Mitchells Hall of Fame No 11 Howard R Kibbee
Howard R Kibbee rises from Mitchell clerk to president of a major South Dakota bank. Born 1866 in Eldora Iowa, he moved to Mitchell at 14 and built a steady banking career, earning trust as a respected banker and public spirited citizen.
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Mr. Kibbee
Kibbee
South Dakota
Eldora
Iowa
Mitchell
Howard
Mitchell Post Office
Walsh
House of the Post Office
Howard Kibbee
First National
S. F. Goodykoontz
J. K. Skrimball
Security Bank
A. M. Bowdle
Commercial and Savings Bank
Morrow
Old Masters Found In Raid In Munich
Munich police recovered a cache described as an old master factor containing dozens of excellent copies. The find, reported by AP, suggests the seized items were high quality forgeries or replicas.
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Munich
Germany
Associated Press
Novel weapon Conan fuse sinks German subs at sea
A New York World report outlines the Conan fuse, a diving charge invented by Irishman Walter Conan. Used with six inch guns and aircraft, it explodes at set depths to sink submarines and damage ships, aiding British efforts in World War I with a secret factory in England producing the fuses.
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Lincoln Eyre
New York
Paris
France
Hows
Great Britain
North Sea
von Tirpitz
British Isles
Conan
Admiralty
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Commons
Ministry of Marine
United States Navy Department
Walter Conan
Dublin
Italy
England
Coslan
Wingfield urges banks to comply with reserve ruling
Sioux Falls based state bank examiner J L Wingfield issued a statement on appeals delaying restraining orders. He said state banks must keep 50 percent of their legal reserve in state banks or in banks under state examination, and noted appeals stay enforcement until Supreme Court decision.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
J. L. Wingfield
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
State Banking Department
South Dakota
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
Burton Day in Aberdeen Draws U Former Senator Visits
Former Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio arrived in Aberdeen South Dakota for a four hour visit. He spoke at the Commercial club to business and professional men and addressed students at the Northern Normal and Industrial School before departing at 4 30 PM for Huron. Lieutenant Governor Peter Norbeck accompanied him. An informal reception followed his address.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Burton
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Commercial Club
Royal Gc, Johnson
C. N. Herreid
L. W. Crofoot
FE. M. Hall
Willist EK. Johnson
Northern Normal and Industrial School
Northwestern
Huron
Senator Burton
Peter Norbeck
Redfield
Norbeck
Erie Freighter On the Rocks Near Waldemer
The P. D. Armour, a Boland Cornelius line freighter, strikes a shoal near Waldemer four miles west of Erie and sinks with coal cargo after hours of heavy seas. The rescue tug also breaks apart, crew saved.
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Erie
P. D. Armour
Boland- Cornelius Line
Waldermeer
Here
Lake Erie
Tunnel proposal at Big Bend would reduce power costs
Doane Robinson of the South Dakota State Historical Department notes a tunnel under the neck of Big Bend as a feasible hydro electric option. A 5000 foot tunnel with lining at about $50 per foot could yield about 2000 horsepower for roughly $350,000, offering cheaper power than an open cut or full diversion.
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Culebra
Panama Canal
Big Bend
Keokuk
Sixty Civil and Divorce Cases Set for Circuit Court
Circuit court opens next Tuesday with sixty cases on the calendar including twenty divorces, twenty-nine civil actions, and eleven criminal charges. Naturalization hearings for Christian Reider, John Muntzigkeit, and Alick Lodinoff proceed. Criminal docket lists rape, adultery, illegal liquor sales to minors, and other counts. several cases continued from prior terms.
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Circuit Court
Christian Reider
John Muntzigkeit
Alick Daniel Lodinoff
Peter Young
Frank McLain
Lawrence C. Frame
J. F. Huntley
M. Maxson
Grace C. Stein
P. Stewart Stein
Emma Ryckman
James W. Ryckman
Jennie Heuermann
CG A. Heuermann
Ida Hanson
Joe A. Hanson
Leah Yates
Andrew Yates
Charles A. Maher
Mary W. Maher
Faye Radcliffe
J.howard Radcliffe
Gertie Rudie
Ole Rudie
Frank Wayne
Martha Wayne
Eva McConkey
George McConkey
Ruth Igor
Howard Figer
Clinton Gibbs
Amelia Gibbs
Bertha L. Jewell
George A. Jewell
Elizabeth Hinton
Hugh H. Hinton
M. W. Fisk
Edith Fisk
Sarah Fuller
George W. Fuller
A. D. Walpole
Grace F. Walpole
Mae Bouza
John J. Bouza
C. F. Johnston
Preston-Thune Company
G. Summers
LaFayette Young
W. C. Webster
C. F. Tym
W. UC. Webster
H. B. Kirkendahl
James B. Judge
James Keen, Jr
James Ixeen
Guardian
City of Mitchell
J. C. Jensen
B. F
Frank Weller
Mitchell Publishing Company
W. L. Hoffman Automobile Company
St. P. Ry
H. GC
Howard ‘Gifford
Fullerton Lumber Company
J. W. Anderson
Clarence Zuyer
Donald McIntyre
Kawner Mfe. Company
J. N. Crow
Mamie ‘Casey
Evan Koyancleff
Ed Cudmore
Steel Stock Guide
Water works back to full capacity with two pumps
City water works now operates both deep well pumps again. Repairs to the electric turbine centrifugal pump completed about a week ago and the unit was put in service Wednesday. City Engineer S H Smith said with both pumps in good order there is no threat of Mitchell running short on water. The repaired unit is pumping more water than before.
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City
S. H. Smith
Mitchell
City Council Awarded for Fixing Artesian Well
The article notes years as on the new artesian well dug at that time and an air lift pump installed on the old well. Mitchell would have lacked water for days without this purchase. Water from the repaired well is dark due to prior disuse and a coal vein. Mr. Smith says color will fade. The reservoir will be emptied for minor interior repairs by Ward & Weighter.
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Mitchell
If Man Bites Dog Its News From Vermillion Speech
Vermillion South Dakota Rex Large city editor of the Sioux City Journal told an audience at the University of South Dakota that newspapers are profit driven with no philanthropy. He outlined the daily paper’s departments and argued news values hinge on the unusual fact such as a man biting a dog.
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Vermillion
S. D
Rex Large
Sioux City Journal
University of South Dakota
Mr. Large
John W. Dekay Known Figure In Past South Dakota Ties
John Wesley DeKay, an American arrested in London on defrauding the Belgian government in rifle sales, was a notable South Dakota character years ago. He built wealth in Whitewood through state printing contracts and media ownership, later moving to New York and engaging in ventures including arming Huerta in Mexico and cattle dealings in Mexico.
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John Wesley DeKay
London
Bow Street
South Dakota
Dekay
Whitewood Plaindealer
White Lake
Victorina Huerta
Mexico
Double Wedding Anniversary Dinner Observed
Mr and Mrs L L Ness hosted a 7 pm Sunday dinner to honor Mrs Nesss parents Mr and Mrs A Halseth of Sioux City visiting. It marked the Halseths fourth anniversary and the Nesss sixteenth. Fourteen guests attended with a pink and white chrysanthemum and carnation centerpiece from Miss Brammer. After dinner hours were spent informally.
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L. l. Ness
Brammer
Farewell to Pastor as Loose Family Plans Move
Members and friends of the German Lutheran church held a farewell reception for Rev. F. W. Loose and his family in the church basement. The Looses depart for Humboldt Indiana to establish a new home, with music by the church orchestra and gifts presented in appreciation. LeValley Weds Klosterman at First Methodist Episcopal Church in a Wednesday ceremony performed by Dr. Hoagland. The couple, Leonard Irving LeValley and Elizabeth Anne Klosterman, will reside near Plankinton after a short trip.
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German Lutheran Church
F. Wloose
Levalley-Klosterman
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Leonard Iriving LeValley
Elizabeth Anne Klosterman
J. §. Hoagland
Dorothy Klosterman
W.H. Weller
Wessington Springs
Plankinton
Crocus Club Hosts Social Meeting and Farewell Party
The Crocus club entertained at Mrs. Charles Hawks home 522 East Fourth avenue November 8 after a brief business session. Mrs. Bert Galbreath assisted with lunch and many members attended. Glenn and Leah Nichols were farewelled at their parents home 81 East Third avenue last Saturday with games and refreshments. The couple plans to move to Salem Oregon around November 20.
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Crocus Club
Charles Hawks
East Fourth Avenue
Bert Galbreath
Joe Loyinger
East Sixth Avenue
Glenn
Leah Nichols
GC. G. Nichols
East Third Avenue
Cleota Branch
Mildred Smith
Nichols
Salem
Ore
MitehYell Study Club
L. Bridge
Mt. Vernon
Blanche Jenkins
Mary Porter
Pear Corker
J. S. Hoagland
Miss Elizabeth Jost Shower Opens Society Week
Ladies attend a 1 PM lunch hosted by Mrs. M F Patton and Mrs. J W Shelby at 422 West Third Ave with pink and yellow roses and ten tables of auction bridge won by Mrs. Jay A Dundas. Miss Elizabeth Jost, formerly a nurse in Mitchell now in Emery, is honored at a 500 party in Emery and will marry David Nolan of Upton Wyoming.
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M. FF. Patton
J. W. Shelby
M. I. Patton
West Third Avenue
F. W. Leehan
John O'Donnell
George
H. Rew
Mabel Shelby
Elizabeth Jost
Mitchell
Emery
Mary Desmond
Miss Jost
Wyoming
Lillian Nourse
Margaret Robinson
Jost
Presho
S. D
David Nolan
Upton
Wyo
States Cattle Rates Reduced in South Dakota
The South Dakotarailway commission approved a 75 percent fat cattle rate for stocker and feeder cattle from central markets to South Dakota points and within the state. It also sets excess charges retroactively and withdraws the complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission, preserving future rights.
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Pierre
S. D
State Railway Commission
South Dakota
State Commission
Interstate Railway Commission
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Mitchell’s Hall OF Fame
Howard R. Kibbee
Mr. Morgan
Reynolds
Forgan
Nymphenbergerstrasse
He Himsel
Lehmann
Hodlers
Lenbachs
Dietz
Lefreggers
von Kellers
Otto Seitz
Mathias Schmidt
Pinakothek
Nymphenburgerstrasse
Deffreger
Frau Lehmann
Frauchmann
Aif
United States
Wingfield
Banks
Great Bend
Doane Robinson
F. B. Smith
Smith
John W. Dekay
Doubliee
Meen
Pauline Long
South Sanborn Street
Edith Malone
Martha Blackwood
Averil Amsden
Lucile Edmunds
Clelia Meadows
Edith Thompson
Lois Smith
Ruth Trevithick
Mary Williams
Everil Amsden
Elsie Leuth
Thea Gallant
Mary Blackwood
Martha Tilley
Society ‘Notes
Railway Commission
Roy Townsend
Bruce, M. D
Townsend
GC. H.brenkiron
Bank of Bruce
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