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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
5
A period piece discusses curl papers, arguing they damage hair by drying ends, reduce luster, and offer a poor appearance. It urges alternatives such as curlers or air drying, and notes social judgment and psychological harm from constant use. The piece includes a reader question about reducing body fat and confident advice.
A letter discusses calf coverage with a fashion shirt length and asks for face powder tint. The reply advises a medium tint suitable for both blondes and brunettes, recommending light carmine for blondes, deep saffron for brunettes, and a middle shade similar to a La Francs rose that becomes invisible when applied.
In Toledo, Emma Viescne married John McCann as 200 workers began a house build at 4:50 a m to prove teamwork. The project progressed rapidly with milestones noted by local officials and neighbors, highlighting community effort and speed.
A group of young debutantes to wear matching white organdie dresses with red polka dots and simple necklines. They will sell flowers for soldiers and keep the outfits as souvenirs. The design features a gathered blouse with a narrow stand-up band, red ribbon details, a belted waist, and a lathered skirt with ribbon at the knee. Huge Leghorn hats are displayed but worn only as accessories hung with ribbons and filled with red roses.
Aberdeen officials report the night school for foreign-born residents, run this past winter and spring, proved highly successful. The immigration bureau and Superintendent HW C Johnson endorse expansion next fall with broader access for both men and women to choose courses.
Swine receipts and prices at Union Stock Yards Chicago show heavy daily totals with 15 000 estimated hogs today and 4 761 carryover. Cattle receipts 18 000, sheep 16 000. Market trends: hogs steady to 10c lower, cattle steady to 10c lower, sheep steady to close with gains in fat lambs and a general shift downward for pork and beef.
The Senators continued their winning ways as all other games were postponed due to heavy rain. Players named Gallia Henry Gharrity Boehler Imeson Boland Stanish Baker faced delays. officials noted the schedule disruption across the league.
Sioux City Iowa stock market report shows cattle receipts 1800 with lower prices and hog receipts 1500 down 10 to 15 cents. Top hog price $9.60 with bulk from $9.40 to $9.55. sheep receipts 500 steady.
Minneapolis cash wheat trading shown with No 1 hard and northern quotes around 1.21 to 1.28 per bushel, durum and other grades listed with varying bids. Arrive and No 2–3 classifications noted, reflecting market activity and price ranges for Wednesday.
City schools and the Northern Normal and Industrial school cooperate in night instruction. Normal students assist in teaching the night school. Wheat and grain prices are listed for May July and September futures with corn oats barley and rye quoted for various grades and arrivals.
Milwaukee market notes wheat with No 1 Dakota at 1.24 per cwt and July at 1.16 5 8. Corn prices ranged from 64 to 77 for mixed grades with July at 74 1 2 and Sept 73 1 2. Oats No 3 white 44 45 with July at 43 and ball 50 65 for mixed feeds.
Butter receipts total 19 349 with firmer market. Creamery specials at 31 1 2 cents for extras 31 and firsts around 20 30 1 2 cents. Seconds 28 1 2 29 1 2, process extras 29 1 2 30. Packing stock No 1 at 25 1 2 and No 2 at 25. Temperature 50, conditions cloudy.
Brooklyn Montains beat Jasper in ten innings as Schulz Metzer Clarke Mayer Williams Illifer and others helped secure a comeback victory. Other games were postponed due to rain including Chicago New York and Pittsburg Boston.
Miss Marie Ino of Platte won first place in the School of Music piano scholarship contest held last evening in the Dakota Wesleyan chapel. Seven contestants from nearby towns competed as the faculty judges wavered among four finalists before deciding.
Miss Jano won first place in a Platte contest judged by Miss Kana Nelson and Miss Hno, earning a $90 scholarship in the school of music. The award covers two piano lessons weekly for a year and signals plans for another event and a future vocal scholarship.
Wireless reports from Boston say eight sailors are feared lost from the United States cruiser San Francisco after it ran aground on Great Mound shoal in Vineyard Sound amid a gale. The New Hampshire Acushnet Gresham Melville were sent to assist. the ship was later reported afloat with minor damage.
Gann Valley, the county seat of Buffalo County, South Dakota, has paid its last bond of 1500 dollars and now carries no outstanding indebtedness. The county recently built new bridges and a new county courthouse in addition to other improvements.
A provincial newspaper notes that the words gentleman and lady have fallen from reporters vocabularies while man and woman remain common. It recalls an accident report describing two men leaving town in an intoxicated condition and asks if a gentleman ever boils with drunkenness.
Saratoga Springs N Y delegates to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church vote virtually unanimously to adopt the committee on unification report. The action paves the way for an amalgamation with the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church in a historic consolidation step.
The Methodist General Conference enacted a long awaited measure to thunderous applause. Bishop Earl F. Cranston presided and wept with emotion beside Bishop I. R. Hendrix as both pledged unity and a hopeful future for United Methodists in America.
In Paris for Allied conference, the renowned chef loaned by Jules Cambon cooked for President Poincare after the Kaiser’s kitchen staff were mobilized. With military duty barred, the chef faced wartime gaps but was deemed skilled enough to prepare the historic Allied banquet.
After six months of preparation Mrs. Wm. Grant Brown and Mrs. Edward Balbach announce plans to entertain 20,000 women at the Federation of Women's Clubs biennial meeting in New York starting May 22. Mrs. Brown chairs the event and Mrs. Balbach directs the biennial board.
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