become established in this state, I W.J. Bulow, do hereby designate Friday April 11, 1930 as Arbor and Bird Day, and in full approval of the purposes of this custom I again urge upon the people of South Dakota the necessity and the duty of taking a more active interest in tree culture and the preservation of game and song birds. There should be more than a general...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 3, 1930 edition NEW LIBRARY BUILDING New library buildings are to be erected at Mobridge and Ipswich and will probably be completed this fall. The library at Ipswich is to be a gift to the city presented by the heirs of Marcus P. Beebe, a pioneer banker in Edmunds County. According to the present plans the building will be constructed of native boulders with a roof of tile. The present floor plan provides for a one-story building with a basement. The main floor will consist of one large rectangular room which...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 3, 1930 edition SENIOR CLASS WORKING ON IPSODAK YEAR BOOK The Senior class of Ipswich has started work on their annual publication “The Ipsodak” and will hand in most of their copy this week to the printer. The work will be done by the Tribune job department. “The Ipsodak” will be more complete than other years according to the staff. The cut work will be a feature of the year book, there being more in this year’s book than in any other year book published by the school. The annual will contain individua...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 17, 1930 edition Aberdeen Man Gives Out Shrubs and Vines The account given below from the Aberdeen American is of interest to Ipswich people. Following out a practice of the past several years, for the purpose of encouraging the planting of fruit trees and vines, John Lauerman, better known as John the Shoeman, gave away to over 200 people of the surrounding country within a radius of 40 miles three truckloads of plum trees and grape vines of several different varieties. Mr. Lauerman a lover of trees and fruit...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 15, 1930 edition Towns Worse Foe Like every town in America has something it wishes it didn’t have, some things we could get along far better without. At the head of the list of unnecessary evils with which we have to contend is the chronic gossiper. We feel sure we have as few of these as any other community, yet so long as there is even one gossiper in our midst it is one too many. Everyone appreciates the value of constructive criticism. But there is a vast difference between constructive and destructive c...