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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
2
Local residents travel to visit family and attend district meetings while Mitchell firms adjust to raised mileage book prices. Village figures include births and deaths, road accidents, church and club activities, and a parade of regional residents visiting Los Angeles, Spencer, Sioux Falls, and other locales during the holiday period.
General J B Wolgemuth a Mitchell resident and early South Dakota settler died on Christmas day at his Hamilton Montana home. Born in 1888 in Pennsylvania he lived in Plankinton Pierre and Mitchell before moving to Montana in 1909 with his son Lee to run fruit lands. He organized the Commercial Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Mitchell and later the State Mutual Wire Insurance Company in Canton. A veteran of the 73rd Illinois Regiment he served as captain and was active in G A R work. He held Masonic and Elks memberships and was married twice leaving behind his wife a Denver daughter and son Lee.
London dispatch reports Andrew Carnegie sent to the American Commission for Relief in Belgium a first donation of 12 million dollars to aid Belgian war sufferers. He is also said to have contributed 19 dollars to each Belgian war prisoner in Germany.
Advert says the pills purify the blood relieve torpid liver and queasy stomach. Claims include relief from constipation biliousness dizziness and indigestion with improved complexion. Sold for 25 cents at druggists.
Stockholm Sweden. The Russian government aims to purge the empire of all German connections. Baron George Klopp mann of Illuxt and Baron Nicholas Senglehardt of Riga, former marshals of nobility, have been deported to Siberia solely for having German names. An interior ministry order makes the spread of German ideas a crime. Those possessing German books or showing sympathy with German philosophy can be arrested. About sixty offenders have already been sent to Irkutsk for five years each.
Chicago physician recounts a fatal gas poisoning in a small garage linked to the term petro mortis. Dr John D Ellis notes the condition is new to science in some aspects and warns that vertigo sufferers may be attacked in confined spaces like garages, underscoring the danger of automobile gas fumes.
A man dies in his garage when an automobile exhaust fills a small room with gas fumes. Post mortem reveals brain and lung congestion. He had planned to deliver Christmas gifts to poor families when the fatal exposure occurred.
Hog receipts reach 46 000 with 2 498 left over and 40 000 expected tomorrow. Prices range from 5.95 to 6.70 for various hog classes. Cattle receipts around 16 000 with steady to slightly lower prospects. beef steers 6.00 to 9.75, cows 2.80 to 18.40, western cattle 6.20 to 8.15, calves 7.00 to 10.25. Sheep receipts about 13 000 with steady tone. native sheep 6.40 to 7.00, yearlings 7.65 to 8.50, lambs 7.50 to 9.80.
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