Mitchell County Commissioners Award Coal Contract and Approve Franchises
The Mitchell county board awarded A K Porteous the coal contract for the year with prices Kentucky Block delivered at the courthouse 8.25 and Hocking Lump delivered city 8.10, after adding late names to the county list and approving a franchise for Mitchell Power to erect electric poles along West 4th Ave and N Lyttle St. The board also granted School District No. 86 a loan for 800 004 and A i Anderson a loan for 2000, and approved numerous road and utility expenditures before adjourning at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis & Daniels
Mitchell
A. Wh. Porteous & Son
J. BP. Anderson Lbr. Co
Tae Af Moyer
Snow
McLeod
A. KE. Porteous
Kentucky
Court House
Geo. Rowley
John Sibert Jr
McKeel
Gus Erdman
John Wilson
G. Scheurenbrand
Frank Cortland
Wood Smith
Perry
Fred Thomas
Mitchell Power Company
West 4Th Ave
Blair St
Home Park
N. Lyt
Grady
Lehman
A. ‘i’. Anderson
Pioneer Bridge Company
Perry Road
I, Bb. Owens
WTNH
Gada So
Peter Oster
C. Hardman
S. H. Dagiey
I. T. Kelsey
Kelsey
O. T. Selsey
Wim
Red Grisen
Sebope Mercret
C. Sneider
Chas
C. Westfall
Chas, Sayler
KF. B. Lehman
M. Anshutz
Joe Westfall
Joe Auntfall
W.S. Burnett
Wietary
Geo
Mitchell Power
L. J. Olson
Chas. Butts
Hal Taylor
Silas Breland
Carl Dahl
Jno. Omenson
Allen
Owens
Cen
Tel. Co
Curb & Gutter Ang
A. Bower
Pioneer Bridge Co
W. H. Snow
J. C. Lehman
County Commisse Bans
A. J. Buffaloe
Board of Wen
J. L. Nelson
Gust Gere
J. J. Nelson
H. A. Peterson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Western Union
J. G. Alexander
Nerman
H. A. Kobes
Gilbert Mfg. Co
Hermann Wieczorek
A. Larson & Son
Ncpaits Steeene Eeene
S. N. Owens
Board For Prison
G. A. Vermilyea
Davison
South Dakota
J. M. Grampton
eLgan
Posse Chases Bancroft Man After Farm Shooting
A sheriff's posse pursues a Bancroft area shooter after a farm threshing dispute ends in a breast wound to one man. Both workers were on the same farm. the shooter is described as having a crippled arm and cross eyes. Officers hope to capture him.
Stranger is Captured After Farmyard Shooting Near Bancroft
S D Sheriff Johns travels from Watertown to Bancroft with a posse holding FE McNifens a stranger charged with shooting and wounding a threshing crew member on a farm near Bancroft The assailant was captured while sleeping in a Watertown hotel A Colts automatic pistol was found on him The wounded man is in hospital with recovery hoped The steel jacketed bullet narrowly avoided the heart and the case awaits circuit court action
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Bancroft
S. D
Johns
Watertown
McNifens
Local notes mix travels and events in Mitchell
Mitchell and surrounding towns report residents leaving for Dallas Wa ter town and Cedar Rapids conferences. Hospital and family news include Frink brothers improving after a Monday crash and the Boyles family mourning Sam Boyles. Various visits, travel, and local business notes surround a busy week in the region.
Missouri River Crops Show Strong Yields Across Regions
A Missouri river outing by a Pierre party reports excellent corn and oats results from Pierre to Chamberlain, with winter wheat doing better than spring wheat. On Lower Brule and Gregory county areas, oats and winter wheat yield thirty to forty bushels per acre while spring wheat suffers from heat and dryness. Cato Sells tours the reservation to assess Indian farming progress amid rising corn and alfalfa in the fields.
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Pierre
Missouri River
Chamberlain
Lower Brule
Gregory County
Crow Creek
Loaver Brule
Cato Sells
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
White Butte Fights For Milwaukee Line Station
People of White Butte Perkins County press for a Milwaukee line station detailing a promised stop in town layout. They cite lengthy rail access gaps and multiple hearings with a September 25 date set to resolve station location and benefits. Additional hearings are planned late September and early October on phone and station privileges.
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White Butte
Perkins County
Raiway
Novis Dakota
Tte
Friends Fight Over Misinterpreted Allegiance in Aberdeen
Two men dining in a Aberdeen, South Dakota restaurant during late night lunch hour argued after one misheard a remark about a workman's order. The conflict arose from a mistaken implication about membership in the labor group, prompting the other to react angrily.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Lodge
Mischievous quarrel ends as mistaken altercation
A restaurant brawl escalated when two men insulted each other through a raised doughnut hole. One man suffered a bruised forehead and the other a scalp wound from a coffee cup as staff called police. It then emerged they belonged to the same organization and the incident was a mistaken clash.
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S. Johnston
Helen Johnston
Marion
Ila F. Geiger
Sioux Falls
Olive Geiger
Eugene McGovern
Sioux City
Helen Walker
St. Paul
C. B. Kranz
Ganizatoin
Brakeman Shot On Moving Car In Aberdeen
Milwaukee freight brakeman Nlee Harned is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the leg after a shooting on a moving box car near Aberdeen. Three men on a red card drew pistols. Harned fired back, then others did as well. Bloodless pursuit followed but no arrests were made.
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Aberdeen
Nlee
Harned
Milwaukee
W. W
Rain and drought relief reach South Dakota corn fields
A statewide rain last night delivered .82 inch in Mitchell and broad showers in Baker Tobin and Home townships, easing drought in some areas while Mt Vernon and western counties remain dry and at risk. Farmers fear significant corn losses if moisture does not improve soon.
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Wayson Couey
Sanborn
South Dakota
Mitchell
Baker
Tobin
Mt. Vernon
Young Sticks in Golf Tourney
Sioux Falls article reports Mitchell players in the state golf tourney. Paul M. Young tops the first round, beating John Green 5 up 4 to play after 38 41. McKinney to face Young this afternoon. other results noted with Branson Hunter and Day advancing in consolation.
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Sioux Walls
S. D
Paul M. Young
Mitchell
John Green
C. J. McKinney
Mr. McKinney
Ray Branson
Howard Simpson
Sioux Falls
W. C. Hunter
Harry Hlavens
Harry Branson
Corn Palace City
Harry N. Aikens
Sioux Malls
W. L. Baker
Hunter
Er. W. Fiske
Mr. Branson
R. L. Blynn
Range Country Soaked With Heavy Western Rain
Western South Dakota received a strong rain Wednesday night stretching from the Black Hills to the Missouri River. Rapid City reported flooded streets and very heavy rainfall extending east to Midland, with lighter amounts further east. Despite this, moisture prospects remain favorable for crops across the western states.
Pair carries concealed weapons in Aberdeen
Six months in the workhouse was the sentence for two men from Chicago who, with two wobblies, carried concealed weapons. They broke from a search group and were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Chicago
Crane
Wesleyan Seeks New Athletics Director Amid Strong Candidates
Aspirants for the Dakota Wesleyan athletics director post include Charles Rademacher, a former University of Chicago football captain, and O H Downs from Illinois. Rademacher has five years of coaching at New Mexico Military Institute and Idaho, while Downs brings Urbana coaching school backing and a stellar athletic record.
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Dakota Wesleyan
Charles Rademacher
University of Chicago
O. H. Downs
University of Illinois
New Mexico Military Institute
University of Idaho
Erictiron
C. V. Gilliland
Chicago
Downs
Harry Huff
Urbana
Chester C. Dillon
HE. HA. Hahne
Vrentnee Grover
GC. T. Graham
Bir
Meserer
Haline
Harvard University
State game probes early duck hunting in Spink County
Deputies report arrests and firing of several parties for pursuing young ducks before the season opening in Spink county. The culprits faced fines of 20 dollars for two men and 15 dollars for another, making their duck dinner costly.
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Pierre
S. D
State Game Department
Sooners
Spink County
Machine to drive I W W out of business designed
Aberdeen South Dakota reports Ora Gilliland of Summit designed a loading machine with revolving forks to load bundles, claimed to be able to load forty five acres of grain a day.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Ora Gilliland
Summit
Twa
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White Lake
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