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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1892
Page
7
The notice outlines subscription options including one year and three months and requests subscribers update addresses. It lists advertising rates for business cards and locals and notes free publication of marriage and death notices with additional charges for obituaries and resolutions.
The piece argues resubmission should be settled quickly while cautioning that expanding residence requirements for divorce is minor. It warns against letting secondary questions derail discussion of major issues and notes political maneuvering by Populists and reform factions. It mentions a Glove-like Montana canvass and a folding bed accident in Oshkosh.
A reader criticizes the Minneapolis Journal for publishing sentimental Christmas pieces in prominent column space. The letter mocks the paper for promoting such content and questions the value of reformer James Simpson canvassing for a Kansas senate seat.
Mrs J S Reynolds is on the sick list. Various locals visit and travel between Emery Mitchell Woonsocket Gar ner Casey and Chicago. Christmas trees and basket social events mark holiday cheer with family reunions and birthday celebrations noted.
The town reports a busy period with school closings and vacations. A Y. P. T. U. social was held at Mr. O. S. Burk's, while a planned service at Cox school house did not materialize. A large Christmas gathering occurred at Peck school house with an excellent program. The Sprague family mourns multiple typhoid deaths among children. Nellie, John, and Frank are noted with Rose still living. Lisbon figures include Wright at home, Pine visiting south, Van Duren visiting in Lisbon, and Pingrey planning eastward travel after the holidays. The Wright school Christmas exercises drew about seventy five attendees.
About 6,000 children stormed Niblo's theater for a poor children's showing of The Scout. They filled every seat, shouted, climbed on structures, and caused widespread damage before leaving in a seven minute exodus. Congressman Campbell attempted remarks without effect amid chaos. Manager Comstock noted broken seats and dismantled glass machines but welcomed the safe exit.
A London correspondent argues against wearing hats in public, noting social ridicule and proposing benefits of going hatless. He claims hats cause baldness, heat the face, waste money, and fail to shade eyes, urging readers to rethink head coverings.
The Exchange notes that Alphabet Suppers are gaining popularity in church circles. Young members plan an evening meal where every food item starts with the same letter, with participants contributing a dish and a forfeit imposed for delinquents. A sample “A” supper includes bread beans butter bananas beef brick cheese bologna and more.
London Tit-Bits reports a London tradesman who married off eleven daughters and paid their weights in halfpence for each dowry. The lightest daughter reportedly weighed fifty pounds two shillings eightpence, highlighting a curious and exaggerated inheritance tale.
Col Laird of Pierre predicts repeal and a new divorce law in South Dakota due to ease of obtaining divorces. Yankton Press argues no broad justice need for change, citing Judge Haney’s defense as a model for lawmakers. Kemp’s Balsam promoted as a cough cure with pure, effective results and widely sold.
The local land office records Timber Culture Patents for Moody and Hanson and McCook Jerauld Gaffin, along with Cash Entry Patents in Sanborn. Hunters went out Wednesday but found few game and returned discouraged as conditions were lean. Kemp's Balsam claims 100000 free samples and Hood's Sarsaparilla touts blood purification and renewed strength benefits.
Daily timetable fragment shows Mitchell and Salem departures, arrivals at Sioux Falls and Chicago, with daily runs except Sunday. Note mentions fast through trains between Minneapolis, St Paul and Kansas City, and through Pullman sleepers. Dining cars operate on all through trains between Minneapolis and Chicago.
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