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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
15
Kodoka returns Friday at 3 30 p m with a special Milwaukee Road offer inviting all. Travel to Chamberlain arrives at midnight. Round trip fare set at one and one third times the base fare from any origin.
George W Norvell of Dakota Wesleyan University won a Rhodes scholarship appointment to Oxford England. The three finalists, Kenneth W Brown, Mathew A Brown, and Norvell, competed with a committee including Dr Nicholson and others. Norvell prevailed by a clear majority. He will travel to England in September to begin studies and will receive 1500 dollars yearly for two to three years.
The article notes New York ships and receives more wheat than any city, with much grain collected at Buffalo. It adds Portland, Oregon, ranks second in world wheat shipments and leads in lumber shipments due to proximity to forests, implying long term leadership.
Dr Weir Mitchell explains that approaching exam time can bring headaches from eyestrain and tired nerves. He notes signs of St Vitus Dance such as persistent winking and twitching and says girls become hysterical yet fidgety. The text promotes Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills for weak children, priced 50 cents a box, sold by druggists.
The Mitchell audience saw a late arrival of the The Warning Bell company from Pierre and Wolsey due to a delayed Northwestern and Milwaukee passenger train. Trunks reached Gale theatre after 9, curtain rose in fifty minutes. Wanda Ludlow and Phil Barnard led a strong cast with Raymond Gilbert Allan Stanchfield in notable roles amid supportive scenery and music. Pittsburg ships 10,000,000 tons yearly on the Ohio river.
Lieutenant S W Ancing of the 30th Infantry detailed to inspect Local Inspection Day for South Dakota National Guard Co D at the city hall armory. Captain Rathbun and Lt Rex Rathbun led 22 men present despite absentees. praised guns, drill, and quarters but urged larger state militia quarters.
Aberdeen man C. M. Hopkins arrived in the city and will begin duties as hotel inspector on July 1 under the new state law approved by the legislature and enacted by Governor Crawford.
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