Mitchell Notes and Local Updates from Missouri Valley Tennis to Rail Schedules
Local notes cover Ray Branson defeating A B Brookfield 6 3 6 3 in Missouri Valley tennis in Kansas City, and teaming with Stellwagen to beat Bunnell and Muir 6 2 6 3. Baseball rain halted Emery game after Mitchell led 6 2. multiple city residents travel, attend events, or plan trips. New Milwaukee West schedule takes effect. people attend weddings, picnics, and community notices.
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Kansas City
Ray IL
Branson
A. B. Brookfield
Roanoke
Sclforde Stellwagen
Minneapolis
Charles Bunnell
William Muir
Fragmented OCR Note Reads Vague Relay Details
The readable portions mention relays and a 3 Wa-Gaon design but lack clear names places or dates. The item appears to be a partial note or caption with uncertain content and no verifiable event or outcome.
Children Read Library Books and Upcoming Events
The library reports 8350 books read last week with 24 percent juvenile and 25 percent non fiction. Biography is the leading genre followed by travel. Saturday story hour featured Miss Anna Haynes and next week Miss Genevieve Sullivan will host children under eight at 10 30. The New Republic joins as a new magazine gift, with several periodicals added to the missionary table. The paper lists needed back issues for Current Opinion and other titles to complete files. A separate note details a personal injury case where a railroad handcar accident left a worker permanently paralyzed.
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Anna Haynes
Genevieve Sullivan
The
New Republic
Outlook
Nation
American Missionary
Christian Standard
Mission Study
Missionary Herald
Woman’s Missionary Societies
Current Opinion
Independent
National Geographic
St. Nicholas
Glance A7 Item Brings Fortune
DeSmet South Dakota Mrs Sears and her sister have proven their identity as daughters and sole heirs of a Chicago man named Sears. They will each receive eighty thousand dollars from the estate worth about one hundred sixty thousand. The revelation followed a newspaper story and the couple’s pursuit in proving lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSmet
S. D
John Sears
Sasse
Chicago
Sears
Brule County Grain in Splendid Condition
Farmers in Brule and Lyman counties report one of the heaviest small grain crops in years. Dry cool weather in the last two weeks let rye and barley yield 80 to 40 bushels per acre. wheat 20 to 25 bushels. oats 50 to 70 bushels. An immense alfalfa and prairie hay harvest accompanies the favorable season.
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Chamberlain
Brule
Lyman County
Back Broken Sues Railroad for 50000 Damages
Peter E. Pederson files a $50,000 damages suit in the state circuit court at Fort Pierre South Dakota. He sues Pierre Rapid City and Northwestern railway alleging injuries from an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Sues Railroad
Fort Pierre
S. C
Peter E. Pederson
Pierre, Rapid City and Northwestern Railway
Woman Seeks Congress Nomination in Kansas
Dr Eva Harding a pioneer in the suffrage fight in Kansas announces her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress. She becomes the first Kansas woman to seek national office.
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Eva Harding
Kansas
Congress
County Agent Plan Rejected by County Board of Commissioners
Davion county's board of commissioners rejected the proposal to hire a county agricultural agent under the Smith Lever act by a 3 to 2 vote. Nels Jensen and W H Snow voted for the plan while C J Grady J C Lehman and D L McLeod voted against it. Snow initiated the motion drafted by State's Attorney Lauritz Miller and Grady seconded. The motion would have funded 1200 dollars for county experiment work. Earlier they inspected the new span added to the Firesteel bridge north of Mitchell by the Pioneer Bridge company and approved it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davion County
Board of Commissioners
Nels Jensen
W. H. Snow
C. J. Grady
J. C. Lehman
Firesteel
Mitchell
Pioneer Bridge Company
Corn Nearly Up To Normal In South Dakota Weather Report
The U S weather bureau summarizes a week ending August 10 1915 in South Dakota with fair weather and light showers. Early cool but later warm with abundant sunshine, crop conditions excellent for farming including rye barley oats and winter wheat nearly harvested and spring wheat yielding well. Corn advances rapidly and near seasonable in many localities. Potatoes garden crops meadows and stock in fine condition with alfalfa third cuttings yielding abundantly.
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Huron
S. D
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Ergot of Rye Appears in South Dakota
Jun ius S D report notes ergot of rye a new grain pest in the area affecting rye and barley. Professor Atherton explains ergot is a fungal bloom spread by insects and wind, thrives with rust conditions, cannot be eradicated by formaldehyde, and taints barley feed with poison.
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Junius
S. D
Vref. Atherton
Agricultural Department
State Normal School
Madison
Prof
Atherton
Census Reveals Davison County Population Rise and Local Demographics
Official third state census shows Davison County up 1 380 residents since 1910 to 12 005 with Mitchell at 7 785 and Mt Vernon declining to 541 Ethan steady. County age groups education and home ownership listed including 49 illiterates and 3 429 homeowners with 1 415 high school and 83 normal graduates. Foreign born totals include 116 from Canada and 398 from England.
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Davison County
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Ethan
Canada
England
Van Demark Wins Libel Case Against Superintendent
Senator W E H Van Demark sued R N Holsaple superintendent of the Anti Saloon league for libel over an American Issue article that attacked his legislative record. Holsaple did not appear and judgment for nominal damages 99 dollars plus 17 dollars costs was entered by Judge Carpenter. Holsaple may appeal within thirty days to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria Herald
W. E H. van Demark
R. N. Holsaple
Anti-Saloon League
Justice Court
Holsaple
Carpenter
Herald
VanDemark
Hanson
McCook
van Demark
Aberdeen Population Hit by Census Recount
Aberdeen shows a population of 11 848 in the official census, a gain of 1 093 since 1912. Officials say earlier reports overstated growth due to incomplete book filling by enumerators, and locals accept the corrected figure despite disappointment over higher estimates.
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Aberdeen
Absrdeen
Timber Sales From Black Hills Forest Reach 19 Million Feet
In the Black Hills National Forest annual report Supervisor Kelleter notes 19,000,000 board feet of timber sold valued at 48,500 dollars for the year ending June 3. Domestic sales to settlers totaled over one million feet for 800 dollars at 74 cents per thousand. Free use permits exceeded 212 million feet valued at 43,000 dollars. Forage permits rose with grazing for 1200 horses and 9000 cattle. There were 102 special use permits, 92 for agricultural tracts, cabins and over 3000 acres, and 50 homestead applications covering 3600 acres, down 40 percent from last year.
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Deadwood
S. D
Kelleter
Black Hills National Forest
Aberdeen Area Sees Strong Yields Despite Rust Threat
State Senator Isaac Lincoln notes South Dakota crops are among the best in years with early oats and barley good, late wheat rustier and blight affecting 10 to 20 percent. A carload of barley was shipped from Aberdeen by the Quinn Shepherdson Company this week.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Isaac Lincoln
Lincoln Ranch
South Dakota
Quinn Shepherdson Company
Commissioners Proceedings in Ethan and Mt Vernon area 1915
The board reviewed and adjusted property assessments in Ethan and Mitchell Mt. Vernon areas. Assessor Tobey reported limited listable value, with raises and reductions on real estate stores and farm property, plus adjustments to horses, cattle, hogs, autos, and equipment. The meeting extended over July 19 20 21 with adjournment sine die.
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I. W. Tobey
Ethan
Mitchell
I. C. Hardman
W. Tobey
Ere
John Althen
Blendon Two
Mt. Vernon
J. WH. Hull
Thos. Grace
Tobin
Baker
Prosper
Lisbon
Union Real Estate
Beulah
Perry
Badger
Blendon Real Estate
Seulah
Rome
L Ower
Blendon
Erry
Lower
Union
Snow
Lehman
Fred G. Beerman
Mcleod
Keller Referee Named in Egan Disbarment Case
The South Dakota Supreme Court signed an order naming Chambers Kellar of Lead to act as a referee in the disbarment proceedings against G. W. Egan of Sioux Falls. The appointment follows state bar association processes.
Referee Hanten Excused Over Personal Convictions
Judge A W Campbell of Aberdeen, head referee in the Hgan case, visited Pierre this week. Mr Hanten asked to be excused from officiating, citing personal convictions that might impair his usefulness as a referee in this case.
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Hanten
A. W. Campbell
Aberdeen
Pierre
Local merchant jailed for selling adulterated wormy raisins
Aberdeen, South Dakota, commission man Mea ry Braun was fined 26 dollars and jailed twelve days for selling misbranded raisins treated with water and alcohol to kill worms. Several Aberdeen retailers complained about the wormy product.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Meary Braun
Braun
Automobile Bandits Loot Jewelry Store in Watertown
Burglars in a Buick robbed the B. W. Andrews jewelry store in Watertown South Carolina around 3 am Tuesday, escaping with about 700 dollars in watches rings and stick pins after breaking a rear window. The car was seen heading east on Kemp avenue. no arrests reported.
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Watertown
S. C
Buick
B. W. Andrews
Kemp Avenue
Struck by bolt and fully recovers in Rapid City field
James Rankin a farmer near Rapid City regained consciousness after three days unconsciousness from a lightning strike while using a binder in a wheat field. The bolt burned hat hair eyebrow moustache and whiskers. it travelled down his body to the iron seat and knocked him from the machine. He survived with no lasting injuries.
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Rapid City
S. D
James Rankin
Rankin
Girl Nearly Loses Foot in Farm Mower Accident
A 10 year old girl near Clear Lake South Dakota nearly had her foot severed when she approached a mower while her brother drove the horses. The incident occurred on the family farm of Mr and Mrs Fred Fitting as the child sought a drink during chores.
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Woot
Clear Lake
S. D
Fred Fitting
Woman Approaches Man From Blade Side In Incident
A woman approached a man from the side near a cutting blade, resulting in an unspecified outcome. The fragment notes the direction of approach and the presence of the blade but lacks full context or consequences.
Death From Horse Kick Claims 14Yearold In Grenville
Frank Kampa the 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs Valentine Kampa died from a head fracture after a horse kicked him while he tried to catch the animal on the family farm near Grenville South Dakota.
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Grenville, S. D
Frank Kampa
Valentine Kampa
Here
Sixteen Bad Men Nabbed in Aberdeen Raid
Aberdeen South Dakota Chief of Police George W. Hurst led a raid on the Ingles camp near the city, detaining sixteen bad men including six armed with sung and others with nitro glycerine or explosives. One suspect, Ray Allen, fired at the chief and faces assault with attempt to kill charges.
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Aberdeen
S. D
George W. Hurst
Asault
Ray Allen
Girl in Grass Shot by Brother Near Langford
Agnes Holt, 12 year old sister of Langford residents, was seriously wounded by an accidental shotgun blast while playing in tall grass near Webster. Thirty pellets struck her, one creating a dangerous wound passing through the left lung and lodging in the backbone. she has been hospitalized in Webster.
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Webster, S. D
Agnes Holt
Langford
Webster Hospital
Order to Show Cause Why Sale of Minor Real Estate Proceeds
A Davison County Court in Mitchell South Dakota orders guardianship of Sarah Corcoran filed for sale of the minor's undivided half interest in Lots 5 6 7 8 9 10 in Block 12 I M Green's Addition to Mitchell The court requires all interested parties to appear August 31 1915 at 10 am to show cause why the guardian Edity Corcoran should be granted an order to sell the described real estate or portion thereof A copy of the order must be published for four weeks in the Mitchell Capital and served to interested parties at least ten days before hearing date.
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South Dakota
Davison
Sarah Corcoran
Shid County
Isdith KE
Corcoran
I’. M. Green
Mitchell
Davison County
Mitchell Canital
Thompson
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U .S. Weather Bureau
Ergot OF Rye
Teutons
Than
Town
Mitchell City
Wirst
Fourth Ward
Mitchell Two
City
Ee Ee
County
R. N. Housaple
City of
First Nat’l Bank
Orig. Mt. Vernon
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Orig
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Grady
Keller
Egan
Automobile Bandits
Parter
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Diehl’s
Diehl Drug CO
Commercial and Savings Bank
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