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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1888
Page
1
Western tariff war sparks rate cuts and rail line shifts
Feb 6 reports show a broad tariff issue halving rates from Chicago to Missouri river points. St Paul, Bluffs, and Kansas City lines slash classes, prompting Midgely and Rock Island to align. Separately, rail commissions note mileage gains, freight earnings, and road-building activity across states, with ongoing public notices of rate changes and line reopenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
sHughitt
Chicago Stern
Rock Island
St. Paul
Ffs
Kansas City
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Petition to honor Lief Erickson in 1892 centennial expo
Miss Maria A. Brown of Boston seeks to include the tenth century discovery of America by Lief Erikson in the 1892 centennial exposition marking the birth of the nation and Columbus discovery. Massachusetts congressmen back the effort and Knute Nelson notes Scandinavian Northwest support for recognizing the Norse explorer who named Vineland in Icelandic Vineland. Erickson sailed from Iceland and landed at Labrador before settling near Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maria A. Brown
Boston
America
Lief Erickson
Miss Brown
Massachusetts
Knute Nelson
Northwest
Columbus
East Indies
Iceland
Labrador
Rioters and Police Battle in Shenandoah Pennsylvan
Violent clashes break out as striking miners clash with coal and iron police in Shenandoah. Officers fire to disperse mob. Two magistrates offices damaged. Injuries reported including a man shot in the mouth and others struck. Police plan massed force with Pinkertons to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Penn
Shenandoah, Penn
Shenandoah City
West Shenandoah
Coal and Iron
Mike Heffron
John Cather
East Center Street
Squire Shoemaker
Tno
Christian
Lynden
Pinkerton
Burgess Bohm
A Colored Fiend and the Brains of a Third Dashed Out
The report from Macon Georgia details a brutal triple murder by Hubbard Harrell a ten year old colored boy who was drunken by turpentine workers near Longview He lured undressed children to his brother in law James Pope s home and boiled one in a kettle while another was beaten and tossed into the kettle A third child died after head trauma with a tree and the boy murderer died later leaving him at large
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Eastman
Harrell
Balloon and Aeronaut Body Found In Duluth Woods
A Polish farmer near Duluth reports a stranded balloon in the woods with a partially decayed body lodged in a tree. The balloon, bag and rope rigging match a craft that rose last spring and disappeared, with a sand bag and compass found in the car. A possible White Fish Point sighting mid summer supports the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
DouLuth
Minn
Childowick
Issu
White Fish Point
Lake Superior
Georgia Farmer Kills Wife Sister Son Then Hangs Self
Macon Georgia February 6 Amos Grant a colored farmer was found hanged inside his home. Bodies of his wife her sister and Grant s 15 year old son were found nearby. Authorities believe a frenzy followed plans by his wife to leave him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Wimself
Macon
Amos Grant
Grant
Avoid Cold Dangers a Health Guide From New York Mail and Express
Advice warns against walking about in cold, damp feet and cold air after exercise, urges regular bathing to prevent congestion, cautions hoarseness and throat strain, and recommends nasal breathing and kept warmth. It appears as a health column reprinting from the New York Mail and Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
Civil Service Rules Revised by President Cleveland
President Cleveland approves a major revision of civil service rules affecting appointments in Washington departments, customs, and post offices. The changes include penalties for improper political interference and safeguards to prevent questions designed to reveal political or religious beliefs of applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Commission
Executive Civil Service
Frosty Frobcar Carnival Ends in St Paul’s Showy Week
St Paul closes its third winter carnival amid mixed crowds. The finale featured a children’s day with a pony, dog and goat parade, and an evening palace illumination outshining prior years. A separate Mardi Gras event drew large crowds with extended revels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
St. Pau
St. Paul
Cholera in Chile and multiple 1880s news items
Cholera outbreak reported in Chile at La Zerena. War erupts between San Francisco sugar refiners. Secretary Young names Charles F. Devils as league umpire for 1888. Sioux bill favors main reservation features. Spalding family travels south for league meetings. Iron furnaces idle due to coal strike total twenty-one. Blakey mill near Seattle destroyed by fire. NP contract in Yokohama trades 10,000,000 pounds tea to St. Paul. Mrs. Lees dies in Council Bluffs after news of son’s death. Lewis Crofters convicted. various sentences. London dynamite conspiracy cases yield 15-year terms. Toledo horses suffer typhoid pneumonia-like disease. possible epidemic. Letter carriers seek eight-hour law extension. Sam F. Boyd named general passenger agent for Duluth line. Spalding players instructed to report. Anson to train at Hot Springs. Omaha ministers oppose Sunday games. threaten legal action. Publishers urge international copyright crackdown. Treasury circular on conscience tax 25-cent piece. Spalding House and Hotel St. Louis work resumes. Winnipeg curlers shine in St. Paul. no mortgage foreclosures in St Louis County in 1887. Harmon dies in Charlestown. Sawmill boiler explosion in Barnesville kills two, injures five. Fisheries commission questions largely resolved by Macdonald era. US poised to distribute Mexican indemnity funds. Fremdenblatt notes Turkish arrests amid attacks on Roumelia. Wolves haunt near Sauk Centre. Jesserud’s snow-coal fire tragedy near Cavour ends in child’s death and wife’s survival.
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House Committee On Indian Affairs
Spalding
League
New York
Bulletin
American Iron and Steel Association
Blakey
Seattle
Washington Territory
Northern Pacific
Yokohama
Portland
St. Paul
Council Bluffs
Iowa
George Lees
Island of
Lewis
Thomas Callan
Michael Harkins
London
J. W. Newton
Ohio
Toledo
United States
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
James McMillan
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
Sam F. Boyd
Minneapolis
Chicago
Anson
Hot Springs
Presbyterian Ministers of
Omaha
St. Louis
Duluth
St. Louis County
Minn
Herman F. Harmon
Cleveland
Charlestown
Mass
Barnesville
John Macdonald
Fisheries Commission
Department of State
Washington
Fremdenblatt
Fashion Notes on Fabrics and Garments in Regency Style
Beige recurs for day and evening toilets. Tucks revive as garniture for skirts. Rich princesse gowns use two fabric fronts on corsages. Chine cloths emerge with dark grounds and multicolor indistinct designs. A new cuttings principle reduces seams in checkered dresses. Plush fichu collars adorn short cloaks, while passementerie pricks under gimp. Novel ice wool boas imitate otter or fox fur. Light blue pink or cream wraps offer affordable warmth.
Capital offers Our Family Physician premium to all readers
The Mitchell Printing Co announces a Dakota premium offer for all subscribers of the Capital. Every old subscriber is urged to recruit one new reader in exchange for a $3.00 book and a year of the paper for $1.75. The plan aims to double circulation by January 1883 and pledges no profit this year, likening circulation to a farm or store expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
THE
Mitchell Printine Co
Notice to Teachers and School Officers
County superintendent Hi L Bras urges schools to keep coal at each building and to keep pupils at the school during storms when sending children home would risk lives. He commends prudent teachers and warns parents to entrust children to teachers' judgment and ensure daily attendance when safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. L. Bras
County
Supt
OMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN ADVERTISING IN MITCHELL
An advertisement for an osteopathic physician and surgeon offers general surgery and special care with an office over the Bank of Dakota in Mitchell. It lists James S. Foster as real estate and loans contact, promoting 100 improved farms for settlers and profitable investments for non residents. Send a stamp for map circulars and price list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Dakota
Nighealls
Mitchell
Dakota
James. S. Foster
EAL
D.T
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Irish Land League
Wilfred Blunt
Land League of
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Charles F. Devils
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C. V. Parmelee
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