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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
4
H N Gaines returns from Deadwood for sister Nora Gaines funeral. Chaplain Hart and wife arrive to reside for services at First South Dakota cavalry. Various locals, visitors, and officials travel, inspect, or plan activities in Mitchell including church events, building permits, drill nights, hunting trips, and school openings.
Davison county commissioners approved a $36,000 road program over the next year funded half by federal government and half by the county. The plan covers roughly fifty miles on the Sunshine Highway between Ethan Mitchell Loomis and the Washington Highway between Mt. Vernon and Mitchell. Purchases included two motor tractors, a 41 horsepower unit by Frank Simmons and Georges Lawrence and a 30 horsepower Pioneer unit. The county expects to pave and improve roads from the west county line through Mt. Vernon to Mitchell and from the south line through Eilisn to Loomis, with the Mt. Vernon road seeing notable upgrades. The Mitchell Light and Power Co. sought a right of way for electricity lines to Mt. Vernon and Plankinton, anticipated to be granted without further litigation. County residents G W White, Nick Theisen and Henry Weisner, en route to the Huron state fair, visited Mitchell with prize swine. Dr Helersee of Presto spent Sunday in Mitchell.
Neighborhood notes recount the Hutchinson county fair in Tripp with bands from the Fourth Regimental and Menno entertaining crowds each afternoon. Reunions, religious events, new teachers, a car accident injury, a church leader arriving, and Labor Day observances across Murdo and Jones County highlight a busy week.
Artesian Mrs Iver Furland visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ole T Olson in Blue Earth Minnesota this week. Mrs C B Thompson returned from Mason City after visiting. accompanied by her father who stays a while. Misses Maci Peart Thelma Francis returned from Flandreau after visiting Mrs M J Dowdell. Waller family left for Minneapolis. summer spent while Artesian State Bank is built. Various others travel to Blanchardville Pleasantville Woonsaeket Grand Rapids Yorksville and Springfield as summer visits unfold. The Aurora county fair opened with warm sunny days and steady attendance despite wind dust. Friday's sports program drew large crowds and the Farmers Union address on Thursday was postponed due to gale conditions.
Funeral services for Nora Addie Gaines who died Wednesday were held at First Methodist church with Rev. S Hoagland and Lt W S Shepherd assisting. Interment followed at Graceland cemetery. pallbearers included Frank E Porteous Lloyd Gardner and others. Born July 9 1888 near Maniela Ia she moved with her parents to Mitchell at age eleven and remained there. She taught school briefly and then lived with her parents due to ill health. A faithful church member and Alpha club participant she endured years of illness with Christian patience and died after an operation on Monday morning at age 29 years 1 month and 26 days. She is survived by her parents Andrew and andrew Gaines brother Herman and sisters May Crops ey El Annis and Ida McIntosh.
Mr. Vernon Miss Hannah Swenson left for Ottawa Wisconsin to visit friends and relatives. R. E. Harris returned from Wisconsin with Mrs. Harris who then went to Nebraska to visit her parents. Mrs. T. B. Haynes visited Sioux City to see Mr. McDowell and her son Owen, then returned. Dr. T. B. Crowley of Chicago visited the Kustes family and returned home. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Olson and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Olson visited Colome Gregory county to see Herman Kursava and family. Crops in Colome area were poorer than in Davison. Frank Ryans had a serious accident near Plankinton when his vehicle tipped in a passing car. he and others escaped injury and he recovers at home.
Bridgewater residents, relatives, and visitors are noted in a roundup of local activities. Ernest Reiser and sister visit Madison. Eunice Ferdig hosts a shower. Vic Wettergreen’s party tours Sioux Falls. Van Steinbergen of Hull visits Aug Hillmer. families travel to Kansas and Pennsylvania. Local students prepare for college, with names and destinations listed. scouts report Lake Madison camping. religious leaders plan sermons after summer breaks.
Community items report visits by out of town couples to McCook area homes, a fire caused by an electric iron doing two to three hundred dollars damage, farewell events for soldiers bound for Fort Riley, weddings at Epiphany and in Sioux Falls, anniversaries and showers, plus travel and visiting plans across Spencer, Menno, Viborg, Miner and neighboring towns.
Local notes show visitors from California and Rapid City, trips to Dallas and Seattle, and multiple moves and jobs. A prairie fire near Medicine Bowes threatens large land, while school officials change posts and a minister returns from Minneapolis. Many residents plan trips, attend fairs, and await army calls as community ties stay active.
Marion H H Buller and family members along with Mrs Ir vw Buller Bertha and Mrs Dan Sevitz autoed to Sioux Falls on Thursday. Others including Mr and Mrs W F Jammer Miss Martha Gaul and Mrs C F Gaul went to Sioux Falls last Sunday where Mrs Gaul boarded a train to Lester Inc.
Kimball Mr and Mrs Albert Williamson and family drove to Oacoma Saturday for an over Sunday visit. Charles Scarlett and Marlowe Walter left Friday for Mitchell to enroll in Mitchell high school. Mrs M F Gasey and daughter Rita returned Sunday from Wyoming where they spent the summer with relatives. Bert Fridley of Plentywood Minn and his wife spent a couple days visiting at the Williamson home. The schools opened Monday with Prof Max May in charge of the high school, Mrs Walter Benn in the intermediate room, and Miss Gladys Woalfe in the primary room. Carl Hermanson returned to Madson after a week visit.
Belvider notes report school begins Monday in Belvider with a six room two story building ready for opening. The community plans a Lyceum course with Acme Lyceum Company this winter and mentions visits by residents to Kimball Sioux Falls and Cedar Rapids.
Rev R L Kelley resigns as pastor of First Baptist Mitchell due to nerve and health issues. He plans to leave for Chicago with Mrs Kelley in about ten days, to pursue other work and later resume Christian ministry. His leadership expanded church membership to about 480 and he served in state Sunday school and Baptist committees.
More than 4100 people from 45 to 20 cars attended Mitchell Day at the Han son county fair in Alexandria. Visiting troops entered the grounds as banners advertised the Gorn Palace. Company F defeated Troop E 48 to 17 in the afternoon baseball game. Women hosted a chicken dinner for 425 visiting guards at the Methodist Episcopal church Parlor.
Baron Brothers staged a fall style show at the Metropolitan theatre on Friday evening featuring 43 suit models 17 new coats and eight dresses. Models Eleanor Jorgensen Helen Crawford Ruth Greble and others showcased the season’s feminine fashions under bright lighting drawing hundreds of attendees. The grand finale had the entire group on stage in a sportswear display as A Baron touted the event’s advertising impact and the store’s new lines. Mitchell friends-er Sunday visit noted.
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