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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
5
Delegates at Pierre name Edward S. Johnson for U. S. Senate and unveil a full ticket. Minor faction abstains from action, while Dowdell declines Congress post and pushes woman suffrage and temperance measures.
A brief item reports a child sustaining injuries from dynamite in Lemmon South Dakota. Authorities and guardians monitor the situation as details remain sparse.
County official J. A. Stevens of Adams County North Dakota near Lemmon was badly hurt when a dynamite cap exploded. A boy who found the cap struck it with a hammer, causing a severe facial wound and eye injury. Doctors fear possible loss of sight in one eye.
In St Paul Minnesota the Dakota intercollegiate athletic conference debated severing ties with the University of South Dakota. A resolution by Prof H I Jones of Dakota Wesleyan demanded that members play at least two games per season with other conference colleges in each sport. The measure passed 9 to 5, with USD nearly isolated. Meckusicek warned USD would seek Missouri Valley membership and end Tri State relations. USD officials cited financial constraints for missing scheduled games.
New York City. Actress Lillian Sinnott, known for leading Broadway roles, killed herself in her apartment by cutting her throat and wrists. Friends say the act followed the Saturday death by apoplexy of Levi Kenyon, English actor and Lamb's Club member, to whom Sinnott was engaged. She was twenty four.
London Hong Sir Lionel Carden British minister to Mexico will shortly be transferred to Rio de Janeiro as minister to Brazil. He was appointed to Mexico last July and is promoted in salary. Carden was credited with criticizing U S policy in Mexico but later denied it. Charles Murray Marling, senior counsellor in the British diplomatic service now accredited to Turkey, is likely to succeed him.
Memphis officials led by Mayor Crump tore up the grade crossing rail lines after a freight smashed into a street car, killing five and injuring many. The crossing had been ordered removed days earlier by city authorities.
A group of Hammill residents formed a vigilante committee and raided the village drug store seizing all liquor. The confiscated stock is guarded as townspeople debate pouring it out. Citizens threaten summary punishment for further illegal sales.
The First National Bank of Aberdeen is cited as the first in South Dakota to adopt the new plan. At a special meeting held Saturday afternoon, General S. H. Jumper moved to accept the provisions of the plan, seconded by J. H W Jackson, and the resolution passed unanimously. Acceptance by mail had arrived as soon as directors were gathered.
Mitchell council votes to restrain Dakota Central Telephone Co from operating after May 11 1913 and to sue for 10 percent of gross earnings from 1911 to 1918. The meeting also approves an electrical inspection ordinance creating an electrical inspector and licenses for electricians amid street grading probes and gravel plans.
Davison county commissioners met in Mitchell for a special session on December 30 1913 with five members present. They discussed a petition to levy up to a half mill for Farmers Institutes and experimental farm work and approved numerous county bills and abatements and set a public hearing for February 7 1914 with notices to be published in official newspapers.
Local notes report Miss Margaret Thill departed Woonsocket for a short visit with friends in St Paul. Andrew Weir bought 160 of H M Lucas at 66 per acre. Mrs BE Falkowski visited Letcher with her parents. Bertha Kalder spends Christmas from Pierre. Sloan Cook and Eddy Oddy return from railway mail service in Wisconsin.
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