The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-13
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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Knudt
Peterson, Sunday morning, septem-
Der g., a son.
Mrs, Sarah Griffith departed Mon
day evening via the Milwaukee raod
for Spokane Falls. Wash, where
she will reside in the future.
A. n. lenl>S has opened up a livery
and ell s}anle IN TIL Smitll &
Dawson barn and soilci 5 your cat
rouage. Phone 543
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Cudmore.
at their home ten miles northwest OF
the city, Saturday, September I.
1907, a daughter.
Miss Stella Bushnell has been Wis
iting in st. Paul for the past week
and attending the Minnesota state
fair. She returned home Tuthday
morning.
Parker Mathews arrived in the
city Tuesday morning, having been at
st. Paul, his home, to spend his sum-
mer vacation. He has resumed his
position in C. w. ellis shoe store.
Miss Mamie Puff, who graduated
in the high school in June, left
Tuesday for Yankton, where she will
attend college for the next year aHer
sister, Miss Margaret, attended the
summer school at Yankton and has
commenced a term of school north
of Mitchell.
B. M. Johnston came home from
st. Paul Tuesday, having been
up there for the past week. He went
to the state far occasionally, but he
said he spent most of his time chas-
ing down a chef for the Widmann,
and finally landed one. He says that
when it comes to hunting up a chef
the job turns out to be a mighty
hard one.
Will Scallin is at Huron this week
attending the state fair. MI. Scallin
was appointed some time ago as the
superintendent of the poultry de-
partment. The state fair manage
ment this year has given. the poultry
fanciers better accommodations than
they ever had before, erecting a
building especially for the chickens.
Frank Winsor and Walter Adams
departed Monday evening via the
Milwaukee road for Rapid City. The
young men, who are both graduates
of the city schools, have decided to
become mining engineers, and to
equip themselves in the best posi-
BILE n will take a full curse
in the School Of Mines at Rapid
City. + s n as..1
A special in the Minneapolis Jour
nal of Tuesday states that Henry H.
Motley is a heavy loser on his farm
asa result of3affre. His large barn
n granary we're struck. by light
ming and burned to the ground. With
them went 1920 bushels of wheat
and $50 tons of hay and about $500
worth of farm machinery. Mr.. Mot.
ley was a former resident of Mitchell
and was engaged in the hardware
business. y .f'f
Mrs. G. W.. Boggs received word
of the death3;of her father, Richard
H. Booth, which occurred Monday
afternoon at'fSioux Falls, aged 81
years. Mr.. Booth was one of the ear
Hest settlers iii Sioux Falls, going
there in 1870. AS contractor and
builder he erected many Ut the lead
ing structures of the queen city and
several state institutions. Mr.. and
Mrs. Boggs gefttEytteessday: evening9over
the Omaha to attend the funeral,
which was Held Wednesday morn
ing. aSf'f $50; t.3
The Boyles BUSINESS College open
ed it's fall term Monday under the
most suspicious circumstances. The
day. was spent in arranging the stud
ents in their various classes and ac-
tual work was started this, morning.
The enrolment vas highly satisfac-
tory to the management, there be-
ing three times as many students at
the beginning this year as there was
a year ago. According to their adj
vices from prospective students it
will constantly increase as the fall
season lengthens and the work is
laid by for the winter.
According to the government Their
mometer the frost predicted by the
weather bureau failed to materialize
Monday night, although the Their
mometer registered at 81 degrees
and the night was quite chilly. Par
ties from the north part of the
county, particularly in Perry town
ship. said that there was a light
freeze up there, and that they saw
evidences of it this morning when
they went out. 1t was so slight,
however, that 1t had no effect on the