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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
11
Classified notices from a Republican page show numerous Want Ads and listings. Items include housework help, live-in workers, rentals, sales of property in Central Minnesota, sealed-bid real estate auctions, and subscription offers for Real Estate Journal. Names, locations, and contact details appear amid scattered misspellings and OCR errors.
Aberdeen hosts a purse of 200 dollars for a Mitchell team bowling event attracting a large crowd. Hyed no9 Scharnweber, famed South Dakota bowler, led with 594 pins in three games. Paul Young followed with 678 total. Boughner and others posted strong scores as rough alley conditions affected Mitchell bowlers.
The Teal team won two of three against the Red Heads. Roy Patterson led with a 211 high score and Will Spence added a strong 171. Team scores show Patterson and Spence among top spares and totals.
The Modern Woodmen of America celebrated the thirty second anniversary of its founding in Mitchell on Tuesday with a Get A Member campaign and initiatory ceremonies for candidates in the Baughman block. Lieut Charles Jones led the forestry team in an address titled A stay lainch. Joe L Loving will oversee officer installations Friday evening.
New York City based attorney Charles Walter claims German spies were arrested near the Minnehaha steamship, with a Canadian contingent involved. Walter says he helped identify prisoners as troopers moved to detain them before officers could intervene.
Washington reports Black smallpox breaking out at Vera Cruz causing an epidemic threat. Canadian Carranza sources note a carload of dead and wounded from the Puebla battle arriving today, with sparse official information through channels at the state department.
Carranza agents claim General Obregon has complete control of Puebla and its surroundings. The garrison is reported to have been captured as fighting ended with many dead and wounded seen in the streets.
Sioux Falls report says state rebuttal witnesses were heard and the jury deliberated on the Brooks murder case. Judge and jurors weighed whether Brooks was connected to the killings of W H Menzie and Blanche Signal at Geddes. Brooks remains free on bail as the trial outcome remains unsettled.
Mitchell Moose bowlers trounced the Grove Hitters of Sioux Falls in a three game match. Scharnweber led with 604 pins, ALF Scharnweber added 501, and Bon Sioux and others posted high scores as both teams travel to Aberdeen for a weeklong tournament.
City council approves trial to clear all main sidewalks after snowfalls. Mayor Hitchcock supports, citing Hinsdale success and low cost. Work would use existing teams to clear most sidewalks within hours.
December 1914 weather notes aside, citizens extinguish a fire caused by a gas can explosion in an elevator engine room. Engineer Secheviebbeln suffered facial and hand injuries while trying to escape. Snow aided bystanders who alerted authorities as smoke poured from the roof until chemical engines arrived to control the blaze.
The report notes December averages around 15.7 degrees for 1886 and 1909 with several Decembers above zero. The warmest December was 1884 at 36 degrees, while 1904 and 1811 saw about 27 degrees. Precipitation totaled 2.12 inches in 1902, near last month’s level, and yearly wind largely southeast at 10.2 mph. Eleven days were clear and eight were cloudy during the month.
Tony Costello, a young Italian, told detectives that a jealous husband sent a dynamite bomb by parcel post to a friend’s address in Cleveland. The package, posted from Valparaiso Indiana, was opened by Costello who alerted police. the device failed to explode. Police connected the owner of the bomb to a missing person case in Cleveland.
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