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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1892
Page
2
A crowded Mitchell column reports harvest activity with hands arriving, wagons, and a push for labor, plus housing shortages. It notes miners, trades, and residents moving into town houses, and mentions an upcoming exposition with committee actions, building site, and travel for guidance from Sioux City.
A crowded meeting approved funds for the Corn Belt Exposition and formed an executive committee chaired by L. O. Gale. The panel includes N. L. Davison and others to secure a Main Street site and consult Sioux City on building and decorations while pressing ahead with preparations.
A new threshing outfit built by J T Case and led by John Roth began work on rye for Gul Page. The five to three day project showcases improvements that cut labor from thirteen to six men with a ten horsepower engine automatic straw carrier and an automatic weigher. The system feeds bundles directly into the machine and discharges grain into a wagon, promising a busy season.
Martin Nelson entered Smith & Conyes Saturday evening and bought pants for 4 50 with a forged $25 check on Mitch ell National Bank signed T Williams. The bank refused cash. Nelson was arrested about midnight. Smith & Conyes seek the missing man.
The Daily Republican notes its tenth year of publication and growing patronage. It credits perseverance and skilled effort as keys to its continued profitability and success for publishers.
Free delivery of mail matter for Mitchell is requested after Postmaster Beattie forwarded the application. A petition of over 400 residents supports the proposal. Congressman Pickler has presented the matter to the House for action.
At the Minnesota Democratic state convention held Wednesday Hon. D. W. Lawler was nominated for governor by acclamation. He is a brother of Hon. J. D. Lawler of this city and is known for a speech before a Democratic gathering in Mitchell last fall.
The text asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla earns its merit through its actual effects and has achieved the largest sales of any medicine.
Debates over the Sundry Civil appropriation world’s fair amendment trigger multiple adjournment motions. House narrow quorum, Democratic and Republican blocs clash while committees seek a settlement. A later conference in the Ways and Means room discusses a separate fair bill and possible Chicago investigation.
Idaho Senator G S Shoup arrived in town ill and avoided callers, staying at the Grand Pacific then moving to a friend's home for the night. A masked robber on a cable train on Summit street opened fire on conductor and police sergeant Parker, wounding Parker in the groin and side. the bandit escaped.
The Philadelphia author Mrs Caro line Hyde Butler Laing died at Germantown after a lingering illness. A longtime Rome resident she wrote Heroes of the Seven Hills a child’s history of the city. Since 1872 she resided in the United States engaged in literary work.
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