Week of local notices and community brief items
A busy week in Mitchell includes discounts at Fred Wed Chase on blankets and plush robes, notable travel for AR K. Cone and J. M. Wood, and a large Knights of Columbus initiation in Yankton with 79 new members. A wedding of Raymond R. Trickey and Ann Kemp in Mitchell is described, along with injuries to Milwaukee brakeman Marvin Payne and teaching changes at Longfellow School. Other notes cover Petrie’s health in Los Angeles, Roscoe Satterlee joining A. E. Hitchcock’s firm, travel plans for Reeves and Linnie Brown, and local court actions involving Gertrude Higgins. Updates on county finances, treasurer changes, and labor disputes complete the week.
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Raymond R. Trickey
Ann
Sioux Falls
South
Duluth St
Trickey
Sioux
Notice to Creditors Estate of Thomas Moore
The administrator Frank J. Moore announces creditors and claimants must present claims with vouchers within six months of the notice's first publication. Claims should be exhibited at the Raymond Hotel in Mitchell South Dakota, Davison County. Dated December 3 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moore
Frank J. Moore
Raymond Hotel
Mitchell
Elected Postmaster in Woonsocket South Dakota
A special Woonsocket election with three candidates chose H. E. Richardson a rural carrier as postmaster with 135 votes. T. E. Dillon editor of the Herald received 113 votes and J. B. Cameron 24. Congressmen urged the voluntary appointment to avoid further dispute.
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Woonsocket
S. D
H. E. Richardson
T. E. Dillon
The
Herald
J. B. Cameron
South Dakota
Bank Robbery Plague Hits Kansas Banks
Topeka reports a three month wave of bank robberies netting about $100,000 with thirty banks hit. Two bands operate from Nebraska and Oklahoma, using auto getaways and nitroglycerine, sparking fears of unhurried pursuers and weak law enforcement in towns like Waterville where two banks were robbed in one night.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Dolley
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wymore
Neb
Waterville
Dr Cox’s Painless Blister Sale Ad
A compact old time ad lists Dr Cox’s Painless Blister priced at 50 cents and notes its painless nature. Appears as a medicinal sale line common in period drugstore notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Sweeney
All Drugeiste
State Bar Association Meets in Pierre for Annual Session
About a hundred members from across the state gather in Pierre for the annual session. The morning program includes Reutrix and the opening address by president Carl Sherwood. Justice Whiting will speak this evening.
State Legislature Eyes Food Laws and Road Reform
Pierre South Dakota session opens with Senate resisting House on expense limits for clerks and doorkeepers. Proposals target seed standards and net weights for foods and drugs. A new road law cuts time work, imposes cash taxes, and grants state land drainage powers. Olaf Nelson sits as a floor delegate with pay as rules clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Urges Farmers Not to Burn Stalks in South Dakota Warning
State Marshal F A Craft cites an editorial from the Breeders Gazette urging farmers to avoid burning corn stalks and straw. The piece warns of soil fertility loss, fire danger, and potential criminal and civil liability including fines up to 1000 dollars. It notes several farms already paid heavy fines for reckless burning.
Untold Wind Storm Splits Terrace Into Prairie Debris
A strong wind ten days later scattered the structure into the adjoining prairie where it escaped control. Repeated warnings were given to respect neighbor rights and property boundaries.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Army Veteran
Mitchell resident Paul Stowell recounts a fifteen year kidney ailment with backache and dizziness. After using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills he felt better and remained free of kidney trouble for years. Endorsements dated 1907 and 1910 emphasize lasting relief and nationwide availability at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets the pills.
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Walting
Dean
Mitchell
Paul Stowell
Seventh Ave
Diehl & Brown's
Stowell
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
English Sparrows Vanish in Dutchess County Suffolk County News
In Dutchess county New York agents from the State Entomologist report a rapid drop in sparrow numbers. The cause is unknown though a contagious disease is suspected as sparrow flocks thin alongside declines in game birds.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutchess County
Connecticut man jailed on vagrancy for suspected marriage motive
In Connecticut a 42 year old man was jailed on a technical vagrancy charge after police suspected he aimed to marry a woman for her money. The case centers on intent rather than a proven crime.
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Steve Mylanovitch
Milwaukee Road
Mylanovitch
Connecticut
Bargain Sale at Fred Wede Harness Shop
The ad proclaims special bargains with prices marked lower than before. Blankets offered at ten percent discount and plush and fur robes at twenty percent discount. The store promises all items exactly as represented or money refunded.
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Fred Wede
A Few Bargains In East Seventh Street Properties
A map lists multiple real estate bargains including 8 and 1 room houses on East Seventh Street, two fine lots in Green's addition, a new modern 8 room house near Main Street for 4600, six nice lots on West Seventh Street at 760, a hot water heated 10 room house with 90 ft lot on E Sixth, a new 6 room cottage, and a 12 room house with two lots on Third at 5000.
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Seventh St
Main St
Brocke West
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Fred Wed Chase
AR. K. Cone
Omaha Road
Minneapolis
Grockaton
Minn
J. M. Wood
Misosuri
Mrs. Wood
Knights of Columbus
Yankton
I. J. Welch
Frank Eesey
Marvin Payne
Milwaukee Brakman
Menno and
Freeman
Payne
Misa Fitzpatrick
Longfellow
Danbury
Iowa
W. M. Mair
Congregational Church
Thomas Lane
John.r. Petrie
Los Angeles
Cal
National Soldiers’ Home
Roscoe E. Satterlee
A. E. Hitchcock
Mr. Satterlee
Law Department
Northwestern University
Chicago
Mitchell High School
Dakota Wesleyan University
Reeves
Lannie Brown
Houston
Texas
San Diego
Gertrude Higgins
Smith
J. G. Markham
Justice of the Peace
Manchester
8. D
State Bank
A. H. Boylan
Racine
Wis
J. 1. Case Co
Oakland
O. T. Litchfield
George H. Miner
Rogers
Ethel Lyons
LAW
State Bar Meeting
Parrott
Senate
House
Olaf Nelson
Pierre
Bartine
Perley
Gelét
Wagner
Bon Homme County
Anderson
Aurora
Food and Dairy Products
Tyler
Lyman County
Lyman
Black Hills
Perley Senate
Nick Treweek
Senate On Food and Dairy Products
Duncan
Cooley
Johnson
Curtis
Waytum
Pearson
Fleeger
McKinney
Mattler
Amsden
Dahl
Brennan
Scallin Bros. CO
Opticious
Rexall
Western National Bank
SE. Morris
I. W. Seaman
W.T. Cconneee
L. S. Vickers
H N. Gaines
Cashi
Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Diehl
Jewelry
Irown
A. D. Walpole
Johnson Brothers
Bechtold & Fritz
Michell
Turner Produce Co
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