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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
1
A garbled classified page lists items for sale including a child bed and mattress, pickles and vegetables, billiard tables and bar fixtures, typewriters, and a rural property edge location. Also advertises a Farm and Real Estate Journal subscription with trial offers and payment terms.
In the matter of Creighton JF Farnsworth a bankrupt resident of Mitchell South Dakota the petition asks for full discharge from debts under the Bankruptcy Acts. A hearing is set for December 6 1915 in Sioux Falls with notice to creditors.
With four days to opening, the Corn Palace near completion as Wm. Kearney oversees decorations. Dr. F. I. Gillis created an artistic scheme centered on Peace and Plenty, featuring two peacocks, a fountain of flowers, allegorical panels, and extensive straw ornamentation. Strengthened roof bracing and new bright cloth trim the interior while Indians smoking peace pipes provide the main motifs.
Mitchell merchants propose a budget system to fund charitable enterprises and upcoming conventions. The Retail Merchants association will set a spending limit and raise funds per visit to reduce repeated solicitation. Committee members include A. Bayon W. H. Fritz and Paul M. Young.
Milton Schuster star of The Graces of Musical Comedy returns to the Metropolitan during Corn Palace week in A Prince for a Day. His success hinges on his legs which are humorously styled after the P. O. railroad.
Chicago studio owner Alvar L Bournique sends New York ecards for winter dances to replace Fox Trot and One Step with titles like Lorraine and Riviera. Descriptions call Alsace Engaginaire and Riviera Waltz with tango influences, promising novelty and popularity similar to classic dances.
Mitchell Hide company announces a new Aberdeen branch to be run by W. B. Johnson as shipments from Mitchell continue to rise. H. Guynn confirms the head office remains in Mitchell while the Aberdeen warehouse is leased.
The thirty first Dakota Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church convenes in Sioux Falls on Wednesday October 6 with Bishop William Alfred Quayle presiding. The session will mark his first time leading the Dakota conference and focuses on finances for Dakota Wesleyan Hospital and a state wide campaign to fund hospitals and endowment programs for ministers widows and orphans.
The South Dakota Conference plans to elect three ministers and three laymen to represent at the general conference in Saratoga Springs New York next May. Dr Thomas Nicholson is anticipated to lead the ticket and be elected bishop, signaling a major development for South Dakota Methodism. Names like Ros Brown William Carpenter J M Johnston G I Knappen W I Daniels Prof J Collins W McConnell and EF Minty are cited as strong delegate contenders with about 1000 attendees expected.
Wesleyan held its annual joint reception for the Y M C A and Y W C A in Graham hall on a Saturday evening. The event featured a receiving line with Miss Maude Klatt and Morris Brumbaugh, a mandolin club performance, a library swapping books for brief exchanges, light refreshments, and short program by Miss Marlys Shaw and Miss Hazel Reynolds. Mr. Louis Ortmayer announced upcoming Christian association meetings. The gathering aimed to acquaint students with each other and with faculty, and attendance was strong.
S. D. Bonesteel resident Jesse Haar, a haying crew worker, reported a frightful moment when a huge rattlesnake appeared as he rested on a hay load near Bonesteel. The sight startled him during the day's work in the field.
Five Mitchell area churches unite to prepare for the Laymen's Missionary movement state convention in Mitchell November 7 to 10. A dinner at the Congregational church set the plan with J D Andersen presiding. The budget is 1300 with a 600 guaranty fund, all delegates pay 1 registration, and no collections during sessions. Publicity will seek strong backing at upcoming Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist meetings.
Endorsement and enlistment of support are sought. A committee of traveling men will advertise the meeting and boards of five cooperating churches may give official endorsement. Mitchell church members will register and a guaranty fund is to be raised. Next Sunday at 3 PM a union prayer service will be held at the Presbyterian church to benefit the convention.
Max Goldsmith of San Antonio Texas searched farms along Route 81 to fund his hunt for his mother Flo missing weeks earlier. He read a Lane South Dakota farmer seeking a housekeeper and after she moved there funds from the farmer aided the search. A postal card from Madison led him to the reunion in Jerauld county.
George Miller is hospitalized with a potentially fatal knife wound to the abdomen after a fight over wild ducks. Clifford Lynn is jailed in Brown County following the dispute near Frederick during a hunting trip.
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