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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
7
Mitchell daily notes cover court actions, visits, and business trips from May. Citizens, officials, and visitors including Zolman, Metcalf, Bartlett, and Goss are mentioned. A safety meeting, dandelion efforts, fishing reports, school exhibits, and city improvements accompany social and civic updates.
A sequence of wedding notices and social gatherings unfolds from Mi tlel area society pages. Orin Shoemaker and Margaret McDonald wed at Holy Family Church with reception at the bride’s home, then a Sioux City trip. additional weddings include Harriet Stablein and Relph Deacon, and Guy Posey and Kate Kieffer. The paper also covers club meetings at Lucile Eskine’s home, dinners, picnics at Tobin's Park, and hostesses’ luncheons in pink and white, plus forthcoming club plans and officer elections.
A long social page recalls a Wesleyan University inauguration week with dinners at Graham Hall and St Marys church. Old grads and undergrads mingle, toastmasters introduce speakers, piano and vocal performances accompany the meals, and attendees include university officials, ministers, and visiting dignitaries. The report highlights the social fabric surrounding the event, with multiple gatherings across campus parlor rooms and church halls.
The Standard Bearers hosted a Chinese themed eve ning at Mrs. Bobby’s home with about sixty young ladies and a baby girl versus baby boy skit. Members were welcomed with chopstick souvenirs and several new members joined the group. The Round Table club then held a late afternoon gathering at Mrs Butterfield’s residence with a four o clock program, fancy floral decor, a journey themed menu, tiny white ocean liner centerpieces and a travel themed toast sequence led by Mrs Hunt. An orchestra provided music and the event closed as the most delightful affair yet.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a marvel for stomach liver and kidneys. Mrs O Rhine Vault of Vestal Center New York credits it with saving her life. The promotion urges readers to buy bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00, recommended by Diehl and Brown.
An old advertisement promises revival for tired weak and nervous men and women. It asserts improved ambition energy and appetite after using Elec tonic and urges sensible health action. The copy emphasizes quick benefits and renewed vigor through a simple remedy.
A dispatch from Washington states that Turner Creamery of Mitchell filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway for carload rates on butter eggs and dressed poultry to Chicago. The company asks the ICC to set rates not over 60 cents per 100 pounds. The filing is signed by Attorney General Johnson and Assistant Attorney General Dougherty Sr. J Herrick leads Turner Creamery and is away from the city, with more details expected next week.
Spearfish residents report repeated dynamite fishing and out of season killings. They call for strict enforcement of fish and game laws by the state warden in the Black Hills. Rewards will be offered for evidence, with volunteers funding rewards and prosecutions.
Chicago grand jury heard evidence on Charles De Aly andros who posed as a lawyer and operated as a clairvoyant. He ran three mystic parlors and used the pretended attorney role to direct victims to consult the seer. Police seek five others including Frank S. Ryan alias Prof. Robert L. Milton. Milton’s brother James cooperated with prosecutors.
Philadelphia seekers headline a racist job notice for Black boys to care for money labeled ponies. At Central High School eight to eighteen Black youths arrive as Latin professors bar ponies from classes, seizing ponies brought to class. Doorkeeper Sam Dutton scrutinizes the listing, failing to recall any pony owning professor.
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