The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-13
George w. Williams and r.

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F. j. Pretzler, of Memo, Wednes-
day concluded the purchase of the
residence of j. F. Cooper on Third
avenue west. MIR. Cooper does not
give possession until April L.
Manager White of the Mitchell Gas
company. states that sufficient pro-
gress is being made en- the repairs
at tn Gas plant and he thinks that
he viii be able to supply the patrons
with gas in about a week.
Mir. and Mrs. v. S. Miller of Sioux
City, P. II. Kintigh, of Miller, Mrs.
Edward kintigh, OF Onawa, Iowa.
and Mrs. George Meuters. of Emery,
arrived Tuesday and Wednesday to
attend the funera of Mrs. b. j. Dun
can.
t. j.. Warde arrived Tuesday af-
%ternoon from Milwaukee and We'd
nesday accompanied the remains of
his sister back to that city for inter-
ment. She died Sunday morning at
st. Joseph's hospital. The young
lady carried an insurance policy for
1000 in a fraternal company and
had some money in the bank.
B. j. Duncan and Mrs. l. Kintigh
arrived Wednesday from Bismarck,
N. D., with the remains of Mrs. Dun
can, and they were taken to the home
Iof Mrs. Lillian Doud in the north
eastern part of the city. The funer-
al services will be held at the home
Iof Mrs. Doud, COS Burr street, Fri
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Rex Rathbun arrived home Mon
day evening from a trip of a month
in company with Frank Steck, of Chi
Icago. The young men went over in
to Canada for a trip up the st. Law
renee river and then back into the
states for a trip down the Hudson
river to the Jamestown exposition.
They roamed around at their own
sweet will and had a fine time.
Harry E. Bryan, representative of
the company presenting The Girl
Over There was here Wednesday
arranging for the appearance Of the
company Wednesday, September IS.
This week the company is appearing
in Sioux City, and he says he can
assure the citizens of Mitchell that
they will get the best show that has
been here since the District Leader
of last November.
A runaway team went through
Main street Monday at a gait
which seemed to have Dan Patch
beaten, and trailing behind them was
the front part of the wagon, and they
were given a wide berth by other
teams on the street. Chief Keith
was driving along the street and they
got to him SO quick that he was able
to turn out just in tine to avoid a
collision. Where the team started
from could not be ascertained.
A meeting of the executive board
of the South Dakota Travelling Mems
Association will be held in this city
Saturday, September 20. The meet
ing is called for the purpose of turn
ing the books and papers Of the
old board over to the newly elected
Officers, who will have charge of the
meeting next summer. There have
been two or three Intellectual at
tempts to hold a meeting at Sioux
Falls, but the men could not get to-
fgether over there for. some reason. so
la meeting has been called for Mitch
ell. Practically all the new officers
reside in Siou2aFalls =.
Julius Barnes spent a portion of
the day Thursday with Ny. and Mrs.
Mathew Slade. Mr.. Barnes is a trav-
cling jeweler salesman and tours
the country in an automobile Mitch
ell was somewhat out of his course,
but knowing that his Old friends, the
SHADES, lived here he thought he
would come around this way and
make them a flying visit. He left in
the afternoon for Aberdeen and in
termediate points. Mr.. Barnes said
he made the trip from Wisconsin out
Ito South Dakota in three weeks,
stopping along the way in transact
ing his business, and he added that
he had the railroad trains beat out
with his automobile service.
The dramatic season was opened
in Mitchell Thursday evening with
The Two Merry Tramps," and the
swiftness Of the play ought to be a
good incentive for the season to fol-
low. The two tramps were repre-
sented by two comedians of an in
teresting character and the chorus
which solidly backed up their work
was in every way worthy of all the
applause that it received. There
were many new stunts introduced,