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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
9
The Mitchell Printing Co records page includes editorial staff and official positions. Listed are national and state figures with Mitchell connections such as H Taft James Sherman and Gov. Johnston, plus county officials including Superintendent of Public Instruction and Clerk of Courts.
Dell Rapids consolidates two local papers into one under W C Wass, aiming to cut advertising waste and avoid split readership. The piece notes similar consolidations in Genterville and compares town newspaper markets across several states, arguing many towns do not need multiple dailies or weeklies.
A fragment discusses the Democratic party’s opposition to the primary law and its provisions. It alleges candidates nominated at Rapid City will seek state support by petitions, risking ticket slates under independent headings and noting the high cost of primary elections.
The piece notes greater latitude in expressing candidate choice while the methods mirror past campaigns. Candidates are selected and voted for with familiar regularity, and voters pay a price for the privilege, arriving at the same conclusion through a different avenue.
The South Dakota National Guard will depart Saturday August 29 for Fort Riley Kansas for one week of training and maneuvers. Mitchell previously fielded a military company in earlier campaigns and will be represented in this active duty work.
Mitchell promises the arrival of a large audience for Mr Bryan in this city. The event is described as a distinguished honor for the town with thousands expected to attend the speech by the Nebraska senator.
The speaker argues that enforcing state liquor laws is essential and suggests defeating gubernatorial candidate Robert Vessey for his prohibition beliefs would wrong a capable gentleman. The quote frames a debate over policy versus personal opposition in a political contest.
The speaker urges William Jennings Bryan to organize a national effort to retire all existing pictures and publish new cuttings. He argues that post 1896 imagery has altered Bryan beyond recognition and that voters should see a current, accurate portrait dating to 1908.
The Pantheon is hailed as France’s Westminster old and sacred site. It holds graves of Mirabeau Voltaire Rousseau Lannes and other Napoleonic heroes. From Clovis to Soufflot to Napoleon the Great its walls tell the nation’s memory and reverent piety.
The Huron state fair opens September 7 and runs to the 12th with new buildings enlarged grounds and expanded amusement features. Officials report growing popularity and increasing patronage each year.
The Springfield race riot subsides following two to three days of clashes between whites and blacks. Officials report several lynching attempts, property destruction, and mass departures as Governor Dineen deploys state militia to restore order and condemn the mob’s actions.
A Baltimore dispatch reports Methodists plan to oppose Speaker Cannon in the next organized House election. They seek a speaker who will allow a vote on the interstate liquor bill and oppose prohibition measures, while describing a shipment bill that taxes cross state liquor transfers under destination state law.
The saloon interests deny organized efforts to defeat Robert S. Vessey and say they will rally to Andy Lee. They warn against actions that could trigger county option and statewide prohibition, while noting Vessey’s right to his views as governor.
In Philadelphia a inventor seeks a varnish to mimic Stradivarius sound. A renowned violin maker argues age does not fix tone but bowing does. He uses an electrical vibration device claiming thirty days of bowing equals fifty years natural aging. Pathénder.
A terse note describes a lake of oil five miles south and west of Glenn Pool in Tulsa, located on the Korndorfer Jesse property, with reference to the Prairie Of and Gas company.
Hassas City Journal notes two wells drilled to 2 240 feet produce high grade oil. The offset well at the same depth also yields the same grade. Both wells sit at least 500 feet deeper than Glenn pool wells and indicate a vast underlying lake of high grade oil new to the region. Potential widespread drilling in Creek fields as a result.
Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt, nicknamed Chance, is head of Latin and famed for long chapel talks. A Horace reading by a student yielded the line It is hard for us to endure the blows of chance, provoking laughter and a dawning joke among the class.
The exchange features Scrawley admitting he left the lecture platform and Horrocks noting he married a gifted eloquent woman, turning Scrawley into the audience, as reported by the Cleveland Leader.
A brief Baltimore American quote recalls a leap year marriage proposal to Miss Julia. The speaker notes he told her to consult her mother rather than accept on the spot.
New York actress Miss Coban orders a chocolate sundae at an uptown drug store and a fire caused by a hat feather touching a lighter prompts the clerk to pour ice cream on the hat to extinguish flames. She complains the hat cost 50 dollars and demands 49.9 dollars in restitution, while the clerk jokes around.
A photographer notes that most famous subjects pick flawed portraits as their favorites. He argues people misjudge their own appearance, with stout men liking thin pictures and thin men preferring stout ones, while solemn and jovial dispositions bias their choices.
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