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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
5
A fragmented OCR reads like a town bulletin with references to a council meeting, agendas, and community items. Names such as Merril H and others appear amid sporadic phrases about voting, spmative matters, and regional notices.
Mitchell items report a flood of Hoon’s Spot Cash ads with Jonathan apples and low prices. Local events include a community concert at the city hall, a Starlight chapter meeting, church gatherings, a lecture in Loomis, and a livestock auction postponement. Community leaders travel, and officials discuss food conservation in county sessions.
About 50 citizens met in Mitchell to organize definite plans for the Liberty Loan drive. The county, ward, and township committees were formed with plans for booster meetings in Ethan, Mt. Vernon, and Loomis. A patriotic day is planned with speakers to rally support for the loan amid the Home Guard event in Mitchell.
A national campaign to raise 4,000,000 to provide wholesome recreation for men training in the national army will be inaugurated October 27 as announced by the War Department’s training activities committee.
Eastern railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for temporary financial relief through targeted freight increases on commodities like cement brick stone sand and copper with hopes for higher rates on petroleum livestock and grain later. The plan aims to boost revenue without a general rate hike and reflects a long list of proposed commodity-specific increases.
Mitchell three Scout troops will solicit Liberty Bonds citywide in three districts during the coming week. Demonstrations and public speaking at churches Sunday accompany a headquarters tent near Commercial and Sayings Bank with 5 pm and 8 pm demos. Scouts will carry banners and explain bond work. money settlements at bank headquarters.
County Red Cross totals 1228 members with 787 in Mitchell chapter and 216 in Ethan. Funds include 1200 from national refund for local use and total county receipts of 3573.03 from donations, fees, sales, and events. Mitchell leads in receipts. Beulah Bells Pleasant Hill auxiliaries and out-of-county members contribute to the chapter.
WW PF Stolle a Redfield contractor trimmed the Mitchell junior high school project bid from 86466 to 2033 dollars after board suggestions. The reduction follows economies and keeps plumbing and minor fixtures separate. Stolle plans to resume work this autumn weather permitting.
The commercial school of Dakota Wesleyan plans to extend its influence in college and business circles. A large turnout at the first meeting of the new organization featured an autumnally decorated parlor, a program with talks by Mrs. I. Butterfield and Prof. H. W. Gregory, plus solos and readings.
Dinh Gilly, famed baritone formerly with the Metropolitan Opera, is starving in a Rabb Austria internment camp according to a letter to Eugene Boucher from New York. The letter, dated August 27, requests funds from friends to buy food for the singer.
The ad promotes S. S. S. as a fifty year old blood remedy for eczema claiming relief by treating the blood source. It urges readers to contact the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Georgia for expert advice on individual cases.
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