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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
2
A display of rope portiers tapestry curtains lace curtains and Battenburg pieces along with slipper and glove cases. Hundreds of pretty items described as ideal Xmas presents with an invitation to view them.
An OCR fragment advertises 72 inch pure white all linen damask at 1.25 per yard with many pieces at reduced rates. Other linen values range from 50 cents to 4.50 per dozen and napkin sets priced around 1.25 per dozen.
The store showcases thimbles brooches waist sets new broad collar necklaces comb sets and bracelets with rings necklaces and more in twenty different styles. Assortments are large and prices low, aiming to attract budget buyers.
Advertises fur shop inventory with emphasis on clean stock and low prices from $1.00 up to $35.00. Claims they provide the best goods for the price and would not occupy space if not available.
Advertises silk lined and unlined Mocha gloves in out seam and Rique sewn styles. Describes all colors, guaranteed quality, and price points of $1 and $1.50. Promotes a complete new Holiday Stock.
We announce a straight fifteen percent discount on silks waistings and velvets as a special limited to the balance of this week only.
A city hall Christmas night program features the Glee Club with trained male voices. The concert includes Awake Till Morning and Song of the Vikings, rendered by the Royal Gypsy Orchestra under Faxenz HBubeantgossary IV, with selections by McConnaughey Leightner Chamberlain and others.
Springfield Republican reports action by the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads to end free passes, predicting wider adoption by other lines. Norfolk and Western Reading and Central of New Jersey and Lackawanna have already decided to discontinue passes after this year. A Pennsylvania official notes pass abuse is so extensive that daily pass users east of Pittsburgh could fill an entire ten coach train.
On Friday evening Jerome K. Jerome famed for Three Men in a Boat will appear with Charles Loomis at the Mitchell opera house. The New York Globe praised his blend of pathos and humor and his entertaining anecdotes promising a royally entertaining show for local audiences.
A nether housefly warns its children to avoid adulterated foods in San Francisco tales of marble dust embalmed beef and formaldehyde in milk. The children ignore warnings and die. the mother, grieving, drinks fly poison all day but the poison itself is adulterated and ineffective.
N Noble of Centerville relates the shipment of the first freight car into Dakota Territory. He paid 135 dollars total from M buta to Elk Point after negotiating with new railroad crews and giving the crew a barrel of apples. He notes current rates would be about 845 for a similar shipment.
Mrs Brown asks what she should say after revealing she first met her husband in a large department store. Mrs Green notes many cheap items picked up in big stores. Detroit Tribune item reflects lighthearted chatter about shopping and relationships.
In a courtroom exchange the young attorney triumphs in his first case and shares the moment with Ascum. He then announces his engagement to Miss Roxley as reported by the Baltimore News.
A Washington quote features a stern remark on football needing science, replied with surgical science as the responder. The exchange frames the sport as a field where technical knowledge meets practical medical insight.
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