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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1898
Page
3
The Mitchell area reports a flood of small items from residents, churches, and officials. Mentions include travel from Alex Priday and Sioux reservations, political moves in Beulah, real estate shifts, Arbor Day tree plantings, and church services with fill-ins and local weddings.
J W Lobb of Madison represents Southern Dakota Telephone Co soliciting stock at 100 per share to build a line into Mitchell and pass through Woonsocket, Chamberlain, Yankton, Huron and Pierre, linking with Minneapolis. dividend 10 to 20 percent and free line use for holders.
A Roanoke Collegian piece recalls an encounter with Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig. An elder, misidentified on the street, first appears as a quaint village figure but in Wundt's lecture room his plain features become dignified and impressive, lifting him beyond casual gossip.
Slims frets over his son amid rumors of card games and horse betting. He snatches the paper from the youth and condemns race tracks as a scheme to fleece the naïve, while the boy jokes about reading literary reviews.
A critique notes a Frenchman’s performance described as dramatic froth and insufficient depth. It cites two newspapers the Brooklyn Eagle and Detroit Free Press, remarking on audience size and a misprinted vaudeville listing that confused the show’s location.
A Washington Star and New York World snippet humorously contrasts a patriotic speaker Tommy with Miss Miami Brown. The exchange threads through a joke about a bird of paradise and a playful mispronunciation about finding in the next world a spring chicken.
A notice announces 21 one cent stamps cover mailing of a free paper covered copy of Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser with cloth binding available for 31 stamps and directs readers to send to Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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