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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
8
Mitchell locals report W H King’s trip to the Black Hills for state board business. Teachers Wolters and Theis head to Watertown for the convention. many residents travel for work, school, or events, including university ties, land sales, and civic meetings.
The November fire marshal bulletin reports September fire losses at 15382.45 with 24035 insured, while October losses jump to 89216.60 and 490285 insured. In October groves and flues losses rise, and unknown-cause fires surge from 5948 to 77671. Prairie fires prompt investigations and fines for improper campfire handling.
The article argues President Wilson will struggle to assemble a better Cabinet than his predecessors. It analyzes potential choices and the political hurdles ahead as he weighs replacements and reforms.
Wesley Walker won first prize with a large elevator model powered by two Inspector motors. Tyler Palmer took second with an Electric windmill. Ralph Kipp earned third for a threshing outfit and water wagon. Percy McKeel built a fire wagon with gong, and Thomas Morton a finely made automobile. Master Walker will enter the national Erector builders contest with Edward Nathars of the Erector company set to attend Broadbent's.
Aberdeen high school routed Mitchell 27 to 0 at Hitchcock Park with a sharp aerial attack led by the Lynch brothers. Mitchell's line pressured Aberdeen but failed to stop the forward pass as Yankton awaits Thanksgiving.
Miss Hilda Muhlhauser head of the women and girls division of the federal employment service is hailed as the hardest working woman in the world. She has written on social problems with emphasis on women and children and is regarded as an authority on sociological questions.
After an election a statewide tax dispute centers on the tax commission and existing statutes. Laws require assessment of all money and credits, with penalties for noncompliance and incentives for uncovering hidden property. Sixty cows and heifers valued at about $100 each are listed among the properties tied to the discussion and sale notices.
An official count shows a Democrat candidate for state legislature, Ching, was defeated in Hamlin County because voters mistook his Chinese name for being Chinese. Many Democratic voters declined to vote for him due to the assumption he was a Chinaman.
Pierre S D confirms Louis Jones once a range rider near Belle Fourche was killed while serving with Canadian troops on the French front.
The Constituent notes that Chairman Willcox has little left to do beyond issuing a blue book in the Anconda Standard. The report hints at official duties winding down with the vice president’s present hues.
Harry Branson held a Saturday public auction that drew the season’s largest crowd. Judge Bros. declared the sale successful with strong prices. stock included horses up to 258 dollars, nine work horses averaging 190, yearling cattle up to 100, Holstein cows to 140, and two year old heifers to 125 dollars.
Brookings S C state college students and faculty pledged 1930 for YMCA relief work among European prison camp inmates. Interstate Secretary Howard J Beaver will sail next month to spend fourteen months in relief efforts. They expect to raise over 2000, the largest amount by a northwest institution.
Amsterdam reports Empress Charlotte widow of Maximilian of Mexico continues living at Zouchout Castle near Brussels. German forces have not touched the castle or park and soldiers are forbidden on the grounds. The empress, long insane, has not been told of the war and asks why King Albert and Queen Elizabeth no longer visit.
State Land Commissioner C H Heppersee accepted Warren Lamb Lumber Company bid of Rapid City for 25,000,000 feet of standing pine on the state forest reserve near Custer at a minimum price of 2 dollars per thousand. The note adds a political aside from the St. Louis Globe Democrat about Taft and Teddy.
Speaking of Job's Comforters, the Chicago Herald notes that when Mr. Hughes surveys presidential difficulties he should gain comfort from a recent event. The remark implies a favorable turn or relief amid pressures facing the office.
A satirical line in the Boston Globe pokes fun at Taft by imagining a cannibal Fiji Islander preferring another ex president sailing up the bay. The brief quips reflect humor about public figures and naval sighting.
London reports the foreign office refused to grant safe conduct to Count Adam Tarnowski new Austrian Hungarian ambassador to the United States. Ambassador Walter Hine Page received the note confirming the decision.
The article reports discussions in Washington and Chicago about a potential armistice in World War I. It notes President Wilson’s openness to mediation, adviser proposals, and mixed British French opposition. Diplomats say central powers might accept US mediation, while Entente hesitates to peace overtures.
The eighteenth annual South Dakota Implement Dealers association convention will be held in Sioux Falls on December 5 to 7. Only announced features include short talks by association members and speakers from other regions, with expectations of record attendance. The Sioux Falls Implement and Vehicle club plans entertainment for visiting dealers during nonmeeting times.
Chicago fashion news notes a shift toward modest dresses for 1917. The Designers' Association of Womens clothes reveals 1917 styles to be shown at the biennial convention December 16, promoting simpler lines and natural beauty.
In Hutchinson county Elias Walter sold 160 acres for 16 000 to Jos T Tschetter, who then sold 80 acres to Mathias M Hofer at 100 per acre for 8 000. Elias Walter Sr bought 00 acres in Beadle county at 65 per acre 20 800 and sold his local farm for 16 000. Jacob B Glanzer bought 40 acres in McCook county at 130 per acre 80 acres unimproved, the highest price for unimproved land in McCook county.
Washington DC posts postmasters to aid United States Marines in securing fresh recruits. Officials urge local offices to disseminate recruitment information and assist eligible applicants through the process.
M p ank South Dakota. EF Lockhart, publisher of a sensational monthly in the northeast, was arrested by a federal marshal and held for trial in Aberdeen on a federal charge of circulating objectionable matter through the mails. He is released on $1000 bond pending May term. The publication prints scandalous stories and is accused of violating Post Office regulations on mail contents.
Webster S D Day county two men Charles Wetmore and A C Mc Neely were jailed for murder after Night Officer Dan Passage was shot near Andover while stopping holdup suspects. A habeas corpus review released them briefly before re arrest by Sheriff Garrick. Police link the pair to a wave of freight train holdups that ended after their arrests.
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