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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
3
Neighborhood items from Valentine Nebraska list visits and greetings across towns including Pella Ames and Muske. residents report travel to Des Moines, Sioux City and Miles City. Personal updates cover illnesses, family visits, farming changes, real estate exchanges, cattle shipments, and a traffic accident injuring Boone. Duration of war mobilization and local draft details are noted with typical sparse reporting.
Last week Presho and surrounding communities saw sixteen Lyman County men leave for military training in Riley Kansas. Local citizens gathered at the station to extend thanks and a hearty send off, with a hopeful crowd amounting to 530. Families and businesses join in the tribute to the young guardsmen headed to the training camp.
Vivian and KE M Sehoemaker trade household goods this week for Masonry where they will build a new home. Evelyn Davis visits Woodward home and ends school this winter. Murdold returns Mr Ellinger and children to Valin on Tuesday. Mrs Eilingston visits her serious father. Agnew family travels with Mrs Woodward and Miss Olive Koon to We Celebration. Hieenhoven farm hosts K Meee’s visit after an oil store fire at Darn during the night. Ivan Reeves and son Don attend business in town.
White Lake residents hosted and traveled for short visits with relatives in Mitchell and Bellevue. Marjorie Herrick and Margaret Foss returned from brief trips. Rev. T. W. Bowen delivered a farewell sermon before leaving for Kimball. A death occurred as Mrs Nick Kremer died. funeral held at Catholic church.
Loomis Mrs Henry Nyhouse visits relatives in Montana while a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Rochelle Warne. Families from Ree Heights visit Loomis. Local residents plan Studebaker trips and farm sitting duties. Red Cross drives gain momentum as members sew in county courthouse. Civil War veteran H G Thorpe marks fiftieth anniversary. Soldiers prepare for France as friends depart for training in Kansas. Community notes cover travel, schooling, and social visits around Bridgewater and Mitchell.
Mt Vernon’s Bay View Reading club opened its year with a meeting at Mrs P A Cottingham's home. A wedding at the Bromwell home united Miss Ural Ryne and John Kincaid with music by Miss Ryne stad. Numerous local visits and two serious accidents are noted, including injuries to Chris Buller and Mrs E M Ross and a farm sale at seven dollars per acre.
Murdo Mae Powell visits in the city while Misses Brookie Ingalls Ginkens Holmes and Mr. Scallitt Grif fh Burnham are entertained by Mrs. Brackett. Many locals travel to Mitchell for the Corn Palace and attend church and family gatherings.
Woonsocket hosts celebrate Miss Helen Carlton's sixteenth birthday with twenty friends and a clock gift. Harry C Briggs and Agnet D Jensen wed at the parsonage and plan a farm honeymoon. A Lyric theatre party by Mrs Ama Apley and Mrs Clara Miller honors Mrs Minnie Rock and Mrs Eber Wild, reviving 32 year old friendships.
Pukwana activity includes a hospital visit for Pukwana Will Wate from M. A. Glass and cattle shipments by Sanborn Bros to Sioux City and Parker S D averaging 1232 pounds at 410.25 per hundred. Mrs John Simmons and son Dale visit Lennox. Mrs Frank Chase heads home to Guthrie Center after stay with sister Mrs Geo Conrad. Red Cross in Pukwana organizes Brule County auxiliary with officers Stowell A Stranksky N A Glass John Harty as listed.
Dalton notes report Elmer Franklin of Mitchell visiting last Tuesday. A Will Kapperman home shower honored Miss Lulu Kapperman. Mrs Bailey’s sister and three daughters from Madison visited in their new car, with Bailey family hosts. George Bailey and Miss Bailey from Washington visited. Frank Bailey of Parker visited last week. Farmers Loan and Trust elevator lease to J D Wipf D Doehring J King with J J Graber as manager opens in town. Peter J Adrian left for Glendive Montana to join draft training camp, farewells held at the station. Frances Swihart travelled to Mitchell for Corn Palace and to visit a friend from Springfield. returned Sunday night.
Parkston residents record a week of travel and visits with relatives and friends. Shaw attended a Sioux City reception for Secretary McAdoo while Fergen, Sehlingen, and C. G. Fergen returned from Minneapolis. The Craig family left for Tulare after a visit with Mrs. Fergen. Welch and family voyage to Apecunlis to see relatives, with Maud Welch joining upon return. Meisenhoelder went to Manhattan Montana after a brief stay. Faust family and Fay Heidinger visited from Delwin. Heidner arrived from Pasadena for several days of local visits. Houston and wife traveled from Delmont to J. W. Peckham’s, then to Alexandria with the Peckhams.
Emery Will Driscoll returns home from Mitchell Saturday morning and is weak but recovering. A Rademacher family travels to Acton Montana to see John before his training camp departure this week. Theodore Hexmeier and wife visit Alton Iowa relatives and return home Wednesday. Mrs WN Karpen returns from Ashton Iowa after a week with relatives. P Fissel and wife return to LeMars Iowa after visiting relatives. Fred Edzards junior ill with pneumonia but improving. Mrs Robert Gunn returns from Scotland after visiting daughter Mrs Carl Bertelson. Theodors Hexmeier and wife of Alton, A J Krier and wife with son Gewaild, and Mr Giishied and family visit Will Schlitz’s home. Mrs Geo J Terveen suffers minor injuries in Lawn driving incident. children unhurt. car damaged.
Kadoka residents note Andrew Benning's return from a ten day eastern trip in a Dodge. Local officials discuss road work while Clyde Taylor Dr. Northup J E Calhoun and A S White visit county board. Mrs H G Clearwater, longtime resident and owner of nearby property, visits Kadena. The Jackson County Bank prepares to open in Kadena with A G Hill as president and C J Stuart as cashier. capital listed as 23 million dollars.
Mitchell community notes cover visits among Cresbard and Ohio residents, naturalization petitions, staff changes at the Milwaukee dispatch office, and appointments at Dakota Wesleyan. Local figures including J. Elis and F. W. Faber attend business, while Misses Zarneke and Holmes lead club roles. The Red Cross raises funds with Rosie dolls, and crime news reports a three and one third year sentence for Harry Hickman.
Camp Cody New Mexico hosts South Dakota Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota cavalry troops. The first Dakota regiment paraded and reports strong morale, intensive training, and busy athletic program including a quarter mile track and baseball facilities. Canteen operations under Maj. Bates run smoothly with high pie sales.
Perry Township visits include Miss Bayles from Prophetstown Md visiting Mr and Mrs Wildmann and family. Ed Lewis Earl Street and George Collins traveled to Pukwar on Saturday. Mrs Mary Byers returned home near Salem after visiting daughter Mrs J Goodwin. John Campbell Sr seriously ill at son Anne Campbell’s home. Two oldest Mac Van Tasel boys ill with diphtheria now improving. Mrs Mary Wheeler aged 67 died Monday at daughter Mrs Chauncey Bates home after two years poor health, funeral Wednesday at Bates home.
Interment was in Butler cemetery with Rev De Groof of Letcher in charge and Mrs Burg and Mrs Crawford leading hymn singing. Mrs Wheeler leaves many relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs William Balding of Ree Heights visited relatives. Mrs Peddicord accompanied them home for a month. Mrs Henry Beaum(an) formerly of here now in Kennebec visited friends. Ward and Joe Balding plan to rent and move near Ree Heights next spring. Joe Gilfillian bought a Studebaker. Will Bates headed to Ree Heights.
Wesleyan football team under coach Ray McLean prepares for the season opener against Augustana at University field. The roster remains unsettled while workouts emphasize offense, defense, and polishing plays. a booster meeting precedes the game with a large anticipated crowd.
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