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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
4
Waterloo has not ended liquor use says Mayor R C Thompson replying to Lydia Larson of West Branch. Saloons closed for over a year, but intoxicants and habit forming drugs still rise. abolition of saloon cost jobs and $40,000 yearly license revenue yet did not stop liquor use.
Peter Ries, early Alexandria resident and carpenter by trade, died January 7 in Junglinster Germany of pneumonia. He left with his family for a visit to homeland and was in Luxembourg when illness struck. Burial at Junglinster. Family abroad awaiting return. Ries served several terms as city councilman and owned farm and multiple properties. He was active in church affairs and a member of the Workmen Order with beneficiary funds.
Farmers report a large cooperative total with 519 cooperators and widespread seed supply info. The note highlights two hundred seed growers lists printed last season and another similar amount prepared for this year in cooperation with the State College.
Mitchell Mayor A I Hitchcock urged South Dakota lawmakers to fund the agricultural extension work at South Dakota State College at Brookings to a firm level. He highlighted improved farming societies in Minnesota and called for better organization and resources for extension programs.
Washington officials testified that Canada funded the Western Newspaper Union for twelve years at 42000 dollars yearly to distribute paid material labeled as patient insides designed to persuade Americans to move to Canada. Alfred Washington denied disloyal intent while George A. Joslyn named as Union president described the program. Canada’s interior department reportedly paid one dollar per column for all such paid notices.
In London a suffrage protest crashed a cabinet meeting at Downing Street as a Woman's Social and Political Union car with a woman chauffeur forced to the door. Police clashed with activists, who were arrested and bound over for six months. Driver Miss Virtue claimed engagement to a Montana rancher and vowed marriage when voting rights come to England.
South Dakota Corn and Grain Growers elected officers for another term. President H E Dawes Fulton vice president J P Thompson Elk Point secretary A H Hume Brookings and I P Sand reaffirmed as officers. N A Nelson Mission Hill kept as district one director. KE Longstad Fulton named central district director and Hugh Nash Redfield as northern district director. Longstad also chosen delegate to the Dallas national town show.
Henry B. Anderson, present state auditor and minority Republican nominee for governor, drew broad local support at an informal Navin hotel reception in Mitchell. For two hours a steady stream of friends and neighbors from the country poured in to shake his hand, spanning party lines and showing enduring local trust in his public service.
Attendance at the state poultry show broke records with Boice noting higher entrance receipts than in five years. The morning turnout exceeded any previous forenoon and door receipts surpassed one third of last year’s weekly total. Judges Smith and Shellabarger expect to finish this evening as awards are to be announced tomorrow afternoon.
Edith Thayer delivers a vivacious performance in The Firefly at Gale theatre last night earning strong applause Mitchell reviewers praise her voice range charm and stage presence Irene Samsel shines in dance Maxfield Moree is the comic anchor Bert Lenihan and Paul Vernon also praised in supporting roles The Firefly features popular songs including Love is Like a Firefly Something and Sympathy Giannina Mia is well received by the audience.
D P Lawson of Eidson Tennessee praises Dr King's New Discovery calling it the most wonderful cough cold and throat and lung medicine sold in his store It relieves obstinate coughs and lung troubles quickly and a bottle should be kept at home for all family members Sold 60 cents and 1.00 by all druggists or by mail TH E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis
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