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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
2
Advertising and subscription notice outlines prices for one and two year copies, advance and delinquent payments, and special rates for business cards, local ads, and legal notices. Changes of address, state delivery restrictions, and free notices for marriages and deaths are noted.
Columbus reports Mark Hanna's Senate odds solid as Frank Morris is named surveyor general for South Dakota by McKinley. Vermilion's paper praises W & Danforth. Handys dies after Paris Expo tour. Sioux Falls eyes cheaper gas via eastern supplier. Pettigrew may rejoin GOP but without power to boss. Longstaff pushes capital move from Pierre and Aberdeen News weighs Pettigrew return risks.
The Janu ary American Monthly Review of Reviews notes a surge in dairy in the west with South Dakota leading growth. Since the first creamery opened seven years ago, 145 creameries have produced 12,000,000 pounds of butter valued at $2,160,000 in the past six months. During peak grazing, milk farmers supply products worth $285,000 monthly, with many creameries profitable through winter.
National Committeeman Kittredge is discussed as a possible congress candidate with strong state support. The Minneapolis Tribune suggests he aim for Pettigrew's senate seat instead. Public pension lists spark debate over honesty, cost, and targeting undeserving pensioners.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts how female students at a normal school welcomed a Chicago visitor with playful mischief. Teachers introduce him to the class and the young women request his address while the stranger blushes and the group jokes about the encounter.
The Acworth Post reports a sensational sky event with two suns seen briefly near sunrise accompanied by a rainbow. The sight sparks excitement among observers while a humorous exchange between Georgia farmers is cited from the Atlanta Constitution as possible drunken misperception.
Milk is praised for nutrition but caution is advised for the sick and for contaminated sources. Boiling is touted as a safe sterilizer and digestibility aid. A London Telegraph sketch records a political meeting where a candidate defends flogging in the army, claiming it cured him.
Amelia Wofford recounts The Court Jesters of England in St Nicholas with a tale of Sommers pranking Cardinal Wolsey. Sommers borrows ten pounds to appease the cardinals by aiding the poor, exposing the danger of a debtor’s oath, and prompting open confession and penance. The passage then shifts to Von Moltke’s early career in Danish then Prussian service, including his Royal cadet education and a request for leave to study military art.
A humorous item from the Toledo Blade recounts a political figure's home visit by a boy who jokes about being afraid of the dark while the minister reassures him with faith. A second anecdote features John Beckwith, who tears up a letter to himself after recognizing its mundane content and recalls past notes he sent to his future self.
A brief exchange on waiting and value as a woman descends stairs adjusting gloves. He checks his watch repeatedly while she recalls past praise of her worth in gold, highlighting tension over impatience and changing opinions. The scene conveys social friction in a domestic vignette from the Indianapolis Journal.
The report describes liquid air freezing whisky instantly and scorching a soaked handkerchief, noting its powerful destructive potential but stating no practical use has been found for it yet.
The world prints about 12.0 billion copies per year requiring 781,240 tons of paper or 1.56 billion pounds. Even the fastest press would take 333 years to issue one year's edition and would produce a stack about 60 miles high.
A man in North Cambridge Massachusetts Charles Morris describes severe ivy poisoning that affected his family. He credits Hood s Sarsaparilla with curing all, noting weight gain to 175 pounds and urging others to try the remedy based on his testimonial.
John B. Ewart mortgaged to Fidelity Loan and Trust Company on March 23 1891. Mortgage assigned to Metropolitan Trust Company then to Fidelity Securities Company. Default since February 1 1898. entire principal and interest 611.00 due. Foreclosure sale set for February 28 1898 at 10 am at court house front door Mitchell SD.
Notice from the Commissioner of Schools and Public Lands announces March 16 1898 as the start date to lease unleased school lands in Davis County. Bids will be taken at the front door of the Court House in Pierre South Dakota from 10 in the morning until all tracts are offered.
The State of South Dakota issues a summons in Fourth Judicial Circuit against John L. Bowman to answer Etta A. Bowman’s complaint. Defendant must file an answer within 30 days after service with the Mitchell, South Dakota attorney handling the case. Filed December 30 in Mitchell.
Notice is hereby given that Herbert N. Warfield has filed for final proof to support his land claim in section 14 and 9 through 10, township 101, range 61 west. Proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Mitchell South Dakota on January 15, 1897. Witnesses: Daniel Teneyek, Adavin Loering, Benjamin Barnard, William Wilkinson. Abraham Boynton, Register.
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