Local Notes Briefs From Mitchell and Vicinity
Local notes record births to Mr and Mrs G Dodge on Pass hast seventh avenue on Saturday September 11 a son. Several residents travel or depart including Miss Bernice Frost to Boston to study at the New England Conservatory. A number of military and teaching assignations are noted with staff changes at Dakota Wesleyan and local schools. Weather mentions a cold night and heavy rainfall across eastern Mitchell with hail near Canton and general downpours west of the Missouri. Funeral notices, civic events, and sport and labor updates populate the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parly
G. Dodge
Seventh Avenue
Mieses Ellen
Anna Arney
James Arney
Owanka
S. D
Bernice Frost
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Maggie Spry
Mills
Montomery
Ala
Segt
James Spry
Company F
Huron
Whitney Morris
R. V. McCormick
Heo W. Xan Dé Busche
A. E. Nixon
Hobart Browne
L. F. Hiltigosslu
T. Peckham
Ralph Walton
H. G. Meyer
GH. Jones
Mies Edwina Windrem
Bay City Mich
Ee Elizabeth Schoepp
Walla Wala
Wash
Methodist Ehpiscopal Church
Frank Patterson
Mitchell
Ethel Bush
Detroit
Minn
F. A. Maynard
Ft Cottage
SesWaah
Salisbury
An Saliabury
Brookings
I College
State College
Eula Eyer
Sioux City
Venter
Joe Kotroa
Johnson
West Nwa Javenue
Kimball” Street
Yr. Johnson
Mt. On
Ftiis
AY Rodee
Lawrence County
George
I Gedding
Larry Regan
HB. Owens
Bridgewater
Thomas’ Greer
Ome
Canton
Missouri River
F. 2. Holt
Blue Mountain
Holt
Frank Olson
Dyelyn Olson
Forwa
Miller
Will
Canham
Ganham
Olson
First Methodist Episcopal Church
C.B. Harrold
Hoagland
Dakota Wesleyan
M. W’. Myler
Aberdeen
Selby
Myler
Chester GC. Dillon
Dillon
HT. Jones
Auto saves man from raging bull in South Dakota pasture
John Delver 20, dairy foreman for Robert Cole near Hudson, was badly injured when a bull charged him while he moved cows. After initial resistance, a local neighbor J A Pierce used a revolver and then rammed the bull with an automobile at full speed, driving it away and saving Delver from a fatal outcome. Delver fights for life with poor recovery chances.
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Hudson, S. D
John Delver
Robert Cole
Hudson
South Dakota
Delver
Delyer
Cole
J. A. Pierce
Sioux City Bank Robbery Shocks Local Community
Three men wearing handkerchief masks robbed the Sioux City bank on Correctionville Road at 4:30 pm, forcing assistant cashier Ralph M. Tritz into the vault prison while fleeing with about 309 dollars. Bank president John H. Hesse said the vault held 4 000 to 5 000 dollars but the robbers did not attempt to seize it. No witnesses located for entry or exit of the getaway car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Tinte Allthe
Correctionville Road
Greenville
Ralph M. Tritz
Tritz
Trinity College
John EH. Hesse
Aberdeen Saloon Buildings Occupied After Dry Law
With only a few exceptions, the Main Street saloon buildings previously used before Aberdeen went dry on July 1 have been repurposed. Grocery stores and clothing shops occupy several, a restaurant moves into another, and some smaller side street saloons have vacated. Overall about nine of the original eighteen saloon buildings remain vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Jesse Boyce Dies in Sioux Falls Leader of City
Jesse W. Boyce fifty six prominent Sioux Falls lawyer died at home after weeks of illness. Blood turning to water caused his death. He formerly served as president of the Sioux Falls Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Jesse W. Boyce
resi+dence
Jié
Editor's Wife Scares Off Burglar in Parker
Mrs. L W Robinson, wife of the Parker Press Leader editor, awakened by a burglar at a bedroom window ordered him away. He did not leave until the editor was alerted. The night telephone operator was asleep and the intruder fled after being dressed by the time the police could respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
L. W. Robinson
Parker- Press-Leader
Betas
Lindsay Fas
Woman raises the best wheat in South Dakota reports
In South Dakota threshing tests yields exceed preharvest estimates. Record spring wheat comes from Strool in Perkins County with 52 bushels per acre on a two acre potato field last year. Other high grains include 49 bushels oats per acre in Meade County and 32 bushels spring wheat per acre on an eighteen acre tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Follett
Meade County
Fred Folljet
Frank Edwards
Maud County
Burke Named in Thorson’s Place in South Dakota
Ex-Congressman Charles H. Burke of Pierre is named national committeeman from South Dakota to fill the vacancy caused by Thomas Thorson’s death. Burke received a letter from national committee chairman Hilles notifying him of the selection. Friends statewide welcome the news.
Sacred concert by Baptist choir at First Church
Last evening the First Baptist church hosted a sacred concert despite poor weather. Mrs Brackett led the choir with Miss Powers at the piano, delivering a program featuring Buck Te Deum and The Lord is my Light, plus solos by Dodson Mills Brown Powers and Brackett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Helen Powers
William Gordon Brackett
Robert Lincoln Kelley
Philippi
Lewis Lovinger
Dudley Buck
Thelma Dodson
Zerline Mills
Hobart Brown
Lord Is
Light
Brackett
Sioux Falls Man Dies by Gas In City Building
William Ecker aged 21 committed death by own action today by opening a gas jet in his room at the government building in Sioux Falls South Dakota. He left a note asking his father Theodore Ecker of Fort Pierre be notified. A sister had visited him last week en route to college in Nebraska. He was reportedly jovial and attended a dance the previous evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
William Ecker
Theodore Ecker
Fort Pierre
Nebraska
Bonds Needed for Storage Warehouses
In Pierre South Dakota the recent legislature enacted a storage warehouse law. Operators of storage warehouses not for grain must obtain a bond of at least one thousand dollars. Applications for bonds are made to the secretary of state.
Storage act applies to goods storage with daily penalty
The 1915 Act Chapter 102 imposes a 100 dollar per day penalty for storage houses failing to comply since July 1, covering non grain items like stores and household goods. The act targets general storage articles and enforces compliance.
Robbers Loot Butterfield Store in Mitchell Silk Heist
Over $1,000 worth of silks were stolen from the H. D. Butterfield store in Mitchell. Robbers used a small entry to breach the rug room and selected only high quality silks, packing them in four suitcases. A number of women’s coats valued up to $150 each were left untouched. Police believe the thieves were experienced, leaving no marks on fabric. The crime occurred near the city hall area, and authorities alerted Sioux City detectives while arranging replacements for stolen goods ahead of fall trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Butterfield
Mitchell
Butterfield
City Hall
Main Street
Rhodes
Sioux City
Omaha
Owens
J. B. Richard
Senator Bobb Named Delegate to Lay Electoral Conference
Senator CG S Bobb was elected delegate to the Lay Electoral Conference meeting in Sioux Falls. The four year cycle elects delegates to the General Conference of world wide Methodism, to meet in Saratoga Springs next May. Dr B A Bobb was chosen as alternate delegate. election held after Sunday service with about thirty candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. S. Bobb
Sioux Falls
Saratoga Springs
B. A. Bobb
W. A. ‘Branch
A. B. Darling
Lauritz Miller
Farmers Union Holds Big Picnic at Davison Co Grove
Farmers' Union of Davison county held its first annual picnic at the Knute Strand grove four miles south of Mitchell. Despite threatening weather, a large crowd enjoyed sports, a ball game between Prosper and Plano, tug of war, wrestling, races, and speeches about cooperative farming and distributing profits. Local leaders David Loyinger and F R Burdick spoke on organization and rural credits, highlighting the union's spread and aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
Davison County
Knute Strand
Mitchell
David Loyinger
Mr. Lovinger
A. G. Davis
Prosper
Plano
Babe’ Zarda
Kendall
C. Kendall
Zangler
K. Kendall
A. Iendall
O'Donnell
Hogge
Baldwin
Trocker
Peterson
H. Olson
O. Yahne
Chamberlain School Opens With Staff List
Chamberlain South Dakota schools opened last Monday with a staff list including Superintendent S K W Hallett, Principal Blanche Williams Neola Iowa, Assistant Principal Clara Piper Alexandria South Dakota, and grade teachers Esther Hoyer Centerville, Lucile O'Brien White Lake Yankton Nyberg Ruth Ganaway Tidrick Bishop Spearfish music teacher I W Hallatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Geve Tidrick
Aleatha Bishop
Spearfish Music
I. W. Hallatt
Country club greens and grounds nearing completion
Work on the Mitchell Country club progresses with greens and tees under construction under Paul M. Young. Eight of nine greens have sod removed and replaced with oiled sand, the ninth kept as sod for fall testing on a waterless greens concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Country Club
Paul M. Young
Young
Fred Barth
Aberdeen
Four Year Old Hero Rescues Baby Sister in Barrel Incident
In Holabird a four year old boy, son of R F E Gray, acted without waiting for help when his two year old sister fell into a half filled water barrel. He pulled her out after two attempts, saving her from a likely drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Holabird
R. F E. Gray
New Oats Record Set at 133 Bushels per Acre
Rapid City South Dakota farmer John Johnson reports a new state oats record from about 20 acres using dry farming. He harvested 133 13 bushels of Swedish select oats and 79 bushels of common variety. Nearby irrigated rancher Wilson Marsh yielded 112 bushels and neighbor Simpson 2153 bushels from 28 acres. Flood damages hit Janesville Wisconsin with thousands of dollars in losses and evacuations along Saunders creek.
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Rapid City
S. D
John Johnson
Here
Johnson
Wilson Marsh
Simpson
Wisconsin
Janesville
Wis
Edgerton
Notice of Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
Foreclosure sale ordered by mortgagee John Pastorel for unpaid interest and principal on a 1914 mortgage to Fred H. and Jennie Starr. Davison County South Dakota property described as SSE of Sec 1 and Lots 6 7 of SW Sec 6, Township 108 North Range 61 West, 225 acres, at Mitchell courthouse steps September 25 1915. Mortgagee and attorneys listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifred H. Starr
Jennie J. Starr
John Pastorel
Register of Deeds
Davison County
South Dakota
Mortgames
Mitchell
Davison
Board forced to hire teacher in Belle Fourche case
Miss Elsie Kirk of Castle Rock wins a legal contest against the Butte county school board. She proved two thirds of parents favored hiring her under the new law, and after Justice Smythe began hearing the case the board yielded and contracted her as teacher, with duties to commence at once.
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Belle Fourche
Elsie Kirk
Castle Rock
Butte County
Justice Smythe
Miss Kirk
Child's Foot Severely Damaged by Farm Mower Accident
A four year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snoozey, near here, had a foot nearly severed when the sickle bar of a mowing machine struck him as he wandered in tall grass. The driver did not see the child. doctors strive to save the foot after a deep gash and severed tendons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colton
S. 1
Henry Snoozey
Transients Escape Jail With Hammer in South Dakota
Two fugitives, Jim Wood and Frank Ryan, held for shooting a harvest hand and robbery in Scotland on Aug. 8, escaped from Tyndall county jail by breaking a cement floor with a heavy table leg. They fled after making a hole in the jail floor and exploiting the hole to freedom. Local authorities reported no trace of the pair.
Girl Fatally Injured as Singletree Breaks in South Dakota
Edna May Swartout, 9, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Swartout on a Gann Valley farm, was severely injured when the single tree broke causing the wagon's doubletree to strike her while helping with hay. She suffered a broken shoulder and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gann Valley
S. D
Edna May Swartout
Lee Swartout
Dr King's New Discovery Promoted for Coughs and Colds
An advertisement urges readers to treat colds early to avoid serious illness. It claims Dr King's New Discovery clears the head, eases breathing, and restores vitality, encouraging immediate purchase to prevent epidemics.
South Carolina Adopts Statewide Prohibition
South Carolina voted Tuesday to enact statewide prohibition effective January 1. Unofficial returns show 33 104 for and 14 157 against from most counties. All 30 dry counties supported prohibition. only one dispenser county reportedly voted for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
South Dakota Exhibit Planned for Illinois State Fair
Immigration Commissioner McCaffree leaves Pierre today with a South Dakota exhibit for the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. He will travel to Waterloo Iowa for the Dairy show and later present South Dakota products at the International Dry Farming Congress in Denver.
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Pierre
S. D
McCaffree
Springfield
South Dakota
Waterloo
Iowa
Denver
New Observation Sleeping Car Service To The Pacific North Coast
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces through daily observation sleeping car service to the Pacific North Coast on a train leaving Mitchell at 12 50 am with connections at Aberdeen South Dakota. The all steel Columbian arrives Spokane at 10 40 pm the second evening Seattle at 10 25 pm and Tacoma 11 45 pm the third morning. Cars include smoking room sleeping sections library lounge and observation platform. Reservations and full information via local CM St P agent.
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Pacific Northwest
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
America
Pacific North Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railney
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