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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
3
A garbled Want Ad page lists housekeepers wanted rooms for rent carom tables and sewing services with various fractions of legible contact details. The fragmentary notices include rentals on West 4th and Metropolitan Theatre Building, sales of furniture and animals, and trade offers for machines and tools across multiple addresses and phone references.
Advertises poultry and fowl varieties including turkeys geese ducks and chickens plus rabbits hares and fancy pigeons. Mentions hens eggs 15 for 1 dollar and invites readers to write for free circulars from D. L Been Platte Center Nebraska.
Ant-Saloon League leaders announced plans to push a dry campaign in South Dakota for 1916. Officials expect national temperance workers to assist, with Atlantic City meetings July 6 to 19 setting strategy and conferences with P. A. Baker and J. C. Dinwiddie.
Real estate ads offer exchanges for Mitchell city property near Portland Oregon. Several for sale notices promise modern houses with terms and easy payments. Listings include contact numbers and inquiries about 417 N Main and nearby properties. The ad row also promotes the Farm Land Real Estate Journal as a source for land investing and buyer education.
Mitchell hosts the grand Odd Fellows encampment and Rebekah assembly for four days beginning Tuesday. About 1,200 to 1,500 members expected with a large parade Thursday at 7 PM led by Henry Robertson of Dell Rapids. Events include grand lodge sessions, a grand ball at City Hall, and receptions at the Metropolitan Theater.
An ad touts Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for rheumatism and related pains. It promises quick soothing of inflamed joints and swollen muscles, with a 26 cent bottle available at any druggist and instant relief upon use. It urges keeping the remedy at home for colds, sore joints, lumbago, sciatica, and similar ailments.
Reader advisory warns against ointments for catarrh that contain mercury and risk constipation. The alert highlights dangers from patent medicines and urges caution with quack remedies.
Fragmentary OCR item lists names and roles including Bo Spink and Irene Endrlekyon among treasurers and officials. Incomplete details suggest a regional government or organizational ledger with unclear titles and positions.
Nine gold medals were awarded this morning at Dakota Wesleyan to orators and debaters in a chapel exercise. Clinton Anderton won two medals, for debate with Yankton and for oratory, after winning the local Old Line contest and taking third in the state at Slotly Falls. Harold Smith earned a debate medal, with prior football honors noted. Other honorees included Walters Thompson Perry Druschell Olin Jackson and Morris Brumbaugh for oratory plus Leffert and Ray Spear. Prof H Wilds presented the awards. The event marked Wesleyan’s first time recognizing both forensic disciplines together. The local Kappa Iota chapter seeks a charter from Kappa Delta Pi, with national support indicating a favorable charter vote.
Ray La Seian, teller at Elgin National Bank, and his son MLN Seaman, once vice-president of a national bank, are linked to a theft report claiming $10,000 in gold certificates missing from an Illinois bank. The record notes a disappearance years ago and ongoing inquiries into the alleged inside job.
A young man linked to a bank dispute faced arrest in Los Angeles during a trial. He died on Stay 2 this year. Officials report he paid personal bills, took money and theft allegations swirl. Friends say gossip ended when his father acted to settle affairs. The older Seaman cut ties at Mitchell National Bank where he had worked, after leaving Belvidere.
In a tense college clash on Tuesday afternoon Dakota Wesleyan edged Mitchell Methodists 42 to 2. Miller Steele, Walter Smith, and Captain Cass starred for Vermillion with sharp fielding and late surge. The visiting Coyotes pulled away in the final frame as Cass nailed a key play at home, securing the lopsided victory before a large crowd from Plankinton.
Chamberlain 9 OA C White president of the Whitbeck National Bank and owner of a regional bank chain announced that starting this date all his banks will close at sunset Saturday and on Sundays to observe the Sabbath. He also sold his interests in two banks to new owners.
The text names A. De Granger a former legislative member from Stanley county and J. H. SBYaera a Kadoks banker as associates tied to the subject in the fragment.
Mrs Thomas Nicholson widow of the Dakota Wesleyan president died yesterday in New York after an operation. She was beloved in Mitchell for charm and character and is survived by two daughters Grace and Florence Nicholson. Dr Nicholson had a notable career at Cornell Mt Vernon and Wesleyan before resigning in 1909 to join the Methodist board of education. Funeral plans set for the Mt Vernon home on Friday.
George Wash Fearn of Woonsocket South Carolina waived his present deputy status and appeared in a preliminary hearing in Jackson county regarding selling liquor without a license. The Kadoka Investment company furnished bond for his appearance in circuit court for trial.
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