Local notes mix business and community scenes
Mitchell readers get a crowded weekly digest from A. E. Hitchcock’s reconsidered bid to serve as City Attorney to Bowdle & Newcomer real estate loans low rates. frost warnings, expositions and school plans, plus local bids, accidents, and events across town and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Hitchcock
Bowdle & Newcomer
W. A. VanHorn
Dwight
Cottare
Warren -Millham
K. P. Ald
Webber
Third Street
Exposition Committee
James Leslie
Mitchell
Badger Area Farm News and Local Happenings
News from Badger covers land breaking by O D Stearns, moves of H L Omealy, and residents like Rev H E Swartout and Miss Lena Tyner visiting Jerauld county. Reports on frosts May 19 21 impact on corn beans tomatoes and fruit, local crop prospects, livestock, and farming orders. Community notes include gas and land sales, a Plano mail job for Geo E Patterson, and a weekly meat wagon, plus a shooting contest between nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger
O. D. Stearns
H. L. Omealy
HE. P. Swartout
Lena Tyner
Jerauld County
Jennie Tyner
Higgins
Artesian
William Fraser
Aurora Co
Andrew Loftiswald
Mitchell
Plano
Geo. Powers
Kettner’s Kweer Kaper Stuns Mitchell Wife
Mrs. Kettner learns Dr. J C Kettner vanished after claiming Chicago trip. A Cincinnati postmark on letter hints at a new marriage to Miss Engelhart. The wife, misled since a Texas return, seeks a state requisition via the State’s Attorney Mohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kettner
Mitchell
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Free Press
Conrad Kettner
S. D
Engelhart
Texas
New York City
Mohr
Doctor faces bigamy charge in Cincinnati marriage case
Mrs Kettner recounts a pleasant, devoted marriage yet says she was unaware of desertion as her husband left with only a change of clothing. She notes he used English in letters and a Chicago date, mailed from Cincinnati, fueling belief the romance was planned. The tall, dignified physician appeared devoted to his Mitchell wife in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettner
Chicago
Cincinnati
Mitchell
Kimball Co Wins Judgment in Libel Case and Other Court News
In circuit court the Kimball Company won a $75 verdict over the Sheriff on a piano conversion claim from Ritchie v Moore. Other cases include J. T. Morrow v Burright, and libel actions against Jerome Miles in which Ethan meat dealer H Fuller won $50. Grand jury reported jail in fair condition and one indictment. mayoral notes, post meetings, and local notices follow with ads for poultry, barley, and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Company
Ethan
Kimball Co
Ritchie
J. T. Morrow
D. W. Burright
A. E. Hitchcock
F. A. Gilman
Minneapolis
Goodykoontz & Helwig
Minnie Letcher
Letcher
Hitchcock
Anheuser-Busch- Spears
Supreme Court
South Dakota
Jones
Sioux Falls
Morrow-Burright
Haney
Kimball Piano
Dwight
W. W. Petty
Fullerton Co
Mt. Vernon
Corn Belt Real Estate holds meeting and bullish support
A Corn Belt Real Estate association meeting chaired by J. T. Stearns approves resolutions praising railroads and the press for aiding immigration to South Dakota. It backs monthly rail excursion rates, urges county exhibits for the Mitchell Exposition, and forms a Torries Land System committee with members from Yankton Plankinton Mitchell Sioux Falls and Woonsocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt Real Estate Association
J. T. Stearns
Kean
A. B. Hager
South Dakota
Corn Belt
Western Passenger Association
Sioux River
Great Corn Belt
Torrens
G. W. Roberts
Yankton
C. J. Anderson
Plankinton
Henry Parry
Mitchell
Judge Tate
Sioux Fails
J.T. Kean
Woonsocket
S. C
Chas. G. Seifert
Salem
Cory Belters
W. Roberts
D. A. Mizener
Town Talk Recap of Court Actions and Community News
Judge Haney resumes seat to end term. Paul Buchholtz pleads guilty to a one year penitentiary sentence for horse theft leading to death. W W Petty embezzlement case adjourned to next term with $500 bail. Anheuser Busch case stay extended. Jacobson v Iowa Savings Bank continued to June 25 in chambers. Mrs. Ward promotes Yankton College and reports nearly $20,000 added to its endowment. her efforts may meet Dr. Pearson's offer soon. Ed Winsor's horse fears a dog intrusion leaving him with bruised legs and a shaken aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haney
Paul Buchholtz
R. R. Saul
W. W. Petty
Mt. Vernon
Anheuser- Busch
Spears
Jacobson
Iowa Savings Bank
Chambers
Yankton College
Joseph Ward
Congregational Church
Ward
Pearson
Yankton
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Capital
Sadie Egleston
Geo. E. Logan
Milwaukee Company
Hocking Valley
Duluth
Iowa
Dr. Miller
Miller
Marshal Huyck
Monmouth
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Aberdeen
Congress
Galbraith
Maxwell
Ray Hurley
Goodykoontz
Cora Summers
President Beadle
The
State Normal
May Grace Windle
Louis Beckwith
Eg. Winsor
Chamberlain Journal
Mike Dirkin
J. J. Barr
Aurora County
Medicine Creek
Pratt County
Dirkin
Inq
A. H. Randahl
Lake Park
Minn
Chamberlain
Benton Potter
Charlie Wilson
J. N. Brokaw
Atchinson,Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Denver
Arizona
New Mexico
Aberdeen News
R. N. Kratz
M. E. Church
Lee Sisters
Lucky Mrs. Leehan
Ed Leehan
West Fourth Street
Geo. Evans
South Dakota State Sunday School Association
Breckenridge
Hades
Neighborhood News
Ste Vern
Garey
John Momsen
I. V. Rogers
Flay Whitman
Mabel Adams
Mesdames, Betts, Barker and
Hanson
Geo. A. Johnston
J. W. Hughes
Mitchell i
Armour
Mr. Vernon
Kettner’s
Ransom Post
Paul E. Stowell
Chester
F. C
R. T. Robinson
R. P. Hall
Com
Bell
L Hasley
James Malde
Marty Morrison
W H Parks
Fannie Thompson
Andrew
Saml. T. Green
P. M
BE. H. Teall
Baptist Church
Missi. M. Sherman
Plymouth Rock
H. L. Bras
East Fifth Street
Mr. Winsor
H.L. Bras
Geo. A. Silsby
Artesian Chronicle
Corn Palace Committee
Sousa’s
Gilmore’s
Liberati’s
Iowa State Band
Circuit Court
Europe
Jessie Fuller
Rapid City Journal
Mitchell Republican
Winsor
E. F. Winsor
A. Barnard
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
I. Hood & Co
Lowell, Mass
Hood
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