O as OTS and Shoes Ad Card
Yhampeny offers footwear for all ages with bargains on everyday shoes. Baby items priced at 25 cents appear in this compact ad segment from a historic newspaper page.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1891
Page
3
Yhampeny offers footwear for all ages with bargains on everyday shoes. Baby items priced at 25 cents appear in this compact ad segment from a historic newspaper page.
Fragmented OCR mentions a dress goods item dated April 12 and a wedding at a church with Theresa K Allen and J A Rairden officiating, along with scattered names and notes about delivery, assessors, and witnesses. The text is chaotic with many garbled words and incomplete phrases.
Davison county farmers are urged to beware a group described as German Jewish peddlers selling dry goods on credit with notes secured by personal property. Local merchants are praised, and officials note possible license violations. The group departed on the Omaha train after cashing paper at Mt. Vernon bank.
The article cites Marion Harland praising Allcock's Porous Plaster as a comforting remedy for back ache and muscle strain with endorsements from pages 103 and 445 of Eve's Daughters. Cramney sends word his lecture is postponed to Friday evening, the 24th.
The weekly items note Miss Hannah Foley to substitute for ill Miss Beatty at the east side school. Northern Nursery & Seed Co. promotes stock, price, and seed offers. Various notes cover residents moving, farming activity, and local developments including park work, church leadership, and arrivals in Mitchell.
A Mississippian testimonial says hereditary scrofula, a blood condition, vanished after using Swift’s Specific S S S. The letter by Mars T L Mathers of Matherville credits the product for curing his son after a year of suffering. The ad promotes a free book on blood and skin diseases.
At Kansas City on April 16 the commercial congress opened with rules and business, discussing agricultural depression and the causes of low farm mood. Ex-Governor Glick urged blame on eastern finance, while Ex-Speaker Elder blamed Western urban booms and monopolies.
In the chamber of deputies Marquis di Rudini presented diplomatic correspondence on the New Orleans dispute. The prime minister faced interrogations and the discussion was postponed for a few days. Separately, flood damage washed out the dune at Forest Miles Minnesota, impacting Rust and Mason proprietors with about 1200 dollars in losses.
Brief rundown reports show Northfield Minnesota wire and Picket Fence works starting. Fire destroys Radell wagon factory at Manston Wisconsin with losses around ten thousand dollars. Miltona Minnesota opens new post office. Nelson A Abbott named postmaster. New Prague mayoral tie between Joseph Maertz and John Roach. Plenty Horses at Sioux Falls South Dakota arraigned and pleads not guilty. trial set for April 23. Wessels Owners Association of the Great Lakes cuts marine engineers wages. engineers plan resistance. Burlington Iowa Hotel Duncan proprietor Charles W White commits suicide by morphine. T M Harvey farmer leader in Montgomery County Indiana dies delivering invective at Waynetown. Waukesha Wisconsin Miss Julia Reagan shot and killed by six year old niece. Red Wing Minnesota reform school building work to resume. occupancy possible by fall if bills pass. Crookston Grand Opera House opens with Faust drawing the largest audience. Buffalo Bill and Wild West Indians arrive Antwerp. Five die in London house fire opposite Knightsbridge barracks. Etoile Belge denial: Stanley Congo appointment not true. Princess Engalitcheff lectures in Minneapolis. Father Schuse in German East Africa reports eastern lakes region uninhabitable due to water scarcity.
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Noble expects the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian reservation to be opened for settlement within four months after lands are allotted upon disbursement of $500,000. The Interior Department notes the proclamation may still be six months away, though preliminary allotment work is proceeding quickly.
William T. Baker of William T. Baker & Co. was unanimously chosen president of the World's Columbian Exposition to succeed Lyman J. Gage. James W. Scott, publisher of The Herald, had been considered but declined if elected. Henry M. Stanley named governor of the Congo state per Etoile Belge report.
Market summaries list hogs at five to ten cents higher in South St. Paul with cattle and sheep steady. Receipts show zero hogs, 125 cattle, 10 calves, no sheep. Grain in St Paul and St Paw ranges cover wheat corn oats barley rye and hay with varied prices. Chicago open and close prices show wheat near 1.05 a bushel, corn about 66 cents, oats around 33 to 35 cents, pork around 12.60, lard near 5.15, and ribs roughly 6.27.
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