The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-01-30
NEWS NOTES

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TINS morning. stating that his father
Henry Scoville. aged Sc Years, died
Saturday night. OF old age at his
home nj Salem, Oregon. He Will pro-
badly be buried al Grants Pass,
Oregon.
Nj. and Mrs. IL. II. shearer left
Saturday nigh, Tor Chicago where
they Will make their future home,
Mr.. Shearer has been manager of
the lunch room If the Interstate
News company located at the Mil
Waukee depot. His place here is TAX
en- by w. II. Hyte who is we'll eX-
perienced in this me of work.
p. IL. Kelly is expected home from
ms recent, personally conducted eX-
curslon to California. tomorrow or
Wednesday. Mr.. Kelly writes that up
to Saturday he had sold over $4,000
worth of land in the Sacramento Val
lay TO the gronpe OF buyers he took
with him from here. Besides this he
has orders for others from here and
several will close when he gets home.
He bought himself a piece of land
in the sheldon townsite.
Mitchell was treated to another
strange freak OF the elements at
about five O'Clock Sunday morning. A
terrific wind arose and for about an
hour whipped things around at q
great ate. \ little rain also fell at
that time. The wind blew up Il cold
spell with ii, however, and yester-
day morning was quite chilly.
80 that is all that is left of the
old opera house" a lady was heard
to remark, yesterday while she
walked up town from the Milwaukee
depot after AN absence from the city
for several months. 1t sounded sort
OF pathetic. the way she said il and
to old timers, the tearing down of the
old structure is like the passing of
an epoch in the history OF Mitchell.
The work has progressed with re-
markable speed and now is almost
completed. The pile OF brick and
mortar ON Main street is all cleared
away and that ON Railroad street is
almost so.
First Lieutenant Calvin p. Titus,
L. S. n. addressed the Baraca class
of the First Methodist church, sun
day, at oon State Secretary Child
OF the y. NJ. c. A. led the Senior llp-
worth league at ESQ p. m. Both
meetings We're large and interesting.
Dr.. lloagland preached both sermons
TO congregations filling galleries and
main floor. He was assisted in the
evening service by the Rev. w. T.
Bradley OF Springfield who made the
prayer. The choir had good music al
both services. Special announce
ments of the bulletin were: Special
mid-wcek service for Wednesday
night, and Il social given to the young
Senior EpWorth league on Monday
February 3rd. The attendance Of
the Sunday school yesterday was 57l.
Mr.. Dixon had charge in the absence
of the superintendent, Prof. van
~Benthuysen.
II. Tschirley departed Sunday af-
ternoon via the Milwaukee for Spo-
kane. Wash, where he will make "a
surprise visit TO his parents. M.
TschirleY has not seen any OF his
parents for over eight years. He Will
also 90 to Portland, ore. where he
has Il married sister and brother and
remain at the coast until spring.
An article in a Mason City p
states that Mrs. Jennie Peterson has
instituted divorce proceedings ga
inst her husband, A. G.. Peterson as
sistant and now acting s%uperinten-
dent of The Iowa and Dakota divis-
ion OF the Milwaukee, ON the ground
of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mr..
Peterson was at one time a resident
of Mitchell.
The special meeting of the city
council called for last Saturday night
for the discussion of the telephone
ordinance was called off, upon re
ceipt OF word from President Zeit-
low of Aberdeen that the telephone
company will submit some more ar
gument on the case in writing in the
near future. The next regular meet
ing OF the council will be held ncXt
Monday evening and it is probable
that the matter will be given its final
adjustment at that time.
The services at the Congregational
church yesterday were OF an inter
esting and inspiring nature. The au-
dience in the morning was large. The
music was OF a high order. The sing
ing by Mrs. W. G. Bracket captivat-
ed everyone. The ermo dealt with
the principles and nature OF the king
dom OF heaven. and made a deep
spiritual impression upon the con
2regation. In the evening the pastor
spoke OF The Oratory of Jesus. He
declared that all true oratory was
based ON earnestness, simplicity, per
s~usaiVeness and morality. The dis
course pointed out how Jesus reveal
ed the qualities in his addresses.
There was a song service before the
sermon which proved interesting and
helpful. The Sunday School was large
and the Young Peoples meeting was
we'll attended. The day was a most
suspicious one for the church. Next
Sunday evening the subject will be,
Jesus as \ Citizen.
The Farmers State Bank at Win
ner las suspended. because ii was
unable to liquidate its assets with
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