The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-18
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

= A. W.. Gaines departed Tuesday
!. for Fayette, Iowa, to attend the
. funeral of his niece, Miss Blanch Ed
dleman.
Do you want a Hoosier kitchen
cabinet free? See johnson Bros.
Furniture Co.. or read their adver-
tisement.
Mr. and Mrs. A. y. jerks INC chill
dren Went to Winthrop, Iowa, Tues
!, day to visit relatives until after
, the holidays.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Trevithick, of
Hartford, arrived in the city Tuesday
morning and Mrs. Trevithick, who is
a sister of DR.. H. S. Wilkinson, was
taken to ST. Joseph's hospital.
The old soldiers and the Woman's
Relief Corps are preparing for Il ser
les of entertainments during he
winter and the old soldiers expect to
get the first one started at All early
day.
c. A. Lee and family arrived in the
city Monday afternoon from north
eastern Kansas, and expects to make
his home here until spring, when he
will rent a farm some place in the
county.
MIR. and Mrs. p. w. Edwards, of
Los Angeles, Cal, arrived to visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Harris. They
have been visiting at Albert Lee,
Mimi. and are on their way to their
California home.
George Carton came down from
Redfield Tuesday to visit among
his numerous friends for a short
time. Mr.. Carton was formerly en-
gagged in the laundry business in this
city and is following the same thing
at Redfeld.
z. w. Hobson is arranging to give
a sacred concert in the Methodist
church Sunday evening. He has a
specially selected chorus of 25 voices
and he has arranged a program that
is made up of some especially fine
music. The entire evening will be
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very cordially invited to attend.
What do you think of a slight
rainfall on the 18th and 10th of Dec
ember? That's what happened in
Mitchell early Tuesday evening and
Wednesday. The real winter weather
is holding off in fine shape,
and it is likely that December will
not yield anything very bad, al
though snow is predicted for tonight
and tomorrow. Three inches of
snow fell in Aberdeen this morning.
Tuesday evening at the Congregat-
ional parsonage, c. Wellington
Church and Gertrude Kruse were
married, the ceremony being per
formed by Rev. A. Craig Bowdish.
The bride has just proved up on a
claim near Murdo and the groom has
one on which he lived the full five
year period. Mr.. Church has a
brother in the city who works in c.
V. Priests barber shop.
Miss Lillian Bras was the winner
in district No. 6 of the Sioux City
Journal contest, which closed Satur-
day night and the decisions We're
announced in each district in Tues
day mornings Journal. Miss Bras
received 1,44O,77O votes, and her
next nearest competitor was some
100000 votes behind her. AS a re-
ward for her efforts and those of
her friends who did some valiant
work for the young ady, she Will re
ceive as a present a fine piano cost
ing $500.
A stranger stepped into the West
Tuesday night and Wednesday tool
asked to have 100 pennies converted
into silver. When Assistant Cashier
Vickers unwrapped the pennies and
investigated them later he saw that
they had beer badly damaged and
had the appearance of having been
in a safe blowing operation, for they
were bent and marked with powder.
He did not get a good look at the
party as there were several men at
the window when he called for the
Exchange.
Charles G.. Woods has disposed of
his entire stock of shoes to the Hath
away Shoe Co. in order that he might
have room for his larger stock of
clothing. In order to do this Mr..
Of Woods said that he had to make a
4 great sacrifice on his shoes, but he
felt he needed the room for his cloth
"a ing department. The Hathaway COM
q. pany will start a sale on these shoes
Saturday morning. and thew v,,, no