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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1891
Page
7
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TO ADVERTISERS Advertising rates grew on application and will be found reasonably low. Business Cards not exceeding six lines five dollars per year additional line one dollar. Business Locale five cents per line. Legal Advertisements at Statute Hires. Cards ten cents per line. Marriage and Death Notices published free of charge. Obituaries Resolutions of Respect and Wedding presents five cents per line.
The article dwells on conflicting claims between Senators Cullom and Kyle, notes McKinley’s potential recovery, and mocks New York papers over assassins and politics. It discusses Blaine Harrison ties to Elkins, Lake County Independent’s stance, and Republican press critique of Loucks. It urges focusing on Alliance policies rather than personalities.
The piece discusses a speaker fight in Congress with Northern Democrats seen as pivotal and critiques how party blocs respond to southern leadership. It notes F L Mumford rejecting political weaponization of prohibition and mentions Kathrens promoting Will Hubbard Kernan’s poetry, highlighting the harsh artistic portrayal in A Flaming Meteor and the poet’s troubled life.
The Pioneer Press reports Senator Kyle of South Dakota met two leading Democrats with character certificates hoping they would back his committee seats. He then sought Democratic and then Republican assignments, angering Democrats who call it duplicity and a veritable stagger in Capitol dealings.
The piece criticizes Mr Kyle for apparent double dealing and ignorance of senatorial methods. It labels him an indecrat and notes that fellow senators do not understand his policy. It laments Irish leadership and jokes about a national Christmas hunt.
Rus sell Sage is deaf and spends little time at his office while his son, at the door answering inquiries, suffers pneumonia and risks insanity. James G. Blaine rises from struggle to be regarded as the greatest statesman, while James G. Blaine Jr. drifts until an opportunity offers and creates extra publicity on the eve of a presidential campaign.
The Republican declares a one day pause in publication for Christmas and extends best wishes to every reader. It hopes the day brings happiness and light to homes as it did long ago.
Daniel Voorhees anticipates another chance to unwind injections as Judge Woods nomination returns to senate executive session. He expects no fear of a rebuke from John Ingalls and suggests Peffer’s election eased his fears. Meanwhile Iowa’s aid to Russia prompt a state committee led by ex Governor Larrabee and others to oversee relief amid famine and harsh repression.
The Brookings Individual criticizes papers for substituting epithets for argument in political debate. It urges newspapers to abandon insults such as plute and calamities and to meet opposing views with respectable, candid argument rather than rancor.
At the first quarterly conference the M. E. church in this city reported more than fifty accessions since October. The Sunday school under Prof. L. A. Stout averages 155 attendees. Epworth League led by W. S. Shepherd exceeds 100 members, signaling a healthy church community. Passengers urged to buy tickets at offices. from December 1, 1891, train rate rises ten cents for riders boarding at stations without tickets, no refunds or rebates. Show tickets on entering cars to avoid misrouting.
Mr. Vernon and Mrs. O T Huyck visit Emery friends while Seth Noble stays with Plankinton. Miss Jennie Haynes ends Mitchell term and returns home on vacation. Rev C M Van Marter conducts revival at Free Methodist church. Detectives raid First street houses seizing three charged with contraband and arresting Widmann, Koch and Gormley amid speculation of further testifying.
A verse filled piece highlights the imagined benefits of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Kemp’s Balsam for respiratory and vitality issues. It notes free sample offers and widespread druggist availability. A surprise gathering at Rev. A. R. Boggs’s home honors the pastor with two rocking chairs and other gifts from his parishioners.
The text describes Christmas baskets and speeches of presentation to Mr. Boggs, a sociable evening, and a heartfelt gift from the community. City schools close for two weeks of holidays while Prof. Helwig travels to St Paul and plans to return for the Educational Institute. The school board meets to settle term affairs. A juror list for the January county term follows with names like John Gatz and Hans Helgeson.
Col George A Silsby inspector general on the South Dakota National Guard staff will inspect Company C of Yankton Wednesday night this week. This will be the last drill under old tactics as new regulations take effect January. The Colonel will inspect Company TI located at Mitchell shortly. Sensible Man Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. It is curing more cases of coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and all throat and lung troubles. Free sample bottle offered by the proprietor. Large bottles 50c and 41. Prof Benj F Hood and Miss Harriet J Taylor were married at the brides home in Canton South Carolina Tuesday December 22. Mr Hood is superintendent of the city schools of Huron. Miss Taylor is a noted elocutionist who held the department of elocution at Dakota University in 1887.
A traveler named Warren Millham returns from a multi state tour deeming southern opportunities limited for small capital. Fort Worth vacant shops and dull business prompt his view that North Carolina like Mitchell offers better living prospects for modest wealth. The text notes new electric plant progress in Mitchell and a deep well success by O B Hover, plus local postal uncalled letters list and Moore’s Music Store holiday piano prices with aggressive local sales pitches.
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is shown as larger and fuller than rivals Royal and Taylor's. The ad urges buyers to compare cans, warns against ammonia or alum powders, and touts Dr Price's as purer stronger and healthier with no adulterants.
A short notice offers first class winter apples and a property known as the City Bakery in Mitchell for sale. Seller C. Rhoades invites offers on or before January 1 offering sale with or without stock and fixtures.
Mr H G Nichols of Mitchell aided Mr Sloan in the difficult office of judge and earned esteem for his courteous manners. Patrick T McGovern, Mitchell agent for Northwestern Life Insurance, visited town to settle a $1,000 life policy on T A Short of Edgerton, who was recently accidentally killed.
A boy set a firecracker in a home causing smoke and a small burn hole to the bed. Fire was extinguished with water. no injuries are reported. Keeming. Huronite. The piece of cracker burned through to the floor before being dampened.
Letcher Blade publisher The Mitchell Printing Co. won a judgment last week for $17.30 and costs against a delinquent subscriber to the Mitchell Capital. The Blade has been forced to sue to collect long overdue accounts. In a separate note, a fire at Smith & Convey clothing store started by a lamp spark destroyed about $60 worth of gentlemen's furnishings but was contained before causing serious damage.
Talent Abroad reports Mitchell based performer Mitchell draws crowds with entertainments. A sequence of five lectures or recitals in one week is listed, including Rev Geo Williams in Mitchell and Prof Arthur Shepherd next Tuesday with Misses Lee. Shepherd won first prize in a state historical contest. Clear Lake Courier reports the Nat ional Cordage Co monopoly and Alliance company twine purchases reducing farmers’ choices as Deering factory remains.
Sioux City Journal notes in this county that patience has run out over a deal with Mills. It quotes local observers on Mr. Blake's reciprocity policy framed as free trade and questions Democratic organs for opposing support.
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