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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1916
Page
6
Friday notes report J Hanson an elderly Milwaukee engineer dies in Sanborn Iowa. Various town updates include travel, visits, court hearing for John Lovack, band event with Rev Hunt, a speed typing record at Dakota Wesleyan, class debates, and school games.
In Bon Homme County an unusual election question arises after Democrat Theodore Berndt dies before the vote. Republican James Stephens, a veteran senator, leads the field, while Democrats insist Berndt’s name could still win votes and trigger a vacancy filled by a special election under the constitution. They vow a vigorous posthumous campaign for Berndt to force another ballot.
The article notes 43 37¢ polling precincts in South Dakota as of January 1, 1916, with minor changes possible since then. Lyman County has the most precincts at 55, while Brown 61, Meade 53, Perkins 52, Tripp 51. Buffalo County has four and Bennett six.
A fire at St Elizabeth's hospital in Farnham Quebec killed an estimated nineteen inmates including five children eight women and six men. The blaze started in the chimney Tuesday night and caused about 135000 in damage. Many victims were alone and entombed beneath debris as officials investigate the cause.
In Excelsior Missouri a $60 000 fire destroyed three buildings and a man named Harry Crutchfield is missing. Operator Alfreda Weinholtz stayed at her post relaying calls for help as the blaze spread. she was carried out unconscious but is expected to recover.
Belle Fourche South Dakota reports Wm McCracken acquitted on one rustling charge and immediately rear rested on another. He, once famed for eluding officers, faces trial in Baker Montana for leading a notorious gang. At Baker, R C James was convicted of rustling and sentenced five to seven years.
Davison County associates from the 1911 and 1915 legislatures write letters urging Charles Boreson’s election as state senator. They praise his conscientious, detailed work on appropriations and his fiscal prudence, noting strong support from Brown, Jemnnon, Pierre, and other counties.
A roundup of local notices and visits. Secretary Fellow argued the Mitchell Obbers case before the interstate commerce commission in Washington. Mrs Fellow visited in Chicago. Lida McFarehner returned home to Sioux Falls after visiting relatives. J P Barrett of Armour was a city visitor. Kings and Brown begin work on the new City hospital foundation with completion aimed by mid winter. Hog theft reported near Milwaukee depot, roast pig threatened for election night. Local grading work on streets by T J Goodwin progresses on several avenues. Beelman and Oates traveled to Gann Valley on business. Desmond of Symery also visited. Hotel dining room and kitchen renovations underway at Widmeann hotel. plan to modernize dining area with new booths and relocated kitchen. Miss Flora McNeill visited by Dp Disbraw. Disbraws plan Chicago return. Lecture on Social and Industrial conditions in Australia and New Zealand to be held at Congregational church, outlining government ownership, land reforms, wage boards, arbitration, bushrangers, with stereopticon views.
Bert Landers of Sioux Falls believes Charles Evans Hughes will win the presidency citing tariff and Argentine wheat imports as reasons. He offers bets on the draft amount and predicts Wilson’s troubles will end soon as he argues Hughes embodies honest leadership and Republican protection for farmers.
Eight year old Ethan and his siblings of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelson played with matches west of Ethan. The fire swallowed the stable, killing a two year old sister despite neighbor Robert Coyne’s brave, water soaked blanket rescue attempt. A horse also perished in the blaze.
Bud Pea of Tanna was bound over to district court on a charge of stealing a horse from Nisland rancher O. B. Aide. The horse wandered into the Black Hills, was found in Lead, and led to Pea's arrest.
In Pierre South Dakota a pair of local residents hunt rattlesnakes along a dog town to profit from hides meat and oil. They captured around a hundred snakes with hides kept for tanning and oil of value on the market.
Mr and Mrs Owen Jones and their children of Winfred narrowly escaped serious injury when their automobile wrecked several miles from Winfred. The top was crushed and windshield damaged. Mrs Jones sustained minor bruises while the others were uninjured after the high speed crash on a bad road bend.
Last night Dakota Wesleyan women boarded the midnight train to Sioux City to witness the Wesleyan Morning Side game. Names read like Mary Williams Kathleen Swartz Janie Cochran Ferne Millay Ruth Maxwell Mildred Prisch Lois Smith Anna McKaye. The report notes the coach and the men’s attendance.
A large crowd attended the Eastern Star lodge Hallowe en party at the Masonic hall with many elaborate costumes. A gypsy fortune teller booth, a flag salute by J. N. Crow, duets by Hazel Charlesworth and Ray Fisher, and a fashion of period costumes marked the evening.
A week of school, church and social events includes a lesson on the first 13 colonies led by Mrs Keen. The Social Hour club met at the Masonic hall with hostesses listed, and Miss Flora Vermilyea wed Joseph Orr at a family home with a small reception.
Mrs Buel Evans hosted about a dozen women at 821 West Fourth avenue on Friday afternoon to honor Mrs R B Ruth who plans a California winter. The gathering featured fancy work and visiting followed by a two course luncheon served at five with helpers Ruth Evans and Lillian McCarthy assisting. The Evans home was decorated with bittersweet sprays and autumn foliage for the HALCYSON CLUB MEETS.
The piano department led by Miss Hedith B Smith and the violin department under Mrs Wallace MacLean presented a recital in the academy study hall Monday evening. Numerous friends attended as the young musicians performed with skill and poise, featuring Velma Castello Opal Rogan Marie Mylan Agnes Reed Magdelene Ruden Marie Fox Nellie Glynn Irene Morarity Lucile Tobin Louise Smith Margaret Vandal Irene Gosche Elsie Hoffman Amy Rogers Cecelia Navin Mary Smith Vivian Bonahue and Mildred Bruner.
Miss Mae Smith and Miss Margaret Weed welcomed a party of Republican office women at their new Vermilyvea flats. The guests arrived about 6 30 bringing supper supplies and stayed for social time and music. Nellie Ward and Celeste Carlson, former Republican staffers, attended.
Morris Diamond of Bay City Michigan and three other inmates escaped from the Marshalsea city home in Pittsburgh last night after breaking a ward door, sawing street-bar doors and fleeing. Diamond had been sent there after a Cleveland threat letter case and was under mental observation.
Pierre South Dakota Insurance Commissioner O'Brien issued an order directing fire chiefs town clerks and township clerks to report fires within the jurisdiction. A fee of 150 is paid for a satisfactory report with ten cents per mile for travel. Reports received more than fifteen days after the fire will not be recognized nor paid unless good cause is shown.
Pactola South Dakota James C Sherman of Pactola longtime pioneer woman of the Black Hills died at Rochester Minnesota after an operation aged sixty four Mrs Sherman came here with her husband from Vermillion during the gold excitement and engaged in the hotel business
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