The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-18
IN TOWN Nd
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN IN
THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hack
EFT, Wednesday, Aug. 8, Il daughter.
MIS- Robert Martin, who has been
visiting relatives at Medina, N. d..
arrived home Friday morning.
Rev. A. Craig Bowdish has been at
Yankton for several days attending
the theological institute which has
been in session at Yankton during
the Summer. and returned lone Fri
day afternoon. The Institute closed
today. and t!sa attendance has been
very satisfactory.
Mrs. r. p. Edison and daughter,
Virginia, and Will Hood. who have
been visiting at the home of MIR. and
Mrs. w. Nj. Smith and John Fosdick.
left Friday morning for Minneapolis.
Will is to take a position ON the Mill
waukee road as a brakeman between
Minneapolis and Austin.
Burton Tanner has entered the
service of the Omaha road and here
after he Will traverse the road be-
tween Mitchell and Worthington in
the capacity of brakeman. He made
his tilst student trip Thursday and
learned the ropes sufficiently as to
not get his tigers i'm ieapordy in handl-
ing freight.
With the opening of the school sea
son Miss Clara Barlow, who is acting
in the capacity of bookkeeper for
the Dakota Central Telephone Co.,
will 20 to Harrisburg to teach school
during the coming year, Mrs. j.. ID.
Barlow and daughter, Miss Alice,
expect to move in a short time to
Yankton, where they will reside.
Miss Merle Tillotson, who is visit
ing at various places in Iowa, has
written home that she has decided TO
attend Drake University at Des-
Moines the coming year, devoting
considerable to the further cultiva-
ton of her lich contralto voice. She
will return the latter part of the
month to participate in a three days
program which Hiram Rodee mas ar
ranged to be given ut Ruskin park.
A narrow accident was escaped by
the Omaha freight as lit Was coming
west Thursday just east of Fulton.
Next to the caboose was load of
bridge timbers and one or two stakes
on the side of the nat car which held
them in place, accidentally broke and
several OF them fell off. One OF the
tlmbers stuck in the ground and it's
other end struck the caboose when il
went by, which might have resulted
in lifting it off the track.
a Huron gentleman i'm the city
Friday says that great preparations
VIC being made for the first state
fair for Huron. The big buildings
are going up rapidly and they are of
a character that shows stability.
There are some pretty good pushers
behind the state fair this year and
the Huron gentleman asserts that il
is going to be a success everyday Ii
the week. The dates are Sept. ll-l6.
Baseball enthusiasm in the south
ern part of the state is very tame in
comparison to the brand in the
Northern pant. Brookiugs. Water
town and FaullStcn all have strong
clubs this year and they have about
the whole populace on their toes the
greater share of the time in the eN-
citement Of the games. 1t is costing
those towns ONE money but they are
Eaving a whole lot Of fun out of it.
S. II. Scallin. WHO is away on an
outing to Big Stone Lake, attended
the meeting of the State Druggists
Association at Aberdeen la st week,
and which was very we'll attended by
the druggists and their wives. M.
4. Michels. of Willow Lakes, was
elected president, and d. G. Bent. was
again made secretary. a position he
has filed so acceptablv that tile drug
gists evidently propose to make it a
life job for him. Mr.. Bent takes
more than ordinary interest in the
association and it is largely to his
personal Efforts that there is always
81 large an attendance at the annual
gatherings, which are filled with in
teresting events from start to finish.
The association will meet next year
at Sioux Fails.
ID. Fl. StrotherS Is having a pecu-
liar experience with his oat crop. He
cut the grain a short time ago and
placed it in the shock, but when h.
came to stack it a day or two ago he
found that it had not dried out a
particle and was rotting all through.
With all the hot weather we have
had it vas suppo ed that the grain
would be dry, but this difficulty has
been encountered in several instanc-
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