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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1887
Page
4
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Six churches, two railroads, and a booming economy mark Mitchell as a hub in Davison County. With a population near 4 700, the town boasts banks, a woolen mills, multiple newspapers, schools, a flour mill, waterworks, foundry, several rail lines, and ample farming land. Citizens promote wholesale houses and new industries as prime opportunities.
E. C. Johnson of the Sioux Falls Press contemplates starting a local paper to support Judge Palmer for Congress. The recent New York Republican gathering featured Fargo and Grand Forks delegates. Blaine emerges as the strongest nominee in GOP circles, drawing heavy democratic and mugwump criticism.
The article urges the Republican party in Dakota to perfect its organization promptly as statehood approaches. It predicts the struggle for supremacy will begin between the dominant Republicans and a united opposition centered on the Democratic party.
The Ohio senator plans a public speech on the president's message to define his candidacy and policy. Unlike Blaine, he reveals no secret of his bid and would take clear stands on current issues if chosen.
Washington special reports Delegate Gifford will introduce two bills on the first bill day to admit North and South Dakota as states. Each bill proposes June delegate elections and a September constitutional convention. Springer aims to kill both in the territories committee to block merits.
The Utah Journal of Logan Utah extols President Cleveland calling him a first rate statesman and praises his handling of the Mormon question noting his wisdom and judgment and the congressional reception to his approach. It says his future is promising and honorable.
The article recalls Col. Gale of Canton, elected to Washington from Aberdeen, who on a trip discussed with English lenders how the alien land act would restrict English money loans on Dakota real estate. Gale urged action to change the law in Bismarck next winter, noting its injustice and urging Congress to prepare.
Milbank Index reports a parliamentary blunder leaves no committee to forward the Aberdeen convention memorial to Washington. The main motion is tabled as substitute awaits, with proxy voting confusion and credential issues affecting multiple counties in the hall.
The Sioux City Daily Stock and News Exchange, led by manager S. D. Cook, began publication on the 22d lnst. as a six column folio printed by Union Stock Yards Printing Company. Dakota holds direct interest. the paper aims to circulate widely in the region.
The Sioux Falls Press cautions that if Blaine wins ex Gov Ordway will not control Dakota affairs as alleged. A note hints Mrs John Jacob Astor may have left 25000 for southern Dakota Indian boys and girls. The piece discusses Dakota allegiance and reservation politics amid potential statehood.
N. E. Kratz of the city schools has been chosen president of the South Dakota Educational Association, just adjourned in Huron. The note adds frost in the south and Louisiana’s mild open winter as explained by weather prophets last fall.
Friends of Editor Caldwell of the Sioux Falls Press remembered him on Christmas with a gold watch and chain. A Pioneer Press canvass of Congress members shows Dakota's admission near a partisan issue.
A proposed special edition by the Republican party aims to promote Mitchell to eastern readers this winter. The move targets outreach in eastern markets as part of a broader campaign strategy.
Report says the Dawes reservation bill may fail as opposition grows led by Black Hills groups. The piece notes sharp political resistance and potential delay in passage amid regional tensions.
The St. Paul Globe reports Governor Church will withhold his proclamation on the new law compilation until Dakota attorneys can present suggestions. The stance appears unusual as the legal review pauses formal action.
Judge Brookings, visiting Yankton yesterday, reports Missouri Pacific plans a Dakota extension to Yankton. The line would create a north south trade conduit from the lakes to the gulf, benefiting the entire Jim valley with a valuable feeder to the growing railroad system.
Interviews on the local option law praise the measure and its supporters justify obedience. The city urges residents to respect the law as public safety, while saloon interests are warned against opposing it. Mayor Mentzer’s stance is commended as essential to civic welfare.
A group in a store retells crude frontier art anecdotes about local painters like Miles Stokes Bob Hadley Sladley and Andy Summers. Uncle Buck narrates a darky painted scene that leads to drinking and a humorous jug painting then a bet about truth versus exaggeration.
Yankton Press notes letters to Congress members asking if Dakota should be divided and if not, admission as one state. It cites congressional sentiment split by party and doubts, arguing the public should read carefully the Pioneer Press’s conclusion on statehood terms.
Knoxville reports a fatal house fire near Jaynesville Virginia after Daniel Newton, a colored man, awoke to his log home afire. He rescued a ladder to reach the attic where his three children slept but the stairs and attic bed were engulfed. The children died in the flames while Newton escaped with severe injuries.
A leading lawyer predicts Sparks will not be reappointed commissioner of the general land office. He says the president seeks a reformer to push public business, noting the bureau's arrears and past obstruction by the late administration. The president aims to appoint someone to accelerate operations.
William Boy of Grant county and Ethel Fuller aged seventeen in Watertown sought matrimony over the holiday. Parents objected but the couple wed after securing consent from the bride’s mother despite officials being warned against the ceremony. The pair reconciled with a welcome home as they begin married life.
Washington officials anticipate the resignation of Hon. J. D. C. Atkins as commissioner of Indian affairs soon after the holidays. A nervous, overworked administrator, Atkins has spoken of leaving office for home in Tennessee and possibly seeking Congress again. Assistant Upshaw may succeed him as the interior department faces a significant loss. Philadelphia Knights of Pythias clash with Pennsylvania grand lodge over self government rights, a dispute likely to go to court, as 40 000 members in the state weigh in.
Dover New Hampshire December 29 Dr W W Webber announced that his father William Webber has proven as heir to a sixty acre Manhattan plot south of Canal Street once bought in 1636 by Wilfred Webber of Holland. The land later leased for 200 years and reverted in 1874 to descendants. a New York meeting January 20 will finalize possession arrangements. The property is valued at 20 000 000.
Col Plummer spoke to a full opera house on the Tower of Label as he plans lectures nationwide. Aberdeen’s city council meets tomorrow to debate saloon licenses with liquor interests arguing licenses paid to April 1 should allow continued operation or refund. About $2,000 rests as unexpended license funds with no available fund or council authority to repay.
A small pox outbreak is feared in San Francisco with eleven cases discovered since Friday and a daily average of one case over two months. The Chinese quarter reports infection and the sewer system is in horrible condition with no capable sanitation.
The Ohio river at Cincinnati is frozen and navigation is suspended, ending river coal supply hopes before February unless an unusual January warmth occurs. Coal prices have doubled versus a year ago, with fares also rising.
A five-member lard trust of New York refiners completed yesterday with the election of J. A. Chamberlain as president. Though called a trust, the group prefers the name Central Lard Co. and comprises five of seven local refiners.
The passage lists prominent figures and rumors from 19th century society. It notes M. De Lesséps as the oldest French academician at 81, ex Senator Henry G. Davis worth 10 million, medical notes on Mr. Parnell, a large fortune left by Algernon Sullivan to widow and child, Lord Hartington ordering carpet sweepers from Grand Rapids, Balfour’s aged look after Dublin visit, President Cleveland invited to dinner in Philadelphia on January 25, Oscar Wilkie’s baby likeness, Mrs. Wilde’s dresses, disputed birth year for M. Grery, and Edward Bulwer Lytton as British ambassador. It also mentions Ex-Minister Taylor in Washington, Gladstone selling chips from his father’s trees, and George Hawkins’s Chicago mansion.
Janauschek sails to Europe in February for new engagements. A String of Onions headlines a new comedy while Lester Wallack marks his 68th birthday. Wagner runs July 22 to August 18 at Balreuth. Jessup writes for Mrs Langtry. Jefferson ends tour in Dec then winter rests in Louisiana. Minnie Lew Dockstader plans a May four month San Francisco run. Hilliard shifts to elocution amid Langtry quarrel. Edwin Booth-Lawrence Barrett profits average 15000 weekly. Remenyi alive and fiddling in Rio. Disbanded groups include The Argonauts of 49, Speck Opera, Dick Sands Continentals. Emily Winant returns Dec 24 aboard the Etruria for concerts and oratorios under L M Ruben.
The report lists Baptist and presbytery counts in New York and Boston, notes Dutch Reformed seminary endowment in India with Rev. Dr. W. W. Scudder as theology professor, and cites church service averages in London. It also covers Salvation Army funding for India, Paris primary schools under lay influence shifts, and Catholic school growth in Paris to 246 schools with 70,000 pupils.
A compact collection notes milestones including Paisley handkerchiefs in 1743, Paris blind school by Valentine Haug in 1784, 664 B C sea clash of Corinthians and Corcyra, tea unknown in Greece and England until late. It mentions Magna Charta sealed June 15 1215 and the British Museum preserving the original.
In Des Moines a wagon train stop led to a crowd’s protest as a Des Morsi man was accused of taking a Wattian woman aboard. The irate locals drums out the pair, while the man is sent to Fort Dodge awaiting further action. If he returns, townsfolk threaten tar and feather.
Dispatches from Cleveland report unrest among Pennsylvania railway workers with General Manager McCrea and officials denying knowledge of any plan. No committee has arranged a meeting. reader reports from Cleveland and Pittsburgh are disputed.
Cold night left St Paul at twenty two below zero with Moorehead at thirty six below and Bis ulcerick at twenty four below. Ft Garry and St Vincent hit forty below as temperatures hovered at seven this morning.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup is touted as a premier remedy for teething in children. It claims forty years of use with millions of satisfied customers and promises relief from teething pain dysentery diarrhea griping and wind colic for 25 cents per bottle.
An advertisement proclaims Shilohs Calarrhi Remedy as a positive cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker month and Shilohs Vitalizer for indigestion constipation dizziness loss of appetite yellow skin. It notes sales by L O Gale with prices 10 50 and 1.
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