Norbeck and Harmony Slogan Gains Republican Backing
In South Dakota less than two months to the May 23 primary, Republicans push Norbeck Harmony as campaign banner. Stanton backed by stalwart papers, Norbeck praised as businessman ready for a strong state administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
K. CG. Caldwell
Harmony
Vercan
Re Paa
Norbeck
Peter Norbeck
South ‘Dakota
Charles Mix County
South
Dakota
Dillon
C. H. Dillon
Canton News
Canton
McLemore
Europe
Congress
Benedict, Arnolds
Socialist Party of
Hurons
E. Francis Atwood
State Central Committee
Sisseton
Hanson
McCook
Spencer
W. B. VanDemark
Alexandria
Alexandria Herald
Huron
The
Herald
Boosters’ ‘Club
School bond proposal for new building to cost five thousand
The article details a plan to erect a modern school building costing about five thousand dollars funded by a bond issue. It would raise city taxes roughly three dollars yearly per thousand of assessed valuation. City debt has fallen from thirty one thousand to fourteen thousand eight hundred seventy five in five years, used as argument for bonds.
No fatalities in Wisconsin to Iowa train wreck near Dalton
Two horses caused a derailment on Milwaukee train No. 3 on the Iowa & Dakota division near Dalton. The engine and mail car were severely damaged but no passengers were hurt and only minor injuries befell wireman Peter Desperdang. Rest of the train stayed upright as crews moved in to clear the wreckage by Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa & Dakota
Dalton
Peter Desperdang
Tripp
P. D. Moran
Sioux City
George Bartlett
Canton
Yankton
Bartlett
Tramp
Samaritan
Mitchell
Phil McMahon
Mason City
J. and D
Marion Junction
Scotland
Desperdang
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Library seeks gardeners as shelves draw readers
Library shelves offer titles for amateur and window gardeners including Garden Making and Tomato Culture. Authors Bailey Bly and other authorities provide practical advice from kitchen to sea sonal planting. New issues and Home and Garden add timely tips for the garden season.
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Bailey
Fireside Tales and Kipling Readings Next Saturday
Residents are invited to hear Irish fireside tales and Kipling’s Just So stories to be shared. Birds audience asked to attend next Saturday morning at ten o clock. Gifts of magazines and books received from Mrs Winsor Mrs Moore Mrs Anderson Mr Cordry and the Minerva Culture Club.
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Kipling
Hi. Winsor
Nanna Moore
J. D. Anderson
Donald Cordry
Minerva Culture Club
Liberativs Band to Head Corn Palace Week in Mitchell
Liberati the famed cornetist and his 45 piece band will perform six days at Mitchell Corn Palace week. A 22 member concert opera company will join for light and grand opera plus popular music. The event aims to rival Sousa and the US Marine Band, with Liberati directing and soloing each program.
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Liberati
Mitchell
Corn Palace
Mitchell Corn Palace
Sousa
United States Marine Band
Liberali
United States
Riverview Park
Chicago
Minnesota
Guarn Palace
Property transfers exceed two hundred thousand in Davison county
Real estate records show over $200,000 in farm and city property sold since March 1 in Davison county with most transfers involving farms. The top price was $16,800 for 160 acres north of Loomis sold by George Childs to Alma Marsden. Transactions list buyers and parcel details across Mitchell and surrounding areas, totaling numerous parcels with prices ranging from $300 to $38,000.
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Davison County
County Register of Deeds’ Office
George 15
Childs
Alma EH
Marsden
Loomis
Fred W. Hohn
Wrank J
Welcn
S. J
Jacob Johnson
Ole Kickers
L. H. Clark
Mt. Vernon
Henry Tiedge
S. W
Frederick O. Bradley
Arthur F. Smith
N. W
Otto Kuchenbecker
Elijah Rogers
N. Lf
S. S
S. BE
W. BE
Rathbun
Joseph L. Loyinger
M. H. Rowley
Mitch
Hattie IL. Fraser
Ira T. Fraser
O. Keiser
Blanche M. Oaks
Arthur WW
Smith
W. E. Flurkey
William Wilson
Mitchell
Alma
Marslen
George Ff. Childs
G. F. King
W. W
Harry @. Shaw
W. G. Krause
N. S
Julius Lepke
N. Ik
Elmer L. Hostetler
Martin Hanson
Louie Stoll
Joseph J. Schlimgen
Edward Dreibelbis
H. I Diffenbaugh
William Schlimgen
R.D. Trombley
Chas, W. Hoon
Wallace York
S. B
Artesian Baseball Fans Get The Fever
Artesian, South Dakota fans rally as the town embraces baseball fever amid community games and local team spirit in the season start.
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Artesian
Local baseball league forms with new association
Twenty five Lie leaders organize the business and finance a team to be fielded as soon as the season opens. J C Harrison elected manager with C E Davis as assistant. H Heath serves as secretary and I Adams as treasurer. Funds already raised, balance to come via public entertainments. If a regional league forms, Artesian may field a strong team.
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Lie
Organized
Baseball Association
Feld
J.C. Harrison
C. E. Davis
Ih. H. Heath
I. Adams
Artesian
Country Club Opening Soon At Mitchell
Mitchell Country club plans a formal opening for the 11s season within a month. Bartsch will return by April 1 to supervise greens, repairs, and course improvements begun last fall. New greens should be ready near summer end, temporary greens will stay in use, and picnic facilities and equipment are being prepared.
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Mitchell Country Club
Red Bartsch
Omaha
Sporting Woods
Bartsch
Mitchell
Davison County Lands Lease Fetches Record Rental Prices
Davison county leased its school lands for two years with record bids. Wilker and McCue with J. W. Campbell led the top offer at $2.25 for the south half of section 16-104-60, land appraised at 75 cents per acre. Multiple parcels across sections 16 101 60 to 16 104 62 attracted high bids, all for grazing use.
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Davison County
Wilker and McCue
J. W. Campbell
N. Wl
N. WW
R. R. Wittstruck
N. Bf
A. Heck
S. E
N. BE
N. W
S. Ww
Anton Degen
S. BH
S. W
Charles Boreson
Conrad Schurz
John Tobin
N. FE
G. Erion
N. OW
Wilken and McCue
S. F
N. TH
D. GC. Bayley
PD. C. Brooks
G. Metzger
Fred Titze
Lowrie
Campton
N. E
W. H. Cooley
N.eh
Miles McLeod
Notice of Petition for Letters of Administration
Notice is given in the Davison County Court of South Dakota that J T Morse has filed a petition for Letters of Administration for the estate of Benjamin Morse deceased. A hearing is set for March 25, 1916 at 2:00 PM in the Mitchell court house to show cause why the petition should not be granted.
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South Dakota
Davison
Benjamin Morse
James TV. Morse
Anna E. Rowley
Benjamin Z. Miles
Niva Davie
Anna OD. Hubs
Ar Law
J. T. Morse
Mitchell
Notice of time appointed for probate of Meyers estate
State Of South Dakota Davison County County Court notices probate of the will of John Meyers deceased. March 3 1916 order appoints March 8 1916 ten oclock a m at Mitchell court room for proving the will and partition and issuing Letters Testamentary. Interested parties may appear and contest. O C Thompson judge. Seal. Post Cathell clerk.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
A. D
Q. CG
Thompson
Edivison
For Meyers
oGlotk
Davison
Dom Meyers
Mitchell, S. D
O. C. Thompson
Early Governor William Jayne Dies After Fall
Springfield Illinois reports the death of Dr William Jayne once territorial governor of the Dakotas under Lincoln He was a longtime director at Whnrst National Bank of Springfield and a former state senator and city mayor He died yesterday after a fall on an icy sidewalk last Saturday at age 83
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Springfield
William Jayne
Dakotas
Abraham Lincoln
Jayne
Whnrst National Bank of
Redfield to have council of U C T
Redfield will host a local council of the United Commercial Travelers on Saturday April 1. Redfield serves as a hub for traveling men and the new council is expected to reach over forty members with state grand council officers present. Delegations from Aberdeen, Watertown, Mitchell and Iluron will attend as local committees plan extensive entertainment ending with a big dance in Company G armory.
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Redfield
S. D
United Commercial Travelers
State Grand Council
Aberdeen
Watertown
Mitchell
Iluron
Company G’s Armory
Irish Rebellers Open Fire on Police in London Riot
In London three officers were wounded when Irish rebels opened fire during a riot last night. Police units closed in as crowds clashed with law enforcement amid ongoing unrest.
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London
England
Hill's Platform for Mitchell Mayoral Campaign
W. S. Will presents a platform for mayor emphasizing a business, economy minded administration, strict law enforcement to attract residents, and selective street paving funded by local demand. He urges finalizing legal actions with telephone companies over city rights and municipal plant plans, arguing the telephone is a modern necessity and warrants swift resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Will
City of
Mitchell
Supreme Court of the United States
Telephone Company
Supreme Court
City Voter Support for Municipal Phone System Cited
A candidate pledges to oppose private telephone monopolies and defend public streets as city property. He states voters backed the municipal bonds, and he will act without obligations to any faction if elected mayor to serve the public interest.
Supreme Court Reverses Malicious Prosecution Suit
South Dakota high court reverses a $3,2800 damage award in the case of G. Van Linden versus Anton Oster. Van Linden, arrested for abducting Oster’s daughter, was acquitted. Retrial ordered in Davison county circuit court in November 1914 case details.
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Supreme Court
G. van Linden
Anton Oster
South Dakota Supreme Court
Mitchell
van Linden
Mr. Oster
Davison County
Oster
Justice of the Peace
van Lintien
Davison
Wesleyans Beat St Olaf In Debates In Dakota
Dakota Wesleyan defeated St Olaf College in a college chapel debate on the city manager plan of government. The Wesleyans won 2 to 1 on a strong rebuttal with Brumbaugh Johnson and Holtfman as the team, while St Olaf’s Rasmussen Seivertson and Olson argued the affirmative. The Wesleyans also lost unanimity to Morning Side college in Sioux City, leaving DWU with a solid forensic season.
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St. Olaf’s College
College Chapel
Dakota Wesleyan
Northfield
Rassmussen
Seivertson
Olson
St. Olaf
Mitchell
EH. H. Wilds
Sioux City
Morning Side College
Perry Druschel
Egan
Bernie Brereton
Canton
Ernest Smith
Conde
Big Ditch Project Near Madison South Carolina
An immense drainage ditch to reclaim 2300 acres of Lake and Moody county land near Madison will start in spring and take all summer to finish. The nine mile ditch passes through Lake and Moody counties with earth used for local road gradings. Costs will be borne by the counties and assessed against benefitted properties. The project aims to boost crop production in the area.
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Lake and Moody
Flatiron swindle hits Presho women and nearby towns
A man posing as a Redfield resident took orders for carbon self heating flat irons in Presho and surrounding communities. He collected payment and promised delivery, leaving victims to seek recourse as the imposter’s actions surface amid the investigation.
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Presho
S. D
Redfield
Yobane Tasan
Redfield Iron Purchase Sparks Inquiry
Reported in Redfield that iron goods in question may be unavailable and no sale is confirmed at the local depot. The purchaser is identified as The Webien who paid $2.75 per iron, with details unclear and under review.
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South Dakota
Dyieos Fron
Redfield
Teedfield
Tie Webien
Abelifiis
Huffman Auto Firm Sells Out in Mitchell Deal
The Mitchell tranch of W L Truffman Auto Co is sold to Ver non Loveren of Siouxalis and C A Loferen. renamed Kafferen-Chalmers, with Chalmers franchise for Mitchell. The Loferen brothers plan a South Main Street showroom and immediate stock of cars. Ben McCartiney remains with the new firm in Mitchell.
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Mitchell
W. L.truffman Auto Company
Vernon Loveren
Siouxalis
C. A. Loferen
L. W. King Event
Julimian Company
Kafferen-Chalmers Company
Chalmers
Loferen Brothers
Chalmer
South Main Street
Q Chalmers Sis
Ben McCartiney
Huffman Company
Mitchill
Mew
Lost Brother Sought in Mitchell Area 1880s Adoption Case
A 17 Muff ley of Boscobel Wis requests help locating a son of doctor Fred Carley who died near Mitchell in 1884 or 1885. The daughter Myrtle or Gertrude was adopted by Mr Young and moved to Washington. the son Fred was not found and may not have been legally adopted. The sister seeks him now.
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Mitchell
Young
Washington
Republican
Fred Carley
Mr. Young
Myrtle
Gertrude
Register
Fred
Muffley
Boscobel
Wis
Dakota Coffee Store 5 Sold at Public Auction
The Dakota Coffee company stock and fixtures were sold at public auction for 4200 in cash to Martin Aalseth. The invoice total was 7930, about 50 cents on the dollar, with plans to open the store soon and discount prices to clear out goods. Creditors expect roughly 16 cents on the dollar in final settlement, with Henry Swindler as receiver and Charles Maher present.
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Dakota Coffee Company
Martin “Alseth
Aalseth
Ile
Henry R. Swindler
Charles Maher
Cattle Case Is Affir med in Supreme Court
The State v Sonnenschein from Stanley County, a noted cattleman, affirmed by the state Supreme Court. Sonnenschein was convicted of cattle rustling and sentenced to five years. a separate conviction in Hughes County on changed venue remains on appeal.
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Herman Sonnenschein
Stanley County
Supreme Court
Sonnenschein
Hnghes
Artesian trio bound over after assault on school principal
Three Artesian High School boys Frank Threadgold Walter Wise and Verne Kenton were bound over to the May term of circuit court in Sanborn County after an attack on Prof Alberti Moore principal of the schools. The incident followed Moore disciplining the trio and caused considerable local feeling.
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Horbeck and Harmony” Slogan
Webster
PTY Traw
East Line
Dolton
Liberativs
Artesian, S. D
WILKE
Paturn
Perry Township
S.fCathell
Whleeam Jayne
Lincoln
Pirdld
Council OF U. C. T
Hill
Por City
Tam
Minyor
Wesleyans
Madison
Lak
Moody
Huffman Auto Firm
Looveren-Chalmers Company
Chalmers Warritory
Leptin Mepchiner
Fried Carly
Dakota Coffee Store
Martin Aalsevh
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