City Council Cuts City Expenses Significantly
Monday night the city council set annual appropriations at lower levels, trimming expenditures by about $2,000 from last year. Major cuts hit the interest fund, streets, printing, waterworks and electric light. A dangerous Koch building on lower Main was ordered assessed, and bills for salaries, services, and contracts were approved before adjournment. A domestic dispute followed as John Bugby separated from his wife and lost access to property including a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USL Tee
Koch
Lower Main Street
James Scheuer
Milwaukee
Corn Palace
Gottlieb Scheurenbrand
H. R. Kibbee
W. E. Crane
Paul Stowell
A. Gordinier
J. K. Smith
Louis Beckwith
John Reierson
John C. Roth
W. Abbey
Geo. Austin
Special Police
Owen Sheehee
Mike Brennan
H. Carlson
J. Schlimgen
L. O. Gale
Moise
Jack Rogan
Prey Woigemuth
Csib
John Cook
Electric Light Co
U.S. Express Co
John P. Lindahl
Weslen
Champeny Bros
E Hitchcock
L. A. Amsden
F. Woolley
J. A. Brown
Chas. Roth
Geo. E. Logan
Mitchell Fire Department
C. W. Gillis
Freight and Express Fire Department
American Ball Nozzle Co
Ball
John
Miss Greene
Miss Green
Mrs. Bugby
Dan Collin
Jun
Delightful Evening of Young Society People At Huyck Home
A large company of young society folk gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Huyck on Wednesday evening September 2. Willard Huyck and Miss Essie Lewis hosted a lively night of cards dancing and games followed by a dainty refreshments spread. Invited guests included Blanche Rowley Gertrude Becker Bessie Thompson Emily Bras Sadie Ball Eunice Thompson Julia Rogers Emma Harker Mac Prescott May Rogers Pearl Harker Hortenese Ballard Cora Miner Lenore Prescott Mamie Foley Mary Windle Phyllis McKay Maggie Duncan Jessie Warne Florence Fosdick Marguerite Gleason Pearl Cathout of Alexandria and Hawarden Iowa visitors. Also present were Lee Wolgemuth H P Beckwith Reuben Dwight Ed Dundas Will Harker F T Windle Thos Kaveny Chas Weller F O Bradley A H Ladd Jos Harker Will Hallowell Art Brookings John Haney Chas Seaman Eugene McGovern Cyrus Warne E C Newberry W Balcome of Hawarden Iowa and E A Marsh of Alexandria along with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Champeny.
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O. T. Huyck
Willard Huyck
Essie Lewis
Blanche Rowley
Gertrude Becker
Bessie Thompson
Emily Bras
Sadie Ball
Eunice Thompson
Julia Rogers
Emma Harker
Mac Prescott
May Rogers
Pearl Harker
Hortenese Ballard
Cora Miner
Lenore Prescott
Mamie Foley
Mary Windle
Phyllis McKay
Maggie Duncan
Jessie Warne
Florence Fosdick
Marguerite Gleason
Pearl Cathout
Alexandria
Messrs
Lee Wolgemuth
H. P. Beckwith
Reuben Dwight
Ed Dundas
Will Harker
F. T. Windle
Thos. Kaveny
Chas. Weller
F. O. Bradley
A. H. Ladd
Jos. Harker
Will Hallowell
Art Brookings
District Court to Hear Post Office Robbery Case
Sheriff Cook and party traveled to Deadwood to testify before the grand jury. A June package sent to Thos. Wallace yielded burglars tools, signaling an attempt to crack a Mitchell safe. Arrestees held on vagrancy for post office robbery were sent to Huron. district court to convene in Deadwood with Cook Wallace Tremaine Halphide summoned to testify.
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Thos. Wallace
Mitchell
Fosness
Huron
United States’ Court
Corn Belt Exhibit Wins Top Prizes at Minnesota Fair
South Dakota entered at the Minnesota state fair grounds on August 30 with a 60 foot display in a north western hall. The exhibit earned first prizes for best corn, best wild grasses, and best general display, praised in a letter dated September 5, 1896 from A Brackett, Minneapolis.
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South Dakota
Epston Republican
Minnesota
A. Brackett
Minneapolis
A Straw Ballot Against Bryan for McKinley
Mitchell citizen recounts a G A R special train trip from Mitchell to St Paul last week in a local news update. The piece notes civic sentiment ahead of national politics and highlights veterans group involvement in the journey.
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St. Paul
Straw vote shows McKinley strength on western trains
A long string of straw polls on excursion trains to St Paul and Minneapolis from Aberdeen and nearby towns yielded strong support for McKinley over Bryan. Results across multiple trains from Wisconsin to Iowa and Minnesota ranged from 192 1 Bryan 72 to 456 86 with a total tally near 900 voters. The reporter notes a festive mood and thanks the C P M O rail line for service.
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McKinley
West
Free Silverite
Bryan
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Aberdeen News
Twin City
Aberdeen
Milwaukee Road
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Central
Wisconsin
Minneapolis & St. Louis
South Dakota
Burlington
Henry Keller
Great Northern
North Dakota
Iowa & Minnesota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Grundy Center
Maj. McKinley
Levering
Prohibition
B. W. Shaw
St. Louis
K. P
Minnesota
Clough
Lind
Mitchell to St Paul on G A R train to encampment
The Omaha road special G A R train left Mitchell at six am with 25 to 30 passengers. At Fulton 50 joined, including the Alexandria band of 22 under H P Benjamin. Delegations arrived at Spencer, Salem, Montrose, Hartford, Sioux Falls, Laverne, and Mankato adding eleven coaches in all.
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Mitchell
Kasota
Sioux City
T. S. McCabe
Worthington
A. P. Steadman
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
G. A. R. Post
Heron Lake
Minn
Mark Betts
McKinley
Bryan
Mankato
RE. P. Hall
Republican
Omaha Road
Fulton
Alexandria
H. P. Benjamin
Spencer
Salem
Montrose
Hartford
Laverne
Reunion of the Seventy third Illinois Preacher Regiment
At a park commissioner's office reunion of the Seventy third Illinois officers, including H A Castle and J B Wolgemuth, noted as the early Methodist preacher regiment famed for fighting at Chickamauga with only seventy three answering this time. The article recalls their battlefield strength and continued loyalty to the church tradition.
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St. Paul
J.B. Wolgemuth
Methodist Preacher Regiment
Illinois
Central Illinois
M. E. Conference
Seventy-third Illinois
St. Paul’s
H. A. Castle
James F. Jacques
J. B. .Wolgemuth
Mitchell
S. D
J. L. Morgan
C. H. Castle
Quincy, Ill
R. R. Randall
Council Bluffs
Charles Tilton
St. Joseph
G. W. Patten
Chattanooga
Tenn
Soldiers of God
Chickamauga
Letters expose farmer’s bite over 1892 trade shift
In 1893 a Miner county German farmer laments Democrat leadership after the 1892 free trade victory. He claims higher loan costs, low wheat and wool prices, reduced sugar value, and urges voting Democrat, citing personal financial strain as reason for change. The letter is reproduced verbatim with signature Jacob Herman from Howard, South Dakota.
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Madison Sentinel
Miner County
Howard
H. W. Zickrick
S. D
Jacob Herman
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School Books
S. H. Scallin
Scallin
Cc. G. Rathbun
Walrath
A. R. Kibbee
O. P. Graham
First National Bank
Mitchell, South Dakota
John D. Wood
J. S. Daniels
A.A. Boynton
D.T. Gilman
J. O. Walrath
CO. M. Swan
I. W. Seaman
Eile Sturgis Lawler
Esther Lewis
Deadwood
John Bugby
Sheriff Cook
Grand Jury
J. B. Wolgemuth
Omaha
B. Wolgemuth
U.S. Gov’t
Royal
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