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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1891
Page
8
An old ad advertises agents for a sale with claims of fitting the larger and smallest child, offering pairs at 50 cents and promising money back if they turn them worn. The fragment suggests a flexible返 back policy and a push to move kids’ footwear through agents.
City boards and officials discuss a special meeting to call a special election for board members under a new law. Health notices order rubbish removal from premises within city limits. Short notices announce sale of session laws and popular editions with pricing.
A Canton news item reports Lyons arrest on habitual criminal intercourse with his daughters aged fifteen and seventeen, amid threats of death and a near-lynching after state authorities were alerted. The piece also covers school land leases, a Lotus Glee Club engagement at the Rink Opera House on April 29, and a testimonial for Ely's Cream Balm by J. A. Alcorn of Eaton Colorado.
Mitchell community notices cover seed wheat German millet and corn seed for sale by W R Smith with a car load just received. Local moves include families relocating farms, teachers ill, and plans for a Y M C A and Y W C T U reception. Obituaries, road notes, and church plans accompany a push for seed, trees, and local business promotions.
Neighborhood Notes report the Sunday School officer elections resulting in no rotation, with planned preaching and class times. It also notes Mrs. J A Kipp's return in improving health, a lighthearted suggestion for an ear inspector, plus Davison county assessors meeting plans and an irrigation delegation from Davison county elected in Huron.
Bishop Zardetti lies ill at St. Joseph's in St. Paul while Arbor Day is proclaimed for May 1 in South Dakota. Belle Plaine city justice E Kendall drowns in the Minnesota River. Chi Psi marks its semi centennial in New York City. Captain Harries ill with grip in Caledonia. Canadian Pacific surveys plan diverting line south in the Rockies. Minnesota sugar beet prizes offered by Goodhue County Farmers club. Northern Steamship forms through line from New York to Duluth via Union Transit. Emmet Austin injured in a Henry SD cave-in. Independence IA hosts a hotel syndicate plan worth $100,000 and adjacent land for suburbs. Logs for Milwaukee Lake Shore line railways totals 2,900,000 feet across several towns.
News from New York reports a revived Trunk Line and Central Traffic associations board has ordered a boycott of the Alton road for paying commissions. From April 15, tickets and baggage checks of Alton lines may be refused, awaiting possible lawsuits as the board claims federal sanction from the Interstate Commerce Commission for the action.
April 9. The cashier of the Hill City bank vanished Sunday taking the cash and books. The bank closed Sunday and Monday. The cashier boarded an east bound train at Hermosa. President Garlock called in to inspect the bank. safe found empty and the cashier’s accounts unclear. The bank planned a reopen in a few days but offered no financial details.
Archbishop Ireland and Hon Thomas Cochran travel to New York on matters tied to a new cathedral in St Paul. The site at Summit and Victoria promises a grand Western cathedral facing Summit avenue. Although plans await approval, a premier design is secured and construction could begin soon with a projected cost of $1,000,000.
Col. E Nettleton in charge of federal irrigation study met with Senator Casey and conducted a preliminary survey. An irrigation station will be set up at Jamestown to demonstrate feasible irrigation of the Jim river valley from the Missouri. From May 15 to Oct 1 the commission will largely work in the Dakotas.
The funeral of Justice David Taylor of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was held in Madison on April 9. A large crowd attended. Pallbearers included Governor Peck, General Bryant, President Chamberlain, former congressmen R. M. La Follette and Burr W. Jones, General C. E. Estabrook, and others.
La Crosse Wisconsin April 9 officers and employees of the Southern Minnesota division of the Milwaukee road are in La Crosse seeking housing. The entire plant including shops and offices will be relocated to La Crosse. La Crosse men supported the shift for business convenience and are pleased with the promised change.
Vermillion South Dakota April 9 The board of regents adopted resolutions vindicating President Grose from charges and he will be retained in his position for the year at least Six suspended students have been reinstated Extended Bank Charters WasHington April Comptroller Lacey extended the corporate existence of First National Bank of Elkader Iowa to April 17 1911 and Second National Bank of Winona Minnesota to April 29 1934
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