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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
2
The forecast suggests good conditions for August with a warm tail end July. Disturbances are expected from August 1 to 4, followed by heat waves and storms, then cooler, more pleasant spells around mid August. Overall, rising barometer and periods of storminess extend into September.
A collection of quips and jokes from various papers. Mrs Waggeles jokes about rattlesnake skins in Pike county while a Philadelphia Ledger item hints that shedding skins is safer. Other items include a rejected suitor mcjigger and a thespian reminiscence about baseball and eggs.
Alphonse Renard dies as famed mineralogist. Clarence B. Strause becomes evangelist after years as horse trainer and owner. Arthur B. Pennell and wife perished in a quarry accident leaving 221000 dollars. Olmsted to supervise Chicago Grant Park improvements. Duke runs two tobacco firms at 50000 dollars salary from each. August Bebel long tied to Social Democratic party. imprisoned multiple times. General Morris now Indianapolis resident oldest West Point graduate, class of 34. Huntington heirs split sixty million estate, each receive half. Miles and Hogg form oil land partnership. Lagdameo preparing forestry study at Yale. Duchess of Orleans admired in courts. husband the pretender is less favored. McMichael, former Congress Hall manager, dies in Brooklyn. Lipton's vast empire details and yacht cap failures. Scott heir to Vermilye fortune with Roosevelt. small share amid multi-million valuation.
The passage lists actors and figures from 19th century theatre, noting birthplace or background. E S Willard from Brighton as a baker's boy. Harold Kyrle Bellew as a youthful Romeos despite age. Frederic De Belleville a Belgian linked to Mme Rhea. Edward H. Sothern and Cora Urquhart Potter from New Orleans. Lotta’s dramatic coinage by John Brougham. Sir Henry Irving's long career. Miss Marie Wainwright’s Josephine in America. Frederick Warde an Oxford man by origin. Benoit Constant Coquelin’s baker background in Boulogne and later career.
A Newfoundland fisherman near death asks for Father Rafferty to hear his confession. The parish priest is new, but the dying man insists only Rafferty, noting he “knows the customs of the country” as a reason to hear him before death.
A collection of quips and observations from various papers. Topics range from politics and immigration to fashion and social mores. Notable lines include Alabama adjournment to 1907 and jokes about corsets and fire insurance linked to a church.
A 1350 dinner shows two-person usage of a single knife and shared soup from a common bowl while spoons were rare and napkins scarce to the wealthy. Sponges from West Indian and Mediterranean waters are grown via blocks fixed to trellised frames for seven years to reach market size.
A collection of light anecdotes from editor jokes and niggling grammar jabs. Maurice Barrymore quips about spelling differences and the use of it in harbor and neighbor while honoring candor. A Missouri editor learns a subscriber faked death to cancel a paper. A nursery joke utters about siphoning to tame children.
By order of Davison County Court Clara M. Wiswell administratrix will sell at private sale in Mitchell South Dakota the Lot 1 in Block 7 Burrs Addition to Mitchell. The sale occurs after July 7 1903 with cash terms and the property is in Davison County South Dakota.
Administratrix Kate Abbott publishes a creditor notice for the estate of C. W. Abbott deceased. Creditors and claimants must exhibit debts with vouchers within four months after first publication to Herbert E. Hitchcock agent in Mitchell South Dakota. July 24 1903.
Kate Abbott administratrix of Cyrus Abbott deceased notifies creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with proper verification to Herbert Keithcock sales administrator agent in Mitchell Davison South Dakota. Dated July 24 1903.
Public auction to satisfy a foreclosure judgment in Davison County South Dakota. I E Kintigh sheriff will sell Lots 11 and 12 Block 90 John Lawlers additions Mitchell to satisfy a 456 dollar judgment plus costs. Sale set for July 24 1903 at 10 o clock in the forenoon at the Mitchell courthouse front door.
A satirical glossary notes debt convertible into an asset ground floor prone to flooding a claim to buy off informants prosperity equates to abundance of fools and an exchange bonus with value only to the organizer but hoped for resale at a profit.
Notice from the County Auditor invites bids by Sept 1 1903 for Best Hocking Valley coal in various delivery forms to Mitchell with options including bin delivery to the courthouse and free on board city cars. County commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
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