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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
5
In Concord New Hampshire on October 24 authorities state Mrs Mary Baker Eddy will no longer appear in public. The Christian Science church named Augusta E Stetson as her successor with Countess of Dunmore and other leaders visiting Pleasant View to aid the aged leader.
Widespread indig nation follows Belfast Northern Whig to ship the world famous Giant's Causeway to the United States. The first consignment of 200 tons sails to Philadelphia on a White Star freighter to re-erect the show. A natural irregular basalt pier near Port Wash, thirty feet high, 700 feet long, 350 feet wide, long visited by tourists.
Philadelphia reports the New Century guild debated lingerie blouses in offices. Miss Isabella Redheffer urged that open-work waists and similar bodices are vulgar for stenographers, endorsing home or semi-official wear instead. The stance drew strong applause from attending women.
Chicago October 24 A new method for teaching signals and railroad operating rules will be adopted by the Union Pacific system. A coach with raised seats and a platform will feature a stereopticon showing moving trains, colored signals, block systems, switches, cross overs, and station lights to illustrate signals on single and double track roads.
Cows on Benjamin Atkinson's farm near Burlington New Jersey recovered from a prolonged spree after consuming fermenting apples from a trough. Some cows staggered and deserted calves while others, after colliding with intoxicated cattle, joined the frisky crowd. A vet attributed the behavior to plain drink from fermenting fruit.
The Sultan Abdul Aziz, now at Rabat, is imprisoning numerous kaids suspected of disloyalty. Royal troops at Rabat express discontent over being paid in devalued currency as the sultan insists on paying wages in bad money.
In Clear Lake, Mrs. Fleury seeks annulment of her marriage to Christ Christianson after learning her former husband Pat Fleury, believed dead in a Butte Montana railroad wreck, may still be alive. Christianson filed to annul the union. depositions are pending. If annulment grants, Mrs. Fleury plans divorce from Fleury and remarriage to Christianson.
Bonesteel South Dakota October 24 work on the town waterworks began yesterday with Sioux City laborers. A 16 foot diameter shaft reaches 100 feet deep to supply 250 gallons per minute. C Hankinson & Co Sioux City are the builders and Strank Mace handles the well contract. The project costs about $15000 and will boost the town for visitors during the land rush next summer.
Gary South Dakota October 24 work continues on the building planned as the power house for the new electric light system. Authorities hope to complete the structure before winter.
Waverly Massachusetts October 24 An experiment at McLean hospital will try a shock treatment to cure a Boston woman who believes she is the leading woman in Richard Mansfield s company and that the actor loves her The procedure will involve telling her Mansfield is dead and showing a grave picture to dispel the delusion The woman s name is withheld for family privacy.
In Utica area, Mrs. Delia G. Wilber left most of her Mechanicsville farm property to her hired man Emmitt Woodworth in a trust for her daughter Grace. The will, dated a month before her June death, ignored the husband and two other children. Woodworth later transferred the estate to the family to avert a legal contest.
New Brunswick New Jersey October 24 The Middlesex county jail released Little Petro Barbusza a drunken monkey sentenced to thirty days for mischief. His owner applied to have him returned and the sentence was suspended while bonds to keep the peace remained in effect. The monkey showed affection for the cookhouse calling it his private quarters and resisted two escape attempts.
New York October 24 Supreme Court Justice Seabury denied a jury trial in the divorce suit of Mae C. Wood against United States Senator Thomas C. Platt. The judge ruled the sole issue is whether the parties were married, with no authority to submit that question to a jury.
Tearnesville Minnesota reports the worst prairie fire in years in northeastern Wilkin county. Three farms burned entirely, including Charles Pundscock’s farm with house, barn, granaries and sheds destroyed. Estimated damage over 74000 dollars. Ten haystacks with 800 to 900 tons of hay burned in one hour. No lives reported.
New Ulm Minnesota October 24 Mr and Mrs Albert Behnke celebrated their golden wedding They joined Brown County founders families settling here in 1855 and 1857 He born August 28 1880 in Marlo Mecklenburg Schwerin Germany and immigrated 1858 She born September 19 1830 in Friedland Mecklenburg Strelitz came 1854 Their life included farming in Milford and a long New Ulm store tenure They endured the 1862 Indian outbreak defending the city Their daughter Ida survived a deadly stairway shooting nurse Miss Emily Pauli shot while carrying the child The couple has seven children five living Ida Schoregge Fred Behnke and Mrs L G Vogel Mrs Robert E Hartmann and Dr Albert Io Behnke Their health remains frail but decent in retirement
Sauk Rapids Minnesota October 24 clover seed farming proves profitable as ten loads fetch 3158 dollars at an elevator price of eight dollars per bushel. Matt Fleigle receives a five hundred forty eight dollar check for six thousand eight hundred fourteen bushels grown on seven acres, bought years earlier at five dollars per acre.
Ely Minnesota October 24 August Skarrtz 40 unmarried was shot in the back by buckshot while hunting with companions. Nine buckshot were removed by surgeons. He is hospitalized and not expected to recover. He was found by his companions and rushed to Ely. STATE Y W C A CLOSES SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION
John Jatka a Kellogg mine mechanic in Biwabik fired at a partridge and struck John Filla a timberman with New York Steel. Filla died soon after in a hospital. Jatka provided aid after realizing he had wounded him.
The sixteenth Minnesota state conference of charities and corrections meets November 9 to 12 in Fergus Falls St Paul county commissioners also convene at the same time and place. Papers discuss crime pauperism insanity and care of the aged infirm and relief in smaller cities.
Topeka Oct 23 The Union Pacific Railroad earned little over 2 cents a mile for passenger service in Kansas with passes allowed and not that amount for its entire line. Kansas passenger rate was 0.02074 per mile while overall system averaged 0.01965. Freight tonnage was led by agricultural products at 88.27 percent, with other shares from mine products and animals. The Missouri Pacific reported 0.2104 per mile in Kansas and 0.6 per mile systemwide with passenger earnings of 2,383,503 and freight earnings of 466,582. Mine products comprised the bulk of freight.
Municipal Judge Melkenzie Cleland uses the Maxwell street police court to compel Adolph Felder to talk with his wife for at least half an hour daily or face a chamber session and longer talks. Felder, once a saloon client, now a model husband, balks at talking at home. The judge demands two weeks of progress and a supply of conversation.
In Philadelphia on October 23 a planned wedding for Margaret Hazelhurst and Frederick Gibert was halted when the bride canceled. A satin gown and lace are ready, but she says she changed her mind, despite the groom’s repeated pleas and journeys from New York. The Hazelhurst family has left for Maine.
Paris records show Leopold of Belgium interfering in a cook’s wage dispute with Baroness de Vaughan at Longjumeau. The baroness fired the cook and owes 330 dollars, while French officials press the worker to drop the case. Guards patrol the chateau as gendarmes watch the grounds.
Cummings Kas Oct 23 Robert Kennish station agent of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe has retired on pension after thirty four years continuous service.
About 70 percent of all camphor produced is used in the manufacture of celluloid. The remaining portion goes to various chemical and industrial uses.
New York October 23 Vivisection on a larger scale and by more scientific methods than ever before is being arranged for the Rockefeller Institute for medical research. The first step is the purchase of a ninety seven acre farm in New Jersey stocked with animals for vivisection. When completed the farm will be the most scientifically equipped and extensive place of its kind. The aim is to increase facilities for scientific work including breeding and guarding animals for disease study and to improve quality of raw material for vivisection.
Ghicaugo October 23 Stuyvesant observers report the Illinois Central stockholders meeting adjourned to December 15 after a conference between Harriman rep Cromwell and Wish rep Warrar. Harriman side agreed to delay while awaiting court decision on voting rights for 236,781 shares. temporary injunction had been issued a week earlier.
New York Oct 28 Dr Allen Mc Lane Hamilton the alienist whose testimony helped in the Thaw trial plans to sue the Thiuw family for services in a suit likely to seek between 8000 and 7000 dollars. Other alienists may follow with similar actions while Dr Dana awaits outcome of his own default judgment case. Mrs Thaw money strains prompt Pittsburg mayor to keep Woodland Road near Lyndhurst in repair by local residents.
In Kittanning on Oct 23 a man in ministerial clothes preys on wealthy Indiana county farmers. He invites families to marry couples, then asks the farmer to witness the marriage certificate and later threatens repayment with a promissory note. Local residents warn against accepting prayers or marriage offers from strangers.
In St Petersburg a wealthy American socialist Wm English Walling of Indianapolis his wife and sister-in-law Rose Transky were arrested by gendarmes for ties to Finnish progressive party members. Allan A. Ryan son of Thomas F Ryan plans a Suffern New York summer home costing 1.2 million dollars.
Circuit Attorney Sager uses five marked $100 bills to trap Delegate Warner and Delegate Priesmeyer in a bribery plot linked to city hall renovations and public works. Ascher claimed to the grand jury the garage project sidestepped ordinances, with Sager intensifying probes into the house of delegates and delayed public bills.
Sedalia Missouri October 22 A business man A H Hall faced a bigamy charge when police found his two wives under one roof. Hall admitted guilt in front of both women and awaits a preliminary hearing in county jail. His first wife believed the second was an orphan niece until the arrest. Hall had married Miss Lita Florence Smith seventeen in Tennessee after responding to a St Louis W. E. advertisement. He left Tennessee with wife No.2 then returned to Sedalia. Hall’s Tennessee wife remained in the home. The Smith parents learned of the marriage and Winley constable M C Reason arrived with a warrant to take the girl back to Tennessee.
Chicago dispatch reports Trix Clark the 16 year old dog from Columbus D turned up in Chicago after leaving March 18. The animal found May Clark of 235 North Clark Street where he once lived and sought a reunion. The journey is described as remarkable and the method of locating the mistress remains a mystery.
Mrs. William Wagner 45, wife of a barber at Amherast, committed suicide by hanging from a tree near the old Stanley post office about two miles from Amherst. She used suspenders and a rope, had threatened self destruction before, and leaves three sons and one grandson.
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