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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1887
Page
3
The notice outlines Wisconsin and Dakota taxes on insurance premiums, fees for companies formed in the territory, and agent certificates. It lists incorporation costs, annual statements, publication charges, and certificate issuance fees.
An advertisement extols Saint Jacobs Oil as an effective burn and scald remedy. Letters from Iowa, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania praise its cooling and healing properties and urge keeping it in every home for heat and steam injuries.
Justus Bragg ex mayor of Bismarck discusses a missed deadline for admitting Dakota, tying it to a tariff issue for the next presidential campaign. He argues Dakota farmers suffer under tariff monopolies and advocates tariff reduction as a Democratic plank to win Dakota support.
A prize of $100,000 is praised as a reward for skill or luck, but recovery from consumption is hailed as a greater triumph. The article argues that while chances of winning are small, every consumptive may be assured of recovery with proper care.
Timely use of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery described as an unfailing remedy for scrofulous diseases including consumption. The advertisement urges readers to obtain it from all druggists.
Mandan Pioneer joins Washburn Mail in opposing the Aberdeen convention and accuses the Bis marck Tribune of attacking the event in support of it.
The piece argues movement success hinges on divisionists reception. It warns Congress may still deem the group too corrupt for admission to statehood if strong opposition arises.
Insurance firms cancel all policies on saloon properties and stock across Wheatland county noting future unprofitability after January first. Two policies have already been cancelled in Wheatland as part of a sweeping move affecting local political property and defunct roller rinks.
A Grand Forks Herald piece mocks the Aberdeen Republican for comparing a state convention to Scotland’s Highlander rebellion led by Sir William Wallace. The writer notes the analogy is as apt as the Dakota prairie is to Scotland’s crags, calling the comparison fanciful and humorous.
The piece critiques reading a puff of oneself and contrasts actions of narrow minded readers who steal copies with family men who read to loved ones and pay their bills. A successful advertiser starts to acknowledge the newspaper man’s work.
An advertising pitch promotes Dr Vic Pleasant Purgative Vellets to cut medical costs. It urges waiting until illness hits and then buying the pills for 25 cents to relieve biliousness and constipation, promising removal of symptoms and no doctor’s bill.
Senator Cul lom introduces a bill to annex Beaver Head and Missoula counties Montana to Idaho with repayment of bonded debt, council 14 seats and house 28, Missoula to Cur d'Aleve district and Beaver Head to Blackfoot district. Delegate Toole dismisses it as a bluff and unlikely to pass.
A party travels four miles in freezing conditions to witness an Indian snow dance in a log house. Squaws and bucks dance to tomtom rhythms, while a drum circle and a stove heat the room. A cold, vivid scene includes painted dancers, feather ornaments, and a pot of dog soup as refreshments.
A collage of humorous clippings from various papers including quips about naval officers, education debates at Vassar, dating banter, a dog price bid, medical jokes, and a poignant tale of a child pleading for a ticket to heaven. The items reflect light social satire, language quirks, and everyday misreadings across newspapers.
A collage of brief comic lines and social notes from U S papers recounts thieves, flirtations, work tales and theater chatter. Quips feature a purse snatch plea in New York, Paris travel talk, dying comrade’s whisper, domestic mistiming, and theater crowd observations across cities like Omaha Philadelphia and Detroit.
Cedar Rapids reports Dr Carver shattered existing marks by breaking a hundred glass balls in two minutes and fifteen seconds, outperforming all prior records.
The work presents treatment directions not tied to a single school, listing methods for each disease used by leading physicians of various traditions. It claims to suit every family regardless of preferred practice, noting no other book publishes this approach.
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