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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-02
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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29
A DANDY SNOW

Last Friday about noon it began
showing and ii came down pretty
thick and fast from then on until
time Saturday morning. The
result was that we were visited by
the heaviest snowfall of the winter
There was no wind and the snow lay
evenly on the ground just as 1T fell
and it will do the country a world of
rood. 1t was not cold and Saturday
afternoon the sun came out and the
began to slowly fade away. 1T
was lust such q snow as the country
needed TO help Put the ground IN
prime condition for spring work that
will soon be the order of the day on
every farm in Mellette county. This
snow had a water content OF .6l of ar
inch and it gave u precipitation
record quite aboost-in fact up unit
this snow we had only .43 Of an inch
of precipitation since the first of the
wear. This snow fall boosted u pre-.
~ciuitation record for 1924 up to l.Oi
inches.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29
YOUNG PEOPLES CLASS HAVE PARTY

Wednesday evening Of the week the
Young Peoples Sunday School class
OF Wood gathered at the parsonage
and enjoyed a very pleasant evening
with games and social chat. There
were refreshments which all present
enjoyed to the fullest extent. One
Of the objects of this gathering was
the selection of a suitable name for
the class, which is growing in mum
bcrs verv rapidly. Miss Haugo
teacher OF the grammar o in the
Wood SCHOOLS suggested the name
Booster Class" which finally was
adopted rs the most appropriate nam.
Of all those suggested. The members
of tbs class expect to live up to the
very appropriate name they have
adopted for their class and be real
boosters for everything that will tend
to make this community a better place
to live IN besides boosting the mem
bership of their class in the future.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29

A good many people do not believe
in the efficiency Of prayer because the
Lord gives them what they deserve
instead Of what they ask for.
Coming Again, LANCE Eye Man OF
Mitchell, to Pine Ridge, March 9;
Porcupine, March 10. a. M; Martin
March 10, p. H.. Vetal, March II "A
m. Norris, March II, p. H.; Rosebud
March u, q. IN. Mission, March l.
D.. M; Winner, March Is and 10.
am adding these towns to my regular
route and will make them regularly
each year. We have the largest ex
elusive optical business in South Da
kota. Ii you have eye trouble sec
me. Come early.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29

Tomorrow is March first. Will the
month come in like a lion or a lamb
The roads are pretty sloppy, all on
account of the big snow we had last
Friday and Saturday.
Next Tuesday, March A, is the an
nual township election in all civil
townships in this state.
Art Zickrick of Murdo, was a Wood
visitor, Wednesday. He said the roads
were pretty slick and made driving
rather difficult.
c. VI. Cessna Of Rapid City, deputy
United States marshal for this sec
ton Of South Dakota was a Wood
visitor Wednesday and made this Of
flee a pleasant call.
Owing to an accident to our light
iug plant last Thursday night. Wood
was without electric lights Friday
Saturdav and Sunday nights, but the
iricc was turned on again, Monday
evening. S{lM @
&. O. Dustrude closed a deal where
by he became the owner of the w. w
IIagman garage building on Second
street, and lie will fit it ny as a resi-
dance tor his family. He moved init
it Monday.
This Office this week printed bills
advertising the Weed bankrupt stock
to be sold at auction next Tuesday
March 4, beginning at one O'Clock
Sheriff Chris Bum has been appoint
I'd special custodian Of this stock by
tie referee and ne will have charge Of
tie sale.
Mrs. j. T. Farris, of Witten, ar
rived Sunday to visit with her aged
mother, Mrs. Mcdonald, who has been
in rather poor health for svme time
She was accompanied by her two
grandchildren, Leron and Maude June
Hilton. They Expect to be here for a
week or ten DAYS.
There will be a Farm Bureau meet
ing at the Schaeffer school house In
Butte Township on Friday evening,
March z, at 500 o'clock p. IN, and
at the Fairview school house in Fair
view Township on Saturday evening,
March 8, at 500 o'clock p. IN. Every
farmer is most earnestly requested tC
attend one or both Of these meetings
Ed WEIGH returned last FRIDAY
from Racine, Wisconsin, where he had
been visiting with his mother and
relatives and FRIENDS for the past
two months. He reports much snow
and bad weather in Wisconsin, and
he landed here in one of the biggest
snow storms We have had this win
ter. He saws he is better satisfied
with Mellette county than ever since
making this visit to his old boyhood
home.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29

Aaron Moran took his mother, Mrs
Susie Moran, TO the hospital at Pierre,
one day laH week, where she went to
be operated on for cancer.
The Wood high school basket ball
team expects to 90 to Murdo this (Frl
day) evening to plav a return game
with tie Murdo high school team.
We are reliably informed that the
ext Indian land sale will be held at
rosebud Agency on May %. At the
last land sale, held in December, there
we're some 1l5 tracts of land disposed
#.
The Ohio State Grange and Farm
iurcau organizations have started a
cw league known rs the Lower Taxes
css LEGISLATION Lcaguc. This league
5 spreading It's PROPAGANDA via the
oycrcd wagon route, pnd it's Il pretty
rood move, at that. May il spread
and accomplish some real results.
This is Friday, February %, Leap
lay. We viii not have another Feb
-uary % for four years, and certain
the Girls should take advantage Of
ne opportunity this extra day gives
lc.o, We have a number Of eligible
acllelors IN this community who are
Just dying for some sweet young
isa to come along and share life's
.appineSs and sorrows with them.
Monday we noticed a crowd Of
ONE twenty-five OF fifty men all
punched up together in front of
;rown's store intently watching some
Aing. We thought perhaps there
gas a dog fipht or something of the
;ort being pulled off. Upon investi
ration however, we found that the
great attraction was a checker game
between Archie Orr and Rede Hurst
The checker bug is certainly working
Dretty strong on some of our people
nd we have some prcttv good players
mono them, and we believe we could
lean up most any team that could
be gotten together in the county, for
thcr money, marbles or cheese.
About one-thirty last Friday morn
no the Editor was listening in on
his radio set and you can imagine we
experienced that ''grand and glorious
feeling that every radio fan expert
nces when he tunes in one of the
tations at a great distance, when we
heard the announcer plainly announce
This is station WKAQ. San Juan
Porto Rico, the only broadcasting sta
ton operated on the Island We
listened to a couple of piano sclec-
tons and then lost the station. We
believe hat this is the distance rec.
ord for radio reception in Mellette
county, and the feat was accomplished
on a receiving set built by II. r. Stahl
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29
Teachers Examination Dates

A regular examination for life di
plomas and state certificates only
will be held May Z, 8 and 9. Nc
questions will be offered at that time
except for life diplomas and state cer
tificates.
A regular examination for life di
plomas, state, vocational, first grade
second grade and primary certifi
Gates will be held July %, "a and Is
Grades of proper standing may bt
carried forward for credit from tn,
November examination to this exam
nation. 2-tt
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29

Notice is hereby given that all out
standing general fund school warrants
Of Wood School District No. l, Mel
le.te county, South Dakota, are here
by called for payment up to and in
Guiding Register No. $50. Interest
ceases March 3, 1924. NJ. D. Payne.
Treasurer. Wood School District
No. /. d
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29
Notice of Township Election

Notice is hereby given that there
will be held q Township election OF
Tuesday, March L., 1924, from 500
a. m until $500 p. H., at the Fairview
school house in Fairview township
for the purpose of electing one super
visor, one clerk, one treasurer, On,
assessor, one constable and one justice
of the peace.
Dated this l day of February, 1924
PA Fred Matousek, Clerk.
For Sale-Five bronze turkey hens
Will take $40 for them. Also one
registered Duroc jersey boar. $500
takes him. Al Moorchouse, White
River, s. D. At Happy Hollow
church. Aft
Lost-Between Winner and Wood
one new 34x5 Goodyear diamond tread
truck tire on rim. Leave at WOOD
Garage, Andrea Garage, Carter, Or
White Eagle Filling Station, Winner
and receive reward. Scott Merrill
Wood, So. Oak. 3-tt
Fresh hog cholera virus and serum
for prevention of hog cholera, at
Bridgman Co., Witten, S. d. ALWAYS
la~l 40
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-02-29
J. s. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
For Week Ending February q

Total precipitation from January /.
1924, to date 1.O7
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sit on. Must be the end of stump or

sit on. Must be the end of stump or something covered with snow.'
 So Blacky without a sound dropped down through the trees, dropping his feet down and folded his wings to alight the time fixed on the little hole he was going to watch. At that very instant a very little white mound made a great jump and ran away! It frightened Blacky so that he yelled right out and beat his wings frantically to get away. By the time he had reached the tree-tops he gathered his wits and then how mad he was! He screamed at the top of his lungs. He darted down at Jumper the Hare, for it was Jumper in his winter coat of white whom Blacky had mistak- en for a snow-covered stump, and threat ened to pick his eyes out and do other terrible things.
 Jumper didn't mind Not at all. He just dodged this way and that way, and all the time he was laughing till his sides were sore at the Joke on Blacky. Sammy Jay came hurrying up to find out what the fuss was about and when Jumper told him he laughed, too, and began to tease Blacky. This made Blacky angrier than ever. He couldn't see any joke to it and finally flew away, the maddest crow you ever saw. Of course Sammy told everybody whom he met, and to this day Blacky has not heard the last of the joke played on him by Jumper the Hare. And to this day he cannot see that there was any joke.
 Next Story: Brother North Wind Knows no Pity.
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Of Illness In
 Babies
By s. JOSEPHINE BAKER,
 M n np D H


 NHE four most important ways of finding out whether or not your
 baby is really ill are: t1) his general appearance, (2) an increase in temperature, (3) an increase in the pulse rate, and (4) an increase in the respiratory rate.
 Any observant mother does not need to be told when her baby is well. If the baby is happy and contented, gain- ing normally in weight, sleeping well and quietly and taking and digesting his food in a normal way she need feel little concern about his general well being.
 Usually the first signs of illness are those of restlessness' and irritability. Lack of appetite and a slight flushing of the face are commonly shown. The sleep is usually disturbed with moan ing and tossing about or tfiere may be almost complete wakefulness. The skin may feel hot and dry, and in contrast the hands and feet will be cold. If pain is present the baby's face will show an appearance of distress and his legs may be drawn up against his body. The whole picture is one of discomfort, and is often accentuated with the sharp cry of pain or the low moaning whim- per of general distress.
 A baby pulse beat is always rapid, even in health. At birth it beats about 14O times each minute at one month of age it will be about 130 for the same period of time, and from six months to one year it will remain at about 120. It is difficult to count the pulse beats in a baby unless one is specially trained, but it may be most readily done by plac- ing the hand flat on the left side of the chest, where the beat of the heart may be felt. Crying or exercise will in- crease the pulse rate, so this must be considered when counting. In some ill., nesses the pulse rate Is lessened in fre- quency, but usually when there is any fever the number of beats to the min ute will be increased.
 reals, fish and chicken, whole wheat bread and milk buildings supply the ideal diet for elderly persons who are more or less inactive and require a diet similar to that of child. For teeth are seldom good at 70! And good masti- cation is essential to good digestion. Artificial teeth, however good, are diff ferent from ones own molars.
 The aged person who follows the above diet would be we'll pleased with results.
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A point to mealtime, the average
 person goes to the table and eats food. whether he requires it or not. Eating is a habit with a great many people and particularly as men and wom- en grow older they seem reluctant to realize that as their activities slow down their need of energizing food is considerably less than 1t was in the heyday of their youth. The grandmother or grandfather who can sit down to the table with the fam fly and eat roast beef, potatoes and gravy, Yorkshire pudding, cabbage and pickles, dessert, cheese and crackers top ping off with black coffee, is insulting that ng-suffering system that has been faithful through many years.
 Yet the writer saw a grandmother do it the other day.
 Casual questioning revealed the fact that she "always liked her food" Per haps she is one in hundred thousand who at the ripe old age of 70 still have the digestion of an ostrich.
 The man of sedentary occupation re- quires less food than the ditch-digger.
 So it is with those who are getting on in years.
 If they would sleep well and be free from aches and pains, they should guard their diet and remember that one requires food only in accordance with exertion, aside from the small amount required to keep the digestive system in order.
 Good soups, purees of all kinds of vegetables, plenty of fruit and milk and eggs, leafy vegetables, well-cooked ce-
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 4 NY one who can laugh just as hard "A at a joke on himself as at one or
 some one else is bound to be liked by everybody. Some people are forever playing jokes on their neighbors, but il Is very seldom that one of these jokers can see anything funny in joke or himself, and so it happens that most jokers are not favorites. They like tc make other people laughed at, but lose their tempers when they are laughed at themselves.
 Blacky the Crow is this kind. He is forever playing jokes on other little peo pie of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows, but let a joke be played on him and he flies into a rage as black as his own coat very silly thing to do But it isn't often that Blacky is fooled If there are any wits sharper than those in that black head of his don't know where you will find them. This is one reason that his neighbors fairly hug themselves with joy when they do have chance to laugh at him.
 Now that the Green Forest and the Green Meadows were covered deep with snow Blacky was having rather a hard time to pick up living. He wasn't at all fussy as to what he ate. Every morning he visited the meadows to look for fat Meadow Mice. Then he would visit the Big River where the water ran too swift to freeze. Sometimes he found something he could eat washed up along the shore. When he felt it quite safe to do so he even visited Farm CT Browns dooryard and picked up scraps thrown out for the hens.
 One morning very early he was flying slowly through the Green Forest, his keen eyes searching for any possible scrap of food left by successful hunter of the night. He wasn't thinking of iokes Jokes were all very well in sum- mer when there was plenty to eat and he had time for pranks, but in winter the matter of getting enough to eat took all his time and thought. Presently he spied little hole in the snow, very tiny hole. It was about the size of the holes made by Danny Meadow Mouse. He couldn't be sure, but he thought he had caught a glimpse of something dis appearing in that hole. As matter of fact he had. It was WhitefOot the Wood Mouse.
 Ut won't do any harm to watch that hole for few minutes" thought Blacky. "What goes in is pretty sure to come out. There's little white mound close by that hole, just the place for me to
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him incidentally when I spoke of how

him incidentally when I spoke of how well you looked that night-you wor, the dearest gown! I just know he wal from the east, because eastern men al ways show it in their clothes. They talk, so much more pains than the men ou here. And he certainly can dance Don't you like the way the corners ol his mouth crinkle up when he laughs Is he to be here long?" "Who-Mr. Forthe?" murmured ths girl with the beads, again consulting hel watch. "Why, he lives here. Clovina club tomorrow? It is at"
 ions in considerable surprise. Well it's funny if you know him so we'll that I never saw him before! go about every place you go, and"
 "Oh, his business keeps him out of town a great deal" explained her friend
 q expect he is friend of your broth. CTS and you met him that way" sug. gested the girl in the fashionable gown "That was the way of it; see!"
 "Oh, Ted doesn't know him." was what she drew. "He doesn't know many people"
 "Well, never thought it of you," de. clared her friend still more archly "With all your friends and the good times we all have and-and everything it certainly is surprising that you haven't bestirred yourself to enlarge his acquaintance! It isn't just to yourself to let him get the idea that you are try. ing to keep him for yourself alone, you know! Of course any of the rest of us would understand you weren't dreaming of such a thing, but it naturally would look very different to one like Mir Forthe, who doesn't know what a sweet nature you really have! I know! I'll get somebody and you bring MT. Forthe and we'll have a party together some where! Why, I'm just as sorry for the poor man as can be! Why don't you bring him on over to my house and" "How thoughtful of you, Clovine '" murmured the girl with the beads, ab- stractedly glancing at her watch. My goodness, I must go! I'll be dreadfully late! I had positively no idea of the time-bye! So glad to have had this visit with you!'
 "Prune." snapped the girl in fashion able attire who was left high and dry in the crowd. "I'll bet she's going to meet him now! Tightwad! As though she could make a hit with that face! I'll bet she even thought was dying to meet him! Heck! Why, I wouldn't turn around twice to speak to an ordi- nary man like that. The very idea!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-27
Listening In On Eue
wU.ES THAT FAILED
ARBED in style so new that she Vr appeared old-fashioned to the unin-

ARBED in style so new that she Vr appeared old-fashioned to the unin-
 formed, the young person dashed around the corner of the handkerchief counter and was able to act as though it just happened when she ran into the girl with the huge bead necklace that weighed five pounds.
 "Why, Cinnamonia !" she beamed de lightedly. Fancy meeting you! It's been perfect ages since we had talk fest! Can't we go somewhere"
 q am," the young person with the large bead necklace told her smoothly. How are you, Clovine?"
 "Just wonderful!" the other continued to beam. But I'd give the world if l could keep as fresh-looking as you do, dear! Just the other night when l saw you at the Dandelion Gardens l couldn't help noticing how lovely you looked !''
 II didn't see you at the gardens" the girl with the beads said rather absently, as she consulted her wristwatch.
 q should say not!" gurgled the girl in extreme fashion. "Nobody would ex- pect you to see anything with such a devoted man as you had He wasn't bad looking-somebody new?"
 "Somewhat," admitted her friend. "I'm going upstairs to the sale of sum- mer wash gods"
 "He looked lot like that handsome cousin of Paprika's," pursued the girl of the fashions. T had no idea he was in town"
 "He isn't" said the other. "Are you
 "Then he must be new!" declared her friend coquettishly. What did you say his name is?'
 ''Hm?" murmured the girl with the beads raising her brows inquiringly.
 The fashionable girl swallowed hard and bit her lip II didn't catch the name of the man you said you were at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-27
Little Stories For Bedtime
\ JOKE ON BIACKY THE CROW
tBx THORNTON BURGESS,

A joke is like the back of your coat: it is easier to see when it is on some one else.-Sammy Jay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-27
TURKEYS DUCKS Plaza Market
DUCKS
2O29 Second Ave.

Sale on hgh-grade meats. Save money by sharing in these wonderful bargains.
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HOME NURSING
DTET FOR THE AGED

\ S SOON as the hands of the clock "A point to mealtime, the average
 person goes to the table and eats
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FASHIONS IN GIAVEs

The gauntlet glove looms large in Fashions scheme of things and it ap- pears in many different variations. Par ticularly smart are gloves of suede which have black velvet or silver bro- cade Things. They are worn with the gauntlet turned back so that the facing shows.
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the garden with the other night" she repeated somewhat indignantly.
 "Oh--did you want to know?" blunt ly inquired the other. "It must have been March Forthe you are interested in.''
 'Oh, my dear!" laughed the girl in the new fashions with splendid touch of amusement. How funny to think I was interested in him! just mentioned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-27
FOR THE LITTLE BOY OR GIRT,

FOR THE LITTLE BOY OR GIRL.
 The smallest member of the house. hold, whether of the masculine or fem mine persuasion, will delight in amus- ing dolls which come from Central Europe. They are dressed in peasant costumes of felt which have appliqued designs in many colors. They are ex- act replicas of peasant children and have the quaintest little faces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-27

One Mother Says:
 The most useful thing in my whole kitchen is the small ironing board my husband made for the children's clothes This board is only trifle shorter than the regulation irioning board but was cut down so that it is much narrower A tiny dress can be slipped over ii without stretching or tearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-27
CINDERELLA SLIPPERS

The glass slipper of Cinderella has a rival in fascinating affairs made of bro- cades trimmed with decorative bands of gold or silver kid.