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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
5
The notice outlines subscription rates for The Mitchell Capital and other leading publications, advertising charges for business cards and locals, and free notices for marriages and deaths. It also includes editorials on political topics, public affairs, and a New Year greeting from The Republican with notes on past year prosperity and upcoming improvements to the paper.
The New York Commercial critiques proposed cheap parcel post rates as risking the livelihood of country merchants. It argues a large deficit would worsen if parcels move at 26 cents per pound, allowing department stores to undersell small town shops and threaten local economies nationwide.
Gustav Theikohl, once a patent office clerk who resigned to raise troops for the Transvaal, reportedly sailed from Baltimore Saturday with about three thousand men. He carried a passport from the state department as the secret service eyed potential U S Great Britain complications.
A museum case honors three Caprons, Erastus A. Capron killed at Cherubusco in the Mexican war, his son Capt. Allen Capron who died after Cuban service, and grandson Capt. Allen K. Capron who fell at Quasimo in Cuba after giving aid to a wounded Spanish soldier before urging others to continue fighting.
The committee on the Roberts of Utah case recessed to await more witnesses from Utah and has resumed investigations. Politicians expect Roberts will not be allowed to take the oath despite possible state complications. Kipling plans a South American visit to seek war poem material and inspiration, with an elegy possible if he encounters a Boer bullet.
An 19th century style article describes neck swelling in Swiss valleys as natural and mocks visitors. It claims female ailments afflict most women and touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening organs and regulating functions to end years of pain between ages fifteen and forty five.
Three Puerto Rico tours leave Chicago on January 11 February 15 and March 8 with Pullman sleeping and dining car service to New York then on pen steamships Ponce and San Juan. The parties tour the island by rail car carriage and boat with all expenses paid under Walter Boyd Townsend and American Tourists Association. Tickets and itineraries available via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway agents.
Mr Crawford argues from an attorney’s view away from politics, tracing colonial territories through a century of acquisitions and treaties. He notes conquered land becomes part of the conquering nation, with minimal change to inhabitants. A Pierre meeting in 1901 will mark John Marshall’s 100th Supreme Court anniversary with committee plans and a Van Cise address on statute enactment and judicial construction.
The Mitchell hosted the association banquet after courthouse exercises with a long decorated table for 50. AFB Hitencock chaired the toast, speakers traced the bench and bar, law in politics, and the lawyer as essential to public rights, with Rathbun’s orchestra providing music and cigars ending the event.
The speaker urges an independent judiciary free from political pressure arguing judges should have protected salaries and be insulated from politics. He proposes removing judge elections from the people and selecting them by other means to preserve an honest, fearless bench. Judge Tripp’s address drew strong applause. Attendees praised the event and city hospitality as the association concluded.
Annie E Springer of Philadelphia reports dramatic relief after using Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. The remedy allegedly ended a years long hacking cough and chest pain, with testimonials from S H Scallin's drugstore and others endorsing its effectiveness and guarantees.
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