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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
2
President Wilson’s plan focuses on an eight hour day for employers during a nine month period and a strengthened Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads. He also urged compulsory dispute investigation for public utilities modeled on the Canadian system, but Congress adjourned without touching these measures.
A new grain elevator for the Imperial Bank will be opened in Samara soon. It will be the largest elevator in Russia and, by capacity, the largest in Europe with a capacity over 2,000,000 bushels. Construction is accelerated to develop the grain regions of European Russia and Siberia.
Prairie fire danger is rising in several sections of South Dakota with a heavy grass crop. Officials warn that the dense growth will fuel fires quickly and challenge suppression efforts in early season conditions.
Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes will visit Mitchell on Monday September 25 to address about 20 000 attendees on opening day of Corn Palace. He will stay in Sioux City Thursday then tour Iowa and Minnesota before Mitchell.
Regular Davison County Commission session on Sept 5 1916 approves 1915 tax levies for County General 129 015 00 County Bridge 8 210 90 County Road 71 600 00 County Sinking 10 486 00 County Insane 6 240 00 Special Salary 10 450 00 and endorses a resolution funding rural post roads with eight thousand dollars from the general road fund and designates election precincts and polling places including Mitchell Mt Vernon and other townships.
Davison County South Dakota records show precinct locations Precinct No 14 15 17 and Schoolhouse Nos at Districts and a Loomis Township Hall. The Board of Commissioners adjourned to September 18 1915 at 10 oclock a m with a certified report from County Auditor J M Crampton dated Mitchell September 3 1915.
A letter received by a South Dakota service member reveals a French soldier’s confident note to a comrade describing grim wartime conditions. The writer, Korin, details fatigue, hospital stays, and near death escapes during thirteen months in the French army.
Sam Pierson escaped from the New Paris jail last week and taunts Marshal Lith Frank Miller of Richmond. He calls daily to demand arrest, then helps himself to a poker and breaks out with a companion through a corn field, prompting police pursuit.
John Bandelman died Tuesday morning due to a Milwaukee rail road shops gas explosion. He was brought to St. Joseph's hospital and died within minutes. Funeral services conducted by Dr. J. L. Koagland were held at his home 522 West First Avenue Thursday at 3 p.m. James D. Westbrook sang two songs. Pallbearers included J. L. McGrady B. L. Barnard J. Johnston B. Sellars A. W. Peterson and L. Orum.
Kansas City Missouri hosts an Adamless Eden where men are barred and women enjoy tennis basketball and other bloomers games. Miss Walker serves as recreation secretary in charge of activities and events.
The obituary notes the burial at Graceland Cemetery for a quiet unpretentious man born January 6 in Tradiburg Germany who settled near Hinckley. He married Albertina Henke on November 1 1887 in Sandwich Illinois and is survived by his widow and three children. He was a member of St Paul Evangelical Church in Hinckley and was mourned by relatives from Marshall Minnesota Batavia Aurora and Mt. Vernon South Dakota.
Obituary notice for Charles C McIntosh born March 7 1878 in Dodeeville Wise dstein died in Mitcitd South Dakota after a two week illness at age 88. He survived by wife Ida Gimes daughters and sons including Ida, Clydwen, Lucile, Ploy and a sister Mrs Hermadchi mainly of Madison plus four brothers Jyan, Claude, Rene and Warr y. Funeral services were held at the Method ist church with pallbearers listed.
Community members gathered at Riverside park last Monday for a picnic with twelve attendees. Officers elected include Mrs. A. A. Snider president and Mrs. B. McCue secretary, with Mrs. Henry Beauman conductor of the day exchange. A severe windstorm swept the area Wednesday evening, bringing heavy rain and hail that damaged corn fields.
Geo S Weever, field secretary for the George Washington National Highway, travels from Savannah to Seattle to organize Black Hills communities along the route. He has completed Wyoming organization and is holding meetings in towns along the corridor while moving east through South Dakota.
Sharks raid the Japanese coast as bathers are warned to stay clear. A female swimmer off Iiyoro was seized by a monster, its jaws tearing flesh from her leg before the creature vanished. She was rescued and expected to recover.
Mrs. Ired Pigney killed a rattlesnake that attacked her garden on a highway approach. The serpent had five rattles and a button.
City council approves 200 dollars for excavating and graveling the lake in the park. Local businessmen offer to match the sum to ready the lake for bathing during the summer season.
The drive for constitutional prohibition and repeals shaped South Dakota politics from Article 14 adoption to later state dispensary debates. Voters first backed statewide prohibition in 1908, repealed it in 1924, then considered Article 7 control plans before further statewide prohibitions resurfaced amid growing temperance campaigns and Local Option League activity.
A sheriff’s posse caught Marold Johnson, a 24 year old Negro, one day after he shot W. Py Hunter, a 66 year old homesteader. Hunter slept in a haymow and survived. Johnson fled, eluded pursuit until the next night, and authorities found him two miles from a neighbor's.
Rich ard Mack Bear was found guilty by a jury in the United States district court for introducing the mescal bean on the Pine Ridge reservation. Judge James D. Elliott weighs whether to set aside the verdict as a matter of law. The case featured expert testimony by chemist Warl B. Putt describing peyote effects.
Pierre South Dakota Indians took part in an exhibition at the Stanley county fair in Fort Pierre yesterday. They woreVotes for Women badges as a novel feature during their old time dances attracting the crowd.
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