The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-11-06
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
western Newspaper Union News Service

i f'i @toIS' w. +. Holmes. j. H.
Holmes, Aberdeen; c. II. Mccoy, Le.
Beau
While travelling from Sioux Falls to
the Black Hills Mrs f. Littlefeld. for.
merry secretary of The Y. w. C. A. at
Aberdeen. was the victim Of a pick.
pocket. who stole her purse at Cham.
berlain
Wesley, the 4-yearold son OF Mr..
and Mrs. George Dixon, residing three
miles south of Hudson. was run over
by wagon loaded with corn, his
right leg being broken between the
hip and knee.
practically so per cent Of I .532 WON.
en- interviewed in Sioux Falls are in
favor Of woman suffrage, according to
the report N le public by Mrs Edwin
Clark, president of the Minnehaha
County Franchise league.
A combination hog sale will be held
in Aberdeen on November - The
sale will be made up of cOnsignments
of some Of the leading pure bred herds
of South Dakota and will include Du.
roc Jerseys and Poland Chinas
Rev. Mr.. Numedal, pastor Of the
Lutheran churches in Hudson, at Moe,
at Grand Valley and of the Trinity
church in Norway township has been
presented by his congregations with
q $50 auto and $500 in cash Rev
Mr.. Numedal has worked in his pres.
ent field of labor for fifteen years.
The Interstate Commerce commits.
sion further suspended. from Novem
Der - until May II. 1915, Burlington
and Milwaukee tariffs. which pro
posed higher rates on carloads Of live
stock between points in South Dakota
and other states. The operation OF
these rates was suspended previously
from July IS until November -.
Two former South Dakotans, in the
persons of Peter Meddack and Jack
Cellar, who left Lawrence county sev.
eral months ago for visit at their
old homes in Austria-Hungary. are ac
lively participating in the war in Eu
rope. SO far as known they are the
only South Dakotans who are doing
actual fighting in the European war.
A jury in the Hamlin county circuit
court in the suit by which Efhe NJ
Derh0H sought to recover heavy dam.
ages from Lucy A. Cuth. for alleged
c1 Il nd Ia;
in the sum of 800 against the defend
ant. The trial of the case attracted
considerable attention and much testi
mOny of sensational nature was Of
fered
A fine new Presbyterian church
building in thickly settled commun
ty west of Tabor was dedicated with
elaborate ceremonies. number of
pastors from outside points, including
Rev. Joseph Krenek of Silver Lake,
Minn., were present to aid in the dedi
cation exercises. The edifice is one
of the finest at an interior point in
South Dakota.
A stranger chilled through and un.
able to walk. was picked up at Mitch
ell and later died without being able
TO tell his name, or whence he came.
He was feet s inches in height and
weighed 155 pounds, had sandy hair
and had probably been unshaven for
q month. There was nothing on his
person to furnish a clue to his ident.
ty. His dress indicated that he was a
laboring man.
At the family home on farm near
White Lake occurred the death Of
James Wanamaker, one Of the most
prominent of the pioneer homestead
ers of that part Of the state. With four
county in 1883 and had resided there
continuously from that time until his
death. His wife died in Iowa county,
Iowa, prior to the removal of the fam
ily to South Dakota.
The annual report Of the state in
sane asylum, at YanktOn, shows that
80. 1913, sos patients, and June 30,
1914, 92S patients, with a total mum.
Der in the institution for the year OF
1,011, those coming in and those go.
ing out being practically the same in
number. Among the counties, Mime
haha contributed the largest number
Of patients with G8, Lawrence next
with So, Brown third with 50, these
three having the highest number, seal
ing down to Mcpherson, Sully and
! Dewey with two each and Ziebach
with one. There are more farmers
4 than any other one class, with house
/ wives second, and labOrers third, with
/ many other professions represented in
/ smaller numbers. The male patients
! outnumbercd the females admitted
/ during the year, there being 102 males
I and 63 females. OF these, 106 are
4 American born, and 62 foreign born
among the foreign born the Germans
/ lead, with NorWegians next. the rest
4 being scattered among many nation
I allies. Among American born, natives
/ Of Iowa and South Dakota are given
/ at lS each, with New York next in
/ the list. Practically every state in
/ the union is represented.
irving A. Weeks, pioneer resident
Of Kimball, and at one time candi-