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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1911
Page
6
The exposition at the Coliseum will run for a full month featuring displays from Missionary lands totaling over twenty thousand items. Scenes of early rites and native life will be shown, with forthcoming segments on the changes brought by missionaries and lectures by young stewards.
The lay association of the M. E. church in New York voted to petition the general council for diocesan bishops and other major changes. Proposals include abolishing district superintendents, redrawing conference boundaries, adding lay representation, and extending pastorates from two to five years, signaling a nationwide campaign ahead of Minneapolis 1912.
Spokane report says instruction suspended after a student strike at Washington State College. One night raid on the girls dormitory led to overturned beds and girls dragged on floor in bed clothing. About 50 students summoned for faculty inquiry. several girls left college or were frightened or injured. Strong evidence against several prominent athletes.
Vermillion South Dakota report from the State Pure Food Commissioner outlines prosecutions of butchers for adding deleterious preservatives to hamburger sausage. Names include A Bosley Jansen Brothers H Lockington Aberdeen S H Morgan Mitchell Wm Nansen Elk Point. A second warning has been issued to all state butchers. Further prosecutions will follow if the practice does not stop.
Sheriff Coyce of Stanley County seeks a youth who escaped from a Milwaukee passenger train after leaving Cuthbert Station. The boy slipped between the vestibule and baggage car as the train ran about twenty miles per hour. The sheriff began a search but details are unclear.
Cincinnati reports a sensational event as George B. Cox, longtime Ohio Republican boss and Hamilton County political dictator, vanishes following his second perjury indictment. Authorities scour Ohio and Indiana for Cox.
Old time ranchers across northwest South Dakota resist the free range repeal yet prepare for it. They plan to sell large herds or move to Montana and Wyoming as county Hard ing shifts, foreseeing fewer large shipments and more smaller sales with continued cattle traffic. Many expect emigration to seek longer range while the state may see altered cash returns.
Michigan lawmakers announce a congressional inquiry into Postmaster General Hitchcock over his demotion of Alexander Grant from general superintendent of the railway post office to head of the St Paul division. Grant’s salary drops from 4000 to 3000 as Hitchcock cites mismanagement, neglected division inspections, poor sanitary conditions for clerks, and lax adherence to mail consolidation and equipment conservation.
The South Dakota supreme court scheduled April 21 for a hearing on disbarment charges against Attorney General Johnson. T. H. Null of Huron will represent the state in the proceeding. G. H. Taylor, Hughes County pioneer, died at his home after a lingering illness.
Business men of Webster South Dakota held a mass meeting to name a city ticket and avoid dissension in elections. Over 200 men gathered and nominated Frank Mohs for mayor with two other candidates facing unnamed opposition, while other city officials were named by acclamation.
Mitchell residents praised The Barrier, despite Sioux City papers' ridicule. Miss Barham delivered a fine half breed to woman portrayal, with strong work from McGregor, Chapman, Layton, Colvin, and Gleland. The fourth act finale features Stark's deadly confrontation with Gale, as Williamson's orchestra supported the performance.
Pierre S D reports 125 scarlet fever cases with 9 deaths and 102 smallpox cases with no deaths, plus 26 diphtheria cases with one death and 71 measles cases. Most scarlet fever deaths occurred in McPherson County among Russian immigrants shortly after arrival. no infantile paralysis cases were reported.
Robert E. Perry is commissioned civil engineer in the navy with rear admiral rank on the Retired List for his North Pole feat. Commissioned May 1909 when he reached the top of the world and to be detached from active duty soon. He has advised the attorney general on naval matters and Congress grants the highest retired pay of six thousand dollars, up from five thousand.
Belle Fourche to host a new broom factory employing about twenty men. E. E B Linch, from eastern Nebraska, leads the stock company after successful trials with broom crop varieties. Contracts for acreage are being issued and local farmers join the venture with homestead land yielding crops. The Commercial club supports the project as a third industry in town this spring.
In Huron South Dakota a ten day effort to raise fifty thousand dollars for the college endowment shows subscriptions already around forty five thousand dollars with more in sight to assure success.
Northwest is assured. A household remedy for cuts burns bruises piles pain and soreness of all kinds. Dr Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment 26c. If not satisfactory money refunded. For sale by all druggists.
Dr Seaton spoke in Watertown on Civic Righteousness for the Civic Federation. J Z Nebbergall of the state Y M C A visited as a guest of the College Association. May 18 19 festival set with Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Dakota Wesleyan Choral Club to perform Brahms Requiem. School of Music concert canceled due to faculty changes.
The Whitney Brothers Quartet delivered a top tier concert on the Lyceum platform praised as the best quartet in the city. One brother's reading skill added depth to a varied program previously acclaimed in Mitchell.
Scranton of Clay City Illinois, traveling in the mountains for five doctors, used Dr King s New Discovery after being told he had consumption but found no help there. He credits it with saving his life and enabling him to work again. The remedy, for lung diseases coughs and colds, sells 50 cents to a dollar with a free trial bottle and guarantee by Diehl Brown.
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