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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
9
A cryptic notice notes an opportunity at hand as Movareing and a bin are referenced. The sparse readable text suggests awaiting a chance to act while the window remains open. Entities are uncertain and details are limited.
The Wise Member troupe delivers hearty fun with six performers. Miss Portello and Miss Evans excel in songs and encores while Marvin and Powell supply lively humor. Alt. E. VanAlstyne's ragtime piano charms the audience as the company travels on to Woonsocket.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and cannot be cured by local means. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases, urging readers to request circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and noting sale by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's family pills are praised as the best.
Pierre reports Commissioner Eastman returned from sales of school lands in Davison and Sanborn counties. Davison saw 71 tracts sold at an average $24.50 per acre, highest at $61, lowest $15, with a 150 percent rise in two years. lands in Davison topped state prices last year.
C W Gillis began his seventeenth year in the shoe trade in this city on April 1, having operated six years devoted to shoes. He boasts one of the state's largest stocks and credits newspaper advertising for a vast trade. An order was placed with an eastern factory for 113 dozen shoes to be shipped in July. Last year he reported selling nearly 10 000 pairs, a strong yearly total.
The Presbyterian church held its annual business and social meeting in the church building on Tuesday evening. Reports praised each church activity, re elected Mrs. Thos. Fullerton and elected T. M. Wallace to the board of trustees. The church ends the year debt free and the pastor received praise for faithful service and harmonious relations with the congregation. After the business portion, attendees enjoyed refreshments served by the ladies.
Late Tuesday afternoon Superintendent Coursey attempted to cross Firesteel creek a mile west of town. His buggy and horse were swept downstream by swift current and ice. Coursey swam to shore while help freed the horse, which was exhausted and bloated. after hours of care the horse recovered and Coursey resumed his day in good shape.
Davison county assessors from twelve townships met with the county commissioners to set spring property assessments. Personal property stays similar, horses unchanged, cattle cut about 25 percent, and land assessments rise to 1.25 per acre, lifting the county’s total valuation.
A Minnesota reader extols Doan's Ointment for itching skin and hemorrhoids with a grateful testimonial from A. J. McCay of Grand Forks North Dakota. The ad notes Doan's as a trusted product from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York, sole U.S. agents, and urges buyers to remember the name Doan's.
A vintage pitch urges readers not to neglect coughs and colds in spring and touts One Minute Cough Cure as a safe fast-acting remedy. Postmaster Dawson Barr Illinois and S. H. Sealling endorse its effectiveness for coughs croup grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles.
A Salem woman credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with curing a severe muscular rheumatism attack after trying several prescriptions. After two applications she improved and after one bottle was completely cured, as advertised in the South Jerseyman. Sold by L. O. Gale, Druggist.
A Salem report outlines groups of four or more cold selling insurance peddlers on the Northwestern road. They lure customers with false value on sugar tea coffee and spices, weigh deliveries short, and substitute cheaper goods for samples. The scheme is renewed annually despite prior exposure.
A Michigan reader from Butternot endorses DeWitts Little Early Risers for biliousness and constipation noting they never gripe or cause nausea. The advertisement asserts neglect harms health and claims lasting danger if untreated.
Mrs S Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa says she has tried many medicines for stomach trouble and constipation but Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets gave the best results. Sold by L O Gale.
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