Mitchell Council Rejects Sanitary Policewoman Plan
Mitchell city leaders postpone sanitary policewoman for now as the council refuses to fund the post, deeming state boards and weekly food and drug inspections sufficient. Other actions include street paving delays, curb projects, and a cross over Omaha tracks order being escalated to the city attorney. A relief proclamation by Mayor Wells invites Armenian and Syrian aid for October 21–28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Food and Drugs Commission
East Second
Third Avenues
Duff Street
Sanborn Street
Baron Brothers
Mitchell Realty
Omaha
West Third and Fourth Avenues
T. D. Goodwin
East Third Fourth
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Gamble and Kittredge Streets
Miller and Spears
Eighth Street
Lawler
Edmunds Street
Hast Sixth Avenue
Gamble Street
Hast Seventh Avenue
Kittredge Street
Gamble
Capitol Street
Third
Mentzer Streets
Milwaukee Tracks
Sharlow Pro Grams Pleases Local Audience
Miss Myrna Sharlow and her company performed Friday at the Methodist church as the Y M C A lecture course opener. The program featured Sharlow's bright soprano, violinist Robert Colessi, pianist Lurrey, and a balanced set of folk songs and Cui Orientals, earning strong applause and favorable reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrna Sharlow
Miss Sharlow
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Robert Colessi
Joyvery
Miss Sharl
Lurrey
Mayor Appeals for Armenian Relief Funds in City
Mayor J. I. Wells issued a proclamation urging residents to contribute to aid efforts for Syria and Armenia. He designated today and the following days as Armenian relief days, noting widespread public endorsement amid extreme suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Armenia
J. I. Wells
College Prep Defeats Columbus 6 to 0 On Gridiron
Dakota Wesleyan academy blanked Columbus college 6 to 0 yesterday afternoon. Todnem Spear and Ruth starred for the academy while Brereton and Wilson paced Columbus on a misty field. Line plunges and stout defense kept Columbus from scoring as the visitors dominated play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Wesleyan Academy
Columbus College
Academy
Columbus
Todnem
Ruth
Spear
Con- Way
Sullivan
Wesleyan
Wesleyan ‘‘Preps.’’ They Put Up A Good Fight But Were Unable To Master Wilds
Warriors
Academy Columbus
Taten
Martin
Loman
McCarty
Grace
Record Cold Sweeps Region As Mercury Dips Sharply
Last night the local mercury plunged to 13 degrees, 15 degrees below the prior low in late September, marking one of the coldest periods for this time of year. Morning readings reached 26 degrees and the lack of wind and sleet today made the cold less noticeable to pedestrians and indoors.
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Mitchell
College Coeds Plan Debates With Wesleyan and Peers
Wesleyan coeds plan intercollegiate debates with Huron and Yankton colleges likely as duals or a triangle. They will also stage inter class debates December 7 8 to select teams for seniors juniors freshmen sophomores. The initiative follows self government censorship and a debate practice room in a dorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Coeds
Huron
Yankton
Notice of Referee's Sale in Davison County SD 1916
Notice states referee LL J Welch will sell SE quarter section 18 104 60 West to the 5th P M Davison County SD at public auction November 2 1916 at 2 PM. Terms require $1000 cash, balance by March 1 1917 and within five years fully secured by first mortgage at 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salr
State of South Dakota
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Davison County
Lewis Merriman
Charles Smith
Etta West
Ray Smith
South Dakota
LL. J. Welch
Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage in Mitchell SD
Notice of foreclosure by sale under a May 12 1913 mortgage to Bertha A Christy on Lot 10 and part of Lot 11 Black 1 Burrs Addition Mitchell Davison County South Dakota. Sale set by Sheriff October 21 1916 at 10 am at Mitchell Court House. Attorneys Spangler and Haney for mortgagee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie EK
Bertha A. Nelson
Bertha A. Christy
Register of Deeds
Davison County
South Dakota
Mitchell
C. S. Burr
Spangler & Haney
Order to Show Cause Why Real Estate Should Not Be Sold
Court in Davison County South Dakota orders all heirs and interested parties to appear on October 30 1916 at two oclock in the afternoon to show why the administrator J H lord should not be granted an order to privately sell the real estate of Julia Ford deceased. Publication in The Mitchell Capital required for four weeks with service on Davison county residents at least ten days before hearing. Dated September 23 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Davison
Julia Ford
D. H. Ford
Said
J. H. Lord
Mitchell Capital
Davison County
O. C. Thompson
Notice to Creditors Estate of William Illingworth deceased
Administratrix Susan Illingworth informs creditors and claimants of the estate of William Illingworth deceased to present their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication to the Clerk of Courts in Mitchell South Dakota. Dated October 7 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Illingworth
Mitchell
Davison
S. D
Susan Illingworth
Local Notes Highlight Mitchell Visitors and Events
Mitchell notes list many visitors from Rapid City Pipe Stone and White Lake plus Miss Hazel Haynes from the University of South Dakota traveling to Mt Vernon. Local clubs plan a Halloween party October 27 at the Masonic Hall with Masons and their families as guests. A dairy judging team from South Dakota State College placed second in butter judging at the National Dairy show in Springfield Mass with SD students seventh in cattle judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Haynes
University of South Dakota
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
T. B. Haynes
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Ella Hendrickson
Cornell College
Fred Mosher
Alta Mosher
Whiteake
J. L. Lovinger
Parkston
W. S. Shepherd
Garden City
South Dakota State College
Springfield
Mass
South Dakota
Horace Jones
Elias Jones
Joe Hill
W. S. Hill
Brookings
Ernest Ainsworth
Jones
South Dakota Firms Seek Injunction Against Express Firms
Five South Dakota commercial clubs and three Sioux Falls businesses filed a federal suit in Sioux City to block an Interstate Commerce Commission order that would raise South Dakota intrastate rates to match interstate rates. Plaintiffs allege ICC overstepped authority, seeking to nullify the 1915 order affecting Brown Drug, Fen Bros., and Jewett Bros. outfits and five South Dakota cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Dakota
United States District Court
Sioux Falls
S. D
Cedar Rapids
Martin J. Wade
District Court
Walter I. Smith
Council Bluffs
Reed
United States
Lee McNeely
EE. Wagner
Brown Drug Company
Fen Bros
Jewett Bros. & Jewett
Mitchell Watertown
Aberdeen
Yankton
United States Commerce Commission
American Xpress Company
Wells-Fargo
Adams Express Company
Great Northern Express Company
Sioux City Commercial Club
Wagner
Jailed After Hour's Liberty In Sioux Falls
John Larson, released from the Sioux Falls penitentiary, passed a $25 check for $18 of clothes in the business district. The Elk Point bank check bore the signature of A. Anderson, who was unknown there. Larson is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses and recaptured after a dramatic attempted escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
John Larson
Larson
Elk Point
A. Anderson
Liberty
Wild Game In State Preserve
The state forest reserve is to be made a preserve to protect native wildlife fast disappearing from prairies. The park will house deer buffalo elk and antelope with beaver and various birds, funded entirely by the state game fund from hunting licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Fatal Minneapolis fire destroys home of C P Wilkinson
Fire swept the Minneapolis residence of C P Wilkinson early today from an overheated furnace. Rose Weber, a maid, was alone in the house and died in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
C. P. Wilkinson
Weber
Hughes Reaches Home After Third Campaign Swing
Utica New York reports Charles E Hughes completing his third presidential campaign trip. He was to arrive in New York City this afternoon and continue toward final campaign stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Charles BE. Hughes
New York
Alibi Proof Sought in Savannah News Report
The Savannah report notes the Colonels are not held in restraint but no record confirms he is the original Hughes man. The detail suggests a contention over identity with limited accessible records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah News
Hughes
Dosenr
Hills Ship 700 Cars Stock From Belle Fourche
Belle Fourche South Dakota reports stock shipments for the season totaling about 700 cars to eastern markets led by Omaha and Chicago. The load includes roughly 214 cattle 70 sheep with the rest horses and hogs. Strong range conditions allowed outfits to hold stock for another year and fat stock plus plentiful feed edged shipping and small ranchers increased holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
S. D
Omaha
Chicago
Elk Point Dominates Mitchell In Muddy Clash
Elk Point high school routed Mitchell 27 to 0 on a field soaked with mud and water. The Elk Point eleven controlled ground, used quick ends and strong interference to roll to the victory. Mitchell showed little spark. coach Wheatley remains optimistic for the Huron game next Friday with a green, developing squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell High School
Elk Point High School
Elk Point
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Isilk Point
Y Anktoun
Yankton
Wheatley
Scheurenbrand
Hoagland
Jacobson
Humboldt man naps on tracks narrowly escapes train
Iver Frisell of Humboldt fell asleep on a railroad track and awoke to a train bearing down. He leapt clear but lost a finger and suffered multiple finger injuries as the wheel mangled his hand. He was taken to Sioux Falls for county physician care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt, S. D
Iver Frisell
Humboldt
Sioux
Sioux man plows road to charge tolls for hay transport
Pierre South Dakota Elk Head, a Sioux, plowed a road north of Eagle Butte to cross a hill claiming it kept his wagon from crowding horses. He planned to collect a dollar per assisted ascent when autos encountered the freshly laid trail, aided by his team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre, S. D
Elk Head
Eagle Butte
Skull Found In Ravine At Wolf Place In Big Stone City
George Stevens Jr. discovered a partially buried human skull in a ravine behind the Wolf place in Big Stone City South Dakota. The skull shows a missing lower jaw, an upper jaw with four teeth, and features suggesting a young person possibly of Native American origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Stone City
S. D
George Stevens, Jr
Timber Sale Bids Opened For 25 Million Feet
The state land commission will open bids on November 25 for twenty five million feet of timber on the state forest reserve in Pierre South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
State Land Commission
Residents and visitors mingle in Mitchell area news
Daily Tr. notes several residents and guests with trips to Chicago Sioux City Minneapolis Philadelphia and Long Beach Cal. Included are Kasty Miller Jay W. Miller type of visits and the Milwaukee stock yards electric lighting installation for winter.
Miss Vermilyea Weds Joseph Orr At Colvin Home
Flora Vermilyea daughter of G A Vermilyea married Joseph Orr at the aunt Mrs John Colvin 408 East Fourth Avenue home this morning. The ceremony with 20 relatives and friends included a duet sung by Eliza and Leland Vermilyea and Mendelssohn wedding march. A three course breakfast followed and the couple will reside at 408 East Fifth Avenue after November 1. Out of town guests included L P Vermilyea and baby Faulkton and Mildred Thomas Northfield Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Vermilyea
G.A. Vermilyea
Joseph Orr
John Colvin
East Fourth Avenue
Eliza Vermilyea
Leland Vermilyea
Miss Vermilyea
Mendelssohn
Charles Sumner Osgood
Mr. Osgood
Colvin
Olive Mansheim
Merle Grace
Sioux City
Ames
Iowa
Orr
East Fifth Avenue
L. P. Vermilyea and
Baby
Faulkton
Mildred Thomas
Northfield
Minn
Tripp Youth Killed by Wagon Wheels
Ten year old son of Andreas Fischer near Tripp died after a loaded lumber wagon ran away while he played with a tug and tried to stop the team. He was thrown beneath the wheels, rendered unconscious, and died within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripp
S. D
Andreas Fischer
Law steps in as elopers nabbed on train
Marshal Allbee stopped a Minneapolis and St. Louis train to separate Christina Lippert and Ed Weeks, youths from near Tolstoy, who were eloping. The girl was taken home by her parents, while Weeks returned by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlopers
Melette
S. D
Marshal Allbee
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Christina Lippert
Ed Weeks
Near Tolstoy
Chris Lippert
Weeks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Wells
James E. Wells
American Committee For
Armenian and Syrian Relief
Sharlow
College Preps
Wesleyan Academy
Chamberlain
Helma
Kotraba
Brereton
Linn
Pugh
Butler
Mercury
Notich
S. Cattrell
Orville V. Rinehart
Rapid City
D. 8. Jones
Pipestone, Minn
Mr. Jones
Mrs
R. J. Jones
E. Flanders
Weldon
Larrison’s
Wm. Martin
Pukwana
Bidwell
Pauline Bimers
Victoria
Conrad, Ia
L. Soper
W. A. Alickson
Hl. J. Dawes
Fulton
F. A. Winsor
Mitchell Art Club
Wim, Griffin
White Lake
J. A. Rea
Kimball
George D. Egner
Joe P. Lawler
Dakota Engineering Company
Mexico
Fourth
South Dakota Infantry
Company IF
San Benito
Maynard Theater
Roy Gilmore
Nouse Peters
Gail Kane
Washington
Max Friends
Mathilde Widmann
Republican +esterady
Friend
A. W. Graham
W. W. Reams
Missouri Valley
J. M. Campbell
Alfed Wentz
Bath
Wood Smith
J. A. Smith
Lawrence Taylor
Chandeylain
Mable Wells
Redpath Lyceum Company
R. E. Ruth
Wessington Springs
Esouth Dakota Commercia CL
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
John Clarson
HILLS
Downstate
Siesta
Tr. I. Hitchcock
Kasty Miller
Artesian
Prof
Jay W. Miller
G. G. Dunn
Farmer
S. D. van Benthuysen
Hester
City
Max Miller
Lauritz Miller
Joseph Tehetter
Bridgewater
KE. W. Weyler
Heyler
Walter
A. M. Richardson
Spencer
L. G. Drueshal
Lennox
Hlazel Haynes
Vermillion
C. S. Robb
Philadelphia
Robb
American Medical Society
B. A. Bobb
East
Delvan T. Becker
Walter Metz
Violet Jones
Alexideia
Clifornia
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