City agrees on reduced electric rates with Mitchell Gas Co
City council and Mitchell Gas Co officials finalize a new contract reducing electric light rates from 20 cents to tiered levels starting at 15 cents per kilowatt for 1 000 to 20 000 kilowatts and dropping to 10 cents for 500 000 kilowatts plus a fixed $8 monthly arc light charge. The ordinance may also consider municipal ownership versus franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. OC. King
Mitchell Gas Co
Vas
7Enough
Reihfeld
Rghts
Redfield
Mitchell
University
W. BE
Vipton
Redweld
Unclear fragment on local lighting facilities
Fragment mentions cheapest lighting facilities in the state but provides no clear event, location, or names to establish a full news item.
Brothers help after San Francisco injury slows Willie Scheurenbrand
Frank McGovern, note to his brother Edward in San Francisco, coordinated care for Willie Scheurenbrand after the December 26 injury. Initial reports described poor heating at the county hospital and risk of cold, but private hospital placement followed after five to six days, with pneumonia developing in mild form. The McGoverns near Palo Alto acted to secure prompt, personal support for the injured youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Scheurenbrand
San Francisco
Cal
Frank McGovern
Edward
Mgovern
Palo Alto
McGovern
Willie
McGoverns
LaFollette Case Delayed To January 21 In Libel Charge
W T LaFollette editor of the Mitchell Gazette arrested on criminal libel charges had a continuance granted by Judge Jones to January 21. Kirby of Sioux Falls secured the warrant and he appeared with attorney Charles Bates past Friday. LaFollette said he would plead or demur on January 21 after papers are reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. LaFollette
The
Gazette
Joe. Kirby
Sioux Falls
Queen City
Jones
Argus Leader
W. ST. LaFollette
Mitchell Gazette
Dickey
Joe Kirby
la Follette
Charles P. Bates
J. W. Jones
Labollette
Argus- Leader
Sioux Falls Millionaire Bets $1000 On Mitchell Dash
David Dunlop of Sioux Falls and companions C Goodman Mrs Draper and Mrs Goodwin wager $1000 they can drive to Mitchell for the Gingerbread Man show. Snow, a broken tire, and a pulled start delayed them. they arrived at nine, faced jokes from actors, and returned home with the company progressing to Yankton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dunlop
Hk. C. Goodman
Dunlop
West
Sioux Falls
Omaha Road
Yankton
Leete Sues Allen for Wares in Justice Court
M L Leete sues James Allen for goods due in Justice Court Friday. J G Markman represents Allen and C J Jackman for Leete. Allen offers to let Leete take $335 but Leete declines and goes to trial before Judge Hervert. Jury awards Leete $31.25 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L Leete
Justice Court
Mriday
Due Lim
James Allen
J. G. Markman
Allen
C. J. Jackman
Leete
Ovent
Hervert
Jail Break Attempt Fails as Davis Is Captured
Sheriff Cook and deputies foiled a jail escape by George Davis after a night of planned bars sawing and a shift in the jail layout. Davis leaped for the door, fired upon by officers, but the attempt ended with his recapture and a vow of vengeance on ally Burgman. Meanwhile university notices detail teaching loads, new staff, and donations to the library and museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
George Davis
Davis
Alfred Burzman
Burgman
Thos. Carroll
Platner
Sheriff Cook
William Pattison
Trevain
Albert Scott
Vegeance
School of Music
A. #. Hitchcock
Henry George
Robert Dollard
Scotland
C. W. Johnson
Springfield
Massachusetts
van Benthuysen
School of Commerce
Winter Term Opens Strong at Dakota Wesleyan
Dakota Wesleyan begins its winter term with about four hundred students and a likely rise in attendance from the fall term of 1905. Dr. J. C. Floyd of Cincinnati gave two addresses on opening day and Friday morning, both praised for quality. The winter term adds Mrs. John L. Seaton to the music faculty, a pianist with conservatory training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Wesleyan
J. C. Floyd
Cincinnati
America
Mitchell
Floyd
John L. Seaton
Seaton
New England Conservatory of Music
Ramer to Serve as Dakota Wesleyan University Field Secretary
The Honorable M. M. Ramer, retiring State Superintendent of Public Instruction, will begin work this week for Dakota Wesleyan University as a field secretary. He will visit high schools and county institutes, speak in churches on Sundays, and aid in raising $49,000 still needed to secure Carnegie's $25,000, with a deadline before January 1, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Ramer
Dakota Wesleyan University
Dakota Wesleyan
Nicholson
L. MacLaen
Carnegie
Ramer
Mitchell
Rathman Considers New Uptown Sioux City Bank
George H. Rathman, former Livestock National Bank president, plans to organize a new uptown national bank in Sioux City with support from eastern financiers. He emphasizes faith in Sioux City’s future and notes the Bennett Loan and Trust Co. will start this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Soux City Journal
Geo. ST. Rathman
George H. Rathman
Live Stock
National Bank
Uptown National Bank
Rathman
Uptown Bank
Central Business Ditrict
Livestock National Bank
Sioux City
Bennett Loan and Trust Company
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Clearaince Sale
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LSU
A. T. McGovern & Sons
Weaver’s Squares
Bej
Bidwell Land
Case
Automo
Uni
Versity
George H. Rathman Will
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