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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
2
Rev D R Tomlin announces sermon by Rev T H Youngman at the Methodist church with mop service due to repairs. Miss Grace Van Vleet YW address at union services in the corn palace urges young members to join for guidance in life. WC T U presides. large chorus performs.
Mrs Curtis Bak ae of Bookwalter Ohio recalls an infant with cholera infantum treated with Chamberlains Col in Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Within two days the child recovered and remained healthy for nearly a year. She recommends the remedy and notes its reliable success. Sold by L O Gale druggist.
The piece notes birds silencing their songs by July in Country Life in America. By early July the veery or oriole falter, while young orioles and crows fill the pine grove with cries. Grackles gather toward marshes as one-brooded birds molt and song sparrows still raise second or third families.
A fragment notes a bad taste signaling stomach distress and touts Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver as a remedy. It mentions Butler’s after using them and a 25 cent per box price by L. O. Tale druggist for a cleanse and bowel regulation product.
An exchange between a wife and husband about a late arrival and baseball careers. The wife laments marrying a player while the husband defends his profession. A judge’s quip about making a home run and being a man closes the fragment.
Noah curses at a troublesome dinosaur aboard the ark as waves slam the roof. He complains the creature should stay on its own side while he takes a handspike to move cargo below deck amid the sea and turmoil.
The New York World reports a gender twist as a father smiles when told, then learns the counts were miscounted and a second girl is born. the nurse confirms there are two babies in the birth.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful feet, corns, bunions, sweating, and hot tired feet. It claims instant relief for tight shoes and growing nails, offers trials and mail orders, and names S. Olmstead and LeRoy N. as distributors.
A Brooklyn ice supplier recounts an early morning confrontation with a bald customer who demanded strict adherence to a 25 pounds per day delivery. The customer claims three months of overdelivery totaling 100 pounds and offers 60 cents as compensation, warning he will switch providers if the pattern continues.
A father accuses a foreign suitor of being a false count while debating his daughter's engagement. The exchange touches on political ambitions and parental objections amid marriage plans in a period-voice confrontation.
In a Philadelphia Press item a writer asks how to spell innocuous and is told by a neighbor. The informant then corrects a second, longer word, spelled out as d-e-s-u-e-t-u-d-e, prompting a brief exchange in the hotel reading room.
In a courtroom a witness admits he took an oath under duress after a mob scene on a high building. The judge questions the witness about his actions and loyalty to his team as the case unfolds in Cincinnati.
A Detroit Free Press quip questions whether a married literary pair share equal influence. The joke implies the husband claims entitlement to her ideas, highlighting dynamics of creative partnership and reputational hierarchy between spouses.
A clipped exchange shows Jerry boasting as Flaherty questions pride over money, suggesting the bike as protection for the poor against richer rivals. The Indianapolis News comments on social dynamics and protection through wealth.
The Philadelphia Record recalls a renowned aeronaut who achieved nearly a hundred ascensions and suffered only one fatal accident, prompting a startled response about which ascent caused the tragedy.
The Philadelphia Press notes a shopper promising payment to a tailor on the 15th while Gerele's bill arrives on the 1st. Newitt suspects early payment to dodge the rush.
A patient recovering from a paroxysm regains consciousness and jokes that he will recover despite the doctor’s doubts, prompting nurses to re-cover him. The Richmond Dispatch quotes his confident remark.
A trench of banter between two hobos in New York as one questions the claim of having no trade and the other retorts that if there is no trade, work cannot be found at it. The brief exchange highlights economic hardship and streetwise wit in urban 19th century rhetoric.
Abstracted transfers record many individuals and parcels across town, listing buyers and sellers along with sections, townships, and ranges. Names include Haines, Mec Bride, Dundas, Omarrow, Schnaler, Lee, Wicks, Doyle, Lawler, Swindler, Rosenberg, Hill, Walters, and others with multiple lot and block references. The long roster reflects extensive property activity and title changes within the region.
An extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line will connect Eureka McPherson county South Dakota with Linton Emmons county North Dakota passing Wheat Left of South Dakota country. Five new towns Greenway Zeeland Hague Stafford and Linton will be marketed in August and September with opening sale dates to be announced. A separate notice mentions biliousness remedy Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by L O Gale and Evans. Evans narrowly escaped being killed when a freight train struck him from behind while he lay on the tracks near the depot. he was treated at Highland House by Dr F W Freyberg and later turned to Dr Bobb county physician.
Astounded editor S. A. Brown writes of his wife’s recovery from dyspepsia and stomach distress after using Electric Bitters. He notes four bottles restored strength and appetite, calling it a grand tonic with laxative effects for liver troubles. Available for 50c at S H Scallin's.
List of uncalled letters at Mitchell post office includes Baldwin E C Boyts H G Burdick Mrs H H Buyer Mrs Nick Clark A W Collins E N Cullen Edward Henderson Geo M Kennedy Mrs Esther Nehring Theodor Neumyer L Nielson Fred E Tressler L L Thompson Ole. If not claimed in two weeks they go to the dead letter office. Dr Thomas Electric Oil offered for farm injuries.
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