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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
2
Rates listed for business cards five pounds per year. extra lines priced at one dollar. Local ads five cents per line. legal notices at statute rates. Free marriage and death notices. obituaries and resolutions five cents per line. Huron seeks return of electric lights. wheat market rising with expected prices around a dollar plus.
Reports show enough new gold finds in Montana, the Black Hills, and nearby western localities to ease the Klondike rush for now. Despite warnings, many promise to rush to the ground at once, driven by eagerness to seek gold.
The Aberdeen News quotes commercial editor 4 W Jones of the Minneapolis Journal arguing that prosperity persists without free silver coinage, citing rising business, higher crop prices, debt reduction, and gold standard shifts. It also notes Marcus Loucks’s Ruralist stance on fusion, Democratic promises, and Loucks’s senatorial ambitions shaping anti fusion views.
The article argues Canovas's death could quicken Cuba's independence and ease its path, contrasting with populist politics and attacks on public figures. It notes Coxey as populist nominee for Ohio governor, skepticism about his election, and disputes over railroad assessments under Governor Lee. It also criticizes Populists for accusing others of misappropriation without proving crimes in court.
Sioux Falls considers a fall harvest festival or grain palace to boost business, echoing Mitchell and Aberdeen. A grain palace could attract thousands and profit promoters and stockholders, while alternative events might depress other localities. Separate discussion focuses on Sunday openings for temperance billiard halls in Yankton, with preachers and liberal youth debating legality and use.
In Woodward county Oklahoma sixteen miles east of Woodward, during a sudden thunder shower, a hot sun heated sandy soil under a cabin where Robert Belt his wife and two children and two passers by sought refuge. Rain caused steam buildup under the ravine cabin, overturning it and injuring all occupants. two children severely hurt likely to die. Witnesses say the explosion was caused by steam formed from water meeting heated soil and air trapped under the house.
Washington dispatch reports Indian Inspector McConnell exonerates Agent Johnson of wrongdoing in administering the Sisseton and Wahpeton agency South Dakota. It says any injurious acts were due to inexperience and bad advice from friends and notes complaints came mainly from a defeated candidate who was warned to withdraw.
Justice Stephen J. Field holds the record for continuous service on the supreme bench with thirty four years five months and six days surpassing John Marshall by one day. The Washington Star notes Field’s age and infirmity limit his activity while preparatory notices and reflections on politics and health follow, including grain shipments to Europe and public notices for sale and business offers.
An old advertisement urges prompt treatment of colds to prevent consumption. It touts One Minute Cough Cure as the great remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis and all throat and lung trouble, attributed to L. O. Gale.
The Bridgewater Tribune questions Populist claims by raising pointed asks on rising carpenters and painters workloads new dwellings lumber and coal stocks expanded merchant inventories enlarged ad space wallpaper sales and growing business. It notes higher grain prices banking clearances and factory orders while asking why Coxey armies did not march and why silver value shifted slightly.
An advertisement bundle promotes a universal salve cure all for skin ailments with refund guarantee, a milk dairy note confirming steady price per quart, a G A R encampment travel offer with specific dates, Ely Cream Balm for cold symptoms with test size, and De Wit's Little Early Risers for constipation and liver issues. Names include S H Scallin, E J Shelmadine, Marcus Gee, L O Gale, and references to Northwestern line travel.
Railroads cut round trip to Buffalo to 25.30 for the national G A R encampment aiding old soldiers’ travel. Omaha Mil waukee agents expect rates may dip further. many New York and other travelers likely to take advantage. Also included are testimonials praising Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for liver issues.
Notice to creditors of Peter Walstrum deceased requires filing claims with four months from first publication. Adminstratrix Anna Walstrum, via J L Hannett, urges prompt proof of debts at Mitchell South Dakota offices. Includes dates May 1 1807 and court actions in Davison County.
John Cook sheriff of Davison County will sell at public auction on Monday August 1597 at 10am at the courthouse front door Mitchell South Dakota the southeast quarter of section nineteen township 102 north range 60 west containing 160 acres to satisfy a judgment for foreclosure and costs totaling 462 dollars and 47 cents with accruing interest and sale costs F M Goopy Koontz attorney for plaintiff
Notice is given that Herman Schurz has filed for final proof on his claim in Ethan, South Dakota. Proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Mitchell on September 4, 1897. Witnesses: Phillip Germsheld, Daniel Donovan, Michael Donovan, and William Sehnidt.
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