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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
Can Still Crack His Heels.

We received a copy of a Whittier,
California. paper a few days ago,
which contained the announcement
OF the celebration of the S3rd birth
day OF b. III. Bennett, who formerly
resided in Mitchell, and moved to
the Pacific coast. when all of his
children had settled out there. For
the past fifteen or twenty years old
Uncle Bennett has made a feature on
his birthday OF jumping in the air and
cracking his heels together, and be
always told us that when lie failed
to do that he would realize that he
was getting old. At 50 he is still
able to perform his little acrobatic
feat. as we notice by the following
clipping from the California paper:
Grandfather B. I'll. Bennett. on
Wednesday celebrated his 83rd birth
day in %partaking of a family dinner
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. r..
B. Powell. on Milton avenue. MIR.
Bennett rejoices in confined good
health. and goes on his way praislnp
God for all his blessings. "ready.',
he says, ito go OF stay longer, as
the Lord Wills" For years MIR. Ben
nett has tested his strength on each
recurring birthday by jumping up-
ward and striking his heels together
twice before alighting. He was still
able to perform this Ieat on Wednes-
day, which certainly gives evidence
OF continued vitality which promises
the return of many additional BIRTH
day anniversaries. "
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
IN TWENTY YEARS TIME
Observations Of a Man Who Lived in
Dawson County Twenty Years

During corn palace week. w. III.
Spencer, OF Lebanon, in Potter coun-
ty. S. D., visited tins city just to see.
the great event and to see how things
We're going. Twenty years ago Mr..
Spencer was a resident of Dawson
county and he had not been here
since he left His surprise and pleas
ure at tue wonderful Improvements
that had been made and the develop
ment of the country found expression
at his hands in the following article
to the Blue Blanket Leader, which
is reproduced:
When | left there my neighbors
were living ic sod houses with dirt
roofs and some dirt floors. Every
thing that pertained to their exist
ence was on ABOUT the same level and
I considered their ..chances for any
thing better was very slim. But as |
find them now, | hardly know how to
express my surprise and pleasure, for
they have nice comfortable homes,
nicely furnished with their .pianos
and organs: also telephones in their
homes and ON the crossroads where
half a Dozen mail boxes are, in which
their mail is deposited daily except
Sunday. 1t was really a feast to me
to see their nice, we'll painted houses
and barns, the nice horses and cattle
and the finest corn / have lei since
man. what their corn would average
averaged IS bushels to the acre. 1t
was not guess work either for the
ground vas measured and the corn
weighed. I we'll remember one Of
the old settlers telling me Of his ear
ly experience when / first settled
there. He came from Iowa and
thought a flock of hens would help
them to live but the wild grass did
not prove very good chicken feed and
he hardly got an egg all summer. He
sowed some small grain and planted
corn but the hot winds in July cook
ed the grain. He said it was so hot,
dry and windy when the corn began
to shoot its r almost every ear
missed the stalk, and If an a did
set it WaS about the size Of his finger,
with now and then a shriveled up
grain, (that was about 1902 The
Iquarter [ settled on WAS almost the
last vacant tract there and so was
not very good. Five years ago 1T sold.
for $500 and now $4,000 would not
touch it. Land adjoining has been
sold at $40 per acre. Some of my old
neighbors asked me If l was not sorry
[ left there. I see no reason for be-
ing sorry. for it is only about ten
years ago they began to feel the pos
sibllities of their country. The con-
ditions, which have changed the jim
river valley from a desert waste to a
fertile plain, are moving west just as
certainly and as irresistibly as the
light of the morning sunshine moves
west. AS that country was settled
ten years before tins and as their last
year was an ideal one, we began to
see possibilities of this part Of the
country. (Moral). In pioneer life !:
"The race is not to the swift nor to
the strong but ito the fellow" who
holds on long,"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
Married on Thanksgiving.

Cyrus p. Parsons and Miss Mary
Pew, both Of whom reside at Plank
linton, were married in this city We'd
nesday, Nov. 30, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. A. Craig Bowdish
at the Congregational parsonage.
The matter vas kept quiet for a few
days to give the young people a
chance to get ho e and complete
their arrangements for moving out
west Of Chamberlain to make their
home OIL the reservation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
IN THREE PROGRAMS
Mrs. Isabel Garghil Beecher Pre-
sented Three Strong Enter
tainments Here.

Never before in this city has. a
dramatic reader attempted and ac-
complisled so fully the successful
engagement of Mrs Isabel Garghill
Beecher in appearing in three diff
ferent programs from n night to
another and retiring so strongly adj
mired by the public. 1t is a test
that few dramatic readers have ever
been required to meet and get
Through with the admiration as
strong at tile close as at the begin
ming. She appeared under the direc-
tion Of the popular lecture and CON
cert course which is to be congratu-
lated on securing such all artist.
Wednesday evening Mrs. Beecher
appeared in a program Of American
fiction, which for versatility and a
clear conception o. homelike charac-
tiers is rarely excelled. In this class
of work Mrs. Beecler differs from
any other dramatic reader that has
appeared in this city. There is SO
much in her way of telling a story
She seems to grasp the Utmost parts
of the character OF characters she
presents and by information anc facial
expression gives them faithfully to
her hearers. Her selections, too,
differed from those OF most readers.
Not that the numbers were any bet
ter but they touched on a different
theme. homelike stories, which were
adorned with a moral as well as an
Interesting thought.
Her reading of the story, .The
Man Without a Country was a fine
presentation Of an incident in the
countrY's history and it took on a
more deep meaning in the wav she
read It. o
Thursday afternoon, there being
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
WAS COVERED WITH vERMlN
n. G. Green Asserts in His State.
ment That He Was Covered
With vermin.

Editor Republican AS regards the
sIneriff's statement in the issue Of
Tuesday. Nov. %, with your permits
sion | will say: The statements in
the Armour Herald are true. The
cell in which / and my men were
placed was foul and filthy in every
respect and in addition there was a
drunken Ia placed i'm an adjoining
cell who made night hideous with
yelling, singing, etc., and the stencil
arising from there was almost unen-
durable.
In the morning we we're covered
with yermin. These were the condi-
tions when we were in%carcerated and
released. Which .of the sherlffs
we're to blame for Our inhuman treat
ment | am unable to say. ] begged
OF the officers to let me go and see
my wife the night of the arrest also
the next morning, but was denied
the privilege. Mrs. Greene was never
notified by any Of the officers and
learned of the trouble by accident.
Our little grandson overheard a con-
versation about the matter and ran
to his grandmother. crying out, 1T
know where grandpa is. He is in
Jail and the men say he will go to.
the pen. Can they put him in the
penn" She said, "No. 1 don't be-
lieve grandpa has done anything to
send him to the pen. I will go and
see," She then came up to the court
house and inquired il / was there.
They told her yes. She asked to see
lne anG after waiting about half an
hour vas allowed to come down into
the first part Of the jail. She asked
IL Icould come into corridor or If she
might enter the cell where we were
and was told no. 1t was about $50
a. m. She asked IL 1 had had break
fas.., I said no. The jailer then said
he would go and get me something.
l said, mo. not now. I am not hun
cry" There we're other incidents
but I forbear telling them.
But consider that at my tims.of|
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
NUMBER II

life, aged IS years, after an upright
and honorable career, l was inhumanly
treated. My life has always been an
open book for all to read and / think,
as the great Aaron Burr once said:
"a man who is guilty of inhumanity
is capable of a crime" The end is
not yet, "Vengeance is mine and I
will repay, saith the Lord" Those
who sent the sheriff after US made a
mistake. If they had notified us
that they wished presence in Ar
mour we would have gone down at
once without the assistance of an
officer. FL. G. Greene.
Mitchell, Dec. q. 1905.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
A COLD THANKSGIVING
The Chilly Weather Prevented
Large Attendance al the Union
Thanksgiving Services.

SS4VAC06s
With the weather ranging down at
the zero point it was not conducive
for a very large attendance at the
Union Thanksgiving services, which
were held at the Congregational
church, and there was the smallest
audience present that we have no
ticed at a meeting of this character
in a number Of years.
Notwithstanding this the services
were Of an interesting character.
The invocation was delivered by Rev.
b. S. Wilkinson, the scriptures we're
read by Rev. J. S. Surbeck and
prayer was offered by DIR. Thomas
Nicholson. The Psalms were read by
Rev. d. w. Greene. A chorus choir
OF ladies' voices, under the direction
of Mrs. r. F. otto, furnished the
music, and a sacred solo was rendered
by Miss Fannie Mccormick.
The. sermon was delivered by Rev.
Edkar Burton, pastor of the Baptist
church, and his effort was remarked
upon by all who heard him as having
presented some splendid thoughts for
a Thanksgiving occasion. He as
ISOLATED religion with the day, not
believing IN a separation as it is
locked upon by a great many people.
A collection was taken up for the
benefit of the Orphans Home at
Sioux Falls, and considering the
number present, the amount donated
was very liberal. The sum was SO. /
In this connection it might be we'll
to state that Mrs. Geo. III. Brooks
has been making a collection in the
business and residence district and
that she collected about SIS in cash
for the home.
With the singing of America,
and the benediction by Rev. DIR L.
u. Youngman. the services came to
a close.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
Mitchell Folk at Alexandria.

Alexandria, Nov. Dec. Mitchell
people who spent Thanksgiving with
Alexandria friends we're: Mr.. and
Mis- M. M Mcdonald and son, DR..
Harry L. Mcdonald. with the family
of s. G. Phelps, Mrs. Eva bond, at
the home of Albert Hill, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. r. Blackman and children,
with Mrs. Blackman's mother. Mrs.
Anna Like, Mr.. and Mrs. N. Keith,
at the home uf Judge Fl. j.. Mohr,
Joe Belts, with friends, and Glide
Hinkley. from the University, with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. g. T..
Hinkley.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
no football game, it was arranged for
Mrs. Beecher to present a reading of
The Lutte Minister There was

- game, ~ WdS arranged lO1
MIS-. Beecher to present a reading OF
The Lutte Minister'S There was
a very large audience present, which
listened with the keenest interest to
her Interpretation of tile interesting
BOOK, the characters of which she
presented skillfully. Thursday even
ing the city hall was again nearly
filled TO listen to Mrs. Becener's
reading of the pathetic story of Ten
nySon's Enoch Arden. Tne reading
was heightened by the dramatic mu-
Steal setting, which was played by
Miss Haines, OF Chicago. Mrs.
Beecher read the story as one in
splred, rs the expression OH her face
plainly portrayed. She read the story
with a fine Interpretation and the
incidents disclosed throughout were
made SO plain that one could see in
the minds eye the home Of Phillip
after the sad return of Enoch.
Throughout it all the audience gave
breathless attention to the reading
and at the close tie reader was given
a great outburst of applause.
The next attraction of the course
will be Rev. Robert Stuart Mac
arthur, who will appear in a lecture
on the evening Of Dec. l3.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
welded IN ILLINOIS
Miss Bras and Joseph Swift Married
at the Former Homeof the
Bride Thanksgiving Day.

AS was stated in these columns
last week as an event to happen in
the lives of Miss Emily Bras and
Joseph Swift the same was consum-
mated by their marriage at New
Boston, ILL.,, on Thanksgiving Day.
At the time Of the departure of the
couple, they going on different days,
there was no suspicion Of the coming
event, neither confiding their inten-
lions to their relatives, intending the
wedding to come as a surprise. Both
young people are very we'll known In
Mitchell, TIE bride for her social
qualities and her appearance as a 30
prano soloist who has often sang to
Mitchell adiences, and the groom
who is a young gentleman possessing
the respect and high esteem Of 3
great many friends. He is an elec-.
trician employed by the Mitchell Gas
Co., and In his work he is a very cap
able man. 1t Is not stated how soon
they will return to Mitchell. The
= WAA1S ~ GQACA ANVIL tuW
New Boston correspondence OF the
Aledo, ILL.,, Record, concerning their
marriage:
The marriage of Joseph A. Swift
and Miss Charlotte Emily Bras was
soIemnized at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ii. O. Baner on this Thursday,
November 80, Rev. T. j. Wood off
ciating. Mr.. Swift and Miss Bras,
accompanied by Mrs. Frank Red
ford, arrived Wednesday evening
from Mitchell, South Dakota, to make
a visit at the Baner home and In
cidentally to take this unique meth
cd of bringing to a conclusion the
plighting of their troth. Miss Bras
is an estimable young lady and has
numerous friends here. 1t was here
she grew to young womanhood and
it vas most fitting that she should
return to this city from her north
ern home to become a b%enedictine.
After a short visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Swift will take up their residence in
Mitchell, South Dakota, where the
groom is engaged as Fan electrician.
Mrs. Frank BEDFORD, who came to
attend the wedding will remain for
an extended visit with Mr.. ana Mrs.
Baner.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
EVENING RECEPTION
Mesdames Hoff and coursey Enter
tanned a Large Company of
Lady Friends Saturday.

The home of Mrs. e. III. Hoff,
corne Sixth Avenue east and Kim
ball street, vas the scene of a de-
lightful social function Saturday
evening. 1t was a reception given by
Mrs. Hoff and Mrs. o. w. Coursey,
the hours for receiving being .fom 6
to 8, and from s to 10, and despite
the cold weather but few regrets were
received of the two hundred and six
ty invitations sent out.
The guests were received at the
door by Bessie Mcguire and Esther
Hoff, and they we're conducted up
stairs to remove their wraps. Before
descending each guest was presented
With colored ribbons, of eight differ
ent varieties, to designate their turn
to 20 into the dining room.
Mrs. Hoff and Mrs. Ccursev receiv.
ed their guests in the reception room,
and with then stood MIS-. j. III.
Nolt, mother of Mrs. Coursey, and
Miss Mitchell, ..ot New Brighton, Pa,
an intimate friend of Mrs. Hoff.
The hostesses were assisted i'm the
reception o by Mrs. j. III. Ferris
and Mrs. George A. Silsby, whose
kindly offices afforded many of the
guests to know each other. In the
library punch was served. the bowl
being presided over by Mrs j. l..
Lardner, who was assisted in serving
by Mrs. Walter S. Doolittle, Mrs. j..
p. Myers, and Mrs. Horace G. Cour-
sey. In the sitting room the guests
were in the hands of Mrs j. +. An
derson, Mrs. ii. C. Clark. Mrs. f..
w. Freyberg, Mrs. W. R. Smith and
Mrs. #. A. Craft, who conducted
them to the dining room. Here Mrs.
George E. Foster had charge and
she was assisted by Mrs. j. 81. Ba-
con, Mrs. M. g. Wider, Mrs. May
Wallace and Miss Nolt. Coffee was
poured by Mrs. Ch aries H. Kibbee
during tie first hours and she was
succeeded later by Mrs. r. +. Dun
das.
The color schemes in the various
rooms we're very attractive and were
harmonious. lin design. In the recep.
ton room chrysanthemums were used
with pretty effect, while in the din
ing rooms ana in the library the COL
Ors were red and white, roses and
ribbons forming a pretty combina-
ton together with smilaX with
which the chandeliers were draped.
Potted plants were placed in the VAR
ious rooms which added to the gen.
eral effect of the floral decorations.
The reception proved a magnificent
success socially and it brought many
OF the newer people into closer social
relations. There was little formality
noticeable and for that reason a more
pleasant time vas the result. The
plans of the hostesses. so admirably
arranged for the pleasure of their
guests. were carried out sk~illfnlly by
those who assisted them, and the oc-
caslon will be remembered by all who
participated as a gathering of much
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08
A Thanksgiving Dance.

The dancing party in the Mitchell
Club rooms Thanksgiving night was
attended by ABOUT forty couples, and
until l O'Clock the time was devoted
to dancing out a fine program. The
music furnished by Nichols mando-
lin club, struck a responsive chord
among the dancers for the popular
music that Vas played.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-12-06
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-12-13
Hermit Banker Burned to Death.

James l.. Blodget, the hermit bank.
er of Hermitage, Wyoming county, was
burned to death last week In his house,
which burned to the ground. He was
estimated to be worth $1,O00,0O0 He
was graduate of Yale college, in the
class of 1850.
1t is believed the fire caught from
an oVerheated stove.
It is question for authorities to de.
termine whether or not James i
Blodgett, the aged banker of Hermit.
age, near Warsaw, was murdered and
his house burned in an effort to con
ceal the crime. The body of the old
man was found in the cellar with his
skull crushed. 1t is possible that this
might happen If the body fell with
the floor into the basement
Blodgett was robbed several times
and 1t was widely known that he kept
large sums of money In his possession.
It Is not unlikely that robbers paid
the hermit a midnight visit. The fu.
neral took place Sunday afternoon.
II is said that only a niece survives
and she, provided no will is found, will
inherit the big estate. Mrs. George
Blackmer is the niece and only kin
that is known. She lives at Silver
Springs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-12-13
ROW AT WEsTWooD INQUEST.
Attempt to Mob Man Who Was With
Her When She Killed Herself.

Schenectady, N. Y, Dec. 12.-There
was nearly riot at the inquest held
touching the death of Louise West
wood, the hospital nurse who commit.
ted suicide by taking prussic acid last
Tuesday evening while dining with
George H. Smith, wellknown lawyer
Of this city, at Wall street restaurant.
The following evening Smith was
married at Cohoes, the bride being
Miss Nellie Kernaghan Of the latter
city, and who as a result of the motor.
iety is dangerously i'll at her home.
Coroner Dearbarn started to hold
the inquest in the common council
chambers in the city hall, but the
crush of spectators and hundreds OF
curious women, who surrounded the
building led that official to adjourn to
the county court rooms.
The mob surged after the coroner
and his staff and witnesses, and at the
court house the crowd of women
caught sight of Smith, and there was
a rush for him. 1t was with difficulty
that he was taken into the court room
without injury, and the sheriff and
number of deputies had hard work in
keeping back the crowd.