City Wins Phone Earnings Case in Supreme Court
The South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of Mitchell against Dakota Central Telephone for 1 682 40 dollars representing ten percent of gross earnings for the year ending May 31 1911. The city claimed the 1911 tax law did not invalidate its ordinance and contract obligations.
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Mitchell
Dakota Central Telephone Company
Supreme Court
The
Telephone Company
Gauritz Miller
Frank Bi Jsmith
Davison County
Groundhog Day Weather Lore Echoes Through Murky Text
A garbled note riffs on Groundhog Day forecasting by a famed observer, mentioning February 2 predictions and midwinter warmth myths. It mixes weather musings with scattered, unclear references to observers, months, and regions, yielding a tenuous nugget of historical superstition.
Ships collide sink off Cape Race. two vessels go down
Reports say the Japanese steamer Takata Maru and the Alaska-UK linked Silver Shell collided 200 miles southeast of Cape Race and sank with possible loss of crew. Both ships were afloat at 4 am, and a wireless image from the Takata Maru was received earlier. In a separate incident Huntington West Virginia, the towboat Sam Brown exploded its boiler and sank in the Ohio River, with about 30 crew believed dead and six rescued.
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St. Johns
N. F
Cape Race
Bayonne
Denkirk
Scotland
London
York
Halifax
New Foundland
Takata
Huntington
West Va
Sam Brown
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Tria
Ohio
Murder suspect admits revolver link in Piney Park case
The suspect Edward Teij, connected with the Piney Park revolver murder, allegedly admits ownership or involvement after initial denial. Police report the weapon found near Park Road and the case proceeds in district court with ongoing investigations and charges.
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Piney John
Edward Teij
Ersiggdy
Elver
Seve Park Road
Jey
Teiper
Rene
Crown Prince Reported Dead by Own Hand
Reports from Constantinople Berlin state the heir apparent to the throne, Azzeuin, died by suicide inside the palace. The message says he took his own life, presenting a dispatch from the distant capital.
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Ior
Azzeuin
Constantinople
Berlin
Emery
Bedtia
South Dakota Anti-Saloon Leader Declines Hobson Debate
N Holsaple, head of South Dakota Anti-Saloon League, rejects Dr G W Mingus challenge to debate the Hobson constitutional amendment. He urges focus on ending the liquor traffic within nine months and warns against quibbling over debate weapons. He suggests challenging brewers instead of temperance allies.
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N. Holsaple
South Dakota
America
War Will Last Five Years, Seeress Predicts
Mme. DeThebes, famed seer, predicts five more years of war with no peaceful calm for a dozen years after, and warns Germany will be enslaved, the Kaiser’s days are numbered, and the bloodiest Hohenzollern may die by his own hand or a countryman. She says America remains bright but faces social upheaval from Europe’s fortunes, and leaves Wilson’s re election uncertain.
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Paris
France
Mme
DeThebes
Mars
Mme. Thebes
Hohenzollern
America
Madame
Europe
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Roosevelt
Mme. de Thebe
Fire breaks through concrete barrier at famed mine in Hansford
A mine fire near Summit Hill, Hansford, has burned through a massive concrete wall laid by Lehigh Coal and Navigation. The 15 foot thick barrier, sunk 100 feet underground at a cost of over 4 million dollars, is feared to threaten the Panther Creek Valley vein, the world’s largest anthracite deposit. Officials warn the breakthrough could worsen the long running blaze.
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Hansford
Summit Hill
Philip’ Ginter
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Mammouth
Panther Creek
Effort to Halt Vast Anthracite Fire Continues
A large workforce drills holes into the earth and pours water and slush into subterranean openings to prevent the coal fire from spreading. The blaze has already destroyed millions of dollars in coal and the sixty year battle to extinguish it has cost enormous sums.
Rome Faces Real Coal Shortage Amid High Prices
Rome endures a coal famine as American coal sells for 25 to 40 dollars a ton due to shipping shortages. cities consider cutting street lights to save fuel and push for water power, while gas companies incur losses from city contracts.
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Rome
Italy
Itaq
London
Paris
Venice
Rome lit streets despite coal gas price rise
The text contrasts gas at 16 centimes per cubic meter with production costs of 52 centimes, arguing Rome remains affordable for the poor as other capitals face darkness. It notes Rome’s streets glow during the tourist peak while London Paris and Venice may curb lights. Gas wearers rise as the city contract caps price increases.
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Rome
London
Paris
Venice
Electric lighting on through trains via the Suilwaukee
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway will run electric lighted equipment on through trains Nos 1 and 2 between Mitchell, Spencer, Mason City and Chicago via North McGregor and Savannah. The feature promises cleaner, better illumination for travelers. Reservations and rates available through local agents. Also a classified notice seeks a steady salesman for Ward's Wagon in Davison County.
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Mitchell
Spencer
Mason City
Chicago
North McGregor
Savanna
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ward
Davison County
Liner Case Dismissed Over Kronprinzess Cecile Voyage
Four suits filed by Guaranty Trust, National City Bank, and individuals from New York and Brussels sought over two million dollars in damages from the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. after the Kronprinzess Cecile failed to finish its voyage to France and England on the eve of the war.
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Boston
Mass
Guaranty Trust Company
National City Bank
Charles W. Rantoul, Jr
New York
Maurice Hansenns
Brussels
North Germanllloyd Steamship Company
Kronprinzess Cecile
France
England
A Galley o' Fun Officer Recruit Reporting Sick
A humorous exchange shows a recruit reporting illness as stomach pain while an officer corrects the term abdomen. The dialogue plays on nautical slang and authority in a military setting.
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Cruit
Nursery affects parish life and Staging of romance
The Rev Thaddeus Morrison struggles with declining attendance despite a nursery for babies run by Sunday school volunteers. A flirtatious parishioner suggests a dream romance, but the nursery’s pandemonium shatters the mood, prompting plans to rework the setting to revive interest.
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Thaddeus Morrison
Tam
Want Ads Tri City Barber College Learn worker trade
Classified notice advertises barber college training at 926 Fourth St Sioux City Ta. mentions tools provided and wages paid. Also notes a public notice inviting buyers for a modern house and lists telephone contact 3717.
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Tri-City
Barber College
Warker
Fourth St
Sioux City
Wanted house help and workers include salesmen listed
Classified notices offer house help, clerks, waitresses, government jobs, rental rooms, farms for sale, land subscriptions, and multiple railroad timetable details. Names include Farnklin Institute Rochester and Harper Bros. & Co. Chicago. Many short ads for rooms, cottages, farms, and agents at 117 S. Main Mitchell SC. Railroad schedule spans Chicago Milwaukee St Paul network with arrivals from Aberdeen Sioux City and Chamberlain and Hastings regions.
Miscellaneous money and wanted ads in city paper
MISCELLANEOUS MONEY to loan upon improved city property. First mortgage security. Address A. Republican. WANTED rag carpet and rug weaving. Phone 2216. WANTED To buy a Toll top desk. A. J. Harmon, Phone 3597. STORAGE 701 N Sanborn.
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Carp Republican
A. J. Harmon
South Dakota Meetings Listed for 1916
State Poultry Association meets Jan 31 to Feb 3 1916. South Dakota Improved Live Stock Association Jan 31 to Feb 3 1916. South Dakota Corn and Grain Growers Association Feb 1 to 4. U C T convention grand council session June. State Swine Breeders Association June. Royal Neighbors April. State County Attorney's Association July. State Bar Association July. South Dakota Baptist Convention 35th session Oct 11 to 14.
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State Poultry Association
South Dakota Improved Livestock Association
South Dakota Corn and Grain »Growers Association
State Swine Breeders Association
Royal Neighbors
State County Attorney’s Association
State Bar Association
South Dakota Baptist Convention
Cause of backache found in kidney remedy tale
Mitchell resident Mrs. J H Wright recalls long battle with kidney disease. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she reports back pain relief and improved kidney function. She endorses the product and recommends it, noting it cost 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y.
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Mitchell
J. H. Wright
First Ave. B
Dean
Diehl & Brown
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Cape Raqe Uast
Auto Family Party
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Holsaple
THES
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Seeress
MME Thebes
SABLE
Prain
Suilwauker
G. F. Allsteel
Res
Allsteel
Mitchell Publishing CO
Complete Office Outfitters
Republican
Wm. Sechlingen
Commercial Mutual Wire Assn
West Nat'l
Bank
Harper Bros. & Co
S. Main Street
S. C
Thos
W. Bradley
Home Supply Manufacturing Company
Station A
Niagara Walls, N. Y
Farnklin Institute
Rochester
N. Y
Ord Ave. East
Langdon
Squire W. H. Fritz
Rowley St
Sali
Adam Schaff
Anderson Ice Co
Rhode Island Red Roosters
Minnesota St
Call
S. Hicks
Alfalfa Kay
L. B. Slade
Mitchell, Route 4
Burr
Spears & Victor
James Jay
East Second St
Brunswick Balke-Collender Co
S. 10Th St
Omaha, Neb
Hanson Co
Farm 114
Real Estate Journal
Farm and Real Metate Journal
Traer
Towa
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
North No
Aberdeen
South Neen
West No
Rapid City
South
North
N. McGregor
Canton
Chamberlain
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
West
Twin Cities
Milwaukee
Tacoma
Sanborn
Rexall
A. J. Church
East 2Nd St
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