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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
12
Administrator with will annexed J J Schlimgen calls creditors and all persons with claims against Sarah Schlimgen deceased to present them with vouchers within four months after first publication at his Mitchell South Dakota residence. Dated April 17 1909.
Large crowds attended both services at the First Methodist Episcopal church as the university offering reached about 1 200 dollars, the largest in church history for the Sunday drive. The Dakota Wesleyan University president preached the morning sermon. Dr. Hoagland preached at evening with Labor Sunday planned next week. A funeral for Mrs. Oliver Barck was held in Bismarck with plans for burial in Luverne Minnesota.
A column notes Donald Robertson receives rare public praise for his dream of an independent theatre in Chicago. Hamlin Garland lauds Robertson's season of seventeen productions, praising opportunities for high drama amid social uplift.
The Twentieth Century Club held its annual banquet at Mr and Mrs C G Rathbun s home with husbands and select guests. Guests included Dr and Mrs Weir and several others. games, music, and a four course dinner followed by magazine name guessing and a charade. The event celebrated a year of study on Rome Italy Renaissance modern art and Greek life under the Bay View program.
The Thalians staged an entertainments program in the college chapel Saturday night featuring The Mouse Trap by Wim Dean Howells as the principal act. Odette led a Faust waltz and a vanuhauser overture duet by Mabel Dickey and Grace Cooper. Mrs Jarley’s Wax Works and vocal duets by Anna Scott and Anna Quarnberg amused the audience.
Local men of the driving park circle meet in Mitchell to plan a July 18 to 15 event as part of the Corn Belt Circuit joining Marshall Pipestone Sioux Falls Flandreau Mitchell Groton. Officers elected include Metcalf Berry Nichols and Weller. An executive committee will gauge purses and sponsor support for visiting horsemen. Real estate transfers and church news appear in the same column.
Mitchell will host its annual Corn Palace from September 27 to October 2. A reorganized committee led by President Wm. M. Smith outlines building and decorations, county exhibits, finance, and advertising plans. The effort aims to raise the palace’s dignity, attract many counties with large prizes, and showcase state resources despite potential crop risks.
Henry Swindler, who had doubted his land appraiser appointment for the Standing Rock agency, received a telegram from acting land office commissioner Valentine directing him to report to Charles H. Bates at Fort Yates to begin valuing the agency lands for the Indians.
Chicago Tribune reports Mr. Aldrich plans to retire to private life at term end. He says the burden of running the country is exhausting and he needs rest.
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