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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1893
Page
7
The notice outlines annual and short term subscription options with advance payment, invites readers to club with leading publications at low prices, and asks subscribers to report old and new addresses. It states correspondence should go to the office on Monday and notes papers sent outside the state will be discontinued at term end.
The notice lists advertising rates for business cards legal ads and marriage or death notices. It also previews political events including absentee votes against a World’s Fair appropriation in Nebraska, a shift in state regent resignations and reform, and debate over a $10 000 twine plant in the Sioux Falls penitentiary with local skepticism about its wisdom.
An editorial discusses the cost of producing newspapers and the need for regular payments. It reports the dissolution of Rathbun and Gillis, with Rathbun taking the grocery line and Gillis moving to Beckwith street, plus Whitman joining as a broker for Tackaberry & Co. The pair plan expanded stock, better delivery, and market insight, urging liberal patronage. Two local vendors in dry goods and groceries face a comical walkout with cows as settlement, while a 20 mile rink race features Burns and Lyons hauling heifers. The south side creamery EOE is for sale by Ff. LL. White.
Pierre reports show resubmission debates stalling in the house with 43 to 39 votes and pressure on the question. Hooper leads antis to adjournment as senators and representatives clash over reforms and the World’s Fair appropriation while a new districting bill and ballot system changes stir further party lines.
Excerpted observations on instinct versus intelligence in animals and humans. It discusses migration driven by hereditary memory and associative pleasure, the collective wisdom of flock movements, and the potential for mistaken routes. Also notes gorilla behavior toward elephants with brief vignette from Harper’s Weekly.
The millers met in Commercial Club rooms and revised bylaws, designating Madison for the July annual meeting to combine business with pleasure. Prof. A G Cross urged state World’s Fair display representation. A committee including Oschenreiter Webster Stokes Watertown Lum Aberdeen to secure space and manage the exhibit was appointed.
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