Peace and politics in a wartime world
A Kansas City Times essay argues that peace invitations require careful timing and that nations must show willingness to negotiate. It notes President Roosevelt’s cautious approach with Russia and Japan, and discusses Hughes strength in Oregon Vermont and Pennsylvania, plus Republican Convention implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanshg City
Wilson Migh
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
United States
Joneses
Smiths
Austrians Plan Independent Action On the Front
The passage notes that the Austrians have evidently determined to try to do something on their own account along the same front, signaling a shift in strategy and initiative without allied coordination.
French Women Making Shells and Strong Home Front
Paris reports 109300 women employed in French munition making, with 26293 in state factories. Women rapidly learn to operate small machines and move into food, textiles, metal trades, rubber, and sack making. Husbands and wives cooperate closely, boosting resilience and sustaining national effort during wartime.
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Paris
France
City Wins In Damage Suit Over Street Depression
The South Dakota Supreme Court reversed a Davison county circuit court ruling and freed the City of Mitchell from paying $1,800 in damages to James Keen Jr. The case arose from an April 1913 accident on East First Avenue when Keen, a 17 year old, was injured after the street depression. The court held city officials could not have foreseen the accident and remanded for further action consistent with the opinion.
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Mitchell
Supreme Court of the State
Circuit Court
Davison County
James Keen, Jr
Lauritz Miller
Keen
East First Avenue
Circuit ‘Court
Supreme’ Court
South Dakota Delegation Praises Bishop Elect On Ninth Ballot
The South Dakota delegation at the Methodist general conference rose in applause as Dr. Thomas Nicholson was elected bishop on the ninth ballot. Dr. J. S. Hoagland from Mitchell became delegate in Nicholson's place, with Dr. C. E. Boyce seated as delegate. Hoagland chairs temperance and morals work and leads Africa subcommittee. Other delegates Aberdeén and Wesnington Springs also noted.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
South Dakota
Thomas Nicholson
J.S. Hoagland
Mitchell
C. E. Boyce
Huron
Nicholson
Hoagland
Wilson
Africa
3.S. Harkness
Aberdeen
Land
W.'T. McConnell
Wessington iSprings
Supreme Court Rules Off-Side Driver Rests Risk On Self
In Kelly v James the court holds the off-side driver bears risk for collisions. Plankinton ordinances requiring keeping right were invalidated by state law, but the court finds error and reverses. Other cases note affirmations and reversals involving Stewart Quirk Meade Coop er Farm ers and Merchants Bank Knapp Knapp.
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Gates
Robert Jelinkins
Frank J. Ruml
Sanborn
Smith
State
Chester Stewart
Meade
Stewart
Michael Quirk
Town of
Andover
A. T. Cooper
Day
Farmers _ and Merchants’ State bank
J. L. Michael
Marshall
Whiting
J. F. Porter
J. C. Knapp
Roberts
Purity speaker warns of white slavery dangers
Dr. S. Be. Betts lectured to men at the Presbyterian church on white slavery and the harms of immorality. He cited rising insanity and poverty linked to liquor lust and nicotine, and described a Tulsa case of a man trafficking girls. An evening audience of both sexes heard how to guard girls from white slavers.
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S$. BE. Betts
Presbyterian Church
United States
Dr. Betts
America
Tulsa
Oklahoma
White Slave Trust
Mrs Carlson Laid To Rest In Lutheran Services
Funeral services were held for Mrs J P Carlson at the Swedish Lutheran church at 10 and at the New Home Lutheran church eight miles south of Mitchell at 2 pm. Relatives and friends filled both churches with floral tributes and praise. Rev Gustaf E Rydquist delivered sermons titled A Little While and Ye Shall See Me and God is the Strength of My Heart. Miss Eldora Young and Blanche Young sang, with a male quartet at the country church. Interment followed in New Home cemetery. Pallbearers named: Charles Johnson, 1st Berquist, S P Alsene, Pat Houlihan of Woonsocket.
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J. P. Carlson
Swedish Lutheran Church
New Home Lutheran Church
Mitchell
Gustaf E. Rydquist
Eldora
Blanche Young
Mitchell Church
New Home Cemetery
Charles Johnson
Berquist
S. P. Alsene
Social and civic notes from Mitchell Iowa area
Local visits include Mrs Vina Bromwell of Olewein staying with Mr and Mrs A H Smith and Ira Jones returning to Seattle after visiting his mother Mrs L L Lane. Weather bureau cites unusually cold windy conditions with standstill vegetation. small grain seeding done and corn planting advancing. Public notices cover city council work on streets, garage construction, and theater enhancements at the Metropolitan. Major items include Studebaker car shipments reaching a high mark.
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Vina Bromwell
Olewein
Iowa
A. H. Smith
Bromwell
Ira Jones
Seattle
Federal Weather Bureau
Local notices of travel, visits and events around Mitchell
Friday reports show Clark Potter leaving for Cedar Rapids for summer work with Walter Chautauqua. Mothers Day in Bethel church postponed due to bad weather and moved to next Sunday. Prof. H S Jones on to Canistota for high school address. Families from Broadland attend May Day at college and visit Dakota Wesleyan academy. Mrs C V Fox visiting from Wessington Springs. Mrs H D Butterfield to NYC for Federated Women’s clubs convention. John Berry Jr to Cedar Rapids for Chautauqua advertising. to Yale next fall as chemistry assistant. Patents granted to South Dakota residents. local matters include court fines, road labor, and street work. Weather turned rainy. ballot deliveries completed. Mitchell traffic ordinance enforcement urged. Community events include alumni banquet, lodge meeting registrations, and upcoming Grand Council in Mitchell.
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W., Sr. Shepherd
White Lake
Central School
Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation
Bethel Church
H. S. Jones
Canistota
John Berry, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Vawter Chautauqua
New Haven
Funeral summons pull D. D. Test from Whittier to Hot Springs
From Saturdays Daily D. D. Test returned yesterday afternoon from Whittier Iowa to attend the funeral of an aunt who died at Hot Springs South Dakota George W. Fgap of Sioux Falls arrived this morning and will speak this evening in the city hall auditorium on the issues of the proposition during a pres r event.
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D. Test
Whittier
Hot Springs
S. D
George. W. Fgap
Sioux Falls
City Hall
Mrs Whyte Notified of Brother William Sloane's Death
Mrs Sam W Whyte receives word of her brother William Sloane's death in Sanborn Ta. Mrs William Fidreoff visiting Artesian at her parents home.
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Sam W. Whyte
Sanborn
William Sloane
William Fidreoff
Artesian
Local News Briefs From City Streets And Events
A baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Kerns at 700 Second Avenue on Monday May 22. Street work continues on Fourth, West Third, and North Main with tar filling and grading to repair pavements near the Omaha depot. John Berry Jr travels from Cedar Rapids to Howard as advance ad man for Redpath Vawter Chautaqua. Mr. and Mrs. Geo W Day of Kansas City visit Mrs Kibbee. Day is a Kansas City attorney. Mitchell concert band holds its first public concert at the courthouse grounds Friday with weekly summer performances and new music. John Theiseau is fined $10 for drunkenness and eight days in jail for nonpayment.
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Frank Weller
A. E. Hocking
Hitchcock
St. Joseph's Hospital
J. B. Hovey
Lake Andes
City
Mary Pope
William F. Benbow
Aberdeen
Grace O’brien
Central Building
William Fox
Bard
Mitchell
G. W. Adams
Gann Valley
Charles Oats
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Epiphany
Farmer
Eyan
DPD
Watkins
West
Third Avenue
South
Spencer
Metcalf & Wagner Clothing Co
W. H. Bacon
John Lakes
Frisco
Steve Price
Mitchel
Milwaukee Road
South Dakota
Montana
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
R. G. Winegar
GC. H. Koepp
Koepp
Petersburg
Wis
George Meyers
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ourth Avenue
West Third Avenue
Wisconsin Street
I. M. Byrne
S. T. Kerns
Ast
Second Avenue
Iast Fourth Avenue
John Berry, Jr
Howard
Redpath-Vawter Chautaqua
Cedar Rapids
Tia
Geo. W. Day
Court House
John Theiseau
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Oregon
Hughes
Ito
Cummins
Burton
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Chicago. ‘Tribune
Caldwell
Ana
Supreme Court
James Keen
Nicholuson
State Supreme Court
Samuel Betts
MEN OF Mitchell
Mrs. Carlson
NEW Home Lutheran
Pat Houlihan
Woonsocket
H. I. Jones
First Baptist Church
R. L. Kelley
Northern Baptist Convention
Minneapolis
Louis Ortmayer
College
Morse Brotherhood
J. G. Palmer
Ruth Palmer
J. J. Stevens
Republican
John Geeres
Nick
John Gilbertz
John Serres
John Griffin
Barney Altman
Rebensdorf
Barney Backman
Chas. Boreson
C. W. Derr
Mitchell Shriners
el Riad
F. W. Bobb
J. H. Ferris
William Hunt
J. F. Kimball
S. I. Goodykontz
A. J. Dix
Metropolitan Theater
Hona Mayo
Henry Walthall
Asault
W. S. Hill
Cambry
Donaldson
W. H. Redmond
Birmingham
Ala
J. C. Redman
Interior
Clark Potter
Cedar Rapids, Ta
L. Todnem
Fred
Bertha
Broadland
Lewis Todnem
Dakota Wesleyan Academy
H. D. Butterfield
New York City
Federated Women’s Clubs
Laverne, Minn
Zillah
Minnesota
Illinois
D Butterfield
J. P. Jenkins
A. A. Truax
Lydia Test
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Plankinton
Widmann
W. Owens
Chamberlain Register
Otto Grosse
C. Www. Langley
Maynard
Delvan Becker
Gertrude Metz
Metz
Mina Becker
California
Fargo
N. C
Hugo Stern
North Main Street
Sixth Avenue
J. O. Walrath
James Judge
William Wox
Alexandria
Vox
Donald Hoon
Mitchell High School
Mohonk
Police Department of
J. J. Wells
William Ditto
Flo Williams
Alfred Lindgren
Dakota Wesleyan
State University At
Vermillion
Perry Township
Anna Woodhouse
Julia Green
Morrison Grove
Kempton Cafe
Sn. Devy
Elizabeth Diehl
Scotland
Paul Ford
Marie
Florenée
Chelan
Wash
Neligh
Neb
H. A. Jacobs
Ray Blynn
Leo Johnson
Commercial Club
U. S
Dora Volk
W. G. Seaman
Charles Sloan
Madison
Sheldon
Jl, Todnem
First University Avenue
S. D. van Benthuysen
J. F. Way
Congregational Church
J. A. Larrison
S. A. Miskimmins
R. O. Burton
Omaha Depot
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