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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
6
A rural school column highlights near perfect attendance in Beulah schools and notes student recoveries and incidents. It also references women as leaders in education and discusses a Republican party conference and legal procedures amid evolving state education and governance topics.
A proposal plan by Republican representatives elected under the defunct 1915 primary act calls for a conference in Washington to outline a state delegation for the Chicago national convention on June 7. The aim is to maintain party harmony, decide on candidates, and determine if delegates will back a preferred presidential nominee or await further confirmation. If no agreement is reached, no action or expense occurs and the status quo remains.
A Milwaukee passenger train from Aberdeen derailed about 11 30 am three miles north of Loomis due to unknown causes. No injuries except a minor knee bruise to a dining car chef. The engine crew kept speeds moderate and rescued passengers to Mitchell within two hours as wrecking trains moved in from Aberdeen and Mitchell prepared to clear the line.
Local notes detail a morning low of 37 below zero, events across Mitchell including Dakota Wesleyan Entertainers leaving for Hitchcock and Virgil, a temperance revival nearing closure, academy debates, and multiple civic moves. Also mentions hospital work, freight-rate data gathering, graveside and funeral logistics, and various travel, weather, and social updates.
Despite a bitter night in Mitchell a crowd gathered to open the Corn Palace skating rink. Ice was in good shape and enthusiasm grew as workers flooded more of the floor to extend the rink toward the outer posts.
Mrs George Agnes will host the Be Jolly club tomorrow afternoon. Mrs Louis Beckwith Jr reports a daughter born to Mr and Mrs H A Jacobs on Saturday January 15. The Monday Bridge club will resume its season with a Monday afternoon meeting. Mayor and Mrs A I Hitchcock departed for Jackson a few months ago.
The Mitchell event February 1 to 4 features top national and state speakers including Mrs. Nellie Kedzie Jones of Wisconsin. Local leaders and professors from South Dakota State College join a robust program with premiums for best corn and grains and a banquet with toastmaster Dr. B. E. G. Perisho.
Prompt fire department work extinguishes flames in an oil stove incident with about 400 dollars in losses. Lieutenant James W. Everington of the regular army will visit Mitchell for state inspection and instruction for Company IF and officers on Monday and Tuesday. The gallery range operates as Company IF trains for the March contest, eyeing the trophy after Rapid City's last win. Charles H. Bunting fills in as bookkeeper at Aurora County Bank during Mr Dean's absence.
Dr Kalavjian of Hurley South Dakota seeks help from US government and Turkish empire consular agents to locate his widowed sister and her children. They were last heard to be 300 miles from home after possibly being captured by Turks, with $1000 sent to Turkey to cover transport if found alive.
The Technological Institute at Dann zig begins programs to equip disabled officers with civil and administrative education for careers as mayors, municipal officials, and other posts in Germany. Four to five month courses cover law, economics, banking, insurance, statistics, languages, and more with free tuition for eligible officers. A separate note mentions a 25 pound animal with a catlike head and tufted ears shipped to Black Beaver of Sioux Falls for mounting.
Administratrix Maude L. Duncan calls all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims must be shown to Maude L. Duncan in Mitchell Davison County South Dakota. Dated December 81st 1915.
L. Lalonde, Moody county man, shot a genuine Canadian lynx along the Big Sioux river six miles north of Flandreau. The animal, arriving far south from the Canadian northwest, was the first lynx ever killed in the area.
Brookings South Dakota agronomist Dr A N Hume of State College advises farmers to perform a composite seed corn test before any ear test. Use 100 random kernels to gauge germination, aiming for 75 to 80 percent initially. If germination reaches 98 percent or more, ear tests may not be needed, saving time.
John Lucy, a longtime resident of the State Soldiers Home at Hot Springs, South Dakota, wandered away in the night and was found frozen four and a half miles from the city. Demented and unlocated by a search party, he had been among the first inmates and hailed from New York.
In Philadelphia a freshman, William Lifson aged 17 from Elizabeth New Jersey, was killed and six others injured during Penn Universitys annual Bow Fight between freshmen and sophomores won by the first year men. Police sent a murder squad to secure witnesses for the coroner inquest. About 700 students took part with 300 freshmen and 400 sophomores involved.
All unleased common school land in Davison County will be offered for lease at public auction on March 15, 1916, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the courthouse. Dated Pierre January 7, 1916. Fred Hepphersbee, Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
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