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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
6
The Black Hills forest service examines converting spruce to pulp using ground chips via a hog device loaded into box cars with a blower. If freight rates fit, large spruce supplies could feed paper production, expanding beyond mine timber use. The service also promotes summer outing leases on forest reserves for schools and groups.
Nearly 150 guests attended a monster banquet at the Methodist Episcopal church parlors with a roast pig to pumpkin pie supper. The Mandolin club provided music and a program followed led by Dr. J. S. Hoagland, featuring the Dakota Wesleyan quartet and several local speakers.
Miss Margaret Card and Miss Edith Hiolmes hosted the Standard Bearers of the Methodist church at Card home on South Edmunds street. Iethel Blynn led a program of music readings and lesson with Mrs. W H King singing a lullaby. Refreshments followed as holly and bells decorated the rooms. Mrs Herbert is hostess to Monday Bridge Club luncheon and bridge party at her home on Tuesday afternoon.
The calendar lists multiple clubs with their hostesses and program leaders for a week. Notable entries include Mitchell Study with hostess D J Noble and critic roles for Jennie Wiltse, and Mitchell Art with an Annual Christmas party at Frank Winsor’s home at 7 PM.
A sale of 124 head of grade Short horns will be offered to the highest bidder on September 14. The auction site is one and a half miles south and one and a half miles east of Mitchell, drawing interest from local farmers and cattlemen.
Crawfordsville Ind Leland Hankir of Aberdeen S C chosen as captain of the 1917 Wabash football squad. Hankir has played at right tackle for two seasons and will lead the team this year.
A large sum described as more British gold from Canada arrived today totaling about eight million dollars and was credited to J. I. Moreau & Co. It is being transferred to the Philadelphia mint for settlement.
A resident of Astoria lost a pocketbook containing 150 dollars in cash. A thoughtful finder returned the pocketbook, but the money was missing. The owner had posted public notice of the loss. the next morning the empty pocketbook was found on his porch.
Sioux Falls dealer Waener visits Mitchell on business while Morrow, ex-local resident now in Duluth, also travels for work. Local society sees hospital operation, fire marshal inspection, patent news, Omega dances, and school football captain reelected. Community notices cover bankruptcies, obituaries, church services, film reviews, naturalization plans, and Christmas charity shipments for troops.
Mrs. Hannah Hess, a Statler hotel maid in Detroit and heiress to 400000 from her late uncle Herman Wakefield of Johnstown, Pa., says she will use the wealth to secure a real home and start life anew. She notes she is a high school graduate, her husband is a college man, and she intends to buy gowns and keep her old friends while money changes her outlook.
A 56 member committee of leading clergymen and business professionals from Mitchell will lead a campaign to raise the $10,000 Salvation Army building fund. Names include J T Morrow J W Broadbent S I Morris L J Welch O L Brandon A B Hager and others from local firms and churches.
In the governor's office committees were appointed for the inaugural reception and ball. Judge J. H. Gates chairs the reception committee and W. V. Ketchum heads the inaugural ball committee. The reception is planned for the state house with the ball at the auditorium.
Commercial club acts as collecting agent for Christmas gifts for Fourth regiment members on the Mexican border. It marks the first Christmas away from South Dakota for many soldiers in years.
New York City. Professor Charles Gray Shaw of New York University argues that a woman cannot be a friend because she lacks a clear cut personality and an disinterested outlook. He insists women are not individuals and compares women’s clubs to hothouses for tender plants.
Plankinton bowlers won the first half of a six game contest by 2625 to 2610 at Plankinton alleys. Shafer led Plankinton with 576, Winters top Mitchell with 564, as the final three games are slated for Monday night to decide the match.
Washington D C a joint resolution by Representative Chandler of New York seeks an easier method to amend the federal constitution. It calls for submission in both houses of Congress, ratification by voters in a majority of states, and an aggregate nationwide majority. Conventions would meet every thirty years to review proposed changes.
Washington D C a southern representative proposes a resolution for compulsory egg control for hens to curb output and ease living costs. He doubts speedier production can be achieved but argues the plan outshines Fitzgerald suggestions in impact.
In Andover South Dakota, Day Roberts and Marshall counties residents flock to frozen lakes to fish through the ice. Crowds peak with Rush Lake drawing over a hundred anglers. Anglers report high catches with pickerel feeding aggressively as pork on a red rag lures the fish into traps.
Floyd Steckel a 13 year old boy living 15 miles north of the city fell from a straw stack and landed on a pitchfork. One tine pierced his abdomen and small intestine. He was rushed to a hospital and is reported resting with a slight chance of recovery today.
Plankinton South Dakota wealthy farmer Peter McGovern who owned over 1806 acres in Aurora and Lyman counties hanged himself in his home room. His worry over becoming dependent on charity and a disputed land deal months earlier is cited as a probable cause. His daughter Blanche McGovern was his guardian. An Irish immigrant, he came to America as a boy, homesteaded in 1882, and survived the drowning deaths of two sons in Firesteel Creek in 1894.
Expense accounts filed with the county auditor show candidates for county offices spent from 10 to 147.60 dollars. Republicans overall spent more than Democrats, with the Republican county organization spending 708.50 versus 326.09 for the Democratic body. Top individual spenders include H. B. Anderson 147.80 and Charles Fowler 132.50, followed by F. C. Hoffman 99.38. Other totals include Chas. Boreson 89.79 Nels Jensen 10 Pp. A. Zollman 76.50 Mrs. Emma McClintock 73.45 Arthur Miller 68.75 E. HE. Owens 85.50 James Rogan 66.45 S. Cattrell 50.63 Thomas Eastcott 56.32.
Alexandria S D Charges of irregularities in the Hanson county general election are raised by J H Dobson who contests the win of B M Lindekugel Democrat for county auditor by three votes He accuses fourteen precinct ballots of marking and alleges improper counting and payments to workers.
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