The Mitchell Capital Subscription Terms and Address Note
The Mitchell Capital offers W Downey single copies with various prepayment terms including one year prepaid and discounted rates for six months and three months. The notice requests subscribers provide old and new addresses and to send correspondence to the office by Wednesday. Out-of-state subscriptions will be discontinued at the end of the paid period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Ewart
Fidelity Loan and Trust Company
Register of Deeds
Davison County
South Dakota
Mitchell
Davison
Metropola Trust Company
City of
New York
Fidelity Securities Company
Sioux City
Iowa
Advertising rates and notices in the Official County Paper
The issue lists advertising rates for business cards locals and legal ads, with free marriage and death notices. It notes political shifts in Brown County and South Dakota, mentions a Brookings dairy fire, a critical view of Indian agent Charles McCoy, and a Minneapolis Tribune endorsement of fractional currency notes to aid small payments and mail remittance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Tribune
Treasury Department
Opposition to McCoy as Indian agent sparks Senate push
South Dakota lawmakers in Washington plan to oppose Charles T. McCoy appointment as Cheyenne River Indian agent. Pettigrew favors quick confirmation, hoping to fracture local Republican ranks. Platt cites official documents alleging McCoy and others conspired to prevent state property sequestration by Treasurer Taylor and face felony charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argus
Chas. T. McCoy
Senate
McCoy
South Dakotta
W. W.taylor
Charlie McCoy
South Dakota
Washington
Sioux City Journal
Charles T. McCoy
Taylor
Committee On Indian Affairs
Senator Pettigrew
Republican Party
Platt
Connecticut
South Dakota politics and farm plans surface in state brief
The piece notes Senator McCoy faced opposition backed by South Dakotans over his nomination, with Pettigrew seen as helping him. It also reports North Dakota farmers may sow wheat and flax together to raise high yields, while Gov. Lee audits state penal and charitable institutions revealing public misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Platt
South
Jamestown
North Dakota
Duluth
Minneapolis
Yankton Insane Asylum
Pierre
Sioux City Journal
Lee
National move to reform lax South Dakota divorce laws
The piece argues for stronger divorce laws, citing national efforts and state examples from Massachusetts Connecticut California Washington Illinois Kansas and Oklahoma. It notes commissions in thirty states or more push toward uniform legislation and urges restrictions on remarriage after divorce, except adultery or insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Baye
National Divorce Reform League
Boston
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Connecticut
California
Washington State
Illinois
Kansas
Governor and Insurance Chief in Tug of War Over Department Affairs
Rumors say Governor Lee pressed for the resignation of the insurance deputy after disputes with Commissioner Kipp over inspection methods. A peace accord is reportedly restoring calm at the state capitol while fusion sentiment shifts at the Sioux Falls Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Kipp
Insurance Department
Dove of Peace
State Capitol
Local Notices and Advertisements Highlight Health Remedies
A bundle of pasted items notes Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs with a free trial at Scallin's drug store. Also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers laxative pills and a One Minute Cough Cure for croup warnings. Includes subscription offers for papers like Weekly Inter Ocean and Sioux City Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
Jones & Son, Cowden, Sr
Dr. King
Cowden and
Pana
Scallin’s
Inter Ocean
Sioux City Journal
Dakota Farmer
Fredericks Lyceum Theatre Co Opens Week at Grand Opera
Fredericks Lyceum Theatre Co brings a week of farce to the Grand Opera house starting Monday February 14. The company offers a special pricing of 10 20 and 30 seats with ladies free Monday night. Tickets go on sale at L O Gale's Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericks
Mitchell barberads Gilbert and Allen promote Mexican Hair Restorative
Gilbert and Allen of Mitchell advertise The Mexican Hair Restorative as unmatched for gray hair restoration and scalp tonic with exclusive sale at $1.00 per bottle. Also lists letters remaining uncalled for at the Mitchell post office as of February 9 1898 with names Barker Chambers Donahue Hazelton Hubbell Wolf and Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert & Allen
Mitchell
Barker
M Chambers
W F
Donahue
James E Hazelton
Ed Hubbell
J I Wolf
Harry
Saml. T. Green
P. M
Dogs in War and Theosophy in The News
A survey of war dogs across nations highlights German use of trained breeds for messages and warning, Russian reliance on St Bernard mastiffs with restoratives, and broader canine roles in European conflicts. The piece also reviews early occultism debates linking theosophy to spiritualism and Blavatsky’s influence, noting investigations by the Psychic Research Society. It concludes with gilding advances using electrical baths, contrasting with risky mercury-based methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Jager
Tunis
Algiers
Austria
Acheen
Alps
United Service Magazine
Far East
Isis
India
Egypt
Mme. Blavatsky
Colonel Olcott
Psychical Research Society of England
Theosophy
Moncure Conway
England
Mahatmas
Tibet
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Reckless Waste and a Trick of the Mustache
A Kennard man shaved off his large mustache and much hair prompting family confusion until his daughter quipped it could be placed on his head. In a separate note, a Frenchman convicted of killing his mother in law remarked he lived with her 21 years and never did it before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennard Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Mitchell Capital
THE
Mitchell Printing CO
W. Downey
Campbell
Brown County
Aberdeen News
Klondike
Agricultural College
Brookings
Sioux Falls
Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser
Illustrated
London
de Witt
L. O. Gale
Frederick’s Theatre Co
Portant
Him
Rea
Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell House
Grand Opera House
Electris
Syone
Antion
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Handenmore
All Newsdealers
ANN & Co
F St
Washington, D. C
Southern Medica and Surgical Institute
Louisville
DR. Rea & CO
Vovcys
Ferry
D. Mo Ferry & CO
Detroit, Mich
J. T. Morrow
GEO. Airew
H.R. Kibbee
Cashie
F.L. Moyer
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
R. R
Mississippi
ER. P. Skein
Bernt Moe
Ass’t Land Commissioner
Dent, R. R
Park Row
Chicago, Ill
William Milchrist
Nottes Fur Publication
S. D
George Lotze
Louis L. Lotze
William Wilkinson
Samuel B. Weakly
William Bray
Mitchell P.O
S.D
Herbert N. Warfield
Emsley P
Trumbull
Warren
State of
Ohio
Abraham Boynton
K J. L. Lockhart
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Etta A. Bowman
John L. Bowman
L. E. Whitcher
L. E. Warrener
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