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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
5
Jumbled Mitchell items show Christmas shopping at Woelfel's Jewelry and Broadbents store, along with upcoming auctions, church meetings, and visiting residents. News notes mention aviation courses, army units, and local society events affecting Mitchell and nearby towns.
City authorities announce night guards with full authority to protect key districts amid renewed vigilance at rail hubs. Captain Mitchell reports growing recruitment as the Mitchell company leads the Home Guard effort with 440 members. postings list guards’ names and schedules. A separate public notice advertises a January 1948 real estate sale in Jerauld and Davison counties, detailing a half ownership in Mitchell lots and adjacent parcels as part of Walter R. Hubbard estate proceedings.
The Dakota Wesleyan board of trustees meets at Mitchell to approve a 400000 endowment plan by the Methodist Episcopal conference. Funds would finance a new gymnasium and a temporary facility behind College Wall, with no definite action yet. Discussions cover wartime and enrollment shortages, plus a campus water pump for the chemistry lab and possibly the state hospital use.
A sale of 6 head of horses 17 head of cattle including 4 milk cows to be fresh soon along with machinery harness 22 Duroc hogs hay and grain. Free lunch at noon. Usual auctioneer Wayne Barnard and terms of sale Mitchell National Bank.
Bhupmeny of splendid quality touted by D. Butterfield Co signals demand for new yarns. The notice invites suppliers to meet the fresh requirements with quality products and timely delivery.
Exes for barber egg shampoos draw fire from Herbert Hoover and food administration aides. Officials consider withholding eggs from tensorial establishments to conserve supplies for meals, while barbers resist changes citing customer anger and personal poultry sources. Many shops already stopped egg treatments, others continue amid uncertain enforcement.
Governor James M. Cox defies federal fuel officials by ordering immediate coal trains to reach Ohio’s most fuel-short areas. The move counters J. G. Baird, federal state fuel administrator, who did not approve the action. In Virginia and the Carolinas, record December snows measure 8 to 10 inches from mountains to shores.
W M Mitchell will sell its personal property at public auction Thursday December 20 starting at 11 30 a.m. The sale is at the Baker Bros farm located 12 miles south and a mile east of Mt Vernon and 1 1/2 miles north and 1 1/2 miles east of a reference point.
Mrs. Joseph Gisel of 601 N Wisconsin St reports severe kidney related backache that left her exhausted and nervous. After using three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills she claims her backache and nervousness disappeared and her health improved.
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