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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
7
Local notes record travel departures for holiday visits and family gatherings across Mitchell and nearby towns. Entries include Thomas O Rourke visiting relatives in Morp Wayne Indiana, Georgia Scott returning to Cowles Nebraska, and other residents traveling, visiting, or engaging in holiday activities.
Jacob Wasterly a 60 year old farmer eight miles northeast of Mitchell suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries when a slowly moving trailer he rode in tipped as the tongue loosened at Snyder Bros farm. He was rushed to a local hospital where surgery showed frontal bone penetration and doctors deemed recovery unlikely.
Jurors for the January 1917 term of municipal court were drawn this morning. Court opens at 10 o clock Tuesday, January 2, with bootlegging cases and a moving picture dispute on docket. Names listed include St P Curtis, Mitchell, Chas Dirk Ethan, Halphill, Wallace Miller, August Christian, Phil Gramyon, Iathan G W Adair, Isaac Christopher, Ji Coinion, Tom Callan, Steven Griff, G Mitchell, G A Vermilyea, K P Worthen, Elmer Liemer, G M Abbott, Ernest Carlson, Wm JIMtors, W D Emery, George Jenks, BE Keen, A U Jicon.
Mrs McKennan, a well known resident, attempted to take custody of a child left with the Davis family. When the Davises refused she threatened to desecrate the Davis home. Deputies intervened and she was placed in a hospital for observation. The McKennans recently moved from Iroquois to Brookings County and are well known there.
Kingsbury County Circuit Court at De Smet disposed of several cases with sentences imposed. Defendants included C S Layman a Hetland druggist found guilty on one liquor charge with four others continued. Wana was fined 40 dollars for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Oscar Watts pleaded guilty to wife desertion and received six months in Sioux Falls penitentiary with a suspended sentence on good behavior. J W Druggist of Esmond was fined 150 for unlawful sale of liquor and Chris Casseron paid 190 for selling improper meat.
Vermillion South Dakota reports home economics students at the University of South Dakota will reduce kitchen steps during Christmas by replanning home layouts. A group of thirty students will use pedometers to measure travel from pantry to table and stove to fuel, testing furniture placement and lighting for efficiency.
In a batch of opinions, the South Dakota Supreme Court dismissed the State ex rel George W. Bran versus Norbeck and Nicholson for lack of jurisdiction. The case charged illegal state collection for an artesian well at the state capitol. No appearance on the demurrer. other listed cases affirmed or reversed as noted.
Pierre officials report leases due January 1 1917 total 311539.53 in force, up from 4021. credit cites lack of short term sales. Deputy Game Warden Holm confirms Black Hills deer season ends with two hundred fifty nine deer killed in reference county. over three hundred total in Black Hills region.
Bobbie visits his grandmother and learns she will bake him a pie in a saucer. He hesitates at the idea of trouble but suggests母 to make it the regular size per his mother’s instruction.
Governor Byrne revokes the parole of C J Williams who had been sent from Minnehaha County as a parolee. The action places Williams back under state custody pending further proceedings.
A man named Williams, released on parole, violated his terms by leaving the state. Officials have launched a search to return him to finish the remaining sentence.
At The Oaks boarding house Mrs Lampark introduces her daughter Hermione to bachelor residents. The lampark girl is described as unremarkable yet the mothers praise her, while young men guess at her charm. Hermione makes a quiet entrance to dinner amid curious onlookers and gossip.
Letters to The Republican from Mitchell and Yankton criticize Prof. Jones and defend the right of the public to question state funded sexual examinations of school students. They urge legal safeguards and limit to parental consent, warning against coercive influence in schools.
The opening of the winter season comes with rising temperatures after a frigid spell. December 21, the shortest day, marks the start of winter with a forecast of fair and warmer weather tomorrow as thermometers rebound from subzero readings across Nebraska cities including Omaha Sioux City and Sioux Falls.
Residents of Maiinos challenge Burke's claim to the county seat in Trevargv County in a state circuit court contest. Fairfax alleges more than fifty farmers voted in Bonesteel and Dallas despite lacking rights, and seeks to exclude those ballots. If votes are dismissed, Burke loses the required margin. the case may go to the state supreme court.
James J. O'Kelly, Nationalist MP since 1895, dies in London at age 70. The Irish politician with a noted adventurous career served in the Franco-Prussian war with a French commission and fought in the United States Army during Indian campaigns. Born in Rosscommon, he held a long Commons career.
Budapest reports the Hungarian parliament has chosen Count Tisza as paladine to crown King Charles. Thirty six members were named as his assistants after a hard fight with opponents backing Archduke Joseph. Paladine handles placing the crown on the king’s head.
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