The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21

audience 1T the city hall on the ques-
ton of good health. He is sem out
by the American Medical Association
to inform the general public of the
best methods to KEEP healthy. He
was introduced to the audience by
DIR. Reamer. Dr.. Tomlinson, who re-
sides in st. Paul, devoted the most
OF his talk TO the conservation of
health, and suggested along these
4 lines the cleanliness of the city, the
home, the body and to get plenty of
air and sunshine. The speaker Of
fered q great many good suggestions
along the lines of his talk that
would be we'll to put into effect.
Funeral services were held over
the remains OF the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. James McCormish at the
residence, Second Avenue west Fri
day afternoon. The child was born
Sunday last and died Thursda. ev-
ening.
Nearly 100 members OF the
knights of Columbus and of the
Catholic church went to Parkston
thiS NV. ph u oI)cSlli w
err the Milwaukee road to attend the
funeral service over the remains of
Father Riland, who has been III
charge of the church for a number
Of years. Father O"Flahe.ty, of this
city, assisted the other priests in the
conduct OF the very impressive SER
yino that Wac nivnp Thn prnnnccinp
that followed the remains to the
cemetery was over a mile long, and
headed by the Parkston band, and
the members of the Knights of Co
lumbus of Parkston and Mitchell.
Father Riland was we'll known in
this city, and there is much regret
expressed at his death.
a st. Patrick's program was Civ
en- Friday at the high school by one
of the divisions OF the literary clubs.
The programs We're arranged in the
form of a Shamrock. Mable Glaze
gave a piano solo. Beulah Merkel re-
cited an appropriate number, Ruth
Boggs gave an Irish fairy tale, a
girls quartet SANG Come Back to
Erin" Carl Boyden gave some Irish
Humor, Ada Tilley played a piano
number. Alice Strong read a paper
on The Origin of ST. Pairick's Day,
and the eighth grade glee club rem
dered "Shoogy Shoe"
There was a good attendance at
the Christian church service in the
city building Sunday morning. The
sermon took up the story of the siegs
of Gibraltar and drew from it some
points OF similarity between the
church and the mighty fortress on
that rock. Some interesting figures
were presented showing the growth
of the institution founded on Rock
of ages. At the CONCLUSION of the ser
vice Mr.. Fred Putnam was selected
as clerk of the church and a num-
Der OF names were added to the roll.
There is talk at present of organic
ing a ladies' aid society and a meet
ing will be called for that purpose
soon. Next Sundays sermon sub
ject will be THE Call of God
Among the many improvements re-
Gently installed by A. T. McGovern &
Sons the folding stools for custom
ers and the behind-the-counter seats
for he clerks are especially noticea-
BILE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Hoon are
again residents of Mitchell, having
moved here from Armour, where ne
was engaged in business for a good
many years. Mr.. Hoon has not Gs-
cided as yet what he will do. Their
many old friends will be glad indeed
to welcome them to Mitchell.
l.. j. WEIGH and w. j. Herzog at
tended the funeral OF Father Reiland
at Parkston Saturday and then
went on to IanktCn TO attend the
initiation of a large number of can
didates in the Knights OF Columbus
at that place Sunday.
w. H.. Flynn, who resides at Faith
as the agent of the Milwaukee ccm-
pany, now walks around on three
legs. He was kicked on the knee by
a horse recently and he received a
bad injury as a result. He is now
able to get around on . pair of
crutches.
Twenty-Five nimrods met at the
Mitchell Catering Co.'S cafe and
formed a gun club, the principal
business of which will be to do trap
shooting. 1t was started off with a
membership of SO, and it is expect
ed to increase it to As. The follow
ing officers were elected: Pres
t ident, A. l.. Scharnweber; vice pres
f ident, l.. X. Medley; secretary,