Social reception at Mrs Hoff and Mrs Coursey home
A large group attended a two hour reception at the Hoff home on Sixth Avenue East and Kimball Street. Hosts Mrs Hoff and Mrs Coursey presided with many local guests assisting, ribbons marked entry turns, flowers and lights enhancing the rooms, and a reading by Mrs Beecher planned after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FF. H. Hoff
Sixth Avenue East
Kimball Street
Hoff
O.v. Coursey
Bessie Maguire
Esther Hoff
George A. Silsby
J. L. Lardner
Walter S. Doolittle
J. P. Myers
Horace G. Coursey
J. F. Anderson
H. C. Clark
HK. W. Freyberg
W. R. Smith
F. A. Craft
George E. Foster
J. H. Bacon
M. G. Wider
May Wallace
Nolt
Charles H. Kibbee
R. Bb. Dundas
Isabel Beecher Captivates City in Three Night Programs
Dramatic reader Isabel Garghill Beecher wowed local audiences by performing in three distinct programs in one night and again the next day. Directed by the city’s respected lecture and concert course, she delivered American fiction studies with homelike charm and clear character insight, especially in The Man Without a Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Garghill Beecher
Beecher
A Cold Thanksgiving Services At Union Church
The small crowd at the Congregational church for Thanksgiving services reflected frigid weather. Rev. H. S. Wilkinson led the invocation, Rev. J. S. Surbeck read scriptures, Dr. Thomas Nicholson offered prayer, and Rev. J. W. Greene read the Psalms. The choir directed by Mrs. R. F. Otto sang and Miss Fannie McCormick gave a sacred solo. Rev. Edgar Burton delivered the sermon linking religion to the day. A total of 9.15 was donated to the Orphans Home at Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Geo H. Brooks collected about 75 in cash for the home. The service closed with America and benediction by Rev. Dr. T. H. Youngman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
H. S. Wilkinson
J. S. Surbeck
Thomas Nicholson
J. W. Greene
R. F. Otto
Fannie McCormick
Edgar Burton
The
Baptist Church
Lavine
Sioux Falls
Geo. H. Brooks
America
T. H. Youngman
Still Able to Crack Heels at 88 Birthday
Whittier California notes celebrate B. H. Bennett formerly of Mitchell marking his 88th birthday. He yearly jumps and cracks his heels, a ritual he still performs despite advancing age. Family dinner at daughter Mrs. R. B. Powell’s Milton avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
California
B. H. Bennett
Mitchell
Pacific Coast
Bennett
B. A H. Bennett
R. B. Powell
Milton Avenue
Thanksgiving Dance At Mitchell Club Draws Forty Couples
The Mitchell Club rooms hosted a Thanksgiving night dancing party attended by about forty couples. The event lasted until 1 o'clock with a fine program and music by Nichols' mandolin club, which delighted the dancers with popular tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Club
Nichols
Mandolin Club
Twenty Years Later Observes Corn Palace Growth in South Dakota
W H Spencer of Lebanon South Dakota visits the city during corn palace week and compares early hardships in Davison county to current prosperity. He recalls sod houses, rough roads, and meager crops, noting 75 bushels per acre corn yields, improvements in homes, farms, and telephones, and land values rising from 3900 to 8000 dollars in the period. The piece links regional development to the Jim River valley’s fertile transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Spencer
Lebanon
Potter County
S. D
Mr. Spencer
Davison County
Blue Blanket Leader
Illinois
Iowa
Jim River
Verimin Conditions in County Jail Reported
A prisoner and wife recount conditions in a county jail cell, describing foul smell, vermin, and a drunken neighbor causing distress. He questions sheriff accountability for alleged inhumane treatment and notes denial of family access and meals. Grandson overheard conversations prompting Mrs Greene to seek access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour Herald
Wymen
Wedded in Illinois Surprises Mitchell Friends
Miss Emily Bras and Joseph Swift wed at the Baner home in New Boston Illinois on Thanksgiving Day without prior notice. The couple, both well known in Mitchell, plan to reside in Mitchell South Dakota where Swift works as an electrician for the Mitchell Gas Co. Mrs Frank Redford attended the wedding and will stay with the Baners for an extended visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Bras
Joseph Swift
New Boston
Ill
Mitchell
Mitchell Adiences
Mitchell Gas Co
Aledo
Joseph A. Swift
Charlotte Emily Bras
H. O. Baner
T. J. Wood
Mr. Swift
Miss Bras
Frank Redford
South Dakota
Baner
Swift
San Electrician
Thanksgiving Gatherings of Mitchell Folk in Alexandria
Mitchell residents who spent Thanksgiving with Alexandria friends included Mr. and Mrs M. M McDonald and son Dr Harry Lt McDonald with S Phelps family Mrs Eva Kond at Albert Will home Mr and Mrs C F Blackman and children with Mrs Blackman's mother Mrs Anna Like Mr and Mrs M Keith at Judge H J Mohr home Joe Betts with friends and Clide Hinkley from the University with his parents GC BL Hinkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Mitchell
M. M MecDonald
Harry Lt. McDonald
S. €. Phelps
Eva Kond
Albert Will
C. F. Blackman
Blackman
Anna Like
M. Kieth
H. J. Mohr
Joe Betts
Clide Hinkley
University
GC. BL. Hinkley
Married on Thanksgiving in Plankinton Ceremony
Cyrus P. Parsons and Miss Mary Pew of Plankinton were wed in this city on Wednesday November 29. Rev A Craig Bowdish officiated at the Congregational parsonage. The couple planned a quiet ceremony and will move west of Chamberlain to settle on the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus P. Parsons
Mary Pew
Plankinton
A. Craig Bowdish
Looe
Chamberlain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diehl & Brown
L. O. Gale
Wwatches
A. H. Pehrson
Flain Street
Mitchell, South Dakota
Bidwell Land & Loan
Lady Friends
Mrs. Beecher
City Hall
Ago
Aaron Burr
H. C. Greene
H. C. Green
Bride
Mitchell Folk
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