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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
7
The Mitchell Capital Governor Crawford took a personal interest in the cattle anthrax situation in the southern part of the state and discussed quarantine enforcement with government inspectors. Vermillion canceled its fair dates due to anthrax among cattle.
The American Bar Association gathering in Seattle draws many leading attorneys to discuss a nationwide ethics code. A three day committee draft aims to guide lawyer conduct but adoption and broad professional recognition remain uncertain.
Leaks suggest Judge Taft may deliver several campaign addresses this fall. The public desires to see him in person and hear his ideas, while Mr. Bryan remains well known. If Taft appears on the platform Mitchell could gain prominence as a favored speaker during the corn palace period.
The article critiques William Jennings Bryan's tariff approach, praising gradual reductions to ease business impact while warning of uncertain outcomes. It argues Bryan has long theorized without solid proof and questions whether the business sector can endure his proposed gradual tariff cuts.
Aug 24 report states Roy Cathout will teach school this winter about five miles south of Alexandria. Mrs Schnoebelin of Riverside Iowa visits her brother Albert Smyth and wife. Miss Mabel Warn birthday party noted. Rev James Crowther preached a missionary sermon in a tent to a large attentive crowd, with further meetings announced by Rev Stahi.
It is cold in the church tent this week. Walter Eastman spent Sunday in Chamberlain. Prosper beat Ethan 16 to 2 in a ball game. Frank and Mrs Klotz drove to Mitchell. Farmers Elevator leads grain buying. Mrs Pinnell of Alexandria visited daughters in town. James Conway left for Dallas. Herman Schurz and family visited Sunday. Peter Lovgren is very sick. Some residents consider buying an automobile. Leo Bauer returned from Parkston.
John Gilfillian Jr. visits his grandparents in Loomis while Fred Bradstrup’s crew builds bridges on Dry Run and Firesteel. John Lewis dies at 62 in Loomis after long illness. burial in Letcher. Various calls on Hal Clark and neighbors. resignations, visits, and minor travels by Mitchell residents noted.
Lola Shipton of Mitchell visits Ethan for several days with Elva Klotz. Several locals travel to Mitchell for a Thursday play. Lola Shipton returns. Tom Donahue rents Miller house. Weilanadh buys O K restaurant, plans to run it from the old stand.
Riverside reports Rev. J. A. McDonald visiting Wednesday evening. C. H. Reidel of Belvedere Illinois is in town this week for threshing on Fern Landuyt’s farm. Miss Lida Kjelmyr traveled from Mitchell to help with agricultural work
Miss Blanche Schofield of Los Angeles visits the Schofield family home. Bard social event draws a small crowd. Lee Lord of Alexandria assists John Tromsland in the Boop blacksmith shop. J F Wallis travels to Fulton. Sam Rowley returns from Stillwater Minnesota with a threshing engine. Schofield plans a visit to Pringle South Carolina and then Murdo to see J K White. Riverside gains a town pump between Koch and Mizener lands.
An honorary degree for Mark Twain was awarded in a Missouri town once visited by him as Tom Sawyer. A New York editor sent a wire asking how it felt to be a doctor of laws and Twain replied that it felt like emancipation from ignorance and vice.
Dr Nachtigal meets a Hamburg merchant whose son longs to ride a camel. The explorer quips that a man can glimpse desert life by riding a wobbly high stool in a hot wagon after a long fast, a harsh simile for camel riding in Africa.
A London tale recalls Lady Tergey and her daughter Lady Clementine Villiers hosting birthday gifts for friends. Lord Brougham, forgetting the occasion, selects a prior present and proudly claims it as his own. He was once lord chancellor, a detail noted by the London Trade.
Daniel OConnell helped a boy by opening a gate and promised sixpence later. On the road the same boy reappeared, hard at work clearing fallen timber, reminding OConnell of his prior pledge and the boy's honest effort.
Report from France notes elephants used as sandwich men in Paris to promote a music hall on the Champs Elysees. In Lyons and surrounding areas most weavers have worked only three days a week since last December. French colonies grow more French as populations overflow migrate. Quail farming expands with annual consumption near 200000 pounds, seen as a delicacy in France.
Three inmates escaped the county jail last night around 10 o clock by digging through the south wall into the engine room and exiting through the east door. Sheriff Cook dispatched deputies and broadcast the escape information via the telephone system.
Pearl Jaynes, a former Mitchell resident, died Sunday in Murdo from injuries after being struck by cars on the Milwaukee road Saturday evening. He leaves a wife and several children. His funeral was held at the Methodist church in Mitchell with Rev. C. M. Knight and Dr. H. S. Wilkinson officiating. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery.
Mrs. Wm. Lempke died at her home three miles northwest of the city after a five week illness and a tumor removal operation. She leaves a husband and eleven children, three of whom preceded her. Funeral services were held at the residence with Rev. Burandt officiating, music by the church choir, and about fifty teams in the procession to Graceland cemetery for interment. She was about 60, well respected, and devoted to home and family.
A physician receives a late note from three colleagues inviting him to a rubber of whist at the club. He informs his wife Emilie that he is called away again to a difficult case with three other doctors already on the scene.
Yorick Himm responds with a playful line about joking off the mutton chop whiskers as the stage manager directs an actor to portray a banker with flair. The Vanses City Journal records the exchange.
A London Tatler snippet quotes a pampered yet unspoiled darling debating if she could live in a flat on four pounds weekly. She asks Harold how it would suit her French match, hinting at status and lifestyle contrasts.
Nashville American quotes a civic friction line questioning funding sources. The remark centers on who finances the subject and why the speaker wants to know how their own money is raised. The exchange underscores concerns over sources and accountability.
In the Davison County Court estate of William Shannon deceased executor S Snyder will privately sale the south half of the south half of section 3 township 101 range 60 west of the 5th P M Davison county South Dakota. Sale after September 19 1908 cash at sale. Offers in writing to Snyder Ethan SD or T J Spangler Mitchell SD.
Brief items note E. PD. Libbey donating 105000 to Toledo Art Museum, Buckskin Sam recalling a six minute bear episode, Sam the Rangelley guide from Mechanic Falls who fought in four wars, and William A. Reid named special representative to a Pan American congress in Santiago. Additional notes mention log magnate William Connors of Bangor, stamp collector George H. Worthington valued at 30000, and the De Morgan family with ceramics and art interests.
English Etchings describe St Anne’s Well at Caversham dedicated to public use and famed medieval healing waters. An infant’s death linked to brain disease mentions an inquest into surgery at St Thomas Hospital. London Express notes a private condemned to march and salute a barrack pump. London taxicabs now run at 16 cents, their colors and liveries noted.
A collection of quips from editorials across papers. Topics include Jules Verne inspired science progress, Anthony Comstock’s stance on the sheath skirt, rising talks by a London preacher on women’s speech, and J Pierpont Morgan’s purchase of an Antinous bas relief.
Plays and Players notes Peter Pan starring Pauline Chase is a big Paris success. Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss plan a U.S. musical comedy visit. Five Paid In Full road companies expected next season. Alfred Sutro to write a new comedy for George Alexander in England and Frohman in this country. Marguerite Clark and Louise Gunning to head musical comedy troupes under the Shubists next season.
A famous English poison mystery recounts two Manchester clubmen who received New Year cigars of rare quality. Both fell ill. one died. Cigar analysis linked the cases. a recovered man used a holder. A wealthy stranger, later untraced, may have sent the tainted cigars.
An elderly church member known for piety but not generosity astonishes by promising to double the subscription to cover a 400 debt. After a weak response to a spot paper, a leading donor rises with zeal and exclaims I second the motion, signaling a decisive push toward securing funds.
A witty Scottish farmer, praised for his reply to an English officer who mocked him after Prestonpans, sends a humorous challenge. The farmer explains he has no time to travel to meet the challenger at H but offers to face him if he visits the farm. If he thinks he can not fight he will simply run away.
A Kansas City Independent note describes a dusky cornet player in a traveling troupe band who quits his playing until he receives his pay. The band leader teases Mose about working again, and the musician retorts that his inspiration comes with his last week's pay.
An essay argues girls cannot throw well due to anatomy. It contrasts a boy’s elbow snap and relaxed arm with a girl’s rigid arm motion, attributing the difference to a longer collar bone placement, claiming this prevents a girl from throwing a stone.
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