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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1897
Page
2
The Mitchell Capital outlines subscription rates and advertising fees with notice changes. It reports on Congress actions the week ahead, state irrigation plans, Pettigrew’s travel and views on annexation, a Curtis biography in Harper’s Christmas issue, and legal news including Kirby’s conviction and Mayhew prosecution outcomes.
The Minneapolis Tribune defends federal appointments and the method used to choose appointees arguing the system works. It cites Mitchell land office pick T. C. Burns, a Republican local businessman, succeeding a Democrat as evidence of party interest guiding office filling. It notes Elliott Kennedy and Burns as examples of favored appointees.
South Dakota Supreme Court holds a tax deed that shows two or more city lots sold together for one consideration is void on its face. The Salmer et al case involved Vermilion property disputes, with verdicts reversing lower court judgments. Justice Fuller notes the deed’s recital proves the lots were exposed and sold as a single tract, invalidating the instrument.
The court notes payment of $101.50 plus accrued interest, paid by defendant Lathrop, as equitable given the premises. The ruling is far reaching, with attorneys noting many tax sales in the city and region may hinge on conditions similar to Vermillion.
Ex Senator John J. Ingalls will open a five part lecture course at the Grand Opera house Wednesday evening December 8, with the topic Problems of Our Second Century. Tickets are priced at 1.50 and Manager Gale expects large houses for each event.
The piece notes a decline in bread consumption amid rising world population and expanding wheat areas, with more meat and fruit replacing bread. It cites statistical trends and observations from Westminster Gazette to illustrate how bread is going out of daily use.
The cucumber temperature is a degree below surrounding air, making the phrase cool and cucumber seem scientifically apt. The word fie ite sound appears in all languages expressing disgust, with Icelandic plui meaning putridity in this fragment.
Mount Vernon visitors recount hearing the ghost of George Washington in the dim corridors of the historic house. Martha Washington reportedly climbed to a hot attic room, while guards and regents note the ghostly figure in the old uniform. The piece then shifts to a critique on spelling errors in published articles and the link between illiteracy and proofreading.
Editor Clugston of the Spiketown Blizzard fled his office after a misprinted personal item in the Blizzard touched off town talk. Miss Euphorbia Licklacker, famed Spiketown belle, confronted him as he fled toward the countryside, linking the rumor to a local wedding lead.
The Keokuk Iowa couple I B Wood and wife depart for Alaska in search of fortune. He ran the Atlas Drug Company medical lab. she, plagued by a chronic ailment, sought treatment from Dr Rea who claimed to cure many chronic diseases. Her improvement led to plans for two years in Alaska with outfits for harsh conditions and a belief in sudden wealth.
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