German plan to sink Argentine ships shocks officials
The dispatches quoted by Count Luxburg show a German desire to destroy neutral Argentine vessels and all aboard without trace. The argument frames Germany's autocratic militarism as brutal and dehumanizing, contrasting it with civilized norms and US war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aregentina
Count Luxbury
Thal
Conant Luxburg
Argentina
County Luxhure
Germany
Vietory
Mneder
United States
Roosevelt May Speak at Corn Palace Mission
The Mitchell Chamber of Commerce reports a strong chance Colonel Roosevelt will tour from Minneapolis to Mitchell on September 28 29 for a patriotic address at the Corn Palace. He would speak if admission allows and would attract large crowds in Mitchell as in Sioux Falls. Mrs. John O Donnel leaves for Des Moines for a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Twin Cities
Mitchell Chamber of Commerce
Oyster Bay
Mitchell
Minneapolis
Gorn Palace
Chamber of Commerce
United States
America
John O’ Donnel
Des Moines
Bridgewater Notes of Weddings Travels and School
Bridgewater residents report confirmations at Kimball and White Lake, church dedication, and a slate of travels. families visit Hutchinson, Chicago, and Indiana. school opens with new instructors Murphy Weddle Kean. local accident injures Miss Riggle with four stitches. Wipf to move to Mitchell and close local shop. community updates on residents and college plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burker
Kimball
White Lake
J. A. Payne
BE. M. Wipf
Hupan
BE. J. Todd
California
Sioux Falls
George Todd
Valparaiso
Indiana
Zula
van .Woerl
Canistota
I. J. Wipf
Mitchell
Wipf
Murphy
So Murphy
Weddle
Kean
Salem
Herman Scharienberg
Lottie Riggle
Bridgewater
Miss Riggle
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and School Reopening
Neighbors recount visits to the home of Lewis Walker and attendance at the Minneapolis fair. Laurmince and Leo Dunn returned from an auto trip to Galedonia and the state fair. Roy Fox joined Dan Stacey’s home after a Sioux Falls trip. H W Baughman left for Rochester for medical advice as the consolidated school opened with 77 pupils. Principal J H S Treese, a Valparaiso graduate, leads nine years’ experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Stacey
H. W. Baughman
Rochester
Minn
Baughman
J H.S. Treese
Valparlaiso
Daltonton Henry Belchel returns from St Joe Minn
Local notes recount Daltonton Henry Belchel returning Friday from St Joe Minnesota and many area residents visiting relatives from Spencer and nearby towns. Event mentions include Epworth League meeting electing Frances Swihart treasurer, 82 students in district schools, Dan Jantz leaving for navy, and community travel to fairs and colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Belchél
St. Joe
Minn
Mreank Bdiger
Spencer
Leon ‘Inhart
Albert Tieszenler
Newton
Kansas
Bethel College
Epworth League
Tinhart
Frances Swihart
Dan Jantz
Sioux City
Navy
Dalton
Dan
Local Residents Return From Midwest Trips
Dr. BE R Doering and wife returned Sunday from a trip to Minneapolis and Chicago. Mrs Frank Reed and children came back Sunday from Minneapolis and are visiting relatives and friends in the city and county. J J Mebaury and daughter Miss ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. R. Doering
Minneapolis
Chicago
Frank Reed
Rektives
J. J. Mebaury
Local notes from Cedar Falls and surrounding areas
Cedar Falls residents welcome returnees from travel and study as Miss Marie Tooker finishes at the state normal and Columbus College opens for 1917 1918. Recipients and relatives visit from Reliance and Town D. Wm Dinehart and kin host guests from Town D. Burkholder’s appointment as Gregory land office receiver begins October 1. A storm brings hail and corn damage southwest of Red Lake. Father LaPlante nears army chaplain service. Col umbus College reports strong opening registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie ‘Tooker
Cedar Falls
State Normal
Lottie Ferguson
Twin Cities
Wm. Dinehart
Gregory
Senate
Ivan Hemphill
Reliance
Hephill
Menegar
Lake Andes
LaPlante
Chicago
4Th Sinois
Columbus College
Red Lake
Stickney Notes From Round of Visits and Local Weather
Stickney residents report extended visits in Iowa and Wisconsin. Local travelers attend state fair events in Huron and Kimball, with weddings and returns from tours in Sioux City and Ord Nebraska. Rain accompanied by chill winds but no frost, and corn harvest progresses as autumn breezes set in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Linklater
Iowa
Wisconsin
R. A. Medford
Beloit
Wis
Hall
Bachmore
Gladys Zymicka
Kimball
Taft
Aurora
Martin Peterson
Bride
Sioux City
Ella van Hees
Ord
Neh
Nate Cook
Lou Herrick
John Christiansen
Huron
Ross Underwood
Mitchell
A. T. Cooper
Black Hills
Hot Springs
Joe Cain
Winifred Moulton
Wilma Hammond
Sidney Sedgwick
Wessington Springs
Stickney
O'Brien
Jack Frost
Southlands
Local Dispatches Note Moves of Residents and Teachers
Woonsocket resident Mrs. R B Morris left Parker with her mother Mrs Martha Allen and niece Gladys Young. Gladys will study and attend school in Woonsocket this year and study music. Addye Hazen and Kite Cannon traveled to Mitchell to buy school supplies. Cannon teaches in Warren township and Hazen will teach at Cuthbert. Mrs Chas Brown has begun teaching in the Sims district last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Morris
Parker
Martha Allen
Gladys Young
Gladys
Woonsocket
Addye Hazen
Miss Kite Cannon
Mitchell
Miss Cannon
Warren Township
Miss Hazen
Cuthbert
Chas. Brown Hesan
Sims
Munday
Woonsocket Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Fair Attendance
Woonsocket residents hosted and visited kin from Minneapolis and Alexandria as the state fair at Huron drew crowds. Local bands from Canton and Mitchell volunteers returned home briefly, while fairgoers from Hanson, Adams, and surrounding areas reported strong livestock, garden, and events including free attractions and races.
Unusually heavy rain and hail hit Kimball area Saturday
A cloudburst drop 4.22 inches of rain over about a square mile as torrents lasted half an hour. An eleven year old girl, daughter of Maries Johnson northeast of Kimball, was badly injured when a buggy shafts failed and the horse bolted, throwing her and causing a severe arm injury possibly requiring amputation.
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Maries Johnson
Kimball
Afra
Chas
Rod
Mitchell
T.L. Hinkley
Ray Branson
Chas. Boreson
A. Franz
Mark Hammer
Kronel
Nera
Presho
M. A. Willy
Clear Lake
Willy
State Air
W.G. Brandstetter
Ninball c
Council Bluffs
Kimbo
Local families travel or visit as South Dakota fair opens
Wessington Springs residents visit North Dakota ranches and Illinois relations while Mitchell and Danville tied regions host relatives. Visitors report a bountiful hunting opener with ducks and prairie chickens and a dry Washington season affecting fruit crops.
Local Visitors Readily Scatter Across States
Marion Mrs. Rey and family from Dell Rapids spent a few days visiting her mother Mrs. Chris tine Klinger. Miss Myrtle McCarthy of Dubuque came to visit TJ Dunne and Thos Gibbs. Mrs. Etta Van Gerpen returned to Lennox after visiting her son Wm Witte. Mr. and Mrs. Hugoff Cook and Darline left for Tipton for a two week visit. Miss Loretta Jammer left for Rock Rapids. Miss Euelah Walters left for Tipton. Miss Helen Irwin left for Hettinger to visit sister Mrs. Robert Krambeer. Miss Leona Ruppert of Parker gna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta’ Jammer
Rock Rapids
Euelah Walters
Wago H. Cook
Tipton
Iowa
Tuasday
Helen Irwin
Robert Krambeer
Hettinger, N
Leona Ruppert
Parker Gna
Kadoka News Notes and Local Family Visits
Kadoka updates include Kadoka native Kadoka Roy R. Milliken visiting his sister Mrs Snyder and twin brother Gashire Milliken, while funeral attendance is planned in Tekamah Nebraska after a brother’s accidental death. Nearby, Rev John R. Benika and wife travel to Louisville for a month with relatives, and Mrs Geo I Decker travels to Broadhead Wisconsin for her ill mother. Kadoka public schools reopen Monday with a large enrollment and a staff headed by Prof. Gook of Vermillion as superintendent and Olive Ginger as assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy R. Milliken
Utica
Snyder
Gashire Milken
Bank
Ke Ee
Tekamah
Neb
Mes
Win
Hickox
S. Ss. Sharp
Mitchell
Sharp
Decker
Kadoka Public Schools
Vermillion
Olive Ginger
Gayour
Hopkins
Scenic
Evelyn Sherwood
Kadoka
Erade
Blanche Vashall
Aberdeen
C. A. Kimble
Carbondale
Kansas
Roy Pfaff
George Yocum
Charlston
Ada Williams
Los Angeles
Cal
Olive Williams
Ade
L. O. Howard
Mabel
Ed. Pike
F. Harrington
Valentine Last Thussday
Pike
Ed. Pautche
Presho
Pautche
George Ehlers
Murdo
Our City
L. C. Bode
Lange
C. C. Bishop
O. J. Litchfield
Jack Cogan
Lyle
Pershco
Anderson Lumber Co
Social News and Visits From Murdo Community
Miss Margaret Kuepper of Alexandria visited Clara Lambertz as Mrs. Conrad Fink’s guest. Numerous local residents returned from travels, celebrated birthdays, and hosted gatherings. Activities include farm trips, hunting outings, and church services, with several people visiting relatives in Iowa and Missouri and others taking short trips to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kuepper
Alexannrit
Clara Lambertz
Conrad Fink
John Blumhardt
Norte
Eli
N. D
Jacob Heid, Jr
Ilelen Inwin
Heib’s
Red Cross Plans Sale Of Car For Fund Drive
The Red Cross finance committee will auction an Overland automobile to raise funds for immediate work. Details of the sale to be announced Tuesday during the monster military event. The car will be displayed on Main Street in the morning and at the park in the afternoon with donor tags for contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Finance Committee
Main Street
Soldier Shot Not by Germans in Odd South Dakota Tale
A garbled wartime item describes Private Frank Perry of the Fourhh South Dakota infantry going out to meet friends on a Sunday. The group used a .22 caliber arsenal and Perry was shot during an apparent accident amid tense talk of being the best shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Frank Perry
Fourhh
South Dakota Infantry
Perry
North Side
T Heather
War-era letters describe sailors and volunteers shipping out
The column relays letters from youths and fathers joining the navy and Army for World War I service. It mentions Ted Lane aboard a destroyer, Stephen W. Brethorst training in Fort Shella and joining the American expeditionary forces, E L Foster in trench duty, Merritt Doty in the signal corps, and Father Lafrance from Cham re ceived for chaplaincy in the new army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Sanweten
Wwe
r _ Gourt
C. Krumvy
Yttay City
Ted Lane
United
States Navy
United States
Fring
Young Lane
Hig
France
Acre Stroyen
Stephen W. Brethorst
Lincoln
Turney
Counties
Fort Shella
New York City
Belgium
Brethorst
New York
Wiles
E. L. Foster
Salem
Follin
Signal Corps
Merritt Doty
Alcester
Navy Yard
Atlante
Thack
LaPlante
Will i
Catholic) College
Cham
Anyi
Chicago
Matt Aed
U Nt al Guard
South Dakota
Ew Army
Corn Palace transport disrupted by rail shortages this winter
The report notes no extra train services for the Corn Palace due to passenger car and coal shortages, forcing visitors to use automobiles. The South Dakota rail suspension is blamed for widespread travel disruption, affecting Pueblo State area traffic and local access to the Corn Palace this year.
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West
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Lane
Will. Chavers
Taes
Lebanon
Ind
ZT. Errett
George
Narlans Ta
Mr. Yarverrett
Thelma Will
Maron
L. JH. Grevar
Palmyira
R. N. Grevar
Leola Barnhouse
Baily
Ghavers-Sehoen
Mitchell Priday
Neilson
Herbert Schnabauer
Nebos
Idolton
Vera
New York State
Sewll. Fi
Rempfer
Peckham
Elexandria
August Radke
Fred Baumann
Solomon Grosz
American Falls
Idaho
Emil Mueller
Tonia
John Smolinsky
Eureka
F. W. Schaerer
Dean Horace C. Whitehouse
Topeka
W. H. Shaw
Alfred Shaw
James
N. J. Dahlmanns
Conception
Rudolph Sehlingen
Math. Wuebben
District Board
Fort Riley
Uncle Sam
Helmuth Mang
Tripp
Helmuth Maag
Calebt Brink
Ole G. Severson
Geo
Rosenkranz
Dewey G. Musser
Alex, Schmidt
Parkston
Chamberlain
Gannon Auto
Clinton Moorman
BE. M. Smith
Brew
Baer
Smitho
Moorman
Bertha Knight
Northwestern University
Miss Knight
Canton
Alexanderia
G. We W Stilwell
1. L. Taylor
John Moore
W. S. King
Leonard King
Alvin Heller
Points
Montana
North Dakota
G. G. Blackman
Ruth
Irene Thiese
W. S.hiil
Edtor
Adam Lealdlaw
Elkland
Penn
Alexandria
J. Ryburn
Laidlaw
Hanson
Miner
S.O. S
C. E. Grosshear
Peter Arend
Josephine
Hanson County Fair
Charles Brown
J. F. Baker
Adair
Lake Okoboji
Glintony Tlood
Perle Barnum
Margaret Foss
First National Bank
Bernice Morfan
Bertha Slade
Wulf
J. A
J. C. Redfield
Joe Sheldon
oThey
B. W.'Simmons
Harry Simmons
Aft. Winegar
Plankinton
George Spear
Draper
S. Oak
Hubert Sutton
Fort Snelling
Milo Putney
H. H. Preston
Billy
Preston
Leland Véssey
Tiends
Jack Porter
Liberty Six
Dorti Automobiles
Mrei Porter
G.I. Webb
George Schlaugenhoff
Missouri Valley
C. Brotherton
Amon Golwals
Dayle Brotherton
Dick Frear
Mercedes ‘Banks
W. R. Parker
James H. Brockway
Reliancé
Mary F. Wall
West North Street
Danville
Ill
Bert Gishwiller
Frank Spalding
Gishwiller
Spalding
J.C. Herway
Joan Herway
Letcher
I. D
Gute
Vernon
Jacob Rassmussen
Bureau
Florence
Betts
John Lindsey
Darlington
Mr. Lidsey
Butterfield
Jas. Pilmer
Atlantic
Oscar Bumpus
Dessie
Stella Lee
Marion
Grace Phillips
Anna Kraft
Madison
A. J. L. Lebeck
Walnut
Utah
M. A. Westfall
C.K. Emmett
Mason City
Mary Lilfle
Sion
Paris
Bessie Peterson
Bessia
Arthur Franzwa
Boston
Mass
Hubert Faust
Geo. McMahon
Wwears
IBRE
Seroius
Nukeep
Chicago and Western
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Bac
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