Two Busts Presented by High School Girls Glee Club
The Girls Glee Club of the high school presented two busts, one of Mendelssohn and one of Beethoven, donated for the artistic decoration of public schools. Miss Walrath led the program with selections by students and teachers, praising music education and school pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Jessie Walrath
J. J. Manthey
Elizabeth Kelley
Ruth Turney
Helen Powers
Mendelssohns
Elijah
J. C. Pee
Babe
Mendelssohn High School
Hazel Lotte
Aing
H. Hoff
Funeral Rites for W N Hollands Held at Graceland
Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church for W N Hollands 50 from Mentone Indiana. Attended by the Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah the rites included floral tributes and a church choir. Pallbearers named. Hollands active in local electric light business before moving to Indiana. He died in an industrial accident when a coal car’s falling flanges crushed him as he assisted moving the car at his plant.
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Percy Hollands
Ruth
Mentone
Ind
W. N. Hollands
Elizabeth
Mr. Jeffers
Graceland Cemetery
Hollands
Mr. Hollands
Nels Jensen
F. L. Logan
A. J. Curtis
J. T. Miller
C. G. Nichols
S. B. Spink
D. G. Cox
A. G. Bergquist
W. W. Woodman
F. G. Welsh
L. C. Kilmer
BE. Miller
Mitchell
Odd Fellows Lodge
The
Yeomen
Modern Brotherhood of America
Workmen
Census advance schedules aid enumerators for 1910 count
The Census Bureau offers advance agricultural schedules to farmers nationwide to speed and improve accuracy. Readiness of households minimizes calls during enumeration. The list covers names, relationships, sex, race, age, marital status, birthplaces, languages, employment, industry, schooling, home ownership, farm schedules, and disability status.
Teachers Elect for Year and Heating Plan Move
The board of education approved electing teachers for the coming year across multiple schools including Lincoln, Whittier, Longfellow and Eugene Field with new posts in manual training. They also authorized a steam heating link between Lincoln and the new high school plant and asked for bids and plans to be submitted by April 29.
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Board of Education
Litchfield
Branch
Morris
Heyler
McKeel
Lincoln School
West Side High School
Whittier
J. C. Lindsey
Luella Turrell
Hazel Lotze
Anna Mitchell
Effie Putney
Emma
Helen Walker
Longfellow
Bessie Maguire
Eugene Field School
Agnes Corker
Tillie White
Alice Thurston
H. C. Roberts
Nina Berkley
Kia Preston
Nellie Pease
Rachel Stephens
Sibyl Baird
Lucille Fey
Billa Reirson
State Ben Franklin Club Formed by Master Printers
At the closing of the master printers meeting a State Ben Franklin Club was organized. Officers elected include President W R Ronald Mitchell Vice President J Wieceees wich Secretary F I Nash Canton and Treasurer H as igtaresse et Ber esford. An executive committee of L V Doty Doland and Paul Dutcher Brookings was named. The group adopted constitutions and by laws and heard talks by J W Adams and Gilbert F Byron on job printing costs. A July meeting is planned.
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Ben Franklin Club
W. R. Ronald
Mitchell
J. Wieceeeswich
F. I. Nash
Canton
H. As
Good Roads Effort Advances Amid Local Meeting
A Monday city hall session on improving bad roads drew modest attendance but strong resolve. Wm M Smith chaired as the good roads committee outlined progress including a 60 foot bridge near the city and pledges totaling about 900 dollars, with farmers and Mt. Vernon backers pledging support. Officials announced election battles, road law study plans, and a trip to Ethan to drum up regional backing for cross town routes.
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Good Roads
Wm. M. Smith
Good Roads Committee
Smith
A. J. Curtis Hd
Mt. Vernon
G. W. Downs
Downs
Mitchell
Messrs
Dickson, Betts
Lawrence
Helgerson Brothers
Senate bills open surplus lands in Standing Rock and Cheyenne River reservations
Washington April 9 Special: The senate committee on public lands reported favorably on Senator Gamble's two bills to open to settlement all remaining surplus lands in the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River reservations, comprising about [length truncated in source].
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Gamble
Pine Ridge
Senate
House
South Dakota
Pine Ridge Reservation
Rosebud Reservation
Congress
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On
Standing Rock
Cheyenne River
IS BACK FROM CANADA Rev Albert Evans Returns Home
Reverend Albert Evans, a preacher student who left his wife two months ago without clear cause, has been brought back from Toronto by his brother and will stay in Colton near Sioux Falls. Mrs Evans and her parents believe overstudy led to his actions. Mrs Evans heads to Colton and plans a two month stay with him. He asks her to write and says he would be glad to hear from her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Evans
Toronto
Canada
Colton
Sioux Falls
Queen City Fire Insurance Agencies Ad Endorsed by Agents
Agents A D Walpole and Joseph I Goldhagen promote Queen City Fire Insurance Company in Mitchell. They urge readers to inquire into the facts and decide the Queen City policy is preferred.
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Queen City
A. D. Walpole
Joseph I. Goldhagen
Mitchell
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Diehl & Brown
wEe
Chinaware
Acquariams
Acquarium
Fritz
Bechtold
Mitchell and
F. H. Hoff
Beethoven Eldora Young
Lottie ‘Pound
L. Hollands
Mains
Census Bureau
United States
Nome
Organized State Club
Ben Franklin
Mayor and Justice of Peace
A. I. Hitchcock
William Koch
Hr. R. Whibbee
Aim
J. J. McDougall
Samuel Whyte
John Michels
Reeves
A. I. Porteous
A. A. Truax
J. G. McCartney
J. G. Markham
Fred C. Drake
W. WW. Turneaure
Wells
Barnett
Ethan
A. C. Wheeler
Senator Gamble
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