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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
8
The Huron college basketball team claims the all state championship after a fourteen game season with an .835 winning percentage. South Dakota State College in Brookings reported .750 for its best rival, following a four game season.
Presiding Justice Polley of the supreme court files an answer denying allegations in a disbarment complaint by Joe Kirby. He seeks immediate referees to hear evidence and report findings, or an alternative court procedure, and requests disbursements if no probable cause is found. A separate petition against H A Webb of Doland is with the attorney general for investigation. The matter will be heard May 4 at St Patrick's Cathedral with Catholic church dignitaries expected.
Mrs Tom Wagner recovering from ear abscess. Violet Kinney hosted Young People's club with 20 guests on March 29. Sherman Lewis and Lloyd Lewis families visited. A son born to George Hubbard on April 4. Ladies Social Hour elected officers and met April 6 with 25 attendees. Next meeting April 19 at Mrs Frank Johnson’s home with potential semi professional players for a future team.
Gertrude Ellingson, 14, died at 10 30 after severe burns suffered while lighting a fire to cook dinner for sisters. Heart failure caused death despite improving condition. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 30 in the First Methodist Episcopal Church with Dr J S Hoagland in charge. The body to lie in state 10 to 11 am at the Noble undertaking parlors. Pallbearers include cousins Frank and Alonzo McMackin and schoolmates Raymond Peterson and Ernest Kobes. Eight fifth grade pupils named as honorary pallbearers. Relatives of Mrs Ella Ellingson to attend include four brothers of McMackin lineage.
Preparations for the installation of Rt. Rev. John J. Lawder of St. Paul, recently named bishop of the Lead Catholic diocese, are underway with ceremonies planned at the cathedral. The action marks the formal beginning of his leadership in the diocese.
The attorney general states that when a town is within a country precinct its polling place should be outside the town limits. This could cause voter inconvenience since the town often serves as the post office and trading point. It is suggested that the precinct polling place be just outside the town to combine voting with shopping.
In Lead, South Dakota the liquor license question looms larger than ever with dry forces staging rallies at the Homestake theatre and mine placards warning against liquor use. Anti liquor ads run at the Homestake theater. dry leaders say local liquor consumption has fallen since the campaign began.
Centerville South Carolina fans held several meetings and plan to place a team on the field this year with several expert organizations aiding the effort.
Elaborate preparations are under way for the dedication next Sunday of a fine new Presbyterian church in Bonilla. The church arose from consolidating six former societies. Participants will include Dr H M Gage president of Huron College and Dr H Carson general secretary of the Presbyterian church society.
Returns from license elections in smaller towns and townships show some towns keeping dry control while others voted wet. The piece notes mixed results and predicts further shifts as larger cities approach April 18 municipal elections over the saloon license question. It cites temperance and license campaigns and mentions nearby references to a Philadelphia paper on Germany ready for peace.
The South Dakota GOP conference convened with over a hundred members to organize and plan for the May primary while debating a reform proposal to return to county conventions. Key figures include Judge Dick Haney as chair and Charles M. Day as secretary, with notable attendees listed from Sioux Falls to Aberdeen and Watertown.
Local notes cover Miss Isabelle McGrim’s surgery at St Josephs Hospital in Mitchell. morning prayer and litany at Home Lutheran Church. freshmen and sophomores from Dakota Wesleyan hold a track meet. deaths and society notices. railroad talks. school construction bids. and civic updates including registrations and political events.
In Charles Mix county a primary election pact to choose a single railway candidate to block Wheeler’s removal as county seat has collapsed. Lake Andes faces charges of bad faith as the war to keep Wheeler in place resumes, likely keeping Wheeler in honor for another four years.
The Nashville Southern Lumberman reports Mr. Roosevelt suggesting the people should do something heroic, framed as a veiled push for his own presidential election. The item notes the potential political motive behind the statement and its interpretation as a bid for the presidency.
Prices for meat and many staples climbed in Mitchell over the past week with multiple cuts rising two to ten cents per pound. Beef, pork, sausage and mutton led the gains while butter fat prices offer little relief and sugar and canned goods are expected to surge ahead before the canning season.
New filings show W C Cook of Sioux Falls a Republican national committeeman candidate G H Welgerson of Mitchell for treasurer W H McMasters of Yankton for lieutenant governor C A Christopherson of Sioux Falls for Congress First District Harry Gandy of Rapid City a Democratic candidate for Congress Third District Francis Atwood of Sisseton Socialist filed for both Congress Second District and national committeeman must choose one, takes Congress rank in new petition
In Wessington South Carolina the infant child of Mr and Mrs George Surman died instantly when wagon wheels rolled over the body after the wagon wheels sunk into a chuck hole causing the seat to tilt and cast the mother and children to the ground.
Allan L. Benson began his presidential bid on the Socialist ticket declaring this the saddest time in the world history and noting the rarity of such candidacy in this era. He frames a critique of current politics and seeks to rally support through a stark assessment of global conditions.
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