Baby Week Drives Child Welfare Push Across Nation
Activities mark Baby Week with talks on educated parenthood and child rights led by Lauritz Miller. The article notes federal support, Children's Bureau funding, and widespread state cooperation amid a growing universal motherhood movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
Baby Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federal Children’s Bureau
Federal Child Bureau
Mary Donahue
Whittier
Lauritz Miller
Golden wedding pair honored at Sand farm gathering
A congenial Sand family event drew Dr. J.S. Hoagland and Mrs. Erskine from Mitchell and relatives from Ethan and southern county. A noon dinner featured printed letters from absent friends, including verses by G. R. Ott, mayor of Geneseo. The couple, parents of eight, hosted gifts as they near the end of life on a Spokane fruit farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sand
Ethan Wednesday
Mr. Sand
Louis Sand
Spokane
Wash
E. P. Sand
Mitchell
Sand
J.S. Hoagland
JL. B. Erskine
Ethan
G. R. Ott
Spokand
Tri- Mu Sunday School Social At Mrs Jenkins Home
Mrs J P Jenkins hosted the Tri Mu Sunday school class at 320 McCabe Street with Prof RE H Wild as teacher. A large attendance enjoyed games debates music and refreshments after a social program and business matters.
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J. P. Jenkins
R. J. White
Tri- Mu
McCabe Street
RE. H. Wild
Social clubs host, plan meetings and musicales
Inter Se Club met at Mrs. Bertha Austin’s home for fancy work and a two course lunch. Crocus club hosted by Mrs. Nels Jensen at 421 West Fourth Avenue with supper after a business meeting. Ladies Musical club February 1 program listed. Mrs. Jonn O’Donnell hosted the surprise club to honor Mrs. Virginia Doyle with auction bridge and late lunch.
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Inter Se
Bertha Austin
Hattie Boice
East Fourth Avenue
Nels Jensen
Crocus Club
West Fourth Avenue
Arundel
Traner
Artesian
N. Tucker
Woonsocket
Jensen
Jonn O'vonnell
Duff Street
Virgina Doyle
Mitchell
W. M. Smith
Doyle
O'Donnell
Daffodils and Planned Luncheon Service Notes
A listing of a luncheon with curry of corn and veal mousse and a roll of fruit salad served biweekly under the direction of Miss Sadye Whittel. It names the girls serving and notes upcoming club meetings hosted at various homes with topics on poetry, factories, oratory, and drama led by named hosts and critics.
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Philharmonic Club
Verna Brown
McCabe Street
Fritz Kreisler
Mitchell
Madame Shuman-Heink
Perry Township Social Hour Notes and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lewis visited Artesian with her parents then returned home. Mr and Mrs Balding spent Sunday in Loomis attending revival meetings. Clint Wildmann and Robert McCue hauled outs to Loomis. Hiram Goodwin visited Julian Don Specific Co Atlanta Ga. Social Hour met at Baldings with 17 members due to stormy weather. Mrs A L Snider spoke on The Retired Farmer. Meeting adjourned to Feb 9 at Bates.
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Lloyd Lewis
Artesian
Baxter
William Balding
Loomis
Clint Wildmann
Robert McCue
Hiram Goodwin
Julian Don
Atlanta
Social Hour Club
A. L. Snider
M. J. Bates
Lease of Common School Lands Davison County Auction
Public auction will lease all unleased common school land in Davison County on March 15 1916 between 1 am and 5 pm at the courthouse Pierre date January 7 1916 PRED HEPPERLEE
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Davison County
Said County
Pierre
Hepperlee
Bankrupts Petition for Discharge and Notice Order
Paul E Throm of Mitchell Davison County South Dakota petitions for discharge from bankruptcy under the 1916 Act. Hearing set March 6 1916 at Sioux Falls with creditors notified by mail and publication in The Mitchell Capital.
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Paul E. Throm
S. D
James D. Elliott
District Court of the United States
District of
South Dakota
Paul BE
Mitchell
Davison
Congress
A. D
P. E. Throm
United States of America
District of South Dakota
A.D
Sioux Falls
di Soeae Pendar
Ierk
Cattle Boom Returns to Black Hills Stock Region
Survey by BF BE Benji min reports rising cattle numbers west of the Missouri River in South Dakota with 33,467 head shipped in and 25,486 out last year. Small owners replace big herds, grazing and feeding cut winter losses, and expectations point to doubled shipments this year. Horses sheep and hogs also increasing with about 30,000 sheep fed locally and 700 to 1500 cars expected to leave district this year.
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Deadwood
Belle Pourehe
Benjimin
Chicaco & Northwestern Railway
Missouri River
South Dakota
Benjamin
Free English and citizenship classes for aliens proposed
The city library invites foreigners to join free adult English classes if organized, with potential citizenship lessons also offered. Young college YMCA men will teach. A boys reading hour, a list of recommended titles, and a weekly story hour with J B Reese are noted. The library reports 641 books borrowed last week, with 25 percent children and 81 percent non fiction, and popular subjects sociology literature travel.
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Siegfried
Baldwin
Drysdale
Kanana
the Temple
Henry
Porter
Bond
Young man pleads guilty to auto theft in court
Fairfax South Dakota Dick Ryan, jailed after a Gregory arrest for stealing from Herman Iker of Spokane Washington, pleaded guilty. He faced a $50 fine and six months in county jail, reappearing later in Dallas where authorities again detained him, apparently seeking shelter until summer.
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Fairfax, S. D
Dick"’ Ryan
Gregory
Herman Iker
Spencer
Wash
Ryan
Dallas
Deadwood Jewel Mystery Solved With Return of Earrings
In Deadwood South Dakota the missing turgets and diamond earrings,linked to a young matron, reappear when a female friend identifies them on another woman. A search warrant led to their recovery from the wearer who said the jewels were given by the questioned young man who left for another city. Police withhold names.
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Deadwood
S. D
Abandoned Babe Found in Freezing Night in Terraville
In Terraville South Dakota a newborn baby was found on the Ritchey doorstep at 4 am during a 16 degree below zero night. Clyde and Mrs Ritchey warmed the infant and plan to adopt. Authorities seek the parents for a welfare case.
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Terraville
S. D
Clyde Ritchey
Immigrant The Heart of the People Lyceum Night
Ada Roach and company perform The Heart of the Immigrant at Mitchell Methodist church as the fifth lyceum number. The program blends folk songs and sketches to show immigrant optimism and loyalty with about a dozen nationalities in costume. Sioux City visitors Dr. C. C. A. Bower and Dr. B. V. Bobb attended.
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Ada Roach
Mitchell
Methodist Church
Sioux City Journal
C.C. A. Bower
B. V. Bobb
Sioux City
Commercial Club
Branson
Young
Martin Hotel
Sioux Falls
Widmann
Aberdeen
J. ©. Shannon
H. Williams
J.B. Bing
Oscar Froberg
Sioux Cityans Win Firsts in Local Tourney
Sioux Cityans take two firsts in a local tourney with five-man and singles events, Mitchell holds doubles as locals show well.
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Sioux
Mitchell
Martin Hotel
Sioux Gity
Gann Valley Line Plans Progress at Mitchell Meeting
A proposed railroad from Mitchell to Gann Valley and Pierre was revived at a meeting of Gann Valley and Mitchell businessmen. Farmers pledged 2 per acre stock payments, and organizers expect a joint group to determine a feasible path forward despite past obstacles.
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Mitchell
Gann Valley
Pierre
Mitchell Commercial Clini
G.W. Adams
Indian horses killed compensation paid on Cheyenne River
Indian horses were destroyed by government authorities during anti doctrine enforcement on Cheyenne River reservation. A total of 10 719 dollars has been distributed to the Indians who lost horses as compensation for the killings over the past year.
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Pierre
S. D
Cheyenne River Reservation
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P. H. Kelley
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Ladies Musical Club
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Blanche Young
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Jey Thompson
Halycon Club
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East Third Avenue
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R. J. Harrison
James Russell Lowell
Round Table Club
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F. L. Moyer
Miller
Smith
Mitchell Study Club
Emma Wilson
North Rowley Street
Frank Ltockwell
C. F. Tym
R. A. Kelley
L. IX. Medley
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Lilly Patterson
R. J. Rozun
W. H. Pritz
C. T. Kennedy
Perry Township
Therson
Black Hills
City Library
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South Dakota State Bar Association
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Lincoln School
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Clara Christensen
Lawrence Frame
Pittsburgh
Kan
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Dakota Wesleyan
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Robert Dibble
Beresford
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Frederick J. Smke
First Avenue
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Chamberlain
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Troemel
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Paul Moeschner
Waverly, Iowa
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Rome _ township
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Lisbon Township
Salem
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Mikton
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Mpls
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Watertown
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