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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1904
Page
11
Partial readable OCR shows rates for legal advertisements and notices. Mentions copies per month six line limit five cents per line obituaries free marriage notices and death notices, and a publication date of Friday February 12 1904. Names and places are unclear due to fragmented text.
In Woonsocket Herald letters, critics condemn Mitchell for choosing a fire risk location for a temporary capitol building. They argue Pierre's water supply and distance from business areas make it safer, while defending Mitchell’s water system and the new Sioux Falls granite city hall as better fireproofed. The exchange accuses Reed of slander and defends Mitchell against claims of inadequate water and poor fire protection.
Paul Williams and Ralph Wendelkin named manager and captain of the football team for next season, with Rempfer and John D. Evans in similar posts for fall. A March 9 benefit featuring the Siegel Meyer Caveny Company is planned, aiming to draw Mitchell’s best. The piece also notes campus events, visitors, Y M C A meetings, and a brief quip about college journalism’s history.
The passage questions fire risks to the temporary capitol building and other structures if destroyed by fire. It notes rates as high as eight dollars per hundred and discusses Reed’s plan to keep the capital away from people and to store records in hay at a sheep ranch to keep them widely separated. Opponents claim residents would be too dispersed from their property, benefiting only real estate speculators.
An ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea by Scallan Bros promotes bowel health with claims of cleansing impurities. The product is offered as tea or tablets priced at 35 cents.
Millions recall Cole's Carbolisalve as a long standing household staple. The advertisement urges keeping a box for burns and cuts and claims only Cole's is Carbolisalve, priced 25 and 50 cents at druggists.
A humorous exchange recounts a woman receiving two pounds of the most expensive candy as a present she claims was awarded by a bet rather than a gift. Suspicions about the giver are raised, with guesses ranging from friends to family and even her husband, who is eventually named as the donor in a twist.
A bashful young woman wandered into a local Newton Illinois store, testy about poultry pricing while the three chickens on the counter had their feet tied. The clerk asked if they were laid there, and the woman bit her handkerchief declaring they were roosters, delivering a humorous local anecdote.
The South Dakota Poultry Association held its annual meeting in Mitchell, electing officers including President J. K. Reinelt and Secretary Wm. Scallin. Mitchell was chosen as the site for the 1905 show, with financials indicating a healthy treasury and prems payable. The gathering adjourned after routine business and county vice presidents were named.
The piece recalls Pliny’s claim that water lilies close at night and rise at sunrise, doubted by John Ray in 1688. It notes the Zanzibar lily opens between 11 AM and 5 PM, blue petals with 150 to 200 golden stamens, lasting four to five days, and mentions nocturnal bloomers and timekeeping lilies. It ends with a quip about airships and wartime drafts.
A Bromley weaver, an Englishman, went to marry last week. When the clergyman asked the customary pledge, he looked astonished and exclaimed I came a purpose. The remark appeared in the New York Times.
A multimillionaire praises a generous world while recounting public sympathy when he expressed a wish to die poor. The article notes France's wooden shoe production: 4,000,000 pairs yearly in Alsace and Barriers and Lozere by hand, with 1,700 workers in Lozere. Maple sandals are prized, and monogrammed vamps with leather insteps are common in Durance.
Mrs Oldeasth questions a guest about a new cook. The hostess asserts the cook never performs perfunctorily and will only do kitchen tasks. The exchange appears in the Chicago Records Herald.
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