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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
1
A South Dakota statute capping county commissioner pay at 300 per year is condemned as illogical. The piece argues for longer hours, notes commissioners’ integrity, and urges repeal. contrasts underwood tariff and wartime protection, then frames a vote question on free trade versus protection in November.
In Charleston West Virginia on Wednesday Mr Hughes aired the main campaign issue. He and Wilson favor peace and military preparedness but differ on extravagance in public expenditures. Hughes backs a tariff commission while urging a protective majority in Congress to safeguard American industry and provide work, wages, and social justice.
The World’s Work essay by Frederick M. Davenport argues political, military, economic, social and spiritual reconstruction is the task for America. It deems neither major party fit as constituted, favors a new organization, and questions whether Hughes or Wilson will lead effectively.
The essay contrasts Hughes and Wilson arguing Wilson acts secretly and dismisses party platforms while Hughes engages the public, forging party unity. It concludes Hughes and the Republican party offer more future promise than Wilson and the Democrats.
The article reviews 1916 railroad earnings and rates, citing Atchison 6.19 percent, Union Pacific 7.17 percent, Southern Railway 5.3 percent, and other lines. It notes stock prices at wartime highs, describes alleged past rebates and insider profits, and mentions post year gains for Northern Pacific, St. Paul, Union Pacific, and Pennsylvania, plus a critique of President Wilson’s stance on railroad rates.
Citizens accuse railroad bosses of inflated earnings during wartime and press President to curb freight rates. The call argues jobs vanish as trains halt, factories idle, and public funds flow to 15 to 20 percent dividends. It questions who truly deserves relief, people or railroads.
In a World's Work excerpt, a young James J. Hill defends abstinence after a street confrontation near the Winslow House in St Paul when two groups urged a drink. Hill, a teetotaler, fought to avoid liquor and later became a landmark example of prohibition influence on business hiring and the decline of liquor. The piece links Hill's stance to broader shifts toward open saloon opposition, cinema and cars reducing drinking.
The piece argues statewide prohibition is the logical move toward national prohibition. It claims Russia’s nationwide ban shows the path and predicts South Dakota will pass, driven by a sober, long growing conviction. It says campaign rhetoric is largely irrelevant to the outcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Lewis hosted 30 friends at a Sunday dinner for visitors Verdun Kenton from Indiana. Miss Annastatia Clancey returned to Stockton Illinois after summer with her sister Mrs Robert Wilmur. The Bethlehem Ladies Aid met with 22 attendees to plan a December bazaar. The next meeting is October 21 with Mrs Sherman Lewis. G N Driggs died Tuesday morning and his funeral was Thursday at home. Mrs Jim Shew departed for Chinook Kansas after word of her brother’s death. The Sunday school social at the Bates home drew 75 guests with games music and a late luncheon. Mr and Mrs Wm Balding and family visited the Kellar family north of Letcher last Sunday. The Social Hour club plans to meet with Mrs Julian Dondelinger on Wednesday October 18.
The Woman's Anti-Suffrage association of South Dakota announces a state tour with Minnie Bronson and Mrs. E. Jacobson to speak in Vermillion Yankton Mitchell Sioux Falls Brookings Water Town Redfield Aberdeen Huron Pierre Rapid City Hot Springs Lead and Deadwood from Oct 20 to Nov 4. Bronson, an Iowa educator, has held posts at Pan American Exposition St Louis Exposition and government education roles including investigating labor conditions in 1907 1909 and reporting the shirtwaist strike in 1910.
Federal officers pursue unknown offenders who raided a rural mail route served by Carrier H. C. Lohr and carried away seven mail boxes while destroying others. The culprits face fines up to 1000 and up to three years in Leavenworth for mail theft.
In Spearfish South Carolina the court and parents of one boy led to a suspension of the case against two youths Alfred Hendrickson and Willian Mudelson who were captured after raiding several downtown businesses. They faced burglary charges.
The Huderson parents secured custody of their son with a promise of good behavior. Hendrickson’s guardians are sought since no sponsor is yet found. If misbehavior recurs, both cases return to court. Police found the youths in a cave stocked with firearms. they surrendered without a shot.
A citizens committee convened to start a United States movement for Armenian and Syrian relief. Prompt action is urged to avert famine and extermination, with the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief formed in New York. Local churches and lodges attended as Rev. C. S. Osgood was named permanent chairman, Rev. R. L. Kelley secretary, and C. T. McGrew treasurer.
Chicago reports wheat prices rising seven and a half cents per bushel amid a stampede of buyers. Export transactions exceed 1.5 million bushels as Britain cuts freight costs on Atlantic trade. Minneapolis closes with December option at 1.74 and a half dollars, the highest on record due to strong domestic and export demand.
A railway motor speed car in Lake Preston South Dakota struck an open switch while racing a freight train. Martin Olson suffered a broken shoulder and serious injuries while four coworkers—three helpers and two foremen—were thrown to the ground. Olson’s recovery is expected to take weeks.
Ten men, all Nebraska residents including farmers and stockmen, were killed and eleven injured when a Burlington freight train crashed into the caboose they rode in, twelve miles from Ilwood. Investigators cited lack of lights and warning signals as the cause.
In a special election on October 31 Bruce S D residents will vote on issuing bonds totaling 7000 dollars to install a municipal electric light and power system. The bonds would run twenty years and bear interest not to exceed six percent.
A Montana mother Mrs Clifford Dawson woke to fire at Stensville and saved six children. Two youngsters Olive five and John three reentered the burning house and perished. A third child remains at risk from severe burns.
Three men Charles Radmer John Shannahe and Ole Anderson were badly hurt in a Saturday evening crash four miles from town. Radmer suffered a broken right clavicle and four ribs torn from the breastbone while Anderson sustained a fractured skull and brain concussion. Shannahe previously treated for burns in Milwaukee now unconscious but likely to live. The group’s auto was looted afterward, tires lamps and fittings stolen with no suspects yet.
Funeral services for Rev. A. E. Tanner were at his Milan Avenue residence with Dr. J. S. Hoagland officiating. The 78 year old minister, longtime Dakota conference member, served in Hudson Gayville Lennox and Gettysburg and is survived by his wife and two sons Prof. B. F. Tanner and Warren Tanner. Interment followed at Graceland cemetery.
John Raney of Rapid City chased a full grown buck antelope with his automobile along a South Dakota highway. After a six mile pursuit the exhausted animal was captured alive and tied, then brought to town as proof of the car’s speed.
The Kaiser keeps Woodrow Wilson from attending a key World Series game to focus on submarine issues, effectively altering the schedule and drawing attention to naval matters amid the baseball spectacle.
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