Mitchell Local Notes Foresee Friday Union Meeting
Mitchell local armer's Union plans a meeting Friday evening at Odd Fellows hall. Several residents, including Herbert Metcalf of Sioux Falls and Miss Hisse Parrett of Montesano, Wash, are mentioned in yesterday's city visits and family business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Armer's “Union
Hisse Parrett
Montesano
Wash
CG. H. Parrett
Evelyn Bacon
Sioux City
Milred Iazen
Marie Kendall
Marion I Wendall
F Guardsmen Boost Old Mark In Inclosed Match
The shooting average of Company F members rose by four and a half points in the past year, according to scores from the annual indoor target practice match just completed. The company finished the latest contest strong with improved accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company J
Rapid City
Mitchell
Earl B. Rowley
George Shipton
Harvey Coacher
D. G. Marsden
John S. Chapman
Lane Bagley
Chas. Bentliff
G. A. Bricker
Harvey Austin
N. A. Avery
Chas. Brown
H. J. Billingham
David Bear
Myron Brink
A. H. Cook
W. C. Gox
Frank Doty
Rloyd Doane
IF. den Dbeste
W. K.gner
H. M. Emery
J. IF. Cooper
G. M. Graham
L. Holcomb
W. A. Harvey
L. PP. Krouse
G. A. Kvick
G. H. Long
J. A. Miller
Va Minehart
G. A. Neish
Henry Ness
Chas. Nichols
G. 5. Potter
A. M. Reierson
A. R. Shipton
J. R. Simon
Ross Smith
Paul Trent
TB. R. Woodford
Chas. Worthen
Drexel Marsden
Frank den Beste
Floyd Doane
H. 11
Stuart
Lester Lubey
J. N. Cooper, Jr
Arthur Blum
Maacle
Mitchell Militamen
Seores
Inddor
City for Bridge at Chamberlain
Mitchell Commercial club secretary T. J. Morgans telegraphed Congressman C H Dillon protesting any congressional postponement of a permanent Milwaukee rail bridge across the Missouri River at Chamberlain. Morgans cited 40 percent of Mitchell travelers using the Northwestern via Wolsey and added freight costs of about 400 per train during temporary bridge outages. Life and property should not be hazarded longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Morgans
Mitchell Commercial Club
C. LH. Dillon
Missouri River
Chamberlain
Morgans
Jillon
Congress
Dillon
Tie
Mitchell
Mr. Morgans
Rapid City
Black Hills
Northwestern
Wolsey
Milwaukee System
Burglary at Berens Hofmeister Store Nets $35
A careful thief entered the Berens Hofmeister general store in Chancellor S D and escaped with about 35 dollars from an unlocked cash drawer in the safe. The thief appeared orderly and avoided disturbing checks and papers as he took the money. The value of any taken goods remains unknown.
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S. D
Berens & Hofmeister
Cassem Wins $91 Judgment Over Produce Commission
Circuit court jurors awarded O. B. Cassem $91 in a suit against A. L. Shidler for commissions on produce sold on land owned by the plaintiff. Rental for a harness and Shidler’s counterclaim for cabbage damage were rejected. Also heard was Mitchell Publishing vs Huffman Auto Co over ad contract balance and alleged misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. FB. Cassem
Circuit Court
Mr. Cassem
A. L. Shidler
Mr. Shidler
Mitchell Publishing Company
W. L. Huffman Auto Company
Automobile Company
Children Read Library Books Promote Story Hours and Child Hygiene
The city library reports 714 home reading books last week with 8 percent classed as books and a growing emphasis on children's titles during Baby Week. Story hour drew 69 children, with two sessions planned next Saturday for older and younger youngsters. Donations from Mrs Maynard and Mrs Thompson will stock shelves. New titles focus on infant care and maternal hygiene including Mothercraft and The Care and Feeding of Infants, with other works on child development and biography of a lady named Shinn.
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Wing Arthur
Clara Brown
IF. A. Maynard
Anna Thompson
Sarah Comstock
Holt
Jacobi
Anna Steele Richardson
Morley
Rosenau
Shinn
Old Residents High Kickers Spark Mitchell Frolic
In Mitchell youths and locals chased a rubber football to revive youth in an April 1886 scene. Dave Mizener A B Mager and W H Helwig joined in, Helwig sending the ball over the hotel, John Quirk promising a long kick. The ball smashed a hotel glass and Marshal Durell confiscated it, ending the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Mizener
A. B. Mager
W. H. Helwig
Alex Mitchell
John Quirk
Alexandria
Marshal Durell
Prospect Township Socials And Local News
Prosper Township residents busy with grain work. Visits include Elmer Gobles at S E Morgans and T Olesons with Mrs Mooney. S Rudd and Bert Thomas visited the Russian colony. Leslie Smart improves from illness. Mike Webber recovering from typhoid. Elizabeth McGinn hospitalized for operation. Farmer's Union social at S E Morgans drew about 100 people on April 1. Next social planned at Halvor Olsons on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Goble
S. E. Morgans
T. Oleson
Charles Mooney
Kk. S. Rudd
Bert Thomas
Leslie Smart
Frank Darmer
Stickney
Mike Webber
Elizabeth McGinn
Central
Candidacy filings near May primary in Pierre South Dakota
On Tuesday midnight the filing deadline for the May primary closed in Pierre with numerous candidates filing. The list includes Democratic and Prohibition nominees for governor and other offices, plus Republican and Socialist entries and a non partisan supreme court petition later found short of the required names by 360.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Gunderson
Centerville
Joseph H. Conroy
Aberdeen
James E. Bird
Watertown
A. C. Satterlee
Pierre
Lewis C. Peck
Lemmon
C. K. Thompson
Northville
Aul J. Worth
Frankfort
Roller Glendenning
Manchester
Congress
A. 2. Allinson
Gary
L. B. Grotte
Moenville
Henry Jenderson
Wessington Springs
W. T. Rafferty
I. T. Burris
Brookings
W. J. Rafferty
Lee Williams
Carpenter
Dakota Central Seeks Higher Passenger Fare
The South Dakota Central Railway files with the state railway commission for permission to raise passenger fares to three cents a mile. A writ of prohibition halted further hearings as Northwestern Railway seeks to stop the commission in Newell’s bid for a nearer station, current one about a mile from the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
South Dakota Central Railway Company
State Railway Commission
Circuit Court of the
Ninth Circuit
Huroi
Northwestern Railway Company
State Commission
Newell
Notice of Sale on Execution in Mitchell South Dakota
Davison County sheriff announces sale of Dakota Metal Granary Co. property to satisfy a $421.07 judgment plus costs and interest. Auction set for April 25, 1916 at 2 pm at Barnard-Giles-Moses Co. warehouse, Mitchell. Sale conducted by J. & Owens, sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Davison
Mitchell
Baynard-Giles
Moses Co
Dakota Metal Granary Co
Miunicipal Court
Davison County
Barnard Giles- Moses Co
Dakota Metal Canary Co
Aurora County Pioneer H. Holmes Dies in New York
H. Holmes, an early Aurora county homesteader from 1881 and founder of the failed Pro tection town, died in Brockport New York at 75. He long suffered blindness and left behind a legacy of pioneer life in the region.
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Hi. C. Holmes
Old Town OF Protection
New York State
Sioux Falls
S. C
Aurora County
H. ©. Holmes
Protection
Tankinton
Plankinton
Wessington
Gustav Meske
Holmes
Brockport
N. Y
Tie
World's Mightiest Locomotives Operate the Olympian and Columbian
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway electric locomotives pull the Olympian and Columbian over the Great Continental Divide. They are 112 feet long, weigh 284 tons, with 5000 pounds of tractive power and run on 3000 volt direct current. Regenerative braking returns power to sub stations and cool operation in cold weather keeps efficiency high.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Great
Continental Divide
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Pierre Man Is Hur t in Battle
Pierre, S. D. Arthur 7 percent Middleton, a former resident, was seriously wounded in a French hospital. Middleton joined Canassian troops and rose to lieutenant before moving to Welland for training. he was wounded three days after entering trenches. Charles Dimick, another former South Dakota resident at Sioux Hills, who joined Canadian troops, is reported killed in Belgium.
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Pierre
S. D
Arthur
Middleton
Canada
France
Welland
Charles Dimick
Sijou Hills
Belgium
Cummins to Enter Chicago Convention With SD Delegation Support
Sen A E Cummins of Towa will attend the Chicago convention backed by the South Dakota Republican delegation. Mitchell Republicans agreed on a compromise representation under the adopted resolutions. Only presidential candidate filed at Pierre will cast its vote for the Hawkeye salon.
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A. E. Cummins
Towa
Chicago
South Dakota
Mitchell
Pierre
Hawkeye Salon
Sisseton to Revive Old Auto Race Track
Sisseton South Dakota news says John McCoy, a local capitalist, has leased the old fairgrounds near the city and will revive the old race track for auto racing events. The project aims to bring back weekend races and attract regional fans to the town.
Sisseton to Host Summer Auto Racing on Upgraded Track
Plans call for grading and transforming the old track into a top northern speedway. The facility will be fifty feet wide with proper slope to prevent slow-downs. Several racing cars have arrived this spring, signaling multiple meets planned for the summer.
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Sisseton
Find Corpse Under Porch in Salem
Discovery of an infant's body found under the porch of the late F D Moore residence in Salem South Dakota arouses community concern. Siddie Rietz found the infant wrapped in a sheet in a candy box and an inquest returned a verdict of death by strangulation or neglect by unknown parties. Authorities are conducting a rigid investigation in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
S. D
If’. D. Moore
Siddie Rietz
Hospital Hearing Kreisler Delights Incurable Fan
Miss Marjorie Ford at St Joseph's Hospital heard the Kreisler recital via a telephone transmitter placed at the Metropolitan theater. Wires connected to her room and a hospital receiver let her enjoy the performance after appendicitis surgery. The setup proved a complete success.
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Kreisler
Metropolitan Theater
Philharmonic Club
Marjorie Ford
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Federal plans extend hog cholera fight near Davison
Dr. T P White of Chicago arrives as inspector in Mitchell to widen the eradication campaign from Davison county into surrounding counties. A New Orleans vaccine may be tested here as a cheap cholera preventative, with experiments at the Ames government station in Iowa. Dr White has 15 years in federal service.
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Davison
T. P. White
Chicago
Mitchell
Bureau of Animal Industry
S. M. Smith
White
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Ames
Federal Service
Vermillion Students Elect Leaders For Next Year
Vermillion D. T. Tepperle son of Fred Hepperle was elected president of the University of South Dakota Student Association. Harold Hanley of Custer was named editor in chief of the Volante. Other officers include Jesse Runestad vice president Julius Kayser secretary Alvin Lee auditor and additional members on athletic and debating boards.
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Vermillion
H. O. Tepperle
Fred Hepperle
South Dakota
Student’s Association
University of South Dakota
Harold Hanley
Custer
Volante
Association
Jesse M. Runestad
Mt. Vernon
Julius Kayser
Parks
Mitchell Baptists Celebrate 35th Annual Meeting Progress
Mitchell Baptists held their thirty fifth annual meeting with nearly 150 at supper. Reports praised finances and growth with total year offerings totaling 7511.63 while 2600 building debt remained and 1200 float. Pastor Kelley outlined goals for twelve months as Dr Shaw of Sioux Falls lauded the church.
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Mitchell Baptists
Robrt Lincoln Kelley
Bible School
Ladies’ Aid Society
Women’s Mission Circle
A. Loomer
Miss May Smith
Kelley
Perle Wilson
Sylvan Wood
S. G. Scoville
J. W. Beddoes
Laura Kjelmyr
Christene Rowley
I. A. Loomer
L. H. Raber
R. A. Kelley
B. Rowley
E. A. Loomer
A. A. Kludt
B. J. Wayman
G. W. Gillis
J. W. Broadbent
W. C. Sprague
Leo Broadbent
Ig. B. Rowley
Ethel Thompson
South Dakota Baptist Convention
Mitchell
B. A. Loomer
C. W. Gillis
B. B. Rowley
Republicans edge for Third District Congress seat in Pierre race
Five GOP hopefuls compete for the Third district nomination to challenge Democrat Harry Gandy. John G. Bartine of Oacoma, Ernest O Patterson of Dallas, Julius H Johnson of Fort Pierre, Robert C Hayes of Deadwood, and G C B Farnham of Newell seek support. P J Tscharner of Lemmon considered running but stayed out. Northern district remains open with no candidate.
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Bartine
Judge Rice
Deadwood
Gandy
Patterson
Senate
Hayes
Lawrence County
House
Black Hills
Farnham
Belle Tourche
Belle Fourche
Wanted Notion Described By Choate In City Dispatch
Col. Choate states the Colonel is found wanting and badly so in New York coverage. The message hints at a dramatic jolt and fear as the day unfolds with uncertain outcomes and tense public mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Joseph H. Choate
DR. Han
New York
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Braden Will
University of Wisconsin
Joe Palmer
KF A. Redline
Pathe Talking Machines
South Dootka
North Dakota
John Michell
June Cass
Wesleyan
Des Moines
Presbyterian Sunday School
N. 2
Monsrud
Siouxalls
Ef. C. Issenhuth
Redfield
State Highway Commission
W. H. Bacon
Ewast Fourth Avenue
George Byvans
East
First Avenue
J. B. McLaury
Fourth Avenue
L. A. Williams, Jr
Omaha
Board of County Commissioners
Union
Lisbon
Office
The
Weather Bureau
Huron
Glenn H. Rowley
Dubuque
Milwaukee Railroad
Widmann Hotel
Dlks
Rowley
Phil Parsons
F. L. Rowley
CITY
Commercial Club
Rafples
Chancellor
Tery
Cassem
Spearlsmith
OLD Residents High Kickers
A. H. Hager
Marshal
Republican
Prosper Township
John Michels
DEMS
Dakota Central
J. &. Owens
Spangler & Haney
Detroit Free Press
Roosevelt
T. R
Philadelphia
Carranza
Rockins
Proops
Baptists
S. P. Shaw
Sioux Malls
Lively
WIVE
Harry Gandy
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