The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-26

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son, OF North Platte, Neb., is visit
ing at the home Of DR.. and Mrs. B.
A. Bobb.
Miss Gertrude Ralston left Monday
morning for Marshalltown, Iowa, to
spend the rest Of the summer with
relatives and friends.
Rev. D. r. Tomlin went to Redteld
Monday evening to attend the closing
features of the commencement exer-
cises of Redfield college.
The city council finished it's work
as a board Of equalization last even
ing and adjourned. But few COM
plants were made on the assessment
made by Assessor Purdy.
The Germanla Land Company has
several fine corners for nice residence
es. Ii you want to build a good
home call and see our nice business
sites. Germanla Land Co., Mitchell,
s. d.
Fred Widmann put a force of men
to work Monday afternoon to lay
the foundation for his new saloon
building. 1t will be 120 feet long
and the second story will be occupied
by a bowling alley.
When Thos. Ball gets his new house
completed that he is erecting on west
Fourth street he will move into it.
Mr.. Ball has sold his residence on
Main street to Frank Maynard. the
Milwaukee conductor.
D. b. Miller, who has been away
several weeks IN a trip to points in
Kansas and Missouri arrived home
Tuesday. He was accompanied
home by Miss Clara Whinnery, Of
Ozark, Mo-, for a visit.
Mrs. John Jackson who, has been
in Kendrick, WASH, for the past
three weeks, has returned home.
Mrs. Jackson was in Kendrick at the
time of the flood last week and barely
got out of the town in time to avoid
the rush of waters.
John Lowell was in Wednesday from
his farm in the north part of the
county and said that a portion of his
crop was in the hailstorm of last
Thursday. He said he lost 40 acres
Of wheat and ten acres Of speltz.
Some of his neighbors who were in
the center of the lIailstorm were still
heavier losers.
Mrs. P. F. Ward arrived home from
Whitewater, Wis, Monday afternoon.
She has been away for over two
months, a portion of which time She
spent IN a sanitarium at Alma,
Mich. and comes home much i'm.
proved in health, in fact, she says
she is thoroughly cured OF her all
ment. Mrs. Ward also, visited at
points IN Ohio after coming out Of
the sanitarium:
A representative Of Edward Woods
& Co.. of Chicago, has been in the
city for the past few days making ar.
engagements for the opening of a brok.
erage office of that commission firm.
Mr.. Lillibridge informed The Repub-
lican that he has secured the rooms
that are now occupied by the Truax
& Belts Elevator Co. for the head
quarters of the company and that 1t
will be opened and ready for business
within a few days. Truax & Belts
will take up temporary quarters over
the bowling alley, and after the new
postofice building is completed the
firm will have a suite of rooms on the
second floor.
In the absence Of Tom Burns from
the city Wednesday~he delegated Geo.
Foster to send up the Sioux Falls
Carnival balloon, to which vas at
tached a free ticket to the carnival.
With his long experience as an aero
naut and parachute manipulation, MI.
Foster applied the match to the cot
ton and in a moment the balloon was
let 60. It went southeast first, as
cending to a great height. Striking
another air %current.it veered to the
north and then commenced to de
scend., When it was evident that thu
balloon was net going on a long jour
ney about a dozen boys gave chase tc
it. When it landed on Fourth street
out in Greene's addition there were
just a few willing hands to grapplt
for the ticket. 1t was captured by
Willie Kearney.
Commencing Monday of next weel
and continuing through the nationa
holiday Sioux Falls has provided ont
of the most attractive programs for
carnival that has ever been given il
the state. The FerraIi Brothers Car
niyal Co. will be the main feature O