In Town and Country Notes at Corn Palace Season
Local column recaps weekly social news in Mitchell including travels of Mr. and Mrs. Wright to Sioux City, Test returning from the Black Hills, the arrival of Mrs. Bert Cole for a Corn Palace visit, court fines for drunkenness, Sunday school work by Alexander Anderson, Rev W Mair sermons, a bridge party at the Kimball home, and various community events and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Wright
Sioux City
A. B. Test
Omaha
Black Hills
Bert Cole
Chicago
J. B. Wolgemuth
Mrs. Cole
Mr. Wolgmuth
Alexander Anderson
Tripp
Gregory
Anderson
W. M. Mair
Sioux Falls
Congregational
George G. Kimball
Tobin’s Grove
L. W. Beckwith
Grace Beckwith
Elbert O. Walrath
C. F. Paige
Robert Burns
Edward Leehan
F. W. Freyberg
Florence Kathryn
Leehan
Burns
Fred Holshire
Corn Palace
Holshire
Ethan area notes varied activity and personal updates
Ethan reports Dr Reed of Parkston renting a milliner shop space for weekly dental practice. Local births include a son to Mr and Mrs Will Cooper and another to Mr and Mrs Will Clark. Several residents travel for fairs, family visits, or moves. news covers visits, leaves of absence, and a death in Mitchell with community sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schlimgen
Holy Family Church
C. E. O’flaherty
O’flaherty
Parkston
Starr
Ethan
Reed
Rosenquist
Nelson
Will Cooper
Sexton
John
C. Cole
M. E
Will Clark
James Nelson
Rock Rapids
W. I. Trow
Fred Brenna
Yankton
Mary Clarke
Meade Counry
Deserter Led to Family Hardship and Arrest
John Anderson, formerly of Geddes, was arrested after posing as a grave digger for the city and issuing bad checks. He abandoned his wife and seven children, leaving them in poverty while he fled town and faced potential penitentiary time. Geddes authorities were involved as details surfaced from the barber shop tip and city records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinsmore
Geddes
John Anderson
Shade
Anderson
August Kirsheman
550000 Workmen May Quit If Lockout Hits Mills
Manchester cotton workers accepted the defiance of the cotton employers federation and vow a general strike if the October 1 lockout proceeds. About 700 mills could shut, leaving 550000 workmen out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Cotton Employers Federation
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H.R. Kibbee
J.T. Morrow
R. E. Cone
Cashier
E. A. Loomer
A. T. McGovern & Sons
New York City
Ladies
Justice Drake
James Conner
George Reed
Harry Wilson
Wilson
Will Sccallin
Huron
Scallin
Mitchell
K. E. Kellar
Milwaukee Road
Campbell Hill
Ill
Mr. Kellar
Kellar
Mr. Keller
Badlly
Mitchell Bottling Works
Preszler
Railroad Garde
W. B. Rathbun
The
Royal Insurance Co
B. M. Hooker
Fulton, S. D
R. R
Clarence Hedden
Roy VanAlstine
Boston
Massachusetts School of Technology
Anna Lindahl
Minneapolis
H. B. Anderson
Arthur
Richard Smith
Oma&ha Road
Sairibault, Minn
Shattuck Military Academy
Homer Snow
Twin Cities
Points
Wisconsin
Harry Branson
O. L. Branson
Culver
Ind
Militay Academy
Wharry
Academy
Smith
Circuit Court
Robert Conrad
Conrad
Plotner
Cook
Mabel Coleman
Eliza Vermilyea
Theresa Landan
Vermilyea
Miss Coleman
ETAHK
Herman Wurm
Mr. McKeel
L. H. McKeel
Cole
M. A. Bracha
Lissie Clement
Alexandria
Hanson County
Frank Clark
Sister Mary
Meade County
Ira Dodd
Lauranberg
J. J. Schiech
Main St
Stebbins
Elliot
N. D
Fern Moore
Emporia
Kansas
Mrs. McCrary
Missouri
Esley Moore
Altamont
Misouri
Brookings
Fred Cole
Adolph Coda
Mitchell National Bank
Mitchell Trust Company
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