Mitchell City Taxes Lower in 1915 Levy
Mitchell city taxes are reduced from 19.40 to 18.70 per thousand valuation for 1915, as announced by county auditor J M Crampton. City property tax remains 8 mills with other small levies for state, county, bridge, insane, sinking and salary funds. If county road levies applied to city property, road tax would raise more, equity debated while licenses fund road work supports outside cities.
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Mitchell
M. Crampton
Miller
Davison County
Irdad
Perry Township Social Club Report from Loomis Visit
Mr and Mrs Ward Balding from Loomis called at the Wm Balding residence Wednesday. Social hour preceded a meeting with Bellman as hostess. Twenty members attended despite poor weather and enjoyed fancy work. Members and guests include Mrs Robert Sonne Milo Dailey and Mrs Henry Bellman, with visitors from Loomis staying with Bred Johnson.
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Ward Balding
Loomis
Onry Bellman
Saeveten
Derea Ments
Robert Sonne
Milo Dailey
Aid
Henry Bellman
Ray
Johnson
Loomises
Bankers Move to Court Over Reserve Rule
A South Dakota bankers meeting near Pieron September 17 authorized legal action to block or enjoin a ruling by the Austaking department requiring all state banks to keep 50 percent of exchange items in reserve. George Fullenwider chaired the session with Fred Azpiith as secretary. state bankers outnumbered national officials at the gathering.
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Tn Post
Pierer
Gove
Krank
M.’ Byrne
Mystery burglar targets Green stores in town
Reported thief shows weakness for green goods with Green & general store and M. D. M. among principal losers. Detectives say green is the only clue, as break ins yield cash, dresses, materials, and cigars, while methods remain unknown and traps have failed.
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Terry
Green &General Store
M.D
September Morn Comedy Night Takes The Stage
Local notes describe a September event titled September Morn with a laughing comedy theme. The fragment mentions the Metropolitan venue and a past evening performance. Sparse readable details limit full clarity.
Tangled Plot and Tango Dancer Shine in Old Musical Review
A review describes a musical comedy built around a bare plot featuring One Argentina, a famed tango dancer, in an affair with a southern army officer and a youth. The production showcases studio scenes with chorus performers and a clever patter by Harry Fields, though some cast members, like Miss Vernice Martyn, may appear aged for the role.
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Argentina
Harry Fields
Vernice Martyn
Mildred Goodfel
State Marriage Bureau Proposed by Reader
A Republican reader proposes a state matrimonial bureau under official supervision to facilitate matches by correspondence. The letter cites an imbalance of marriageable men and women in South Dakota and suggests the census department at Pierre could provide names and information for a public agency, noting it would curb unreliable intermediaries.
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Republican
South Dakota
East
Pierre
National Laymen Missionary Drive Opens in October
New York City reports near completion of preparations for a national missionary campaign by the Laymen's Missionary Movement. Seventy five conventions will be held in major cities starting October 14, leading to a national congress in Washington next April. Churches across denominations pledge broad support with bishops and leaders recalled from abroad, while Episcopalians and Congregationalists align for joint efforts in forty centers.
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New York City
Iig
Chicago
National Missionary Congress
Washington
United States
Ocean Grove
N. J
Congregationalists
Atlantic City
Church groups plan renewed cooperation drive
Committees and a special force of missionaries and secretaries are being organized under Dr Moore for three to four weeks of preparatory and follow up work in connection with each convention. Disciples United Brethren Lutherans United Presbyterians and other denominations are making thorough preparations for cooperation.
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Moore
Reformed Church
Southern Baptist
Methodist
Movie Manager Killed For Money in Ellsworth
Sioux Falls reports two suspects arrested in the killing of Charles Dillehay, Ellsworth moving picture theatre owner. He was slain and robbed of about $300 on the way home after closing his theater. One suspect held $261 when arrested at Laverne, the other at Hawarden. Ellsworth offers a $500 reward for the murderer. Dillehay, 58, had lived in Ellsworth area eighteen years and is survived by his widow.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Charles Dillehay
Ellsworth
Laverne
Hawarden
Joe Kirby Not to Be Disbarred in Sioux Falls Ruling
The South Dakota Supreme Court dismissed disbarment proceedings against Joe Kirby of Sioux Falls. It also upheld fines in contempt cases tied to remarks attributed to Kirby published in the Hipple Printing Company's daily paper.
Judge Sherwood Urges New Citizens On Duty To Country
In Aberdeen South Dakota Judge Sherwood naturalized 24 applicants as 16 were granted 2 denied for lack of citizenship effort and 6 continued. He lectured on readiness to fight for a just cause noting history’s warnings and endorsing reasonable military preparation over pacifism.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Sherwood
Brother Shot Train Robber near Mitchell Minnesota
B A Johnson a Dakota Central lineman learned his brother S L Johnson a Minneapolis grain broker winged one of three bandits who robbed the Olympian train on Milwaukee line near Glencoe and Hopkins Minnesota last Sunday evening. The robber hit passengers took about 240 dollars and fled when Johnson fired from a shotgun. one robber was wounded but not fatally. The other two eluded capture and are believed to hide in Minneapolis.
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B. A. Johnson
Dakota Central
Mitchell
S. L. Johnson
Minneapolis
Glencoe
Minn
Hopkins
Mr. Johnson
Corn Palace library week draws crowds despite scant reading
City visitors used the library during Corn Palace week, making it the busiest period yet while local readers dwindled. 257 books were checked out for home reading, 166 readers and staff logged, and out of town guests sought titles on Irving, Lewis and Clark Journals, and a life of Mitchell. Iris Eliason and future story hours with Miss Alice Erskine highlighted the program. donations funded railways and transportation volumes. The athletic rally at Mitchell High featured Team Work remarks by Capt J W McClinton and strong backing from faculty and supporters as season tickets went fast.
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Corn Palace
Lewis and Clarke
Irving
Mitchell
Iris Eliason
Alice Erskine
Ladies Home Journal
H. L. Eastman
Wentworth
Edna Laurson
Balke
J. C. Lindsey
Lindsey
Mitchell High
J. W. McClinton
Hall
Floyd Wilson
Donald Hoon
Frank Fitzgerald
Arthur A. Anderson
Dell Clark
State bankers in session discuss state reserve rule
A group of South Dakota bankers mainly from leading national banks met at the Elks club at 3 o clock to discuss the state banking department ruling that 50 percent of exchange items in banks reserves be deposited in state reserve banks. Gov Byrne approved and a verbal remonstrance was filed with Pierer. A committee was named to study the matter with Mitchell as its location. Notable attendees include J G C Bassett Aberdeen First Trust G Lincoln Sioux Falls Security Natl W E Stevens S T Kiddoo C E McKinney F R Smith W L Baker F H Johnson N E Franklin F B Roberts S Drew C P Swanson and others.
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South Dakota
Elks’ Club
State Banking Department
F. M. Byrne
Pierer
Mitchell
J. G C. Bassett
Aberdeen
Aberdeen National Bank
Isaac Lincoln
First Trust & Savings Bank
That City
W. E. Stevens
Sioux Falls
Security National Bank
G. O. Holmberg
S. T. Kiddoo
Sioux Falls National Bank
C. E. McKinney
F. R. Smith
Platte
Farmers’ State Bank
W. L. Baker
Minnehaha National Bank
F. H. Johnson
Mitchell High Opens Grid Season With Parker Clash
Mitchell High School starts its interscholastic football season with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Hitchcock Park against Parker High. The game marks the brightest crop of prospects in years as teams stake early claims on the season with Parker carrying momentum from a 12 to 8 win over Sioux Falls and a previous 12 to 6 victory over Mitchell. Key players listed include Scheurenbrand Hoon Carlson Murray McCarthy Fitzgerald Smith Coleman Tagey Derr Vermilyea and Rousing amid strong team enthusiasm.
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Mitchell High School
Mitchell
Parker High
Hitchcock Park
C. S. Hall
Ellis Walters
Tsa
Parker
Sioux Falls High
Scheurenbrand
Capt
Hoon
Carlson
Murray
McCarthy
Fitzgerald
Smith
Coleman
Tagey
First hard freeze of the season hits Mitchell and region
A sharp frost last night dropped to 26 degrees, killing vegetation nationwide and leaving water glazed with ice. Mitchell reports wilted crops and gardens as the октober chill signals autumn clear skies and rising temperatures. Sioux Falls notes late corn damaged but most crops near maturity likely spared.
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Mitchell
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Nicholson to Head List at Dakota Conference
Sioux Falls scene opens with Bishop Quayle presiding over the thirty-first annual Dakota conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Nicholson is expected to lead the delegation to the general conference at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., as ministers discuss consolidation of northern and southern branches and hear district reports on growth in Sunday schools and Epworth Leagues.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Dakota
Evan F. Lovett
James T. Gurney
Daily Papers
Church Press
General Conference of the Church
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
J. T. B. Smith
Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal
J. A. Edwards
Methodist Deaconess Hospital
Rapid City
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Edwards
J. S. Harkness
Aberdeen
Epworth Leagues
Shepherd
Mitchell
Dixota Wesleyan University
Automobile thief sent to penitentiary in Aberdeen
Judge Carl G. Sherwood of the State Circuit court sentenced James Miller, a youth from Albert Lea, Minnesota, who stole an automobile from that state and drove it to Aberdeen, where he then stole another car. The ruling reflects the case before the present term.
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Aberdeen
S. C
Carl G. Sherwood
Thomas L. Bouck
State Circuit Court
James Miller
Albert Lea
Minn
Youths Sentenced for Theft and Forgery in Aberdeen Case
Miller, 21, and Frank Baker, 18, pleaded guilty to a series of thefts and forgeries. Miller received two years in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls after transport from Mobridge, while Baker was sent to the state reform school at Plankinton until he reaches age. The court adjourned, with other cases continued and Judge Sherwood to return October 19 after duties in Watertown.
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Tomobile
Mobridge
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Miller
Frank Baker
Plankinton
M. D
Sherwood
Watertown
Weather review for South Dakota crops week ending October 5
The U S weather bureau export reports a moderately cool week with heavy frost in the morning across the state. Rain delayed threshing and seeding while corn progressed toward maturity, some grain damaged in shock, and winter grain emerging well. Pastures remain green and livestock in good condition.
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Huron
S. D
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Dako
Sweet Clover Proves Superior Forage On Fort Sully Ranch
Pierre South Dakota reports Fort Sully Cattle Company owner Gowdy and Bert Waite of Sioux City praise sweet clover as a hardier and more reliable forage than alfalfa. A 120 acre field withstood dry years and yielded well this season. First cutting near 59 tons, second expected similar after seed threshing. The ranch also grew 130 acres of sugar cane yielding seven tons per acre, oats at 66 bushels, 100 acres of rye threshing 1,450 bushels, plus abundant wild hay for winter fodder.
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Pierre
S D
W. C. Gowdy
Fort Sully
Chemistry Building Opening in Vermillion Event
The University of South Dakota will formally open its new chemistry building with an elaborate program. The two hundredth meeting of the Chemical Society will be held October 12 and 18, marking the society’s tenth anniversary. Dr. Louis Kahlenberg of the University of Wisconsin will attend and deliver two addresses along with other visiting chemists.
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Vermillion
S. D
University of South Dakota
The
Chemical Society
Louis Kahlenberg
University of Wisconsin
United States
Must County Pay for Work by an Accountant
In Pierre South Dakota the supreme court heard a mandamus case where the state seeks to compel Edmunds County to pay for an accountant's examination of county records. The county commissioners refused payment after the bill had been paid by the state, and the suit asks the county to settle.
Hinton Suit Filed in Davison County Court 1915
Elizabeth Hinton sues Hugh H. Hinton in Fourth Judicial Circuit Davison County South Dakota. Defendant is summoned to appear and answer the plaintiff’s complaint filed September 13 1915 in Mitchell. Respond by service of answer within thirty days after service. failure to answer grants relief requested. O C Thompson attorney for plaintiff.
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State of
South Dakota
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Davison County
Elizabeth Hinton
Hugh H. Hinton
Mitchell
Main Street
O. C. Thompson
Grain car weight hearing slated in Pierre
A Di A hearing of importance to all grain shippers in the state will be held at the offices of the state railway commission on October 28. Railroads operating in the state are expected to participate as the discussion focuses on fixed minimum grain car weights.
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Pierre
State Railway Commission
Foreclosure Notice on 1914 Davison County Mortgage
John Pastorel mortgagee seeks sale of 228 acres in Davison County South Dakota under a 1914 mortgage by Pred WW Starr and Jennie B Starr to recover 8848.19 due plus fees. Foreclosure by sheriff at Mitchell Court House at 10 am on September 26 1915. Attorneys Span gler Haney listed.
Notice of bankruptcy meeting for Joseph H Olson
In the district court of the United States southern division Joseph Harvey Olson of Mt. Vernon Davison county South Dakota was adjudicated bankrupt on September 7 1915 Creditors are notified a meeting will be held October 11 1915 at 10 oclock in the forenoon at the offices of George J Danforth Referee in Bankruptcy Rooms 204 211 Paulton Building Sioux Falls South Dakota to prove claims examine the bankrupt elect a trustee and transact lawful business. Dated Sioux Falls South Dakota September 28 1915 George J Danforth Referee in Bankruptcy
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District Court OF the United Stavdes
South Cano'pa
Joseph Harvey Olson
Mt. Vernon
Davison
South Dunkota
Ofice
George J. Danforth
Paulton
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
A. D
Notice of Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Sale in Dakota
Notice states Wred H Starr and Jennie B Starr defaulted on a March 3 1914 mortgage to John Pastore, recorded in Davison County South Dakota. The $8592.78 debt plus fees leads to foreclosure by public auction November 13 1915 at 10 am at the county courthouse. Described property covers 228 acres in sections 1 and 6 of Township 103 108 N Range 61 60 W Sth P M. mortgagee SPANGLER HANEY attorneys for mortgagee.
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Wred Hf
Starr
Jennie B. Starr
John Pastorel
Register of Deeds
Davison County
South Dakota
Mitchell
Davison
John Pastorers
Big Small Grain Yields in Hughes Harrold D
Crop reports slow to come in due to rains and lack of threshing rigs. Wheat yields include Frank Noecker 100 acres at 33 bu per acre, Kiepe and Peterson 32 bu, Bramblee 19 bu. Oats show 102 bu per acre for Kiepe and Peterson with sheep damage. others include Noecker 70 bu and Hyde 42 bu. Barley at Pomeroy 58 bu per acre. Rye 28 bu per acre for Peterson and Kiepke. Alfalfa fields yield three good crops. Most corn remains unharvested but looks to yield well and frost has not yet damaged it.
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Harrold
Frank Noecker
Kiepe
Peterson
M. D. Hyde
Bramblee
Pomeroy
Peterson and Kiepke
P. H. Peterson
Mystery Solved Missing Slater Siblings Found in Ada Minn
Northville South Dakota reports a four month mystery resolved as Henry Slater twenty four and his sister Lois sixteen are traced to Ada Minnesota where both are employed at good wages and content with their situation. They had vanished after visiting Aberdeen on May twenty first and were missing until locating in Ada.
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Northville
S. D
Ada
Minn
Henry ©. Slater
Lois
Slater
Aberdeen
Minnesota
O& M
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Mmutchell
Perry Township
Bares
Metropolitan
State Marriage Bureau
Commonwealth
Methodist Church
Fnreizen
Presbyterian
David McConaughy
New York
W. A. Marquis
John W. Wood
Board of Missions
Winsolving
Brazil
Reuben L. Breed
Northern Baptist Convention
Los Angeles
John M. Moore
Joe Kirby
Supreme Court
DR. Nicholson
Ouadriennial M. E
Weather Bureau
Eupe
WW. Starr
Jennie B. Stirr
Morteagers
Sahid
St. P. M
Joan Pastor
Spangler , Haney
Spangler & Haney, Attorneys For Mortgagee
Hughes
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