Mitchell to Host State Educators Meeting Next Year
Educators from Mitchell returned Saturday from the State Educational Association meeting in Madison. They report about 300 teachers attended with strong interest and fine addresses. Mitchell plans to host the 1902 session and will push for a permanent convention site, facing Sioux Falls in the selection fight. Madison provided good accommodations and a profitable stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coursey
Quigley
H. L. Bras
Prof. Hoff
C. C. Bras
Omaha Road
State Educational Association
Madison
Association
John W. Heston
Brookings Agricultural College
O. W. Coursey
Davison County
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Gift to pastor strengthens bonds and library funds
The writer thanks contributors for a generous gift of $109, praising the bond between pastor and people and noting the money will fund new books for the library to improve pastoral work. He expresses Christian gratitude and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Tomlin
Davis on R C Work January 1902 Study Assignment
Mitchell January 4 and Mt. Vernon January 11 discuss Chaos 14 15 and engage with The Chambered Nautilus Tea Water fowl A Forest Hymn A Psalm of Life and Bunker Hill Monument in Literature. Analyze the most translated short poem and compare Webster’s two Bunker Hill orations while detailing Holmes life works and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison County
R. C
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Bunker Hill Monument
Webster
Bunker Hill
Holmes
O. W. Holmes
Wendell Philips
Europe
O. W. Jr
Balls Bluff
Dartmouth
Harvard
O. W. Coursey, Co
Epworth League Mission Meeting At Methodist Church
A Splendid mission program was held Sunday evening at the Methodist Church with Pastor Youngman yielding to the Epworth League. O W Coursey led the exercises assisted by T A Hendricks. Miss Gold Corwin directed the choir. Read papers examined missionary work priorities, evangelization plans, Christianizing music, and youth religious duty. Pred Kratz sang a sacred solo. Altar service closed the program and Youngman spoke on youth and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngman
Epworth League
O. W. Coursey
T. A. Hendricks
Miss Gold Corwin
Miss Moyer
Dr. Youngman
W. A. Barber
Gets Out of Penitentiary Wright Free on Writ
S B H Wright, convicted of embezzlement in Sioux Falls, was freed on a writ of error after several days in the state penitentiary. His bond of 1000 dollars was secured with help from his daughter at Centerville. A new hearing toward permanent release may occur in six to eight weeks. If errors exist the case returns for trial in April. if not, the sentence will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B H. Wright
Sioux Falls
Liberty
Wright
Pierre
Tia
Supreme Court
Minnehaha County
Centerville
Supreme Curt
Circuit Court
Pastor Recovers Gratitude For Christmas Surprise Gift
The Congregational church Christmas exercises surprised Pastor with a kind gift planned by Geo A. Silsby H M Clark and S H Scallen. The pastor expresses deep gratitude for the gesture and for efforts to repair and beautify the church and parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Silsby
H. M. Clark
S. H. Scallen
Boy and host clash ends with prayer room retort
Ralph Wheelock recalls two seven year old Minneapolis boys quarrelling over a dispute. After bedtime one boy asks to wipe the score and the other replies he is praying. The mother overhears the exchange revealing a child’s pained insistence and religious response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wheelock
Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis
Firat
H—I
Governors to Confer on Railroad Consolidation Plan
Gov. Chas. N. Herried and Attorney General John M. Pyle traveled to Helena Montana to join western governors in discussing merging the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. Led by Gov. Van Sant Minnesota the group may urge state legislatures to act to block further consolidations along these lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. N. Herried
John M. Pyle
Helena
Mont
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
van Sant
Minnesota
Weather forecast for Hicks and January storm period
A storm period dominates from the 1st to the 5th with warmer conditions and rain and snow, then rising barometer and clearing weather. New moon on the 9th brings warmer temperatures then rain turning to snow and blizzard by the 11th. Vulcan storm on the 15th combines with Mercury disturbance and Jupiter superior conjunction on the 1st. Winter thunder storms with rain and gales expected around the fourth.
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New Mooe
Jupiter
Earth
Severe sleet storms and blizzards across central regions
The forecast warns of severe sleet storms with snow blockades and blizzards across central and northern sections. Expect continued unsettled weather through the Mercury period and up to the full moon, with a secondary disturbance around the 20th and 23rd bringing rapid winter storms and a wide cold wave, followed by a warmer spell and further rain and snow from the 24th to 28th.
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Mercury
New Kind of Colony Mentioned in Republican Communication
The Republican received a letter from Francis Livesey of Sykeville Md referencing a Boston Traveler item from December 18 and an advertisement by Frank Weller of this city. The communication discusses the advertisement and its character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Francis Livesey
Sykeville
Boston Traveler
Frank Weller
Free Thought Colony Proposed by Frank Weller in South Dakota
The letter-describing plan calls for a liberal minded, fully emancipated colony offering land for a park, cottages, and an industrial boarding school. It envisions residents sharing profits, cultivating self sufficiency, and maintaining gender equality while pursuing free press aims. Livesey endorses publishing the idea to gauge local agricultural potential and support. Further details on location remain unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Weller
Mitchell, S. D
Free” Press Writers Association
Weller
South Dakota
Francis B. Livesey
Grob
McBride
Hutcheson
Gao
Armstrong
Crawford
Rooney
Sey
Paine
D. Groh
Mrs Kratz Receives Chair for Church Organist Service
Mrs R N Kratz, longtime organist for the Methodist church, was honored on Christmas Eve with a handsome easy chair in recognition of her faithful service regardless of weather or conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Kratz
Methodist Church
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Monarch
H. Comes
Mardy
Henry Sears
Washington
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Slade & Parshall
Hamilton, Elgin and Waltham
Pastor Tomlin
ARE
Omaha
Reading Circle
Epworth Leaguers
Prof. Hicks
Leaguers
S. H. Wright
Doubly
Gov. Herried
Pyle
Helena, Mont
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