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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
2
The article questions the removal of Joffre from supreme command of French armies. It notes praise he received during the European war and contrasts that with recent reports that Neville has been elevated to the position, prompting reflections on leadership and merit in wartime.
It is decided there will be no changes in the Wilson Cabinet. The Charleston News notes the unchanged lineup and suggests Republicans may view this as adding insult to injury.
A Courier Journal item quotes a pessimist claiming universal prohibition would remove life’s sunshine while acknowledging the presence of moonshine stills as a counterpoint to prohibition.
Dan iels petitions for pay hike for the blue jackets while they drink sarsaparilla reducing need for more money. A Savannah News note claims peace talks lower prices for eggs butter and flour.
Students from Dakota Wesleyan and the high school formed an honorary scientific society in the college science hall. The proposed officers include president Joseph Hamilton and vice president Dr Mathsat Wesleyan. Dr H I Jones was named temporary chairman. A luncheon followed and regular meetings will begin soon for practical experiments.
Mitchell expects a pine donated by Herbert S. Daniels of Rapid City to arrive by Monday morning. Merchants will cover transport costs with city men contributing funds. Upon arrival Alderman L. H. Nedrow will haul it to Fourth Avenue and Main Street for installation supervised by Mayor J. E. Wells and Alderman A. Miles. George M. Kennedy aids wiring, with Gage P. Wright coordinating the program. full details to appear in Monday's Republican.
In a federal court in Arizona the government concludes its presentation against United States Live Stock and Omaha Land and Investment for using the mails to defraud. Prosecutors allege 1 million dollars of fictitious wild horses were sold via 51 bills of sale for 10 855 animals in Coconino County from 1910 to 1913. A county official testified no more than 8 500 horses of all brands were on the range. Witnesses described attempts to obtain horses and pricing offers, including a rancher asked to capture horses for buyers at 25 dollars per head.
William Morris traveled to Kansas City for a short visit. Mitchell friends the Keens visited B M Smiths. Letcher couple visited B M Smiths over Sunday. Campbell hosted Welker and McCue families for dinner with John Campbell. Balding and Will Bates attended a Farmers Cooperative session in Sioux Falls. Blanchard Sunday school held a social at A L Snider home on Friday December 8.
The Social Hour club met at Mr. and Mrs. Houter Larimer home with 22 guests present. A bountiful noon dinner followed by a fine afternoon program. The club plans an oyster supper for members and families at Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell's home on December 27 with supper at 7:50 PM.
Mrs Justine Dubrall dies at 77 after living 41 years on the same homestead near Beresford South Dakota. She came to the state with her husband who died 27 years ago leaving her as the long term occupant.
Homestake Mining Company will pay seven percent of all wages earned by its workers during the past year on the January pay day. The $165,000 total matches the prior year. Some employees living away from Lead will have checks mailed early January 1917. Workers enjoy a Mammoth recreation building with swimming, bowling, billiards, indoor games, and an adjoining theatre.
Roy McCabe a Woolfolk ranch hand near Camp Crook South Dakota was found dead with his neck broken believed caused by a saddle pony he rode to gather cattle. He left the ranch building to ride for cattle but did not return that night. The horse returned with saddle still on announcing the tragedy.
Henry James, a Cornwall, England native and longtime proprietor of the Terry Peak hostelry, died at his home after a siege of pneumonia. For twenty years he ran the inn that housed miners and travelers from Italy, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Serbia, France and Assyria, keeping peace with humor through wartime tensions.
The state legal department holds that the sentence does not run during a suspended sentence if the offender breaks parole. A prisoner sentenced to one year in February 1916 remained on good behavior until November, then violated parole and was returned to prison, extending the term as stated.
William Savage, an elderly Bridgewater resident, read a newspaper before a southwest window when his wife called that he was on fire. The sun’s rays through a magnifying glass ignited his pantaloons, burning a large hole before they or his wife could extinguish the blaze.
The sentence year runs from admission to the penitentiary, not the transfer date, with prevailing rates extending until the 1915 crops are delivered. Westbound freight rates rise December 30 unless the Interstate Commerce Commission suspends them, a suspension is deemed unlikely.
Delta Rho defeats Whanpa in Science hall auditorium with two to one judges. Olin Jackson leads Delta Rho with strong constructive and rebuttal work as the team argues government ownership of interstate railroads.
Willys Overland dealers from Mitchell Aberdeen Huron Sioux Falls and Watertown head to Toledo Ohio by Illinois Central train to view the largest private motor show by a single maker Contracts for 75 million dollars of Overland and Willys Knight cars for 1917 were signed at the Toledo factory during the convention. The event runs to December 23 with new dealer squads arriving every other day and total contracts expected to near 200 million dollars for the opening week of the convention.
Washington reports that the Pacific coast will not move its dried fruits canned goods wine and other products east under new freight surcharges. The railways and the interstate commerce commission postponed the 10 percent rate increase from December 30 to March 1 amid congestion and producer distributor contracts.
South Dakota Association of County Commissioners endorsed a bridge bill changing how counties contract bridge work. The measure would require bids for all structures over $100 yearly and set unit bid pricing for lineal feet or volume. Nels Jensen of Mitchell led drafting. Deadwood hosts 1917 convention. other cities invited.
A contract method is described where the successful contractor receives all bridge work if found necessary during the year. The cost is determined by multiplying the bid per cubic foot and per lineal foot by the required cubic and lineal feet for the bridge size.
Letters to local newspapers appeal for Luciennis Colman a 14 year old from Minneapolis who vanished from home and may have traveled to South Dakota. He is described as five feet six inches tall 140 pounds with auburn hair blue eyes and a scar on his right arm. He showed interest in automobiles and may have found work in a garage in the region.
In Leas South Dakota a daughter intervened when her father Prank Robidon threatened to kill his family and himself. He attacked his wife over a shotgun. the daughter struck him with a stick, knocking him unconscious. He was later treated at Thomestoke hospital and faces thirty days in jail.
Vermillion South Dakota athletic board meets to decide on a tentative sixteenth football monogram award and possible three basketball road trips. No games set post-holidays. trips may reach Yankton Dakota Wesleyan Huron and Sioux Falls College north central and potential southern ties with Nebraska Creighton and Nebraska Wesleyan.
Grapeland Texas dispatch says three sleeping cars derailed on a mixed troop train carrying A battery Iowa field artillery from the border to its home station near Grapeland injuring two trainmen and bruising eight troopers. A defective rail is blamed and the injured were taken to Palestine for treatment. Batteries A and C were traveling in two sections and were to muster at Davenport and Clinton Iowa. They had been on the border since July.
A farmhand named Harry Lemmen employed by L. H. Burdick near Volga S D was kicked in the head by a horse. He is in critical condition with a fractured skull and slim hopes of recovery.
Dora Riecke executrix of the estate of John Frederick Riecke deceased publishes a call to creditors and all persons with claims to exhibit them with vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims to be sent to the executrix at her Baker Township Davison County South Dakota residence dated November 11 1916.
Sioux Falls report claims Joseph Rh Waltner, notable Jreeman resident, died of pneumonia but doctors publicly corrected to a diagnosis combining purulent bronchitis, puerperal? no, pueritus. The record notes complex ear and mastoid involvement with purulent meningitis? The text is garbled but cites pneumonia as the final cause after medical clarification.
The Portland Oregonian remarks that omitting the king in prayers within the Greek Church is not a cause for concern. It notes chaplains in Congress rarely include the Vice President in prayers, implying little discrepancy in official worship.
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