Mitchell Citizens Report Local Notes and Events
Beulah township welcomes Zid Born, a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Keddoes on Tuesday. Numerous town items include visits, a Thanksgiving sale by Chas Ferguson, Dr. Stevenson visiting Mitchell for eye surgery, and local court and business moves. The Dakota University football game, Mt Pelee ash, and town growth plans feature alongside theater, weddings, and civic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keddoes
Beulah Township
Gee
P. Scotchbrook
Wessington
Chas, Ferguson
R. ¥. Dundas
Armour
Dundas
Chas. Ferguson
Stevenson
Sinux Falls
Mitchell
Mitchell House
C.O. Bras
Black Hills
Fraternity Mining and Milling Co
Postofice
Bras
Smith
Boyles
Woonsocket
Sanborn County
F. C. Cosgrove
J. C. McKillip
Hanson County
McKillip
Colgrove
Dakota University
Athletic Park
John Tuckey
Mt. Pelee
Chicago
John
H. C. Greene
Badger Township
Milwaukee Road
Rockford Ill
Samuel T. Beddoes
Rockford
Round Table
A. E. Hitchcock
Gregory
White Lake
Chamberlain
Remarkable Minnesota Company Shines In Global Drills
The Third Minnesota National Guard’s Company C, based in Duluth, is praised for its global drill expertise. Noted for perfecting drills of many nations since Chattanooga, it has spent over $3,000 on historically accurate costumes and features buglers and standard bearers signaling nations in sequence. Lieutenant C Josten is credited with the program’s discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guards of
Minnesota
Duluth
Chattanooga
C. Josten
Strand
German Army Methods Revealed in Reichstag Testimony
Pearson's Weekly details alleged German army abuses from Oldenburg to Breslau cited in the Reichstag. Corporals forced to eat grass, officers stripping clothes and beating privates, shaving by force, and a chap held under a burning match as part of punitive lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldenburg
Reichstag
Breslau
Pearson’s Weekly
Golden Reef Found Amidst Curious Chase in Australia
The account recalls a farmer and his dog as they chased a kangaroo. Torn ground exposed golden quartz and a rich reef was found, boosting the farmer's wealth. A thirty year old parallel tale notes a goldfield discovered when a settler threw a stone at his dog. The returned stone proved to be gold bearing quartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Chronicle
Tun
Young Women to Meet at Ninth YWCA Convention
The ninth annual YWCA convention will be held in Huron from Friday evening through Sunday with an extensive program. Mitchell shows strong representation in officials led by Florence Starr as chairwoman and Gold Corwin as recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Huron
Mitchell
Florence Starr
Gold Corwin
Eliza Hall
May Bobb
Marie Quigley
Edla Laurson
Miss Starr
Miss Corwin
Miss Hall
Miss Laurson
Miss Shearer
Football Game Big Crowd Expected for Thanksgiving in Mitchell
Mitchell readers anticipate a record attendance next week as the Thanksgiving Day football game draws interest from city and university circles. Local organizers, including L O Gale and Geo R Douthit, arranged rail rates for a single round trip from Sioux Falls Chamberlain and nearby towns, with inquiries flooding in from surrounding areas. The item also includes an advertisement for Burdock Blood Bitters claiming health benefits by a Mrs Chas Hutton of Berville Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
University
Chicago
Geo. H.grace
Miller
Grace
Hand County
H. Noble & Son
Plymouth Rock
Mitchell
Douthit
Omaha
Sioux Falls
Milwaukee
Chamberlain
L. O. Gale
Geo. R. Douthit
Postmaster’s Wife Confirms Aunt Sally’s Thursday Visit
In a country post office scene Mrs. Hayfork asks for news of Aunt Spriggs. The rural postmaster and his wife reveal a postcard from Aunt Sally indicates she will arrive Thursday.
Prominent Divorcee Joins Sioux Falls Community
Mrs. Roland B. Molineux of New York moves to Sioux Falls to pursue divorce from R. B. Molineux who was recently acquitted of murder after a four year case. She says she delayed action until after the trial and after arriving in Sioux Falls will seek legal separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland B. Molineux
New York
Sioux Falls
R. B. Molineux
Molineux
Greatly Reduced Prices at J. L. Arney’s Dry Goods
A sale at J. L. Arney’s offers a new line of hats caps mittens duck coats overcoats and shoes with everything on the dry goods side sold at greatly reduced prices. The sale is bona fide and prices will match the advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Arney’s
Annual Meeting Notice for Commercial Mutual Fire Assn
Notice to members announces the annual meeting at the association office in Mitchell South Dakota on December 2 1902 at 2 o clock p m Secretary J O Walrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Mutual Fire Association
Mitchell
Ladies and Misses Walking Skirts Sale
Retail note highlights walking skirts for ladies and misses with a 20 percent discount on regular prices. Emphasizes rare values from top makers and a large assortment now on sale.
Bed Spreads and Curtains Featured in Home Goods Section
Handsome full fringed bed spreads extra size with cut out corners for brass beds. Crochet satin Marsailles quilts priced from $1.00 to $4.50. Finest line of Arabian Irish point Brussels Net and Nottingham curtains shown in the carpet department. It is not so much what you pay as what you get.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Nottingham
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Zid
Republican
A.b.mason
Toledo
Ohio
Sle
J. W. Mason
Ambrose Curtis
Sioux Reservation
Curtis
Randall
Abbey
Ithaca
N. Y
Roswell Beardsley
Beardsley
United States
John Quincy Adams
McKinley
Roosevelt
Washington
Doane Robinson
Dakotan
Aberdeen
My. Robinson
Robinson
Carnegie Library
Fred Widmann
Chamberlain and
Oacoma
Londale Theatre Co
Georgia Rose
Leo Dale Ingraham
Gertrude Ramsdell
Dinah
Negress
Maud Street
Lackaye
Ingraham
Connie Ray
Mitchell Club
Collins Bros. Orchestra
Marcus
Iowa
Northwest
Sydney Garrett
Agnes Wendelboe
Ethan
Fred T. Drewett
Ernest Garrett
Lena Wendelboe
Rathbun
Main Street
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
New 3
Orl
Chas
Hutton
Berville, Mich
H. D. Butterfield
Stiller & Sons
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