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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1891
Page
2
A gas explosion at 4 am leveled a row of frame houses on Irwin alley near Thirteenth Street in Brappock. Eleven men burned, four fatally, mostly Hungarian workers. The blast and ensuing fire, traced to neglect in disconnecting house pipes, destroyed the building and contents by fire and water.
A state irrigation convention committee invites Nebraska Kansas and North Dakota reps to join South Dakota in Sioux Falls in May to plan action for state and federal aid, plus a thorough survey. Expected attendance around 100 delegates and a joint effort to secure support.
Church notes recount Mrs. Drake of Iroquois delivering morning and evening sermons, Rev Boggs at M E Church with Easter exercises, and multiple pastors preaching to good or large crowds. Also noted is the Congregationalist annual meeting, travel distance folk sayings, and condolences for Mrs. Adams. Hood's Sarsaparilla marketed as spring health remedy amid city council elections and a wanted ad for wild deeded land in Davison county.
A Buffalo reader credits Brandreth's Pills for relief after years of chills and fever, noting two boxes cured him for a year. The item also includes a horse import and breeding notes from Surwarden Germany, the sale details with Kuno in Iowa, and local education and farming notices. A Dakota farmers offer pairs The Capital and Dakota Farmer for $1.90 a year, plus Butter Powder ad tease.
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