The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-20
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enterprise, is In the city today.
Mayor Silsby left Monday for
Deadwood, on business connected
with duties as national bank ex-
aminer.
Clarence Turney, who is running
the electric light plant at the reform
school at Plankinton, is visiting with
his parents in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. a. .Boyles. OF
Yankton, spent Sunday in the city
with their son, Virgil Boyles, and
family, and returned home Monday
morning.
The government thermometer reg
istered "a degrees below zero Monday
morning. Sunday morning it was q
degrees below. That is plenty cold
for February. At Aberdeen the
thermometer was reported as going
rs below zero.
Miss Minnie Grace returned Mon
day morning from Hand county. She
went up Friday evening to spend a
few days On her claim, located about
25 miles south of Miller. 1t was not
very comfortable in a claim shanty
during the two exceedingly cold days.
Mr. and Mrs, ID. B. Crop left Mon
lday morning for st. Louis, Mo. to re-
main a week. On their way home
they will stop at Mr.. Cropp's old
home at Monticello, Iowa. During
his absence the gymnasium classes
Will be under the Management of Miss
Feezer and Dee Noble.
The company Of young dramatic
people who produced "Hick'ry
Farm" so successfully a short time
ago have effected a permanent organ
ization and will soon produce another
drama. something in the nature of
a comedy. DR.. Alfred J. Dix is the
business manager Of the company.
s. G.. Scoyille left Monday
over the Milwaukee road for Merrill,
Wis, to make a visit with his father.
Mr.. Scoville, who was a former en-
ploye of The Republican, has not
made a trip back to his former home
in twenty years. He resides in Lis
bon township on a farm. having
given up the printing business for
the 0 quiet life Of a farmer.
Despite the very cold night with
the thermometer Is degrees below
zero there was a very large crowd
out to hear Mrs. Ida Womeldorf, the
lady evangelist. at the Baptist church
Sunday evening. Her sermon was a
most Interesting one and she
handled her subject in a very skilful
and convincing manner. Mrs. Wom-
! eldorf is proving herself well adapted
to her calling and she is meeting
with good success in her meetings,
Kimball Graphic: w. b. Harker,
who has been suffering everything
from infammatory rheumatism fol-
the past ten days was placed on a cot
this morning and taken aboard the
train for a journey to Hot Springs,
Ark. His brother accompanied him.
Hts pretty tough to see a strong
young man brought low by this pain
full disease, and Mr.. Harker's many
friends hope the wonder waters Of
Hot Springs will quickly bring him
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Geo. E. Logan returned home Sat
urday to Waterloo, Iowa. While
here during the past three days Mr..
Logan has been looking for a place tc
live when he returns with his family
to Mitchell in the spring. He sue
coded in. purchasing the residence
property OF Rev. Geo. Williams.
corner Of Fifth and Rowley streets.
1t is a fine location and will afford
him a fine building site for a new
home, when he gets around to it.
MI. Logan said he expected to reUurr
to Mitchell about May /.
O. johnson, Of the firm Of Binford
& Johnson, Of Bookings, was in the
city with a view OF locating here.
The firm manufactures hollow con.
crete building blocks, something new
in the way of building construction.
He established a plant dt Brookings
last year and the firm has been kept
busy supplying material for buildings
right along. Mr.. johnson says he
fully expects to put a plant in opera.
ton in Mitchell within a couple OF
months, or as soon as he is able tc
complete the deal for securing the
new territory from the manufactur.
ers Of e machine. The building
blocks are made of cement and sand,
and they are constructed in various
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