Mysterious Lights Haunt Mitchell Tragedy Farm
About 200 Mitchell residents watched three eerie lights near the Nels Jensen farm four miles northwest of Mitchell where Clee Sledge was murdered in March 1915. The lights, red and white, rose and hovered near the house mirroring the tragic events, with witnesses hearing moans and whistling as crowds speculated on a supernatural cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Jensen
Mitchell
Jensen Farm
Jesse T. Sledge
Clee Sledge
Charles Strebel
Mr. Sledge
Strebel
Class Seeks Cause Behind Extraordinary Sight Found
A high school class considers investigating the unusual sight reported nearby to determine any identifiable cause. Students discuss potential explanations and safety implications as they plan a methodical inquiry.
County Agent Busy Time With Farm Outreach
Brookings South Dakota reports show county agent Gordon Randlett and A R Wije for Kingsbury by six weeks visiting 145 farmers writing 1938 letters and circulars producing 35 newspaper articles 49 office calls 28 phone calls and two farm meetings. Douglas County agent IW C Bird logged over 600 consultations including 222 farm visits 157 personal letters and 1500 circulars sent. Topics covered include hog cholera vaccination drainage fair exhibits grain diseases seed corn stockyard improvements and marketing.
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Brookings
S. D
Gordon W. Randlett
A. R. Wije
Kingsbury
Douglas County
Iw.c. Bird
Man of Mystery Killed by Train Near Buffalo Gap
An unidentified man about 40 is killed by a special freight train south of Buffalo Gap, found with $4.45 and few personal items. Coroner's jury returns verdict of accidental death, exonerating the crew after the engineer sounded the whistle and brakes failed. The body remains unidentified.
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Buffalo Gap
S. D
20 000 Horse Power at Bend Great Bend Proposal
The Great Bend location on the Missouri River could yield about 20 000 horsepower from river flow, with potential electricity sold at roughly one fifth current rates. John J. Nelson cites surveys. canalial head could be created to boost water head. Mitchell Street Railway and Interurban studies a plant to power local lines. many towns could gain electrical service if built.
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Great Bend
Missouri River
John J. Nelson
Davison County
Pierre
Mitchell
Bismark
N. D
Mitchell Street Railway and Interurban Company
Hyde County Report Shows Record Crop Yields
Farm reports from Hyde and Hand counties indicate bumper crops in oats and wheat. J A Null in Hyde county reports 96 bushels per acre while Dennis Mc Mann in Hand county records 113 bushels. Wheat up to 48 bushels per acre near St Lawrence and Ree Heights area. Corn planted on time is thriving. locals praise seed corn quality in the northwest.
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Jiyde
Hand
J. A. Null
Mitchell
Hyde County
Dennis McMann
Hand County
Hmery
Ree Heights
St. Lawrence
Tom Kelley
Burke
Null
Housekeeper Wins Large Award in Black Hills Case
In Deadwood South Dakota Mrs Edith Waring won a $9000 claim against the estate of Jack Gray former general manager of the Wasp No 2 mining company after a two day county court battle. Gray died last spring in Los Angeles and left most of his fortune to relatives in England. Mrs Harris long served as his housekeeper in Terraville and contended for years of nursing and care with modest pay. The will left her only $1000 and the house, a result now upheld by the court victory. Gray was a leading Republican figure in the Black Hills and a major stockholder in Wasp mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. C
Edith Waring
Jack Gray
Wasp No. 2
Black Hills
Los Angeles
Terraville
Harris
Gray
England
Wasp Mining Company
Legislature Upholds Power to Repeal Initiated Laws
The South Dakota Supreme Court rules the legislature may repeal or amend laws, including initiated acts, under the state constitution. It rejects reading into the constitution a prohibition on repealing initiated laws and affirms legislative supremacy unless restricted by the constitutions of the United States or South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
State Supreme Court
R. O. Richards
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
California
Wedding of Miss Jeannette Smith to Charles Shannon
Miss Jeannette Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs William M Smith married Charles W Shannon at the bride parents home 421 North Lawler with Rev Howard W Fulweiler officiating The ceremony featured Beethoven Ich Liebe Dich Mendelssohn wedding march and a lunch for about forty guests The couple will spend a few weeks in Chicago and Bloomfield Iowa before settling at 215 West Fifth Avenue Mitchell locals noted the bride active in social circles and Shannon a rising Mitchell business man
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Jeannette Smith
William M. Smith
Charles W. Shannon
North Lawler Street
Howard W. Fulweiler
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Rachel Doyle
Chicago
Beethoven
Mary Kibbee
Mary Louise Burns
Una Smith
Mabel Shelby
Florence Walrath
Nellie Wilson
Geil
Tone Watersteadt
Milwaukee
Bloomfield, Ia
Shannon
William S. Shannon
Mt. Vernon, Jr
John V. Dobson
West Fifth Avenue
R. P. Edson
Ruth
Des Moines
William F. Shannon
Helen Shannon
Bloomfield
Florence Fosdick
Ifrs
Frank Chambers
Mason City
Virginia Doyle
J. W. Williamson
Shelby, Mont
John V. Dotson
Mt. Vernon
H. E. Shipley
Sioux City
Fred Kimball
W. T. Smead
Sioux Falls
Ben T. van- Metre
Wolsey
S. D
Mitchell
St. Mary’s School
Fairbault
Minn
Cathedral Park Seminary
Washington, D. C
Raiders Make Haul in Grand Forks Robbery
In Grand Forks N D a raid yielded seventeen hundred dollars in cash. Police are investigating the incident and seeking clues from witnesses.
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Hauk
Grand Forks
Bank Robbery Shocks Kiel In McHenry County
Last night armed robbers raided the First State Bank of Kiel located in McHenry County. Police hunt for suspects as details remain scarce.
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First State Bank of
Kiel
McHenry County
Miss Elsie Baker Delights Mitchell Audience
Miss Elsie Baker contralto drew enthusiastic reception at the Methodist church as the first act in the college Y M C A entertainment course. She performed with the Kaltenborn String quartet and was backed by Miss Blanche Barbot. upcoming attraction Mrs Tsabelle Beecher was announced for November 22.
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Elsie Baker
Methodist Church
College
Miss Baker
Kaltenborn
Blanche Barbot
Mitchell
Tsabelle Beecher
Mark Payne Wins Fame for 63 Yard Football Kick
The Chicago Herald highlights Dakota Wesleyan star Mark Payne as he kicked a 63 yard field to score three points against Northern Normal on October 16, 1915. The feat, achieved with a center’s pass and a bounce, surpasses the 1898 Wisconsin Northwestern record.
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Mark Payne
Dakota Wesleyan
Chicago Herald
Mark
Payne
Northern Normal
Local Social Roundup From Perry Township
Perry Township residents hosted and visited over weekend with extended families. Notables include Mr and Mrs Robert McCue and Mr and Mrs G C Wildmann. Jim Dailey ill with tonsillitis for three weeks. Social Hour club met with thirty guests featuring readings by Miss Thompson and a Thanksgiving program planned for November 17.
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Robert McCue
G. C. Wildmann
Plum
John Campbel
Jim Dailey
H. B. Goodwin
Julian Dondelinger
John Blindaeur
Clarence Clapsaddle
Social Hour Club
Frank Titus
Carlos Kendall
Sherman Lewis
Tom Wagner
William Balding
Lloyd Lewis
Artesian
William Baxter
Mescal Bean Use Among Pine Ridge Sioux Arrests Released
Four Pine Ridge Sioux arrested weeks ago for using mescal beans, which have a narcotic effect and threaten the reservation, have been released by federal authorities and returned home. The habit, originating in Mexico, has risen among Pine Ridge Indians, causing increasing trouble.
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Pine Ridge Indian Agency
S. D
United States
Mexico
Pine Ridge Sioux
Pine Ridge
Indians Released From Custody Following Statutory Gap
Careful consideration found no federal statute prohibiting the practice and thus the four Indians were released from custody. The ruling notes there was no other legal avenue to pursue.
Ex convict Morse tours to warn youth in South Dakota
Scotland South Dakota ex convict Morse recently released from the Sioux Falls penitentiary after eleven years of confinement is touring the state to deliver lectures urging youth to stay on the right path. He converted in prison and now travels with his children in a gospel wagon holding open air meetings to deter crime and guide young men toward honorable living.
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Scotland
S. D
T. F. Morse
Sioux Falls
Use of phone checks a fire Woonsocket South Carolina
Rural telephone lines proved crucial as a prairie fire in Jackson township drew 150 farmers within thirty minutes. The blaze burned about 400 acres, destroying hay stacks and narrowly missing M Meier’s farm buildings before flames were halted. The cause remains unknown.
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Woonsocket
S. C
Jackson Township
M. Meier
Mystery light story scotched near Mitchell farm
Several hundred spectators had visited Nels Jensen’s Mitchell area farm to view the so called mystery lights. Jensen warned trespassers off as damage risks rose and a local observer explained the lights result from weather, damp ground and still air rather than supernatural causes.
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Nels Jensen
Mitchell
The
Republican Today
C. B. Beyer
Jensen Farm
Tennessee
Nebraska
Beyer
Aberdeen High Students to Run Aberdeen Daily American
Aberdeen public schools will publish the Aberdeen Daily American next Saturday with nine editors, six news gatherers, and one society writer handling the issue. Later Northern Normal and Industrial students will also publish editions, with the event described as a historic moment for student journalism.
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Aberdeen
S. D
American
Normal
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