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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...
From the Ipswich Tribune April 17, 1930 edition Bank of Ipswich Poultry Contest Proving Popular The Bank of Ipswich Boys and Girls poultry contest has far exceeded anticipation. 600 entrants are reported. That means that 600 boys and girls of Edmunds County in Ranges 67, 68, 69 and 121-70 and 122-70 will be raising White Plymouth Rock chickens this summer. The second best chicken is to be delivered to the Bank of Ipswich in the fall when a poultry show will be held. Eggs for the contest have been purchased by the bank from Hecla, Claremont,...
From the Ipswich Tribune May 29, 1930 edition Hard Fought Cases Feature Court Session Crowds have thronged the court room at Ipswich the past week, listening to the proceedings. Two cases have occupied the limelight – State of South Dakota vs Adolph Zahalka and Joe Zahalka and state of South Dakota vs Lou Mikolas. The Zahalka case was a hard fought legal battle. Four days was consumed in presenting the evidence. The charge was that of grand larceny in unlawfully taking one black mare belonging to Gottlieb Pade. The jury deliberated on the e...
From the Ipswich Tribune December 19, 1929 edition Early Substitutes for the Modern Toothbrush Toothbrushes are quite a modern invention. In the Vernel Memoirs we are told that in 1649, Sir Ralph Verney was asked by a friend to inquire in Paris “for the little brushes for making cleane of the teeth, most covered with sylver, and some few with gold and sylver Twiste, together with some Pettits Bouettes (? Boites) to put them in.” There is another reference to these, in a later volume of the Mehoirs, as “teeth brushes.” “Turkish toothbrus...
From the Ipswich Tribune Thursday, April 3, 1930 Rogers Circle Gives Fancy Costume Party The Rogers Circle gave a fancy costume party at the home of Mrs. Robert Hill, Tuesday evening. The costumes were many and varied, some were beautiful, others humorous and old fashioned. The occasion was one of extreme merriment. Prizes were given for a number of things. Mrs. E. C. Salter and Mrs. O. O. Sharp dressed as the Gold Dust Twins won first prize for the best costumes; Edith Benson, 2nd. She impersonated a man and Miss Lola Olson, 3rd as Aunt Dinah....
From the Ipswich Tribune Thursday, December 19, 1929 TWELVE “IF’S” If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself and others. If you want to control others, you must learn to control yourself. If you want friends, be friendly. If you want love, don’t be stingy with your own love. If you want justice, be fair with others. If you want consideration, be considerate. If you want to be great, be simple and humble, but firm. If you want courtesy, be courteous. If you want to be strong, be quiet and unafraid. If you want to keep your charact...
From the Ipswich Tribune Thursday, June 10, 1930 Fossils Given to Library Museum R. H. Lent has left with the Bank of Ipswich to be placed with the library museum some very interesting fossils that he picked up about 65 miles south of Miles City where a number of Edmunds County homesteaders took land a number of years ago. One is a part of a petrified eel, another a clam shell which spells that thousands of years ago that country was part of a great sea, but the most interesting one is a perfect tree leaf presumably of the elm family which is a...
From the Ipswich Tribune Thursday, June 10, 1930 Albert Jeschke Killed by Lightning Thursday Albert Jeschke of near Roscoe met death early last Thursday morning during the electric storm which passed through the county. Mr. Jeschke was struck by lightning, the bolt penetrating from the shoulder to the hip, causing instant death. The family has just returned from a birthday party at the home of Mr. Jeschke’s mother Mrs. Adolph Jeschke of Roscoe and was preparing to retire when the lightning struck the house. He was carrying an oil lamp and t...