Bishop's school hosts celebration at Mitchell campus
The Bishop's school in Mitchell marked a special event Tuesday with Bishop Iahatias presiding. Rev Fr Walsh and Chancellor Mitchell led a ceremony for the ill and students of the Catholic college, highlighting efforts to foster Catholic education in South Dakota and praising Gorman as a longtime patron.
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E Academy
Brary
Bishop’s
Iahatias
Walsh
Mitchell
Bus College
Chambertre Dame
Gorman
Th Dakota
South Dakota
Catholic University
D. G
Bond Issue for Mitchell Water System Upgrade
The Commerce Board introduces a proposed bond of 25 000 to improve Mitchell's water system. The plan was drafted for consideration by the chamber and city officials, with the mayor and council showing support for securing a steady water supply and adequate fire protection.
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Mitchell
Pfel
Chamber of Ledge
Wells
Neil
Hal
R Boulware Dies After Stroke in Mitchell County
John E. Boulware suffered a stroke while returning home with R Braught and Swindler after a day of work. His condition worsened and he died about midnight. funeral services are set for Saturday at PLSL church with Rev J W Moore officiating.
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John E. Boulware
Mitchell
R. David Braught
Mr. Boulware
Mr. Swindler
Mr. Boul
Ware
Sixth Avenue
Braught
S. Mu
Boulware
Automobis
PLSL
Moore
Graceland
Tenry
Andrew Tapp
Harland Noe Hill
Warren ‘Emery
Kins
NG Screen Ties Electric Service
A second story window caused a light to go out when a wire screen shifted and touched a live line. A short circuit on a 2300-volt feed tripped the power, sparking a fall of live wires into an alley. An onlooker helped restrain the danger until repairs were completed by Mitchell Power Company crews.
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Nivin Hotel
Pet
Servier
Mitchell
NTY Surveyor Arrested Slain, St Oel, 8
A surveyor named Roberts was arrested on instructions from county authorities amid a slain case in St Oel. Authorities allege he had no funds and refused eliteks, as reported by the press.
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NTY
St Oel
Roberts
de Pite
Mitchell Notes Snatch Up Visitors and Local Warnings
Mitchell daily notes include numerous visitors from across South Dakota and neighboring states, a warning issued by the police on sidewalk bicycle riding, and assorted social visits. Draft transport through Mitchell and cemetery notices accompany a flood of hometown news.
Residents and visitors seen in Mitchell area notes
Sunday visitors and locals travel through Mitchell with a variety of plans. Genevieve Cameron Kies resigns as stenographer in Milghell Abstract meet while Mararet Sherwood visits. J S Harkness attends Methodist services in ML Vernon. Scaullin family from Lead stay for several days. Arthur Shale from Watertown visits before heading to Minneapolis to attend the University of Minnesota. Mrs Mueters of T operated at local hospital. Harry Slade visiting Mitchell from his Milwaukee-Des Moines posting. Fr Bb Meal from Brookings plans to Alexandria for county agricultural agency work. Arthur Gurl and Frank Baldwin of Myndall return by auto. W M Cook from State Relations service at the department of agriculture noted.
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Wilton Loflane
Tee
Aera
Ratton
S. A. Wise
W. S. Hoover
H. S. Wilson
Tani
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Fla
Jacksonville
A. B. Dattin Wesley
Mr. Darling
Atlantic City
N. J
Darling
Wesley
Georgetown
N. Y
Georgiana Quinn
Woonsocket
J. E Mosessal
Margaret Callan
Winnie McAndrews
Thomas Callan
Mitchell
Lcir
Des¢ Moines
Gus Lovinger
An¢ Family
St. Paul
Fred Donaldson
Sioux City
Bo Campbell
Buffalo Hart
J. W. Campbell
Graceland
Genevieve Cameron Kiais
Ie Milghell
Omeet
Jeff
Mararet. Sherwood
J. 5. Harkness
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
ML. Vernon
W. , Scaullin
Lead
Arthur Shale
Watertown
County Aevicultural Agency
Arthur Gurl
Frank Baldwin
Myndall
Auto
Berlain
Rete
W. M. Cook
State Relations Service
Department of Agreul
New County Auditor Named in Gregory
Earl Lindley of Burke appointed Gregory county auditor after the resignation of Wyble Vienland. Lindley, previously in the abstract business with his brother Irving, moved from Bonesled and owned a store with his brother. He was an assistant cashier at Security State bank Bonesteel and is praised as qualified and experienced for the office. The appointment received universal approval.
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Fairfax
S. D
Del
Earl Lindley
Burke
Bonesled
Irving
Wy B
Uveland
Security State Bank
Bonesteel
Universal Apoval
Urges Action to Name South Dakota Coal Administrator
Senator Sterling urged National Fuel Administrator Dr. Gaujolby to appoint a State Coal Administrator in South Dakota. A telegram from Charles IL Byler, secretary of the Farmers Cooperative Association, said the coal situation remains unsatisfactory but improves, and timely distribution is needed for state stations.
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South Dakota
Washington
Senator Sterling
Charles IL Byler
Farmers Cooperative Association
Sterling
Gaujolby
Vogt Applies for New Trial in Wife Desertion Case
Notice has been given in Marion South Dakota that Jacob D Vogt seeks a new trial after being found guilty in the state circuit court of wife desertion and non support. He faced a potential sentence to the Sioux Falls penitentiary when the motion for a new trial will be heard at another term of circuit court.
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Marion
S.D
Jacob d. Vogt
Gaurl
Creuil Court
Convétie Noy
Anderson Held as Draft Resister in Simi Falls Case
Phillip Anderson of Phillip Falls was brought to Simi Falls by a deputy U.S. marshal to answer before a federal grand jury on the charge of making false statements and obstructing the recruiting process.
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Anderson
Phillip
Record Bank Clearings Hit Historic Peak in Mitchell Area
Mitchell banks reported an unprecedented six day period total of 8839 309.71 in clearings from October 1 to October 6, driven by grain movement and debt repayments in Davison County. Figures rose from 165 370.69 on Monday to 179 436.46 midweek before fluctuating, with Friday and Saturday strong as notes and mortgages are settled. Local bankers attribute the surge to a thriving crop year and the Second Liberty Loan driving capital into the region.
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Mitchell Banking
Davison County
South Dakota
Republican
Corn Palace
Mitchell
Rriday
Davison
Lieutenant Wiltse Trains on Submarine Work Ahead
Mrs. John Wiltse reports from her son Lieutenant Lloyd Wiltse a Naval Academy graduate now trained in United States submarine operations on the Atlantic coast He indicates plans for an extended cruise of study aboard an American ship and six more months of training aboard the U S S Fulton the floating school He notes underwater dives fish sighting and a possible assignment to submarine duty before the war ends
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John Wiltse
Lieut
Lloyd Wiltse
Antapolis Naval Academy
United States
Atlantic
I. S. S. Fulton
U.S. S. Fulton
Dakota Troops Move by Rail Toward Camp Greene
Sergeant Charles Nieckells of Company F, Fourth South Dakota Infantry, recalls the journey of four Dakota boys to Camp Greene Charlotte N C. The Bloomington Indiana letter traces the trip from Mitchell to near Tennessee, passing through Indianapolis and Sioux City with family and crowd sendoffs, train scenes, and early impressions of Mississippi crossings and Iowa farms.
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Charles Nieckells
Fourth
South Dakota Infantry
Mitchell
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. G
Tennessee
Bloomington
Ind
Muitehell
Louisville
Kentucky
Indianapolis
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Yankton
Vermillion
Sioux City
Manila
Soldiers Journey Through Midwest to North Carolina
A marching column travels past Rock Rapids and Elgin noting green corn and watch works along the river. They enter Chicago suburbs and pass stock yards before crossing into Indiana and Kentucky, then heading toward North Carolina with mixed remarks on towns and reception by locals.
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South Dakota
Rock Rapids
Elgin
Elgin Watch Works
Chicago
Ghreag
Sioux City
Marion
Bedford
Ind
Main Street
Life at Camp Cody Verse Depicts Troop E Realities
A nearly hundred Mitchell boys share Camp Cody life in a verse from Trooper H J Englert of Troop E First South Dakota Cavalry stationed at Deming New Mexico. The poem chronicles rough mornings coin tosses of roll call drill inspection mess hall routines and the wearying cadence of daily military life.
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Englert
South Dakota Cavalry
Camp Gody
Mitchell
H. J. Englert
Deming
N. M
Camp Cody
Summe
First Frost Signals Start of Freezing Fall Weather
Early October cold snap hits Mitchell and surrounding areas with a hard freeze. Temperatures drop to 26 degrees, frost covers vines and grass, and water in barrels freezes. Gardens and potato patches suffer damage as housewives note milk cans turned to solid ice. News mentions snow in the Black Hills breaking a forest fire and scenes of farmers and residents scrapping for warmth.
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Jack Frost
Dakota
Mitchell
William Dodson
Sanborn Street
Snow and Rain End Long Drought in Black Wills Region
Snow and rain ended a prolonged drought in the Black Wills area. Two passes of snowfall helped dampen heat as a forest fire north of the city was extinguished after burning for some time.
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Here
Considerable Damage to Illinois Corn From Frosts
Weather bureau reports say killing frosts in central and northern Illinois caused considerable corn damage with no estimate of the loss yet available. Most Illinois corn had passed the danger point before last night’s frosts. In Nebraska, no killing frost occurred and most corn was out of ripening, the frost likely to benefit it.
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Illinois
Springfield
Winpi
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Letters From SD Soldiers Highlight Camp Life and Front News
South Dakota letters from Gaz Sehmdkunz and peers reveal army routines at a western concentration point, including YMCA activities, music, and social life. Descriptions span training in tents, desert excursions, and brief notes from Marion, Canton, Parkston, and Milbank soldiers across France and England with remarks on meals, uniforms, and German prisoners.
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Sioux Falls
Del
South Dakota
Go. A
Gaz Sehmdkunz
Hie
Mayt
William
Y. M. G. A. Wilding
Ted Welland
Marion
France
Pershing
Dakol
Atlantic
Alan
Marion Alls
Bridgewater
Canton
Regiment of
Ganton
England
Enry Duncan
Spence
South Dakota Cavalry
Ty Dewey
Frank
Glarenes IL Johnson
Koy
Camp
Himsel
Sve
Reville
Donald ‘Thomas
Milbank
Praner
Parkston
Jonathan Weber
Red Cross
Daventy Ens
Pettigrew Skeptical About South Dakota Council Meeting
In Sioux Falls on October 6 1920 United States Senator R F Pettigrew announced he would preside at the postponed state meeting of the People's Council but doubted he would speak at the Chicago conference. Pettigrew had been named provisional state president with W G Rempler of Parkston as provisional secretary. the initial Sioux Falls meeting was abandoned and Parkston hosted a later council gathering with Hutchinson County delegates chosen.
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S. D
United States
R. F. Peltigho Tb
People’s Council
Chicago
Pelligrew
South Dakota
Nator Pettigrew
Wounded Transport Duties Amid Trenches and Night Shells
Narrator describes hauling sick and wounded from trench postes de secours to hospitals several miles back. French and American officers coordinate ambulances despite 24 to 40 hour shifts, heavy shelling, and nerve-straining night drives with no sandbags.
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Ches
Poste de Secours
Streteher-Benng
Sherwood Quits Bench to Seek Congress Seat
Watertown South Dakota December reports state veteran circuit judge Carl G. Sherwood resigns effective immediately to run for Congress in the Second district. Attorney W N Skinner, recently moved from Gas Hewood to this city, is expected to be named Sherwood’s successor. Rumors say friends of Judge G Marquis may ask the governor to withhold Skinner’s appointment until Marquis can be heard.
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Watertown
S. D
Del
Carl G. Sherwood
Ramor
W. N. Skinner
Hewood
Sherwood
G. Marquis
Skinner
Marquis
Congress
Huron Man Transferred for I W W Indictment Proceedings
Alexander Gournos, arrested in Sioux Falls on an I W W related indictment, is sent to Chicago to face federal charges. He is accused of aiding William D Haywood in obstructing wartime policy. Deputy Marshal Jenson and U S Attorney Robert P Stewart escorted him. bond set at 310000 but unpaid.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Alexander Gournos
Huran
United States
Tom Taubman
Chicago
Jenson
Robert P. Stewart
Cournos
William Hay Wood
National 1. W. W
State College to Send 23 Cadets to Officers Camp
Washington January 5 War Department outlined the third series of officers training camps for three months. A total of 2 490 graduates and undergraduates from military trained institutions will be admitted. Senator Sterling informed that the State College of Brookings is the only South Dakota school with a military training course and is allotted 23 cadets for the camp.
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Washington, D.C
Gel
War Department
Sterling
State College of Brotings
South Dakota
Extension work organized for year in economics sociology and languages
Pierre D Oet 8 Professor W Franklin Jones of the state university organized a class for University extension work for the year in economics sociology and languages including German and Spanish. Members include Pierre teachers and others from Stanley and Sully counties and schools outside the city.
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D. Oet
W. Franklin Jones
The
State University
From Lh
Stanley
Sully
Grade Girls Win Prizes at Hughes County Fair
Six Hughes county grade school girls won the six medals for home bread at the fair with top loaves. Winners include Mabel Bune Peoria Zelma Smith Blunt Alina Swanson Harfold Vickie L Troward Blunt Fern Foote Harold and Lucile Poller Raber, besting all other counties.
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S. 1
Del
Hughes County
Mabel Bune
Peoria
Zelma Smith
Blunt
Alina Swanson
Harfold
Vickiel Troward
Fern Foote
Harold
Lucile Poller
Raber
CIGARETTES FUEL PRAIRIE FIRE NEAR BLUNT
A prairie fire near Blunt caused by a cigarette burned thirty tons of hay two wagons racks and harness in a hay camp at Pigney Boetholf I Hay. The blaze also scorched a neighbor’s stack and a hay meadow. Local boys joked about the front line gift while the flames raged.
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S. B
Blunt
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