Mitchell Bow lingers Triumph Over Sioux Falls In Bowling Match
In Sioux Falls Mitchell defeated Clark's team in a return game scoring strongly across five games. The evening featured detailed scores with Mitchell winning the second series and claiming higher totals while Sioux Falls struggled, though praised for fair play and solid bowling.
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Clark
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Spitznagel
Riesse
Collison
Whidden
Sneller
Vermilyen
Kjelmyr
Jaeger
Stenwall
Vermilyea
Mitchell Beat Huron Athletic Meet
Mitchell defeated Huron College 11 to 5 in a Friday afternoon baseball game against Dakota University to decide who advances to the intercollegiate contests at Huron next week. Early innings favored Huron with three early runs, while Mitchell rallied with six runs in the fourth inning and added another in the fifth. The crowd was modest, mainly students with horns and yells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron College
Dakota University
Huron
Mitchell
Baseball game recap with Johnson strong on mound
Johnson held the visitors to solid first inning work as Huron and Mitchell found success later. Whitman pitched well until the fourth when Mitchell connected, and the lineup lists Mitchell Kingsberg Os bon Tanner Johnson Williams Hardy Vessey Remp Wendelkin for Mitchell and Whisman Elliott Pasek Van Brunt Green Hoffman Claymore Van Voorhis Johnson for Huron.
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Johnson
Whitman
Huron
Mitchell
Kingsberg
Osbon
Tanner
Williams
Hardy
Vessey
Rempfer
Wendelkin
Whisman
Elliott
Pasek
van Brunt
Green
Hoffman
Claymore
van Voorhis
Texas cattle shipped through Mitchell to Sioux City on Milwaukee line
Cattle from Bo vina Pecos Texas owned by Holt Cox Elliott move north by Milwaukee road to the eastern market. Friday 160 cars passed Mitchell with 100 more due. Cattle are small and thin, packed tight to avoid movement but many die. Three trains of about thirty cars each carried stock, with two engines to speed transit.
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Milwaukee Road
Mitchell
Bovina
Pecos
Texas
Holt, Cox & Elliott
Sioux City
Milwaukee
Big cattle shipment in Milwaukee Road train to Chicago
A special Milwaukee Road train carried twenty three cattle cars and hogs from Rome Prosper Perry Iobin townships to Chicago, tallying high quality stock from Walrath Bros and others. The shipment underscores rising local cattle production with about ten handlers accompanying and freight costs around eighteen hundred dollars.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
French & Anderson
Gus Swenson
F. A. Hoffman
Geo. Watson
Chas. Koreson
Walrath Bros
B. S. Barnard
Hans Reierson
Rome
Prosper
Perry
Lobin
Sanborn
Going Fourteen Years of Epworth League Anniversary
The Epworth League held its fourteenth year anniversary with a strong audience as papers and music impressed. A Mercy and Help fund collection was given to aid city children to attend Sunday school. The program included prayers, music, talks on The Wesley Succession, The Prayer Life, The Study of the Book, The Blessedness of Stewardship, The Missionary Enterprise, The Best Evangelism, Premium of Intelligence, and Dedicatory Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Mercy and Help Department
Wesley
O. W. Cour
W. A. Barber
Miss Youngman
Miss Corwin
Miss Laurson
Miss Olson
Briggs
Dr. Youngian
Tillotson
State Meeting at Canton Attended by School Leaders
Supt. HK. J. Quigley and Prof. F. H. Hoff traveled to Canton on Friday for a state principals meeting called by State Superintendent Nash. Mnemonic officials Oo EK Browne of Mt. Vernon and T. F. Pratt of Chamberlain joined the gathering in Canton.
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HK. J. Quigley
F. H. Hoff
Canton
Nash
Oo «Ek, Browne
Mt. Vernon
T. F. Pratt
Chamberlain
Death of Mr. Presba at Mitchell County
Mr. Presba died at his home north of the city after a two week pneumonia illness. He was about 64 and leaves six children including Mrs. Latyon and Mrs. Anderson. A longtime resident who came to Mitchell twenty five years ago, he belonged to the Masonic lodge. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 PM at Masonic hall with Rev. Drewett officiating and interment at Graceland cemetery.
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D. Presba
Herman Tinn
Waback
Neb
E. J. Shermadine
S. A. Webb
San Francisco
Cal
A. J. Anderson
Parker
X. Presba
Mitchell
Masonic Lodge
Presba
Masonic Hall
Fred L. Drewett
Baptist Church
Lawrence Grace
Clare Nobis
C. W. Downey
Virgil Boyles
C. Halphide
Graceland Cemetery
Masonic Burial Rite Held at Grave
A Masonic ritual accompanied the interment at the graveside service, marking the final rites held for the deceased. Neighbors and family attended as pallbearers and attendees observed the solemn ceremony.
Woman's Professorship Association forms for Dakota University chair
The ladies meeting formed the Woman's Professorship Association of Dakota University to support a faculty chair. A committee will draft a constitution for approval at the Aberdeen Methodist conference in October. Shares will fund the chair, with aim to begin support by September 1904.
City Hears Coal Bids Rejected For Being Too High
A special Saturday meeting of the city council rejected coal bids as too high and decided to wait for cheaper offers. Water mains on east Fourth and east Sixth streets were put to bid and awarded to E. B. VanAlstine at 264.5 cents per lineal foot. A plank walk on west Third Street near S. H. Scallin’s residence was condemned. owners must replace it with cement.
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East Fourth Street
Langdon
Burr Street
East Sixth Street
Burr
Langdon Street
E. B. VanAlstine
West Third Street
S. H. Scallin
County Superintendent Returns From Canton Meeting
O W Coursey arrives home after attending the state county superintendents convention in Canton he calls it the best educational gathering yet with open sessions and thorough discussion of the state school law. Canton hosted visitors in fine fashion and a Thursday boat ride on the Sioux River to Beloit featured a band and singing groups.
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O. W. Coursey
Canton
Coursey
Thursiday
Sioux
Beloit
Eny
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Scallin
Scallin Bros
McKibbin
Price
Hana
W. H. Comes
A. L. Branson
Dantell
L. J. Weson
J. O. Tiffany
Ashier
National Bank
South Dakota
O. L
Bransor
Welob
Newcomer
Dantels
O. Tiffany
Witchell - National - Bank
U.S
G. Davison
E. J. Quigley
N. L. Davison
W. M. Smith
Evarts
Epworth
Society Sunday
Queen City
Tei Sneller Vermilyen
Stenwall Sa Ee
Milwaukee’ Railroad
Davison County
Methodist
Uni
MR. Presba
Methodist Conference
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