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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
2
A curious feature of the Servian army is that most regiments carry the big drum on a small two wheel cart pulled by a well trained dog. The drummer walks behind the cart and plays as it moves. Each regiment has two or three drums but few regiments have bagpipes.
West Perry reports an ice cream festival yielding $4.39 in net proceeds. The note mentions illness of Mrs. Kerr, upcoming church events in the Jackson schoolhouse, and the Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Joe Berry's on August 12. In Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Geo. Babcock rushes to Missouri to be with her seriously ill mother. harvests look better than expected and a wind storm caused minor crop damage. The section records a death in John Trotter and various local notices across Blendon and Badger communities.
Historical weather record for Huron South Dakota covers sixteen Augusts. Data show mean temperatures, record highs and lows, frost dates, and precipitation with figures for average, maximum and minimum monthly rainfall.
Weather records show 2.49 inches of rainfall across two days, with a prevailing southeast wind and a peak 65 mph from the northwest on the 7th. Advertisements tout One Minute Cough Cure and De Witt's Little Early Risers, plus a Mitchell Fourth Judicial Circuit Republican convention set for August 20, 1897 at 1 pm in the courthouse.
A collage of observations on long distance market trips by French farmers in wet weather, plus village notices. Advertisements tout Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs, warnings against quack cures, and local updates on people, events, and a suffrage convention in the region.
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