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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
3
The column lists numerous local residents and visitors from Presho and surrounding towns. It records travel to Minnesota and other states, building contracts for the Jones County court base, county road work, social visits at homes near Iona and Mitchell, and a W C G T U meeting with officers named. It also mentions weatherly disturbances and a family reunion tied to a draft selection.
Residents in Wessington Springs and nearby towns recount visits from relatives and friends including Mrs. Marit Gibichtl and Pred Hawker while travel to Port Clinton Ohio and Nebraska is noted. A livestock accident involving Phil Heisel left him trapped under a horse until aid arrived. he is recovering at home.
Mrs Mayme Koieht reveres Latin in Everett and Miss Francis Vbius comes from California for a short stay. Miss Trays teaches Latin at the San Bernarding school. Miss Manvine Moore departs for Brookings to join a camping party at Lake Campbell. Mrs B W Baer is ill at her parents home. WWI era community notes include weddings, a new Basham Brothers furniture block, charity plays netting funds for Red Cross, and farewell visits for Woonsocket volunteers. Additional items cover travel, visits, and farming prices on a volatile market.
White Lake residents and guests are listed arriving and departing for visits. J C Martine arrived at KRiefhspure, Mrs Lark Sheldon and children left for Sioux Falls, Earl McDonald visited from Mitchell, Miss Sadie Winkel spent the weekend with her parents, Mrs Beck Brown and Myrtle left for Mitchell, Miss Ole Warhert returned from a two week visit, J P Baker and wife planned a Lake Gobboji trip, Bertha Schultz visited grandfather Henry Brady, Adva Byram and children visited from Mitchell, Rev G Wenner left Canton to see his son Welles Baner with the Fourth Regiment.
Mr and Mrs George Young recently wed in Milwaukee and returned home Saturday to Loomis. Miss Margaret Fitzgerald of Mitchell visited Mrs Will Clark last week. Grace Wilkinson spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Wilkinson. A school election at School No 1 approved new school houses on Sections 2 and 34 by 47 to 4. Mr and Mrs Blaine Winley departed Tuesday for Adel.
Lane Areat Pain visited Monday with no life signs noted. Mrs G Wright arrived from Pocatello Idaho to visit her brother Grea Whit ney. Edna and Susie Frager of Madison visited their aunt Mrs J P Eberlird. Harvest of small grain is progressing and yields look good. Mrs Sluyter left Sunday for relatives at Mr Vernon before moving to Indiana. Mr Sluyter to follow. Gilbertson family returned from Black Will trip with Emma and Nettie Bumgartner. Rev J L Walsh and family joined the trip.
Plankinton reports excursions as Glen Awd and Hiehk Gibbs attend an exam for the otiivers' second team. Mrs. B. Greenlee of Chatfield and Miss Neddie Greenlee of Pomona visit Ashw. Dunn and Amy Dotean families hosted. A death notice for Frank W. Blake, former Pine Ridge visitor, is noted. Red Cross Board items and social visits listed. A farewell reception honors Prof W S Lutes and Miss Lutes. Town sees storm damage to telephone lines and bank construction work progresses at the Tnterior State Bank.
I Gifford Patrick of Mitchell spent Sunday with frame fobs in Parker. Mrs To M Smith went to Sioux Falls for a visit with her son Wilson who has enlisted. Mr Haihseen teaches economics at Brown University. Mrs Hanson formerly Miss Mabel Lewis taught in Parker high school.
Bridgewater Mrs John Wanson returned from fraust to months visit to the old home at Dell Rapes. Mrs Verdw Temple home for a five week visit with routines and friends at New Uneberwaosdl. Prank Bates from international hdtis visits Minne for a weekend. Timsen says he enlisted for service in France with heavy artillery and expects son to go across. GA Glauser left for Fort Snelling for a few days with Newton W Speees and CG Reed. Susan Colidee home from HSM Weeks visit with friends in Wisconsin and Iowa. Gou dge visited Powell family at Sheldon Ja on return.
The Spencer boys of Troop E spent Sunday at home. George Masters works in the News office for a couple of weeks. Miss Grace Webster takes a vacation. May. Qeets Raslind and children plan a Fort Worth Texas trip where Mr Ragland bought a garage. The Misses Elsie Seuth Genevieve Masters Urah Kruse Thea Callant and Mary Blackwood enjoy time at Lake Madison. Nellie Stratton returns Friday.
Mrs J Willey and Maurine were visitors over the weekend in Ruthton Minnesota. J Po Stein and daughter returned to their home after visiting relatives and friends in the area. Mrs W om Shepherd and children from Wintertown visited Caldwell and Stratton areas last week. Mrs G G Plaedeman and Walter left for Wisconsin.
Local notes recount Parkston and Redfield visitors including Mrs Archne Jennings and Miss Mary Tester visiting relatives through the week. Lt. G Drake Chimey received a commission as first lieutenant in the regular army and awaits deployment details.
Presho residents and others are noted returning from visits to Wasvonsie Philip and Draper. Dred Rutherford of Chiieasze spent a few days here last week on business with Mrs. Contore. Mr and Mrs Mlen Clate returned Poeschv from a two week wedding trip to the Black Wills. Mrs Thomss Bray hosted Methodist Episcopal Vida Terricine members. Elsie Beale arrived from Draper to spend vacation with her parents before teaching in Nebraska this year.
Community notes report births, visits, and travel. A baby born Thursday morning at Chamberlain sanitarium marks a highlight. Residents and visitors travel to Hartley Gregory Mason City Plateville Wis and Peru Neb for family and health reasons.
Alexandria visitor Miss Euelah Moly returned Monday morning for a several day stay in Mitchell. Miss Ruth Gregory returned Tuesday for a visit with local friends and relatives in the same area.
The report describes a family trip ongoing after a Cedar Watts summer school session. It notes several relatives including Mrs Abert VII and Tite Hhaiehiter, their movements toward eastern points and a planned return via Kansas and Wisconsin stops. A motor journey to Selig is mentioned with implied travel delays and a note about grain losses and a ground incident.
Community items recount visits by Mrs. Solie Nolt of Ethan to her parents, Genevieve Besynobl performed on suneliny Prom to Town Miss Matis Wotrone, Antivir Messenser returning from a trip, and Mr. Robert Sehitz of Mount Vernon dying by suicide at his home with a knife wound and ingestion of Wrest aid. details unclear.
Emery Miss Mosedeline Mettler returns to Menno after visiting the August Selvnable home. Miss Bila Iverson visiting her sister Mrs Leonard Cassens goes to Inwood Wednesday. Mrs Charles Majerus back from Fairmount Thursday night. Her sister Miss Anna Pelle accompanies her. Mr and Mrs John Ryan back to their Wakar home after a few days. Mrs Johns Sellroeder hosts a visit from her father J Magnussen of Minneapolis. One file of Mitchel spent Sunday at George Wessels Halle. Syvivon Iverson, visiting with sister Mrs Leonard Cassens, returns to Erith. OW McNulty and wife depart for Goehranton Pa. They plan a three week car trip.
Letcher residents Mr and Mrs George Con and Mer and Mrs Rd Lee returned from a trip to Tawa Mroo and Mrs 1 Hh Bord followed by another journey to Josva dast week Mrs Ernest Willigins vine son Tyin pate dawn from Asiten Monday to visit at the Perkins fame Jeff Mranison plans a two week trip to Michigan and Ontario to visit relatives. Mrs B D Pearc left for Chicara to be with her sister Miss Waite McLean in hospital there. Pordyce and Francis Walker of Ort onville Minnesota visited their aunt Miss Lillian Brodrick the past week.
Murdo Russell Morgan purchased a house near Oakland and moved it in from the south last week. Mrs. BE M. Draper of Cherokan departed after a visit with her niece and family in town. L. M. Powers and Hazel Powers visit from Ewing and left for home. County officials and families returned from an automobile trip to the eastern part of the state and Nebraska. Raymond Doneherty, returning from Lake Geneva after attending Y M C A examination, is on reserve. A thunderstorm near eight oclock Saturday night killed Ollo Bork driving a binder. his wife found him later with a fatal injury.
Belvidere reports miss Anna Poupeis left for Warkston to tend her mother’s mess. Glen Chayner arrived from Phil ip for medical treatment. Residents update on soldiers’ examinations and clearance by Uncle Sam. Road work progresses on the Washington township line. Local visits include soldiers and family travel. Harvest forecasts show light to moderate crops as work continues.
The event drew an enormous crowd Thursday night with streets packed and autos for three blocks. Proceeds from supper raised 500 for the boys above expenses. A city subscription was collected from local business leaders and presented to Capt. Quirk of Troop KL. Report notes crop yields and growing sale prices for dishes and hats as well.
A small Catholic wedding was held at the parsonage with Rev. Mather Schneider officiating for Clarence Worel and Violet Wichinger. The couple planned a brief trip to Mitchell before settling at Violet’s parental home. Marion residents include visitors and guests from Boyden Tipton and nearby areas, with several names listed among local families. A Parker court session involved George Judee, a former editor for Hamm Brewing, bound over after accounting discrepancies. Anderson and Heed were noted among Parker residents.
Reliance residents and neighbors from Kennebec Oa eoma and Letts joined Sunday visits with the Brown Rockafellow and Lindley families. Sheriff Benson and Mac Kay attended in town midweek. The Hill Climbers and Lower Brule met in a Melianee district game Sunday with Lower Brule winning 19 to 7.
A Belle Fourche meeting between Great Western Sugar Co officials and the Commercial Club discusses a 1.5 million dollar Belle Fourche sugar factory planned for 1918. Officials report favorable social, climate, and soil conditions and expect construction to start, with water supply cited as the main obstacle.
Officials report 2,000 acres of beets under Bellehouve project show the sugar beet industry is an absolute success. The results indicate improved yields and potential profitability for the sugar factory operation.
A reader from Vultire, Mrs Ghartes H Stephens, shares her husband’s cooling method in a letter to The Republican. She recalls her husband sitting on a binder from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. while he was hot and watching the sun, noting the heat rivaled Mitchell’s July heat.
Investigators from Sioux City and Iowa officials altered plans and traveled from Woonsocket to Carthage and Mitchell in pursuit of evidence regarding Miss Theo Gerken's death in Sioux City. The team, led by Risden and Kindig, seeks substantial leads and may remain in Mitchell if Carthage yields nothing.
The Minneapolis secretary of a regional labor group vows retaliation against South Dakota over worker rights. He claims to plan a grain harvest boycott and warns Aberdeen will face consequences for backing the working man, citing intimidation against two laborers. He refused to identify himself.
August 3 report from near Walsey describes Mc Parling brothers using an ingenious contrivance to exterminate grasshoppers. Five bushels were captured as the device lures hoppers into a box from which they cannot escape, and it will remain in use until all hoppers on the farm are gone.
Fred Drake was chosen secretary of the Corn Palace board at a Chamber of Commerce meeting, succeeding W. J. Fellows who resigns to move to Rockford. Drake, Mitchell resident experienced with Corn Palace work, will handle festival advertising and staging. Corn Palace plans progress with Innes band likely to be a major attraction.
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