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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1906
Page
10
The text notes Washington supplied garden seeds for next summer. Uncle Sam aid is credited for keeping the community alive. It mentions a trousseau for Miss Roosevelt with sixteen gowns and nine hats for her marriage voyage into matrimony.
In an executive session on Tuesday Senator Kittredge moved to approve eight South Dakota postmasters nominated earlier in the month on the recommendation of Congressman Burke and Martin, and the nominees were promptly confirmed.
Congressman Martin secures a favorable House report for a bill to create a mining experiment station in every state. Each station would be fully equipped for geologist and chemist assays of minerals and clays deposited by state citizens.
Chicago public schools will try a separated arrangement with divisions for boys and for girls and a combined division for both sexes to evaluate the outcomes of the segregation experiment.
Editor Moyes of the Bridgewater Tribune boosts issue size as the town awakens. After years with two pages, the paper now prints four pages of home news for its patrons.
The article reports rumors that the Illinois Central Railroad has been acquired by the Harriman interests. It notes the line spans to the Gulf and coasts, with dispersed stock among thousands of holders. President Stuyvesant Fish had believed the stock's wide distribution would prevent consolidation.
The article notes a rapid rise of corn farming in South Dakota over the past eight to ten years. It cites a Commercial West report listing the state's average corn yield at 318.10 bushels per acre and a 1905 crop of 51,701,423 bushels, comparing favorably with Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin and many New England and western states.
Critics accuse state officials including State Treasurer Taylor and Coe I Crawford of forming the core of a machine that misleads the public for personal gain. They contrast South Dakota with Ohio, arguing no official has failed to act within the law and urging voters to reassess claims of widespread corruption.
Local items report John Craig visiting Ethan, a lost $80 tobacco sack recovered by a boy, and upcoming Feb 6 dance. Residents attend Mitchell stock and poultry show with prizes won by W. S. Snyder and others. Public sale planned for Mrs Everson’s farm. several residents travel to events and meetings in Mitchell Virgil Parkston and Yankton.
The writer reports visiting all county schools, praising teachers for earnest efforts and noting high attendance due to mild winter and good health. Several teachers received promotions, some openings due to illness occurred, and schoolhouses largely in good order with improvements like new additions at districts 16 Tobin and 1 Prosper.
In Loomis, Dan Lillie bought ten Shorthorn cows and two calves for 1120 at the stock show. John Campbell bought sows at Mitchell’s stock show last week. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shaw on February 17. Nearby events include oyster-eating evening hosted by W J Stearns, visits by Miss Jane Smith from Mitchell, and travel notes from L W Schaffer and Clarence Walrath. Several Loomis residents planned visits, insurance actions in the A O U W order, and other social updates through the week.
The Chicago Chronicle notes miners may strike this year and that operators have stocked coal nationwide. The piece warns the conflict could cause heavy losses on both sides and end without satisfactory results.
Success Magazine extols the healing power of good music for melancholia and general well being. It argues music lifts gloom, inspires writers, sharpens thought, and connects listeners to beauty and divinity, refreshing mood and life.
New York Tribune notes a wood famine at Dawson a week ago and records temperatures of 70 degrees below zero. It recalls the coldest prior official mark of 68 below on January 15, 1901 and records a new 73 below. The_gap between extreme northern cold and mild winter in this latitude baffles experts.
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