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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
4
Mitchell Capital publishes weekly news and reader letters including Roosevelt speech notes, local notes from Thursday and Friday digests, editorials on wartime economy, and Corn Palace week updates. It lists staff details, subscription rates, community notices, and a wide array of Mitchell city items with mentions of local residents, visiting dignitaries, and military troop movements.
Brookings D Det select high producing seed potatoes through hill selection and mass sorting. Dr Hume notes uniform tuber size yields better seed. discard misshapen tubers. He cites personal experience where seed from productive hills produced five times as much as nonselected seed.
The annual meeting of the Boarnet Trustees of the South Dakota Anti-Saloon League convened in Mitchell. Officers were elected. finances showed receipts of 31,000.00 and expenses of 3, most notably a campaign with 59 organizers, 7 clerks, and thousands of mailings. A new superintendent was discussed to succeed Halsaple, who will continue until successor takes office.
Reports from schools in Davison County show progress toward the million-dollar Library Wars fund. Total collected to date is 261.40 excluding contributions from the high and parochial schools. Donors include Dr and Mrs Bracy and several local ladies. Four pupils are selling tickets this week, with growing support from Mitchell citizens. No story hours this Saturday due to Gorn Palace, resumes next week.
Vermillion South Dakota announces a telegraphy short course to train telestay operators for military dispatch work. President Robert L Slage says the program opens November 15 and aims to recruit 25 000 men for war service. The course is open to men in active service subject to draft and ready to join the Signal Corps after completion. Dakota State College and Yankton College cooperate on related telegraphy instruction at the request of the State Council of Defense and the United States War Corps.
Ronald prize winners Mary Falk and Grace Gillittle, both from Dakota Wesleyan, earned first and second places in the Ronald contest while Ronald Alderson of Sioux Falls was killed in a Sunday car accident near Bridgewater. Alderson, who owned a residence in Emery, died when his car overturned at about thirty miles per hour as he drifted from Sioux Falls toward Emery. His wife and child were injured but not seriously. The winners receive twenty five and fifteen dollars respectively and a printed copy of the Assay, with a copy in the college library.
Mitchell hosts the state council of defense meeting focusing on Liberty Loan support, food conservation in South Dakota, and school establishment across districts. Gen Gurze urged unity while Martin Lowenberg outlined a statewide drive to form food committees and enroll 100000 South Dakota families in the national food administration campaign.
South Dakota counties report mixed progress on the soldiers library fund drive with Beadle Brookings and others meeting or exceeding their requests. Davison County doubles its quota and Hughes surpasses it, indicating the state may exceed the 89000 target as funds continue to come in.
Parkston council Knights of Columbus names Grand Knight J Gorman Deputy Grand Knight John D Sweeney Chancellor E F D Arend General secretary M Sullivan Recording secretary P Sommer Treasurer J H Kratz Names reflect local council leadership figures for the upcoming year.
Saturday's Daily records Mitchell residents and visitors during the Corn Palace festival. Mrs E W Jones and son John depart for Correctionville while Dr KE W Jones joins the Fourth South Dakota Infantry at Camp Greene. Allen Brigham and Mark Payne head to Sioux Falls for army commissary work. Numerous calls reference visitors, school staff, and local permits as the city notes stock movements, concerts, and military arrivals amid festive events.
A reader petitions the county board to open a road between Tobin and Baker townships, detailing petitions from Baker residents, including property owners paying road taxes for decades. The letter argues the route would require one bridge and detours, cites topography, drainage, and a prior township project, and requests board action with plats and farm-owner signatures.
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