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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
5
Advertising rates listed for business cards and locals with legal notices at statute rates. Cards of Thanks and notices priced per line. marriage and death notices published free of charge. obituaries and resolutions charged per line. address changes for subscribers require prior and new addresses.
A collection from the official county paper includes 1901 futurist musings about books, airships, farming gains, phonograph books, and peace via the golden rule. It also reports Aguinaldo's alleged death, local potato prices, Andover hotel bonuses, and editor news for the Gazette.
The sudden death of Bishop Ninde at his Detroit home from heart trouble is reported. He had long served as a Methodist bishop and twice presided over South Dakota church conferences. The piece also covers Carrie Nation’s Wichita saloon raid and local ministers’ rebuke of her actions.
The piece argues the fusion party betrayed popular will by retaining allies in state posts before Gov. Lee’s retirement. It contends fusionists failed to defend rights and accuse the governor of a tricky endgame. It questions whether he can block Republicans from their victory.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for backache headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and fainting with a testimonial from Mrs Phebe Crane of Peterson Town claiming age 73 and restored ability to work. It also mentions Mull's Lightning Pain Killer and notes a druggist selling the remedies.
In Jericho a town meeting erupts over Bill Lapham’s plan to organize the Jericho Guards. The crowd cheers for glory while D eacon Spooner backs Lapham, Abner Jones boasts of dying for country, and Lish Billings rejects enlistment citing widespread unfitness and a need for practical meals.
Denver Post reports a coal mine inspector arguing miners are rational, not superstitious. He notes rats flee danger first, then mules, and only humans ignore warning signs, risking slides by dismissing fear as superstition.
A Yale Summit girl finds a love letter from her father to her mother. She reads it aloud with her name and lover substituted. The mother reacts with anger and forbids any relationship with the letter writer. The scene grows silent as the daughter hands the letter back.
A brief exchange from the Albany Journal shows a man after cutting a tree and planning to cut it up next day. The piece pairs a rustic chat with a proverb on friendship contrasting false friendship and true sustenance, as echoed by the Chicago News style line about never say die.
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