The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-04

For Sale-A good gasoline en-
CINE in good condition. Fred Wede-
hase.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kat
zenberg. north Rowley street, Tues
day, Feb. ., a daughter.
The Methodist church board has
not as yet decided upon a pastor for
the church. There are two ministers
under consideration, both of whom
live in Indiana.
Mrs. Paul Brown, who has been
visiting the past week at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Lachlan MacLean
on Fourth Avenue east, returned to
her home at Doland Monday evening.
w. c. Metcalf a special
sale of blue and black suits, and he
has cut the prices on them 25 per
cent, which will make a good bar
gain for any Individual needing a
suit.
The little daughter of Policeman
Cunningham is quite i'll with tuber-
c%ulosis. She has been sick about
three weeks with the disease, and
her condition is so very bad that it is
thought she will not live through the
night.
Charles Swift arrived in the city
Tuesday evening from a trip down
into Illinois. Mr.. Swift and wife will
move to Mitchell from their farm
near Farwell about March 1, having
rented the farm. They own the Bras
! property on Sixth Avenue east.
Rev. Frank Fox, of Sioux Falls,
and Rev. w. T. Dawson, of Armour,
who were here to assist in the dedi-
cation of the Congregational church
Sunday returned to their homes
Monday. Both pastors are having
new churches constructed and ex-
pect to have the dedication within a
few months.
Aldermen Kelley and McDougall
called at the Haxton home on the
south side today and made some in
vesttgation concerning the needs Of
the family. Mr.. Kelley said they
found that the people were getting
along very nicely and that their
wants were being provided for by
the county commissioners under the
direction of Chairman Nash, and that
there was no occasion for the city
Offering any aid.
In the course of W. or three days
the Dakota Central Telephone Co.
will issue Its new subscribers book
which is being printed by The Repub-
lican. There are nearly 900 sub
scribers to the telephone system and
records a great growth in the bust
ness since 1t vas started here by
Fred Elce some nine or ten years
ago. Aside from the name and num-
her of the subscriber the residence
address is also given and it is nearly
as good as a directory. The new
book will be ready for distribution
in a few days.
Quite a few of the young lady and
gentlemen friends Of Truman Wells
took occasion to celebrate his twenty
first birthday Saturday evening, and
they did it in a unique manner. A
couple of his gentlemen friends ap.
peared at the Davis cigar store and
invited him up to lunch at the Wash
ington Cafe, end on arriving there
the group Of friends was assembled
around the tables which had been sci
for the delicious supper that was
served. The young nan was very
kindly remembered by his friends in
the way of several presents.
Roy Hackett is carrying around 6
mighty sore face, resulting from hav
ing it scalded with hot water anC
steam Monday afternoon. He was
driving his automobile in the countr,
when something appeared to b.
wrong with the steaming apparatus
He unscrewed the cap from that por
ton of the machine when out gush
ed a stream of hot water and steam
t and covering his face completely
I Fortunately but little Of either go
into his eyes and they are not in
t jured to any extent. He hurried
back to town and received medica
: treatment at once.
L. o. Larson, editor Of the Letche
Chronicle was in the city Monday. H
is the proprietor of the paper tina
was burned at Letcher Friday, hi
f outfit being a complete loss, Mr.. Lar
son was running off the edition whe:
the fire was discovered between tn
s walls it having caught from the 500
e in the chimney lue. 1t had bee
] burning some little time before
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