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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
6
Mitchell celebrates its state championship football team with a grand banquet at Widmann hotel. City officials, alumni, and speakers praise the players for academics, character, and sportsmanship, noting their four assigned studies and moral leadership.
The Amployctian society won the university chapel debate on naval position, defeating the Adelphian side. Speakers were Fosse Van Patter and Garner for Amployctians against Shale Johnson and Hinckley for Adelphians, with judges Reamer Ramer and Wheeler. More debates planned through winter.
A large Mitchell audience filled the Congregational church for Thanksgiving services led by Pastor Bowdish with Rev H S Wilkinson and Rev W S Grafton assisting. The day featured music by local singers, a $22.50 collection for the Sioux Falls Childrens Home, and Rev E M Jeffers delivering the sermon on Romans 13 12.
The Rev. Colman from New York City participated in the Thursday services at St. Mary's. The rector spoke on The Feast of In gathering, noting that God knows our needs yet asks us to ask and give thanks. The choir offered a special anthem and offerings supported St. Joseph's Hospital.
The fourteenth annual YWCA convention will be held in Yankton on December 6 7 and 8 with a very interesting program planned. Miss Myra Vishback is noted among the organizers.
The South Dakota State Poultry Show executive committee met in Sioux Falls to outline the Mitchell event January 27 to February 1. The show will be in the city hall auditorium with cash prizes, special premiums, and five dollar gold pieces for exhibits. D. T. Heimlich of Jacksonville Illinois returns as judge. Wm Scallin is secretary and J N Crow superintendent.
The Rev A W Bell led the first Sunday evening talk at St Marys church on History of the Christian Church. He described the foundations laid by Jesus and Pentecost, stressing the Kingdom of Heaven as the divine church and noting unity in one Lord one faith one baptism. He covered early persecutions and Apostolic Fathers Clement Ignatius Polycarp, with a large attentive audience and favored choir music. Next Sunday will cover the third century church.
An old note describes how moles gather a food cache in autumn. It notes a curious trait where the mole apparently retrieves stored food when threatened or pursued, suggesting a clever escape instinct observed in this creature.
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