Sanborn County Population Gains in Five Years
Census figures show Sanborn County population at 7,877, up 11.6 percent in five years. County seat Woonsocket at 1,201 rises 174. Letcher 411 up nine. Douglas County totals 66,389, gain 3.7 percent. Clark County declines 1.2 percent to 10,670. Foreign-born groups include Norway, Germany, and Russia among others.
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Norway
Germany
Douglas County
Armour
Corsica
Delmont
Holland
Russia
Clark County
Clark
Bradley
Garden City
Willow Lakes
Vienna
Raymond
Sweden
Notice to Baker Township Landowners
All land owners of Baker township are requested to destroy all noxious weeds on their land and along the public highway bordering their property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Township
Harvesting Good in Spots Across Mitchell Area
Heavy small grain crops prevail around Mitchell though harvesting slows for dry fields. Wheat, barley, and oats show strong yields with minimal damage from scale and a blight scare fading. A high producing farm near Mitchell reports extreme yields, while Hol Doyle near the city notes tasselled corn maturing despite concerns. Farmers grow optimistic about corn outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
P. H. Kelley
Hol. W. Doyle
Mitchell highway work continues amid flood risk
James River near six inches from banks after heavy week rainfall. Firesteel Creek remains high with 12 feet above normal during last rise. Mitchell roads see progress with Riverside road graveling and expected Thursday completion. Flooding threatens north entry via hospital road and west access two miles from town.
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James River
Mitchell
Hospital Road
Mitchell Township
Graceland Cemetery
J .T. Morrow
Three Recruits Join the Mitchell Braves Squad
Three new players join the Mitchell Braves line up from Owatonna Minnesota. Free a third basemen and Bohlin an outfielder along with Henry a second baseman likely, arrive to boost the team for Booster Day at Hitchcock Park. Scotland defensive strengths noted as a hard opponent with recent wins over Mitchell.
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Mitchell Braves
Owatonna
Minn
Scotland
Free
Bohlin
Waterloo
Hitchcock Park
Northwest
Mitchell
Franklin Johnson
Gwopgrounds
Scertland
Mechell
Britain observes day of prayer for war anniversary
The British empire united in prayer on the war declaration anniversary with intercessions across London and the colonies. The observance marked the nation’s resolve as allied forces continued in the conflict with Germany.
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Britain
London
England
Germany
Tomato mildew and leaf spot cure guidance for gardens
Extension note by H G Loftus outlines mildew and leaf spot on tomatoes with rapid spread in damp, shaded conditions. It details Bordeaux mixture preparation four pounds copper sulphate four pounds lime and fifty gallons hot water, plus alternatives like potassium sulphide, and notes affected other plants such as gooseberries and roses.
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H. G. Loftus
Park
Bordeaux
no title
Noah restrains his anger as two mosquitoes on his hand swell fat and red in distress over a grudge against posterity and he vows to smash their infernal carcasses.
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Noah
Modern A Definitions Wedding
A humorous piece on weddings noting the bride drives the event with the maid of honor and bridemaids as key figures. The groom is anxious while the minister acts as the executioner in disguise and both newlyweds feel heavenish yet Yonkers after. The club and coal man appear in a finale about dress goods pricing.
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Ile
Sle
Mitchell Volunteers Star in Local Film Debut
Members of Company I Mitchell will debut as movie actors on August 25 in a Mitchell theater. The reels, shot during the Redfield state encampment, feature tent pitching and prominent action by the Fourth regiment’s crack company. Capt. Rowley and Col. Wales praise the footage, with plans to show in South Dakota cities and later Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Company I
Mitchell
National Guard
Redfield
F. S. Rowley
Harward
Boyd Wales
St. Paul
South Dakota
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minnesota National Guard
Cobb’s Corntaine Lost In Bookshop Misfiled Memo
A man searches a bookstore for a novel his wife requested. He reads the slip with the name Cobb’s Cornta ine from memory and shows the clerk, but the shop cannot locate the title. He fears returning home empty handed.
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Cobb
Wil
Movement Against Sunday Golf Sparks Public Debate
A public discussion questions a proposed movement against Sunday golf. One speaker argues the issue could mobilize liberty-minded citizens to visit the links regardless of their interest in the game.
The Choice Between Him and Cigarettes
A terse dialogue fragment contrasts a speaker asking Jimmy to choose between himself and smoking versus a haunting memory of a departed figure and a widow's call to a past name. The piece hints at personal loss and unresolved relationships in a newspaper-voice cadence.
American Girl Weds in Palace in London
Katherine Alice Page daughter of the American ambassador to Great Britain married Charles Greeley Loring son of General Charles Loring at St James Palace Chapel Royal. Bishop Boyd Carpenter and Rev Edgar Shephard officiated. Page gave her away and Frank Page served as best man. The ceremony was simple due to the war.
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London
Mngland
Katherine Alice Page
Great Britain
Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
Charles Greeley Loring
Charles Loring
Boston
Boyd Carpenter
Westminister Abbey
Edgar Shephard
Frank Page
Loring
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L. G. Smith
Underwood Monarch
Oliver, Royal
Remington and
Smith Premier
Mitchell Publishing Company
H. J. Coxe
Hanson County
S. D
M. J. Bloom
C. I. Stillwell
Alexandria
S. Dak
Farm and Real Estate Journal
Traer
Iowa
Mitchell Cafe
McCarthy's Cafe
H. R. Grindee
W. and Ave
McCarthy
G. ReBaily
Frances
Wash
Baron & Baron, Plankinton, S. Oak
Ivanhod Mfg. Co
St. Louis, Mo
Renz
Mrs. Tiffany
Koch Flats
Café Republican
Anagern
Hitchcock
S.W. Ballard
Sanborn St
J. D. Doane
South Side
Lawler St
Hast 3Rd, Commercial & Savings Bank
B. 4Th Ave
Wesford
Hastlet W. W. Reams
Wimbledon
N. C
Nelson
W. R. Holt
FORD
S. Main
N. D
Cass
T. H. Ocheltree
Cheap
Roe
Surrey
Jas H. Petrie
Wis
Bonilla
Clarence Scott
Kingsley, Ta
Adora Dunbar
FAITH
W. H. Pine
South
Davison County
Care Daily Republican
Kelley's Land CO
Warl Rowley
Sanborn
Douglas
Pields
J 'Mers
Yvirld
Nevi
Arcana Ts
Jimmy
John
Annie
Royal Chapel
Col
T. W. Anderson
Chicago
Pop Anson
Ball Park
Eno
Anderson
Sesloy
First Trust and
A. E. Hitchcock
Commercial & Savings Bank
Mitchell Sooth Dakota
Berbert
Hitchcock Attorney At Law Room
Commercial and Ratings Bank
Mitchell, South Dakota
J. N. Crow
E. W. Joner
Metropolitan Theatre Building
E. W. Bobb
Drs. Bobb & Bobb
First National Bank
Bidg Mitchell
A. C. Solberg
D. C
Main St
8. D
O. P. Farnsworth
Western National Bank Dailaine
Broadbent Bros
Broadbent Tesidence
H. Noble & Son Funeral Directors
Fourth Ave
West
D. J
H. Noble & Son
O. Wherry
Zloe
Commercial & Bavings Bank
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