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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
8
Riverside reports include Mrs J R White recovering from illness and gatherings at J Harris and J Carris. Local fairs feature a donkey tale, a graphophone ride mishap, a Mizener farm takeover by Mr Watson, and a concert with notes on Odd Fellows events and a goat surprise.
Mt Vernon on March 17 hosts Jasper Hamilton visiting his daughter Mrs Will Owens. Mrs J C Mabott shopped in Mitchell Tuesday. Miss Martha Kennison guest for a short vacation plans to return to Sioux City Friday. Miss Emma Haynes with friends in Mt Vernon over weekend. Mrs Ira Mabott from Scotland arrived Monday for a week with relatives. Mrs Arthur Earl of Plankinton visiting Mt Vernon for a few days.
The March winds signal spring as John Bros shelled corn for Geo Fuller last Monday. Miss Minnie Keelin visits Mitchell for a few weeks. Mr and Mrs R E Nix and Mrs Geo Nix visited Wm Palmers last Wednesday. Roy Sawyer to return from Mitchell to help his father this spring. Paul Neugebauer plans a large addition to his house. Miss Daisy Kline of Lincoln town Sip has been engaged to teach.
Prosper notes the arrival of spring with frogs and mosquitoes. Prosper high school traveled to Mitchell for a Saturday visit, teachers meeting, and photo session. News from Tripp reports seeding beginning. visitors include Mrs. Hanna Mutziger of Kansas and Mrs. C. J. Wolshire with family in Mitchell. Several local residents listed as sick or absent, and Ben Lewis left school for spring work.
Immigrants move into Davison and neighboring counties with thirty families settling spring migration. Carloads of immigrant goods arrive at Mt. Vernon and nearby towns while Mitchell and Letcher host unloading volumes. article contrasts settler types and long term settlement patterns.
A letter argues the population is migrating to new farm regions rather than toward a central point. The writer contends that reservation settlers and newcomers will shape the future, questioning newspapers backing a centerward shift and predicting rapid, lasting settlement in outlying areas.
A Clear Lake correspondent reports Peter Mitchell, a Devel county pioneer, repeatedly sells his old farm and buys it back, each time paying a liberal bonus. After selling again last summer he repurchased the farm, paying more than before, and friends joke he may repeat the pattern before July 1.
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