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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
3
A relic newspaper item recounts W. O. Temple’s trip to Mitchell South Dakota praising local kindness and notes a letter from his home paper Elizabeth City. It includes micro observations of Mitchell’s growth, high school, stone buildings, and prairie vigor amid a period weather forecast predicting storms and cold waves through January.
Chas Moore threatened Sam Webber’s restaurant with a rifle Tuesday, firing at pictures on the wall and through a partition into a room where a boy slept. A warrant for Moore’s arrest was sought but not issued by Wednesday afternoon. In other city notes, O L Branson will succeed H R Kibbee as cashier of the First National Bank on January 1, with Kibbee resigning to lead the new bank’s management. Weather outlook hints at December shifts with possible early January storms and a turn to warmer days.
Aberdeen readers learn Dakota University in Mitchell is expanding with growth in student numbers and a planned $20,000 dormitory project. The athletic program would gain a gymnasium, and a telescope is being considered. Local Methodist backers praise the institution while other ads promote One Minute Cough Cure and Ely's Cream Balm for ailments.
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture collects facts on the rising dairying industry. In the current year about 100 creameries were started, many towns plan spring operations, most on cooperative lines with top payments of 73 cents per hundred pounds of milk. The state lists 278,928 milking cows valued around $6.4 million, with an average yield of 2,500 pounds per cow and milk valued at 61 cents per hundred pounds, totaling about $4.25 million.
The Masonic Resurgam Lodge held a Saturday evening installation led by John H. Scriven. Officers named included W.M. T. J. Spangler and J.W. A. H. Pehrson, with degrees conferred on Will Hoffman and Will Rathbun near midnight.
A young woman grows very ill as an attendant leans over her. Asked if she wishes to send a message to a friend, she nods. When urged, she declines, remembering the friend owes her a letter. This vignette from Pearson's Weekly reflects delicate social tact.
A mother jokes about baby prices in a tale from the New York Times. John asks how much he cost and Mary, Jane, and their prices are revealed in a wry family exchange, ending with a sly quip about Jane. A Welsh Dinner hints at a Welsh menu joke featured by the South Wales Daily News.
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