Branso Leads Local Race Amid Confusing OCR Snippet
A fragmented report shows L. Branso in a local event with unclear competition lines and sparse details. The readable portion hints at a race or standings but lacks firm names, places, or outcomes.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
1
A fragmented report shows L. Branso in a local event with unclear competition lines and sparse details. The readable portion hints at a race or standings but lacks firm names, places, or outcomes.
Mitchell society kept busy with Eastern Star card party and dancing at Masonic hall where eleven tables played progressive cinch. Odd Fellows hall hosted a large masquerade with Hoyt's orchestra and a likely repeat event this season. Mrs Ferguson staged cobweb string prizes at home and alumni activities featured recitations solos and a basket social raising funds.
A large stock holder argues leasing would boost the range country by expanding usable land, enabling dam construction and closer cattle management. He estimates range cattle could grow from 50 000 to 250 000 between the Missouri river and Black Hills with better water and feed, reducing sheep cattle disputes though risks of abuse exist. Fargo special reports a separated couple, Walter Smeeton and Mamie Cannon, reconciling after a brief separation and planning a Mitchell South Dakota second honeymoon.
Local note reports Mitchell welcoming new Iowa farmers with arrivals of Alfred Hill and twelve car emigrant train to be picked up en route. Milwaukee railroad cuts emigrant rates to attract settlers. population expected to rise as more families settle in. Concerns raised about health and social gatherings amid timing of Tombstone Association meeting.
The legislature created an installment tax plan aimed at helping the poorer classes, but large taxpayers and corporations may profit from the leniency. Milwaukee Railroad paid only half its taxes now, $1 876, keeping the rest until Oct 1, while other heavy taxpayers settled in full.
The Parkston Courier reports the state Funeral Directors Association executive board has called its annual meeting in Mitchell. The note ties the meeting date to the approaching G A R event, outlining scheduling context.
Mrs Cora McLean and Oliver Mears wed at Salem on February 8 at Dr Kendall’s home. They came to Mitchell the same day, visiting friends. plans call for returning to Salem to reside. A surprise party for the couple preceded the wedding.
South Dakota holds 1,958,336 acres of common school land and 691,416 acres of endowment land unsold. Lands near the Missouri river and Black Hills counties are offered at public auctions with 6 percent interest on deferred amounts, down payments, and installments over five to fifteen years.
Near the close of the Lincoln day exercises at Howard opera house, Civil War veteran Robert May and Mrs. Jane Jones were secretly married on stage in a quick ceremony before most attendees realized what was happening.
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