Mitchell Area Happenings and Local Notes
Local items report Powell's saloon closure by Sheriff Kintigh amid legal proceedings. Dr J G McCartney travels to Maud Minnesota for weeks at a fishing resort. Mrs Chas Boggs and daughter visit Sioux Falls relatives. J A Hughes buys a dry goods store in Rapid City. J D Butterfield advertises June specials. Lawrence Mayo and Miss Edna Waugthal visit Mizener home. Dr Geo P Dix returns from Aberdeen to aid daughter Leona Dix. Mark Mizener injures arm in a fall while near a new house under construction. Century Memorial Hall work advances with stone and millwork arrivals. William E VanDusen and Maud Holt wed in Mitchell. Boggs and Bras attend Knights of Pythias grand lodge in Yankton. Boggs to Sioux Falls for vacation. Olmstead and Miller head to Fredonia to explore oil prospects. N B Adams arrives from Sioux Falls to Chamberlain for SD Firemen's Association tournament. Fire crews extinguish hay pile fire near Milwaukee rail stockyards. Rev A A Gamer leaves Mitchell for Geddes to open a summer tailor shop with plans to Chattanooga for Baptist college presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. McCartney
Maud, Minn
Chas. W. Boggs
Sioux Falls
J. A. Hughes
Rapid City
J. D. Butterfield
Lawrence Mayo
Mason City
Iowa
Edna. Waugthal
Kensett
D. A. Mizener
Alfred Dix
Aberdeen
Mark Mizener
Century Memorial Hall
Mankato
Minn
Daily Review
William E. VanDusen
Southern Minnesota Cold Storage Co
Maud Holt
Mitchell, S. D
G. W. Davis
C. C. Bras
Yankton
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Mitchell
Boggs
D. Olmstead
D. B. Miller
Fredonia
Kan
Olmstead
Kansas
Miller
A. A. Gamer
D. D
Geddes
Colove
Local notices array amid town events and theater
The column reports visits from Mrs Healey and Mildred from Cincinnati, Edward McGovern’s Minnesota trip, and Dr Crane’s fishing trip. It notes city council actions on a transient merchant license and dog muzzling, the university dramatic club reading The Merchant of Venice, a new Bruce Bruce county newspaper venture, a Shakespearian performance, and updates on local roads, concerts, and races.
Mt Carmel church tent meeting near Mt Vernon
The Mt Carmel Evangelical Association church will hold a tent meeting June 9 to 19, six miles south and five miles west of Mt Vernon. Rev. G E Bohner and Rev E C Older assist Rev J E Booth with services each morning afternoon and evening. A cordial welcome to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Church of the Evangelical Association
Mt. Vernon
G. E. Bohner
E. C. Older
J. E. Booth
Oldtime chat hints at marriage and farewells
In a cryptic exchange, Smithly returns home and asks Brown about a dereloper. Oldboy replies the woman did not leave him. she married him. The dialogue shifts to sailors and prayers before sea, war, and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithly
Brown
Oldboy
Death of Mrs. A. B. Wellman
Mrs. A B Wellman died Monday at 9 pm at her daughter Mrs J H Ferris home in Mitchell aged about 70. She had been an invalid for five years and death followed a gradual decline. Funeral services were held at the Ferris residence Wednesday at 9:30 conducted by Rev D R Tomlin, with music by local singers. Remains were taken to Waterloo Iowa for interment. She was born in Essex County New York about 70 years ago and moved with her parents to Cleveland Ohio as a child. She married L B Wellman in 1857 and later moved to Waterloo Iowa before nine years ago moving to South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Wellman
J. H. Ferris
Mitchell
A. E. Wellman
D. R. Tomlin
Cleveland
Ohio
L. B. Wellman
Waterloo
Iown
South Dakota
Tortillas Made From Corn Process, Ready for Eating
Describes how corn kernels are boiled in limewater, washed, rubbed to remove husk, ground with stones or a mill, formed into thin cakes, and baked on a griddle to be eaten hot.
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Mitchell and Vicinity
Powell
Sheriff Kintigh
Fk. J. Gotthelf
N. B. Adams
South Dakota Firemen’s Association
Chamberlain
Adams
Oney Smith
Milwaknee
E. B. van Alstine
Fuller & Johnson
W. J. Healey
Mildred
Cincinnati
O. W. Coursey
H. L. Moore
Panora
John Wishart
Philadelphia
Penn
Mark Harris
Wishart
Mr. Harris
Edward McGovern
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Bert Schroeder
The
Emery Enterprise
W. E. Crane
RD. Prescott
Big Stone Lake, & C
Gardner
F. O. Mark
Bruce
Brookings County
Mark
Republican
Cherokee Iowa
Opera House
Mr. Sturtz
Miss Carlton
Diana
Walter A. Seaman
University Chapel
Seaman
Demetrius
Mr. Seaman
Jones
Myrtle Davis
Spirit Lake
Capital
Duluth
Omaha
A. H. Daniels
Lena Holleran
Fulton
G. J. Corwin
Alexandria
Madge
Emil V. Laurson
United States Military Academy
West Point
New York
Elcer
Cevary
M. Gooth
Huron
Mr. Sooth
Gottlieb Scheurenbrand
O. T. Huyck
Slack
Mr. Slack
Adolph Haut
Camp Meeting
Tytephist
Doc
Chicago Tribune
Weary Walker
Chicago News
Wellman
Oxfords
Gillis
Dr. Bowers
C. W. Gillis
C. A. Bower
Main Street
Mitchell, South Dakota
C. E. Vermilyea
J.T Morrow
Geo. H. Rew
H. R. Kibbee
Wier
R. E. Cone
Plas
Harry Clearwater
Hall House
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