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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-14
The WIRELESS TELEPHONE
Telephone Wire Breaks in %Snowbanl
and Sound Passes Through 40
Feet of Snow.

Bad River News, Philip: Talk
about your wireless telegraphy. we
had a wireless telephone right here
in Milesville last week for a couple
of days. During the snow storm Of
last week the telephone Wire broke
a short distance south of j.. l.. Hugs
residence. A party passing along the
road came in and informed us that
the wire was broken but as we were
talking with Topbar, eight miles be-
You'd the break, at the time. we
thought probably the wire had be-
can'c looscned and only sagged to the
ground but investigation on the fol-
loving day revealed that indeed the
wire was broken and that the two
ends We're about forty feet apart,
each imbedded in a snow bank. Dur
ing the interval communication was
had with Philip and other points
along the line and the circuit was as
perfect as ever, one party using the
long distance to Rapid City. The
voices passed through forty feet of
snow and came out at the other end
without even indications of a bad
cold. We didn't want a wireless tel
ephone on our hands so we went out
to repair the break. AS the broken
ends would not come together we
tied them to ]. l.. HUGS wire fence,
several feet apart, and have been
talking through the fence this week.
We expect ]. l.. will be charging the
company up for the use of his fence
as a talking machine.
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higher branches of business. He came
to us in the spring of 1882 as the
Junior member of the firm of Knowl-
on & Radcliff, dealer in agricultural
implements. The senior member of
firm retiring, he was succeeded by
Geo. t. Beckman, the new firm add
ing real estate, loans and insurance
to the original business until the re-
tirement and removal of Mr.. Black
man to Sioux Falls. Mr.. Radcliff sell
ing his machinery branch of the work
and continuing with mario! success
in the other line of business before
mentioned. But success had not come
like a gift, it had been won Ivy years
of patient toll, by close personal at
tention to business. His judgment of
business possibilities and probabilities
were remarkable. While others dimly
scanned the future in doubt and hest
fancy, he with almost a prophetic Wis
ion of what South Dakota might be,
safely took chances and won. But he
was to gain still more laurels in the
financial world. On the 9th day of
January, 1900, in company with two
other gentlemen of tried ability, he
started the Peoples Bank of Howard
Success has been with this institution
from the start. Adopting safe and
: conservative business methods this
house has justly gained the reputa-
tion of being one of the most solid
the middle west. But not alone in the
business world but in the home cir
Gle as we'll, Mr.. Radcliff had shown
exceptional qualities. He was united
in marriage with Miss Lizzie Barker
in the fall of 1883. Eight children
were born to this family, one, little
Helen, having passed away in early
girlhood. The certain sign of grief
represt, yet sadly visible too deep
for outward show, yet as lasting as
life, speaks of love. respect and e v
erence held by this bereaved family
toward the husband and father,
! gone from their sight, but aver pre-
sent as a pleasing memory of his
care and love and sacrifice. The fun
eral occurred Monday afternoon at
the residence the Masonic order of
which the deceased was a member
taking charge, Rev. Hartman Off
eating at the house, Postmaster L.
]. Walker at the cemetery (Grace-
)land)-The Odd Fellows, the Knight
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Deatl, OF Theodore RadcliG.

Howard Spirit of Dakota: Died at
his home in this city January 1, 1909,
Mr.. Theodore H. Radclif. Mr.. Rad
cliff was born in the state of Ohio,
January II. 1853. Swept westward
by the tide of emigration, the stay
of the family in the Buckeye state
was brief, the new home being ear
Rockford, Illinois. He vas a student
from childhood and thereby received
a high school and! commercial educa-
ton which fitted him for any of the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-14
FOR THE DUMB ANIMALS
What the Statutes of the State Re-
quire a Person to do in the Carr.
Of Dumb Animals.

This cold winter weather suggests
the possible neglect of dumb ami
mails, and at the request of the w.
@. T. U. We publish the following
two sections relating to the inhuman
treatment tot the animals:
Paragraph 6ss5, Compiled Laws
Of South Dakota says: Every per-
son who maliciously kills, mains or
wounds any animal, the property Of
another, or who maliciously and
cruelty beats. tortures or INJURIES any
animal, whether belonging to him
self or another. is guilty Of q misde-
meanor."
Paragraph 1856. Compiled laws of
South Dakota says: Every person
Who shall. wilfully or negligently mall
treat or abuse any domestic animal
by exposure to heat or cold, or by
deprivation Of food or water. or by
leaving hitched IN the open air dur
ing cold weather or storm, or in the
night time shall. upon conviction. be
fined no exceeding twenty-five dol
lars. Any omcer finding. an animal
% maltreated or abused. shall cause
the same to be taken caro- OF. and
the charge thereof shall be a lien ur-
on said animal to be collected there
or as upon Il pledge"
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A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
Friends of Milo Kern and Wife Sur.
priscd Them OH Their Twenty
fifth Anniversary.

While Milo Kern and wife, who
live down in southeastern Lisbon
township, were sitting by their fire
side on Thursday evening of last
week, Eliminating, perhaps, over the
events of which had transpired
since they were married twenty-five
years before, there were a knock at
the door and when Mr.. Kern opened
the door he was confronted by a
large number of his neighbors, who
had previously arranged to surprise
this worthy couple on their quarter
of a century anniversary. The roads
were drifted so badly and the wealth
er so cold that many of the old
friends and neighbors were unable
to get to the scene of happiness, but
those who did brave the elements
were amply repaid for their efforts.
There We're many things to enter
tain-music, games, ETC., held forth
for a while and then the folks fell
to discussing things that had hap
pened during their married life and
when they first came to the then
territory. A bountiful supper was
served by the friends who came we'll
provided. and it was thoroughly en-
joyed. At 2 o'clock the guests took
their departure. after extending to
Mr.. and Mrs. Kern happy wishes for
future years. .
They have sold their farm in Lis
bon township and expect to move to
Mitchell in the spring. Their abb
sence from their old home will be
felt very much by the neighbors, and
wherever they go our good wishes
will follow them
will follow them. 80.
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Real Estate Transfers Of the
Past, Week.

lSeNI 1LSttlec 1FUAlSlcES IA NliS
Past Week.
Frank Weller to Oscar e. and
Albert G. Alsene, sE n
sec. II, twp. 1O2. r. CO.'S z:
G. w. Davis to j. S. Daniels,
lots 5 and 6, block AZ, G.
& G. Add, Mitchell, $50. 1;
Clark NJ. Peck to Ada l..
Warne, lot 6, block "a,
LAWYERS Add. MITCHELL. q
w. D. Waterman to Anna M.
Harker, lot II, block 4.
Wilkinson's Add, Mitchell
F. F. Kitterman to Anna NJ.
Harker, lots 1, 2 and 8,
block so, G. & G. Add. and
lots II, 10. and IS, block
IS, block z, Applegates'
Add. Michel ....,..... q
G. j., Bliss to F. L. Meyer,
X of lots 8, 9, and 10, blk.
q, Applegate's Add. Mitchell
r. L. Meyer to Isaac Spears,
y of lots 8, 8, and 10, blk.
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OBITUARY

Helen M. Mason was born in New
ark, Kendall county, Illinois, June
90, 1883, where she resided until
March s, 1888, when she was mar
ried to Albert Needham. After this
union they made their home in
Mitchell. Mrs. Needham's mother
died in 1874 and her father in 1885,
and her late husband in 1896. Thus
for the last IL years She has borne
her sorrows alone. She leaves to
mourn her death two nephews and
M niece, F. Mason, of Marseilles,
ILL.,, l.. Mason, of Yorkville, Ill.,, and
Mrs. Laura Winning, of Modesto,
CAL, and n cousin, Mrs. j. A.
LaBrant Of Spencer, la. who with her
husband, has been a constant attend
ant at her bedside during her last
sickness. Mrs. Needham has been a
great sufferer for the last three
months, but bore her suffering with
marked patience and christian for
titude, and on Dec. 81, at Z p. M.
her spirit quietly took it's flight
where the wicked cease from troub-
ling and the weary are at rest. The
funeral was held at her late resi-
residence, 5O4 First Avenue east,
Dec. 80, 1908, at 1890 a. M, con-
Quoted by her pastor, Rev. A. Craig
Bowdish, of the Congregational
church. Interment was made in
Graceland cemetery by the side of
her husband. go
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Pythias and the Woodman

of Pythias and the Woodman, of
which orders Mr.. Radcliff was also
a member, took part in the process
ion. Masonic members from Madison,
Salem, Carthage and Canova We're
present, the Madison brethren, fifty
in number, coming by special train.
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6, Applegate's Add. Mitch
G.. E. Reeves to Isaac Spears,
Y of lots s, 8, and 10, blk.
G., Applegate's Add. Mitch
ell
Robert ]. Gamble ct al to w.
w. Nelson, lots 4, 5, and 6,
block 2, Greene's Add,
Mitchell ...............
w. w. Nelson to j. T. Nor
row, lots A, 5, and 6, block
2, Greene's Add, Mitchell
Chas. Swenson to d. r. Nib
10, S. r. "A, sec. 6, twp. 103
range 62...............
Stephen E. Scallin to VIM. e.
Fonken, lots IS and 16 blk.
1O1, LAWYERS Add, Mitch
ell
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Important Letter.

We deem 1t of imperative import
ance that we should adopt a CASH
BASIS in the operation of our bust
ness, and propose to do so from
January 1, 1910.
We expect to do this in the belief
that the benefit to all concerned
will be mutual.
We also offer a cash discount of 6
per cent to all who will settle their
accounts with us before Dece mber
10, 1909.
We appreciate the kindness of all
our customers and hope to have the
opportunity of explaining our new
method to all of them.
II. d. BoURLAND.
r. e. MOORE.
The bee., 1909-11-25
MINING NOTES.
J. B. WYATT
Foreman Of Heela Nine.

Mr.. j. b. Wyatt, foreman of
the Hecla mines, was born in
Hopkins county Jan. 6, 1857,
near this city, and has been a
valuable employee of the st.
Bernard Mining Co. for nearly
40 years and has step by step by
industry gained the confidence
of his employers and has had
charge of the Hecla mines for Is
months. he passed a credible
examination. Mr.. Wyatt is a
member of the Christian church
and stands high in the Golden
Gross lodge and other secret or
carnations. He is a fine gentle
man and valuable citizen.
The bee., 1909-11-25
.coLoRep COLUMN.
5. r. DRfvsR. EDITOR

Rev\P. W. Garrett held usual
services at the G. NJ. Il. Church.
Epworth League was re-orgsnizsd
aud the officers elected for the en-
suing year
The banquet given by the Baptist
church on Saturday was quite u
financial success. All the perform
ers did well. Mrs. Lille Slaughter,
as linguist and star performer,
covered herself with Imperishable
glory and we will be glad to hear
them all again.
Rev. r H. Hall visited the editor
on Sunday.
The Household of Ruth, Odd Fell
lows and U. b. f. visited the editor
during his recent attack of pneu-
monia; also person wi o were not
members. for which he is very
thankful. He Is improving and
hopes to be out in few days.
solomon Andrews is very sick at
this writing.
John Leach 10 very sick at this
writing With pneumonia
viii Campbell is very sick at this
writing.
Mrs. Ella Williams, of Hender-
son, was called to the bedside of tn 9
editor.
Mrs. Sallie Waters, of Evansville
as visiting her daughter, Mrs. KOxey
RadfOrd.
The stork left q fine boy at the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walker
Stoner. Mother and child both do
ing well.
I The Lending Hand Embroidery
Club Will meet with Mrs. William
McGarY on the first Friday. AL
members are asked to be present.
Mrs. Lou Anderson, of St. Louis
who has been visiting her father
Joe Holland, returned home Satur
day.
Will Palmer, of Henderson, made
a flying trip to Darlington Sunday
The revival in Hecla closed will
4S candidates for the church. Col
lection during the meeting wa
$4S.4S. Well done, Pleasant Green
may the banner be carried to the
forefront.
Rev. G. Fortune, pastor of the A
M. e. Zion church, preached ;
soul-stirring sermon Sunday morn
ing.
The bee., 1909-11-25
HAPPY WONEk
Plenty Of Them in Darlington, and
Good Rea son for it.

Wouldn't any woman be llappy,
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery. nights of unrest,
The distress of uniary troubles,
She finds relief and cure2
No reason why any Darlington
reader.
Shoald suffer IN the face of evil
dence like this:
Mrs. Francis Rutherford, Earling
ton, KY, says: "For over three
years suffered from weak kidneys
and dull pains through the small of
my back and whenever L did any
work that required lifting, sharp,
shooting twinges passed through my
loins, My back ached at night and
when arose in the morning, l was
very stiff and lame. generally felt
dull and languid and was also both
cred by feeling of nervousness.
Headaches were frequent and bad
dizzy spells, during which there was
blurring of my eyesight. The kid
ney secretions were very unnatural
aud passed too frequently. When
ever caught cold 1t settled on my
kidneys and at such times my suf-
fering was aggravated. Learning OF
Doan's Kidney Pills, L procured a
box and received relief in a short
time after mmencing their use
l continued taking them until / had
finished the contents Of two boxes
at which time / was completely
cured
For sale by all dealers. Price Sc
cents. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan s.
and take no other.
The bee., 1909-11-25

Preparations have been nearly
completed for the beginning OF
the million doller poster cam.
paign against tuberculosis which
will he carried on jointly by the
National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuber.
culosis, the Associated Bill
Posters and Distributors Of
America aud the Poster Printers
Association of the United States
The campaign is an outcome Of
the last convention of the Bill
Posters, at which time a resolu
tion was adopted granting free
of charge to the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Pre-.
vention of Tuberculosis space on
all the billboards controlled by
this organization, located in
3,400 towns and villages of the
country. The National Associa
ton was at once confronted with
difficulty Of accepting the gener'
GUS gift of the Bill Posters, be.
cause OF the lack Of funds to
carry ont the programme pro-
posed. The Poster Printers Of
Tered to print all of the posters
free Of charge, but the problem
Of paper was such a large one,
involving 90 many thousand dol
The bee., 1909-11-25

LO cOmOtiUe Blasts.
Continued from pare u

Hugh Blair, who has been an
employee Of the shops here for
years. is now with the trans
portation as fireman between
this city and Nashville.
Ilcv Lane has secured a POSI-
ton as fireman of one of the
engines of the Walsh Oonstruc
tion Company and is now located
near jacksonville.
Clyde Hays, the young man
who got hurt at Guthrie o weeks
ago, is now able to be up and
spent Sunday at his home in De-
poy.
Engineer Porter, of the South
end, are off for several days on q
hunting trip. Conductor @. p.
Doris Is In charge Of Asby's run
The many friends of L. II,
IO'Brien, who has been in bad
health, are glad he is improving
slowly.
Dispatcher w. K. Martin was
off one day this week. He wal
relieved by Dispatcher butcher
son.
Roy Foard, yard clerk, is of
on a vacation. Fl. w. Foard i
filling his place.
VIM. Deveny spent Saturda!
with relatives in Evansville
Ind.
Ed McCarty is calling days
and Tim Grace at nights.
The bee., 1909-11-25

Magyar Chapter, No. 10. o. p. g.
held a chapter 81 sorrow at the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
All the preachers present and an
churches were represented.
Stephen Winters, who has been
away for several years, Is visiting
friends here. lie has been in II. r.
service. He will be stationed at
New York City when he returnes.
Mrs. Eddie aud little Charlotte
Hines visited Atkinson College
Saturday.
Mrs. PearIie Childress was 10
MadisouvIile shopping Saturday.
A goodlv number of people went
from here to Hopkinsville Monday
to hear Prof. Booker T. Washington
SPEAK. 80
w. NJ. Sues IL very sick at the
present writing. We all hope he
will soon recover.
Don't forget the suppers at the
various churches and be sure to
The bee., 1909-11-25

BaIboads Will Teach Prevention OfTuDercsiOsis.

lars, that the National Associa-
tiou WAS Obliged to appeal to pa
per manufacturefs in all parts Of
the United States As a result
of these requests sufficient paper
has been received to start print.
ing $4,000 posters. The sketches
for the designs have also been
solicited from prominent artists
In aud around New York City.
Through the generosity of
these different groups, the Ma.
tional Association is able to in
augurate lone of the largest bill
posting campaigns ever under
taken by a philanthropio organ
ization. II sufficient paper ID
procured, a million posters will
be pasted on billboards in every
state in the Union.
The posters will be Q feet long
and z feet wide, and will be
printed in several colors. The
posters are designed to show
graphically how consumption
can be- cured and prevented
They will be distributed through
the local and state anti-tubercu
iosis associations and through in
dividuals interested in the cru
SADIE against this disease in al
parts Of the United States.
The bee., 1909-11-25
800 Reward 800.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 20
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 in allt stages
and that is Catarrh, Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known TO the medical fra.
ssrnity catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires constitutional treatment Halps Ca.
tauh Cure is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system
thereby destroying the foundation Of the disease
and giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in It's
curative powers that they offer one Hundred
Dollars iar any case that il fails 70 cure, Send
Tor list Of testimonials
Adress' r, J. Cheney Co., Toledo Ohio
Sold BY druggists, 75c,
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
The bee., 1909-11-25
Rsrulstisn in coksnstins

In Mines and Minerals for
November Mr.. John Fulton, the
eminent authority on coke, gives
u technical description of the
Mitchell patent coke oven and
Mitchell patent mechanical APP
pliances for levelins coal and
sprinkling, drawing and loading
coke, the first general description
of the oven and appliances hav-
ing been printed in the Manu-
facturers' Record several weeks
since. in connection with an.
houncement of the formation of
the Mitchell Coke Co. to operate
in the newly-opened Elkhorn
coking coal fields of Eastern
Kentucky, and readers of the
Manufacturers Record will
doubtless be interested IN look
ing up Mr.. Fulton's very impor,
tant articles on these revolutions
airy processes in the making Of
coke.
Mr.. Fulton's traces the various
attempts that have been made Il
improve on the old beehive type
of oven and to replace with
machinery the customary man
killing hand labor in the drawing
Of coke. Not till Mr.. Thomas j
Mitchell, manager for 80 year.
Of the w. j. Ralney Councils
vile coking interests, perfected
his longitudinal oven, with door
opening on each end, and made
an application of electrically
driven machinery to the variou
steps in cokemaking and delIv
cry, was the problem solved
With the Mitchell improvement
charge of five and one-hslf ton
of coke may be drawn loaded OF
the Car for shipment in one ant
half minutes. Several hundred
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Reward FOR strAyed Calf

Stryed one spotted heiter calf, red
and white, no ear marks, five or six
months old. Large for age, followed
COW away Sunday, COW found on
Dawr., Springs rood two miles
from darlington. Suitable reward
for information leading to recovery.
A. f. JosLEYN,
Darlington, Ky o.
The bee., 1909-11-25
The Nortnweat passaae. {

A favorite project with PeY
Great of Russia was to find out ~ L.
united with America at the northwe}
Unable 90 accomplish this during y,
lifetime, he left instructions. fnatntt
~ executed by Empress Gathers.
who fitted out an expedition for y.
purpose and tntFusted It 70 Capt y
tus Behring, a Danish navigator IN
Russian service. He discovered
ing strait in 1928. <lkx|.
The bee., 1909-11-25
usIna What She learned.

Little Mabel had spent the after
noon at her fathers business ONCE.
where the telephones were kept pretty
busy. That night as she went to bed
she surprised heF mother BY closing
bar prayers With "Amen. Good-by.
Ring 0Rls.s'Dostpu Transcript. o
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OUR
THANKSGIVING
0 F T { R | N G S

You would Lave cause to be
thankful if you would come in and
select some of our many offerings
that we would be delighted to show
you. Mems, Boys, and Childrens
Suits and Overcoats, Ladies' Coat
Suits, Coats and Skirts, and Misses
and Childrens' Wraps, Shoes for
Men, Women and Children, Mems
Hats, Caps and Gloves, and Shirts
of all kinds. Druggets, Rugs,
Mattings, Linoleums, Oil Cloth,
Blankets, Comforts, in fact com
Plete assortment of all seasonable
goods.
The bee., 1909-11-25
A WORD TO THE LADIES

Come in and let us
show you some of the
latest creations in long ef-
feet American Beauty
Corsets.
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A Poor Way to Get Them.

Health and experience are two
things that never do people much
Ecod when they are taken b. proI
The bee., 1909-11-25

Elln Hayes, 81 IVAN
been Wishing her dams
Estella Foard She hea fet''
home and carried Ma IoafN M.
her. where she Wiilytf tntI' = ~
Fred Felps ha rettfNed 70 ~
city aud SHAH STAY for Ise " p'o''
The bee., 1909-11-25

Of the Mitchell ovens are now in
operation in the Conceivable
field. and in actual practice the
ovens are drawn and recharged
in from three to six minutes per
oven, One man or boy can
operate the ram or drawing
machine, which pushes the en-
tire oven charge on to the con.
veyor, where it is broken suf.
ficiently for commercial use and
dropped into the railroad car,
and one operator can easily draw
and load 100 ovens a day. With
the ordinary beehive oven it
takes two and one-half to four
hours for a man to draw one
oven, while another is required
to shovel the coke into the car,
so that four ovens a day is the
maximum amount two men can
handle.
The full significance of this
revolution in cokemaking has
not yet been fully appreciated,
even by cokemakers themselves.
The bee., 1909-11-25

Yucatsn's Chief INDUSTRY
Fully so per cent. OF the iuconf
Yucatau rs derived from sisal hpJ
The bee., 1909-11-25

The Kniokerbocker breaker,
owned by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company,
at YatesvIlle, Pa, was burned
Saturday. The collier employed
about $500 men anu boys. The
loss Is estimated at 100000.
Passengers on the through
night trains are amazed by the
bright and brilliant light made
by the large number of coke
ovens north of our city.
Coal business is picking up.
The demand for cars are coming
in thick and the prospects for a
steady run this winter is very
bright indeed.
Thos. o. Long left Monday
for Henderson, from where he
will inspect the mines on the
/. O. r. r. east of that city.
Chas. Curtis, stock buyer fol
the st. Bernard Mining Co., 10.
Gated in Hopkinsville, was IL
| the city Monday.
Geo. w. Wilson, of Hopkins
, vile, was in the city Saturday
He was formerly a mine guarC
at st. Charles.
Ed Austin, of Central City
formerly & miner Of this city, il
visiting in the city this week.