The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-29


Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Schirmer, Sunday, May "a, a sou.
Mrs. 3. Fl. Wheeler and little son
left Thursday for Buffalo, N. Y, to
spend the summer.
o. t. Litchfeld has commenced
the erection Of a new house on the
corner Of Dawson and Second streets.
Miss Laura Lewis went to Sioux
Falls Monday to take a position
as bookkeeper and stenographer in
Shipley's laundry.
Mrs. D. Anderson, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. G. W.
Downey, for the past week, returned
home to Ashton Monday afternoon.
Edward Morgan went home Friday
morning to his place near Academy.
He was here to attend the funeral
Of Mrs. Geo. B. Ames yesterday.
Mrs. S. f. Boyd and daughter, Miss
Estella, of Davenport, Iowa ar
rived from Minneapolis Friday
for d weeks visit with DR.. S. J..
Moore and family.
Alderman Curtis, it seems, cannot
keep out Of the livery business and
he is back again at the old stand,
having purchased the interest Of
Luther Plotner in the firm Of Plotner
& Logan.
e. r. Tinan, Of the Kimball Graph
&c, went over to Huron Friday after
noon to attend ali executive meeting
; Of the South Dakota Press Associa-
) tion, when will be arranged the sum-
! mer trip Of the editors.
Mrs. Boyden and Miss Parrish,
who reside ear Academy, Charles
Mix county, attended the funeral OF
Mrs. Geo. B. Ames and returned
: home Friday afternoon. They were
old friends of the family during the
residence in that county.
: Mr.. and Mrs. e. II. Ames, Of
Charles Mix county, attended the
funeral services Of Mrs. Geo. B. Ames
yesterday, returning home on the af-
ternoon train via Kimball. Mr.,
Ames went to the home of his par.
ents this afternoon to remain a week
or so.
= Charles Myers. who has been tn
manager Of the local Western Uniol
office, went to Pierre Monday t.
. tol,a oboroo oP tho ofSoo in tbot o;tu
Charlie has accomplished a good dea
= in the past few years in rising t.
the high position he has in the rank
Il of the Western Union employees.
= Armour Herald: G. W. Taylor, a
one time with the Armour Clothin!
= Company at this place, was her
Tuesday selling fruit for the ne1
wholesale fruit house which recent.
;. opened for business in Mitchell. H
says he met with flattering success o.
his first trip out. e. G. Dickson j
also interested in the new institution
The moisture is coming at the pres
Il eDt time in a degree that is truly sat
isrying. Sunday morning anothe
u rain started up and during the entir
day the showers were very frequent
at times quite heavy and then agai
u light. The precipitation during tn
u day amounted to so inches. The raj
Il was general all over the county an
Is with the two previous rains Of tn
e same amount Of moisture has put th
!, growing crops on easy street for som
II time. May is making quite a recor
in the moisture line this year, an
la with a week to 60 or the precipitt
,e tion will be very likely more tina
le four inches.
Rev. S. J.. Surbeck preached b
u initial sermon as pastor Of the Pre-
e byterian church Sunday morning, an
p publicly announced hi, acceptance
as the call that had been extended hin
His discourse was an interesting or
from beginning to end. He has a d
IS livery that is impressive and it
" sufficiently forceful to show a gre;
%earnestness on his part. His sermc
es touched upon the necessity OF OF
II guarding their actions and words Il
Ie the unconscious influence they exer
~ He said words were often spoke
10 heedlessly that could never be r
~ called, but that little Importance W
III attached to them by the speaker whf
UTTERED. Mr.. Surbeck, we believ
E, will make an excellent pastor for tt
be church, for be is an earnest work
bv and a preacher who will command a
s. tention. He expects to have his far
nd lily in Mitchell within a very sho
Ilv time.
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