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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1914
Page
4
Classified ads from Mitchell South Dakota list job wants and offerings. Wages and positions include cooks dishwashers maids and night staff as well as rentals rooms houses and sales items like furniture, alfalfa, gas stoves and typewriters. Also notices seeking buyers lenders repair services and motion picture playwriting opportunities.
A fragmented notice describes settling an estate with two quarters near Loomis and Letcher and a plot in Waterloo. It indicates a sale before Heimberger and mentions Es Bosteter as paying in Ja. choice lot on the east side.
Sealed proposals will be received at the City Auditor of Mitchell South Dakota until 8 oclock p m on the 11th day of September 1914 for furnishing material and labor and constructing a complete 750000 gallon reinforced concrete reservoir. Plans and specifications are on file in the City Engineer office. Each bid must include a certified check equal to fifteen percent of the bid. Plans may be obtained from the Waterworks Superintendent for a five dollar deposit to be refunded within ten days after bids.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery as a fast acting remedy for summer coughs and colds. It claims to prevent complications like lung trouble and consumption and offers money back guarantee with pricing at 50 cents and one dollar.
Mobridge business leaders and the Mobridge Commercial Club back a regional fair by forming a stock company with at least 25000 dollars. The plan seeks 160 acres for a site, permanent buildings, and a track for racing to draw homeseekers and statewide attention across Walworth Dewey Campbell Carson and Ziehach counties with Mobridge as central hub.
On Hubbard hill six miles north of Mitchell a Ford overturned after brakes failed on a steep grade. Ray Eller of Artesian and his wife, their little son, and Mrs. W. H. Smith were thrown from the car. Mrs. Smith, the most seriously hurt, was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Mitchell. The others were cared for at nearby homes before joining the family later that evening.
H. J. Parrett won the contract for grading East Sixth avenue at 30 cents per cubic yard as the sole bidder. R. N. Blodgett received the contract to lay a sewer on North Main street between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. Ordinance 329, to narrow East Fourth avenue to 30 feet between Lawler and Capital, read first time.
Mitchell high school prepares to start gridiron practice within a week. New coach Herbert E. Zilish brings a science based training approach and several 1913 stars to form a promising 1914 eleven. Zilish holds multiple roles including athletics director and musician.
Mitchell city council approved a 750000 gallon reinforced concrete reservoir at the pumping station with an estimated cost of 11000. Bids will be opened September 11 with completion planned by December 15. The council also debated converting the city hall auditorium into a municipal theater and leased the space for a Corn Palace week.
An illustrated wartime note from Paris and the Seine describes early hostilities and flight felt by a American traveler. It recalls hotel tensions with German staff, food worries, and public scenes of patriotism while seeking escape via rail and sea routes to London.
In a comfortable scene the host opened champagne at the last dinner and L'Alice gave a toast praising America and La France. The moment was described as interesting and the writer notes they are not unhappy about it.
A packed domestic science room at Mitchell High School featured a fruit canning demonstration using steam pressure the Carberry system. W M Mair explained the method endorsed by the federal government while Miss Lilly Patterson presided and local donors supplied peaches jars and student grown tomatoes for samples.
Faulkton S D residents push for a county club house and library led by Mrs Alice M A Fickler widow of the late Congressman Pickler and president of the Faulk County Women's Civic league The Union hotel may be secured for the project The repaired building will house a dining room kitchen social spaces and a library with the county commissioners urged to turn the property over to the women for community use.
The state tax commission reports 1,221,277,952 in valuation for 1914, up from 1913 by 26,136,088. Real estate and railroad assessments increase while personal property declines. totals by category show real and personal, railroad, telephone, express, sleeping car, and telegraph valuations.
Twenty two Colorado National Guard officers and men were acquitted on all charges arising from the Ludlow battle of April 20. The soldiers had faced counts of murder manslaughter arson larceny and related offenses.
A deputy sheriff heads to Bixby Perkins County to fetch Cleveland charged with injuring John Baker a local pioneer in a recent wreck. Baker says Cleveland struck his wagon damaged it and fled the scene without aid after the collision. The suspect was identified by his car number.
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