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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
3
Union residents recount a tropical social at Mr Pratt’s and a Hedden school spelling contest won by Dick Hedden. Beulah, Plano, and nearby towns report milking routes, creamery meetings, skating ice issues, and social gatherings amid winter weather. News includes travels, visits, farm work, and local planned entertainments.
Emerson Nebraska reports a wife aiding her sick son as details include local social events. The Equal Suffrage party at the homes of Mesdames J Haynes and E O McEwen drew about 125 guests with music recitations and an address by president Mrs A E Hadley. Receipts totaled about 12 50. Ed Bramwell notes artesian well on his farm reaching 4 1 2 feet with ~30 wells in the township supplying over 31 million barrels yearly. J F Highland seeks wagon factory site.
The community mourns the death of N J Ingham who passed away January 21 in Davenport Iowa from Brights disease He leaves a wife and two young daughters and is remembered as a respected resident of Sanborn county Also notes on local social events and remarks about others in the township including a call to join the Ancient Order of the Pyramids and a Farmers Institute attendance.
Paris correspondent notes Place Vendome, once stately and imposing, remains lively only slowly. While few shops have appeared, plans aim to diversify the area around Napoleon's column, potentially outpacing Rue de la Paix for afternoon shopping and tea.
A Chicago Post excerpt records a man arguing gas lighting is preferable because electric lights require wall buttons or springs beyond reach. He relates a scene of a small, anxious woman reaching for a chandelier, implying gas offers immediate manual control and practicality.
A good attendance of farmers and business men gathered at the courthouse for the first session of the Farmers Institute led by President Geo Watson and Secretary C P Gilmore. O L Branson of First Nations Bank welcomed attendees and spoke of farm improvements and bright prospects for South Dakota farmers. C Hoffman discussed the cattle industry with input from John Q Anderson and L P Chapman. E A Burnett of Brookings Agricultural College spoke on wedders and grasses. C H Grimm outlined a regional mutual insurance plan? established in Union Township.
Citizens and farmers attend Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Frank Weller explains Campbell soil culture with charts, while Rev. C W McConnell urges poultry improvements. Prof Burnett outlines Brookings college goals and agricultural education. Officers elected and multiple talks boost county farming knowledge.
A test of the Epworth Gas Light Co. acetylene system at a poultry exhibition demonstrated bright, color-distinguishable illumination with no odor. The generator operates automatically, is safer than oil lamps, and costs about half a cent per burner hour. It was approved by insurers and requires no skilled labor.
An Ohio undertaker named Pearce displays a three year old embalmed corpse as a living example of his work in Ardmore. The specimen remains odorless and hair remains unchanged while experts comment on embalming fluid improvements and the craft’s public perception.
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