Mitchell Forms Separate Company A of South Dakota Guard
Forty two young men muster at city hall under Captain Ray and organize Separate Company A in Mitchell. Officers elected include Captain Myron Shade and Lieutenants Rowley and Devers amid plans for uniforms tents and Springfield 1903 rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Yankton
South Dakota National Guard
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Canton
Myron L. Shade
Leutenant
Earl B. Rowley
Wm. E. M. Devers
Shade
Wm. H. Bartley
Irwin R. Stephens
Ray W. Dixon
Ernest B. Trieschel
Harry Kjelmyr
Robert L. Williams
National Guard
Phillipines
Navy
Verne W. Abeel
Robert W. Agnew
Rush W. Brown
Howard H. Brodstrup
John S. Chapman
Earl E H. Comfort
Lawrence V. Coughlin
Mike L. Condron
Earnest L. Darling
Wallace A. Darling
Fred N. Setterstrom
Albert L. Sheldon
William I. Slater
George Spry
John T. Tobin
Edward S. Tobin
Albert W. Witzel
George W. Willett
Endurance Test Delays The American Idea Show
The Gale theatre staged The American Idea with Trixie Friganza leading. Patrons learned of delays when an Omaha passenger special arrived late after a snowbound passenger train held up the day’s schedule between Spencer and Fulton for forty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Theatre
Trixie Friganza
Omaha
Spencer
Fulton
MORE WINTER WHEAT PROSPECTS FROM USDA REPORT
Washington reports the Crop Reporting Board says newly seeded winter wheat area is 7.9 percent higher than last fall, about 2.449 million acres more for a total of 33.483 million. Rye seed area up 1.2 percent to 2.155 million acres. rye condition 94.1. In South Dakota winter wheat area 94,000 acres with a 92 condition, versus a ten year average of 93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
South Dakota
Paving Main Street Prompts Mitchell Business Push
Mitchell business leaders at a Friday luncheon debated Main street paving. Mayor Hitchcock backs paving with sewer work, while financiers and landlords weighed costs, street drainage, and property assessments. Canton Plow Co. plans move here and stock sales proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Hitchcock
Telegraph and Electric Light Company
Mitchell
Shaffer
Canton Plow Co
Ir. Shaffer
Dallas
Post Office Corridor Expansion Urged by Local Leaders
The Commercial Club resolutions to enlarge the post office corridor prompt action by South Dakota's delegation. Senators Gamble and Crawford and Congressman Burke pledge efforts. Burke notes a $2,500 unused balance could fund changes. Architect Taylor’s plan moves doors and adds a side entrance to ease congestion. Delegation activity suggests rapid progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Postal Department
Postoffice
Congressional
Washington
Wells
South Dakota
Congressman Burke
Taylor
Mitchell
Burke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waterman
China
Diehl
Brown Drug
J. W. Broadbent & Co
Arctic
Tropics
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
M. L. Shade
Miss Friganza
Trixie
Arthur Lipson
Mitchell’s
Ibis
Landlord Byers
Tipton
P. J. Dougherty
State Railroad Commission
Dougherty
Ness
Manhattan Oil & Linseed Co
Theasa
John Michels
H. D. Butterfield
J. N. Crow
S. H. Scallin
W. T. McConnell
Western National Bank
W. R. Ronald
Sioux City
Commercial’ Club Committee
Gamble
Crawford
Martin
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