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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
3
A digitized, partial financial list shows owed amounts and itemized figures with scattered numbers. The text includes references to payments, balances, and monetary values without full context or clear entities.
Notice to creditors in the estate of Owen Lautenberg, deceased, by the administrator Frank Lautenberg. Court in Dayison County sets January hearing for probate of the will and letters testamentary. Interested parties must present claims within the required months after the first notice.
A proposed joint resolution would create a traffic director with full authority over all rail shipments to synchronize and speed essential war commodities. The plan aims to reduce delays and conflicting orders, centralizing decision making to meet military and national needs.
A State Department of Legal Opinions holds last legislative appropriation for buttons ordered by the Pacific Commission led by Governor Byrne invalid. The purchase aimed to shield personal liability, with funds misused for a state project. officials justify payment but the ruling limits further help.
Mitchell's Red Cross chapter reports from November 12 to December shipments: 15 three boxes of knit and surplus garments for the front and camps, with weekly sends to Minneapolis. Volunteers, led by Mrs. Ellen Gregory, describe 530 knit pieces including 110 sweaters and 130 mufflers, plus 430 nightlingales and 730 towels, and a $2619 net from a Thanksgiving sale.
Mrs Emma Henrietta Stebbins died at her Mitchell home after an operation for a chronic disease. Funeral services are set for Broadbent parlors Friday at 7 30 p m with burial in Alexandria after a public funeral. She was born in Rockford Illinois and moved to Mitchell four years ago with five children Hagel Clifton Dorothy Clinton and Cloyd aged 8 6 14 9 and 6.
State list of illegal foods and drugs with adulteration and misbranding details. Products include tomato ketchup brands, canned beans, vinegars, flavors, syrups, ciders, paints, and certain medicines with substituted ingredients, improper labeling, or insufficient acidity. Names, brands, sources, and findings cited by the 1947 South Dakota Food and Drug Commissioner and county auditor.
Three hundred pounds of Puget Sound salmon arrive for the Elks Fish feed to be held in the dining room Friday evening. The fish were sent by William Turner of Seattle and stored in Mitchell. Dinner starts at 5 30 p m followed by the annual initiation with a large new member class.
Mrs. Claude Lounsbery, wife of a farmer near Hooker, was struck by a flying cream can when frozen water inside expanded. After filling the can with water at a neighbor’s, she carried it home in subfreezing temperatures, and the lid blew off when she attempted to remove it. The impact gashed her lip, fractured a front tooth, and drove another tooth from the gum. she is under a physician’s care.
Information from Arlington South Dakota confirms the death of Ray Runner, a nephew, who died after falling from an aeroplane in France while serving in the aviation corps. He had visited relatives locally and was well known in the area for his daring aerial exploits.
Sioux Falls South Dakota December 20. Herman Crow a Spanish American War veteran is arrested in Belgrade Montana on sedition charges for statements justifying the sinking of the Lusitania and aiding the German cause. Acquaintances say he has been in a Minnesota hospital for the insane and is not mentally sound.
State Sheriff Shanks led enforcement in Charles Mix county resulting in several arrests for violating the state wide prohibition law. One defendant sold lemon and banana extract for beverage use and was fined $250 plus costs by Judge Exon. additional arrests are expected.
Dav ison county exemption board warns about missing answers in questionnaires. W. B. Tipton says registrants must complete all questions minutely and sign affidavits. The board can subpoena witnesses if misrepresentation is suspected and may reclassify status. Careful completion avoids trouble.
Pierre South Dakota December 19 George Issenhuth a Huron business man was bound over by United States Commissioner Whitcher on 5000 bond for sedition. He allegedly praised the German emperor and criticized the U S administration on a train between Huron and here. Witnesses were Aberdeen traveling man D H Rapp and Mitchell traveler R C Burton. Deputy Marshal Vilas made the arrest. Issenhuth, a noted school architect, must appear in federal court in June.
The Senate Military Committee, ending its gun and ammo inquiry, plans to question Quartermaster Sharpe on clothing and food shortages and production delays. Chairman Chamberlain says a thorough look at the quartermaster's department will include Major General Goethals taking charge and the link between clothing shortages and disease in cantonments.
The navy will accept registered draft men as easily as before December 15. Quartersmaster Sutherland of Aberdeen explains that enlisted need remains, especially for mechanically skilled men. A draft-board statement may exempt some from current quotas, enabling enlistment in the navy with no definite call until after January 4, 1918.
Harry Dykkeman, a rural mail carrier from Kimball South Dakota, wrecked his Ford car about six miles west of Kimball. The vehicle rolled over landing right side up facing east after skidding at high speed, leaving him with a severe shake up and one ear near the wreck.
White Lake resident Daily Fred Benton visits Mitchell while Alpena and Omeda travelers conduct business. Civil service exams in Washington and St. Paul offer clerical, income tax, and inspector roles. Dakota Wesleyan scholars honor Prof E H Hahne before his Camp Funston deployment. Mitchell residents head to holidays with families. civic events include I C O F roll call, lodge attendance, and local hospital updates.
Washington reports that over twenty telegrams between Count von Luxburg and the German foreign office will be released by the state department with Argentine concurrence. The disclosures follow exposure of Luxburg’s "sink without trace" telegram that helped rupture Argentina Germany ties.
Washington officials warned a critical New England fuel shortage could force public utilities and manufacturing plants to close unless fuel shipments are increased. J J Storrow, New England fuel administrator, and Governor McCall voiced the plea in Washington on December 20.
Aberdeen, Dec. 20. All members of the Food Administration for South Dakota are urged to display membership cards in their front windows. Investigators are searching for cards statewide and non display signals lack of sympathy with the food conservation effort. The message frames the issue as a war question with democracy as its triumph and calls South Dakotans to show they are on the right side.
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