Local Notices and Personal Updates From Mitchell
Judge Frank B. Smith holds circuit court in Aurora county at Plankinton this week. Gillis Big Shoe Store reports strong rubbers sales and nearly 100 pairs sold yesterday. W. S. McGrath returns from Minneapolis after attending Western Union managers meeting highlighting speed of message transmission. Mrs. George B. Streeter of Mason City visiting family in Mitchell, planning travel to Davison, S D. A. U. Moon coupon ad offers 50 cents. Benefit Ball and banquet at Mt. Vernon Opera House Feb 23 under Catholic church, Johnson's orchestra. For rent six or seven room modern house, possession April 15. Starlight Chapter ERS meets Thursday with initiation and lunch. 50 cases of robbers arrived last week. Mitchell merchants promoting best team of brood mares. Local figures discuss Shackleford bill and state highway funding via constitutional amendment. County boards urged for highway work. Davison County praised for efficient local highway system.
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Shackleford
Congress
Boreson
Pierre
State Highway Commission
Boards of County Commissioners
Theo Idas
Davison County
Minnesota
Iowa
Farmers Union Co operative Supply plans warehouse and stock sale
The nine member board of the Farmers Union Co operative Supply company met at Q L Branson's office to outline site plans for a large warehouse and the sale of $10,000 in stock to open. The charter allows selling varied goods from farm machinery to flour and butter, with a sinking fund and pro rata dividends after six percent. Mitchell serves as headquarters with Charles Zoreson as president and a slate of directors listed.
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Farmer’s Union Co-operative Supply Company
Pierre
Charles Zoreson
R. Sand
Ethan
John H. Hohn
Than
Charles Mooney
Mitchell
Henry Turner
R. C. Stiles
Mt. Vernon
B. Halfhill
Harry J. Hooker
Plankinton
C. B. Bates
Letcher
Boreson Flays Good Roads Bill In Davison County
State representative Charles S. Boreson of Davison County voices sharp opposition to the Good Roads bill. He criticizes funding methods and questions long term fiscal impact while urging revisions.
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Boreson
Charles S. Boreson
Davison County
Bachelors Ball Promises Romance At Elk’s Hall
Forty couples attended a bachelors ball in Elk’s hall with 40 bachelors and 40 maidens dancing to orchestra music. The event, planned by city bachelors, invited men eligible for marriage not taken, opening with a grand march The Girl Question and closing with the Last Hope Love Me and the World is Mine as revelry continued.
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Elk’s Hall
Valentine Ball Dazzles With Colorful Music and Hearts
Described by Leo Johnson, the ballroom hosted a Valentine themed evening with 22 numbers including waltzes fox trots and a few from a listed program. Black and white bunting hung from a center chandelier and bleeding heart shapes decorated the space. The octagon box bore mottos like Take a Heart and A Broken Heart as committee members led by Joe Burg Bernard Lahey Horace Kress W M North Frank Winsor Jr C L Patrick and O Walrath oversaw the event.
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Fox
Leo Johnson
Joe Burg
Bernard I. Lahey
Horace Kress
W. M. North
Frank H. Winsor, Jr
C. L. Patrick
O. Walrath
Man Survives Storm After Death Rumor
D-Guy M. Allen of New York was believed dead after a northwestern storm while buying horses with David Babbitt. Babbitt turned back at Silk ranch. Allen pressed on twelve miles to McLaughlin to reach the railroad. He later found a train and returned home.
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Guy M. Allen
Ife
David Babbitt
Fort Yates
Silk Ranch
Babbitt
Allen
McLaughlin
Wolsey
Unverified Worm Killer Ad Targets Children
An old advertisement urges parents not to scold children but to treat suspected worms with Wickapoo Worm Killer candy. It claims worms cause nervousness and fever and promotes a laxative formula to expel worms and poisons, selling through druggists for a stated price.
Northern Normal marks 700th student and rededication
Aberdeen observes the enrollment of the 700th student at Northern Normal and Industrial School and rededicates the central building after completing a new east wing. A procession and theater program follow a day of ceremonies led by President Willis E. Johnson with remarks by Gov. Frank M. Byrne and other officials.
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Aberdeen
Northern Normal and Industrial School
Board of Regents
August Frieberg
Frank Anderson
J. W. Campbell
I. D. Aldrich
Frank M. Byrne
C. H. Lugg
Geo. W. Nash
Bellingham, Wash
Chess. Koehler
Dr. Nash
Bellingham
Wash
Willis J. Johnson
Ellendale
N. D
Normal-Inndustrial School
Northern
W Normal
Northern Normal
PT. W. Dwight
Willis 8 Johnson
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Frank B. Smith
Aurora County
Bidwell
Gillis
W. S. McGrath
Minneapolis
Western Union
Gillis Big Shoe
P. Im
George B. Streeter
Mason City, Ja
C. J. Tice
Davison
S. D
A. U. Moon
W. H W. Kitz
Mt. Vernon Opera House
Ladies of the Catholic Church
Johnson
Box J. Armour
Starlight Chapter
O. ER
Jill
R. E. Calkins
Akron
Ohio
Nforence Calkins
University Boulevard West
Calkins
J. A. Hinrichs
Kimball
OO. N. Wright
Kimball Star
Chas. Stepan
Buarney Westendorf
W. W. Hawn
Farmers’ Union Concern
Mitcheleveas Theday
Will Breck
Futur
South
ST. Valentine Divicora
Wales
Happy—Iits Demish
Aber
AEG
Ene Butterfield Co
Canada
Europe
J. M. MacLachlan
Watertown
Chapps
Diphl's
Diehl Drug Company
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Bosmess
Escay
A. BE. Hitchcock
Commercials & Savings Bank
South Dakota
H. G. Giddings
Western National Bank
EV. Robb
Bye
Fitte
Bobb & Bobb
First National Bank
Edith M. Shank
Grace L
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A. B. Hager Mitchell
Downey & Kittleson
B. Rowley
Broadbent Bros. Morticians Funeral Directors
Jorgenson
W. H. Broadbent
C. Wherry
Commercial & Savings Bank
Morthas H. Noble & Son
Fourth Ave. West
Republican
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