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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
15
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The Official County Paper notes a windy spring and mentions President Roosevelt’s Yellowstone Park trip along with Rear Admiral Schley visiting St Paul and Minneapolis. It reports Kroeger’s Echo in Epiphany and mentions the U S Steel annual earnings of 133 308 764 dollars. It also discusses a railroad merger ruling against consolidation and Tom L Johnson’s political prospects in Ohio.
A historical column criticizes applying regional tax theories nationally. It argues such an approach would deprive the democracy of resources for future campaigns and portrays it as a political coup against fiscal fairness.
Cornell professors E L Nichols and G F Hull report a precise reproduction of a comet tail using light pressure on tiny particles. In a vacuum tube a powder of emery and pullball spores moved outward under arc light, mirroring a solar tail and aligning with Arrhenius pressure estimates.
A Paris prize offers 1250 dollars to a married French wife born in Paris, whose husband works in city or government service earning under 700 dollars yearly. The winner will place a wreath on the donor’s grave, with involvement of officials and a peculiar comparison of Turkish salaries. The note references London Tit-Bits.
A cafe scuffle on Broadway left a roistering man named Wounded Buffalo, son of Chief Running Elk of the Mohawk tribe, knocked down after insult to a sallow little man in a sombrero. The court discharged him after learning of his Carlisle boxing background.
Questioning whether accumulating wealth during middle life justifies stress and aging, this piece weighs the costs of money focus against well being and happiness. It contrasts financial gain with personal fulfillment and health.
The ad warns harvest era laborers and families face health issues from toil and exposure. It claims Paine's Celery Compound restores strength, tones the stomach, purifies the blood, aids nerves, and banishes rheumatic pain, promising vigor to withstand winter. It targets farmers, wives, and children as beneficiaries.
Mayor Silsby and Aldermen Han nett Perry and Curtis returned from Sioux Falls where they met with Architect Dow about the new city hall. They approved changes including removal of towers, added colonnades, and substituted cement blocks to save about four thousand dollars. Plans and specs to be revised and bids advertised soon.
Charles K. Henkel of Vermillion is arrested for violating the new peddlers license law. He pleads guilty in Danforth court and faces a $75.00 fine with an appeal to the circuit court. The case tests the constitutionality of the law as the county plans further enforcement.
An incorporated firm with $5,000 capital forms the Progressive Poultry Journal Publishing Co to establish a state poultry journal. Officers include O. L. Branson, R. M. Spink, J. N. Crow and others. Articles filed in Pierre. publication expected in a month or two as poultry interests grow. The backers are prominent local business men.
Report notes that lightning clouds seldom rise more than 700 yards above the earth. The observation highlights typical cloud height during electrical storms and implies limited vertical reach for lightning phenomena.
An old notice proclaims DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the only salve made from pure witch hazel and says it has cured thousands of piles where other treatments failed. It warns that counterfeit versions have appeared and urges the public to seek the genuine product from L. O. Gale.
A German service review surveyed admirals and leading engineers from every naval power including Japan. By a large vote the Italian battleship Vittorio Emanuele was deemed the finest for overall excellence across the world.
An advertisement extols Buckien’s Arnica Salve as a thorough remedy for burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. The 25 cent druggist S H Scallin guarantees satisfaction.
In a Waco tale a man’s wife urges him to quit late nights. He returns near midnight and knocks. She asks through the keyhole if it is Willie, but the husband is John. since then he keeps one eye open and a six shooter under his pillow waiting for Willie.
M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana faced his wife’s stomach and liver illness with no physician relief. He used Dr King’s New Life Pills, and she found relief at once and was ultimately cured. Available for 25 cents at S H Scallin’s drug store.
Mrs Emma Cadwall lader Guild of Ohio named to sculpt a McKinley bust as the Ohio senate approves a 3000 dollar appropriation for the work. The German government previously honored Guild with orders for the statues Speech and Electricity now at the Berlin post office.
Public notice touts "They never fail" sweet powders for feverishness teething disorders and colds. Claims 30 000 testimonials and bowel regulation. Sample mailed free. Allen 5 Olmsted LeRoy NY distributed by druggists 25c.
New York board of health experiments show steam as the most valuable disinfectant. It destroys disease germs quickly and penetrates to disinfect clothing and bedding, more effective than formaldehyde or sulphur fumes. No other agent matches its disinfection power.
A Leesville Indiana resident W H Brown was reportedly saved from death by Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. He says it relieved asthma pain and led to a complete cure. The ad touts cures for consumption pneumonia bronchitis and grip with trials bottles free and prices 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by S H B Scallin druggist.
An old Quaker milker faced a lively cow that overturned a near full pail. In a moment of temper, he declared he would not strike but would twist the cow’s tail, reflecting a humorous yet stern reply to the mishap.
Advertisement notes liver troubles and constipation relief from Little Early Risers pills. Claims cure without weakening the system by arousing secretions and restoring digestive function, promoting savings on doctor bills. attributed to L. O. Gale.
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