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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1903
Page
2
The article records Arbor Day observance guidance from Governor Herreid, urging schools in the county to beautify grounds. It also notes staff changes, awards, and certificates for Davison County teachers with details on personnel, retirements, and professional recognition.
The Blendon township schools start their spring term next Monday, April 27, with teachers in charge: No. 1 Miss Katie Rushmore, No. 2 Miss Edna Hendricks, No. 3 Miss Bessie Avery, No. 4 Miss Dora Williams.
Dakota University president Graham promotes a May 11 to 14 convention bringing Methodist preachers and lay members from the Dakota Conference. Sessions cover the college's role in church business society and world work with talks by Bishop McCabe and Rev McDowell. Mitchell offers free delegate lodging and railroad discounts.
Josie McDonald of Man West Virginia recounts springtime rheumatic attacks worsening over years and credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with providing rapid relief after the first application. She keeps a bottle at home and uses it at the first signs to drive away symptoms. For sale by all druggists.
A coal merchant firm in Yar mouth England offers free coal samples in wooden boxes to advertise coal quality.
Mitchell advances on Century Memorial Hall and Fred Widmann hotel with iron beams, stonework, and cement foundations. Masonry crews from Sioux Falls arrive as plans for Carnegie library and city hall progress. demand for houses drives a healthy housing boom this summer.
List of uncalled letters remaining at Mitchell post office at week ending April 22 1903 includes Barr W M Butterfield D W Carleson Miss Florence Griffith Edd Jansen Carl Thll Mrs Fred Trubbard A B Miller Miss Edna Miller Miss Lavern Miller J D McGuire Miss Cora Pinnell Mrs Richard Sams Harry Swan C M Weaver Callers should say advertised. If not collected within two weeks items will go to dead letter office. Also notice of four thoroughbred bird dog pups for sale by O Walrath BE.
Delaware welcomes its new senators with colorful sobriquets. Mr Ball is dubbed the Honorable Hi-Ball while Mr Allee is humorously titled Honorable Alle e-Samee Addicks in playful reference to ties with the gas statesman.
Advertisement extols Bucklen's Amnica Salve as best for burns, sores, bruises, cuts, boils, ulcers, eruptions, and piles. Sold by S. H. Scallin, druggist, at 25 cents with a satisfaction guarantee.
The Danubian states list Servia 63,600 Roumania 38,000 and Bulgaria 33,400 in standing forces. An advert promotes Little Early Risers pills as a liver tonic for liver troubles and constipation, claiming they cure without weakening the system and save doctor bills.
The expenditures of the postoffice department of the United States are nearly 125 million dollars annually.
Philadelphia man John Oliver narrates his illness and recovery with Electric Bitters. He describes severe symptoms and credits three weeks of use with a full recovery, claiming the medicine "robbed the grave of another victim." Sold for 50 cents at S. H. Scallin's drug store.
The Fijiian fossil coral is hailed as the best building stone in the world. It is soft as cheese when cut but hardens in the air to a granite-like toughness, making it highly sought after for construction.
Public notice asserts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as the sole salve on the market made from pure witch hazel. It claims thousands cured of piles where other treatments failed and warns against counterfeit products. signed L. O. Gale.
The 303 mile endurance race on stilts took place in 1893 from Bordeaux to Biarritz marking a historic extreme distance event.
In Leesville Ind W H Brown credited Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with saving his life after expected death. He reports immediate relief from asthma and a complete cure. The advertisement touts cures for consumption pneumonia bronchitis and grip saying the remedy is peerless. Price 50c and 1.00 with trial bottles free and guaranteed by S H Scallin druggist.
The Alto Crucero region in Bolivia experiences freezing nights every night of the year while noonday sun becomes blistering. The climate contrast is remarkable with cold air after dark and intense heat at mid day.
A 19th century testimonial for One Minute Cough Cure claims rapid relief from coughs croup and lagrippe. It asserts the remedy acts at the source of trouble rather than in the stomach and heals by reducing inflammation and aiding lung oxygenation.
The Humanitarian league petitioned the British Home Secretary to abolish or curb the practice of flogging in English prisons for disciplinary breaches. The appeal argues for ending corporal punishment and seeks reforms in prison discipline.
I can take a limited number of cattle to pasture for the season on the old Joe Wayman farm. It has running water and abundant feed. Rate two dollars per head for the season. Address Ed Tapp Mitchell, South Dakota. For Sale. Three and a half percent registered Red Durham bulls. Four Crookshank crosses on milking farm stock. C I Miltimore, 507 East First Street, Mitchell.
A representative asks Secretary Wilson about a bill. Wilson denies knowledge of the measure and says he does not influence legislation before Congress. A letter favoring the bill is read, signed in his name, and his son reveals the signature was forged by Professor Blank.
President Castro quips on Venezuela with a joke about a wealthy man dying testate amid conspirators and a string pulled to authorize bequests. He says the notary cried that the string must be pulled for everybody or there will be no deal, humorously framing an international situation.
A young girl, visiting her mother in New York, and classmates were invited to the White House to meet Mrs. Roosevelt. The girl recalls the reception as orderly, noting how they were kept upstairs to remove wraps before descending two by two, a scene she compared to animals.
A Washington Post report recalls a strikingly dressed man in a hall near Mrs. Roosevelt, described as tall with a jangling sword and gold tree. The description aligns with Colonel Bingham, then superintendent of public buildings and grounds, who attended all White House functions.
A rural district trustee judges a college graduate by recognizing a common Ladybird. The applicant confidently identifies it as Coccinella septempunctata, but the trustee dismisses him for not knowing the simple name. The anecdote highlights practical knowledge over fancy science.
In a Detroit Free Press feature, the term comfortable circumstances is explored with a blunt view of wealth and poverty. The piece asks what it means to be comfortable and argues it exists between poverty and riches, shaping social perception.
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