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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS
The Attendance Increasing and {
Great Deal of Interest is
Manifested.

Tuesday evening there was a splen-
did increase in the attendance of the
convention Of the Funeral Directors
Association, additional members
coming in on the evening and after
noon trains.
At the evening session a lecture
was delivered by Prof. Clement Will
liams on "Modern Methods Of Fun
igation." 1t was an instructive
discourse and the members secured
some good ideas for use in their work
at home.
Tuesday afternoon when President
Wilson finished his address f. A.
Boiler, manager Of the Dubuque
Casket Co., stepped forward and pre-
sented him with a gavel that was
symbolic Of the associations bust
ness. 1t was a small casket carved
out of oak, and was a unique affair.
Mr.. Wilson accepted it with the
hearty thanks of the association.
When the convention met Wednesday
morning Prof. Williams entertained
the members with two lectures, the
first occurring at $50 O'Clock and
the second just before the noon hour.
His first subject was "The Circula-
tory SYSTEM which he explained
by means Of a chart illustrating the
interior of the human system. He
later spoke on "The Composition OF
the Blood" Delegate +. G. Orr
gave his report Of his attendance at
the national convention. In the
half hour devoted to travelling men,
j. c. Blown, of Minneapolis, gave
an entertaining talk or how the
travelling man should be used by the
dealer, and other representatives of
the road talked on the same subject
Their remarks were heartily received
by the dealers. and they agreed that
the travelling man was right IN ask
ing for accommodations in the way OF
giving them a chance to cover their
territory in the least possible time.
In the afternoon at the opening Of
meeting the report Of membership
was given by Secretary Jones, which
showed that there we're 81 members
at the convention, which is a very
good increase over a year ago. Miss
Alena j. Talmie, OF Huron, who is
a licensed emhalmer and undertaken,
read a good paper on "Shipping and
Receiving Bodies" Geo. W. West,
of Brookings, read a paper on''Trim-
ming a CasSet," that found much
favor with the delegates. w. f.
Hubbard, of Chamberlain lead in
the discussion of the latter paper
and both Of them received the at
tention of the delegates in the way
of a general discussion. The after
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
DEATH OF o. s1RoBERGER
He Passed Away Monday Afternoon
After a Prolonged sickness
From Liver Trouble.

Otto %Stroeberger died at his home
on Hanson street Monday afternoon
at ) O'Clock, aged about As years, as
Il result of cancer OF the liver. MI.
Stroeberger has been IN poor health
for a number of years from this cause
as was ascertained from a post NOR
TEN examination held, this morning.
when it was shown that the cancer
had been growing for a number of
years and had grown to large propor-
tions. MIR. Stroeberger was con
sclouS up to the last moment and ac-
cepted his death in a philosophical
manner. telling his family good-hye
cheerfully and previously arranging
the details of his funeral. The de-
ceased came to Mitchell about two
years ago and took a position with
Harris & Blacker as foreman of their
cigar factory, and a short time ago
he purchased the factory that was re-
Gently established by John Harris,
after the dissolution with MIR. Black
er. He was the secretary of the
lcigarmaker'S union and was also
president OF the Trades and Labor
Assembly of this city. Mr.. Stroeber-
ger was born in Germany and on
coming to this country he located at
Milwaukee and later moved to Fair
bault, Mimi, where he resided %
years. He "a chief of the fire de-
partment three different terms and
was also city recorder of Fairbault.
He leaves a wife and ten children to
mourn his death, nine boys and one
girl. The eldest son, Otto Z. Stro-
berger arrived Sunday morning from
Minneapolis and was with his father
when death ensued. The other
children are all at home. The fun
Funeral services were held over
the remains of Otto ~Stroeberger at
the Episcopal church this morning
at 9 o'clock, and the church vas we'll
filled with friends OF the family.
Rev. Chas. M. Powell conducted
brief services a the church, which
were attended in a body by the
members Of the Modern Brotherhood
of America, and the following acted
as pail hearers from the order
Messrs. Carton, Cooper, Milne, Slater,
Lowrie and Cox. The remains
were laid to rest in Graceland Gem
etery, the lodge giving its ritual at
the open grave.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
THE UNDERTAKES HERE
Funeral Directors Of the State AS
sembled Here to Hold Their
Annual Convention.

Tuesday morning the seventh All
nual convention Of the South Dako-
ia Funeral Di rectors' Association
convened in this city in the Winsor
g. Hager building on east First
street President Edn und Wilson,
Of Parker, and the secretary, w. f.
Jones, of Hudson, with a goodly
number of delegates were on hand
for the opening Of the work.
The address OF welcome was made
by Mayor Silsby. whose remarks
were of 4 highly entertaining char
acter. and though the business of
the undertaken is of a rather solemn
nature yet they were not slow to APP
preciate the words OF the mavor.
President Wilson, in the absence of
A. j. Anderson, OF Redtield, respond
ed to the address, thanking the may
or for the heartiness with which he
greeted the delegates. The lnyoca-
ton was delivered by Rev. II. S.
Wilkinson.
The rest Of the morning hours were
turned owe to the secretary who
collected the dues from the memb-
ers and issued receipts.
This afternoon President Wilson
gave his annual address, which GOV.
cred points Of interest to the mem
bers and he gave a thorough account
OF his work. An interesting paper
was read by 8. g. f. Gilmore. of YER
million, on professional Courtesy
The afternoons work closed with a
lecture by Prot. Williams, of Ch,ca-
go, who has been'secured by the as
ISOLATION to deliver special lectures
on embalming. etc. His lectures are
taken in shorthand oy Virgil Boyles
and published in the minutes for the
bencit Of the members.
Undertakes Noble, Boyce and
Broadbent, of this city are looking
after the comforts and pleasuers OF
the guests with true hospitality.
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Notice to Taxpayers.

On account Of so many complaints
being made to County Commissioners
OF Dawson County for alleged high
assessment and other errors claimed,
it is hereby ordered that all PARTIES
thinking themselves wronged to pre-
sent the matter to the local town.
ship board or city council as the
case may be at date fixed by law for
receiving and adjusting assessment
for the year 1904 and also the county
board of Equalization III July and if
parties feeling agglieved do not make
complaint to proper board at proper
time that county commissioners will
not grant abatement or refunds Of
taxes for said year 1904.
By order Of county commissioners.
O. d. Stearns,
County Auditor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
ELECTED THEIR OFFICERS
The Undertakers Selected Their OF
ficers for the Ensuing Year
This Afternoon

Wednesday evening the members
of the South Dakota Funeral Direc-
lols listened to an interesting lect-
ure by Prof. Clement Williams, who
spoke on the subject of Treatment
of Posted and Mutilated Bodies"
and in this discourse he set forth
some appreciated instructions to the
undertakers who are often called in
to cases of this character.
Thursday Prof. Williams gave
two lectures to the members Of the
association, the first being some-
thing of an instructive address to un-
del ia kers who have just taken up the
business aud gave them some good
ideas that will start them out right.
His second lecture was of a general
character, and was the closing one of
the session. The professor departed
today for a point in Kansas to take
up the same kind of work for the
undertakers of that state.
G. L. Jones, of Parker, gave an ad-
dress on "1he Legal Status of a Fun
eral Bill in South Dakota Mr..
Jones read the law governing the
claims for undertakes and set forth
the fact that a bill of this character
is a preferred account and will be
among the first settled If it is gone
about in the right way.
j. Newton Mind, Of Chicago, edi-
tor Of the Embalmers' Monthly,
gave an address on Educational
Work Among the Funeral Directors
of the CountrY.n His paper proved
valuable and interesting to the mem
bers.
6. W. Bullock, an undertaken Of
Geddes, made a short and interest
ing talk to the delegates on the bur-
ial Of Indians, in which he gave a
description Of the manner Of inter-
ment and of the prolonged season for
mourning by the relatives. Some
business matters were taken up just
before the noon adjournment, one Of
them being the printing of the pro-
gram for the present session. Presi-
dent Wilson was compllmented very
highly indeed by the members for
the unique way of presenting the
subjects for discussion, it being
something entirely out Of the ordl-
nary, and for which he was pratt.
cally responsible.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

Did you ever notice how many peo-
pie you meet with scars on face or
hands? Most of these are from cuts
or BUNS and could have been avoid
ed if Coles Carholisalve had been
promptly used. Carl olisalve has no
equal as a remedy for cuts, burns
and sores of all kinds. 1t is guran-
teed to heal without a scar. 25 and
SOC by all druggists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
Prohibition Delegates to Indianap-
Oils Convention.

The c. nj. & st. P. railway on
June 26 and 81 will sell tickets from
Mitchell to Indianapolis and return
for 1924. 90. On June 81 we will sell
to st. Louis and return for sl4.7 IS.
Delegates can use this rate taking in
the fair on their return from Indian
apolis For further particulars call
OR address M. r. Patton, Agent,
Mitchell, S. ID.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the members Of
all %fraternal orders and all individu-
ais who sc kindly aided in help and
cheer during the last sickness and
death of our husband and father.
Mrs. Otto %Stroberger and family.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

EverybodY's liable to itching piles.
Rich and poor. old and young-teY
rible the torture they suffer. Only
one sure cure; Doan's Ointment.
Absolutely safe; can't fail.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

You can save money by using
Coles Veterinary Carbolisalve in
your stables. 1t quickly cures cuts,
gals and sores OF all kinds on horses
and cattle. without scars, and re-
news the hair in its original color.
SOC and S1.0o. Guaranteed by all
druggists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

Constipation causes two-thirds of
all sickness in the world. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea positively cures
constipation. No cure no pay. 35
cents. Scallin Bros.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10


NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR LET
~ tiers of Administration
State OF South Dakota, County of Dawson, IS.
In County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Juniata E.
Bracy, deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends greeting to
E. B. BraCy, heir at law and next OF Kin of Juni-
alta E. Bracy, deceased, and to all to whom these
presents may come.
Notice Is hereby given that E.. B. Bracy has
filed with the Judge of this Court, a petition pray
Ing for Letters OF Administrator OF the estate
Of Junlata E. Bracy. deceased, and that Mon
day, the 10th day Of June, 1904, at nine O'Clock
a. M, of said day. being a day Of a special
term of this court, to-wit: at the office Of the
County Judge, in the City Of Mitchell, County
Of DAVIDSON has been set for hearing said petit
ton, when and where any person interested
may appear and show cause why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Mitchell, South Dakota, this Goth day
Of May, A. D. 1904.
Attest: w. ABBEY,
(SeaD Judge of the County Court.
S. CATTRELI. Clerk.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

Dance IN The evening IN Holmes
opera house. Music by Armour or
chestra. Big bowery dance.
On account Of the additional ex-
pense an admission of 25c will be
charged to the race track. We have
a good track, and some fine races are
promised. Children Under IL years,
free.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
A SInnrt

Lawyer-Do you swear positively
that you know more than half this
jury? Witness--Yes. sir, and nov that
I have taken n good look at 'em
III swear that l know more than all
Of EN- put together.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

DO you want the little ones happy.
strong, robust and healthy? One
package Of HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea will make them strong and
we'll. No pay if it fails. 35 cents,
tea or tablets. Scallin Bros.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

noon session came to a close with a
lecture on 1.-The Nisce1al Anatomy
of the Thoracic and Abdominal Cav
%ities,n by Prof. Williams.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
OLD SETTLERS DAY
Mt. Vernon People Will Celebrate
Their Annual Festival We'd
nesday, June 10.

Mt. Vernon people will not pass up
their annual celebration this year
and the people Of the surrounding
counties will be given an oppo1tu-
nifty to 20 to That enterprising little
city to enjoy a day Of sports and
amusements. For the occasion the
following program has been ar
ranged:
Music. .Letcher Band
Invocation ......... Rev. MacLean
Address OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Mrs. Julia Dougherty
Music. .............Zig Gag Quartet
Selection. .Mable REYNOLDS
Address
Music. Zig Gag Quartet
Bail game, l0:45, a. IN. Mt. Vernon
Juvenile VS. Mitchell.
l 100 p. IN. Free for all trot or
pace, best two in three,
purse................... ....sloo 90
. minute trot or pace best
two in three, purse....... IS 90
Free for dll running race. best
two in three, e mile heats.
puTSc........ ....... ....... 10 w
Farmers running race, one q
mile dash, purse. 100000. 20 90
Pony race, single dash, purse
.............. ............. III w
Chariot % 90
Ball game. 400 p. m. Plankin.
ton VS. Indian school of Chamberlain.
purse $50 90
Foot and minor aces begin at $3.50
p. III
l00-yard dash. $40 90
Boys foot race....... ......... so
Egg ] so
Potato race ! 80
Sack ace. ! so
Three legged | SO
Tug Of war, Dawson county VS.
AURORA ........ D w
Dance in the evening in Holmes
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10

The largest assortment in Mitchell
at prices that cannot be matched.
You ought to have one. You want
one. Come and see them and you
will buy one.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Solving a Grent Problem.

Some years ago tObaccOniSt diScOv-
cred the utility of tinfoil for wrapping
tobaccos. Heretofore paper had been
exclusively used for the purpose but 1t
did not serve to keep the moisture of
the atmosphere away from the tobacco
the tobacco from the effects of q dry
or heated atmosphere. Paper also alb
sorbed the aroma Of the weed and was
not sufficiently lasting; therefore tin
foil was used for wrappers. But it be-
came costly and could only be rolled to
a certain thinness, beyond which the
ingenuity of man seemed to find it i'm
possible to go. The fact was that no
rollers could be made to sustain the
pressure necessary to mashing the tin
foil to leaf sufficiently thin to suit the
manufacturer.
Many ingenious inventors struggled
with the proposition for months and
gave up the problem as unsolvable,
when simple workman about the shop
one day, after rolling two sheets to the
customary thinness, put the two sheets
together into the rollers and made both
half as thin as they were before. This
was as simple as standing an egg On
end, but it created revolution in the
manufacture of tinfoil for tobacconists'
use and made mint of money for the
diScoyerer
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Butler Took the Case.

An old gentleman, q native of Wake
aeld. Mass, tells this story Of Ben
Butler:
81 had an important law case on, and
1 felt no one could win that case for
me but Ben Butler He was in Wash
ington at the time. 1 went to Wash
ington and after hard scrabbling fol
two days got an audience with him.
He said he wouldn't take my case fol
$1,000 u day. He had more work on
his hands now than he could attend
to, and he went about his work right
then.
General 1 said, I was born in the
same town with you
''He grunted, but wasn't otherwise
affected that 1 could see.
do you remember little Miss -
And you remember the boy who used
to send notes to her and the boy who
used to take them? 1 am the boy who
took the notes.
And I am the boy who sent them,
said the general. He held out his hand
I guess I'll take your case after ALL
he said, and he did and won it,"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
What Constitutes Death,

Is the cessation of the hearts action
DIN invariable sign of death? There is
on record the case of woman whose
heart was revived by artificial respira-
ton some time after she was supposed
to have died, but the heart stopped
again when the artificial respiration
was given up. There is on record also
the case of decapitated murderer
whose heart continued to beat for an
hour after the execution. Was the man
dead?
Obviously the cessation of the brains
activities is no criterion. A medical
authority who has lately considered
this absorbing and important question
offers the following definition of what
we call DEATH" Death" 1t is suggest
ed, is the name given to the inability
of the organs of the body to act togeth-
er with that harmony which is charac-
teristic of ''life," although the derange-
ment of this vital harmony does not
preclude possible activity of the indi-
yidual organs, which recalls Herbert
Spencer's well known definition of life
as continued adjustment of internal
relations to external relations. = Har-
per's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Poor Place For Thieves.

Bermuda is not accustomed to thieves.
No experienced Bermudan will enter
the profession Of pilfering, at least of
taking things that cannot be imme-
diately eaten. For what can be done
with them? If any property is taken
the officers of the law have only tc
watch the steamship docks. The stuff
cannot be disposed of on the islands
They are too small, and everybody
knows everybody.
1t is Bermudan legend that once a
bicycle was stolen. 1t was the talk OF
the town. The next ensuing problem OF
the thief was how to get any good of
it. He did not dare use it; he could not
send it out of the country. That he
finally gave it up" was proved when
six months later fisherman brought
up the missing wheel from fairly deep
water upon his hook.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
The Coup de Monserra,,

The fatal issue of a recent French
duel causes discussion of what the Pa
risian fencers call the coup de Monser-
rat" The history of this stroke is ro-
mantle. The hero of the story was a
young Partisan musician engaged to be
married to a young lady of Bordeaux.
Quarreling with cousin Of his flancee,
he got his ears boxed at the Bordeaux
club. Ignorant of fencing, he dared
not resent the insult and renounced his
engagement. But he also took fencing
lessons from one Monserrat, a maitre
Parmes Of Toulouse. Monserrat taught
him one trick only, and he practiced it
for a year. At the end of that time he
returned to the Bordeaux club, slapped
his mans face and, being called out
instantly ran his opponent through the
body with his cunning lunge.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
The Msecond samson.n .

Richard Joy, who died May 1S, 1912
at the age Of sixty-seven and is buried
in the st. Peters churchyard, isle of
Thanet, Kent, England, was known
throughout Europe as the "Kentish
Hercules" or the Second Samson"
When but youth of seventeen years
he was invited to London by the king
to give an exhibition in remarkable
feats of strength. Among the feats
Of his more mature years were those of
breaking with his hands and feet a
rope with a tensile strength of thirty
five hundredweight and the lifting of
2,200 pounds. The following is copy
of his epitaph:
Herculean hero famed for strength,
At last lies here, his breadth and length.
See how the mighty man is fallenI
To death the strong and weak are all one.
The same judgment doth befall
Goliath great and David small.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Magnet. and Magnetism.

The modern theory of magnetism
known as Weber's, aided greatly by
the work of Professor Ewing, main
tains that even the smallest physical
quantity, the molecule, present in q
bar magnet is itself minute magnet
Hence the power Of the magnet de
pends entirely, in the first place, upon
molecular arrangement
This can be easily seen by filling q
glass tube with steel filings, loosely
packed. At first these are all In disor-
der, but if magnet is drawn over the
tube they begin to turn themselves
into one direction till perfect alignment
takes place, when the tube acquires
the properties of a magnet.
The breaking of bar magnet into
pieces, each piece in turn becoming q
magnet, confirms this theory. So does
saturation, as it is called, when the
molecules are arranged and no further
effect takes place. The theory of mag
netic keepers closing the lines of force
thus preserving and not dissipating
the power, is also in accordance with
this. The primary source of magnetic
power is still unknown.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Cruel Fate.

"Did you see that pale young man
calling out 'Cashp at the ribbon coun-
ter?"
"Yes.'''
Fate is awfully funny sometimes.
Ten years ago, when we were boys to-
gether, his one ambition was to be a
mighty hunter and catch mountain
lions with lasso."
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Gratitude of a Dog.

Olive Thorne Miller tells of a dog
which belonged to colonial family
and was particularly noted for his an
tipathy to Indians, whom he delighted
to track. On one campaign against
the French this dog insisted on accom-
panying his master, although his feet
were in terrible condition from hav-
ing been frozen during the previous
winter. During the fight which ended
in the famous Braddocks defeat he
became separated from his master, and
the latter, supposing him killed, went
home without him. Some weeks later,
however, the dog appeared in his old
home, which was many miles from the
battlefield. He was tired and worn,
but over his sore feet soft moccasins
were fastened, showing that he had
been among Indians and that they had
taken especial pains to be kind to him.
Thereafter, though he showed great
joy at being again among his own peo-
pie, neither threats nor bribes could
ever induce him to track an Indian.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
The PHI and the Coating.

Joseph Savador, the French histo-
rian, and Jules Sandeau, novelist,
made their meeting at a public recep-
ton the occasion for dispute as to the
respective places which they occupied
in the world of letters.
'The reading of history is like pill
it needs the sugar coating to make it
palatable," argued the novelist.
''Ah, but it is the ingredient which
cures, not the coating" remarked the
historian.
'9Then let us divide honors,'' said
Sandeau, "for if 1t were not for my
sugar coating your historical facts
would dry on the Shelves,
Amador ledger., 1904-01-15
Antiquity of Masks.

Masks are of very ancient origin. In
q tomb 5000 years old at Mycena DR..
Schiiemann found two bodies with
faces covered by masks Of gold. One
of the masks represented the head of
a lion. Among ancient Greeks the lion
mask was a sign Of distinction. With
the Peruvians of old it was mark of
royal lineage. In a grave Of consid-
erable antiquity in Peru a silver mask
was found on the head of a mummy.
The mummy Of a prince who lived in
the reign of Rameses H., discovered in
small vault at Memphis, in Egypt,
had mask Of gold leaf over the face.