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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
3
Incomplete OCR snippet mentions assorting cases and desks, with unclear references to American and manufacturers. The readable portion hints at packaging or storage items and a July timeframe but lacks coherent detail or names to identify a clear event or subject.
In Chicago, a young Kentucky attorney named Abraham Lincoln aided ex Senator Blackburn by speaking up for the demurrer in Blackburns first case at the bar. Lincoln's intervention clarified the position and the court sustained the demurrer. Blackburn later recalled the incident as his only meeting with Lincoln.
An Aberdeen apprentice boy on his first voyage up the Mediterranean is questioned by the skipper as he gazes at the moon. The boy replies in Aberdeen speech asking whether the sea’s immensity resembles Aberdeen’s own scale, creating a moment of maritime humor.
Milbank Herald-Advance reports John L. Lockhart will travel to Washington on state business yet plans to advocate for the free homestead bill. He aims to explain settlers’ needs to Congress, leveraging his role as commissioner of school and public lands to influence lawmakers and Speaker Reed. The paper predicts broad passage of the bill after his outreach.
Local columns report Lizzie Arland completing a three month Raymond district teaching term and praise her skills. School breaks for two weeks. Tomlinson returns from Illinois after visiting his daughter. Several local moves, farm yields, auctions, and social events are noted across Ethan Badger and EMSLEY with visits, illnesses, and holiday plans.
An accident Saturday left Mr. Dahl with a deep gash after his horse panicked at the track in Ethan. He learned his son died by gas asphyxiation in Sioux Falls, a severe blow to the Dahl family. A Christmas event is planned at Mr Hazen’s on Friday the 24th at 2 30 PM. A lunch motto on a door hints at routine delays, and an ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestive ills.
A vivid portrait of the Great Dane noting its Danish origin, German mastiff varieties, and its imposing yet genial temperament. The piece contrasts its warlike power with civility, warns against casual patting, and highlights its space-claim in tight passages.
A satirical tale by Thomas Katgut recounts a fateful romance with Miss Pussy Carmine, ending in a bizarre death and musical afterlife. The piece blends macabre humor with a cautionary note on catgut origins, as cited by Aura Lewi in the New York Times.
The passage touts scrofula as a vile blood disease and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the sole effective remedy. It cites Marietta M. Smith of South Middleboro Massachusetts reporting her daughter was cured after a few bottles and no sores since.
Thunder snakes emerge during thunderstorms on the bare plains of New Mexico. They are rare but commonly seen by prairie travelers, enjoying flashes of lightning and thunder as a picnic. They are quarrelsome, fiercely marked, and aggressive yet nonpoisonous. The king of Siam’s palace walls enclose temples offices stables troops and war elephants within a mile circumference.
Dr Rea president of the Southern Medical and Surgical Institute announces a one day only visit January 23 1898 at Mitchell House. He claims a vast practice in Louisville Kentucky cures thousands yearly and offers free consultation in German and English. He promises rapid diagnosis with a fifty dollar bounty for any case he cannot identify in five minutes and lists extensive treatments for numerous diseases and conditions.
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