Country Club Dances Brighten Mitchell Summer
Mitchell society enjoyed two dances at the Country Club last week. An July Fourth event drew twenty couples with D M Newell of Mt Vernon providing the orchestra after a postponement. Wagner’s orchestra accompanied a Thursday night dance with good attendance despite heat. Nirk-Stage wedding and Fourth of July picnic plans are noted along with social committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Newell
Mt. Vernon
Chautauqua
Mitchell
Wagner
Charles Shannon
W.H. Irritz
O. B. Wells
H. D. Wagner
Frank Windsor, Jr
Hntre Nous Club
Spangler
Riverside Park
Clare Davidson
W. M. Smith
J. O. Walrath
Shearing Eyebrows as Temporary Beauty Fix
A reader guidance piece explains clipping the eyebrows as a temporary remedy for overlong or thick brows. It notes risks to the eye area, suggests careful trimming with manicure scissors, and offers tips such as lightening dark hairs with peroxide. Eyelash trimming is optional if lashes are long enough.
Indian Princess recruits troopers for Uncle Sam
Miss Tucker of Oklahoma 21, described as Cherokee, announces plans to organize a volunteer cavalry corps at Ardmore. The report ties her to a Chicago convention and notes her claim of leadership in a patriotic recruitment drive.
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Miss Tucker
Oklahoma
Elizabeth
Tiss
Ardmore
Okla
Cavalry
Chicago
Xay
Black Hillers in Dark Africa
Spearfish South Dakota men Fred Johnston and Sam McVey, Black Hills gold seekers, remain in the African interior for an extra six months under a Belgian company contract. They report heavy rains, upcoming dry season, and ongoing gold and diamond discoveries while recounting tribal adventures and near-misses with wildlife.
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Spearfish
S. C
Sfredt Johnston
Sam McVey
Black Hills
Africa
South Dakota
Europe
Johnston
Black Hillers
Woman Squatter Defies Federal Move On Sisseton Land
Mary Stevens and her daughter Mivira resist a court-ordered eviction from Indian wards on the Sisseton Reservation near Traverse Lake. The district court issues an execution for possession as the U S marshal must decide how to enforce the order with possible use of force.
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Sioux Falls
Traverse Lake
Sisseton Reservation
Mary Stevens
Mivira
John P. Stevens
Clauson
Aberdeen
Mitchell Local Notes Reflect Deaths Travel And Civic Updates Across City
Local notes cover deaths travel and repairs across Mitchell area with civic updates from water levels to street work and church events.
NAP ON RAILS NEARLY FATAL IN SIOUX FALLS YARD
Sioux Falls report of Frank Burwell of Boone Ta who narrowly escaped being crushed by a moving Milwaukee road train. He dozed on the track and was awakened by the brake beam striking him, pushed about 12 feet before trainmen halted the engine. He was partly intoxicated and survived with injuries.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Frank Burwell
Boone
MilWaukee Railroad, Company
Bur
Car toppled. three escape serious injury near Volin
An automobile in Volin, South Dakota, turned a corner at high speed and somersaulted, landing on its bottom side across a ditch. The occupants John Dwyer, Peter Mart and Elmer Johnson escaped major harm though Matt sustained a broken collarbone and head cuts, and Dwyer suffered a badly bruised arm.
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Volin
S. D
John Dwyer
Peter Mart
Elmer Johnson
Matt
Dwyer
Lightning Kills Homesteader Near Ash Creek
Pierre South Dakota report says Pierre MReiter a homesteader near Dowling was struck by lightning while driving home from Philip with barbed wire and farm supplies. His body and his team were found on the road by travelers the next morning. A second man Yoreek died in similar circumstances nearby about two years earlier.
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Pierre
S. D
Peter Mreiter
Dowling
Ash Creek
Reiter
Philip
Yoreek
New Orange Leaf Rust Detected On Local Wheat Field
A rust disease new to the area was found three miles south of town by Harl Wells a University of Wisconsin agriculture senior. The orange pustules on leaves distinguish it from black and red stem rusts and it may cause up to 15 percent yield losses in severe cases.
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Harl Wells
University of Wisconsin
South Dakota Regiment Readies for Border Deployment
Capt. Rowley reports Company I of the militia to the border soon with a 48 hour Mitchell furlough. Four men declared unfit for firing line, two more likely discharged. Rations now issued in kind for five days, health remains excellent, and Capt Shade is promoted to Major. The unit faces possible reassignment to California climate and awaits further orders.
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Yellow Regiment
B. Rowley
Mitchell
Rowley
Mnld
Texas
Washington
South Dakota
Lower
California
Company I
Company F
Redfield
Moore
Tie
John S. Chapman
Hielps Boys
M. L. Shade
Powers 10 Make A Good Chairman
Charles B. Powers of Chamberlain is named state Republican chairman as South Dakota gearing up for the November campaign. The piece notes his newspaper background, political acumen, and expected vigor in leading a united GOP ticket with Peter Norbeck and Orville V. Rinehart in play against Democratic candidate Rinehart. It also covers opposition to a constitutional revision and Richards defense of the amended primary law.
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Norbeck
Gentral
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Orville V. Rinehart
Rapid City
Mr. Rinehart
Richards
RT. Richards
Huron
Mr. Richards
Checking Up Stubrf Held By The Guard
Campy Hagman Redfield S C under supervision of Lieutenant Caron United States Army air rifles and other ordnance equipment in the hands of the Fourth Infantry is being inspected checked up and condemned Physical examinations under federal supervision the third ex-
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Campy Hagman
Redfield
S. C
Caron
United States Army Air Rifles
Fourth Infantry
Recruits Progress in New Enlistment Path Amid Band Change
Recruits progress through second and third battalions with small rejections. Second typhoid inoculation begins. Headquarters and supply companies organized and a new regimental band replaces Brookings. Band led by A. K. Ireland of Aberdeen, performing guard mount well. About 30 men refuse to sign up under the new enlistment path and will stand pat.
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Brookings Regimental
Yyamp
A. K. Ireland
Aberdeen
Son Guard
Johnson Fuel Company to Build Fernholz Briquetting Plant
The Johnson Fuel Company of Fairfax has contracted to erect its first Fernholz briquetting plant on the Missouri near Bismarck. It expects operation by November turning out about 450 tons daily and promises Missouri residents a cheaper coal supply downstream next year.
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Pierre
Johnson Fuel Company
Fairfax
Fernholz
Missouri
Bismarck
Parole and Pardon Recommendations From South Dakota Board
The state pardon board recommends parole for William Wardina from Marsh 211 county on an assault with intent to commit robbery charge and outlines clemency as soon as lawful. A pardon is also recommended after September 1 for L. E. Williams from Limans county for statutory rape conviction.
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Pierre
S. D
State Pardon Board
William Wardina
Marsh 211
L. EK. Williams
Lymans County
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Florence Stage
William Nirk
Wirst Methodist Cenure
J.s. Hoagland
Zoe Nirk
Wridegroom
KR. Dale
Nick
Nebraska
D. R. Wale
West First Street
Peterson Hardware
Henry W. Nick
East Sixth Agenus
K. J. Herown
Trendriceks
Minnesota
Nik
Minnesota Street
Wnprig Nous
L. K
Department of Beauty Culture
Troges
Uncle Sam
Elizabeth “Tucker
Dark
AL Closson
Vevapy U.S. Marshall
Indian Land
Seisshton Agency
L. D. Moses
Milwaukee Yards
Owens
Moses
Missouri River
Selma Dbandman
Omaha
Seattle
Portland
Pacific Coast
Kimball and Betts
Gifford Bros
B. F. van Viiet
W. I. Cody
Milwaukee
Mary Ixibbee
Ft. Dodge
W. A
Canton
George Behrens, Jr
Jtrookings
Western Union Telegraph Office
RB. Turner
Sioux’ Palls
David Stromberg
T. JH. Hlockett
Will ‘T Hockett
White Lake
Carl Peterson
Howard Waite
J. B. Doty
Z. R. Hart
Ole Hart
Spencer
Bertha Podnem
Broadland
Ethna Case
Florence Brady
I. N. Morgans
Leteher
I. R. Pooley
Vilas
Ed. Underwood
Craig
Nebr
C. W. Tr
Negally
Charles T. Kennedy
Manhattan Oile Company
Leo M. Doyle
Santa Anna
Calif
Letcher, S. D
J. T. Sween N
John N. Crow
Pon Jett
Shriners
Buffalo
Jerry F. Donovan
City Waterworks
West
If. O'Flaherty
7. Weber
Salem
F. Stencil
Farmer
Chas. Byrne
Father O’flaherty
Rieckies
Colorado
M. J. Harte
Holy Iamily Church
Father O’plaherty
Hi. P. Patterson
Department of Education
Dakota Wesleyan
National Educational Association
New York
A. Stuart
Gann Valley
A. W. Grim
Missouri Valley, Jr
Dodge Land Company
Methodist Sunday School
Pred A. Redlin
Rockford
Iowa
Noy Pinkerton
Marie Brewer
Solux Falls
L. M. Sesseler
Plankinton
Francis Magure
Harley Thomas
BUTE
Dlvision
Butte County
Belle Fourche
Alu
Hagman
Border
Stipe
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