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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
1
The bank pledges aggressive business methods without sacrificing dignity as a financial institution. It commits to sound banking, liberal yet prudent accommodations, sufficient resources to cover deposits, and a large safety margin, with safety guiding every policy.
Perkins county reporting a Republican plurality for governor over Vessey with 1,466 votes and a total statewide vote around 98,600 after Tripp county is counted. The story notes a roughly 10 000 decline from two years ago and cites shifts in support across several counties. It mentions plans to separate state educational funding from general funds with a direct tax levy and references potential clerical appointments in the legislature.
Pierre 8S D reports a radical proposed school code changing supervision from the state superintendent to a state board of Regents, replacing teacher certification in the state department and shifting control to county based school districts with district boards, reducing local self government.
Mrs. Seward Q. Payne Jr. had her husband declared insane and committed to Yankton State Hospital to prevent cashing a check he signed. The conflict arose after Seward Q. Payne Sr. tried to cash the check at a Woonsocket bank, which refused without the younger Payne’s consent. The case seeks to determine the check’s validity and weighs the mental state of the younger man, a father of five.
R B Woodworth, 60, from Missouri, ran a local “School of Telegraphy” where girls were allegedly entrapped. Police raided the place after a well known lead girl received a telephone invitation. The state’s attorney says several young girls confessed and Woodworth is in custody awaiting circuit court trial.
Miller South Dakota reports a strong year for building operations totaling 115000 with a 35000 school house credited to the town.
Pierre hosts a busy January start with a new capital, doubled hotel facilities, and a state tax commission plan led by Governor Vessey. A sixity day session will feature the Conservation and Development congress, Dry Farming gathering, hardware dealers, editorial association, and bar association with hundreds of attendees from across the state.
The county judge will draw 1400 per year starting Jan 1, an increase of 800 from prior estimates. The 3000 registered voters in the county and a population about 15,000 determine the new salary base, with States Attorney Herbert also receiving a small rise of 50 per year.
Mrs Esther Slater died Saturday. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock for the remains at the Methodist church, with pallbearers and local mourners in attendance.
Dr. O N Hoyt summarizes October health figures. Scarlet fever 50 cases 1 death. diphtheria 33 cases 5 deaths. measles 21 cases 0 deaths. typhoid 28 cases 1 death. infantile paralysis 31 cases 3 deaths across Bon Homme Brookings Brown Clark Fall River Faulk Grant Lawrence Lyon Miner Roberts Walworth Yankton with deaths in Clark Grant and Miner counties.
Pierre South Dakota unofficial figures show Vessey leading governor candidate with 62396 votes, Chauncey Wood 37747, a 24649 vote plurality. In Deadwood Robert B Woodworth, 59, of Lead, pleaded guilty to adultery and was sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary for operating a telegraph school that enticed young girls. he has a prior bad record in Colorado and Colorado.
New York City Dr Frederick A Cook abandons certainty about reaching the pole in a four part Hampton Magazine series He says his arctic wanderings affected his mind and he cannot defend his original claim He questions whether any man can know if the pole was reached and casts doubt on Peary's polar discovery. Peary declines to comment on the confession.
Senator Eugene Hale of Maine, Republican leader, predicts Congress will pass only standard appropriation bills and possibly an apportionment measure and ocean mail bounty. He says tariff legislation is unlikely and asserts the president’s general program may not be pushed through. Hale notes Dems control House and near-control Senate, resisting anti-deal action.
The census bureau reports Illinois at 5,638,591, up 817,041 since 1900, a 17 percent gain with most growth centered in Chicago. Previous decades show smaller increases, including 995,199 from 1890 to 1900 and 748,540 from 1880 to 1890.
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