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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
6
The Mitchell High School faces severe overcrowding and inadequate heating and ventilation. Twenty nine rooms exist citywide with three garret rooms unusable for class use, while 214 students share too few recitation and study spaces.
Public notice advises not to rush calls when reporting fires. Instructs callers to address central, state the house or neighbor is on fire, then hang up. Emphasizes central does not know caller identity or location by phone number.
At a Saturday meeting several vacancies were filled as members moved to other townships. The insurgent stance supported Senator A. K. Kittredge in a 24 to 8 vote on the Kittredge Crawford question. The article lists committee members by township and ward, including Perry John Dondelinger and S. W. Rowley. Badger J. E. Watkins and J. J. Smith. Blendon S. Bonham and John Kurtz. and others across Leylah Mt. Vernon Lisbon Union Tubin Rome Baker First Ward John Reirson and A. B. Porteous. Second Ward J. S. Daniels and C. W. Adams. Third Ward James McKinley and J. O. Walrath. Fourth Ward Geo A Johnston and A. B. Seaton.
An audience attended the third annual concert by seventh and eighth graders of the Ish School. Under Miss Frizzell and Miss Doane with accompanist Miss Duncan, nearly 100 children performed vocal solos piano pieces duets and choral numbers amid praise for their care and precision.
The piece notes Ralph Wheelock, former editor of The Republican, has joined the advertising business in Minneapolis. It credits him with high class work for New England Furniture & Carpet Co and mentions contact through W. L. Harris to meet this veteran newspaper man in Minneapolis.
The article urges voters to inspect conditions at the west side high school before voting on the $69,000 bonds. Superintendent Hoff and Principal Rumer invite taxpayers to visit the building for about 40 minutes any day between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through February 24 to understand needs and impacts on students and teachers.
The county Republican central committee endorsed W H Taft for president and Senator Alfred B Kittredge for re election. About 25 of 32 members attended in city hall and approved resolutions praising Roosevelt era policies and pledging support for Taft and Kittredge. Resolutions passed unanimously.
Salvation Army services drew strong attendance as Captain Lanbolm spoke on Every Man Needs a Refuge from Isa 32 2. He listed four refuges to avoid including a conscience, heart sin, the devil, and coming wrath. A young girl publicly chose Christ at the close, and next Sunday the captain will address False refuges of sin exposed.
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