Along the Line notes from Chamberlain and vicinity
The Mitchell Capital reports on dry goods merchants Egleston and Sisson Guilford preparing for travel and flour mill work. Sept festival plans on American Island. county normal institute opens Aug 23 at Kimball with Prof. Savage conducting. Mentions Indian agencies, artesian well debate, Pukwana bands, grain trade, and local deaths and business changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.W. Egleston
Iowa
Chicago
Dakota
M. Sisson
Kimball
Prof. Savage
Chamberlain School
Jd. FP. Sisson
A.J. Guilford
Chamberlain Noller Mills
Lower Brule
Crow Creek
Cheyenne
Major Anderson
Chamberlain
Mt Vernon grows as Davison county prospers
Mt Vernon in Davison county shows thrifty farmers and improving commerce. A recent incorporation vote passed 33 to 3. Notables include John Pease moving to Chicago for law studies and C L Bell expanding hardware and machinery trade. Local grain purchases exceed 900 bushels, the Farmers Elevator rises fast, Betts Bras Co reports rising trade, and Dakota statistician James Baynes notes Yankton county leads in small grain outputs. The Weekly Pioneer Press launches new nursery premium offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Davison County
John Pease
the Gazette
Chicago
C. L. Bell
C.T. Huyek
Bassett, Hunting & Co
Betts, Bras & Co
Arland
Mt. Vernon House
James Baynes
Dakota
Agricultural Bureau
Washington
Yankton County
Farmers Purchasing Association meeting August 21 1880
Directors of the Farmers Purchasing and Shipping Association of Davison County and all interested farmers are urged to attend at Blanchard and Hannett office in Mitchell D T on August 21 1880 at 2 o'clock to discuss final action for this season. T. E. Blanchard secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Purchasing and Shipping Association of
Davison County
Blanchard & Hannett
Mitchell
D. T
T. E. Blanchard
Sec’y
Sudden Death of Brule County Pioneer Jeremiah Crowley
Jeremiah Crowley, longtime Brule county settler living in Red Lake, died suddenly leaving an aged widow and twelve children. He traveled from Illinois to the Muddy by team before railroads. An August 30 to September 4 gathering at the state fair grounds offers excursion tickets to St Paul or Minneapolis at 13.16 round trip including fair admission, with sales August 24 to September 4 and return coupons valid to September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Graybill
Earnest Wentworth
Jeremiah Crowley
Red Lake
Brule County
Illinois
Big Muddy
State Fair Grounds
St. Paul
Minneapolis
H. H. McMaster
Judicial Choice Speech on Constitutional Questions
A speaker asserts rejection of constitutional questions, prefers avoiding them, and offers to let the case go to the Supreme Court for ruling on the constitutional point. The statement emphasizes the desire to defer to the five-judge bench for a final opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Wealth in Mitchell and Davison county rises in 1886 assessment
Territorial audit shows total valuation of 1 643 000 dollars, up about 300 000 from last year. Personal and real property, cattle, horses, and credits across townships reflect the county's expanding wealth, with Mt. Vernon township leading outside Mitchell and Blendon Badger and Rome noted for large holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell and
Davison County
Territorial
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
City
Blendon
Badger
Rome
Catholic School Building Progress in Mitchell
The Catholic school project advances rapidly with plastering finished on upper stories and basement walls underway. Heating apparatus, a large bell from McShane Foundry, desks from Kane & Co., and four Sisters arriving this week ensure preparations for 100 pupils aged 8 to 10. The $5,000 building could attract Bishop Marty and possibly a local cathedral, under Father Sheehan and civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross
Hollenbeck
Messrs. Chandler Bros
McShane Bell Foundry Co
Baltimore
Thos. Kane & Co
Chicago
Mitchell
Holy Family School
Marty
Sheehan
Sparks in a New Role and land title denial
The case of Maria Goodnee Wilcox is cited to claim a woman who makes a homestead entry and marries before completion forfeits land title. The editor notes secretary Kirkwood previously allowed proof for land entered before marriage, while commissioner Sparks reverses this long standing rule, drawing concern over its public policy implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Goodnee Wilcox
Copp
Kirkwood
Rosanna Kennedy
C.L. O
Sparks
Sermon on Saddock murder draws large Methodist congregation
Rev Hager of the Methodist church preached on the Saddock murder to a large crowd Sunday. The V Parkston Advance notes railroad progress toward Tripp depot with track layers to install switches and extend toward Mitchell. Preston secured dissolution of the Alexandria injunction after Judge Church ruled on affidavits in chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Parkston
Tripp
Mitchell
Preston
Truron
Alexandria
Knight
Church
Pleasant Ridge Community Notes and Local Hopes
Pleasant Ridge residents host preaching at the schoolhouse next Sunday at 3 p m by Rev John of Grand View. Surveyors move to Douglas County section 10. Miss Mary E Wright ends her two week school break and plans to teach the fall term and perhaps take the school to the fair. Rumors say Wilson Griffith sails to Scotland on business, with best wishes for his trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Darrow
Dakota
Bijou Hills
Pukwana
Brule
W. M. Pratt
Alice J. Sanborn
Freeport Ill
Pukwana Sunday School
John
Grand View
Douglas County
Scotland
Harvest Home at the Chapel Promises An Interesting Programme
Mrs Sherrill reports the safe arrival of her brother's remains in Schoolcraft Michigan and thanks Hope Chapel for support after Mr Hathaway drowned while bathing in the Rockport River on the 4th. R P Winters and family head to Ohio this week. Mrs Grey of Iowa visits sister Mrs Bates. Harvest Home program features a festival and invites all to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grey
Iowa
Mrs. Bates
Sabbath chicken hunting rouses local ire over trespass
The notice laments Sabbath hunting by non-residents on private land, urging restraint and arguing there is land set aside for public sport. George Wright and Mitchell partners reportedly bagged forty two chickens across Monday and Tuesday, with Wright taking seventeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wright
Mitchell
George
Solitary Vice Claims Ambitious Young Talent
The passage laments solitary vice as a dreadful habit that destroys many promising young men of talent who could have influenced senates or inspired music, urging readers to consider its deadly toll and call for awareness.
Physicians Promoted as Reputable Marriage Counselors
An ad urges married people or hopeful bachelors to seek relief from nervous debility and other disqualifications. It invites trust in Drs. F. and H., presenting them as honorable gentlemen and skilled physicians.
Improper indulgences warned to ruin health and life
The passage warns that improper indulgences bring dire penalties, especially to the young. It describes a cascade from deranged systems to weakened function, nervous irritability, dyspepsia, heart palpitations, debility, wasting, cough, consumption, decay, and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs
A Cure Warranted for Health Dangers
A notice warns that unlearned pretenders selling poisonous compounds ruin health and should apply immediately for proper remedies or cautions readers against dangerous patent cures.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell Capital
Col. Hamilton
Carmichael Brothers
Bruder
Messrs. Heyden & Foote
Morning Sun
A. T. Brambell
Ruthven
Kimball Cornet Band
Opera House
Pukwana_ string band
Farmers Elevator Company
Mankinton
Messrs. Bryan & Wheaton
Aurora
Douglas
Jeranld
H.C. Ayres
H. J. Lovejoy
A. Kingsbury
C. E. Edwards
Geo. Mason
Mason’s Bank
John Bennett
Bennett & Kremer
C.sorns
Vernon
Pioneer Press
Pioneer Press Company
Northwestern
Peter M. Gideon
Excelsior
Minn
Gideon
Northwest
Pioneer Dress Company
St. Paul, Minn
County Pioneers
Minnesota
Mitchell and Davison County
the Catholic School
Pleasant Ridge
Rosedale
Ayer
Judson B
Chapel
Peabody, Mass
Hai
Mary N. Hammond
Stillwater
E. R. Foss
Milwaukee
Wis
William L. Page
Richmond Va
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
St. Mary’s Institute
Prairie DU Chien
Wisconsin
Sisters of Notre Dame
St. Mary's Lestitute
Prairie du Chien, Wis
South Dakota
W.S. Crouse
Alex Mitcher
Hale
A. B. Hager
Hager Brothers
Land Department
Iness
John D. Lawler
J. E. Gilbert
A.M. Bowdle
Vice Press
N. Grant
Lord & Thomas
Handolph St
Institute
Fishblatt
United States
New York Medical and Surgical Journal
New York Hospital
Mitchell, Dak
Als
Mitchell Ruse
Dr. Fishblatt
Ulyses
Yankee
Oetsung
THE
Grand Detour Plow CO
Dixon, III
L. W. Adams
1St Street
Mais
Cord and Lawler
Sts
Mitchell, Dakota
Jamess. Foste
H. G. Chandler, C.t.ck
Andy L.E, Chandler Bro
the Central Bakery
E. H. West
S. 8Th
St. Minneapolis, Minnesota
P.O. Box
ELA Rdware
Reliable Supply House
Moure & CO
Mitshel Rotler Mills
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