The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
w. e. Lott arrived Thursday morn
ing from an absence of six weeks at
Brainard and other points in Minre-

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are visiting at the home Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Vented. Mrs. House is a sister OF
Mr.. Vented.
Mr.. II Mrs. e. j. Moenck have
been visiting at Glenheulah, Wis,
for some little time and have return
ed home. They report as early sea-
son in hal section.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Berry and chill
dren departed Thursday for their
future home at Joplin, Mo-, where
Mr.. Berry will be engaged in the real
estate business, associated with
Messrs. Waterbury and klousia.
Burton e. Tanner, who is holding
a good position in the city schools
of Sioux Falls, was mere Thursday
Mr.. Tanner said that ne had Deen re-
elected for another year and that an
increase Of 5000 in salary went along
with the election.
Mr.. Rasmus Anderson of Lake
Preston, and Elinor Lowell of Mill
town We're married Thursday morn
ing at the Congregational parsonage
by Rev. A. Craig Bowdish. Mr.. and
Mrs. Anderson will make their future
home at Lake Preston.
At the G. Il. convention held in
Canistota and which closed on Thurs
day evening last, DR.. T. j. M~acmurray
delivered an address on The Need
of More Religious Educatien,' this
subject having been assigned him by
the committee of management.
The east side bridge whist club was
entertained at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Ray Smith Wednesday evening
with four tables engaged in play, and
the evening was pleasantly passed by
the guests. The head prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Oney Sweet and Vir-
gil Boyles and the consultations went
to Mrs. G. w. Downey and G.. F.
Kleineau. Light refreshments we're
served at the close.
M. r. Tournier returned home
While there Mr.. Tournier said that
he made arrangements to retain the
management of the Olympia in con-
n@ection with his new house, the May
nard, which he will have ready for
opening in the course of a few weeks.
The Maynard will be fully as safe as
the Olympia, it having three exits.
L. w. Stage is going to try his for
tune a little farther west and left
Friday afternoon for Wall in the
western part of the state, to take up
his residence on a claim. Mr.. Stage
owned a fine farm between Mitchell
and Mt. Vernon, which he disposed
of. AS soon as he gets settled on the
claim and has a comfortable place
for the family they will follow.
Saturday Judge Smith heard
the closing part of the divorce case
brought by Mrs. Ellen Sholes against
Charles Sholes. 1t was started yester-
day, but when Mrs. Sholes commenc-
ed to give in her evidence it was all
hearsay, and she was Informed that
she would have to bring direct evil
dence in the case. This she supplied
this morning and the decree of d.
vorce was granted.
The effort to keep secret the mar
riage of two young ladies and two
noon, when the information got out
in a half defined way and when they
were taxed with the report they had
70 acknowledge the truth of it. Roy
Metcalf and Miss Made Jolley were
married at Miller Monday and came
to the city Tuesday. They managed
to keep the affair quiet until Friday
afternoon. The other couple was
Miss Venita Engler and Mr.. Fred
Earle. They were married Friday af-
'ternoor at the apartments of the
groom in the Heyler residence, by
Rev. f. B. Barnett. The young people
are highly popular in the younger
circles and all will join in extending
the heartiest congratulations.
The Elks had a royal good time at
their meeting Friday night. Ten can
didates were initiated into the order,
the work beginning at $3.50 O'Clock.
When it was finished the ten candi-
dates We're the guests of the lodge at
the performance of "The Third De-
gree" where they occupied a box,
which was decorated with Elk en-
blems. At the close of the perform
ance more than one hundred return
ed to the lodge room and partook of
a luncheon with Exalted Ruler Burns
as the host of the occasion and as a
compliment for the honor paid him
in electing him to the position. Some
excellent addresses were made by
Mr.. Burns, Frank Higgins. H. C.
Preston, Geo. A. silsby. Among the
guests was Harry Forsman, of The
Third Degree company, who enter
tanned the Elks with some very
good recitations. Secretary silshy
announced that a big campaign would
be started to try and double the
membership of the lodge for the next
year.
After Frank Higgins got into town
yesterday Geo. A. Silsby took him
over the business district and intro
duced him to his oldtime friends UNI
der another name, just to see if ones
mind could travel back twenty-four
years and recognize in him the sec
ond mayor of Mitchell. In those DAYS
Mr.. Higgins wore a mustache, which.
however, he shaved off some time
ago. The absence of it fooled nine out
of ten of his friends, and it was the
case in nearly every instance that