The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-29

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ting at Sheldon. Iowa, and came
home this morning via Salem. whore
he stopped several days.
John +. Creighton departed for
Council Bluffs, iowa, Sunday even
ine via the Omaha road to attend to
ONE business
a special in lace curtains. Eight
pairs. handsome patterns OF Noting
curtains. al $500 a pair. bought
at a price 10 close the line. They
are much under value. Butterfeld's.
A petition is being circulated ian
the city to secure signatures invok-
ing the referendum on the divorce
law adopted by the recent legisla-
tuTe.
Mrs. A. U. Hoon came in from Hu-
o Saturday and went to her
home at Armour. She attended the
convention of the Lady Maccabees
and was elected to the position Of
state record keeper.
Mail Carrier Bates has taken a lay
off from his duties with the post
Office department. He has been in
poor health for some time and his
physician ordered a change of occu-
patton for him, and for the next six
months he will be engaged in some
thing else. His place is taken by
Charles e. Mason.
A violin and piano recital of the
juvenile class over at Dakota Wes-
leyan Friday afternoon was given in
the chapel, and the dozen little folks
participating showed much clever
ness and ability in their work. They
are making rapid progress in both
departments and they evince much
interest in mastering the piano en-
violin,
Mrs. Jos. vermilyea died Sat
urday at 1915 O'Clock at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
b. Anderson, after an illness of five
or six months. She was sick with
consumption and during all those
months she made a hard struggle for
her existence, and her death is chron-
icled with SORROW.
Theron Fiske, of Sioux Falls, ar
rived in the city Wednesday even
ing and was an overnight guest at
The Widmann. Mr.. Fiske is one of
the leading organizers of the new
farmers movement for the northwest
and he says that he is making good
Roadway in enlisting the farmers OF
the northwest in the movement. The
headquarters of the organization are
in Indiana. He left for other points
in the state this morning.
We received a copy of the Crook
ston, Mimi, Times of March is.
making the announcement of the
birth of twin boys to Mr.. and Mrs
w. f. Gilbert, who We're former res
idents of Mitchell. The Times says:
wv. +. Gilbert, of this city, who is
the manager Of the Red River Val
ley Department of Lund's Land
Agency, is passing around an eXtra
supply OF cigars to all his friends
today and is receiving the heartiest
congratulations from everyone. Yes.
terday the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
bert at 140 Cowing street, was glad.
dened by the arrival of twin boys
Roosevelt has already sent his con
gratulations to the happy parents
who have enrolled their young heirs
OF the waiting list of the Twenty-Five
Thousand club
All records for March weather
were broken Thursday, when the
government thermometer reached
the IS degree mark. Hot? Well, it
was a scorcher and one could reason
ably think they had been suddenly
dropped from the lap of winter into
the middle of the In look
ing over the records of the local bu-
reau, we discovered that in the sew
enteen years of record weather there
has been no day in March that we,
went SO high in temperature, and ii
even outdone any day in the month
of April, with the exception of 1901.
when on the very last day of April
the thermometer went to SO. There
was quite a change in the tempera-
ture this morning, and a range of
"a degrees ensued when the govern
ment instrument registered at ga
degrees. March is freaky, but it was
never known to get such a strong
streak on before.
The News-No Pure Drug Cough
Cure Laws would be needed, if all
Cough Cures were like DR.. Shoon's