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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
12
The Corn Palace festival wraps up tonight with a grand finale event drawing crowds and signalling the close of the seventeenth edition. Local organizers promote end of year celebrations and community participation, highlighting ongoing exhibits, entertainment, and closing ceremonies.
Mitchell runs full crowds for Corn Palace week events with special trains and autos bringing visitors. Tonight marks the close with the Corn Patch carnival and final program at the Corn Palace. Feralio’s band entertained as attendance surpassed Friday with large turnouts and festive mood statewide.
Baptists from across the state attend the thirty fourth annual conference in Deadwood South Dakota now in session. J F Schrader of Rapid City and Rev J L Mann of Ip read papers as part of the proceedings.
Huron South Dakota faces a Friday deadline to raise 50,000 in pledges for the proposed Duluth Huron and Southern railroad or the line will shift to Mitchell crossing the James River. Railroad officials call the ultimatum fair, noting a prior extension. a mass meeting showed strong enthusiasm and most funds still needed are to be raised in Huron. The line seeks a rapid Duluth to Gulf route through rich unserved districts, with the James River crossing costing much and a missing 9,000 still to be raised locally after 6,000 was pledged Thursday night.
Pierre South Dakota Haakon county land sells at 75 dollars per acre for a quarter section twelve miles northwest of Philip. The tract, alfalfa seeded for years with good forage, has no buildings and still offers strong income potential from hay or seed in a favorable year.
After a nearly two year pursuit Jesse Long formerly of Juneau Wisconsin on a statutory charge was arrested yesterday in Rutland and is in custody of Lake County authorities pending further action.
Rev P H McBeth of Mitchell urged a dry referendum next year predicting sweeping victory and turnout. Dr Shaw of Sioux Falls reported church growth with two new edifices, three rededications, sermons, visits, prayer meetings and baptisms, net membership gain of 248, total 411 with self supporting churches. Current expenses rose to 18 21 and benevolences near 3000, income 17341, all debt paid leaving convention debt free for first time.
At the Cheyenne River Indian Agency in South Dakota, under Cato Sells paper instructions, federal authorities circulate a pledge among thousands of Indians to abstain from intoxicating liquors. The pledge vows to avoid liquor and to aid in protecting the people from the great evil. Large numbers of warriors, women, and school children sign, with expectation that nearly all on the reservation will participate to curb liquor trouble.
William Hickox threshed eight acres and gathered twelve wagon loads and a bushel from the field. Neighbors weighed the crop, finding yields of 136 1/2 bushels per acre by weight and 62 1/3 bushels per load. The harvest is claimed as possibly the largest yield reported. Hickox plans to thresh a larger field believed to be equally productive.
Vernon Gray, a ball player known in central South Dakota, eloped with a 16 year old girl from Winner and married her. He faces a statutory charge after a preliminary hearing and is bound to $500 for January circuit court trial. A Brule County witness reports the case. This is separate from another elopement with an Aurora county girl.
The wedding of Miss Lucile Grebel and No. 3 Wallace is set for four o'clock tomorrow as a notable social event. The notice highlights the forthcoming ceremony and its social importance in local circles.
Local forecasters rely on corn husks and fowl flight, among other indicators, to predict a harsh winter. They urge households to prepare for whatever winter may bring as it advances.
Judge W. M. Herbert adjourned the regular term of municipal court until next Tuesday due to absent attorneys. Jurors drawn to appear October 12 at 10 o'clock include Mark Harris, N Kremer, J J Myles, J F P Feeley, John Tuckey, Charles Ferguson, Edward A Birge, A L Zavit, James M Van Tassell, Wallace Miller, G W Coleman, John Heysett, Albert Harris, Elton Webster, Herman Gaines, M A Reeves, L A Cass, John Donnelly, John P Hand, all of Mitchell, Sigmund Schirmer and Alfred L Jordal of Mt Vernon, Ernest Dahl and C P Enright of Ethan.
Raymond Robins of Chicago will address a lunch by the Mitchell convention committee of the Laymen's Missionary Movement at the Widmann hotel next Tuesday noon. A leading national thinker on religious and social questions he will discuss The Better City to business men. About 411 men invited. luncheon 12:15 to 2:00.
From Monday's Daily Eugene McGovern of A. T. McGovern & Sons was married this morning in Sioux City to Olga Stewart. The groom's friends were surprised by the news. The bride, with many Mitchell connections, plans a short wedding trip before returning home.
The Corn Palace week, conducted under exceptionally poor conditions with heavy rains and chill, was declared profitable by management. Officials compare it favorably to the 1914 Corn Palace, noting strong overall attendance and earnings despite a weather that lingered into midweek.
Corn Patch will remain in Mitchell until the last of the week before shipping to Chicago for a short engagement. On November 16 it opens a winter engagement at the New York Hippodrome. Peter Taylor, the lion trainer, left Sunday for Los Angeles to appear in a Selig motion picture. He will return to New York to take charge of the Hippodrome show.
J H Wright aged 77 died at 11 30 pm yesterday at the home of his son Kay Wright 517 East Kirst avenue where he had lived for nearly two years He was born in Buffalo NY and had lived in South Dakota since 1888 most of that time in Brule county He had been in poor health for two years Funeral services will be held at the Wright residence at 2 15 pm tomorrow and at the First Methodist Episcopal church at 2 30 pm Dr J S Hoagland pastor will officiate Street platform and stand decorations were taken down today by workers the citys new street sweeper being demonstrated by debris from the past week
Miss Christine Bartikoski, a city girl, was seized by an unknown man on her porch in Scotland S D. She fought free and fled to a neighbor s house where relatives called for a city marshal. The basement windows had been opened suggesting burglary as the motive. The assailant vanished in the darkness and no trace was found.
Pierre census reports an excess of males in the state prompting inquiries from eastern regions about marriage prospects. Officials have received letters seeking names of local young men who would correspond with eastern women, aiming to match partners and reduce the male surplus.
In Pierre South Dakota authorities report more than 10 000 000 dollars have been disbursed to school districts this year ensuring funding for classrooms and programs across the state. The sum underscores ongoing state investment in education with details of allocations and recipient districts being released by officials.
Dakota Wesleyan opened the 1915 football season with a 28 to 0 win over Madison State Normal. More than 800 spectators watched a practice-like contest as Wesleyan capitalized on early stops and miscues. Final score was Wesleyan 28 Madison 0 with Payne scoring and Berry sprints and a late punt by Payne.
Police report renewed criminal activity in Mitchell with an early evening highway robbery near the Congregational church. Frank Woolley and a young woman were relieved of $18 after a robber flashed a lamp and pistol. Judge and Mrs. Haney were later threatened but only money in change was taken. A burglary at A. N. Vegas South Side store yielded a small silver haul. J. Short, linked to the carnival, is held as a possible suspect. police pursue Mrs. Haney and Mrs. Moser for identification while no clue exists for the Moser home intrusion. Officers Chapman and Kirkpatrick responded promptly to the Moser incident, with a bicycle check before daylight.
Mrs Frank W Smith of Piice City Minnesota died suddenly after hours of heart trouble. She passed away at 7 50 last evening at the home of her sister Mrs Weisil.
The United States Marine Band will give a concert at Mitchell’s Gorn Palace on Friday afternoon October 15. The band, granted permission by President Wilson, is on an eight week U S tour of 104 concerts. A local committee of business and professional men will organize the event and profits will go to a benevolent enterprise.
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