Mitchell Capital Sell Post Office Schedule Closh Going Kant
MITCHELL CAPITAL outlines post office closing and mail depots with closing times for east and west routes, plus train departures and arrivals. The report notes local merchants, fair preparations, a new Catholic school, and community events including a fair association, lectures, and harvest plans in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kant
Fand Si P
Ind
Henkinton
White Lake
Rimball
Abertain
Randall
Grind View
Kaa Pom
Ing
Severe hail and wind devastate farms near Mitchell and Mt. Vernon
Reports describe two back to back hail storms Monday night carving a two and a half mile swath southeastward. Four inch hail piled on ground. crops in Emsley and Firesteel areas badly damaged including oats flax millet wheat corn. Mrs Cove’s house blown down. cattle pelted. barbed wire fence horses injured. Estimating total losses is difficult as reports trickle in. insurers noted by Broadbent for multiple acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.D. Flint
Mitchell
Emsley
W. Broadbent
Mt. Vernon
Union Township
P, Nicholson
Lewis Champlain
Broadbent
Plankinton Insurance Company
Mitchell extension work progresses as crews reach Salem
Sioux Falls reports railroad activity with Worthington workers heading to Salem to start construction ten miles of the Mitchell extension. Freight trains carried horses and a Salem-bound crew left at 8:20. Granite bids for depot foundations on Eighth Street signal upcoming construction. Track layers near Tripp depot, W E Crane acquires Chesapeake Bay Duck dog, and public chicken shooting restrictions set to end in one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Worthington
Salem
Omaha
Nebraska
Northwestern Railway
Eighth Street
Tripp
W. E. Crane
Chesapeake Bay
Wail of a Machine Chicken
A quirky report notes Gene West's machine made chickens singing last evening near the hennery. One bird laments loneliness, longing for home and guidance, reflecting on a chilly world with no mother to teach it to scratch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene West
Daugh ter Born to Kerschs and F Couple on August 6
Fr iday morning August 6 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Jacob Kersch. Friday afternoon August 6 another daughter was born to Mr and Mrs F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Kersch
Mitchell County Fair Aims for County Exhibit Prize
Local news notes Frank Baughman leads Hanson county exhibit plans hoping to win the 450 premium at the coming fair. A paper fair by M E church aims to raise funds for a church bell with 150 donated by eastern friends. County residents discuss crops animals and samples to be sent to regional expositions while curious local happenings and oddities draw interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Frank Baughman
Hanson County
M. E. Church
Fuller
M. Bard
Charles Kibbie
Dr. Bracy
Pourias County
Andrew Woodbury
Kalamazoo trip notes celery beds and harvests
Robt. C. Irvine, writing from Kalamazoo in the Republic at a later date, notes celery fields covering over three thousand acres with three crops a season and two men per acre. he also reports weather affecting crops in Illinois and Iowa and mentions apples in Buena Vista. A Canton encampment circular from Aug. 1886 outlines troop gathering dates, duty times, blankets, reduced railroad fares, and discipline expectations under Lt. Col. M. W. Sideafe with Capt. O. N. Russell as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Iowa
Illinois
A. W. Slager
Chicago
Kalamazoo
Buea
Canton
J. M. Adams
Citizen’s Committee
J. W. Taylor
N. C. Nash
A. L. Carter
Headquarers
D.N.G . Watertown
Aug. St
D. T
O. N. Russell
Dakota
M. W. Sideafe
Land records summaries and office changes listed
A long list details suspensions and required affidavits for land entries including Trygstad, Clark, Wolgemuth, Fray, Vary, Minert, Fox, Topping, Huston, Marler, Lindquist, Conklin, Riley, Fosnick, Ross, Nummey, Fishbeck, and others with dates in 1886. It notes departmental reductions at Mitchell Land Office, Kratz retirement, and staff shifts within the office. It mentions Buckeye hardware store advertisement and renovations to the Weil store room as part of local business changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkner
M. E. Church
Edgerly
E Township
Rome Township
C. Porter
Th Street
M. M. Hitchcock
White
Wm. H. Vary
C. E
Frank Minert
Fannie J. Fox
Darius McIntire
Cornelia M. Topping
Robi. M. Huston
Sarah E. Marler
Thilda Lindquist
Frank Danbury
Aurey Conklin
Becca Riley
Perry Ransom
Ole Fosnick
Geo. F. Ross
Geo. Nummey
J. F. Fishbeck
H. F
Mitchell Land Office
R. N. Kratz
Messrs
Winsor
Smit
Kratz
Sparks
Buckeye Hardware
Gaines & Arnett
Chris. Jorgenson
Weil
Upper Main Street
Wedding note and postal listing from Mitchell
On Sunday August 8 George Hare of this city married Miss Sarah Maley of Tracy Minnesota and will begin housekeeping at C C Markle’s Sixth street home. Also listed are letters remaining uncalled for at Mitchell post office for the week ending August 9 1886 and a soda of local notices and an advertisement for Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and West’s Pain King with local seller L O Gale.
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Alexandria
George Hare
This City
Sarah Maley
Tracy, Minn
Hare
Oberne, Hosick & Co
Chicago
C. C. Markle
Sixth Street
Mitchell P.O
Baughman
N. P. McNary
A. Bell
Harry Mellette
John Blandley
J. H. Myre
Annie Boyer
Thomazin Nelson
Kristina Carter
J. H. North
Andrew Drake
P. N. Santers
Joe Gunther
A.taylor
LC. Hinulle
W. Wagner
Arthur Holder
Louis
Geo
A. Silsky
P. M. Mitchell
Dak
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Patent Medicine Claim
The advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the teething remedy of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. It claims forty years of use with universal maternal approval, saying the product relieves teething pain and cures dysentery diarrhea griping and wind colic, priced at 26 cents a bottle.
Captain Coleman's Fortunate Discovery
Captain Coleman and his crew on the schooner Free Trial use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption with instant relief and relief of chest soreness. His family also benefits from a single dose. Also notes various remedies and local ads for tonics salves and loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Coleman
Weymouth
Atlantic City
New York
Dr. King
Coleman
Hammer & Con Mer
Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy
The advertisement promotes Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as the most reliable medicine for bowel complaints. It states the remedy is recommended guaranteed and sold by Hammer & Hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammer & Hammer
Trusted Chamberlain's Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a guaranteed cure for sudden bowel complaints and griping pains. It urges prompt purchase, notes Des Moines Iowa manufacture, and lists three bottle sizes 25 50 and 1.00 sold by Hammer and Hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Hammer & Hammer
Opinion on Munson Conductor by P W Wilson
P W Wilson analyzes Munson Copper Tubular Conductors praising weight mass for electricity distribution, large surface for heat radiation, durability, overlapped joints, firm point sections, and silver plated points. He claims proper installation into earth reaches permanent moisture and provides protection from lightning. Tyson adds support.
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P. W. Wilson
Baron J. von Leibig
Royal Conservative
Munich
Bavaria
Chemical
Baltimore
Munson
Tam
Pailie T. Tyson
Maryland
Domestic and Medical Advertisements From Mitchell Dak
A jumble of product pitches from L. W. Adams and others in Mitchell Dakota. Sewing machines, remedies, liniments, tonics, and patent medicines advertise cures for cramps colic diarrhea rheumatism and wounds. Multiple brands claim national reach with local druggists and agents listed such as L. O. Gale and Hammer & Ham West’s World’s Wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Adams
Lower Main Street
Mitchell Dak
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Mitchell Capital
Ir Hazelton
Redstone
yMoudity Aid
Gro
Satby
Wren
Smuliy, North
Hes
Dally
Well Bros
Stry
Town Tale
Warne's
Warne’s
John Quirk
W. B. Warbet
Wansonity
Fair Association
Fosdick & ‘Lillot
T. G. Prendergast
B. Nett
Grant
Cook
J. Ball
Bowdle
Samuel Moore
Mator Blackburn
Kentucky
The
Baptist c
Hradley
Itchell
E. Gaines
Ney
Chesapeake
Mmade
Justice Crow
Land Office Notes
E. N. Trygstad
Wm. Clark
Ida Wolgemuth
Geo. W. Hatten
Chas. Fray
Straight
Grawley
Hennessy
Driscoll
Althen
Moses
Samuel Reichard
John Usher
T. C
Joseph Harvey
Samuel C. Carter
Brule County
Moses F. Thompson
C. August Thomas Rogan
Buckeye Hardware Store
Ayer
L. O. Gale
Phabe Chesley
Peterson Clay Co
Bucklen
Ammer & Hammer
West
Studebaker
Climax
Mitchell Oak
Davison Bros
Shiloh
William A. Bell
Bankers
H. H McMaster
E. L. Rune
Chamberlain’s
City of
J. F. Kimball
Cas. W. Taylor
Dakota Agricultural and Stock Growers
Mitchell, Dak
Davison
J. K. Smith
Mi. Bowdle
South Dakota
Reliable Supply House
Geo, A. Silsey
W. A. Work. Sec’y
Lowa
Chamberlain
L. QO. Gale
Taylor
All
Riddle Ook
Walter A. Vaylor
Atlanta
la Crosse, Wis
Business College
Dr. Biggers
Adam’s Express Company
L. OQ Xale
C. P. Hadley
D. Matteson
Kirst Street
Weler’s Lumber Yar
Minneapolis & St Louis
Albert Lea
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Paul Minneapolis
Albert Lee
Fort Dodge
Watertown
Oak
Minneapolis and
ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Union Depot
Manitoba
Northern Pacific
Duluth
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Pulman
Horton Reclning
Strata
Twal Levenworth
Ald Atchionn Kansas Cit
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railways
F. Boyd
Gen
Tkt
Pass
Minn
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