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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
4
An insertion in the Want Ad columns lists special rates by month at 76 cents per line with six words per line. No ad less than 10 cents. ads may run until ordered out and must be prepaid if run a specified number of times. One cent per word for each machine line with monthly payments of five dollars to a trustworthy party.
Classified ads show jobs and rentals in Mitchell area. Entries include a housework position, various rental rooms and houses near university, Main Street, and West 3rd Avenue, plus sales of furniture, stoves, produce, and farm land advertisements. Also job requests for bookkeeper and general labor.
The J F Anderson Lumber Company proposes rebuilding the Gale theatre on its original lines with a larger balcony and altered seating for similar capacity. A $5 000 bonus and a Commercial club benefit on opening night are planned to finance the project. If approved, the city hall auditorium remodel would be halted.
Washington reports no warships will be moved from Mexican waters for now. The Atlantic fleet command transfer from Badger to Fletcher is postponed until next month, following Carranza's hostile stance and Vera Cruz port closure. Nelson O'Shaughnessy is ordered to Vienna as secretary of the American embassy.
James Byrne a former prominent city businessman now retired farmer died at his home at age 57 from paralysis. He leaves wife and daughter and seven sisters and two brothers including John Byrne of Sioux City and Richard Byrne of Des Moines. J F Platt's pool hall robbed during county fair with only a few dollars and chips taken through a rear window.
Property offers 160 acres nine miles from Mitchell and five miles from Betts with 115 acres in crop and 10 acres alfalfa. Good buildings and a soft water well. Price reduced from 70 to 62.50 per acre for 10 days. Mail P O Box 87.
Eugene McGovern reports American dry goods makers will expand plants due to European turmoil. If war ends soon, foreign firms may recover slowly. U S producers expect to dominate dress goods, shift toward home styles, and reduce Parisian influence as they build capacity and train workers in the United States.
Davison county Sunday school workers gather in Loomis for a two day convention titled Efficiency in Service. Principal speaker Geo W Miller of Huron leads sessions on organization teaching and community outreach with multiple programs and a Sunday school map presentation.
The 480 acre August Schaub farm 14 miles west and 22 miles southwest of Mitchell sold in three parcels for 59.25 to 60 dollars per acre. Buyers came from Mitchell Mt Vernon Plankinton Delmont and Ethan. Henry Schutz Paul Metzger and John F Berry purchased the quarters amid bright demand despite wartime concerns. Auctioneer P H Kelley praised the sale and noted prior successful auctions by Judge Bros.
Camp Crook South Dakota reports Mark Hopfinger of Perkins County used $100 cash to buy 200 old owes and work for balance. His wool clip earned $235 and he sold 386 sheep and lambs for $1544, totaling $1779 income on a $100 cash outlay. He managed the flock himself, keeping expenses low and net profit over $1000 in nine months.
Prof E W Hobson and three fishing party members escaped serious harm when their car teetered on a caving riverbank seven miles southeast of Mitchell near Adam Sibert place. Two side wheels hung over the bank as the car nearly toppled into the stream before residents rebuilt the bank and hoisted the vehicle to safety with staging, jackscrews, and tackle.
Mitchell resident Merle Tilotsen-Alcock, a versatile contralto, will appear at the Corn Palace fall event. Her career includes European acclaim and engagement as contralto soloist with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra. She will stay with her sister Mrs. G H Bishop at 216 East Ninth Avenue.
Dr Anna Shaw famed suffrage advocate and former National Woman Suffrage Association president will address Mitchell at city hall Friday evening as part of a statewide campaign to win women the ballot. She will visit Sioux Falls Thursday and be hosted by Mrs Frank Winsor.
Po Do Lax claims to banish pimples headaches biliousness and torpid liver from indigestion. It purports to tone the liver purify the blood and prevent stomach derangements. A 50 cent bottle is advertised with a money back guarantee at all druggists.
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