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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
5
Mrs Louis Ortmayer led the initial gathering of the Will Kare Klub Friday afternoon. Members Socialized and enjoyed a fancy luncheon as charter members list includes Mrs Louis Ortmayer Mrs C Dillon Mrs OG J Coxe Mrs WH Gomfort and Mrs lu O Tu arson.
The newly elected officers of the Senior Mnworth league of the First Vprthedist Episcopal church met Monday evening at the parsonage to plan for the year. Committees were named and other business completed. A social hour followed with refreshments served by Mrs Hoagland. The Sity Club met in Trewitains with Merle Grace entertaining and Miss Ethel Grace hosting lunch.
A pleasant farewell for Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Illingworth of Mt. Vernon was hosted by W.R.Y.T. members at Mrs. C. Brennan's home. Katherine Lawrence sang, T. S. Haynes spoke for the corps, and Mrs. Illingworth received a gift as luncheon followed. Mrs. A. A. Smith of Mitchell attended as a surprise. The Illingworths left on the 1:30 a.m. train to visit Kimball and later Hot Springs for the winter.
Aberdeen News reports a Wesleyan College banquet with President Seaman presiding and about 60 attendees including teachers and local trustees R L Brown and Zeitlow. L A Stout spoke and Bruce McVey with Alta Wit70] of Scotland organized arrangements.
In Wessington Springs, South Dakota, Ralph Winegar faces bigamy charges as circuit court prepares to decide if his long term partnership with a local woman qualifies as common law marriage. He previously wed in North Dakota and later separated from a second partner, while authorities uncover a non legal first marriage. If convicted, Winegar faces up to five years in the state penitentiary.
Jack Sigman was found not guilty in the state circuit court of arson charges over the Milwaukee Road depot fire at Burbank. A sensational arrest had raised suspicions he might expose higher figures, but no names or further revelations followed.
Four leading state teams are named by Coach Dillon as State University State College Wesleyan and Huron with tight standings among them. Key players include Howard of Huron Abbott of State University and Smith of Wesleyan. The article praises Hines Parkman and Skinner Collinge Vidal Schrader Ric Smith and Payne for strong performances across positions.
The article extols top players across South Dakota colleges, highlighting standout kickers, punters, and backs. It praises drop kicks setting a world record, punt returns, and the value of McCormick, Waltz, and Hoover as principal ball carriers and blockers. It notes intense state competition and lists key players from Huron, Sioux Falls, and David Wilson colleges among others.
George T. testifies in Los Angeles that Ron workers led by Webb plotted a national dynamite scheme. Charles Cunane and Michael Cunane of New York and Philadelphia figure in the plot with Webb directing operations to obtain 40 pounds of explosive and target a bridge near Harrison New Jersey.
The St. Charles State Bank seeks a writ of prohibition in the South Dakota Supreme Court challenging a banking department rule. The petition argues the rule alters deposit provisions and selects reserve cities without due process, and contends the 1915 banking law is unconstitutional in specific and general ways.
The Tri-State Bowling Association including Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota schedules January 24 to 29 for a Mitchell tournament. A city with the largest out-of-town voting delegation wins the 1917 event and rivalry already runs high as Walter A. Nott promotes the meet to bowlers across the three states.
Mrs. Clarinda M. Abraham dies at 7 45 PM Wednesday at 521 North Main Mitchell. Funeral at First Baptist Church tomorrow at 2 30 PM with Nev Robert Lincoln Kelley officiating. Survivors include six daughters and two sons. Interment in Graceland Cemetery. Funeral rites and pallbearers listed. body lies in state 10 to 12 noon today.
Charles Vanner, a laborer, lay under blankets with throat wounds behind a local hotel in Chamberlain. He is hospitalized and refuses details. A man once seen with him was arrested in Deadwood but released after a hearing. the state’s attorney leads a full investigation.
Pierre S D report details Rudolph Block of Capa who pursued a skunk under an old shanty. He armed himself to prove his aim but nineteen chimps appeared and created a chaotic scene. Block dug out through gas fumes and claimed the skunk hides as spoils.
Pierre. The South Dakota and Western Railway company filed articles of incorporation earlier for a Mitchell to Platte line, then northwest to Brule county, and now has applied to the state railway commission for permission to construct the line within the state.
Edmund D. Hulbert, a Chicago banker, praised the Federal Reserve System at a Western economy society conference. He argued that without the Fed’s operation since 1914 there would be payment suspicions, and that credit contractions are followed by expansions requiring deliberate restraint to avoid cycles.
Baltimore report says Henry Ward presses for approval of a proposed Pence commission while Cardinal Gibbons remains cautious. The cardinal hopes for a Christmas culmination but cites substantial difficulties and declines to name supporters, leaving selection to Ford. Ward then travels to Philadelphia to consult John Wanamaker.
Governor Byrne received an invitation to join Henry Herd on the Oscar Second sailing from New York on December 4 to Christiana Sweden. The trip aims to gather advocates for a peace conference to push for end to the war and prompt action by warring nations.
Examinations were conducted here for the postmaster position after Charles Bi Fousek resigned two months ago due to relocation to Sioux Falls. Mrs J Crocker and J A Stransky, the latter a former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, sat the exams. Appointee expected within two months.
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