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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1890
Page
5
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Local column outlines J J Gilbert's visit to Yetry Slund's artesian well noting a strong water depth of ten feet. It mentions Rev Geo Beswick filling a deSmet M E pulpit, Masonic insurance efforts in Omaha, and a string of health ads for Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Sarsaparilla. Includes crops reports from Plano and Woonsocket and political notes on school lands and independents in Kimball county.
The order outlines an August excursion to the Continental Cantonment and Triennial Parade of the Patriarchs Militant in Chicago with round trip tickets priced at 18.70 dollars, available August 2nd to 6th and return August 7th to 11th. Also, G A R encampment travel from Boston August 10th to 16th with C M & St. P. as official route from Aberdeen and Mitchell. Tickets from Mitchell August 6th to 10th priced at 36.70 dollars, valid to return August 12th to 20th and extendable to September 39th. Grain sacks for sale near Omaha depot.
First wheat of the season threshed on T. J. Ball’s farm four miles west of Mitchell. Sixty acres yielded about fifteen bushels per acre, yielding ~900 bushels total. One carload marketed to Merchants Mills for Minneapolis, premium offered by Minneapolis, No. 1 Northern graded as No. 1 Northern, testing near 58 pounds per bushel, likely starting at about 75 cents. Also notes a late cricket score and a traveler praising Mitchell and surrounding country, with interest in relocation.
The Scandivian League of Davison county will hold a meeting Friday August 15 1890 at 3 p m for the transaction of important business. Members in each township are urged to attend. Place to be in a room in the rear of Security Bank recently vacated by the Western Loan Trust Co. John Reier son Citas J Johnson Sec Pres
Jacob Brown of Volga and B I Wheeler of Iroquois, surveyors, spent the past week in Chamberlain to mark the school section lines by order of Commissioner O H Parker. They returned Friday and say the final survey alters less of the town than expected.
James Ewart, a prominent Lisbon township farmer, visited the city today and reports the harvest about half finished. He notes the late sown wheat is generally the best.
Frank Weller and L A Carney with families advertise sale of two horses three wagons and one harness. Carneys note move to Minneapolis with Charley Hurley son-in-law and families involved in the move.
A report notes Mitdlibh arrived today and assesses Mitchell and Davison from a distance. They are deemed preferable to Minneapolis and have no lodging arranged.
Elon predicts prices around 1.50 a bushel in Chicago before January with gains continuing as the market strengthens. Weather and yields affect outlook, with German French rains hurting global harvests. Grant County prospects look bright, averaging eighteen bushels per acre as harvest begins. A farmer shows a sample field near town, 180 acres of hard northern wheat projected to yield 15 bushels per acre.
A farmer, Watson, reports wheat yields of at least 18 bushels per acre and a week remaining to finish harvest. McCormick declares plans for a revolution and expresses intent to sow five acres of fall wheat, while Geo A Johnston intends twenty five acres of fall plowing and sowing. The Gun Club is urged to protect prairie chickens until laws deem them ripe for hunting.
The Alexandrians accept the challenge to play our baseball nine on our grounds. The agreement lists players for each side. Forfeit money is posted and the date fixed is August 12.
A new city home of W. Russ features an excellent garden with flowers, vegetables, trees, small fruit and vines. The garden is described as highly cultivated with neat surroundings. Mike Gleason just returned from Montana as his former employer’s plant shut down due to a dispute with the railroad. Roy Taylor continues to reside at Anaconda.
A. C. Pollard of the Roller Mulls predicts new wheat will enter markets by August 10. He cites indicators pointing to a price rise around 70 cents.
Blendon township resident farmer Henry Slund reports completion of an artesian well at 250 feet yielding a good water flow. Steam Power notes James R. Smith installing engine and boiler for plumbing shop use to power one or more machines and to provide general machine repairs.
The note reports the price of grain has jumped in the last day or two with buyers estimating good grain at about 75 cents. It also advertises Stegmeyer Bros seeking rag and metal purchases, located on First Street west of the mill.
A. J. Hitchcock tends a 150 foot Russian mulberry hedge and a lawned garden with fruit bushes and vines. He experiments with sunflowers grown on 25 square rods, stalks 3-4 inches thick and about five feet tall, each head weighing pounds. Proponents claim the stalks could yield a cord of fuel per acre with value potentially thirty to forty dollars.
Pleasant Ridge reports dry hot days with cool nights ideal for harvest. Byron Bobb will teach fall term at Vine schoolhouse Beulah township starting September. Mrs W Griffith closed Pleasant Ridge school last Friday. Mrs J C Cooley and Inez visited Grandfather Nabinger. Frankie Hanicker and son returned to Aberdeen after three weeks visiting friends. Corn is growing well with good prospects. Suffrage meeting at Thomas schoolhouse Green Valley was a success led by Mrs W W Gardner. Rev Adkinson spoke. Miss Carlota Moyer organ, Miss Sadie Small and Miss Blanche Moyer praised for recitations.
In Northwestern Iowa on the Illinois Central branches new towns arise in rich corn country. For buyers and investors, contact Cherokee and Western Town Lot and Land Co. of Cherokee, Iowa, for rates and the pamphlet Homes for Everybody describing towns as they were in 1889. Apply to J. F. Merry, Ass't Gen'l Passenger Ag't, Manchester.
The Normal Institute for Davison county will be held in the east side school building for a three week session starting August 4. A tuition fee of 2 dollars will be charged to defray expenses, but the teachers examination at the end will be free, making actual tuition 1 dollar. A thorough review of common branches plus additional needed topics will be taught with emphasis on teaching methods and practical school work. Esther A. Clark of Yankton will devote her time to Primary methods and illustrate them with a pupil class. All teachers or aspiring teachers should attend and bring necessary textbooks and a dictionary. fi. L. Bras, Co Sup’t.
Our Grain Market urges Mitchell business men to secure top prices for wheat and other crops this fall. A united effort to prevent nearby towns from beating Mitchell could boost local business. A conference of merchants may yield beneficial results.
A fragmented note notes that direct market maneuvers, while true, have often produced favorable outcomes elsewhere and may yield similar benefits here.
A quartet of talented young ladies performed at the Rink Opera House on a Saturday evening. Miss Bruce impressed as a skilled pianist, while Miss Gwyneth King displayed rare elocutionary gifts in pieces like Sioux Chief's Daughter and a Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet extract. Miss Grace Goodykoontz impressed with a cultured soprano and frequent encores. Miss Celeste M. Coughlin joined the group with a rich voice and another encore. George E. Logan directed the arrangements as stage manager, earning audience applause for his behind the scenes work. The Re publican hopes for a larger Mitchell audience to hear them again.
Mrs Annie Geesling of Columbus Georgia writes that Swift's Specific cured her niece of a worst form of white swelling after doctors advised amputation. More than twenty bone fragments emerged from the leg. eight months of immobility and a year on crutches followed before recovery. Free treatise on blood and skin diseases, Swift Specific Co. Drawer 3 Atlanta Ga.
Revival of trade at Scallin's drug store credited to free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. The ad promises cure for coughs asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung diseases with a risk-free trial bottle and a large size bottle at $1, all bottles guaranteed.
Advice to mothers promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming fifty years of use for teething pain, sleep, and diarrhea relief with a 25 cent bottle. Also advertised is a book titled A Little Journey to the Sioux City Town Palace and free copies mailed from Illinois Central Railroad offices in Manchester Iowa and Chicago Illinois.
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