The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-05-26
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Master. of Olewein, Iowa, are visit
ing with their brother, A. H. Smith,
OF west Second street.
Mrs. Delight Phelps has been Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. John Powers
and left Thursday for Seattle,
Wash. Her home is at Carol, Iowa.
Mrs. C. L.. Downey, who has been
at the home of her son, c. w. Dow
ney, for the past six weeks taking
treatment for rheumatism, returned
to her home at Ashton Thursday
and is cured of the trouble.
A. A. Truax has purchased the liv-
cry barn on the n of third Ave-
nue. east and Lawler street of Smith
& Dawson, with a frontage of III
feet and extending back 100 feet. Mr..
Truax will build a garage on the
corner 50x9O feet two stories high
and basement. The building will be
constructed this year.
c. w. Davis and his daughter, Miss
Sarah Davis, have been in the city
for several days and returned home
to Oshkosh, Wis, Thursday. Mr..
Davis is a member of the firm of
Davis & Daniels Co., and was here on
his annual trip of inspection of the
business. Mr.. Daniels accompanied
the Wisconsin member of the firm
out to Riverside and up to Loomis,
where branch offices of the lumber
business are conducted.
State Game Warden Bancroft, of
Watertown was here Thursday and
had a conference with County War
den Slater over the observance of the
game law in this county. Mr.. Ban
croft is making an automobile tour
of the state looking after the fish
ways and SEEMING. He said it was
the purpose of the department at this
time to put a stop to the seining of
fish, and that he was going to bring
every effort to bear on that one thing.
A. A. Truax, Lloyd Truax, c. G..
and A. E. Eddy returned
from an automobile trip
to Aberdeen in MI. Truax's REQ. The
party left here Thursday at 1880.
o'clock going to Redfeld the same
evening and remaining there over
night. They. went on to Aberdeen in
the moring and started back at
21:45 o'clock yesterday, reaching
Mitchell at 1880 p. M.
Mrs. w. G. Metcalf entertained in
formally a party of fifteen lady
friends Friday in honor of Mrs.
F. H. Mcfarland, a sister of Mr.. Met
calf. Tea was served at 5 o'clock, and
the hostess was assisted by Mrs. w.
NJ. Herbert. The decorations were
sweet peas and daisies. The after
was a very pleasant one to the
guests. Mrs. MacFarland returned
to her home at Chicago this morning.
The big delegation of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs and the Odd Fellows
band returned at midnight Thursday
from Yankton, where they had
put in the day at the grand lodge ses-
sion. They reported having a fine
time and were we'll entertained by
the Yankton people. The Odd Fellows
had the only band in Yankton that
day and the boys were used to lead
the parade of over a thousand men
and women, taken to the ball park
play for the game between Yank-
and Vermillion colleges and play
ed for several other affairs. The pa
rade would have been rather slow
without Mitchell's band.
Agent Paige, of the Wells Fargo
Co., found a roll Of bills containing
$50 on the street Thursday which was
lost by a Syrian woman who peddles
goods owe the country. The Syrian
was frantic on the discovery that she
had lost the money. 1t was after din
ner that Mr.. Paige discovered who
the unfortunate person was and re-
her the money, while she ex-
pressed her thanks in the most vol
uble of Syrian language. The woman
said she carried the money in her
stocking, and that it got out through
a hole, which she had failed to mend.
There is nc doubt but the woman will
keep up her darning in the future.
Messrs. S. G. Furlow, John E. Nc
Govern and E. E. Bratager. Of Roch-
ester, Mimi, members Of the board
of education of that city, arrived in
Mitchell Saturday to look over
the new high school building. They