Local Market and Civic Updates Highlight Mitchell News
The Daily Republican reports a busy period with sales of calves at Stock Yards and local banking deposits, while city notices note community events. Mitchell residents hear about bank rates, sales, auctions, theater features, and a series of church and YMCA activities including lectures and performances.
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Inquirer
Se‘Bank
Ethan
Sistle
Mitchell
Daily Republican
A. V. Seiffert
St. Petéry Minn
Ther
Commercial Bank
Ntil
Lewis Storm
Armour
Inger
Kimball
Levi-Peirce
Relief Funds Sought for Chinese Flood Aid
An American minister requests immediate relief aid from the U S government. A large flood from the Hoang river has caused wide devastation in a Chinese region. Officials seek two hundred thousand dollars to fund rescue and reconstruction efforts.
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Tsin
He Hoang
Wevitlee
Omaha man held for auto theft
Harry Hickman of Omaha was arrested in Huron and brought to Mitchell for hearing in a municipal court. He faces charges connected with the theft of a Ford belonging to AV. Wy. Barnard. The car was stolen from a north side parking area and recovered, with police tracing its movements through several towns before Barnard claimed it.
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Harry Hickman
Omaha
Huron
Mitchelluesday
Sherif Bab
Owens
AV. Wy
Barnard
Munitpalé
Hickman
Funeral services for Thomas H. Crampton held in Ethan
Thomas H. Crampton died at 73 after long illness and bed rest. Funeral at Ethan Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Goggin leading services. Interment in Ethan cemetery. Survived by wife and 20 children, plus four brothers and three sisters. Crampton a pioneer resident of Davison County for 38 years.
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Thomas H. Grampton
Ethan
Goggin
Thomas Crampton
Davison County
John
William
Mitchell
R. E. Coyne
L. J. Frentz
Elizabeth
Agnes
Walter
Company 1
Fourth
South Dakota Infantry
Leo
Carl
August
Vincent
Thomas
Caldertown
Teresa Link
August Haak
Madison
Wis
A. Fergen
Parkston
Crampton
P. G. Crampton
James Crampton
John Crampton
Missoula
Mont
Elizabeth Crampton
Margaret Falon
Flandreau
Rose Crampton
Missoula, Mont
May Act on Mail Rates Considered in Congress
Washington October 3 Postmaster General Burleson told Congress that before the new increased second class mail rates under the war tax take effect next July he will push to have the subject reported by the Senate and House postal committees and a new modified system established as a substitute.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Congress
Senate and
Howse
Laurier to retire as Liberal leader in Canada
Sir Wilfred Laurier announces to Ontario Liberals in Ottawa his plan to retire from the opposition leadership. He has led the Liberal party since 1887 and headed the recent anti conscription campaign in Canada.
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Wilfred Laurier
Liberal Party
Oltawa
Ont
Del
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Ottawa
Wilfred
Sinc
Canada
Indian Star to Coach the Mitchell Highs in 1917
W. A. Tishigi, an Indian with a strong coaching and gridiron record, will lead the Mitchell high school team for the 1917 season. He brings experience from Ypsilanti Normal and Michigan Agricultural College, where he captained teams and earned praise for character and skill. Tishigi arrives after Mitchell’s initial game with Alexandria high school, as schedule changes shift games to earlier or later dates.
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W. A. Tishigi
Mitchell
J. G. Lindsey
Tishigi
Arizona
Aiitchell
Ypsilanti, Normal
Michigan Agricultural College
Ypsilanti
Lindsey
Middle West
Alexandria High School
Alexandria
Will Kelley
Wisconsin University
Benjamin Wheatley
Notice of county warrants cease to draw interest
Notice from County Treasurer Chas. Fowler of Vavisor County Mitchell South Dakota dated October 2 warns that all registered county general warrants will cease to accrue interest from that date as money remains to be paid.
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Omee
Vavisor
Mitchell
S.D
Chas. Fowler
Election Contest Will Be Tried In Hanson County
South Dakota Supreme Court reverses Dobson versus Lindekugel noting the late notice of contest was a negligible error. Case returns to Hanson County for merits to be tried after the 1916 election for county auditor.
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Supreme Court
Hanson County Auditor
South Dakota Supreme Court
Dobson
Lindekugel
Hanson County
Circuit Court
Alexandria
State Supreme Court
Spangler & Maney
Public utilities protest coal price fixes in Iowa Illinois
Representatives of Iowa and Illinois public utilities led by Gifford Thorne appeared before the fuel administration in Washington to contest government fixed coal prices. They argued that the fixed rates, though lowering market prices, were still higher than the past year’s average in most cases.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Illinois
Gifford Thorne
Fuel Administration
Arm amputation saves child crushed by washing machine
Clarkson of Harding county faced a mangled arm and chose amputation to save her daughter from further injury. With tools on hand she freed the child and rushed to a physician. the incident occurred as the power machine operated and the girl was left in a shed when frightened by a dog near the machine in Pierre South Dakota on October 3.
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Clarkson
Harding County
Pierre
I W W Defenses Consider Strike Rules During War
Chicago October 3. Attorney Otto Christensen analyzes whether an I W W strike during war time is lawful and whether members can stay on strike when started before the war. He denies all charges and says the core issue is whether I W W members acted within the law while promoting strikes during wartime.
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Chicago
United Staes
Oto Christensen
Latanizaion
Committee Takes Up Petitions to Oust LaFollette
Washington DC Oct 3 preliminary consideration began today by the Senate privilege and election committee on petitions calling for expulsion of Senator LaFollette and several other senators for antiwar attitude. No action taken. another meeting planned. Wisconsin scene shows an appeal from the Wisconsin Republican state central committee urging expulsion for treasonable and disloyal remarks.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
LaFoLlette
Sen
Labollette
Congress
Wisconsin
Wausau
Wis
Lia- Vollet
United States Senate
United
Republican State Central Committee
Wisconsin Republican State Central
Pomerene
Committee On Privileges and Elections
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Imma Swartz
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Thomas H. Crampton
the Great Screen Star
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Charles Hoyt
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Lillian Walker
Rosemary Theby
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