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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
9
Government crop report shows South Dakota earns a record wealth from grains and hay in 1914 with 13 million bushels above 1913, total grain output around 172 million bushels and alfalfa prospects vast though uncounted in official figures.
In Sisseton South Dakota three youths Guy Brant Eddie Crawford and Albert One Road are jailed on bonds of 1000 each for abducting and cruelly mistreating 13 year old Nellie Kampeska near the government Indian school. After five days the missing girl was found concealed in gulches half a mile from the school.
The article reports three young men arrested as the central crime case unfolds. Two other suspects, John Goodhouse of Haremy Swimming district and Robert Grant of Marshall County, face adultery and bigamy charges respectively.
Ipswich South Dakota farmer J Zahala of the Harris farm four miles south of Ipswich died by taking carbolic acid. Despondency followed a string of misfortunes including loss of a North Dakota farm. He warned his wife he would kill himself and was found dead in the house after a search.
The article traces Rev. F B Barnett and companions traveling through Belgium and Germany just as German and Belgian forces clash, from Liege to Namur and Mainz, then into Switzerland and France, amid Europe’s great battlefield turmoil. The entire continent is described as bristling with armies in a major modern struggle.
South Dakota politics heat up as Democrats meet in Mitchell to plan campaigns. Ex Senator Pettigrew calls a Huron meeting urging a U S Senate candidate to oppose Burke and Johnson. Efforts to consolidate candidates fail, with Dowdell and Loucks leading diverse factions. Rumors say Ali Reed may join Bull Moose for governor. Richards’ independent bid sparks debate over the primary law.
South Dakota near Bison resident Jay A. Southworth aged 20 or so set out to hunt rabbits toward Twin Buttes. He clubbed a still-living rabbit with the rifle butt while bending to finish it, the gun discharged, and the bullet struck his stomach. He died hours later.
A $50,000 blaze in Wasta wiped out the Mint Ener lumber yards the town’s largest general store and several small buildings. Earlier fire damage estimated at $5,000 struck coal chutes at the Northwestern railway yards in Pierre South Dakota.
An old notice warns that mosquitoes and other insects spread disease and that Sloan's Liniment offers antiseptic relief. It promotes drops to neutralize infections from bites and rusty nails, claiming disinfectant benefits for cuts and bruises. Availability stated at 25 cents with money back offered.
Mitchell housewives face higher prices as flour climbs near record highs, sugar surges across three price jumps, and coffee and lemons follow suit. Shortfalls in spring wheat, European war embargoes, and German beet supplies drive the increases in staple goods.
Summer coughs and colds are dangerous warnings of low vitality and possible lung troubles including consumption. Dr King's New Discovery relieves coughs and colds promptly, soothes and antiseptic, offering immediate relief and preventing complications. Available 50c and 1.00 bottles from your druggist.
Reports from Perkins County last week detail Wm. Cox killed by lightning while in his shanty during a storm. Martin Paulson died after a runaway team dragged him into machinery, and Jay Southworth fatally wounded himself in a gun accident while chasing a rabbit. Chester R. Handerson loses a barn and stock to a lightning fire.
Reflects on consorts of European leaders during wartime. Profiles figures such as Empress Elizabeth of Austria Archduchess Zita Queen Augusta Victoria Queen Helene Queen Mary Tsaritsa and Aline Poincaré. Highlights their roles as partners, advisers, and supporters amid looming global conflict.
Mike Basseel a stock raiser near here plans to continue raising hogs with eight feet. He recently marketed such a hog at the local yards.
Great preparations are being made for the unveiling on August 20 of a granite monument marking the spot where Henry Weston Smith, the first preacher in the Black Hills, was slain by Indians on August 20, 1876. Governors, mayors, congressmen, and church leaders will speak. the 17 foot statue was funded by pioneer subscribers and stands on the Whitewood road three miles from Deadwood.
Tony Miller is accused by Tripp county authorities of poisoning cattle belonging to rival Freeland Harder in Deadwood South Carolina. Four cattle died after corn laced with poison was fed, tracks lead to Miller’s home, Miller confessed, and he is jailed on $500 bond awaiting circuit court. Both men live near Colome.
Yesterday the Supreme Court affirmed the Dunlap versus Great Northern Railway case and reversed the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. decision in Pennington. It also reversed Kirkus versus Bender in a string of rulings reported by Polley and Gates.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Halls Catarrh Cure as the remedy. It explains that deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes, with nine of ten cases caused by catarrh. The notice offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by the remedy.
K E Holden of Mitchell asserts kidney pains eased by Doan’s Kidney Pills after gradual trouble and abnormal secretions. He urges others to use the remedy and notes the product’s availability at 50 cents through dealers. Supplied by Foster Milburn Co. of Pierre South Dakota and Buffalo New York.
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