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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
7
Several Davison County figures announce GOP bids for June primaries including Charles Bobeson J E Watkins Virgil Boynes John Althen Jr Lilly Ay Patterson O G Thompson and R A Zangle with pledges to serve the people, seek renomination, and support party priorities.
Ethan community updates show Mrs. Lena Bauer adding an east town addition with Mr. Tifft now in the house. Lodge delegates attend events in Aberdeen and Mitchell while residents visit relatives and celebrate weddings and anniversaries with music and lunch.
Mitchell prepares for a three day event June 6 7 8 featuring Aviator Mitchell flying a Wright Bros plane daily and a regional baseball game each afternoon at the city driving park. A G A R encampment runs concurrent with an all inclusive admission and excursion rates on area rail lines.
G Scheuerbrand and Sons have begun erecting two 45 foot high concrete silos on Charles Bearson’s farm south of the city. The silos feature two inch air passage, cement roofs, reinforced blocks with T irons and corrugated iron, cement wall chutes, heavy wire reinforcement, reinforced concrete door jams, and tall hinges. Farmers are invited to inquire for durable silos, noting 6 years of successful production.
In Barton county Kansas a granite shaft six feet square at the base and twenty eight feet high was unveiled atop Pawnee Rock. The dedication drew prominent Pawnees and was presented by Benjamin Unruh to the Woman's Kansas Day Club with conditions to improve the site. Historic battle sites and inscriptions noted, honoring pioneers and frontier life on the Santa Fe Trail.
The day sees temperatures rise toward 60 while nights dip to 46, matching yesterday’s pattern. A spell of summer weather is noted in parts of the country, with some drift expected to reach the area soon.
A long address argues the house fly and stable fly spread disease from filth in garbage and privies. It details life cycles and breeding places, urges sanitation, garbage wrapping, and kerosene treatment, and calls for civic action to reduce fly populations. London suffrage incident noted at end.
Miss Helen Reeves of Dakota Wesleyan gave a piano recital Tuesday evening at the Hardie Music Co venue. She performed Mozart and Mokrejs pieces with clear technique and finished with Beethoven Concerto Op 15, accompanied by Prof. Loudenbach. bouquets and vocal and violin selections by associates accompanied the night.
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra expanded tours from 1907 to 1912 under Emil Oberhoffer and Wendell Heighton, visiting Winnipeg, Grand Forks, Duluth, Lincoln, Omaha, Des Moines, Kansas City, Galesburg, Denver, Michigan, Indiana, Chicago, and more. Mitchell to host a May festival May 28 and 29 with the conductor and ensemble, already popular locally after four years.
The Richards Senatorial Committee presents R C Richards as aligned with farmers and workers. He supports state and national primaries, universal crop insurance, direct election of U S Senators, and progressive measures. He opposes the Aldrich Currency Bill and Taft Canadian reciprocity. He calls for railroad rates based on property value with fair wages and reasonable returns. He seeks voter support at the June primaries.
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