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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1889
Page
4
The Mitchell Printing Co lists subscription prices in advance for one year two dollars and six cents per copy for sixteenth months and fifty cents for three months. Advertisers receive low rates with business cards six lines five dollars per year. Local line rates ten cents first insertion five cents subsequent insertions. Obituaries and resolutions are five cents per line. notices may be published free of charge.
Wisconsin lawmakers enact a law introducing the Australian ballot. Gov. Mellette notes twenty applicants per office. The Redfield Journal highlights local business and public figures. Sherman reportedly asks Johnston be kept in his current post. Wanamaker resists issuing Plankinton postmaster commission.
A report claims Iowa railroads plan to halt passenger trains and run mixed trains, but confirmation is lacking. The article surveys election timing for county officers under an omnibus bill and discusses constitutional scope, plus sharp editorials condemning the Halstead appointment rejection and its political reverberations.
The omnibus land bill, now law, allows a second entry for those who have filed homesteads and either entered or relinquished them. It enables entry on additional tracts to cover deficiencies, grants leave of absence up to one year for illness or crop failure, and allows late proof within ten days of the advertised date.
The speaker argues that Dakotas deserve major representation due to population and need. He outlines a plan to assign offices by class, criticizes partisan interests, and warns farmers against current leaders amid a devastating disaster near Leola. He notes March 2, 1889 as a memorable date in South Dakota history.
The Mankato Free Press reports that if twine makers cut prices to boost demand, farmer boycotts show the northwest movement against binding twine is effective. It argues strong trusts cannot override supply and demand and that self denial by the people can smash trusts locally.
News from Washburn North Carolina dated March 20 reports a tragedy as McLean County beaver trappers M A Williams and his brother Tom R Williams, seasoned in the Missouri river hunts, disappeared after two weeks with about fifty beaver skins they had gathered en route to the junction of the Little Missouri and the Great Muddy.
Williams and his brother trap beavers along the Little Missouri. After a night attack by fifteen redskins, Williams uses dual Colt revolvers to slaughter ten attackers while the others retreat. He is wounded and buries his brother before drifting toward Fort Stevenson.
Gov Mellette to issue a proclamation April 15 appointing twenty five districts 2 800 votes each for a constitutional convention election Sioux Falls 1885 constitution ratification to be decided in October Counties grouped by geography must be split across districts with precincts or townships used for apportionment Clerks urged to send 1888 county vote abstracts and maps The wind storm damaged a foot bridge over Dry Run in Sanborn Street and a Mt Vernon lumber fire report A.C Mellette named governor of Dakota Territory by Dakota delegates in Washington prior to statehood Theodore Mentzer calls at Wellington Springs and endorses new state plans
A devastating prairie fire swept south of Scotland, South Dakota, burning farms near Alfred Brown and Hagelfry, destroying houses, barns, and stock. Wind driven flames at sixty mph scorched Olivet and damaged railroad bridges, with two days losses around fifty thousand dollars. Fire crews monitor for outbreaks overnight.
Prairie fires raged at 50 mph, destroying Volin nine miles east of Yankton. The Chicago and Northwestern depot schoolhouse and all homes perished, with two thousand tons of hay and a large grist mill lost. Estimated damage tops 10000 dollars. Reports say Lesterville and Elk Point suffered partial or total destruction. several railroad bridges damaged.
A strong 50 mph wind whipped the dry prairie near Yankton South Dakota on April 4. Suburban homes were burned with three houses and four barns lost totaling about 5 000 dollars. At Volin ten miles away nearly all structures were destroyed with losses around 10 000 dollars.
Report from Yankton South Carolina April 4 says Testerville and Elk Point were damaged by prairie fires driven by a 50 mile per hour wind. Lesterville is reported destroyed and several bridges on the Chicago and Northwestern line burned. In Cincinnati a jury awarded Morris and Co 2250 against Bricklayers Union No 1 for boy cotting the plaintiffs in a builders materials case.
E D Morgan sells the yacht Mayflower to Robert T Underhill of Oyster Bay L I He plans to convert the vessel into a schooner with a foresail broader than before resembling the Sachem in overall design. Eight inches of snow fell at Blue Mountain Lake N Y as a late storm continues and lake ice remains strong. Sigel frauds persist as pensioners report deductions despite government recovery efforts and ongoing inquiries by Treasury agents.
Citizens of Mitchell exhale after prairie flames ease. Early seed potatoes arrive from Knowles and Pitwood's as the spring term at Methodist University opens with fewer students. E 5 Johnston reports Mt. Vernon damage from Tuesday fire and two miles away cinders ignited Bailey's pasture.
A party returning from Douglas County reports a Thursday fire on Tuesday that swept north and west of Armour and Grand View. One death is confirmed, Mrs. Cline, mother of Douglas County Attorney E W Cline, with no losses in Armour by daylight. The blaze is described as the worst yet in the region.
In Grand View Iowa area prairie fire swept through the county with gale winds and dust heavy air. By noon over twenty families were homeless within eight miles. Mrs Cline died in the blaze and Mr Cline Lost his home stables and property except one mule. No other deaths reported yet and many injured.
Reports from the area describe property destruction increasing after the Tuesday fire. Many cattle hogs and some horses are so badly burned they must be killed. The Wiresteel bridge north of town is badly damaged but standing, with wreckage likely worth about half its cost. Farther northeast and northwest the destruction grows.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railway inaugurates through chair car service on March 17 1889 between St Paul Minneapolis and Kansas City. Departs St Paul 9 10 am, Minneapolis 9 50 am daily except Sunday. Cars feature mahogany cherry oak interiors and coordinated curtains and carpets. For maps rates and time cards contact a railroad agent or G T and P A S H Boyl Minneapolis.
At a March 28 1889 Mitchell Dakota board of education meeting a committee drafted resolutions praising Wuerens and Prof H E Kratz the popular principal who tendered his resignation. The board accepts with regret commends his character and service and orders copies for records and publication in city papers. The Gazette has moved its office to Mitchell and will operate from the Republican office.
James Jay thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during his wife’s illness and death.
The Curtis family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends for kindness and practical sympathy shown during the illness and death of a husband and father. Signed by Mrs. Helen N Curtis Mrs. F Eb Griffin and Mrs. E M Hollenbeck plus others.
Work on the ruins of the university progresses slowly as walls prove firm but a test using giant powder is now planned. The railroad company is relaying the track to the grounds and about half the track is finished. two to three weeks are expected for rapid rebuilding.
Rev. J. C. Shelland gave one of the finest lectures at the Methodist church Friday evening. The crowded house showed appreciation with a liberal contribution, and a social with refreshments followed, thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
John J. Mitchell of the Illinois Loan and Trust company and a friend of Robert T. Lincoln says Mr Lincoln has decided to accept the appointment as minister to England. L Z Weller, returning from a southern trip, brings a Chicago letter with the same claim.
A telegram alleging an error in the U S Mexican boundary line was shown to President Diaz who called it a canard unworthy of attention. The treaty remains definitive on the matter. Ex President Cleveland and party plan a Jacksonville visit with fishing on the lower Indian River before returning to New York.
Three bundles containing 300 to 400 letters from Winnipeg the Maritime provinces and the United States were posted in late February and March and found in the attic of the post office. Believed stolen by workers in the winter building project, none show signs of tampering and all were rerouted to their destinations.
James Albert, former world walking champion from Atlantic City, received a $1,000 certified check from San Francisco managers to insure his entry into a forthcoming big professional walking match there. He plans to leave Atlantic City on April 14.
The article promotes claims opening in Oklahoma with the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Albert Lea Route and the Chicago Kansas and Nebraska Railway as direct access. It notes one car change at St Paul or Minneapolis to Pound Creek I T with stage connections to Ft. Reno and Ft. Sill and interior Oklahoma. It directs readers to railroad agents or S F Boyd for rates and timetable information.
Princeton, April 4. Physicians say reports of Rev. James McCosh’s illness are exaggerated. He has not had pneumonia but bronchial trouble. Doctors express no doubt about his eyes.
Employment agency advertises hiring hands and handling farm equipment sales. Green Bros buys and sells items from $20 horses to $4000 stallions and anything of value. Visit Green's Feed and Sale Stable on east Second Street near Main in Mitchell Dakota.
An advertisement touts Wrights Compound Syrup of Sarsa parilla as a universal cure for blood diseases from minor blotches to severe sores. It notes sales by IT Seallin.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It also claims to cure piles or no pay required with a money back guarantee. Price 26 cents per box. Sold by S H Scallin.
A boastful health claim ad promises a guaranteed safe investment in Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and chest ailments. It asserts relief for consumption pneumonia bronchitis asthma whooping cough and croup with a pleasant taste and safety. Trial bottles are offered free at Scallin's drug store.
Dr Ward lauds horehound as a universal throat lung cure and endorses Ballard’s Horehound syrup as the best for consumption coughs colds bronchitis and throat chest diseases. Hundreds of physicians use this home remedy and report uniformly good results. free sample bottle offered by agent Kx. B. Gale.
An advertisement touts Williams Australian herb pills to improve skin tone, eye brightness, and energy. It promises dramatic transformation for women with dull complexion and biliousness, urging readers to buy at Gale's for 25 cents.
Mrs Anna Shoemaker of Marshall Missouri endorses Ballard s Snow Liniment as best for rheumatism neuralgia and lame back. She encloses one dollar for two bottles and recommends it to every lady to keep at hand.
We have sold Dr. King's New Life Pills Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters for years and never seen remedies sell as well or give universal satisfaction. We guarantee satisfaction or refund the purchase price. These remedies owe their popularity to their merits. 8 H Soallin Druggist.
An old advertising jingle highlights Castoria as the remedy praised across stages of childhood from sickness to maternity. The familiar refrain emphasizes the product as a trusted pediatric remedy through generations.
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