The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-31
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

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Miss Mabel Harter, of Elk Point.
arrived In the city and is the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lyon.
Nj. and Mrs. r. E. Gone went
over to Sioux Falls to pass a portion
Of Mr.. Cones summer vacation.
Miss Mary Cook went down to
Armour Saturday and will visit
among friends for a week or ten days.
Mss Blanche Baxter, Of Peoria:
ILL.,, arrived in the city via the
Omaha road to make a visit with
her aunt. Mrs. L. Beckwith.
Will Harker departed Saturday
for Chicago and points in southern
Wisconsin to be gone two or three
weeks on business aud pleasure.
DIR. and Mrs. III. S. Wilkinson
are down at Spirit Lake. Iowa,
where the Methodist church pastor
will spend his summer vacation.
The Mitchell Power Co. Saturday
moved its offices into the room at
the rear of the Cbampeny building,
which affords the company a very
fine place for their business.
Mrs. James Lyons and her sister,
Miss Walsh, OF Chicago. arrived home
Saturday morning from Hot Springs.
Mrs. Lyons has been taking the baths
at the sanitarium for rheumatism
and Is much improved.
The Mt. Vernon News In COM
menting on the dry condition in
Mitchell. says that when parties
from this city are passing through
the town on a freight they roll of
the train and hit the walk for up
town to get something else to drink
aside from Justus beer. The News
thinks that now prohibition prevails
In Mitchell that it has put Mt.
Vernon on the map.
Horace Kress came home Friday
evening from Springfield. but will
return there lust as soon as he a
be relieved OF his duties with Scallin
Bros & 90. Mr.. Kress, with Walter
Latdlaw as a partner. purchased a
drug store at Springfield, of which
they are nov 10. possession. Mr.
Kress is a registered pharmacist and
Is q fine gentlen an Of good business
instincts and W. are quite sure he
will NRet along famously with the
people Of Springfield
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The benefit forthe Woman1's
Library Association given at the
Olympia moving picture show Friday
evening was quite we'll patronized,
and Manager Adams put on a series
of excellent pictures that pleased
the fancy Of The people very much.
The house was filled ut the first two
performances. Miss Bereneice La.
thIop sang the illustrated songs and
her singing vas highly appreciated,
The association cleared up about 1922
Tor Its share OF the evenings busi-
ness.
M residence of Fl. d. Butterfeld
came near going up in flames Sunday
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stove. In some way the tank sprung
. leak while dinner was in process
And caught from the burning stove
and In a moment there uas ii good
blaze started. While Mrs. Butter
field worked ileroicallV Dire alarm
was TUNED In and I j. fSpanRler.
ann George a. Silsny appeared just,
insttlme to aid materially In putting
out the flames. Two gard.n hose
weIesnsed to sut,due the flames and
but for that it Is possible that the
house would lleve been burned. The
fire department started with the
chemical waron but when they cot
wtthln al block of tile residence the
Whifletree broke and the wagon
could be drawn no further. The
damage to the house was slight to
What 1T might have b EN- but for the
tipely aid Of the Messis. Spangltr
and SiiShy.