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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
9
Wants and rentals listed with names and phone numbers for jobs rooms and houses. Ads include dishwashers housekeepers school girls for board and room wait staff at Kempton's Cafe modern and basements for rent in Sanborn Street area near Mitchell South Dakota real estate and car sales plus a cattle ad, buggy and harness, and an almost new perambulator for sale. References to local banks and newspapers accompany the classifieds.
Providence reports finger prints may crack the Mohr murder mystery as Dr G Franklin Mohr is shot beside his car with secretary Miss Emily Burger. Stained envelopes found from the physician’s pockets fuel robbery theory while three Black men say police used third degree tactics to force confessions and challenge Mrs Mohr’s arrest.
Davison County supervisors urge townships to use a recently purchased grader. Beulah applies for access. five miles of road may be built at about $350 per day. The Mitchell Mt Vernon main road shows the grader’s impact, proving its value in improving highways countywide.
In Alliance Nebraska two riders, Testy Keenan and Gere Alten, were hurt during a breaking horse event. One horse bolted into a wire, injuring a rider’s shoulder and face. Artemus fell from a horse and was knocked unconscious. Both riders were taken to hospital with serious injuries and rumors of fatalities circulated.
Kil Estes of Murdo was allowed to travel unaccompanied from Murdo to county jail and surrender to Deputy Marshall Brook as part of a federal court proceeding. The journey marks a period of pending eight months in the case.
Mr Excel, famed hymn writer and singer, will furnish music for the opening meeting of a committee in Dakota. He arrived this afternoon from his Chicago home. Roper serves as musician for the opening services.
City council session focused on street improvements and petitions for saving of residence street work. A bid from C H Parrett for East Sixth avenue grading was discussed, along with plans to grade East Fourth Avenue and potential rail shifts by Milwaukee Road. Police and street crews prepared bids for BravehaN and a storm sewer project while consultants from Chicago were to inspect West Fourth Avenue paving for compliance.
Washington announces a near billion bushel wheat crop forecast for 1915 based on September 1 condition data. Major crops listed include winter wheat 658 million, spring wheat 873 million, durum 289 million, oats 1.498 billion, with condition and yield figures for each crop segment.
Reports from Potten county indicate high wheat yields with about 85 bushels per acre on oats and 20 to 30 bushels per acre for wheat. Alfred Weatherer reports 42 bushels per acre on rye sown last year, selling at eight cents per bushel after threshing.
The Neath commune elects a vice chairman and authorizes City Auditor Thoma steatt to advertise bids after September 16 for construction of a silenced hand project not yet completed. The resolution allocates funding across the South including the Sanborn Street viaduct area. A fragment mentions a question about constipation remedies.
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