Minor newspaper items and notices from the capital area
A compact, mixed-page update listing births and community happenings. It notes two births on a recent Saturday, local business updates including a new plank walk by Neilsen's bakery, farm and railroad mentions, local sales and advertisements, and various personal notices. It also references illness remedies, weather notes, and public notices about property, farming, and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
Geo. Evans
Neilsen
J. Moses
Robert Walpole
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Advertised
The copy touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a mild effective laxative. It emphasizes steady action, gentle influence on the system, easy dosage of one pellet per dose and a price of twenty five cents per vial sold by all druggists.
A Serious Affair Ends in Arrest and Local Elections Report
Frank Trudell was arrested noon yesterday on a rape charge involving an 11 year old girl, with alleged assault in a vacant barn on West Third Street. The girl identified Trudell after reporting to her aunt and the marshal rounded up suspects. Trudell denies the charge and faces a 10 o'clock examination before Justice Abbey Tuesday morning. In Sioux Falls Porter P. Peck won mayoral race against H. B. Meredith by 450 in 1,860 votes. Union city results show Republicans winning in Aberdeen Redfield Chamberlain and Vermillion, with Madison, Pierre, and Parkston noting several outcomes. Land office patents listed for multiple counties including Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Minnehaha, and Jerauld. Local notices include Parkston church funding rescues, Lisbon bridge bids to Apr 29, and teacher certificates exams in Mitchell May 6-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Trudell
Rose Vandanacker
West Third Street
Trudell
Justice Abbey
Sioux Falls
Porter P. Peck
H. B. Meredith
Peck
Aberdeen
Redfield
Nelson P. Bromley
A. Kemmerer
Chamberlain
Madison
H. J. Patterson
Henry Neill
Law and Order
Vermillion
Lee
Burdick
Pierre
Easter Sunday Observed Across Churches Bright and Solemn
Easter Sunday passed with bright skies and varied observances. In Holy Family Church the Holy Week rites were performed with decorated altars and floral embellishment. St Mary's hosted Knights Templar rites and a Masonry sermon by Prelate Babcock, followed by processions and music. Presbyterian and Methodist services featured ornate decorations, choirs, and sermons on resurrection, with Easter concerts and school programs. Baptist services were not held but Rev Teall gave sermons. Congregational services proceeded with no special Easter events. A separate note reports Frank Windle winning a 1st lieutenant seat after an armory election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahern
Edgerly
St. Mary's Church
Knights Templar
Main Street
Second
Fourth Street
Babcock
Knights
D. A
K. of P
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian House of Worship
George Williams
The
Baptist Church
E. H. Teall
Jamestown
N. D
Congregational Church
City election tally and party notes on voter turnout
Report of rough Tuesday election in a city with about 200 votes cast and mostly straight tickets. Ward results show Welch Kibbee and Wood leading in different wards, with scattered ballots. The piece also includes a South Dakota Republican note praising farmer voters and a testimonial about Brandreth's Pills for liver and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Kibbee
Wood
Kings
F. D. Powers
J. M. Adams
Surveyor Green reports boomers misled by papers
No Sisseton here seen. H. C. Green returns from the Sisseton reservation with his surveying outfit. He says the boom was a bubble, papers misrepresented the land, and seven of ten are leaving in disgust, hoping they had never come. The land, except Indian holdings, is gravel and stones. Seven of ten depart, cursing boomers, three hope they did not come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Green
Sisseton Reservation
German Social Event Opens Post Lent Season at Rink
The First Party Since Lent drew about forty couples and many spectators to the Elmendorf orchestra at the rink on Wednesday. The opening number and preliminary concert impressed locals, with Page and Couglin leading the square dance section. The event marked the start of the post Lent social season. The Life Indemnity and Investment Co. of Sioux City, Ia., announces Mitchell as South Dakota headquarters, with Prof Willis Bower in charge as district agent and C C Stanchfield as local agent. G L Pinkham is state manager. The company promotes strong protection, generous contracts, and high interest, attracting local policy holders and reinforcing its northwest prestige.
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B. A. Mizener
Sioux City
Vol
C. GC
Bras
Henryy Parry & Co
H. M. Cox
Clark
Svensgaard
Fergus Falls
Minn
EB. B. VanAlstine
Life Indemnity & Investment Company
Iowa
Marshal Irvine
Allleys
John McCullough
Britton
Day County
Watertown
Hail Indemnity Association
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Mitchell
St. Paul
John Q. Anderson
Lower Main
East First Streets
John
Elmendorf
Life Indemnity and Investment Company
South Dakota
Cook’s Block
Willis ©. Bower
Deadwood
Spearfish Normal School
C.C. Stanchfield
G. L. Pinkham
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mitchell Hare
Northwest
Local committees named for Russian Relief canvass and city offices
The local director appointed committees to canvass townships for Russian Relief. Names include Rome Levi Brown Ethan, Cassie Cole, A W Davis, Frank Loughead, James Carnes, John Cook, Charlotte Hoefert, Enos Champlin, Alfred Taylor, C Phillips, W W Gardner, T B Angell, F C Hoffman, M C Betts, J T Hanson, Mary Dougherty, Beulah West, M L Bobb, R R Saul, H L Bennett, D Braucht, H L OMealey, J B Davis, D M Powell, Geo A Thomas, Joseph Gilfillan. City offices see three auditors candidates W A Rogers, A R Groenke, Thos Wallace. City Attorney mentions A E Hitchcock and H J Mohr. Marshal and night watch roles discussed. Maj W H Dixon of C M St P Ry dies in St Paul. remembered for camp fire sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Levi Brown
Ethan
Cassie Cole
A. W. Davis
Tobin
T. B. Angell
F. C. Hoffman
Mt. Vernon
M. C. Betts
J. T. Hanson
Mary Dougherty
Beulah
Marcia West
M. L. Bobb. Mitchell
R. R. Saul
H. L. Bennett
D. &. Braucht
Badger
H. L. O'Mealey
J. B. Davis
Brendon
Mrs. D. M. Powell
Perry
Mesdames
Geo. A. Thomas
Joseph Gilfillan
W. A. Rogers
A. R. Groenke
Mitchell National
Thos. Wallace
Fullerton Co
A. E. Hitchcock
H. J. Mohr
Marshal Irvine
Geo. Eastman
H. B. Rogers
Isaac Spees
I'am Christopher
Cuticura Remedies Marketed for Skin and Blood Purity
Advertised as a comprehensive treatment set for skin diseases and blood purification. Claims include internal cleansers to remove poisonous elements and external purifiers for skin and hair, promising speedy cures for itching, pimples, hair loss, and contagious conditions when other remedies fail.
Local notices and business updates from Davison County
The Life Indemnity and Investment Company promotes guaranteed non taxable bonds with new general agent W R Millham for South Dakota. Campbell vs Smart concerns a Jerauld county tree claim at the land office. Miss Jennie West, University graduate and instructor, runs for county superintendent. R D Welch endorses good horse shoeing with square prices and service in Davison county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Life Indemnity & Investment Company
W. R. Millham
South Dakota
Chicago Life Indemnity Company
Millham
Campbell
Smart
Jerauld
D. A. Mizener
A. B. Hager
A. B. Smart
Sioux Falls
Jennie West
Miss West
R. D. Welch
King of Medicines Sarsaparilla Story Declares Miraculous Cure
A testimonial from Kendallville Indiana extolls Hood s Sarsaparilla as the king of medicines after years of illness from rheumatism and scrofula. The narrator, now 27, credits six bottles with recovery and steady work since, noting one limb remains slightly shorter due to bone loss. Also includes a 1892 summons in Mitchell South Dakota for the Mitchell Bry Goods Company v Orlando T Letcher and Inex M Letcher, with a demand for $229.48 and costs if not answered within 30 days.
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Chicago
Hood
Flint & Walling Mfg. Co
State OF Sauth Dakota
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Mitchell Bry Goods Company
Orlando T. Letcher
Inex M. Letcher
Davison
South Dakota
Mitchell
A. D
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Geo. Anderson
Gilbert
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Bowdle,& Naycomer
Elsworth Camps
Booth Bros
Dr. Sage
Feold
Land Office
Aurora County
Antoinette Rober
Joseph C
Herrick Davison County
Ellen S Bidwell
Hanson County
Mathias Dux
Miner County
Frederick Schwader
Charles Kersten
James S. Ward
Stephen
Markell Minnehaha County
Martin McLeod
John Arneson
Sanborn County
Vandalier
Slade Gustavus
Chandler Tobias S Lee Oliver W Armstrong
Mary A
Lucas Wilhelm Wining Johann Chobolt
Thomas Longbotham
Jerauld County
Silas B'Tidd
Jeannette S Richardson
Andrew Constad
Elmore Smith
John I, Hinners
Archie H Elliott Augusta Theeler
Thomas H Shyrock
James Grieve
the Lord
Parkston
Lisbon
I. Robinson
Court House Mitchell
Harry L. Bras, Co
Catholic Church
Methodist Church
At the Baptist Church
Company I
J. A. Brown
Frank Windle
Mitchell Printing Co
Frank
Republican Party
W. T. LaFollette
H. S. R. Mather
Moravia
Cayuga Co
N. Y
Brandreth
Mitchell Fire Department
G. H. Brooks
Lisbon Township
R. T. Robinson
J. H. Patten
Russian Relief Commission
J. L. Surton
Algona, Ia
Major Dixon
Geo. A. Silsby
W. H. Dixon
Rink Opera House
Iowa Plain Dealer
Tam
W. R. Mead
Cresco, Ia
PIM
Potter Drua and Chemical, Corporation
Boston
Gutkura
H. C. Preston
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