Mitchell Corn Palace Notes and Local Visitors
Local notes record visits from Wesleyan graduate Frank Jeffert and others to Mitchell for the Corn Palace festival. A Milwaukee officials meeting on safety first and heavy livestock runs from the Black Hills are noted along with weather turning cold and planting trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jeffert
Canton
Wesleyan
Mitchell
Jeffert
Chicago
Sam Raphael
Wagner
S. D
Corn Palace
Harry Hise
Parker
Hise
Mitchell Weekend News Roundup and Club Notices
Sioux Falls visitor Ruth McHugh joins Mrs. P. Michels in Mitchell while Mrs. F. G. Newell from Mellette arrives to visit her daughter Mrs. H. G. Meyer. October club meetings in Mitchell cover American music, studies and social events with numerous local couples and residents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth McHugh
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Joe P. Michels
F. G. Newell
Mellette
S. D
H. G. Meyer
B. H. Baker
Statue Unveiled for Thomas J. Grier at Wome stoke Mining Site
A bronze statue of Thomas J. Grier longtime superintendent of the Wome stoke Mining company was unveiled with exercises. Richard Blackstone current superintendent gave the address as the city honored the occasion with a holiday. Grier traveled from Los Angeles. funds were raised by public subscription.
J. M. Wood Rites Held For Local Official
Funeral services for Joe M. Wood, who died Tuesday night, were held at 404 West Third avenue at 10 oclock this morning. Members of the United Commercial Travelers, the Elks, and the M B A attended. Floral tributes honored his thirty years with Tolerton Warfield Company. Services conducted by First Church of Christ Scientist with Louis Lovinger singing. Pallbearers from the United Commercial Travelers. Interment in Graceland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M. Wood
West Third Avenue
United Commercial Travelers
The
Elks
Hils
Tolerton-Warfield Company
Wood
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Louis Lovinger
George H. Rew
A. C. Black
Andrew Ellwein
Id W. Leehan
R. E. Ruth
W. A. Blynn
Graceland Cemetery
Porcupines Killed in Tripp County
S Simans was alerted by barking and found a porcupine after his dog stirred it up. Both were injured by the needles during the encounter though the animal was killed. Porcupines are rare in this part of the state and natives once used dyed quills in tribal dress.
Sleeping Boy Mysteriously Lands Between Cars After Collision
In Hamlin county's Lyons district two autos crashed with great force. All occupants were thrown from both vehicles except a 12 year old boy who slept in the back seat of the smaller car. He remained asleep in the front seat after the collision, baffling witnesses as to how he ended there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castlewood
S. D
Lyons
Hamlin County
Damage suits ruled against plaintiffs in Sioux Falls court
In Sioux Falls South Carolina two damage suits were disposed of adversely to plaintiffs. Tony Patrinos sought $10.00 damages for a hand injury while employed by a local biscuit company. Martin Lee sued the Great Northern railway company for injuries. the court directed a verdict for the railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
Tony Patrinos
Martin Lee
Great Northern Railway Company
Militia Units Ordered Back to States by Funston
The first regiment of the Illinois field artillery and a Wisconsin artillery battery, whose numbers completed the regiment after one battery returned home, were designated to return to their state camps by General Funston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Illinois Field Artillery
Wisconsin Artillery
Funston
Orr Sargent Wedding in Murdo Home
Miss Eva Sargent married Mr. Aaron Orr of Murdo South Dakota at the home of her parents. The ceremony united two local families in a quiet early fall wedding with friends and relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Sargent
West
Fourth Avenue
T. Bonoghue
Wessington Springs
Eva Sargent
Aaron Orr
Murdo, S. D
Robber Holds Up Mrs. Johnson in Aberdeen Home
Mrs. Royal C. Johnson wife of the district congressman, was held up last night after entering her Aberdeen home with a neighbor. A masked robber demanded her purse and escaped with about ten dollars after they had attended a theatre outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Royal CG. Johnson
Aberdeen editor saves his bride from wedding veil blaze
In Aberdeen South Dakota editor J H McKeever of the Aberdeen American acted within seconds to save his bride Doris Bickelhaupt from a veil fire at their wedding. The veil touched candles and ignited, but McKeever crushed the flames with his gloved hands and the satin train, sparing serious injury as guests watched in astonishment and later learned the near tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
J. H. McKeever
The
Aberdeen American
O. W. Taylor
Doris Bickelhaupt
Bishop reorganizes South Dakota Catholic clergy
Sioux Falls, S D Rt Rev Thomas O Gorman announces priest assignments in the diocese after the death of Father Feldmier Bridewater. Father Berkle moves from Ethan to Bridgewater. Father Goggins shifts within Sioux Falls with Fitzgerald to Bridgewater. Father Lyon comes from Columbia to Sioux Falls. Father Keefe takes over at Columbia after five years assisting in Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Thomas O'Gorman
South Dakota
Feldmier
Bridewater
Father Berkle
Ethan
Bridgewater
James Goggins
Fitzgerald
Than
Patrick Lyon
Gregory Wins $2600 Verdict Against Butler and Bondsmen
Fairfax S D a verdict awards Gregory County 2600 dollars against J H Butler former county treasurer and his bonding company overpaid salary and unaccounted funds. Butler left the state and is reportedly unknown. Bonding company may be liable and could carry the case to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
S. D
Gregory County
J. H. Butler
Butler
Supree Court
Pence to Prison
Donald Arnold of Perkins county was jailed in the state penitentiary to serve six months after pleading guilty to receiving stolen food. He was sentenced in Perkins county circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
Donald Arnold
Perkins County
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City stock market notes cattle receipts 1,500 steady market hogs 3,500 ten cent drop top price 10.10 bulk 9.75 to 9.90 sheep receipts 1,500 weak market slumps throughout the day reflecting softer demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux NE
Sioux City
Editor Dr. Clifton D. Gray to Speak at Baptist Meet
Chicago editor Dr. Clifton D. Gray, editor of The Standard, is slated to appear on the program of the thirty-fifth annual South Dakota Baptist convention to be held in Mitchell from October 11 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton D. Gray
Gray
Chicago
South Dakota Baptist Convention
Mitchell
the Standard
Robber Trio Is Placed in Jail in Wallace
Three men Charles Foley Ray Gordon and Frank Williams were jailed in the South Dakota state penitentiary after pleading guilty to burglarizing a Wallace general store. Foley 24 Gordon 28 Williams 19 received two years one year eight months and one year six months respectively. Officers had waited in the store for a week and ten days and nabbed the trio as they used a front door key. The bandits had previously robbed the store and fled, dropping keys later found to fit other local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Walls
S. D
Wallace
Charles Foley
Ray Gordon
Frank Williams
Foley
Gordon
Williams
Waley
Order for sale of Julia Ford real estate in Davison county
County Court of Davison County with an estate matter for Julia Ford deceased grants D H Ford administrator with will annexed permission to sell the real estate by private sale. The order requires publication in The Mitchell Capital for four weeks and personal service to interested parties at least ten days before the hearing on October 30, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
South Dakota
Davison
Julia Ford
D. H. Ford
Mitchell Capital
Davison County
O. GC. Thompson
Notice to Creditors for Anna M Daggett Estate
The administrator Andrew J Daggett issues a notice to creditors and all claimants of Anna M Daggett deceased to present claims with vouchers within six months after first publication. Mail and deliver to Mt Vernon Davison South Dakota. Dated September 2 1516.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Daggett
Mt. Vernon
Davison
South Dakota
Andrew J. Daggett
Foreclosure Sale Set On Davison County Property
Notice of real estate mortgage foreclosure by Bertha A. Christy on a 1918 loan to Jennie J. Lord. The Davison County sale is at the Mitchell courthouse front door on October 21, 1916, at 10:00 am for Lot 10 and W half of Lot 11 in Block 1, C. S. Burr's Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie J. Lord
Bertha A. Nelson
Bertha A. Christy
Register of Deeds
Davison County
South Dakota
Mitchell
C. S. Burr
Spangler & Haney
Catholic mayor elected in London election
London reports Sir William Henry Dunn elected as the third Roman Catholic lord mayor in recent years. He secured the office today amid the city’s political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
William Henry Dunn
Sioux City Joins Freight Rate Dispute With Mitchell Club
Sioux City filed as an intervenor with the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Mitchell Commercial Club against the Ahnapee and Western Railway and 200 others over alleged freight rate discrimination. C.2 Childe argued Mitchell rates were fair. briefs due after July hearing. Fellow leads Sioux City case with O. E. Sweet attending Washington proceedings on October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Mitchell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mitchell Commercial Club
Ahnapee and Western Railway Company
Rh. J. Fellows
Commercial Club
Sioux
Mitchell Club
Washington
Fellow
O. E. Sweet
South Dakota Railway Commission
Mr. Fellow
Aberdeen Nurse Dies After Poison Threat Over Affection
Margaret Mears a trained nurse from Aberdeen drank poison after threatening to injure herself over alleged attentions to a rival. She called Walter Mee the Rapid City land office receiver, spoke briefly then consumed acid and died at a local hospital. Born April 17, 1892, she was 24 and the daughter of Peter Mears of Hooker South Dakota.
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Aberdeen
Walter Mee
Rapid City Land Office
Margaret Mears
Cellerville
Mee
Boonela
Peter Mears
Hooker
S. D
St. Luke's Hospital
Sioux Alls
Howard Divorce Case Settled In Miner County Circuit
Judge Taylor grants Mrs. Anna Lubeck a decree on a cross bill in the Miner county circuit. N H Lubeck, Howard photographer, loses custody of their son and must surrender the family home by October 15. Mrs. Lubeck receives a money settlement and custody of the son. domestic rumors had circulated prior to the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
SL. D
Miner County
Anna Lubeck
N. H. Lubeck
Taylor
Youth Smothered in Sawdust Pile at Sawmill
Rapid City South Dakota reports the death of Lawrence Robinson 25 whose body was found smothered beneath a six foot pile of sawdust in a fuel room at a local sawmill. He went to inspect why dust was not feeding the furnace and was believed to have been caught in a cavern. He had no local relatives. an uncle resided in Fenimore Wisconsin and another in Valentine Nebraska.
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Rapid City
S. D
Lawrence Robinson
Robinson
Fenimore
Wis
Valentine, Neb
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Sakell Bros
M. W. Williams
Aberdeen Commercial Club
State Weather Bureau
J. J. Murphy
Dubuque
Andrew Henegar
West Fourth Avenue
EB. A. Gates
Kingsley
J. J. Myles
C. L. Scott
Charles Webber
Ithica
N. Y
Cornell University
Milwaukee
Iowa and Dakota
L. B Beardsley
FF. L. Richards
Charles Beebe
B. F. van Vliet
W. F
Gussie Rhodes
Corde Kirkpatrick
Spencer
M. E. Kirkpatrick
Clair Kintz
Blanche Klatt
Tripp
C. I. Dillon
Yankton
Howard Harris
Olivet
Mr. Harris
Aleta Vessey
Thelma Cassem
J. Lockwood
H. Veenkler
Ralph Jansen
Woonsocket
Jansen
Dakota Wesleyan
Black Hills
Chamberlain
May Condo
A. N. Brudvig
Hills
Minn
Helge Opland
Skandinaven
America
Ill
W. C. Davis
Clifford Dickson
Helen Dickson
A. H. Smith
E. E. Dye and Family
Florence W. Samuels
Boston
Kate W. Samuels
Arthur Benson
William Allickson
John M. Beis
Anna Houck
Clarence M. Davis
Alice Preeman
Beis
Salem
Theodore Stockel
Bertha A. Welffer
Waterloo
McLean J. Witzel
Minnie Knutzen
Artesian
University of South Dakota
P. E. Smith
Will Smith
Philip Smith
Cavour
P. H. Kelley
J. A. Johnson
Rodell Warne
Loomis
John Meyer
la Soeur
Mr. Meyer
T. Meyer
Warl Louder
Huron
Louder
T. Erstad
I. H. Shepard
North Main Street
Christine Nelson
Weaver Dobson
Cassie Woodward
White Lake
Woodward
Dakota Wesleyan University
Oliver Strong
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Strong
School of Dentistry
Bryan Baughman
Maude Sreeding
Presbyterian Manse
C. E. van der Maaten
Sioux Walls Argus
Ww. H. Lyon
Parkston
McLain I. Witzel
Minnienutzen
G. J. van der Maaten
Collins Bros. Orchestra
Marcus
Yar
Round Table Club
Shakeshere
JD. Haney
G. R. Shelton
I. L. Ransom
Iva, Miller
Twentieth Century Club
Bay View
George Rowley
A. B. Hager
C. B. Wilt
I. L. Moyer
J. K. Smith
T. Litchfield
D. M. Tiffany
Mitchell Art Club
F. H. Winsor
W. Leehan
G. H. Rew
F. H. Greenwald
W. A. Heimberfer
W. R. Ronald
Ray Smith
C. H. Roddy
Mitchell Study Club
J. A. Smith
Wm. Scallin
W. Jones
D. J. Noble
Newman Club
B. R. Morrow
Be Jolly Club
Incheon
Duluth
Maynard Theatre
S. A. Miskimins
Morrow
Main Street
Bert Tlumson
Sanborn
Fred Wilson
McCuster
Miskinins
Hedeen
Ford
Marjory C. Ford
Henry W. Hedeen
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. S. Hoagland
M. W. Myler
Myler
Harvey Smith
McNally, Ir
Gertrude Wolfman
A. A. Hedeen
Beresford
McNallyla
J. M
Tripp County
Orr-Sargent
Mrs. Johnson
J. H. McKerver
Bride
Berkle
Bridgi Water
Feldmater
Gregory
Baptist Meet
S. Cattrell
George H. Marquis
State Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Watertown
Dakota
Alberta
J Randall Black
Toulon, Ill
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