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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
9
A small boy in Desmet South Dakota shot at a power transformer, disabling the electric light system for two days. The damage left shops and homes dark and prompted calls for arrest on discharging firearms within city limits and destruction of property charges.
A fine audience attended the last monthly summer concert at First Baptist Church with the chorus and choir under Mrs William Gordon Sirdekett. The program featured violin solo by TH WV Peterson and solos by Thelma Dodson and Zerline Miles, plus the King of Love My Shepherd Is and Ava Maria. The pastor Rev Robert Lincoln Kelley spoke on Patriotism, quoting PrLyman Abbott.
South Dakota crop conditions show widespread vigor with corn in most fields, though May rains delayed planting in spots. Western areas report abundant rainfall and record acreages, while favorable soil moisture promises rapid growth and a potential peak harvest by early July.
Fragmentary OCR reads Hall's Catarrh cure taken internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free, price seven shillings per bottle.
Sioux Falls Press reports from Mitchell about the grand council meeting under Fenimore council. The host town is praised for hospitality with music and sports, noting Yankton council may try to top it next year. Sioux Malls No. 100 attended in force, winning a $25 prize in a parade. The article also notes Mulvey’s elevation to grand junior councilor.
N C Nelson, 48, died of heart failure found in a doorway at the homestead of his aged father Rasmus Nelson on a remote farm near Komstad. The two men had lived as hermits for over forty years until the elder, 96, discovered the son’s body while seeking coffee brought each morning. The family, long secluded, had accumulated wealth and loaned large sums to neighbors despite squalid surroundings.
A shower was hosted for Miss Illa Linklater a longtime Central school principal. Guests from the Alpha club attended as she prepared to wed Bert Mullen in Plankinton. The couple planned to reside near ten miles southwest of town with her parents nearby.
Scotland S P suspects arrested on information from railway detectives. City Marshal DeSilva led the arrests. A vagrancy charge is filed, with formal charges of involvement in multiple box car robberies north of Scotland to follow. Loot from the freight car thefts is noted as substantial.
The Hudson Gun Club hosts the fourth annual registered shoot on Friday June 9 with top professionals like CGC J Nelson expected to compete for prizes. Nelson recently shot in Alexanderia South Dakota and Pipestone Minnesota and notes many tournament pros plan to attend.
Players from various clubs will participate and many are expected to set strong marks. Officials anticipate the event to be the most successful of its kind ever held in Hudson.
Dakota Wesleyan marks the end of commencement with a series of services in the college chapel and nearby churches. Dr William Grant Seaman delivers the baccalaureate sermon while John Purnest Washburn presents the university sermon. Alumni events, class day, and a long banquet program fill the week ahead.
Notre Dame academy junior class held a seven course banquet at the Widmann hotel with seniors and faculty as honored guests. Miss Lillian Silvis chaired the toast and student speakers presented titles such as The Red Letter Day of the Juniors and Being a Senior. The event opened a week of commencement activities including a music recital, class day essays, alumni lunch, and graduation exercises at City Hall auditorium.
Watertown South Dakota will host the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps for their state meeting on June 13 to 15. Mayor A T W Hopkins, Mrs Carrie G Rowe, GC C Perrin, and Ret Fred Stockton signed the invitation. Kampeska hotel will serve as headquarters with hotel accommodations arranged.
Auditor and treasurer certify the quarterly report reflects the county's financial condition as shown by official books. Chas Fowler as treasurer swears to the accuracy, dated May 10, before Clerk S Cattrels.
The record shows total school money received to date and outstanding warrants. It lists warrants issued and in hand with a seven percent rate of interest. It also tallies bills receivable and the overall act total.
Davison County auditors swear to a true ledger of warrants and the assets and liabilities. J. M. Crampton signs the examination statement dated May 3, 1916, before Clerk of Courts S. Cattrell.
Canvassing the city unveils a major parade led by R. IL. Kenderseholi known as the Drummer 30y of the Rappahannock, and his son. The Fourth Regiment band of Watertown will perform prominently during the week. A guard of honor from veteran and patriotic groups is planned, school children will wave national colors, and Governor Frank M. Byrne will join as a guest of honor.
Bishop Thomas Nicholson, longtime leader of the Methodist church in Chicago, assisted in raising 700 dollars to clear debt at Fowler church. He described raising 900 dollars earlier when pastoring a Western Avenue church and recounted how an old Michigan couple funded his education and later a loan to buy church property. He recalled building from a tent on the lot and campaigning through the summer heat.
The youthful clergyman carries planks and diving nails while Bishop Nicholson corroborates the tale and notes his role in digging the ditch. He plans headquarters at the Union League club until his family joins him in Chicago next month and continues speaking at Barrett Biblical Institute and a banquet at Auditorium hotel. He will preach at Des Plaines camp meeting in July and then rest and study for a month, followed by a Mount Morris address on August 26 for the Rock River conference anniversary, and a June 11 sermon in Terre Haute Indiana.
The New York World denounces Congress for tax hikes and spending, condemning a 42 million River and Harbor Bill and a 20 million Public Buildings Bill as wasteful. It urges leadership to curb appropriations or risk a presidential veto.
Democratic leaders expect a quiet St. Louis gathering. News circles note William Jennings Bryan may attend and Theodore Roosevelt is not a candidate. Roosevelt departs for the West in a determined effort to influence the Chicago convention.
Local Notes report O I Cassein leaving for McNeal Nebraska to testify in a shooting trial. Henry Swindier travels to Chicago for Republican convention duties then visits Niles Ohio. Mrs A L B Wager goes to Spearfish for annual normal school commencement. Recital at Notre Dame for music teachers candidates Lilian Silvis and Mildred Bruner. Municipal court fines Pred Burke for drunkenness. others in court. Washouts on Milwaukee road near North McGregor cause extensive damage and detours. Property developments include S Wall building at 1009 East Fourth and Mrs R C Raines visiting Thornton Ohio.
A light rain of four hundredths of an inch accompanies a busier social day in Mitchell. Visitors include Mr and Mrs J C Reams of Tama Iowa and several residents travel for lodge meetings and grand council events in Sioux Falls and Dakota Wesleyan commencement week.
In Devel county voters approved issuing bonds of 75000 dollars for a new county courthouse in Clear Lake the county seat. Construction will begin once arrangements are made. The new building is described as one of the finest and most modern in South Dakota.
Indianapolis report notes Mr. Ford may renew his peace plan with a real chance to extract the boys before holiday season.
Chicago man Lee Nievero faced army rules banning obscene tattoos over a blue print of September Morn on his arm. Aberdeen, South Dakota, sergeant ruled it banned but a workaround with a tattoo of a dress was found. Lieutenant Campbell approved the tat and Nievero shipped to St. Louis for training.
W. A. Wheeler, secretary of the Dakota Improved Seed Co., earns a U S Department of Agriculture specialist in marketing seeds post. He will move to Washington D C after a civil service exam, return to Mitchell for closing business, then relocate in July. W Wheeler helped establish the company nine years ago and remains active in Corn Palace affairs as former secretary of its committee.
Sioux Falls police report Arthur Stiglitz released on suspended sentence has been jailed again for six months on a charge of contributing to a delinquent. Laura Bird, a dying girl at Ark of Refuge, swallowed three tablets of bichloride of mercury on May 9 at her home as part of a personal crisis. She accuses Stiglitz of procuring the poison and leading her astray. Her father is 72, with ten siblings at her side as doctors say there is no hope of saving her life. Her teeth are falling due to the poison's effects.
A brief note reports a college student being released from regular study due to exceptional talent in baseball. The record cites no further details on science or classics and frames the situation as a personal decision impacting his coursework.
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