The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-22
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAI HAPPEN
In THE. COURSE OF A WEEK

III. z. Roberts was visiting friends
il the city ever Sunday.
j. j. Lahey left Saturday evening
for Chicago, via Tie Omaha road for
Il vacation trip OF TWO weeks.
For fire and tornado insurance see
w. e. Rathbun, agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Donaldson, 9O9
Fifth Avenue East, are entertaining
Miss Pearle Joiner from their former
home at Polo, Illinois.
The Misses Craig, who have been
visiting with their sisters, Mrs. j.. o.
Walrath and Hiss Craig, returned to
their home at Milton Junction, Wis,
Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Kjelmyr arrived
in the city Sunday from their claim
near Belle Fourche and will Visit
with friends for several weeks. They
expect to prove up on their claim the
latter part of August.
Capt. Mark w. Larkins, of Chica-
go, is the guest OF his cousin, Lewis
e. kilmer, at S04 Fifth Avenue east,
for a few days. He is connected with
the probate judges Office of Cook
%ccunty and is out here looking up
lAe heirs OF tie Drew estate and goes
from hers to Pierre.
The ladies in charge of the Tag
Day benefit Ior St. Joseph's hospital
informed the Republican today that
after receiving reports from all part
les who were selling tags that the re-
ceipts amounted to $215 a sum which
was very gratifying to them. Mother
Joseph and the sisters in charge of
the hopsital desire to thank all per-
sons who We're assisting in, the sale
OF tags and i'll any other capacity.
The open-air meeting of the
churches of the city was we'll attend
ed Sunday night, the crowd filling the
four of h eyblock and extend
ing into the street. The singing was
inspiring in the open ali and q SPLEEN
did sermon was delivered by Rev. E.
NJ. LETTERS. pastor of the Baptist
church. These meetings are quite
popular with the public and many
people are reached in this way VINO
would not otherwise hear a sermon.
Pukwana Press-Reporter: j. S.
|Sanborn, accompanied by l.. C. An
dera and Chas. Hymers went to
Mitchell Wednesday to take in the
race tournament. Jim drove his big
forty horse Jackson with the inten-
ton OF making a cleaning in some Of
so much mud on the way hat they
were late in arriving at Mitchell and
most of the races were over. How
ever, we understand he entered the
last me-, and won it easily.
John Davis of Milwaukee drank a
little too much of the beverage that
made his city famous and was given
a fine of IS or 4 days, in police court
Monday d. m. Michael Ryan met an
! old friend Saturday and just to cele-
brate the occasion got drunk. Judge
Markham gave him the pleasure OF
paying SIS or working on the streets
of the city IL days. John McCabe
drank two beers, or probably two
beers too many, and was given SIS or
4 days. John Woods had a plain or
dinary drunk and was given the same
sentence. Robert Ford, colored, was
caught by the chief of police Satur-
day afternoon rolling a cigarette and
was fined $40 or 5 days under the
new state law. Three harvest
hands" were in the tolls of the law
but the court allowed them to go up
on their promise to shake the dust
of Mitchell from their feet Immediate
lily.
Saturday the county officials got in
ltouch with an individual who hardly
seemed to appreciate any favor tha'
was done in his behalf. On that day
la rather elderly man, who gave his
name as William Collins, applied tc
the commissioners for money to pay
his fare to Mason City, Iowa, where
he claimed to have friends who woule
take care of him as he was entirely
destitute. Collins was sent to R. q
Warne, the county physician, who ex
s amined him. After the examination
I was over some time during the day
I Saturday, Collins returned to the OF
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