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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
8
In Clark South Dakota the women voters are expected to determine the outcome of a Thursday special election on issuing bonds totaling 30000 dollars for a new public school building. Authorized bonds would mature in five to twenty years.
Three officials of Union Paper Box company and James Brown estate executor were arrested after a deadly fire at the factory. The incident killed 13 and injured 20, with one likely fatally. Brown estate executor H. H. Woods posted 10,000 bail. president Weiskopf, secretary Kimbal, and foreman Schaefer released on five thousand bail each.
Ad promotes Sloan's liniment for neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis and other pains saying it relieves congestion dissolves injury and frees circulation. Claims instant relief with bottles priced 25c 50c and 1.00 and notes a 1.00 bottle has six times as much as the 25c size. Also features a humorous aside about wireless telephone usage.
Monthly Loomis school figures show 42 pupils enrolled during October with 709 total attendance over 19 days and 90 percent average daily attendance. Several students are listed as never absent or tardy while others enrolled or dropped out, and Principal David Dykstra urges parents to visit and collaborate with teachers to build character in students.
Negotiations to bring either Theodore Thomas or Minneapolis Symphony to Mitchell for the annual May musical festival. A supporters meeting at Commercial Club outlined the plan as Dakota Wesleyan officials and business leaders attended. The festival era includes matinee orchestral works and an evening oratorio with the choir training to begin soon. The Minneapolis orchestra, with Hail Oberhoff er as director, and Chicago’s Thomas ensemble have both played Mitchell in past years.
Sioux City Journal reports a board of trade estimate based on 25 samples from Mission Hill area. They project 60 to 75 percent of the South Dakota corn crop will be marketable with the rest for feeding. Weather in the last two weeks raised the good corn percentage, though Sioux Falls area remains disappointing.
The Des Moines Register argues against rapid military action and warns against the Wilson plan for a large bond issue. It urges patience, favors government control of munitions, and presses for nonmilitarist Americanism over haste in war preparation.
The body of Augustino Giovenco, a young Italian, was found sealed inside a large vinegar barrel late Tuesday in Chicago. A hole cut in the head hatch and a heavy cord around the neck were noted. Police recovered $11.75 on the clothing and believe the man was murdered and placed in the barrel at a city outskirts location.
Sixty jurors were drawn by Clerk S. Cattrell Sheriff B. Owens and Auditor J. M. Crampton for the November term as Judge Frank B. Smith ordered. Jurors must appear at 10 AM November 16. a larger pool was needed due to prior difficulties finding available jurors. The list includes Casper Althen Geo S Agnes Harry Black Albert Butterfield F W Boyd and others.
The state department asks American citizens to cut off fuel shipments to enemies of the de facto Mexican government, supplementing the embargo on arms. Targeted at Villa forces, the plan aims to halt mining operations in Chihuahua and curb gold and silver flows into the United States.
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