Elks Minstrel Show Delightfully Staged at Club
The Elks Club hosted a large audience Monday for a minstrel performance after a formal initiation and supper. Wack McLoughlin trained the Jr. Elks, with Brice MacLean, Walter Nolt, and many others in sailors and marines costumes delivering lively acts and dancing stunts.
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Elks Club
Oys
Wack McLoughlin
Brice MacLean
Walter Nolt
George Dabler
Albert Nolt
Wallace MacLean
Ora B. Wells
Wilford Gormley
Glen Rowley
John Coughlin
Fred Earl
Lawrence Coughlin
Ben Derr
John Tobin
Monk Rosenthal
Harold Nourse
Nay Tiffany
Bob Bailey
John Leston
Frank Worthen
Leo van Wagnen
Art Siefert
Paul Welch
Lee McKinley
Earl West
Leonard Woodman
Louis Beckwith
Amos Johnson
Harry Brown
Jack Porter
Harry Slade
C. B. Southerland
Mr. McLoughlin
Hary Slade
Southerland Gang
Ora
Wells
Mays
Louis Becker
Incomplete Note on Rail Investments and Risky Man
Fragmentary OCR hints at isolation policy and rail investment schemes. A man who risked capital is referenced, but details are unclear. The text suggests omissions in capitalization and funding discussions.
Spink County Officials Discuss Bridge Contracts With Davison
Four Spink county commissioners J P Smith H H Motley Thomas Price and Reese Howel visited Milwaukee and met with Davison county Chairman Nash and Auditor Anderson to plan bridge contracting methods for the coming year. The article notes concerns about secret contractor agreements and past graft tied to county bridge work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spink County
J. P. Smith
H. H. Motley
Thomas Price
Reese Howel
Milwaukee
Nash
Davison County Board
Anderson
Davison County
Southern land bargains praised by speaker
A Sioux City Grain Exchange notice promotes southern land opportunities with claims of high growth. It advertises 40acre near a railroad, 200acre near a town, and 700acre near Houston area with prices from 22.50 to 30 per acre. An excursion is planned for December 7 with broker H. D. Brown.
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South
Houston
Texas
New South
Court House
H. D. Brown
Grain Exchange
Sioux City
WILL MUSTER IM MILITIA IN LOCAL COMPANY
Mitchell will form a militia company after long waits. Friday evening at city hall, young men who signified willingness to join will be mustered in. Adjutant General Englesby ordered Friday muster in with Captain Fred L. Ray of the fourth infantry in charge. J Rowley noted activity continues with ongoing arrangements.
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Mitchell
Messrs
Shade and
Rowley
Englesby
Fred L. Ray
Fourth Infantry
J. Rowley
Businessmen Lunch In Mitchell Hotel With State Rail Commission
Commissioner Ness announced a Commercial Club luncheon moved to Sunday Dec 17 at 7 pm at the Mitchell hotel where P J Dougherty was expected to speak on the railroad commission’s work. Other speakers will discuss topics of interest to local business leaders. The prior session was rushed. A separate incident reports a man named Worsley fatally harming a large lynx weighing about seventy pounds with a jackknife.
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Cummins
Ness
Commercial Club
P. J. Dougherty
State Railroad Commission
Mitchell Hotel
Dougherty
Commission
Worsley
Davison County Schools Report Amid Winter Difficulties
Teachers from Mitchell Loomis Mt. Vernon divisions met December 4 and 11 to continue lessons despite mud snow and late arrivals. Perfect Attendance and Library Certificates were issued to numerous teachers and students as district supervision faced transportation delays and merit was noted in reports and reading circle work.
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Davison County
Mitchell Division
Loomis
Mt. Vernon
F. A. Arnold
Mitchell
West
John Kotrba
Mamie L. Puff
Clara Dondelinger
Eva Gilfillan
Timothy Carpenter
Eunice Carpenter
Estella Carpenter
David Carpenter
Clyde McKehan
Lottie Carpenter
Frank Bresce
Lillie Pastore
Minnie Lewis
Gaynal Hunter
Mary Grady
Jessie Erion
Lynx Attack Fails Worsley Fight in Tripp County
Tom Worsley homesteader in Tripp county engaged a giant lynx while hunting. The shot wounded the animal but jammed his rifle. As the cat charged, his gun slipped away and the beast closed in, forcing Worsley to improvise as the lynx attacked. Revival meetings end as Harp Evangelist Thompson departs Waterloo Iowa.
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Sioux Falls
Tom Worsley
Tripp County
Worsley
Commercial Clubs to Hold State Meeting Jan 18 at Presho
South Dakota Commercial Clubs plan annual convention at Presho on January 18 with attention to railroad issues. Invite extended to South Dakota railroad commission. debate expected on Milwaukee road steel bridge over the Missouri at Chamberlain to connect eastern and western parts of the state. Delegates from Mitchell named: W B Turner and J D Kress.
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South Dakota
Presho
South Dakota Railroad Commission
Milwaukee Road
Missouri River
Chamberlain
W. E. Tipton
Mitchell
W. BE. Turner
Turner Produce Co
J. D. Kress
Mitchell Harness Co
Kress
Mr. Turner
Stalwarts Selected Oppose Senate Confirmation in South Dakota
President Taft nominates Peter Rogde for Sioux Falls postmaster and Charles Hackett for Parker, SD. Senators Crawford and Gamble plan to oppose, while Kittredge's precedent may block confirmations without home-state support. Hackett is described as a stalwart Republican and factional tensions persist in South Dakota.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Senate
Peter J. Rogde
Sioux Falls
Charles F. Hackett
Parker
Burke
Martin
South Dakota
Crawford and
Gamble
Hall
Rogde
Kittredge
United States
Geo. Schlosser
Siour Falls
Republican Party
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Waterbury & Klousia
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Mitchell Weekly Capital
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