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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1888
Page
7
Mitchell news highlights a lively Congregational social, a grand Merry Masquers ball with forty couples in costume, and details of attendees and costumes. Also noted are charity ball plans, hotel arrangements, and local business notices amid community happenings in Mitchell and nearby towns.
Col Hughes East forwards a General Land Office instruction to Yankton Register and Receiver dated February 1 1888. Final homestead preemption and commutation proofs after the advertised date may require an corroborated affidavit about protestors, with papers sent back for equitable consideration. Also notice Boschee's German Syrup cures catarrh pneumonia and consumption, bottle 75 cents.
The list of uncalled letters at Mitchell Post Office for the week ending February 8 includes Allen E, Bopp F F, Berry Dennis, Corey Geof, Driesback five, Burnett Geo W, Gillette J C, Holtz Christian, Hoffman E, Kelsey Bros Kelsey G B, Lindsay N, Nielson Marie, Prime A C, Pressler J A, Schurz John, Wetzel Emma, Walter Geo. Callers are asked to say advertised when inquiring. unclaimed letters after two weeks go to the dead letter office.
The W C T U Social presents a Friday evening program including duets by Mrs Crouse and Mrs Ahern, recitations by Miss Margie Moore and Frank Bidwell, quartette Hal Clark Frank Windle Fred Clark Verne Moore, solos by Mrs Benton and Mr Daniels, a second duet by Mrs Crouse and Mr Toppiig, and recitations by Miss Davison Raymond Seaman and Miss Grace Goodykoontz.
Recent arrivals note two newborns: a son born Monday morning February 13 at the residence of grandpa L H Rog ers to Mr and Mrs Geo H Eastman of Stanson County and another son born Monday morning February 13 to Mr and Mrs St N Nvatz.
The Security Bank, largely the enterprise of M L Rowley, was reorganized with new ownership. President M N Rowley and Vice President K N Kratz lead, with Geo T Rathman as cashier. Directors include Frank Weller and E S Rowley. Active management shifts to Kratz and Rathman as Major Rowley devotes himself to land duties. J H Green remains cashier until April. The move signals local faith in Dakota’s future prosperity.
Mrs Beddoes has been in Mitchell the past week. Friends of Mrs James Dysart now of Mitchell plan to move to Minneapolis. Miss Ida Curby’s school closed last week and she will return to Wisconsin. Miss Georgia Burk’s school closes this week. Mr Shoup plans moving to Mitchell this spring after renting his farm. Superintendent Wiard held communion services at Wiresteel church to a full house. Mr Peck has one broken rib from a horse accident. Wolves are thinning after Dell Buzzell shot one. Mr Abraham in California reports health improving though Mrs A. is not well. Sickness reported locally but no deaths yet, except Mrs James Isipp.
An elderly observer recalls humorous incidents tied to railroad blockades. He recalls an Omaha train from Mitchell aborting due to a rumored storm that never arrived and notes reports of heavy frost east of town delaying trains.
A valentine supper was hosted for Green Valley Tuesday evening. Mrs Wright has been on the sick list but is slowly improving. Sabbeth school meets every Sabbath at 12 m with cordially invited attendees, awake leaders, and a successful session expected.
A large group of over fifty friends gathered Friday evening at Geo Watson’s home for a very pleasant social. A fine supper was a standout feature of the gathering. The city treasurer notes that all school warrants registered on or before January 3, 1855 and general fund warrants registered on or before December 1, 1587 may be paid on presentation. D W Wann city treasurer.
Wiany residents avoid cod liver oil due to taste but Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites is as palatable as milk and touted as a valuable remedy for consumption scrofula bronchitis debility wasting diseases of children and chronic coughs and colds. Physicians report children take it gladly. Publicized remedies include Shiloh's remedies for croup whooping cough bronchitis dyspepsia and liver complaints with local agent L. O. Gale.
Farm loans offered with readily available funds for improvements at low interest. Davison Bros. and Seaman invite interested parties to call and inquire about terms and eligibility.
Paris correspondent writes from Epernay, describing a 17,000 population town near Paris. He notes cosmopolitan wine makers, mixed architectural styles, castle like fortifications, and a culture of comfort in French towns. He recalls blood and fire in the town’s history alongside the enduring wine industry.
From Mexico Cor. Boston Herald an essay notes Maximilian was inadequate and swayed, Carlota as the driving force with soldierly ambition, and that their marriage was political. The piece reflects on a twenty year retrospective of the imperial drama and its personal dynamics.
Professor Richard A. Proctor notes that exercise alone rarely increases height. He argues heavy weight lifting and slow movements boost spine and leg power but may hinder limb length growth. Sailors tend to be shorter due to pulling, while walkers and riders develop stronger legs and often taller stature.
The Roman Catacombs are long narrow underground passages around the city used for burial. They consist of multi story galleries filled with tombs, loculi and cubicula for families or martyrs, with wealthier burials in coffins. The economy of space reflects early Christian poverty and community. Churches or oratories carved in tufa later hosted private devotion and small funeral services.
The New York Evening World notes lace curtains in parlors of Robert Garretts Baltimore estate valued at $1,000,000 with carpet costing $200 a yard and some carpets described as worth their weight in gold.
The king of Belgium proposes a railway to Morocco by sending the sultan a complete railway train and rails as a gift. The move signals an inventive, if provocative, attempt to extend rail infrastructure and influence into North Africa.
Max Von Pettenkoffer argues cholera is not direct human contagion but part of a malarial group. germs enter via soil and travel through air to the lungs. He favors drainage and clean water as the best safeguards against outbreaks. Spiders proliferate around Washington public buildings due to electric lighting drawing insects and webs obscuring architectural outlines.
Old ranchman Stevie recalls wild horses on the Wyoming plains. Stallions lead bands, steal mares, and defend their herd. Hunters trap wolves for bounties, wolfers poison wolf dens, and wild stallions fetch high payments for their scalps. Brisbin cites New York World.
An English physician notes centenarians tend to have a good family history a well built frame average stature spare not stout robust with good health appetite digestion capable of exertion good sleepers placid temperament and sound intelligence. Little need for or consumption of alcohol and animal food. The man who aims to reach a hundred should fit these qualifications.
A family doctor warns against indoor overwork and cramped postures as major causes of nervous headache. Outdoor activity, proper nutrition, fresh air, baths, and balanced routines are urged to prevent and ease the periodic pain affecting indoor workers like seamstresses and shop workers.
At an afternoon party two young girls amused guests. One learned to spell eat and spoke timidly. Another two year old, Alma Misser, proclaimed her name and title before the crowd, drawing laughter and attention from all present.
A French company offers celluloid as ship hull sheathing at nine francs per square meter per millimeter of thickness. Experiments by M. Butaine last January showed membranes applied to vessels remained intact after five to six months with no marine growth, unlike exposed areas. The material reportedly resists chemicals and corrosion, remains elastic, and can be thinned to 0.0008 meter.
Cuassell's notes that a house of wire lathing by architect G I Armitage resists fire. The system can be applied to ordinary timber beams and partitions, with wire cloths forming part of the invention. The cottage appears neat and, if fireproof, gains a strong practical merit.
A scene shows Deacon Nadden-Young nan mentioning their son Jacob in jail for horse stealing. The judge and a photographer are part of a tense exchange about the pictured mood and the photo’s purpose.
The United States Review notes 1,500 of 2,415 fires in New York City last year were put out with buckets of water. It urges property owners tenants and employees to keep buckets full at hand. Professor Proctor is cited stating a 70 year old man has eaten eighty tons of food in his lifetime.
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