In Town and Country Weekly Notes and Moves
Local items cover travels home from California and Minnesota, property sales and moves to Mitchell and Davison County, Milwaukee rail improvements, a purifying plant for engine water, baseball team plans for the summer, district court activity, and a real estate firm change to Foss and Arff with new move to Loomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Arff
Charter Oak
Loomis
C. P. Taylor
Taylor and Foss Land and Development Company
Foss & Arff
Arff
Iowa
Davison County
Record-Setting Tabernacle Service Draws Large Crowd
A Sunday at the Big Tabernacle saw record attendance from sunrise Sunday School through evening service. Decision Day yielded many choosing a Christian life as Dr. Bromley urged total surrender to God. A strong evening program featured music, floral tributes, and a sermon on Jesus Christ and salvation.
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Big Tabernacle
Dr. Bromley
Par
Myers
Jesus Christ
Bromley
Card of Thanks from Slagle Family
The Slagle family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of their wife and mother and thanks for the beautiful flower offerings.
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E. F. Slagle
Tramp Chased After Assault on Girl Near City
Four or five girls aged 12 to 14 were spring-gathering when a tramp approached from the railroad track. He grabbed a girl, tried to choke her, and was beaten by the others with tin buckets. Sheriff Berry pursued two men, one found with 2580 dollars, but both claimed innocence as the girls denied guilt. The sheriff will detain the man with the money awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ellis
Ellis
Berry
Villian
Loomis
Mitchell
Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest Awarded to Wessington Springs
The third annual Inter-Collegiate Oratorical contest in city hall drew a large crowd despite revival meetings. Four colleges competed with Wessington Springs winning first through Coleman Griffith, while Dakota Wesleyan University and Augustana College also placed strong. Griffith advances to the Inter-State contest in Greenville Texas on May 19 representing South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tab
Wessington Springs
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Coleman Griffith
J. E. Hughes
Sioux Falls Baptist College
Wessington Springs Seminary
Walter J. McClarknon
Dakota Wesleyan University
McClarknon
Eric J. Ellefson
Augustana College
Ellafson
Greenville
Texas
Griffith
South Dakota
Ethan and Town Talk From Dimock to Ethan News
Ethan residents report travel by Ethan on Wednesday and visits between local families. cattle and hog shipments loaded from Ethan, with several farmers named. Easter programs planned at local churches and a drainage project underway. In Hunnewell Kansas Rosa Osborn named as first woman police chief by Mayor Ella Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunnewell, Kas
Rosa Osborn
Ella Wilson
Hunnewell
Notice to Creditors Estate of C. P. Taylor
Executors Halbert Z. Taylor adapt Loomis Davison County South Dakota issue six months for claims to be filed with vouchers. Dated April 8 1911. Mitchell Trust Co. as Executor of the estate of C. P. Taylor deceased.
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C. P. Taylor
Halbert Z. Taylor
Loomis
Davison
South Dakota
Mitchell Trust Co
C. P.taylor
Letcher Local Roundup of Visits and News
Letcher South Dakota residents report visits and travels including Mrs Todd and daughter Mrs Paulson heading to Kansas City after a stay with the Roy Todd home. Many neighbors share snippets of daily life with trips to Mitchell Woonsocket and Elliot.
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Letcher
S. D
Todd
Never Out of Work with Dr King’s Life Pills
Ad claims Dr King s New Life Pills turn weakness into strength and energy into mental power curing constipation headache chills dyspepsia malaria with sugar coated globules. Sold for 25 cents at Diehl and Brown.
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Dr. King
Diehl & Brown
Mt Vernon News Briefs From Mitchell To Marshalltown
Local notes list trips and visits including Miss Sarah Johnson returning to Mitchell. Mr and Mrs Griffith and Grant Trotter summoned to Marshalltown by a sister’s death. Chas Daniel served on a U S jury in Sioux Falls. Social events include a W C T U program in the opera house and the Rebekah Moving Picture and Basket Social netting about 35 dollars. Births noted at the Gibsons and the Smiley home, plus regional movements and visits around Sioux City and Mitchell.
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Mt. Vernon
Roy Butterfield
Mitchell
Sarah Johnson
Jake Johnson
Griffith
Grant Trotter
Marshalltown
Trotter
Chas
Daniel
Sioux Falls
U. S
Opera House
Archie Gibson
Goldenheinee
John Roesch
Ezra Bailey
Chicago
T. B. Smiley
Byron Swartz
Parkston
Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
W. W. Davis
M. C. Betts
Geo. Laurence
Sioux City
Cladge Jennings
Iowa
Ed. Bramwell
H. C. Cook
John Trotter
Owens
Dedication of Stony Butte Methodist Church Postponed
Severe snowstorm delays the Stony Butte church dedication on the Vivian charge until about June. Realty Protection Co. transfers offices to Sioux City from which they will handle Lyman County lands. Mr and Mrs Derkinderen receive a warm farewell with silver fruit knives at Woodward home and praise from friends. Mrs McIlvanna takes charge of Hotel La Vivian and a Faster sale is planned for April 15. B H Finch sells hardware and furniture stock to O P Bunnell and son who will assume ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Finch
O. P. Bunnell and Son
Easter program announced at Thorson school house
News from Lisbon notes an Easter program to be held at the Thorson school house next Sunday. Len Stevens celebrated his birth day on April 3 with a family gathering postponed by illness. Several local residents visited relatives and neighbors through the week including Mrs Miller and daughter Hazel Mrs Steevens Mrs York and Ester Hattenberg and others networking socially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorson School
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered for Cure All Cases
An 1888 Toledo affidavit from Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. offers one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document, sworn in Toledo, notes the product is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available and pills for constipation sold locally.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Cunty
State
Hall
W. Gleason
J. Cheney & Con
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M. H. Gosche
Jos. Schlimgen
Frank Heinzman
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Sioux C.y & Dakota
Iowa & Dakota
T. E. Bastcott
Eastcott
Milwaukee Road
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W. T. Olmstead
M. J
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W. E. Rathbun
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A. B. LaBar
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Tabernacle
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Sidney L. Chandler
M. M. Ramer
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W. B. Tobey
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Clarence Bordwell
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C. A. Bliss
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W. H. Trow
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R. L. Tremaine
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Mr. Murphy
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Hazel Wilson
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Hanson County
Joe Dodd
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O’rhue
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Ella Welch
Connie Murphy
Ed Mernauga
Nick Burg
Lane
Fred Grinelle
Claude Clapsaddle
Elliot
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Jenny
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Paul Jacobus
Jim Fleming
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A. G. Schuler
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Mon Ryan
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MT. Vernon News
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Florence Miller
Wheeler's
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J. E. Wells Abstract & Laserance Ca
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M. Emfert
Anaging Eng
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Western National Bank Builiding
Dakota Central
City Property
A. D. Walpole
Missouri Valley
Mitchell, S.D
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