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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
3
A sergeant in the trenches voices Christmas longing and warring restraint. He urges a cease fire as distant bells and hymns frame a moment of peace on Christmas Eve, ending with the horn of a distant bugle. The Star of Bethlehem shines as Christ is born.
A fragment from a comic item describes Mrs. Gadder worrying her husband no longer loves her. The gag centers on a letter she wrote to Santa asking for fur, which was mailed by Santa himself, prompting humorous confusion.
George Mathew Absams expresses a heartfelt Christmas wish that the Christmas Spirit fill him and he may share love with all people everywhere. He hopes love defeats war and peace endures in human hearts.
A playful exchange about popular books and gifts during the Christmas season. Gothan notes the pocketbook as the favorite, while Mrs. Yonst and Mr. Yeast joke about stockings and stock facts in light holiday banter.
Local notes list visitors, business trips, and social events in Mitchell day by day. Mentions include Mebert leaving for LaCrosse, Henry Nicolin visiting from St. Paul, and Gus Helgerson ahead of his Pierre tenure. Also notes Optimists club holiday social and a Riverview farm auction set for Dec 21.
The Mitchell Daily Republican will switch to an Independent Carrier System starting in the new year. Carriers are bonded, buy papers from the Republican, and collect weekly while subscribers may continue advance payments. Delivery aims to improve, with complaints routed to the Republican office for prompt action. Yearly rate remains five dollars or ten cents weekly.
Washington DC reports a 1 year Dead Letter Office haul of 2.25 million dollars in checks drafts and money orders found in undeliverable letters. Of 1,0690 letters and parcels handled one third were delivered or held for claimants while thousands were destroyed or investigated alongside changes to holding times and parcel handling.
Two Indian boy pupils fled from the government Indian school at Flandreau and headed overland toward western South Dakota. City Marshal Hansen caught them in Harrisburg and collected the reward. The boys were returned to Flandreau with a school attache. They believed homesickness sparked the escape and hoped to reach their homes over a hundred miles away.
A fragment notes T. R. pursues the devil fish reformation tale. It also mentions Brooklyn Bagte reporting that the Nobel Peace Prize totals $40,000 or 16,000 marks, with the year missing a mark.
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