The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-03

MIS- j.. Z. Lindahl has been very
slck Tor the past three weeks but al
present is improving slowly.
Miss Bernice Brown, Of Mt. Yer
non, one Of the teachers in the
schools, spent the day in the city
with friends.
Mis- Lucille Hostetter, of Salem,
and Frank Smith, OF Audubon, Iowa,
spent Sunday in the city at the home
of r. 3. Ruth.
Mrs. II. B. wilkinson, Of Lennox,
spent Sunday with W. III. Wilkinson
and family and returned home to
Lennox Monday morning.
". H. Conyes, the one-price-
clothier, makes special announcement
in an enlarged advertisement today
of the arrival OF his spring clothing
for men and boys.
The city schools resumed operations
again Monday after a vacation
OF one week. Miss Mary Windle, who
was elected to teach music in the
schools began her duties along that
iline.
J.sH. Creighton is making some
improvements On his property resi-
dence on west First street in the
way OF putting a basement under the
house. He will also add another
tstory.
The foundation for VIM. Koch,s
apartment house is completed and
Fred Biodstrup has set his force OF
carpenters to work. The house will
be three stories above the basement
and will have six apartments.
Mrs. R. 3. Gone came over from
Sioux Falls Friday to remain a
few days. She returned Tuesday
to take care Of MI. Cones mother,
who is still very low, having suffered
a relapse twice in the past week.
The attendance was not very large
at the dancing party given at the
Mitchell Club rooms Friday evening,
but the enjoyment Of dancing was all
that one could desire. Hoyt's orches-
ira furnished some very acceptable
music for the party.
J. H. Holmes went to Armour Sat
urday to remain oyer Sunday with
his family. He said that he would
bring his wife and children to Mitch
ell early this week and would then
take up a residence here. Mr..
Holmes is now engaged in the real
estate business in this city.
J. B. Dunlap, who travels In
North Dakota for Pitkin & Brooks,
Chicago, passed through the city this
morning on his way home to Yer
million. His mother died there a
few days ago and he will accompany
the remains to their final resting
place at some pointin Alabama. Mr..
Dunlap is well known among TIE
travelling men of this city.
J. p. Turner & Son paid a very
good price indeed for February butter
at their creamery. It brought the
patrons "a cents per pound. There
are few creameries in this part of the
state which are paying higher prices
to their patrons than the Turner
institution and the patrons will be
doing a good thing for themselves
by patronizing the creamery.
The Leon, Iowa, Reporter, has the
following item with reference to a
family which arrived in Mitchell
yesterday afternoon to make their
home on a farm near this city
Mrs. S. a. Gardner, daughter
Blanche, and sons Bert and Roy, left
this morning for their new home at
Mitchell, S. D., where they have
purchased a farm. Miss Ethel
Gardner will stop at DesMoines and
attend the Capital City Commercial
College for. some time before joining
her mother. We are sorry to see the
Gardner family leave this country.
but wish them we'll in their new
home.n
Dean Perry came over from Sioux
Falls Friday evening and left this
afternoon for his Aberdeen home.
Dean went to Sioux Falls to take the
examination for enlisting in the
navy. He said he had one defect in
his physical system which he Thought
might bar him from getting into
the navy. When the recruiting
officer examined his physical proper
lions he found the defect at once,
and that was one arm was a quarter
LOT an inch shorter than the other.
The recruiting officer said that in
the army the defect would net be Sc
much of a bar, but in the navy the
regulations we're more strict. Dean