Retailers Plan Big Session in Sioux Falls Convention
Local committees and officers push to finish plans for the annual Retail Merchants' Association of South Dakota convention in Sioux Falls May 15 to 17. The three day event will feature merchandising courses and store topic discussions by experienced speakers, focusing on current retailer challenges with notable outside participants.
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Sioux Falls
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Retail Merchants’ Association of
South Dakota
Liquor Ties Suspected in Corsica Theft Suit
In Corsica James Van den Berge former town treasurer is accused of misappropriating 800 dollars of public funds while under liquor’s influence. Ed Blum a local saloonkeeper may share responsibility as Mrs. Van den Berge sues for 2000 dollars. Trial set for Douglas County November term. In Alexandria residents petition for a new Milwaukee depot with stats due by May 10 and a decision likely weeks later.
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Corsica, S. D
James van den Berge
Corsica
Ed Blum
Blum
Douglas County
Alexandria
S. D
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Milwaukee Railway Company
Avalanche smothers train near Davos in Switzerland
A railroad disaster near Davos Switzerland leaves passengers feared dead as an avalanche engulfs a moving train. Reports indicate emergency teams respond while rescuers search for survivors. Local authorities coordinate with Swiss rail operators and emergency services.
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Davos
Switzerland
Paris
Ric Arelen
Andguard
da- Obani
Local notes from Thursday in Mitchell area
Local notes list residents visiting Mitchell and traveling to St Paul Sioux Falls and Aberdeen for business and conventions. Several doctors, foremen, and farmers are noted with operations, enlistment plans for Fort Snelling, and community events including school and library activities. A large turnout attended Weg Day in Aberdeen and the Mount Vernon funeral for Rev Ferguson.
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C. W. Adams
Sioux Walls
Mitchell
Fourth
South Dakota Infantry
Sioux Falls
Redfield
Rapid City
eLinmon
Aberdeen
Yankton
Jos. Kotrba
Alfred Wenz
Dakota Farmer
Dakota Wesleyan
F. J. Herrick
Little Polks
St. Nicholas and
Weather Bureau
Aberdeen Commercial Club
South Dakota
Fort Snelling
Dick Haney
St. Paul
Congress
M. BR. Kannowski
Mitchell Park Board
M. W. Myler
Roy Herrick
White Lake
John M. Sibert
Gettysburg
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H. G. Nichols
Fox Ridge
Mt. Vernon
W. T. Ferguson
J. S. Hoagland
J. S. Harkness
W. E. Martin Cashier
Farmers’ State Bank
Pukwana
Dakota delegates and local court and school notices
Chas O'Brien appeared in police court and was jailed 14 days for drunkenness. T B Dillon bought the Woonsocket Times. Delos Hall sold the Tyndall Register to Mrs. Pike. Mrs. A I Scott visited Aberdeen. Miss Matilda Tarleton Mildred Test and Marion Helligso depart for a Huron College co-ed debate. Yankton to Mitchell tomorrow with Miss Annaast on and Miss Mildred Prish and Miss Lillie Kunkle debating abolition of capital punishment. Dakota Wesleyan begins military drills led by Sergeants Nichols and Bintliff with Capt Rowley supervising two evenings weekly and occasional lectures.
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Washington
Chas, O'Brien
T. B. Dillon
Woonsocket Herald
Woonsocket Times
Delos Hall
Woonsocket
News and Herald
Hall
Tyndall Register
Pike
A. It. Scott
Aberdeen
Asis
Matilda Tarleton
Mildred Test
Marion Helligso
Huron
Huron College
Yankton
Mitchell
Anna [Aston
Mildred Prish
Lillie Kunkle
Mitchell News Roundup Sparks Arbor Week Events
Friday’s tally mentions Dr. Craig S. Thoms of the University of South Dakota speaking on Birds at city hall as arbor week climaxes. Several locals and visitors are noted, including veterinary licensure for G. G. Walter and Dennis Coughlin, plus multiple social and civic items across Mitchell.
Mitchell notices and week events highlight local life
Humphrey, traveling passenger agent for the Chicago and Western Illinois Railroad, was in Mitchell on company business yesterday. Rev. G A Troemel, returning from St Louis, will speak at the German Lutheran church Sunday at 10:30. Arbor week closes with a city hall meeting tonight led by Dr Craig S Thoms of the University of South Dakota.
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F. J. Herrick
St. Paul
Gorge Herring
White Lake
Mitchell
GC. L. Patrick
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
G. P. Hodges
Mason City
Milwaukee
Victor Maycoin
Plankinton
O. J. Grousdahl
Hartford
G. P. Wright
I. G. Fleete
Armour
L. Endahl
Lane
Frank W. Mitchell
Dick Haney
W. A. Delaney
Fort Snelling
Adlai S. Anderson
Chicago
A. J. Anderson
South Dakota State College
Lofgren Auto Co
E. 2Nd Ave
T. N. Arneson
Enger Arneson
Craig S. Thoms
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Peter Farrell
Highmore
Mitchll
Pierre
G. G. Walter
Dennis Coughlin
J. P. Coughlin
Woonsocket
G. Fridley
Mt. Vernon
Capt
HI. H. Collard
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sle
George W. Culver
Corsica
S. D
Harlan Moore
George Keller
Edith Keller
H. I. Jones
John Urek Nef
G. Neumayer
Alpena
Flavia Curtis
Fennimore
Wis
Humphrey
Chicago and Western Illinois Railroad
G. A. Troemel
St. Louis
S. A
Park Board
City Hall
Leslie Bislar
Dakota
Wesleyan
Wessington Springs
State College
Weasllyton Springs Seminary
Walter Ludeman
Jurors Drawn for May Municipal Court Term
Jurors for the May term of municipal court were selected this morning. Twenty four jurors were drawn as the docket is light with only a few minor cases. The Sunday movies case will not be tried following an order from the state attorney general. The jurors named are O. J. Browne Frank Lenders Max Nobis Frank Klotz Henry Heckel Frank Richard A L B Seaton BE F Haniel I W Mylan Peter Barth C V Wilson Wm Kruse C E Mills Gus Erdman John Holt B C Morgan Fred Hanneman J A Polus John F Lange Earl Jenks G A Vermilyea Alfred Michael W A Heimberger George Shipton.
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O. J. Browne
Frank Lenders
Max Nobis
Frank Klotz
Henry Heckel
Frank Richard
A. L B. Seaton
F. Haniel
I. W. Mylan
Peter Barth
C. V. Wilson
Wm. Kruse
C. £. Mills
Gus Erdman
John Holt
B. C. Morgan
Fred Hanneman
J. A. Polus
John F. Lange
Earl Jenks
G. A. Vermilyea
Alfred Michael
W. A. Heimberger
George Shipton
Funeral today for John Wedehase in Mitchell
Funeral services for John BE Wedehase were held at his sister Mrs. Robert Burns home at 2:30 this afternoon. Rev. H W Sulweiler officiated with a special choir. Wedehase died after a workplace accident near Hiawatha Kansas. He was born September 7 146% in Dubuque Iowa and lived in Mitchell since childhood. Remains were interred at Graceland Cemetery with five nephews as pallbearers. He leaves a mother five sisters and two brothers.
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John BE. Wedehase
Robert Burns
H. W. Sulweiler
St. Mary's Church
Liza Vermilyea
F. Wi. Taylor
LeBroy Morris
Virgil Boyle
S. M. Smith
Mitchell
Wedehase
Fred Wedehase
Hiawatha
Kan
John S. Wedehase
Dubuque
Lancaster
Wis
Americanpress Company
Kansas
Burns
A. Wedehase
O. B. Wells
Fred A. Wells
Warl Wells
Max Nobis
George Nobis
Jos. Michels
Graceland Cemetery
Young Teutons at Tripp Show Loyalty
Eight youths from Tripp South Dakota returned from Yankton where they enlisted in Company M of the South Dakota National Guard. A large Tripp band led a welcoming procession with strong German heritage noted among enlistees. The eight named are Herebert Wildemuth, Fred Reiser, Sam Cuthmiller, Artur Feick, Alvin Hirsch, Paul Gross, Theo Theurer, and Harry Schweitzer.
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Tripp
S. D
Yankton
South Dakota National Guard
Artur Feick
Alvin Hirsch
Paul Gross
Theo Theurer
Harry Schweitzer
Troop for Aberdeen
Aberdeen South Dakota reports Colonel Boyd Wales of the fourth regiment South Dakota infantry is in Aberdeen in an official visit with military duties to be announced.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Boyd Wales
Fourth Regiment, South Dakota Infantry
Town Considers Raising Estuary Troop Amid Interest
Officials weigh the possibility of forming a troop in town as substantial interest surrounds the project. It is considered feasible that a troop may be raised depending on community response and logistical factors.
Ferguson Rites At Mt Vernon Large Mt Vernon Funeral
Hundreds attend the Mt Vernon First Methodist church for the funeral of Rev W T Ferguson who died April 22. Delegation from Gregory and many from Mitchell attend with Masons and Odd Fellows in procession. Ferguson born 1866 in Pottsville PA and served in Missouri and South Dakota before Mt Vernon assignment. He married Edith Peterson in 1897 and had five children with four sons at home.
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Mt. Vernon
Mitchell
Gregory
First Methodist Church
W.T. Ferguson
Sioux City
Methodist Church
Rosebud Reservation
Masons
Odd Fellows
J. S. Harkness
G. T. Notson
Carl Harvey
Dakota Wesleyan
WY. S. Potter
IF. Ll. Bromahin
O. M. Hivde
Plankinton
Lloyd Rising
Odd Fellows and Masons
Masonic Lodge
John Althen
Hoagland
Mr. Ferguson
Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Williamsport
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Louis
South Dakota
Dakota
Edith Peterson
Carthage
Mary M
Stewart A
Marion E
William W
Paul W
James Ferguson
Frackville
John G. Merguson
Pittsburg
Eliza Grainger
Philadelphia
Margaret Hopkins
Shenandoah
Mitchell and Kimball clean up at state declamatory meet
Miss Gwynethe Tipton, a sophomore at Mitchell high school, won the district declamatory contest and will represent the district at the state meet late in May. Ralph Bray of Kimball won first in the committed oration with Address at the Washington Monument. Wesley Gehryng of Howard placed second in oration. Agnes Henson of Howard took second in declamatory and Winifred Lenehan of Wagner was third. Judges were Mrs. C. H. Peckham, Supts. C. G. Lawrence and L. A. Wilson. Prof. P. A. Cooley presided.
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Gwynethe Tipton
Mitchell High School
Brookings
Miss Tipton
Ralph Bray
Kimball
Washington Monument
Wesley Gehryng
Howard
Ingersoll
Tipton
Agnes Henson
Dorothy Scallin
Kiva Lowrie
Opal Wentworth
Davison County Forms Relief Committee Leaders Named
Judge Dick Haney chosen head of Vateran Relief work in Davison county. C. W. Derr and J. J. Lahey serve as secretaries. Mrs. Yina Smith Campbell of Dell Rapids, SD state secretary, helped in Mitchell and met local business leaders. The committee plans meetings to organize future relief efforts.
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Dick Haney
Vateran
Davison County
C. W. Derr
J. J. Lahey
Yina Smith-Campbell
Dell Rapids
South Dakota
South Dakota Plans Subcommittee Organization for Relief
The state will organize subs committees in towns to ensure every loan is seen. South Dakota pledges 15000 for relief in Belgium funding Menin children. 12 dollars per child annually, total hoped at 426000. So far three checks of 4000 each have been sent to Belgium with another to follow. progress since March 1 shows strong support.
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South Dakota
Menin
Belgium
Maxwell to Award 5000 Cash Prizes in Economy Contest
Maxwell announces a national Economy Proof Day on May 25 with 2,000 distributors demonstrating the company's fuel efficiency across 50 states and eight Canadian provinces. Five thousand dollars in cash prizes will be awarded plus a National Maxwell Economy Championship Cup to the top mileage performer.
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Maxwell
Canada
Manxwell
Motor Club
Board of Commmerce
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation
Detroit
South Dakota University Offers Resources to War Effort
Vermilion Dakota The University of South Dakota and its equipment are offered to the U S government for wartime service. Governor Norbeck relays thanks for faculty and citizen support in a telegram from sixteen Vermillion residents and twenty eight university faculty members urging immediate government use of university laboratories equipment and personnel during the war period.
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Vermilion
S. D
University of South Tolota
Jeeter Norbeck
Tivens
Vermillion
Mueibers W’ Grabill
Norbeck
Elks Plan Extensive Side Trips From Lead Convention
The South Dakota Elks announce an elaborate convention program in Lead during the first week of June. A special train will carry delegates from Mitchell and Sioux Falls to Pierre, then into the Black Hills for trips to Sturgis Custer Spearfish Hot Springs Rapid City Deadwood Sylvan Lake and Wind Cave. Officials expect the Lead gathering to be the best attended state meeting of the order in South Dakota.
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Lead
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The
Elks of
South Dakota
Sturgis
Custer
Spearfish
Hot Springs
Rapid City
Deadwood
Sylvan Lake
Windcave
Elks
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Black Hills
Order
Mitchell Officials Pledge Action to Lower Food Prices
Mayor J J Wells told the Mitchell special agricultural emergency committee that city government will suspend licenses on food stuffs sold from freight cars to curb rising prices. The meeting endorsed the stand, and discussions covered collecting more potatoes and enlistment of merchants to aid distribution.
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Mitchell
J. J. Wells
Special Agricultural Emergency Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Iaayor
John Warvink
Reonony Grocery
T. C. Burns
Rathbuns
Merchants’ Association
Booze Party Ends Seriously in Madison Theft Case
Four Lake County youths Samuel Bekke Gordon Waters Warrel Reese and Burl Dix were arrested and turned over to U S authorities in Sioux Falls on federal charges for breaking into a Milwaukee freight car in Madison and stealing ninety three bottles of distilled liquor in transit from Nebraska to Howard S D The group allegedly invited friends to help drink the liquor following the theft.
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Madison, S. 1
Lake County
Samuel Bekke
Gordon Waters
Warl Reese
Burl Dixon
United States
Sioux Falls
Milwaukee
Madison
Nebraska
Howard S. D
May Send Army to France Soon
Washington officials indicate a U S military deployment to France is likely soon though no formal decision was announced. A separate local report notes a youth near Mellette dies by self inflicted gunshot after a dispute, his age about seventeen.
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France
Yankton Lt Governor to Head Black Hills May 15 Demonstration
McMasters of Yankton, lieutenant governor of South Dakota, will deliver the chief address at a rising patriotic demonstration in Deadwood on May 15. Residents of the entire Black Hills are to participate.
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McMasters
Deadwood
S. J
W. TL. McMasters
Yankton
South Dakota
Black Hills
People’s Theater Opens in Evansville for War Aid
The People’s Players of Evansville Ind established a theater for all audiences with notable plays by amateurs at 10 and 20 cent prices. Director Grace Kiedile ordered all proceeds to go to the Red Cross and funds for soldiers’ dependents after the war declaration.
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Grace Wiecure
People’s Theater
People’s Players
Evansville
Ind
Mise Grace Kiedile
The
Red Cross
Fund
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Wilson
Main Street
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Myrtle Pope
Clara Victor
Wernal Cornish
Faye Norton
Oscar Heather
Glen Nichols
Thuel Dodson
Opal Church
Cap Collard
H. C. Green
Lodge
R. H. Dowdell
Artesian
E. B. Rowley
Company F
America
Mandolin Club
A. J. Ward
Milwaukee Line
R Dowdell
Aresian
Earl Wells
University of Wisconsin
Mr. Wells
Anne Men
Gina Smith-Campbell
J. Fellow
College Chapel
Morningside
O. L. Branson
L. M. Fort
A. BE. Hitchcock
R. L. Keiley
Odd Fellows Lodge
Municipal Court
John Wedehase
Teutons
H. S
S. D. University
Stonn Falls
Madison Quartetos
WILO
Cabinet
Washington, D. C
Melleter
Mellette
Oswald Jackel
Jackel
Volum
Elael
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