The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-11
IN TOWN AND
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

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~Bridgewater Monday morning to
visit relatives.
Miss Myrtle Andrews has been Wis
iting with Miss Marion Turney and
returned home to Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Monday morning.
Mrs. j.. X. Smith has been visiting
with relatives at Marshalltown,
Iowa, for the greater part of the
summer and has returned home.
[. j. WEIGH arrived home Saturday
afternoon from the Interstate fair at
Sioux City, and reports that the fail
was Il splendid success from every
standpoint.
MI. and Mrs. Z. II. Taylor. Of
Waukesha. Wis.,, arrived Monday
noon, to visit at the home of County
Treasurer Haynes. Mrs. Haynes is
a sister of Mr.. Taylor.
Mrs. :. W. Hoon and daughter,
Helen, went to Dubuque, Iowa,
Monday. Mrs. Hoon will place her
daughter in Mount st. Joseph con
vent for the school year.
DR.. and Mrs. Rentz, of Mason City,
Iowa, have been visiting at the home
of G. A. Beebe for the past week and
returned today. DR.. Rentz was out
on a bunting trip under the guidance
of MI. Beebe.
L. W. Edwards, d conductor on
the Omaha east passenger, spent Sat
urday in Sioux Falls and returned
home on the evening train. accom-
panied by his little son, who was
visiting at Albert Lea. Mimi.
Mrs VIM. NJ. Smith arrived home
Sunday morning from Minneapolis,
having been up there to attend the
state fair. She a accompanied
home by Jeanette, who has been
visiting relatives there for a month.
Walter |. Seaman, who has been
taking a summer course in oratory at
Evanston, arrived home Saturday az
ternoon, and was accompanied by
Miss Hazel Lathrop, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in the
east.
Miss Alice Coleman, of Sanborn,
Iowa, arrived Saturday to take treat
ment under the care of DR.. King.
The young lady was brought through
from Sanborn on a cot and was TAX
en- to the residence of Mrs. Gee. TT.
Brooks.
NJ. f. Patton went to Chicago
Monday to confer with one of the
head officials concerning a promotion
in the service of the Milwaukee COM
pany. Since MI. Patton has been the
agent of the company he has made
many warm friends, and while they
would like to see him advance they
would prefer to have him remain in
Mitchell.
DR.. I. II. Mitchell, of Pontiac,
H., was in the city. He owns some
land out west of Mt. Vernon and
came out at this time of the year to
see after his crop and to indulge in a
little sport hunting prairie chickens.
DR.. Mitchell is a resident of a town
where this writer lived thirty-three
years ago and from his description of
the growth Of Pontiac all the old
landmarks that we remembered when
a lad have been swept away in the
onward march of progress.
Eugene Hill, who works out in the
country northwest Of town, had a
narrow escape from a fatal injury
Friday night a little after dark. He
was riding to town on his bicycle
and was coming along at a pretty
good gait. He reached the edge of
town and met a team and buggy in
the road. He did not see it quick
enough to turn out and went head
first into the horses. There was nat
urally quite a miXup and the young
man came out Of the collision with d
broken collar bone and a number of
bruises on his body. His wheel was
also badly wrecked. He was brought
to town and taken to the office of
Crane & Ball, who fixed up his in
juries. II Hill had struck the end of
the buggy pole with his head when
he went against the team it would
doubtless have been all day with him.
Mis-. a. e. Dean entertained thir-
ty young ladies Friday afternoon at
a five O'Clock tea, in honor of her
sisters, Misses Anna and Emma
Haynes. On the arrival Of the guests
they found their places at the tables
by means of little designs in water
colOrs to represent sunbonnet dolls,
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