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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1892
Page
12
Local items note a large display of Christmas goods at The Fair and bargain offerings at The Cash Bargain Store. Messages mention underbuying prices, land and property listings, repairs and new business moves, with community items on tax books, marriages, and public notices.
New York dispatch reports Representative Bland, chair of the House committee on coinage, weights and measures, denounces Rothschild’s silver demonetization scheme as a world wide attack on silver. He argues silver at 60 pence would fall to 48 and warns of a $100,800,000 loss in U S silver currency if adopted, but expects Congress will never ratify it.
Washington officials report rising momentum to cut pension costs with minimal harm to eligibles. Representative O'Neill outlines steps to drop nonessential widows and orphans from benefits and prune duplicated claims, while urging bipartisan action and uniform standards. In a separate note, navy planners vow continuous West Indies presence, replacing foreign ships after lessons from Venezuela, with the Kearsarge at La Guayra to be succeeded by the Atlanta.
Dec 1 report notes General Rosecrans's worsening illness curbing work at the register's office and signaling his long and faithful career ending as he nears death. In Independence, musician Y A Volrath is publicly horsewhipped on main street by Mrs Henry Wasson for alleged slander, Volrath's wife aiding.
The writer laments an overdose of fashion driving girls toward schooling that yields limited practical value. He argues many educated women become housekeepers or “hired girls,” while boys drift from routine schooling. He calls for a remedy akin to ancient prescriptions and urges cultural critique.
Nine extra freight trains ran in by six this morning to move a large load from the Northern Pacific at Edgerly to Omaha and beyond. Regular crews doubled as conductors and engineers during the rush as Conductor Fargo and Engineer Noble logged long extra runs.
Sioux City dispatch reports the Union Stock Yards company increases capital from 1 1 2 million to 3 million dollars. Cudahy and Co will take 400000 of the new issue to fund yard improvements and expansion of the beef house operated by Edward Higginson.
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