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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
5
Andrew Christiansen a prominent pioneer resident died at 67 from heart failure in his chicken house. He was found seated against the wall after chatting briefly with a passing young woman. Mrs Christiansen has been ill and Miss Selma Olson searched for him and found his body.
State figures show insurance department revenue from fees totaling $86,559.20 with expenses at $19,507.05 leaving $22,251.55 to the general fund. Insurance taxes paid by companies totaled $126,890.54 with $27,080.94 going to fire departments and $109,868.65 to the treasury, yielding a net revenue of $782,120.20 surpassing last legislative session costs.
A city physician reports a definite trace of infantile paralysis on the South Side while Dr C Parnsworth investigates. Several doctors say alarm is overstated with no contagious outbreak, noting nutrition-related lurgies and misinformed outsiders in Mitchell.
Glenn Newell seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Dell Newell of Plankinton died from blood poisoning after bruises from a fall from a ladder at home. The injury seemed minor at first but developed into fatal infection despite medical efforts.
Ranchers in the northwest county report a flock of crows wiped out a grasshopper infestation in alfalfa fields. The birds gathered over the fields for a day or two and, after leaving, no hoppers remained, the crop saved by the feeding crows.
Washington announces Congress appropriated sixty thousand dollars for an addition to Aberdeen South Dakotas federal building. The postoffice has suffered from chronic overcrowding for two years as the town grows and business expands, and locals welcome the relief.
Tourism grows in Pierre with many autos bound for the Black Hills this summer. Daily departures and returns continue as parties pack elaborate camping outfits on trailers or strap gear to the car sides. The steady procession shows no sign of slowing.
Emmett Betts heads to Chicago and Sandusky to marry Miss Dwina Windrem at 1 p.m. Wednesday July 26. The Mitchell bride taught at the local high school last year and will accompany the groom on a Great Lakes trip to Buffalo.
Short time. He is believed to have no mother residing at or near Mitch ell South Dakota. she is thought to have remarried and to live a different home. Authorities here are trying to locate the mother.
Abbie El Barr born September 29 1862 in Ontario Canada was daughter of Joseph Gilfillan and Lucetta Gifford. She lived in Grundy Center Iowa Davison County and Mitchell South Dakota where she taught, served on Wessington Springs school board, joined the Methodist Church and was a WOG member. She married James T Barr in 1895 and had one son Dale G Barr. Survived by her husband Dale her father and two brothers Joseph and William.
City officials install large white cylinders at Main Street intersections to urge drivers to keep right and slow. Iron rods with red lanterns will light the tops, while cylinders filled with dirt become planter pots tended by local nurserymen and watered nightly by the street commission. The move is praised as an improvement over the old board signs.
A benefit night at the Metropolitan theater raised 60.66 for the Mitchell militia fund, boosting the total to 789.66. Proceeds split two thirds to Company I and one third to Colonel Boyd Wales who ordered and paid for the original pictures.
Oscar Bertelson station agent at Conata South Dakota died from injuries after being gored by a horse he rode last Sunday. He had been unconscious since the incident and died last night with his parents at his bedside. He was a promising Milwaukee system employee from Parker, where he will be buried after the body is taken home tonight.
Aberdeen South Dakota voters face a high stakes issue as the Richards primary law, revised after the 1912 act and repealed via the Norbeck emergency measure in 1915, returns to the ballot. Supporters claim broad resentment at repeal will drive a larger turnout than expected, while opponents warn of déjà vu if the emergency clause is used again. The Coffey editorial in the Dakota Democrat favors a single nonpartisan ballot listing all candidates.
Friday notes cover travel for illness in St Paul and Louisville. Local figures, Mrs Burns and Rev van der Maaten, leave tonight. City updates include tennis results with John Barton defeating Gene Adams, golf chatter at Island Park, and rail commission discussions.
Elegant social notes describe Thursday and Friday gatherings at 205 East Fourth Avenue with pink floral decor. Twelve tables of auction play, prizes, and a 1 o'clock luncheon are listed along with out of town guests and numerous attendees.
Martin Erickson of Waubay a blacksmith was found dead beneath a Ford after a wheel collapsed a wheelbarrow prop and the car fell on him. The accident occurred before breakfast. he leaves a wife and eight children.
The body of Alvin Wiley, a farmhand employed by Fred Rekow near James, South Dakota, is in the coroner’s undertaking establishment. Wiley drowned attempting to swim a horse across the James River. he could not swim. The body was recovered but resuscitation failed.
The state has collected $36,855.70 from the John S. Tripp estate in Kingsbury county and $5,827.50 from the In W. Hurst estate in Charles Mix county as inheritance taxes deposited into county treasuries.
In South Dakota, miner William H. Ateheson was killed instantly in a rock slide at the 900 foot level of the Home stake mine. He was 40, survived by a widow and two children, and had been active in the Black Hills community and in several orders.
A recent County Club gathering brought together relatives for a congenial family reunion. Guests shared memories while Wagner’s orchestras provided music for an enjoyable evening.
Victor Wilson wanted for wife desertion in Lands Wyoming was captured on a farm nearby where he had found work. Sheriff Cavford traced the fugitive to the vicinity. He will be taken back to Wyoming for trial.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Miss Margaret Edwards discussing beauty, ribs, and fashion with playful references to Vive 2 41 and corsets. The text hints at a public meeting and claims about color and appearance.
The South Dakota State Bar’s eighteenth annual convention concluded with a luncheon in Mitchell presided by Judge W. M. Herbert. Sioux Falls was named next year’s meeting, Judge Frank R. Aikens named president, and J. H. Voorhees re-elected secretary.
Tax Commissioner H C Preston travels to Canton to push inheritance tax on the Deering estate including South Dakota real estate mortgages. He cites over 100000 dollars already collected and notes potential double that if Deering estate liable. Earlier sums include 36000 from J S Tripp estate in Kingsbury county and 6300 from B H Surst estate in Illinois.
Sioux Falls locals report a Milwaukee Railroad collision near Trent where a southbound passenger train struck an automobile driven by P. T. Peterson of Vienna. Eight people were injured, three seriously including Gladys 9 Mildred 7 and Roy 5 Petersons children. One girl was found under the locomotive with an arm nearly severed. another feared to have a fractured skull. Peterson allegedly failed to see the oncoming train.
Roy McMacken of Sully county returns from Chamberlain to learn Nelson Lecau, a quarter-blood Indian, and his daughter Dorothy eloped from the McMackin home and married after being followed to Huron and Chamberlain. The father chose to let them manage their own affairs once he confirmed the marriage.
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