The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11

SIly, IOWA, saturday lHoIilIilS.
Mrs. VIM. Pratt went over to
Bridgewater Saturday to lemain
over Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. w. Phillips. of Westtield,
Wis, arrived Friday evening to visit
her daughter. Mrs. III. l.. Bras.
Mrs. j.. III. Paullin returned home
Friday evening from a two weeks
visit with relatives at Akron, Iowa,
and Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Il. A. Braymer and Mrs. Guy
Miltimore, who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. C. [. Miltimore. re-
turned home to Chicago.
Mrs. Clara A. Lukens, department
president OF the w. X. c.. has re-
turned from "A tour of inspection of
the Relief Corps of the state and will
leave again in a few days to son..
tinue the work.
Misses Minnie and Hilda Rinehart
enjoyed a visit with their mother,
Mrs. Phillip Rinehart, and their Sis
tiers, Misses Lizzie and Lauretta, for
the past week Or more. They re-
turned to their home at Austin,
Mimi. Saturday morning.
The Interstate Land Co. has Just
concluded the sale of 1880 acres of
land in Ioeadle aud Aurora counties
to Iowa parties who reside at Algona
and Coin. the consideration for which
amounted to neally $40, DOC. The
Beadle county tract, which lies with
i'm IL miles of Alpena, was traded for
a general merchandise stock, which
was taken at $l2, 900. The Aurora
county tract lies northwest OF Plank
linton.
ST. Mays Episcopal vested choir
had a lawn social at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Sid Smith Friday evening,
which was participated in by nearly
all the members OF the choir and a
few invited guests. There was an
excellent spread in the culinary line
and it was %partaken of with a great
relish. After supper was over two
large hayracks, partially filled with
hay. were brought around to the resi-
dence and both were filed with the
young people for a drive over the
city. The gathering was a very pleas
ant II and thoroughly enjoyed by
those who participated.
Roy Parks, a young fellow who
made his way into town with the
hoboes, was arrested by Chief Keith
late Friday afternoon for stealing a
rustic chair from Mrs. Villa Lewis,
who resides at sos Third Avenue
west. He pleaded guilty before JUS
tice Mckinley and was fined Sl5.
Parks Was working an endless chain
proposition in his rustic chair b usi-
hess. with a partner he made the
rustic chair out of willows and sold
the same TO Mrs. Lewis Thursday for
50. The chair was left on the porch
and late yesterday afternoon he on
tiacted to sell a chair to Frank Wei
Ter. Instead of making another he
went to the home Of Mrs. Lewis and
stole the chair and took it to the
Weller home, where Chief Keith
found him awaiting til, return of
Mr.. Weller to collect his money.
Prof. Jesse Il. Brumbaugh. OF
Greencaslle, Ind, has been in the
city for several days and departed
this morning for lyndall. where he
will be on the teaching force OF the
county Institute during the next two
weeks. Prot. Brumbaugh was tor
merly a member Of the faculty Of Da-
kota Wesleyan and is now associated
on the faculty OF DePauw University
in charge Of the school OF oratory. in
which department he has turned out
some exceptionally strong orators.
notably j. NJ. Devers, who has been
winning all kinds Of oratorical con-
tests for DePauw in the past two or
thee years. Prof. Brumba,lgh mas
been very cordially received by his
Told friends in the city. and he thinks
that at the close OF the institute al
Tyndall That he will return to Mitch.
ell for another short stay before re-
turning east.
The moving picture entertainment
given by the international Bioscope
Co. at the opera house Friday even
ing was the best OF the kind ever
shown in Mitchell, and every person
that saw it will agree in the state
ment. The pictures are clear and
there is that absence OF vibration
and fickering that heretofore have
marred an entertainment OF this
character. The pictures drew forth
applause as they we're shown on the
canvass and they developed someth,
ing marvellous in that line. The ac-
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