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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
7
Mitchell daily notices bring theatre announcements church meetings and society reports. Miss Mildred Oscord returns from Wessington Springs. the Notre Dame Academy will hold a commencement recital. the weekly band concert and band dance are planned on Court House square. Red Cross and missionary activities are noted along with illness and obituaries in the community.
Notre Dame will hold graduation exercises in the auditorium of the ey hath at Selock Thirsty oven ine. Rev. Poities of the Catholic university at Washington will deliver the principal address. Several graduates will receive state teachers certificates for the first time, with others pursuing higher certificates and a music diploma to Miss Mildred Bruner. A large turnout of students from the high school parochial level is noted, with many passing state examinations.
Four official arrests were reported this morning as U S Commissioner Vieare issued six warrants for the arrest of Anton Malet accused of failure to register. The text identifies Malet as a political agitator involved in a broader disturbance and labels him as a slacker.
Severe tornadoes struck parts of Kansas and Missouri leaving at least 13 dead and many injured. Reports detail leveled Elmont near Topeka and fatalities in Clinton and nearby areas with widespread property damage and downed lines as of late yesterday.
A riot erupted as crowds confronted police and soldiers during a debate in Stockholm. Streets near the parliament were blocked, crowds gathered, stones were thrown, and several people were injured amid police with swords and shields enforcing order.
Berlin reports a conference between the Prussian House of Lords and government heads concluded there is complete assurance the food supply will be sufficient to sustain the country for the remainder of the year and until a victorious peace is achieved.
A German paper hints at a possible clash with the British fleet in a future engagement. It notes celebrations in London marking the first anniversary of a battle and suggests the German navy seeks another encounter, while the admiral is urged to rest assured.
The Local Generesa tional church announces changes as Dyuth pastor accepts a new post in a western mission area. Widespread property and mission duties are noted while Canadian troops are mentioned in relation to the broader wartime context. In Pallastom, IVC NSE Vo Brows is listed among the departed, with adoption of pastoral leadership in the Congregational church anticipated.
About 100 rural youths from Lyman, Hughes and Stanley counties will ride horses to Brookings State College for a six day journey June 25 to 30, visiting Pierre Turon DeSmet and several farms. They plan to return by Maynard routes, with additional farm boys joining from other counties.
The Red Cross seeks local support and memberships this week as committees contact every resident to mobilize volunteers and supplies. It outlines three war-time zones in which Red Cross work occurs and urges families to participate by joining and contributing to the home front effort.
C Dresser a Sioux City express auditor for Milwaukee Was in Mitchell on company business. Mr and Mrs Coxe left for Enid Oklahoma to visit a brother then Cincinnati Ohio to see son Warren Coxe. They will spend six weeks on the trip. J J Morgans formerly secretary of the Commercial club now in Sioux Falls on wine matters. G Ward Ellis came from Vermillion for the high school alumni banquet then returned to the University of South Dakota Lodi. Mrs BF Osgood returned from Wessington Springs after attending seminary commencement exercises.
Rev William J. Vincent, recently in temporary charge of the Mitchell episcopal parish, has accepted the call to be rector of St Marys church. He is a London Maeland native and Kellam college England graduate, also Nashotah seminary alumnus with a Bachelor of Divinity. Sid W. Smith was elected senior warden at the parish meeting.
A 10 year old girl Lena Senst of Ramona died about a week after a mysterious foot infection appeared. Physicians could not explain or treat the illness, leaving family and community baffled by the sudden death.
The county normal institutes for Davison and eight adjacent counties convene at Dakota Wesleyan University Mitch ell with enrollment in the forenoon and regular classes in the afternoon. The institute continues until Saturday noon June 46 with teachers expected to attend per Dak School laws chaired by Supt. Beuna McClintock.
Mitchell council moves to pave sidewalks curb and gutter West railroad street from Main to the alley between Dut and Rowley streets. Ordinances fix sidewalk width on Lawler Street and allow a loading platform extension for Mitchell Wholesale. A sanitary sewer plan links Sixth Avenue to West Montana and Minnesota streets while bids for coal and city hospital supplies are tabled for a June 14 meeting.
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