The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-01
r. F. Bauer of Rapid City spent the
day in the city on business.

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>, Mrs. Elton Mckinley came home
Tuesday from her trip out to the
Black Hills country.
f. c. Drake has commenced the
erection of a fine residence on Fourth
! Avenue east, having started excavat.
ing Monday.
Judge Smith has been HOLDING
court out to Chamberlain for sew.
eral days and returned home Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. w. A. Blynn is reported as
improving slowly and was able to
sit up Monday. She expects to be
taken home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Hamilton de-
parted Tuesday for Omaha to
remain a short time. Mr.. Hamilton is
the representative of the Pittsburg
Plate Glass Co.
Frank Williams and Charlie Ray
mond are experimenting a force of
fifteen men at the driving park
grounds, who are getting the race
track in condition for the horse races
and the automobile events, which
will be pulled off in two weeks time.
Mrs. j. Grace, and Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Mendinghall arrived home Tuesday
from Buffalo county, where they
have been visiting With relatives for
a couple of weeks. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mendinghall are now living at Kinks
Vile, Mo-, where he is taking a course
in the osteopath college.
While Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Smith
were in Sabula, Iowa, from which
place they have just returned, they
attended the wedding of Miss Minnie
Wuff and James o. Gage, a nephew
of Mrs. Smith, and which occurred
June %. Mr.. Gage formerly lived at
Bridgewater. and is we'll known in
Mitchell.
DR.. and Mrs. j. o. Dobson and the
children and Miss Roxena Butter
field departed Tuesday via the
Milwaukee road for the Black Hills
country to remain several weeks.
They will occupy the cottage Of
Congressman Martin in the canon
district, and anticipate a very en-
joyable outing.
Henry Stella. was taken before u,
S. Commissioner Drake Tuesday
where he took the poor debtors oath
and was released. He was the last Of
the local offenders to be confined here
on the charge of bootlegging and
served altogether 80 days, 60 of
which were for his sentence and 80
in lieu of his fine of 500.
Mrs. Robert Ward returned Tues
day morning from Missoula, Montana
here she and Mr.. Ward have been WIS.,
iting the past three weeks at the home
of Captain Prescott, a former Mitchell
resident. Bobby caugLl a big string
of trout in some of the mountain
streams and will have a new bunch Of
fish stories when he gets back. Mr..
Ward went on to Chicago from St.
Paul and will return in a few days.
The local lawn tennis tournament
started Tuesday evening on the courts
Of the Crescent Tennis club, on
Fourth Avenue east. Most all of the
matches were close and played with
science and skill. A Nolt defeated
Cone, 6-3, GO. Scallin defeated Mich
els, O-6, 6-1, Us. In this match
Michels had Scallin Al, when the
latter pulled out of a deep hole and
| won the match, Branson and Smith
had a hard fight in their match, par
ticularly in the first set, which Bran
son won. The second set went to
Branson 81. Wells and Freyberg
fought out a deuce set in rs which
Wells won and the second set was
GO, which went to Wells. The play
will be continued this evening and
every evening until the tournament
is worked OF.
Tuesday evening Miss Dora But
Ter presented her pupil. Miss Her.
menia Reihsen, in an interesting
piano recital. In spite Of the very
warm evening Miss Reihsen render
ed the numbers with much enthu-
! siasm and spirit. The program began
! with a Fantasia from the c sharp
minor sonata by Mozart, arranged
for two pianos. Miss Reihsen pos
sesses a splendid technique, a rich
and sympathetic tone and plays with
mueh oaae and grace. Deserving Of