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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
11
State game wardens intensify patrols as prairie chicken season nears. Reports from Turner County show two youths fined fifteen dollars each after firearms and dogs were seized. at Clear Lake a man was jailed for shooting out of season and fined seventy six dollars after two jury trials. Game Warden Dodson tightens enforcement.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for indigestion nervousness and impure blood claiming it restores stomach health calms nerves enriches the blood and sustains vitality. It warns against counterfeit DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve while praising the genuine for piles injuries and skin disease.
The pardons board backs a pardon for George Dickens of Codington county on criminal assault charges. Postponed actions include James Thompson of Fall River for assault, W. W. Baker of Spink for assault, Philip Coval of Lincoln for assault, and Thomas Looby of Kingbury for grand larceny. An ad promotes Bludbilder as a preventive medicine against a familiar microbe.
Notice of dissolution of the partnership between R. D. Prescott and F. A. Bidwell doing business as Prescott Bidwell. All accounts and debts to the firm are to be collected by Bidwell, who will pay the firm’s indebtedness. Dated August 1900. R. D Prescott, F. A. Bidwell.
Legal talent at Plankinton with Judge Smith and Attorney Preston presiding over the Swartz v Swartz divorce. The circuit court heard evidence Monday into Tuesday in a sensational family dispute. Mrs. Swartz seeks divorce custody of the child and alimony. over twenty witnesses subpoenaed.
Judge Smith in Mitchbell grants Mrs. Swartz a divorce, costs, and three hundred dollars, with custody of the child awarded to the husband while Mrs. Swartz is later noted as to have care and custody of the child. Attorneys H. C. Preston and H. F. Fellows represented the spouses as the court’s verdict split on merits. An emergency ad promotes Cole's Carbolissive salve for burns and cuts, sold by J. A. Ferria.
Bob White, jailed for holding up a boy for a bicycle, allegedly attempted an escape by sawing through a jail door and hiding tools beneath the cell grating. He attempted suicide twice using a bed rope, but survived. Sheriff Swindler suspects outside help and vows tighter watch as White remains in custody.
The Republican reports early county yields with Beulah township residents listing 12 to 15 bushels per acre and Badger township near 12 to 14 bushels. Overall expected county average aims for about eighteen to nineteen bushels as threshing progresses.
The report aims to secure names of many farmers and their average yields to illustrate Davison County's strong standing both state wide and beyond, highlighting what has been raised locally.
A Sioux Falls mover won a large contract to relocate a general store from Edgerton to Platte, three miles distant, without shelving removal. The job, valued at 100 dollars, will take about three weeks. Milwaukee road expansion prompts mass movement as old towns decline and new centers grow.
The Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha announces return excursion tickets to Chicago for the National Encampment G A R from August 25 to 29 with one fare 1770. Final return limit extends to September 30, 1900 on deposit and fee. Children over five and under twelve years half rates. Information from agent C B Witt.
A compact moral tale asserts not to praise hired girls after a country girl's city employment leads to gossip and envy among employers and friends ending in shifting wages and matchmaking. Also recounted are a dachshund swallow incident and Bavaria's long lightning conductor with a note on failure becoming a step to success.
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