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Newspaper

Mitchell Capital

Location

Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1897

Page

3

Fragmented OCR Notice Teases Local Event Details

Readable fragments hint at a local event or notice involving certain individuals and times. Limited text prevents full identification of names, places, or actions.

Populist scheme expansion eyed with new offices

A Pierre correspondent details populist plans to create multiple new state offices to shelter many candidates. Proposals include three oil inspection districts, an expanded insurance department, a codification committee, a public printer, and an immigration commissioner. The plan would add costs while aiming to channel patronage to populist supporters.

Pierre Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Locke Pops Aberdeen Deadwood Insurance Commissionership Republican State Auditor U.s.g.cherry Ood Taylor Pettivrew Tts Ds of Charities and Corrections Clall

Volcano Jones and the Robber Railroad in Mitchell

In Woonsocket Times a lighter tale follows Volcano Jones riding Milwaukee express to Pierre. Jones, a mild man with a booming voice, quips about robber railroads while agent Clark returns $2 85 in fare overcharge after Jones pays with a five dollar bill.

Agent Clark Milwaukee Woonsocket Times Jones Milwaukee Express Mitchell Pierre Charles Mix County Volcano Bismarck Col. Price Sanborn County Woodchuck Pops Vulcano Kyle Goodykoontz Pop Clark Wolsey

Farewell appreciation for Rev Frank Durant in Chadron

A Chadron Nebraska Signal Recorder notice recalls Rev Frank Durant leaving Chadron for Mitchell South Dakota. The local B of L E No 302 presented him a gold watch, with a Shakespeare Club reception honoring his service. The ministerial association offered warm remarks wishing him success and blessings in his new field. A rail union speech and donations highlighted his years among railroad men and parishioners. Also listed are upcoming Homeseekers Excursion ticket sales by the C P M O railway.

Mitche Chadron Neb St. Mary’s Church Frank Durant Geo. C. Parker Duran M. J. Smith & Co Fank Durant Mitchell, S. D

Week's political shifts and fiscal items span the nation

Wanamaker loses Pennsylvania caucus while Perkins secures California senate nomination. Delaware GOP creates a rump house amid contests. Chicago enacts theater headgear ban. The currency controller approves a 50 percent dividend for creditors of the National Bank of Illinois. Trials involve ex Federal officials over freight rates. Rates disputes threaten trouble from East to Pacific. Counterfeit notes circulate and bank consolidation urged in Kansas. Albany marks New York capital’s hundredth anniversary with legislature. Skating race in New York sees Donoghue win by eight laps. Emma Spreckels Watson returns $2 million in father Claus Spreckels’ gift.

G. Wanamaker Pennsylvania George ©. Perkins California Delaware House of Representatives House City Council Chicago National Bank of Illinois of Chicago Rhinehart Hanley Santa Fe Pacific Examiner Briedenthal Kansas New York Albany John Donoghue John Lawson Donoghue Claus Spreckels Emma Spreckels Watson

Congress Debates Postal and Pacific Rail Bills in Early January

A sequence of House and Senate actions from January recounts the Loud postal bill amending mail rates for serial publications and denying sample copies, along with alterations to timber culture laws and brevets. It notes motions on the Pacific railroad funding and debates over the army appropriation, Cuban policy criticism, and reactions to California figures.

Senate House Florence Muaybrick Cuba Call Pacific Railroad Mills

Morgan substitutes for Pacific railroad bill proposes nine trustees

Senator Morgan offers a substitute creating a nine member board of trustees split four east of the Mississippi and four west plus a president with no stockholding. Trustees chosen by the president and Senate to run the roads with a four percent sinking fund and bonds at three percent for 30 years, debt payable within 26 years.

Miage Pacific Roads WasuinetTox Morgan Pacific Railroad Mississippi River Senate

Latest Market Report from Duluth and Minneapolis

WHEAT prices and bids across cash and futures at Duluth and Minneapolis with January and May quotes. Livestock markets at South St Paul and Chicago show hogs cattle and sheep prices, receipts and trends, with mixed movements across regions.

Minneapolis Grain Minneapolis Northern Chicago Union Stock Yards Chicago Baeves Texas Cuba

Wolcott Visit to Europe Seen Doomed by Times Editorial

The London Times mourns General Walker and doubts Wolcott's European mission will succeed. It says public English opinion opposes bimetallism and expects the envoy's trip to be only a political gesture to appeal to silver supporters.

London Lady Scott Earl Russell Georgia United States London Times England Wolcott Europe the Times Walker Great Britain America Senator Wolcott McKinley

PARDON POWER TO BE VESTED IN BOARD

Wisconsin moves to remove pardoning power from the governor and place it in a new board amid uproar over ex Governor Upham. Governor Scofield supports reform and will urge it in the coming legislative session. Local items note assignments and political replies unrelated to the reform.

Wisconsin Milwaukeer Upham Scofield Ashland Wis LH. A. Shores E. A. Shores, Jr Mr. Shores

Cameron Resolution Dead in Senate Fight and Other Briefs

Senate foreign relations did not take up the Cuban question in Cameron’s absence and some members doubted the Cameron resolution would be pressed. Reports note favorable action on extradition treaties with Argentina and the Orange Free State. Other items: Calumet and Hecla declares a regular dividend plus a record $10 extra. Queen Victoria may abdicate in favor of the Prince of Wales. Victoria reports heavy rains in Melbourne area and Port Darwin hurricane damage. A Statistical review notes many young women who kill themselves, with motives linked to poverty and hardship.

Cameron Washington Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Senate Orange Free State Australia Melbourne Victoria Port Darwin Philadelphia Times

Hypnotic Bear Encounter and Bismarck Pipe Tale

A Port Arthur Canadian, J. B. Newsome, and Alex Anderson recount a bear hunting incident where Anderson claims hypnotizing a mother bear and her cubs with eye contact saved him. A separate note from Berlin reports on Prince Bismarck’s meerschaum pipe and a series of fateful signs tied to his career.

Newsome Anderson J. B. Newsome Port Arthur Alex Anderson Pearl River Atwell Ouimet Bear Prince Bismarck Bismarck Friederichsruh Berlin

Music and a Church in a Divine Setting

A Contemporary Review passage extols St Mark's as the noblest church, its organic form shaped by time and nature. It lauds marble colors, vaults and cupolas, and notes a Sunday fugue that mirrors the building’s life and eternal becoming through music and architecture.

St. Mark’s Bt. Mark’s Contemporary Review

Bearded vulture trims its own bristly beard in high Himalayan style

A lammergeyer or bearded vulture, common in old world mountain ranges, sharpens a self grooming routine with its claws acting as razors. Feathers form a bristly mustache and beard, regrowing into a full bristle crest with regular trimming, as described in the San Francisco Examiner.

San Francisco Examiner Weno Villine Germany

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