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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
7
A varied set of rental and sale items listed including furnished rooms near high school, unfurnished upper apartment, rooms for light housekeeping, and offices. Also sales for machinery, a light bob sleigh, team and harness, puppies, cows, spring water, billiard tables and accessories. Listings include contact points like addresses and phone numbers.
A jumble of small classified notices and a long naval style extract on Newfoundland seamen and nursing snoring hazards. The page mentions marriage ads and a box address in Oakland California, plus a Philadelphia Inquirer quotation about wrecks and heroism at sea.
The text lists several lectures and addresses from professors and officials at colleges in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Kansas, including J G Hutton C J Bull and R L Slagle, with times and venues noted. It references a shake up in shipping bans and a court ruling by Judge Pettit affecting etiquette and commerce.
A short historical notice notes a medicine trial bottle offered free by Diel and Brown. The snippet lists ailments such as fever cough and lagrippe with a price of 6 cents or $1.49 for a larger size.
In Bucharest a Bulgarian woman Donda Hescoul attacked 17 year old opera singer Chiaran Ginsomo with vitriol. The assault killed two bystanders, a policeman and a judge, before the assailant took her own life.
A gas tank exploded at the Royal Cleaning Dye Works injuring seven men including Tl.-John Binnowesta and six others. Loss estimated at $20,000 with fire and rescue crews on site.
The South Dakota Corn and Grain Show comes to Mitchell for five days of lectures, livestock judging, and exhibits. President Dawes and Secretary Hume promise a strong faculty, with a short course run by the Commercial Club alongside the main event. Domestic science, livestock judging, and district contests will engage exhibitors from three state divisions, with professional and amateur classes to ensure broad participation.
Several residents arrive for Christmas or vacation visits, including Ethan rata do Al from Sioux Falls, Paul Blackman returning from Mitchell, and J. J. Pigott back from Holstein. Local events include a large Christmas program at church and a well received Christmas tree. A court ruling limits tip demands in check rooms, with lawyers noting impact on patrons and waiters.
Spectators in Judge Carpenter's courtroom note the packers are all tall men with broad shoulders. Figures like James B. Forgan Marvin Hughitt J Ogden Armour Louis Swift Arthur Meeker and Arthur Miller loom large in public view as the beef industry’s leadership from Armours Swift & Co to the stockyards.
Boston. Charles Francis Adams, lawyer and Civil War general’s descendant, publishes a study faulting George Washington’s judgment in the Revolutionary War while praising Sir William Howe’s missed chances. Adams argues Howe’s blunders and Washington’s traps shaped the war, with key missed opportunities at Bunker Hill and in New York.
O H Brown of Muscadine Alabama credits Dr Kings New Discovery for saving his wife from a severe bronchial illness and dangerous cough. He recounts she could not rise from bed until after starting treatment, with two bottles aiding rapid relief.
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