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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
6
An advertisement touts a subcutaneous injection method as a painless, bloodless cure for various ailments. It claims to cure the nineteenth century’s supposed incurables and invites consultation for interested parties. Contact De Doran of Minneapolis, Orton Block.
The article covers school activities across the county including teacher assignments, term plans, and visits between schools. It notes Miss Rand’s spring term, Oathout and others receiving awards, a basket social in Prosper township, and discussions at a February teachers meeting with local leaders in attendance.
At Monday’s city council meeting sixteen individuals were selected to fill Mitchell’s portion of the circuit court jury pool. Named jurors include M. Bresnahan Adolph Schenerenbrand RR Spink L Tremaine C H W Wedden John Cook J M Cooper Geo Kanouff Geo Crouse C Boulton J A Fosdick Jos McLaughlin L Beckwith jr L Geiger Jos Wooper and C M Goldie.
J C C Thomas G W Kingsbury Jacob Schnidt and J D Lavin of the board of charities and corrections spent Wednesday in Plankinton for a regular session at the reform school. They opened the feeble minded institute to the public and admitted five children from Sioux Falls Children’s Home. The board noted several resignations and discussed Tompkins matters but would not act unless an investigation was demanded.
The Huronite notes Attorney General John M. Pyle shows little improvement in his illness and the chances of recovery are slight. He has prepared his will and may be nearing the end after several weeks of illness since returning from Helena Montana. The public mourns the potential loss of a man held in high esteem statewide. A drug ad follows offering Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets at 25 cents per bottle from L O Gal’s drug store.
The second session of the Episcopal clergy convocation met at St Marys church in Mitchell. Bishops and Reverends Hare Durant Edson and others spoke on worship and church growth. choir special selections plus a Boyles solo highlighted the evening. Visiting clergy departed pleased with their Mitchell trip.
M S Meade leading pharmacist shares his relief from dyspepsia belching and sour stomach after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He says he can eat mince pie cheese candy and nuts again without pain and notes the product digests food without dieting. The endorsement emphasizes not overloading the stomach.
A Georgetown resident is hailed as the champion oyster eater, consuming vast quantities from September to April. He buys half a peck or a whole schooner, eats without seasoning, and relies on a half to two quarts per sitting, with straw beer as his only accompaniment.
An account from a coroners’ physician describes a shocking sudden death discovery in a small tenement on the east side. He entered a room to find an elderly man dead and was startled by an abrupt encounter with a resident, an experience that left him shaken and speechless.
In a lighthearted clash of city lore Alderman Michael Kenna known as Winky Dink called a friend in St Louis. He asked for the cost of the call and was quoted fifty cents, sparking his remark that Chicago can reach hades for that price within its city units.
Augustus Thomas, playwright and Missouri society president, quips at a Pennsylvan ia society dinner about menu cards calling it the annual festival. A Philadelphia man produced the menus, prompting the remark that Philadelphians consider any event past 9 PM a festival.
In a Senate exchange, Senator Ifoar claims no voter in Vermont can vote without $5,000 from trading horses with Massachusetts. Senator Proctor retorts with a rapid joke, prompting laughter at the senior Massachusetts senator.
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