Hot Weather Fatal to Drinker in Conde South Dakota
Hoboes found George Carr a 35 year old transient dead beside the stockyards after noon Saturday. Coroner Potter from Redfield ruled death due to acute alcoholism and extreme heat with the thermometer near 96. Carr had been in the neighborhood about two months and was last seen intoxicated in Ferney Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conde
S. D
George Carr
Potter
Redfield
Carr
Ferney
Gregory Farms Reports Record Farm Exports in Eight Months
Gregory S C farmers shipped 650 carloads of produce from October to June, totaling about 1,000,000 dollars. Cream and eggs added thousands, with 4,000 cans of cream and 9,600 cases of eggs sent east. The period yielded over 120,000 dollars monthly, a top record for a town of Gregory’s size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
S. C
Trap Shooters Gather for South Dakota Event at Mitchell
Mitchell hosts the annual South Dakota State Sportsman association trap shooting tournament on July 17 and 18 at Hitchcock parks Mitchell Gun Club. Amateurs residing in South Dakota may enter for $2 per target with prizes including a $60 Interstate association prize and championship trophies. The business meeting at 8 p m July 17 will elect officers with A F Scharnweber presiding. Practice traps open June 16 with fees per target, shelter lunch and refreshments provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Tme
A. F. Scharnweber
Mitchell
Hitchcock Park
New Tires Out of Old Ones At Wedehase Shop
Fred Wedehase on Main Street has installed equipment to re tread old worn casings using Add-a-new Tread. The process vulcanizes high grade tread stock onto fabric layers to make old tires look and perform like new. He shows examples and notes many old casings arriving for rebuilding into serviceable tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wedehase
Main Street
Wedehase
South Dakota Guards Reorganize as They Prepare for Federal Muster
The Fourth Infantry of the South Dakota National Guard undergoes a major reorganization under Adjutant General W A Morris with new officers promoted and battalions reassigned. Command changes place Major James McNenny in charge of the Second Battalion and Major M L Shade to Third Battalion as the unit readies for federal service. The overhaul aims to align two separate company detachments and to set the roster for mustering into federal service, with border duty expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
War Department
Wood
Department of the East
Camp Hagman
Redfield
S. D
Fourth Infantry
South Dakota National Guard
W. A. Morris
G. W. Hurst
Aberdeen
M. L. Shade
Commissary
James McNenny
Lockwood &. Smith
Ipswich
J. H. Belmat
Yankton
Harry de Mallinon
Leslie Jensen
Hot Springs
James Murphy
Rapid City
Howard Warren
H. W. Roach
Howard
Ganton
Henry Schuster
Rapid Cuy
Spry
H. Spry
Mitchell
Dore M. Hushaw
Watertown
Hot iSprings
Medical Corps
W. S. Bentley
J. G. Chichester
Brookings
Clarence
Dyers
George
Weber
Victor Woodrut
DPD
Parker
C. Ford Hackett
Sperbeck
G. C. Pilkington
Canton-upward
T.nnebee
Canton
W. C. Kennedy
F. Mitchell
RB. B. Rowley
G. W. Shipton
John
Chapman
Webster-Redfield
A. J. Mayer
Webster
Nt. Newell
Sioux Falls
W. L. Vereoe
R. V. Ytackaberry
Company I
Harl Lewis
Walter G. Miser
Lemmon
A. W. Phelps
Faulkton
Robert Holihan
R. H
Winston
South Dakota Guardsmen Muster Into Federal Service
Camp Hagman in Redfield reports 190 enlisted men and 550 officers and sanitary unit members mustered into the Fourth South Dakota Volunteers ready to answer a border call. Lt J W Moerington and Lt Catron supervise. Capt Owen may start medical inspection. About 50 refuse enlistment, with 800 more recruits sought. several deserters from Companies I II and G face court martial or are at large in Sioux Falls and Mitchell.
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Camp Stagman
Camp Hagman
Redfield
S. D
South Dakota
National Guardsmen
Sanitary Minit
South Dakota Vuolunteers
J. W. Moerington
Catron
Owen
Sioux Falls
Corp
Moore
Mitchell
Watson
Company IL
Aberdeen
Voters Face Nine South Dakota Constitutional Proposals
South Dakota voters in November will decide nine constitutional amendments and laws via initiative or referendum. Proposals include irrigation district allowances, longer state land leases, two thirds salary setting for officials, statewide prohibition after 1917, rural credits, equal suffrage, property classification for taxation, and a constitutional convention. Additional measures cover state road construction and coal mining on state lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
South Dakota
Throuen
Mpa
Av Teeyg
New Ambulance Arrives Here With 60 MPH Speed
H. Noble & Son introduce a purchased automobile ambulance capable of 55 to 60 miles per hour. It features a 48 horsepower Joffrey motor, electric lighting and starter, a custom grey body, and rapid response use across Main Street and side streets. It already answered calls at Ruskin Park and is expected to serve Farnsworth and Methodist hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Noble & Son
Joffrey
Main Street
Ast Fourth Avenues
Ruskin Park
Farnsworth
Methodist
Mitchell
Mitchell considers Sunday movie ordinance and city improvements
Mitchell city council first reads ordinance removing Sunday license cancellation for pic tures and weighs adopting similar moves as Sioux Falls Aberdeen and other SD cities. Council forms committee to study waterworks up grade, street gravelling plans on East First Avenue West Erst and South Sanborn street, and rules against street auctions while private sales continue.
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Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Watertown
South Dakota
Kurvink
Miller
Walrath
East First Avenue
College
Iacheer
Foster Street
West Erst
Main and
Rowley
Sanborn Street
South Sanborn Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Kimball
Duff
Main
Langdon Streets
Weer
East Fifth
Kittredge
Foster
Mentzer
Third
Fifth Avenues
Gamble Streets
East Fifth Avenue
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Columbia
Railroad Street
Lowa Street
Fourth
West Fourth Street
South Duff
Sanborn Avenue
Andrews Street
City Hall
Salvation Army
Albert Jebsen
Hitchcock Park
L. H. Nedrow
Davis & Daniels
Adolf Scheurenbrand
Local Notes From Mitchell and Vicinity
Walter I Christy of Sioux City passenger conductor on the Milwaukee between Mitchell and Sioux City bought the T J Ball farm near Letcher Rey. Mrs P M Conant and little son from New Sharon Ia visited L A Wise home. Police plan war on public drinkers in back rooms or rear alleys. Several locals and visitors pass through Mitchell for visits and business. Weather reports show very warm week aiding corn. alfalfa near completion. crops generally good. A rail accident derailed eight cars westbound. Various residents plan travel, business, or vacations.
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Walter I. Christy
Sioux City
Milwaukee
Mitchell
T. J. Ball
Letcher, Rey
P. M. Conant
Little Son
New Sharon
L. A
J. A. Marshall
Duluth
Minn
W. H. Fritz
Cleveland
Cleveland Leader
W. W. Davis
Mable Davis
St. Paul
Mt. Vernon
Thomas Fullerton
Minneapolis
Weather Bureau
Wekt
J. J. Lahey
Winona
Don Torgerson
Jackson
W. H. Pritz
Youngster Drowns in Jar of Water Near Arlington
In Arlington, Maryland, Donald Lewis aged one year seven months drowned in a gallon water jar at his home yard. His mother discovered the tragedy, finding the body in the jar five miles northeast of Arlington on the family farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington, M. D
Donald Lewis
Yd Lewis
Arlington
Methodists Advancing Plans for New Lemmon Church
Through the work of Rev. J. N. Oakley of Timber Lake the Lemmon Methodist congregation has begun a church building program. More than $1,200 has been raised for the fund and the building committee is reviewing plans to construct the edifice this season.
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Lemmon
S. D
J. N. Oakley
Timber Lake
Lemmon, Lemmon
Militia Guard Stream Policing Redfield River Road
National Guard Spink county and Redfield unite to police the road from Camp Hagman to Redfield after a militiaman drowned in the James River last Sunday and to prevent auto accidents on the route.
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Redfield
S. D
James River
National Guard
Spink County
Tripp Postmaster McClung Resigns Over Health
Charles McClung, postmaster of Tripp for three years, has resigned due to failing health. The resignation takes effect by October 1, and Mara is expected to be a likely successor candidate for the SEO5S0% position.
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Tripp
S. D
Charles McClung
Mara
Sly
Moimviecic
Walter H Wilkinson Dies At Mitchell Home At 65
Walter H Wilkinson a longtime Mitchell resident died at 815 North Wisconsin Street at 5 40 this morning from hemorrhages age 65 born near Oshkosh Wisconsin in 1851 he lived in Lenox Lincoln County Dakota Territory before moving to Mitchell in 1899 Survived by wife and two children Harry B Wilkinson of Lennox and Ella May Langley of Willow Lake S D Funeral at his home tomorrow at 8 00 conducted by a Masonic brother body taken to Milwaukee depot for eastbound train to Lennox for interment
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Walter H. Wilkinson
Mitchell
Wisconsin Street
Mr. Wilkinson
Osh- 4Xosh
Wis
Dubuque County
Lincoln County
Dakota Territory
Lenox
Harry B. Wilknson
Lennox
Daugghter
Ella May Langley
Willow Lake
S. D
Wilknson
Masonic Lodge
Milwaukee
Monster Hay Crop Expands as Hay Camps Ready for Busy Summer
In Pierre South Dakota contracts are being made for thousands of tons of baled hay this summer. Last year saw strong shipments nationwide but this year promises even more activity with hay camps preparing to pile up hay from dawn till dusk as the season develops.
Notable local travels and visits across the Dakotas
Judge Dick Haney attended to legal business at Redfield. F A Brown of Diehl and Brown Drug toured Mitchell. Wilbur Ainslee returned from Redfield after visiting Camp Hagman. Mr and Mrs George A Silsby plan a month at Nichols ranch Fox Ridge. Cecil Doolittle visited Sioux Falls. Gwyneth Tipton travels to Lincoln. Mrs Charles Halpenny and children return to Northville after a week with Mrs M Devers. Mrs P K Drum heads to Minneapolis. G Walter Grill, Dakota Wesleyan alumnus, ill in Cleveland. Mrs G T Roberts visits Langford for a month with Mr and Mrs L D Puff. Swatting the fly proves costly at Metcalf Wagmom’s store. One lusty cowat cracked.
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Cecil Doolittle
Sioux Falls
Winnie Weddle
Gwyneth Tipton
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Halpenny
Northville
S. D
M. Devers
June Library Circulation Highlights and New Additions
The city library reports June saw fewer non fiction books than children's titles with juvenile reads at 29 percent of home circulation and a slight rise to 10 books daily. Story hour continued each Saturday at 10 30 with northern myth tales, and new books listed include Teaching Truth, Courage of the Commonplace, Shelters Shacks and Shanties, Story of Joan of Arc, Two Thousand Miles on Snow Shoes and more.
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Allen
Andrews
County Library
Antrim
Beard
Bostwick
Bryant
Crawshaw
Curtis
Dewey
Doubleday
Hastman
Gilbert
Markham
Oliver Cromwell
Marshall
Master
Nicolay
Tappan
Car overturns near Istelline with no injuries
H B Gayford and wife and Mr and Mrs John Krenz were in an automobile that rolled backward down a hill into a ditch. The brakes failed and the car gained momentum until it turned over, trapping occupants between seats but sparing them any serious harm. Gayford had a minor bruise. others were unscathed.
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Istelline
H. B. Gayford
John Krenz
Gayford
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Mercury
Gregory Farms
Blue Rock
Fred
Shade
Noble & Son
Ruskin
Tuskin Park
Mercer
Jessebacher
New Elm
National
Willard
Albert Lea
Ford
Burns
Boody
Spencer
Iowa
Mackerel
Zavitz
Ingvalson
Plandreau
Colby
Campbell
Huron
Overland
Artesian
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Wesleyan
Ikthan
Donald Dousan
W. GC. Harrington
Rock Island Road
Cheago
Chicago
Harrington
Katherine Craig
Ruth Craig
Pittsburgh
W. J. Tipton
Glark
Atkinson Pavitg Company
Sioux Alls
William Shellharm
Marion Junction
St. Joseph’s Hospital
F. J. Kauffman
Corwin Yahne
J. J. Witzgerald
Alexandria
James Witzgerald
Corinne Tolweck
Kilborne Vwrs
Jay W. Miller
Wim. R. Ball
Wilsie Ball
Prosper Township
Land Prove
Ten
Alexandyna Werald
W. —J. Hannan
J. W. Ayres
Wilna
Lane
Mr. Ayres
New Home Lutheran Church
Court House
South Dukota Holiness Association
J. Waters
Akron
J. B. Tlanson
Atron
W. Williams
Virgil
Ora LeGrand
Cleermont
Wred Trese
Wolsey
Rat. Wing
Phillip
J. A. McDonald
Wakanda
Belle Eberhart
Pik Point
John Nolt and Family
McClung
P.O
W. H. Wilkinson
Muetchele
Mason
Dick Haney
F. A. Brown
Diehl and Brown Drug Company
Wiresteel, S. D
Mobridge
Wilbur Ainslee
George A. Silsby
Nichols Ranch
Fox Ridge
Nichols
P. K. Drum
G. Walter Grill
Dakota Wesleyan
Nev
J. J. Norville
Ohio
Metcalf & Wagmom
Juvenie
Estelline
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