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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1890
Page
6
Local items emphasize Gale's Christmas and New Year cards, watches, jewelry, and holiday stock at Gale's and Scallin's. Reports mention lectures, benefits, and community events, plus local business promos, district news, marriage notices, a pension increase, and weathered public notices from Mitchell in 1890.
M. M. Smith returns tomorrow from Sioux City with a full line of groceries to expand his stock of confectionery goods. Matt and his father join in a new business enterprise in the Grant building and will handle four and feed. Publican predicts a successful venture with a holiday offer.
A December city item describes youths staging a Sitting Bull dummy bluff at the 11:30 train arrival, drawing about 150 people before the prank was revealed. It also notes a bank failure in Huron and remarks from John D. Lawler, plus an advertisement praising Hood’s Sarsaparilla for rheumatism.
Early bulletin posted at the Alex Mitchell hotel described a skirmish in the bad lands with cavalry and Indians, reporting fifty soldiers and many Indians killed. Militia morale, some possible disqualifying physical issues, and readiness to move to the front were noted. A Charity Hall event at the same hotel drew good attendance. music by local performers and hall owner generosity marked the evening, oysters and cake served, clearing about $18 to $20.
A. S. Chesebrough of Warner shipped a car load of one and two year old calves to Mitchell. They were sold to John Q. Anderson who will winter them there. All are steers and present a fair looking lot. A local tale ends with a quip about a doctor's misdiagnosis of a liver enlarged condition and a second doctor correcting it.
Agent Clemans of a Milwaukee company announces relief shipments for settlers in South Dakota. Coal donated will be shipped at 25 percent below the regular tariff and grain shipped for relief will be conveyed at half fare.
The notice warns that cold waves are forecast with reliability and that many people will suffer pains and rheumatic dread with every shift to damp or spiny weather. It mentions Hood’s Sarsaparilla but states it is not claimed to be a positive specific.
The Republican and Capitol publish a touching obituary for Mollie E Stemler who died December 9 1890 near Mt Vernon Illinois She born February 1 1873 in Nocomis IL youngest of seven children Her funeral led by Rev D M Powell drew many mourners and a two mile procession Interred beside her father with pallbearers Charlie Rake Fred Block John Maguire Martin Tufty Dan Lough Tan and Arthur Reap The notice notes her devout Christian disposition and rare mind Also mentions a poem read with two stanzas about her kindness and Good Night sentiment
Secretary of the interior clears several land entries for patent after new investigations. Cash entries J A Whitten Florine Hull James T Morse in Sanborn and Jerauld counties see revised sufficiency. other cases deny reviews where no new questions arise. Contested Sherburne Atkinson favored for good faith. Doolittle Humphrey and Abraham Cammann awarded land to contestants for failure to comply with the law.
Secretary Down ey of the agricultural board reports a new committee named at the recent meeting. Members Codington Keith Bowdle and Van Osdel will confer with Commissioners Day and McIntyre on contributions for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1891. Brandreth's Pills are praised for fifty years of steady use and noted as a safe effective purgative widely sold.
The South presents milder climate and fertile soil capable of growing diverse crops, with cheap land and lumber. Many Northern families have already relocated along the Illinois Central Railroad Southern Division through Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, yet space remains for more. Write J.F. Merry, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Manchester, Iowa, for reliable information.
The notice promotes New Orleans as a premier winter home with quick access to the Mexican Gulf Coast for hunting fishing oysters and recreation. It urges readers to request the illustrated pamphlet Mexican Gulf Coast winter Resorts from J F Merry assistant general passenger agent Manchester Iowa. One week till Christmas.
John Hobson of Yankton South Dakota vanishes amid a broad, varied report. Other notes include a new brick plant in Lyons Iowa and treatment for a Lime Springs man bitten by a mad dog. Urban accidents, elections, and rail and river concerns span Wisconsin, Minnesota and beyond with multiple notable figures and incidents.
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