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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
11
Advertising rates are listed as low and include business cards of up to a specified line count at five dollars per year with extra lines at one dollar each. Local ads cost five cents per line, cards of thanks ten cents per line, and marriage and death notices are published free of charge. Obituaries and resolutions of respect follow at five cents per line. Address changes require old and new addresses.
The February 6, 1903 issue notes Huron and Yankton fight over hosting the state fair, Yankton’s two year lease, and Huron’s bid to take charge next. It also mentions Wisconsin university dismissing a gambling faculty member and Count Boni de Castellane’s Chamber of Deputies seat renewal. Minneapolis Mayor probes coal shortages as small dealers sell at 20 dollars a ton while large buyers cry foul. Edward Rosewater campaigns against railroads and seeks higher Nebraska tax receipts.
A bill in the House at Washington proposes raising the president’s salary to 100000 dollars. The measure argues the increase aligns with corporate pay and reflects the chief magistrate’s duties, though critics note the burden of responsibility.
Washington dispatches say Tom Roberts is appointed postmaster at Armour again and may become private secretary to Senator Ittredge in the fall with a deputy running the post office. The South Dakota delegation secured full Indian school and agency funding in the Indian appropriation bill, with extra money not requested. Meanwhile, Bret Osbon notes the second bereavement of his paper’s editor as his two sons, Orman and another, died in the Philippines serving with the South Dakota regiment and later in government service.
State Oil Inspector Branch notes South Dakota oil must flash test at 105 in an open cup, while Iowa uses a closed cup, creating an 13 degree gap. Canton oil tests at least 118 in open cup, prompting questions about why it differs from Hills district. Legislative fights loom over leasing school lands west of the Missouri, facing stockmen opposition who warn leases hurt grazing and state school funds. Frau Theresia Kulla of Vienna turns 108.
A Naperville press item notes claims that one sixth of disease deaths come from consumption and 98 percent of users of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery were cured of weak lungs. A Leechburg, Pennsylvania man reports eighty one hemorrhages stopped and his life saved, with the ad offering the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser free by mail for 21 stamps or 31 stamps for cloth binding.
In an English inquest into a death by self harm the foreman announced the verdict that the jury is all of one mind temporarily insane. A medical claim promotes One Minute Cough Cure as fast relief by killing the microbe causing cough and by healing the mucous membrane.
A Baltimore News humor snippet notes Charcoal Eph lampoons men who lack sense to avoid rain yet will swipe an umbrella. He quips that some people know enough to steal a umbrella but not enough to keep dry, reflecting playful streetwise wit.
In Pierre on January 31 a key bill would tax mines by product rather than acreage, with procedures to determine mine output. Other measures include admission of state law school graduates without examination, opposition over standards, and consideration of reducing commissioners from five to three. Budget talks focus on appropriations for Madison Normals and regents reports, amid broader anti-appropriations sentiment and potential reallocation of funds across state institutions.
Will build at once under Mitchell Fruit Co head G. Dickson. A. J. Kings awarded the contract to erect a two story building with a fine basement. Completion in sixty days, with excavation starting soon using explosives as frost permits. Two cold storage plants to hold two cars of fruit.
An emerging industry in New Jersey attracts attention as cheese factories rise alongside tomato canneries. Tomatoes are mashed, salted and spiced in a large mortarlike box, then stirred with hoes to reach the proper consistency, a process kept by a few experts.
Undeterred by harsh reactions to The Unspeakable Scot, author T. W. H. Crosland pens Lovely Woman as his latest satirical work. The piece challenges social norms with his characteristic wit and bold commentary.
A brief note reports that birds do not prey on fireflies and actively avoid their vicinity, suggesting fireflies face little predation from avian species.
The council amended and passed a repeal motion on the exclusive franchise and city payments, scheduling presentation of the ordinance at the next meeting. A G A R committee, led by Dr. S J Moore, sought two basement rooms in the Carnegie library for life use, with no city cost, and was referred to the library committee. Fogarty and Geiger received a saloon license after officers’ reports were adopted. The council adjourned.
Yankton faces ongoing turmoil as charges against the city schools superintendent circulate without formal substantiation. The school board president schedules a meeting next week inviting written charges with signatures, hoping to curb public speculation and resolve the dispute.
Mine inspector T. K Adams of Mercer County Pennsylvania states that the last lump of coal in the United States will be mined in 2052. He notes about 700 years of coal remain at current consumption but warns demand doubles every sixteen years, risking exhaustion within roughly 150 years if trend continues.
Mothers make home life healthier using Paine's Celery Compound. The article urges caretakers to treat children's ill health with nature's medicine to prevent disease and restore vitality. It cites pale cheeks, headaches, and digestion issues as signs and claims the remedy has revived many serious cases.
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