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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
2
Rates listed for business cards five dollars per year plus per line extras. Marriage and death notices published free of charge while obituaries and resolutions cost five cents per line. South Dakota moisture forecast noted as beneficial for future plowing and crops. Debs and populists clash shown as a political outlook with liberal and socialist tensions described.
Major Pickler plans a strong challenge to the appointment of E. F. Kennedy as United States marshal and will travel to Washington to present objections before President McKinley. He will urge the appointment of Harry Chamberlain for the post.
Democrats and free silver Republicans plan a large September demonstration in Omaha where W. J. Bryan will deliver an address on the free silver issue. Bryan has advocated the cause for about a year, but he has not gained broad world support.
Leslie's Weekly highlights alleged corruption in South Carolina's whisky dispensary plan. It claims officials lacked bonds, many dispensers were underfunded, and funds were allegedly unrecoverable while the system claimed moral merit. The piece mocks Gov Tillman and the populists for promoting the scheme.
The case against the state railroad commission was argued in Sioux Falls with strong legal teams from both sides. The Sioux Falls judge ruled the process must restart in line with the statute, delaying but not defeating the new railroad law and its goal to curb extortion and boost state growth.
A Chicago woman rode a bicycle from Chicago to San Francisco in six weeks, reportedly the only woman to achieve the feat. Sioux Falls men form a gold mining company to prospect in the Klondike and will dispatch a representative. Frank D. Lawton becomes editor of the Howard Press after buying it last week. the paper will stay Republican, reputable in business, and moral in character. Western coal miners benefit from eastern strikes, with increased business so far. Dr. McLouth, longtime Brookings agricultural college figure, plans to move to Illinois after disputes at the institution.
The Watertown Public Opinion implies Governor Lee plans the removal of Dr Mauck of the State University of Vermillion, calling him a gold standard man. It cautions that Lee should use business judgment to avoid severe condemnation for an unwarranted action amid debates on free silver views and retirement of Dr Andrews.
The Yankton fair grounds sit half a mile from the Milwaukee depot, shaded by groves and surrounded by thirty market gardens and stock farms. New buildings include a woman’s building agricultural hall machinery hall and a grand stand with over three hundred exhibition stalls. A bicycle day and cycler races with prizes are planned plus a grand wheel parade anticipated to be large and spectacular.
The South Dakota Grand Army boys will march with spear banners topped by an ear of corn and wheat and a South Dakota streamer. Capt J H Hauser of Aberdeen started the idea, producing 500 for the state department. The display drew great attention in St Paul and will advertise South Dakota at the national encampment.
The Vermillion South Dakota state university catalogue notes higher attendance than recent years and new photographic views. It reports added instructional equipment, broader high school study access, and easier entry to the French class. The music and art departments expand, campus improvements include an athletic park and new plantings, and the university invites inquiries and offers a free catalogue by mail.
The Argus Leader reports bank clearances for last week at 1 141 862 735, up 25.2 percent from the prior year. It notes the smallest monthly business failures since 1892 and manufacturing failures at a forty six month low. Agricultural prices rose 14 to 100 percent while idleness declined and prices rose, though silver kept hitting new lows.
A visiting Pan American committee member, Charles Lix Klett, is criticized for inaccurate claims about United States tariffs on Argentine wools and about the balance of trade. Tariff experts in Washington counter his remarks as misleading regarding both U S and Argentine duties and trade treatment.
Wholesale fruit merchants predict cheaper produce this year than 1895 and 1896 with bumper California crops and plentiful apples and pears. Watermelons already cheap, small fruits very low, and Dakotas consumers benefit despite hardship for growers. Also mentions Electric Bitters endorsements and local cycle sale from Mitchell, South Dakota. De Witt's Little Early Risers praised for constipation and stomach issues.
The South Dakota Fish and Game Protective Association backs game wardens across counties, aiding prosecutions with rewards. Farmers join efforts during the open season to deter illegal hunting, aiming to restock the prairie chicken population in coming years. An application for a Davison county warden was filed, with authorities pledging full assistance to enforce the laws.
A meeting of Mitchell's liberal element met at Mrs. G C Cowhick's home on Main Street to elect a permanent committee and arrange a September course of lectures likely in the opera house or courthouse. Rev Utley to speak first on Voltaire. W C T U notes nine year increases and plans continued temperance work.
List of names remaining uncalled at Mitchell post office at week end August 9 1897 includes Easy George Coman Miss Mary Erickson Raud Faulk A J Grady Mrs C F Hunt Frankie Huestis Chas Myers Ed F Watson Millie Miller Katherine. Advertise when calling. If not called within two weeks they will be sent to dead letter office. SAML T GREEN P M. Also an ad for One Minute Cough Cure promoted by L O Gale.
Police say tramps likely robbed a Woonsocket store Thursday night taking 2 dollars from a safe. Friday morning efforts to find clues were hindered by the number of vagrants in town. The item appears in a local news roundup with an advertisement for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
State and South Dakota Teachers Association officers visited to outline the winter meeting program set for December 27 in Sioux Falls. Prof. Edwin Dukes of Huron Prof. H E French of Elk Point Prof. S L Brown of Sioux Falls Prof. W R Davie of Miller and Mrs M I Turney of Plankinton attended and completed much of the planning before returning home. De Witts Witch Hazel Salve is praised for healing many skin ailments and other conditions. L O Gale
The Davison County sheriff will auction the Mitchell property Lot 7 block 6 in the original plat of Mitchell on September 15, 1897 at 10 am. The sale follows a foreclosure judgment for the mortgage on the property described, with costs totaling 4841 dollars and 78 cents plus accrued interest. The case involves The Mitchell Building and Loan Association against William S Sprague Louisa Sprague and others.
A property foreclosure in Davison County directs sale of the northwest quarter of section 7 township 104 north range 62 west at the Mitchell courthouse front door on Friday August 20 1897 at 3 p m. The sheriff John Cook executes the sale under a circuit court judgment with costs and interest. W J Hooper represents the plaintiff as attorney.
Notice published by land office Mitchell South Dakota dated July 27 1897 states Herman Schurz has filed to make final proof for the southwest quarter of section 10 township 101 north range 60 west and will appear before the Register and Receiver in Mitchell on September 4 1897 witnesses listed include Phillip Germsheid Daniel J Deno van Michael B Donovan and William P Schmi all of Ethan Dakota Territory.
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