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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
8
Carl W. A. Kamieson of Denver Colorado has been entered in a contest to find the nation’s champion baseball fan. The note recalls his service managing a soldiers team and his long interest in the game from the Civil War era.
South Dakota Food and Drug Commissioner Guy St Frary reports a wide range of misbranded and adulterated goods across several brands and manufacturers. Products include cereals, poultry feed, meats, vinegars, catsup, baking powder, and oils from firms in Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Yankton, Lincoln, Omaha, Minneapolis, and more, with August 1915 certification by state officials.
The Bankers defeated the Firemen 18 to 8 at Hitchcock Park in a high error game. Wells and Parcells pitched for the teams as Bankers capitalized on miscues to build a large lead, with D P D and Betts driving early runs and Wells contributing on the mound. The Firemen, led by Parcells, scored in the first and third but could not counter the Bankers’ surge. The league championship will pit Clerks against Limbermen tonight.
In Scotland South Dakota two transients Jim Woods and Frank Ryan are jailed as alleged ringleaders of a bandit gang that targeted harvest hands riding freight trains on the Yankton Scotland Aberdeen Milwaukee line. Woods faces shooting and wounding Novotny. Ryan accused of robbing Dodge of 15 dollars. Witnesses report multiple attacks with a revolver found hidden and cash missing.
An ad touts Sloan's ointment for fast relief from colds sore and swollen joints lumbago sciatic and similar pains. It claims rapid soothing action and near instant relief with a 25 cent bottle and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Dr Mange, a well known Howard physician, paid 225 dollars plus 15 for repairs to a stranger who sold him a car. The seller, Wrank Lahman, is in Day county custody on auto theft charges. Lahman reportedly stole and sold fourteen cars in a few weeks.
W. S. Hill, president of the state fair board, urges all breeders to enter extensive South Dakota stock at the state fair. Following a March resolution due to foot and mouth disease abroad, the show will restrict cattle sheep and swine to South Dakota bred animals, with all premiums awarded to local breeders.
Milwaukee railroad workers near Alpena recovered a torn body with old letters on cards identifying it as Edward McKabe of Beatrice Nebraska. The itinerant harvest hand was likely struck by a train and dragged a distance. Coroner of Jermid County took charge and will hold the body in Alpena until relatives in Beatrice are located.
The 38-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Chaplin living on a nearby farm drowned after losing balance and falling into a large rainwater jar at the corner of the house. The jar contained only five inches of water when she was found.
Davison County mortgagee John Pastorel announces foreclosure under the 1914 mortgage on Fred H. Starr and Jennie B. Starr property. The Southeast Quarter of Section 1 and Lots 6 and 7 of the Southwest Quarter, Township 103, North of Range 61, plus adjacent lands totaling about 22 acres, will be sold at public auction at the Mitchell courthouse front door on September 24, 1915 at 10 a.m. due to nonpayment of interest and accrued costs.
Miss Emma Rempfer of Parlstow visits Miss Eldora Young. Several residents travel for business to Woonocket Redfield and Aberdeen. Mrs Wick of Ames visits Sioux City. Mr and Mrs Wheeler return from a five week eastern trip. Beulah Farmers club hosts Friday with Miss Lilly Patterson speaking. College leaders, hospital procedures, harvest festivities, and local sports noted.
Mitchell moves toward better streets as City Council approves multiple contracts and resolutions. Aiken Construction wins paving on Railroad Street, Dan Smith handles curb work, and C. H. Parrett lands grading and graveling on West Eleventh Avenue. Additional projects include Fourth Avenue paving, Third Avenue grading, and new sidewalks plus a sanitary sewer on Fourth Avenue. A committee will negotiate with the street railway company on tracks.
There is more Catarrh in this region than all other diseases, once deemed incurable. Mall's Catarrh Cure by PL J. Ghoney & Co. Toledo claims a constitutional action, internal dosing from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, and offers $100 for any uncured case. Send for circulars and testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
Pierre S D final revised 1915 census totals put South Dakota population at 582765, 1128 less than 1910. Exoduses from west river counties after moving west are noted, but two years of new residents largely offset the losses.
The James saloon license case was dismissed by Judge Thomas J. Bonek in state circuit court on motion of the drys and the costs charged to the defendants. Dismissal follows state supreme court ruling that oral testimony cannot be used in certiorari proceedings after the drys failed to prove unsigned signatures by some of the twenty six freeholders who signed the call for the saloon election.
Philadelphia Record notes ongoing discussions as Carranza contemplates a possible compromise on the presidency of Maiti. The article hints at a strategic maneuver to ease tensions and stabilize leadership.
Cleveland Ohio and Hanover Pennsylvania women report relief from female troubles using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They describe long pains and fear of surgery replaced by improved health and renewed energy after treatment. Letters cite personal recovery and praise for the medicine with confidential correspondence offered.
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