White Ribboners Convene Ninth District W C T U Meet
The ninth annual convention of the fourth district of the W C T U met in the Methodist church with a trimmed pulpit and portraits of Willard Dow and Lincoln. Insufficient delegates postponed morning business. afternoon roll call explored suffrage views as officers reported progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Willard
Neal Dow
Abraham Lincoln
Ludy Jordan Smart
Wessington Springs
Flora Wilson
Louisa Carlyle
Woonsocket
Luella Ramsey
Association
Alice Havens
Grace Morhead
Prohibition Program Highlights at Convention Session
The convention’s Thursday evening session featured a swatters drill by city school girls, a map activity showing dry and wet states, and a prohibition song chorus. Jessie Walrat Quincy Lee Morrow, secretary of the state prohibition party, spoke on temperance and women’s suffrage, citing scientific tests on alcohol’s effects.
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Rey
M. Jeffers
United States
Jessie Walrat Quincy Lee Morrow
State Prohibition Party
Nellie Woodbut
Grace Moorehead
Jession Springs
Grand Diamond Contest crowns Wes tison Springs entrant at W C T U event
Sunday evening at the Methodist church the district W C T U held a grand diamond medal contest. Laura Haston of Wesson Springs won the grand diamond medal. Laura Waston, Wes sin Springs, was noted for her reception of a two year varsity prize in any standard school of oratory. Vocal solos by Violet Ray and Hattie John se drew praise.
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Alice Havens
Woonsocket
Flora Wilson
Mitchell
Louisa Carlisle
Rnoda Marshall
Wessington Springs
John Chapman
Parker
Willie Kelley
Court of Last Appeal
Laura Easton
Frank Bowen
Mabel Stewart
Violet Ray
Hattie Johnson
Otland
Methodist
Mabel Stuart
Laura Aston
Belshazzar
Court of
L. R. Erskine
Miss Mead
Alexandria
Laura Waston
Wessins
Springs
Haston
Orary
Hattie Johnse
Scotland
Committee On Resolutions
Acceptance of Additional Teachers by City Education Board
At the Friday board of education meeting the hiring of the remaining city teachers for the coming year was discussed. Cora Trager of Plankinton was elected to teach seventh and eighth grades in south side schools at 60 dollars per month. Hazel Latif Spinimy joined as a teacher, while G. Hinckley and Charles Pareorze were hired to staff janitors. Palmer was kept to oversee school property during summer. School begins August 30 with four weeks vacation in a nine month term, closing June 3, 1910, and schools start a week earlier due to corn palace vacation turnaround.
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Board of Education
Mics
Cora Trager
Plankinton
South Side
Hazel Latif
Charles Pareorze
GO. G
Corn Palace
May Musical Festival to feature Minneapolis Symphony in Mitchell
The May Musical Festival sets May 19 and 20 with a three concert series in Gale theatre Mitchell. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra led by Emil Oberhoffer will appear, with Grieg's Olaf Trygvasson performed by a strong local chorus. Opening night will lack the full orchestra with four soloists in a preliminary concert.
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Theodore Thomas Orchestra
Chicago
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Holy City
Gale Theatre
Grieg
Olaf Trygvasson
Hobson
Sioux City
Mitchell
Northwest
Emil Oberhoffer
Ofinneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Munich
Bavaria
Minneapolis
Apollo Club
Philharmonic Club
New Symphony Orchestra
Mayor Performs Civic Nuptials in Unusual Duty
Mayor Haitchcock adds wedding officiant to duties beyond sewer work and sidewalk complaints. Frank Vorwald and Miss Gertrude Greuel, from Kennebec on the reservation, were married in the mayor’s office with two witnesses present. The couple left for Kennebec to begin life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Regents
Haitchcock
Mitchell
Justice of the Peace
Frank Vorwald
Gertrude Greuel
Kennebec
Tag Day for Carnegie Library Benefit Draws Interest
The Carnegie Library benefit Tag Day draws support from local clubs and organizations. In Olympia tonight and next week, participants can guess identities of pictured youths with partial faces on tagged canvases to raise library funds. Ladies aiding Tag Day should submit names to Mrs. Butterfield by Monday night or Tuesday for assignments.
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Carnegie 1
The
Library Association
the Olympia
Mrs. Butterfield
The Danger Photographer Portrait Snag in Chicago News
A humorous exchange with Mr. H. Enpeck reveals a photographer’s dilemma as he must photograph a somber pose for a wife visiting elsewhere. The banter highlights lighthearted newsroom humor in Chicago.
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RUG Sale
Wilton
Smith
Brussels
Arden
Axminsters
Smith Axminsters
J. W. Broadbent
Mitchell Trust Company
Mitchell One Bank Buiding
Mitchell National
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the District Convention
W. C. T. U. Ladies
O. E. Cassem
Morrow
Symphony Orchestra
Oberhoffer
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