Temperance debate urges unity against license in Mitchell
The piece argues that temperance is a broad social issue beyond liquor sales and cautions that closing local saloons alone will not end intemperance. It urges real reform, notes economic ties to the Corn Palace fund, and calls on anti license supporters to donate $2,000 to sustain community projects while pursuing broader prohibition goals.
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Mitchell
Alquor
Atic
Aetna Theatre Et Hy
Samedause
Neon
Corn Palace
Gorn Palace
Obituary and local notices from Mitchell Illinois area
Funeral services for Mrs George W Bunnell were held at First Baptist with interment at Graceland. Emma Boxes Bunnell born Belmont Ohio 1855 died 1915 in Mitchell with five children surviving. Also reports plea of guilty for forgery by Joseph Jackson and a suspended sentence. Community notes cover church, wrestling bout, peace oratorical contest, hospital surgery, charity meetings, a Beulah Farmers club gathering, and legal matters including Jack Brown’s bond. Local residents noted include Ray Spear, Al Ackerman, C. W. Derr family, and Rev C G A Jenson visiting.
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George ‘W. Bunnell
First Baptist Church
Robert Lincoln Kelley
Graceland Cemetery
Emma Boxes
Belmont
Ohio
Wyoming
Stark County
First Baptist Church of
George W. Bunnell
Bessie Rosner
Pierre
Raymond
Milton Bunnell
Kimball
Clyde Bunnell
Mason City
City
Mary Robbins
Mitchell
Morence Clark
Peoria
Ills
Alice Hopkins
Josephine Argenbright
Missouri
Thomas
Oliver Boges
St. Joseph
Joseph Jackson
Frank B. Smith
State Penitentiary
Jackson
al Ackerman
John Hofer
Parkston
Mitchell Grappler
C. W. Derr
Faulkton
8. C
C. H. Derr
Elizabeth Hanson
Red Gross
Associated Charities
Miss Hanson
Round Table Club
Virginia Rutherford
Wessington Springs
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Beulah
Davison County Commissioners Hold Regular April 1915 Session
Mitchell South Dakota April 6 1915 Davison County commissioners meet in regular session with Nels Jensen presiding and all members present. They inspect Miresteel creek route bridges washed out by flood and James River route bridges damaged. They reject bids for books and office supplies and approve bank bond applications. Numerous county payrolls and expenses listed including jail and court costs, receipts, and salary adjustments for the county officers. The board designates polling place for Prosper precinct and adjourns to view Mt. Vernon bridge sites.
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James River
Mitchell Gazettes
Mitchell
Educator Bay Supply Company
S. Guenenstyne Company
Mitchell Dd
Mitchell Publishing Company
Commercial and Savings Bank
Mitchell National Bank
First National Bank
Western State Bank
Ethan State Bank
Security State Bank
First National Bank of
Mt. Vernon
Western State
Lehman
McLeod
J. Wf. Berry
Blanche Dague
Wayde Kinsey Oi Nites
Hattie Kohes
Winifred Ryan
Ella Ellingson
Mary Brennen
al Scott
He Gaete
Smellone
Hazel McGrath
Sicily
Wim
Freeland
Nellie D. Saunders
A’ Wi
Marsden
Petit Juror
J. M. Crampton
R. A. Zangle
Crampton
Bruyerel
Yetelsie Ony
Ste Ne Wi
B. Rogers
Treasur
Ovetodm
Ali
Chas Fowler
Treas- Udot
Benans
I. Fosdick
Treas
Latestel
Ruth Grebel
W. Shipton
Maude Kinsey
Nniteeetssesiiv
Seetens
Hattie Robes
Ota. Jackson
Mary Brennan
Josie Fitzgerald
Goa Ris Ty
Kassie Revereys
Lulu Marsden
C.J. Smith
Tim Mackay
Eloans
Lisbon
T. H. Stevens
Paul Titze
Grady
Keen
EB. Owens
Owens
F. van Wagenen
Jueeson
A. Clark
Chas. Strebel
C. Kimble
B. Owens
BE. A. Parson
A. T. McGovern & Sons
Hl. A. Peterson
Coxe-Durkee Co
Capital Supply Co
John Chapman
Peter Tlunsen
Geo. Atkinson
Chas. Clark
Enya Hass
Erie Mn le L
Ferbert Scott
W. A. Darling
C. A. Bower
Wek Mortonsguron
M. C. Fitzgerald
Millardy
J. T. Sledge
Chloe Sledge
Chester Sledge
Wallace Miller
Nose Peregrin
Myrtle
Peregrin
Harry Christopher
W. Mahony
Kimble
P. Worthing
Mdse
Miller
W. O. Crampton
Pierre
Porteous and Son
Midway Grocery
P. O
W. G. Leister
A. U. Hoon
J. Lu. McComish
Court House
Hannemann
C. W. Downey
J. L. Donahue
Erus Oval
Chas. Fowler
Dak. Cen
Tel. Co
Toll Ser- Vicar Ficbesdtslerts Prensa
L.ehman
Prosper Two
Prosper
Nels Jensen
D. L. McLeod
Co. F.grady
J. C. Lehman
Snow
Galion Tron Works
Galion
Ohio
Jensen
Perry
Badger
Pioneer Bridge Co
Bock
Lewis Ridge
Mothers
Wes Eyerte
Rene
W. A. Sherman
Wallingson
St Cote
J.C. Lehman
D. la McLeod
W. H. Snow
Cunty of
Davison
State of
South Dakota
Said
Board of County Commissioers
Mitchell High Announces Inter-Class Track Tryouts Friday
Over 50 athletes will compete in Mitchell high school inter-class track meet at Hitchcock park late this month. Events run Friday April 23 and Monday April 26 with four classes chasing the silver trophy and three medals from Scallin Bros. Coaching staff includes H E B Zilisch and Ellis Walters.
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Mitchell High School
Hitchcock Park
Scalin Bros
Scallin Bros
H. EB. Zilisch
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Zilisch
Ellis Walters
Dick Leanh
G Shelton
Douglass and Branson Trade Travel in Midwest
R. M. Douglass of Madison QO and life insurance headquarters salesman visited the city today. His family remains in Mitchell. IL Branson left this morning on a business trip to Madison Wisconsin.
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R. M. Douglass
Madison
S. D
Mr. Douglass
Mitchell, QO
Ll. Branson
Wis
German School to Be Reopened in Scotland South Dakota
The German academy in Scotland, South Dakota, is to reopen under the German Reformed synod. A $10,000 modernization fund will repair and upgrade the buildings. Rev. Kurtz of Wisconsin and Rev. Schildknecht of Portland will remain as instructors. The academy offers a three year program with preparatory classes, German and religion, music, and possible domestic science. Professor A. Kurtz will head the manual training department.
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Scotland
S. C
South Dakoa
German Academy
German Reformed Synod
Kurtz
Wisconsin
Schildknecht
Portland
Ore
German Reformed Synod of the
United States
Norman. Schildknecht
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
Milwaukee
Academy
A. Kurtz
New Tax Law in South Dakota Targets Corporate Dues
Senate bill 55 introduces a novel tax collection requiring payment before remedies in court. Wells Fargo Express faces $14,390.60 and American Express $11,711.29 under the measure, with suits filed in Hughes county court by the state treasurer Wert. Hearings likely at October term as filings missed April term deadlines.
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Wells Fargo Express Company
American Express Company
Wert
Wells Fargo Company
Last "Bull Mouser" in Congress Quits Party
Miles Poindexter of Washington, the Senate's sole progressive, announced in Spokane that he will seek re election on the Republican ticket. He first took the seat as a progressive on April 17 1911, with a term ending March 3 1917, after consulting friends he issued a statement urging a national movement to nominate a progressive for president on the Republican ticket. He criticized Aberdeen 1912 and Chicago 1912 conventions as coups by force and Machiavellian methods.
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Spokane
Wash
United States
Senate
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Poindexter
Union
Aberdeen
Chicago
Chamberlain Man Wins Indian School Dining Hall Contract
J H Stevens of Chamberlain won the contract to build a dining hall for the government Indian school in Pierre. The $17,000 project will connect to the main building for indoor access and is slated to start June 1. The 110 by 60 main section will include a 50 by 56 wing for a kitchen, bakery, and dining hall.
Cliff Reeves Talks Long Way Home From California Trip
C. E. Reeves, returning Sunday from a winter trip to California, recalls a long distance telephone conversation from San Francisco to New York. He recalls meeting the Los Angeles telephone system president, previously known in Omaha, who had been in touch as local manager.
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New York City
C. E. Reeves
California
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Los Angeles
Mr. Reeves
Telephone
Omaha
Mitchell man visits California expositions and telephony advance
A Mitchell resident notes a Bell system exhibit offering cross country wire use akin to a Wilson era breakthrough as he tours southern California with friends from the Mitchell colony. He reports California tourism boosts business, shares views on political tensions, and reflects on land values, expositions, and the superiority of South Dakota farmland for wheat and corn.
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Dakota Central Plant
Bell Telephone
San Francisco
New York
Wilson
Reeves
Mitchell
Los Angeles
Long Beach
California
Newburys
Joe Swift
Gus F. Kleinan
Asa Dodd
Henry Schultz
A. K. Porteous
Willis Sweet
John Getty
George Thomas
Claifornia
al Hillman
Mr. Reeves
South Dakota
Dies of exposure while intoxicated in buggy
Canton South Dakota Paul Haarberg pioneer settler of Union and Lincoln counties died in an abandoned buggy from exposure. His intoxicated companion left for a barn and was found unconscious next morning. Haarberg, a well drilling worker, is survived by sisters Lena and Martha Haarberg of Sioux City.
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Canton
S. D
Paul Haarberg
Union
Lincoln
Haarberg
Lena
Martha Haarberg
Sioux City
Plan 85 Mile Road Within Meade County
Meade County officials and local leaders propose an 85 mile good road from Faith to Sturgis. The plan seeks efficient private land routes and asks all township officers and individuals to cooperate to complete a practical highway by summer for better county access.
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Meade County
Former S. D. editor stabbed in Montana
Word arrived that R. F. Cranston editor of the Winfred Times was stabbed by a Winifred resident named Bob Monroe. Cranston, formerly editor of the Pollock Progress in South Dakota, was reportedly attacked without provocation.
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R. F. Cransson
Winfred
Mont
Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters of Administration
In Davis County South Dakota County Court Mitchell May 18 1915 hearing set for Rosa Bell Hunter Lulu Rogers Albert Hunter Minnie Miller heirs and next of kin Susanna Rogers deceased petition for Letters of Administration to Raymond W Rogers at 10 am in County Judge’s office Mitchell SD D. C. Thompson County Judge notes date April 20 1915 circumstantial details preserved for archival record
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Susanna Rogers
Raymond W. Rogers
Mitchell
South Dakota
D. C. Thompson
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