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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local item with names and places unclear. It mentions work, a person named Casty, and an event at a location possibly in a city or town. Details are unreadable. the item appears like a brief public notice or notice fragment.
The Ashton Masonic Lodge dedicated its rebuilt temple on George Washingtons birthday with over 300 invitations and guests from Redfield Aberdeen Northville Mellette Huron Brookings and Mitchell. An executive committee led arrangements for the dedication banquet and ball in the refurbished two story building housing lodge rooms and banquet facilities.
A Wes tington Methodist minister Rev Styles reportedly died after a long illness and watchers announced his death. After several hours he revived and improved, with friends calling it a singular miracle. Styles once lived in Pierre and Artesian before moving to Wessington where the event occurred. Nearby, the State Mutual Insurance of Canton faces a rejection of its incorporation by the Insurance Commissioner due to irregularities linked to a former secretary. The Canton organization was led by O A Rudolph and J B Wolgemuth.
A blaze at the Curtis and Randall livery barn on Second and Lawler Streets destroyed the east end of the building but spared most stock. Twenty horses were inside. Mayor Fullerton's horse was saved, others escaped, and buggies were hauled out. Firefighters contained the blaze despite a crowd hampering efforts. Insurance valued at about $700 for the barn and $500 for stock.
The audience echoed consensus after William Hawley Smith’s lecture praising it as the best in the course. He argued against overreaching beyond one’s abilities and urged living with naturalness, presenting ideas in plain, entertaining language.
In Perry seven miles north of town on Sunday afternoon at 1 o clock Miss Anna Kerr wed Chas J Althen in a ceremony conducted by Rev R N Kratz. The bride wore pink with orange blossoms, bridesmaids wore cerise and pink, groomsmen included Chas Kerr and Samuel Johnlson. The home was decorated with flowers and evergreens and a bountiful repast followed. The couple, both esteemed, received elegant presents from friends and family.
W W Mannix seeks to build a three story hotel adjoining the opera house in Mitchell. Plans show a 142 foot long structure heated by steam, extending to the alley, with an estimated cost around 10000 dollars. Mannix will proceed if business leaders show support and a meeting of the Business Men’s League is called for him to present the plan.
Attorneys Preston and Spangler for attaching creditors and Hitchcock and Baker for the defense appeared before Judge Smith to argue why the attachments on the Plankinton bank should be dissolved. The judge left for Britton on Wednesday, making a full ruling unlikely this week.
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