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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1888
Page
2
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The Western rail rate war erupted with official tariffs from Milwaukee and St. Paul slashing fares from Chicago to Council Bluffs and Kansas City. Burlington & Quincy and others matched the cuts, prompting Rock Island and other lines to follow. St Paul’s reductions reach Minneapolis and St. Paul, with broad impact along the Missouri and Mississippi river routes.
The annual report to the governor shows 503 miles of new road built in 1887 and 4 871 miles in operation. Freight earnings rose by nearly 31 million while passenger earnings fell by 20 thousand. Other items note station openings in Wisconsin Valley division and damages verdicts in Illinois and Minnesota cases.
Miss Maria A. Brown of Boston seeks to add Lief Erickson as discoverer of America to the 1892 centennial exposition honoring the nation and Columbus. Massachusetts congressmen support the move and Knute Nelson notes Scandinavian pride in Vineland and the early voyage. The plan aims to recognize Erickson’s voyage to Labrador and settlement near Boston centuries before Columbus.
Rioters attack non-union workers as Polish crowds surround the magistrates offices. Police fire into the crowd injuring several, including Mike Heffron and John Cather. Offices wrecked. town in uproar as authorities mass forces for emergency. Two thousand Troy steel workers return to work at 10 percent wage cut.
In Macon area a ten year old colored boy Hubbard Harrell is said to have been made drunk by turpentine workers. He killed three children at his brother in law James Pope’s home by boiling one in a kettle and beating another, then died the youngest from a fractured skull after being dragged to a tree. Harrell remains at large.
A Polish farmer near Duluth reports a stranded balloon caught in trees with the half decayed body of a man in the basket. The device, described as a bag, willow cage and ropes, likely launched last spring near Whitefish Point and Lake Superior before vanishing.
Amos Grant a colored farmer killed his wife her sister and his 15 year old son then hanged himself at his home in Macon Georgia. Police found the bodies inside the house and believe the wife planned to leave him. The incident occurred February 6.
The article lists precautions to avoid illness during cold weather. It urges not to sleep with damp feet or expose the back to cold surfaces, to eat breakfast before travel, avoid warm drinks before going out, bathe regularly, and limit speaking when hoarse. It also advises warming the air through the nose, avoiding icy standing after exercise, and breathing through the nose while sleeping.
President Cleveland approved and promulgated a comprehensive revision of civil service rules for Washington departments, customs, and post offices. The changes, developed with the commission over a year, prohibit officials from using authority to influence elections or punish refusals to contribute to political service, and bar exams from probing political or religious affiliations.
News briefs report Mrs Vilas improving after illness while Secretary Vilas remains nearby. Funds sought to aid Dakota blizzard victims migrating to Kansas. A coroner's jury censures a cable car company for employing inexperienced workers. A Nova Scotia bishop-elect and a state reimbursements bill for war expenses are also noted, plus stove makers’ secretary reappointment and a Utah Irish league formation.
Cholera outbreaks reach La Zerena in Chile while a commercial feud erupts between two San Francisco sugar refineries. Other items note umpire Charles Daniels chosen for 1888 season, Sioux reservation bill, Spalding party travels south for spring meetings, and various court, labor, and transportation developments across the country.
The Capital announces a Dakota premium offer to every subscriber through January 1, 1888. Old subscribers are urged to recruit one new reader in exchange for a free $3.00 book with a year of the paper for $1.75. The plan aims to double circulation by turning every reader into a recruiter and promises a substantial value to all.
County superintendent urges prep for storms in schools. Heasks directors to stock coal at each school and for teachers to keep students safe at the schoolhouse during storms until parents arrive. He praises teachers who used good judgment and cautions against risking pupils.
In Mitchell Dakota advertisements announce Parmelee an osteopathic physician and surgeon with night calls from his office over the Bank of Dakota and James S Foster real estate and loans offering 100 improved farming for actual settlers and profitable investments for non residents. Send stamp for map circulars and price list.
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