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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
2
The Mitchell Printing Co announces subscription rates and office details. Subscriptions vary by payment timing with annual and multi month options. Advertising rates and business card pricing are listed. notices and obituaries are charged per line. Friday December 4 1896 edition.
The Sioux Falls and Watertown papers discuss the state canvass, populist control of the legislature, and a proposed election law revision to curb straight-ticket voting. They note Watertown candidates for post office, Dowdell contesting Sheldon, and Mark Hanna's silver certificate retirement idea with Judge Thomas advocating limited coinage changes.
The piece discusses South Dakota policy views on pensions and snowstorm impacts in the Midwest. It notes Congressman Pickler’s strong backing for a pensions commissioner role and cites other political commentary on McKinley, Bryan, and Andy Lee with references to the Argus Leader and Pettigrew documents.
An optimistic note claims rising foreign demand will lift farm prices. The Big American Woolen Mille Co of 86 Fulton Street Chicago offers $40 to $150 monthly home employment for every man over 18 in good standing who applies.
A Chicago Tribune tale recounts Kansan and others comparing cyclones to odd fates. A Pawnee County mortgage collapses when a cyclone blows the house into the pasture, roof intact on foundations, later unused. A dog seller narrates a hunter’s tale of a dog with a twisted tail sold for eighty dollars.
The New York Times excerpt imagines many bicycle adaptations including a musician wheel with a double bass, a literary wheel with automatic book flipping, a sportsman wheel with gun and game bag, an angler wheel with a green hamper, and a milking dairy wheel that milks cows, churns butter, and tracks output.
A controversial African ceremony tests a groom to be by tying his hands in a sack with five ants for two hours. If he endures the stings without flinching, he is deemed fit to withstand married life. The piece notes it as a provocative idea for civilized societies to consider.
Kisawa volunteers two men to accompany me to Kasembi with no pay offered. Two young warriors clap after each instruction while one youth carries rattles and manioc and sings about me. They entertain near at hand but I request distance to better enjoy the music as we travel four or five days to Kasembi.
Ptolemy the Thunderbolt and a general note on weather hint at a playful opening. Children benefit from Syrup of Fig and Syrup of Pigs as gentle laxatives. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is touted for teething pain and diarrhea relief. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is praised by New York retailers for colds and whooping cough, with sales notes and prices.
Public foreclosure notice states Ed Winsor and Luta Winsor mortgaged land in Davison County South Dakota to Ann N Morton. The 160 acre SW Quarter Section 9 Township 103 North Range 61 West was recorded 1895. Amount due 617.82 with taxes and attorney fees. sale set for January 16 1897 at Mitchell Court House.
Stockholders of The Security Bank in Mitchell Davison County South Dakota seek court order to dissolve the bank. Objections may be filed within 30 days from first publication. if none, court action proceeds. Hart Cox Clerk notes the 28th day of November 1896.
Notice is given of a foreclosure and sale in Davison County South Dakota. John Cook sheriff will sell the real estate described as Lots 1 and 2 in Block 38 Cooley Guernsey addition Mitchell on December 12 1896 at 2 PM at the courthouse front door. The sale follows a November 7 1896 judgment in Curtis versus Annie and John Savage.
Notice of foreclosure on the Betts mortgage in Davison County South Dakota. William B. Brown mortgagee seeks sale of the East half of the Southwest quarter and West half of the Southeast quarter of section 33 104N 60W to satisfy $909.60 plus costs. Sale set for December 26, 1896 at 2 PM at the Mitchell courthouse front door.
Mortgage sale notices that outline assignments from Orlando R Betts and Eunice C Betts to George W Newell and later transfers to F B Clement and Stephen Jewett. Defaulted payments, total due listed at 1009.22 with principal 3500? Wait. (Note: Summary reflects OCR fragments. key entities include Betts spouses, Newell, Clement, Jewett, and Davison County record dates.)
Notice of foreclosure under a trust deed for Frances M. Greene and Heman C. Greene to A M Bowdle as trustee for Northwestern Loan and Trust Company. Property includes parts of section 24 township 103 north range 60 west near Mitchell South Dakota. Sale set for January 2, 1897 at 10:15 am at the Davison county courthouse.
On May 26 1844 Thomas W D Orswell and Alice V Orswell mortgaged land to E W Jeffries. Property is SW ¼ of Sec 24 T104N R60W in Davison County SD containing 160 acres. Mortgage recorded June 19 1894. Sum due 863 76 with costs. Foreclosure sale set for January 2 1897 at 10 am at the courthouse front door. Sheriff Davison County SD. A E Hitchcock, Attorney for Mortgagee.
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