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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1887
Page
7
A compilation of quotes and commentary from Dakota newspapers debating current events and governance. It notes an Aberdeen convention, territorial laws questioned for timing, and exchanges about expenditures. includes remarks on Governor Church and editor Lewis amid broader press critique.
The opening of the Big Sioux reservation is praised as advancing settlement by industrious whites, expanding coal availability, enabling wheat farms, and building mills along the west bank from Mandan to Yankton. It would open commerce with rich grazing lands along several rivers and increase wheat growth and mineral output in Dakota.
Residents of Tuscon New Mexico pay 800 copies for abroad notices and $200 monthly for writeups and engravings. Lamar Colorado recently spent 2000 on a pamphlet 1500 for a local writeup. Fort Scott Kansas pays 7000 to Mon itor publisher for city promotion. Newton Kansas subscribes 1500 to boost Republican boom. Hutchinson Kansas pays 10000 to News to showcase Hutchinson to the East.
The Canton Advocate notes that the compiled laws of Dakota have begun delivery to territorial and county officials but will not prove useful. A two-person committee rushed the revision, charging $20,000, and publication occurred after the deadline, invalidating the authorization and making the work a dead letter.
A writer argues perfect facial composure signals good breeding and youthfulness, then compares a Kentucky mule’s unchanging, unreadable expression to a Turveydrop ideal. He notes a two year old colt resembles his great grandfather, suggesting lineage and restraint in demeanor.
A garbled OCR fragment conveys blunt insults and derisive remarks about someone perceived as foolish. The incomplete text hints at a condemnatory tone and potential dispute but lacks clear names or events to anchor a fuller summary.
Sioux City Journal argues southern California tempts travelers and investors yet burden of high prices and scarce building materials harms laborers and small earners. It cites Omaha Bee reporting boomers overshooting demand, wages lagging, and parking a warning that California’s winter lure may fade as markets adjust.
A physician manufacturer argues for government regulation of proprietary remedies to curb quackery and protect patients. He cites abuses by inexperienced practitioners, calls for laws recording and examining proprietary recipes, and urges licensure before general sale, naming Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower as examples.
A historical remark from the Chicago Mail dated August 3, 1887 urges public perseverance against medical fraud. It warns readers to avoid imitation cures and seek genuine remedies, reflecting 19th century concern over quackery and credibility in medical products.
CucaGo December 10. William Tobin was shot last Friday and died at the hospital last night. The coroner was notified this morning.
In Baltimore on December 10 Thomas M. King resigned as second vice president of the B and O and the board accepted the move. Samuel Spencer was elected president and now presides over the board meeting.
A historical survey details the loss of the Dutch steamer Scholten near Dover and a string of English Channel wrecks since 1870, noting heroism by Capt. Taat and high mortality from cold water and panic. The Mersey estuary gale is described with dock damage, ships adrift, and the Akbar reform school ship narrowly avoiding catastrophe.
The article proclaims health as the foundation of happiness and claims dyspepsia and sluggish liver ruin happiness. It extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a safest reliable remedy, noting they are purely vegetable and harmless.
As colder weather nears, many households fear renewed rheumatic pain among the elderly. The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as not a cure but a medicine with remarkable reported success in alleviating rheumatic back or limb pain, urging sufferers to try it.
Washington dispatch notes Department of Agriculture report focuses on prices for farm products. Corn averages 43.8 cents per bushel up from 36.1 last year. Wheat at 69 cents, up three mills. Cotton values about half a cent higher than last December. The piece also contains an unrelated verse and an advertising claim about Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments.
Public examination of applicants for teacher certificates at the court house Mitch ell North Dakota. January 3, 1888 at 10 a.m. for two days. by F. L. Bras County Superintendent.
North Carolina market notes show a Greensboro firm shipping 18,000 pounds of dried blackberries to northern markets. The fruit industry provides work for many in modest means and boosts regional commerce. A New York Star note warns about disease spread via books and second hand shops.
The Alaska aurora shines brilliantly through the long Arctic winter, beginning at sunset and occasionally at noon in midwinter. It forms arches and curtains of orange, green, pink, and red, dancing across frozen rivers and snowy landscapes. The aurora fades as days lengthen, yielding to the midnight sun in summer while temperatures drop to seven degrees, with dry air moderating the cold.
A New York Graphic reflection portrays physicians as contributing quietly to society, resisting partnersh ip and modern business methods, often accepting charity for patient care. The piece notes the scarcity of doctors at elite social events, attributing their focus to serving suffering humanity and strict personal accountability.
The article traces wheat’s unknown status in America before Columbus and notes that wheat reached Mexico by 1550 by a Cortez slave who planted grains found in rice. It spread to Lima via Arie1 ar, a wife of Don Diego de Chauques, and to Quito through a monk named Ira Jodesi Bixi. Wheat’s introduction to the present U.S. areas occurred with English and other European settlers.
A Rare Bits note suggests holding a pronouncing bee on similar lines to a spelling bee. Words are chosen by a committee and written on a board for all to see. The piece argues correct pronunciation matters, lists troublesome words, and says such an event could entertain and raise money for small charitable efforts.
A dialogue fragment suggests Brown notes his sister will wed Mr. Jinks of New York and Roburtton confirms. The exchange references social status and a family member in custody, with Dexas Sittings contributing a terse aside about Ford Ward’s brother being in the next cell.
A street girl tells Theodore she doubts his love while a post office clerk drags her past an ice cream saloon. He pleads, saying he named fourteen post offices after her last week, in a humorous Washington Critic snippet.
The piece catalogs extensive church and mission funding across the United States and abroad. It notes investments by the McAll mission in Paris, Philadelphia and Detroit YMCA debts paid, New York music costs for churches, and large pledges for arcot India and a Nankin Christian university. It also reports mission boards’ finances, well as jubilees, pastor appointments, and a Muscovite style church near the Garden of Gethsemane in the Kedron valley.
A sports page notes a Boston jockey club discussion, Dempsey will not go to Europe, and English Derby favorite Friars Balsam at 5 to 2. It also mentions Davis and McCaffrey prospects, and plans for Yale athletic handicap contests after Christmas.
A collage of short anecdotes from a bygone era includes children’s quips on bedtime and tiredness, a mother and son exchange about babies and heaven, a humorous drugstore joke, a New Jersey neighbor inquiry, a Troy Times exchange about illness, a note on a Grant statue for St. Louis, an architectural league contest for young draughtsmen, and Giardini’s violin learning joke.
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