Mitchell notes and holiday social items across town
Local notes recount Christmas visits by W Bryant from Vermillion and AL Raber from Stuart and Des Moines, family gatherings with Mrs Raber, and shopping at Woelfel’s Jewelry. Reports on band mask balls, band practice, Christmas at the penitentiary, and church services fill the community page along with upcoming basketball and tournament plans for Mitchell High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL. H. Raber
Stuart
Ad Des Moines
New Plan for City Carriers in Mitchell Daily Republican
The Mitchell Daily Republican adopts an Independent Carrier System starting New Year. Carriers are bonded, buy papers from the paper, collect weekly, and deliver to subscribers with payments due promptly. Improved delivery and continued $5 yearly advance rate noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Daily Republican
Republican
Mitchell
Daily Republican
State Houses 2000 Inmates in South Dakota Report
Sioux Falls inquiry shows the state penal and charitable system housing about 2000 inmates. Yankton insane hospital holds 1000. Custer tuberculosis unit 38 plus waitlist. Redfield feeble minded 300. Gary blind 40. Plankinton training school 577 boys 23 girls with 16 boys and 5 girls paroled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Nana B. Gilbert
Sa‘lem
Redfield
School For
Gary
Custer
State Hospital For the Insane
Yankton
Plankinton
Reform School
CANDIDATES FILE FOR SERGEANT AT ARMS POSTS
Pierre S D resident B P Farr enters race for sergeant at arms of the Senate. Captain VanStten of Highmore and Edward Moscrip of Harrisburg contest the House sergeant at arms post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Col
B. P. Farr
Senate
VanStten
Highmore
Edward Moscrip
Harriisburg
House
Numerous Candidates Declared for Local Appointive Posts
A number of candidates line up for many minor offices as the week ends, offering voters wide choice in appointive races and multiple contenders for each post.
Nebraskan Becomes VP At American Press Association
Norfolk Daily News editor and half owner Nored A. Huse will move to New York City next week to serve as vice president and advertising manager of the American Press Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Neb
Nored A. Huse
Daily News
American Press Association
New York City
Dillon Explains Homestead Bill for Stock-Raising Land
Congressman Charles Dillon clarifies the stock-raising homestead measure now pending presidential signature. Eligible individuals may obtain 640 acres of designated land with strict residency and improvement rules, including a 20 mile radius entry limit, contiguous land requirement, and a 1.25 dollar per acre minimum for permanent improvements within three years. The act preserves mineral rights and limits commutation and prior-entry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Charles H. Dillon
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Groh Alters Stance to Draw Walks Like Old Time Sluggers
Heine Groh of Cincinnati, famed for patient plate discipline, uses a square stance facing the pitcher. The method, revived from Pop Anson era, keeps him from guiding the bat with his body and yields higher on base percentages.
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Pop Anson
Groh
Dakota Wholesale Coffee Company Adjudicated Bankrupt
The Dakota Wholesale Coffee Company of Mitchell South Dakota was declared bankrupt on June 27 1916. A creditors meeting will be held January 7 1917 at 10:00 am in Sioux Falls to prove claims examine the bankrupt elect a trustee and perform other legal business. George J Danforth Referee in Bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Wholesale Coffee Company
Mitchell
South Dakota
Davison
George J. Danforth
Paulton
Sioux Falls
Notice of Letters of Administration for D H Rand
State of South Dakota Davison County court January term 1917 hearing set for Rose Rowley petitioning for Letters of Administration of the estate of D H Rand deceased. Hearing at Mitchell court house January 15 1917 at 2 pm any interested party may appear to show cause. Dated December 26 1916 Judge O G C Thompson County Court. Attest S Cattrell Clerk SEAL
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Davison
Dr. Rand
Rose Rowley
Effie Claymore
Eugene Rand
Charles Rand
D. H. Rand
Court House
Mitchell
Mitchell, S. D
O. GC. Thompson
Horns of Venus reference in ancient astronomy
The article notes cunei form references to the horns of Venus and argues the crescent sighting in Mesopotamia with no optical aid is implausible. Professor Campbell suggests the horns were a lucky guess by ancient astronomers rather than an actual early observation.
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Venus
Mesopotamia
Campbell
Early Saws and Knives in Ancient Egypt
The earliest tool traced in Egyptian history is a notched bronze knife from the third dynasty about 5000 years before Christ. Later saws with larger teeth appear in the fourth and fifth dynasties for carpenters, with dated iron saws only in the seventh century BCE among the Assyrians. Flint knives on record began as saws with minute teeth.
Women Speak Up On The Atchison Globe
An angry woman declares she has nothing to say yet soon fills the page with remarks as she voices frustration. The piece reflects women’s discontent and bold rhetoric in Atchison journalism.
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Atchison Giobe
To Keep Inkwells Clean
The ink wells should be emptied weekly and cleaned with hot water to maintain cleanliness and prevent staining. Regular maintenance ensures reliable writing performance and reduces ink residue buildup.
Rural Phone Lines Plan Consolidation Garretson Leaders
A movement by stockholders of rural telephone lines connected to the Garretson system seeks to consolidate all lines under one parent management. A meeting of stockholders from the lines is planned to discuss arrangements for unification and improved service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garretson
Garretson Company
Sugar beet expansion near Belle Fourche hailed
Approximately 10,000 acres are contracted for sugar beet farming around Belle Fourche. The construction of a Great Western Sugar Company branch factory at the town signals a new agricultural field for local residents and land tenants in the coming year.
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Belle Fourche
SL. D
Great Western Sugar Company
PATER WEBER NOT HEIR IN SALEM ESTATE
A Salem report from St Paul claims Father Weber inherits 84500 from Rev James J Heidegger. Weber denounces this as false and says he is only executor. Heidegger, pioneer missionary priest of Salem, died recently in a St Paul hospital and the will was filed for probate there. He was well known in Catholic circles across eastern South Dakota.
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Salem
S. D
St. Paul
Weber
James J. Keidegger
Father Heidegger Heidegger
Davis Enforces Dry Status After Prolonged Saloon Closure
Davis South Dakota becomes dry as the sole saloon operator closes following county commissioners revoking the license. The state supreme court had ruled the saloon election illegal weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
S. J
South Dakota
Supreme Court of the State
Milwaukee AR arranges California trip with Pacific Limited
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a travel booklet promoting no extra fare Pacific Limited service to California. Through daylight arrivals at San Francisco and Los Angeles. GEO. B. Haynes, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, invites inquiries via local agents.
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California
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pacific Limited
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Geo. B. Haynes
Chicago
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W. Bryant
Vermillion, S. D
Mitchell Savings and Loan Association
W. E. Rathbun
Freston’s
Western National Bank Building
Josephine Schaub
Imurge
City Hall
Howard Rew
Sioux City
George H. Rev
Woelfel
John ¥. Green
St. Cloud
Fla
Miller School of Chiropractic
W. Nat'l. Bank
L. J. Shaw
Watertown, S. D
City
di D. Wider
His Brother
Martin G. Wider
Elizabeth Kelley
P. H. Kelley
Peoria
Ill
Mitchell Band
Woelfel’s
Wheatley
Mt. Vernon
Arteian
Aberdeen
Huron
Sioux.Falls
G. C. Redfield
First Baptist Church
Pauline Miles
Santa Claus
Harle A. Christiansen
Minneapolis
K. 8. Christiansen
Mr. Christiansen
Kohn Baker Jr. Company
Nebraskan
Association
Dillon
CC. H. Dillon
Opanson
Heine Groh
Cincinnati
Heine
GROE
Hrine Crow
National League
Peter Thompson
H. D. Butterfield CO
District Court OF the United
A. D
Pather Weber
Milwaukee
Business and
A. E. Hitchcock
Commercial & Savings Bank
H. G. Giddings
Western National Bank
EF. W. Bobb
Bobb
Nat. Bank
Edith M. Shank
Grace Sh. Shank
Osteopathic Physicians
Crow
W. H. Broadbent
J. W. Broadbent
Jobson
Broadbent Bros
S. D. Wherry
H. Noble & Son
Fourth Ave West
A. B. Hager
Mitchell Trust
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