Armour on Fire in Armour City Fire Destroys Blocks
Friday January 16 1891 reports a major blaze in Armour causing two blocks of business district to burn. Mitchell firemen were dispatched by special train after a Milwaukee request and, despite artesian water challenges, assisted by connecting water to hydrants. Estimated losses run around $100000 as fires threaten the Main Street hotels and surrounding structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Armour
Milwaukee Ofice
Weardsley
Republican
Fire at Main Street stores causes heavy losses
A blaze at about one o'clock in the afternoon destroyed several Main Street shops from Third to near the county bank. The fire, centered near the Downing & Son bank corner, swept through F. D. Armitage’s hotel and neighboring dry goods firms, druggists and hardware stores. Total losses likely around 75,000 dollars with 25,000 to 30,000 insurance.
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Tribune
Aingoos Star
Eat
Downing Sourney
Bros
F. D. Ar
mMour
D. P. Stichter
F. E. Lawrence
E. P. Sherman
Dinsmore’ & Hammond
Je ‘Cratchett
James Hacskutt
Jas. A. Wilson
O. A. Griffis
Robinson
Ible
Expression of Thanks to Our Mayor and Ikemen
Acting mayor W H Knowles receives a personal letter from Geo Y Lumley of Armour thanking him and the Mitchell fire department for service. The letter notes village board support for remuneration to the fire company and mentions a farewell tribute from Armour's trustees and about seventy five business leaders and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Knowles
People of Armour
Geo. Y Lumley
Armour
Gar
Truses
Ar-mour
Sugar Beets Bulletin Promotes Beet Cultivation In Brookings
Department pamphlet from State Agricultural College Brookings covers 33 pages on sugar beet culture. It argues beets resist drought better than most crops and provides soil suitability, cultivation, care, and postharvest guidance plus analyses of local varieties. A solid reference for beet growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture and Chemistry
State Agricultural College
Brookings
Musical Treat Secures Stockholm Choir for Mitchell Engagement
Secretary Crouse of the Y M C A announces the Lutherans sextette of Stockholm Sweden will perform in Mitchell on January 28. The group is on its first U S tour and is hailed as the finest male quartet singing in the country.
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Crouse
Lutherans Sextette
Stockholm
Sweden
Mitchell
United States
Mr Lawier views on senatorial race and House
Hon John D Lawler returned from Herre and views the senatorial situation as favorable to Judge Tripp. He believes Democratic and independent organization in the House will solidly support Tripp and that contested Republican members may be fired, giving the Opposition a comfortable majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D.lawler
Herre
Tripp
Lawler
Creamery Change of Ownership Amid Season Preview
The Mitchell creamery has transferred to James Tanley of Illinois and may change hands again before the active season. The 1890 record shows the establishment distributed a large amount of ready money to the people, and it is hoped the business will continue to be well managed if another sale occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Creamery
James Tanley
Illinois
Ood
A Busted Trust Telegraph From Mr Mordoff
Chicago January 8 Mr Deering withdrew from the American Harvester company today for reasons tied to pressure from leading old line companies attempting to form a trust and efforts to remove many of his longtime associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Mordoff
Deering Company
South Dakota
Chicago
Deering
American Harvester Company
Old Line
Sunday School Officers Elected at Methodist Church
Last Sunday the Sunday School board of the Methodist church elected officers: L.A. Stout superintendent, T. F. Blanchard assistant superintendent, T. Sage secretary, Chas. Boggs treasurer, Miss Plats organist, R. N. Kratz chorister, Miss Spink librarian. Boggs chosen Bible class teacher and Kratz to lead the young men’s class.
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The
Methodist Church
L.A. Stout
T. FE. Blanchard
T. Sage
Chas. Boggs
Miss Plats
R. N. Kratz
Weather forecasts promised if flags are displayed
Mizener, president of the Commercial Club, received a letter from Congressman Pickler and a War Department Signal Office communication about making Mitchell a weather service station. The chief signal officer offers weather forecasts if the club secures and properly displays official flags.
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Doa. Mizener
Commercial Club
Congressman Pickler
Signal Office
War Department
Mitchell
Settlement Complete With Retiring County Treasurer
The county commissioners closed their settlement Saturday with retiring treasurer S.F. Goodykoontz Esq, finding his books and accounts correct and in good condition and the cash all there. During his term Mr Goodykoontz and his assistant Miss Goodykoontz were obliging and rendered efficient service to the people. The public is assured the county's financial office will continue to be similarly administered by the new treasurer Mr Smith.
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S.F. Goodykoontz
Senator Preston pushes Australian ballot bill in Pierre
The Pierre Capital reports Senator Preston has introduced a bill adopting the Australian ballot. Senator Wickham of Hanson calls for U S senators to return to Washington. Moody and Pettigrew depart Pierre by the first train. Speaker Seward is mentioned as a possible senator. The Brown county independents back Kyle. A minor setback to Republicans is noted while a free delivery bill for towns with over $5,000 in postal receipts may pass, impacting Mitchell Watertown Yankton Rapid City Pierre Deadwood and Aberdeen. The writer laments waiting in the post office lobby for the mail.
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Senator Wickham
Hanson
United States
Washington
Moody
Seward
Brown County
Kyle
That County
Pickler
Mitchell
Watertown
Yankton
Rapid City
Pierre
Deadwood
Aberdeen
House
Senate
Housé
Converse
Goddard
Reece
Pettigrew
Warner of Sanborn
O'Brien
Lawrence
Preston
Davison
Hindman of
Marshall
Potter
Meade
French
Kyles of
Brown
Birch
Miner
Melville
Beadle
Smith
Jerauid
State Library
Stewart
Union
House Committee On Elections
Jbus Beep
Col. Parker
Campbell
Keith
Sioux Falls
K. W. Martin
Stearns
Senate and House committees prospects brighten in Pierre
In Pierre from January reports Republicans show brighter prospects as Senate and House committees are named. Key debates center on Brown county contest cases, with party lines and independents shaping potential unseating moves and possible Pickler influence.
Saga of a Salem Senator's Descent and the Capitol Dream
A lurid 1891 column lampoons Democratic Senator Black of Salem as he journeys to Pierre. It mocks his grandiloquent campaign visions, his celestial receptions, and the imagined collapse of his hopes as political fate twists around him. The piece blends satire with a portrait of ego, triumph, and fall in a bygone era.
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Salem
Mecca
Pierre
Saturn
Ander
Democratic plot to steal a document at the capital
An advisory meeting hails a daring plan to seize a valuable document as contraband of war. A trusted spouse retrieves the item, delivering it into a lordly keep in South Dakota’s capital, while secrecy seals the act and observers relay the tale to a wandering commercial traveler.
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South Dakota
Tom
Exchange Etchings and South Dakota Newspaper Scene
The Brookings Register voices the Sentinel rivalry as the county’s lone Republican paper grows snappier under Brother Person. Milton of the Redfield Observer talks South Dakota affairs with the New York Tribune. McLarren’s Sioux Falls Press link, Cal’s son Paul in business, and two editors Cory and Lenter in the legislature shape media and regulation dynamics.
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Samuel Burleigh Milton
The
Redfield Observer
New York City
Tribune
South Dakota
Great New West
Samuel JH. Milton
Observer
Redfield
Republican
McLarren
Sioux Falls Press
Paul
Cal
Mack
Cory
Senate
Lenter
House
Cement Material Ingredients Outline for Mitchell Cement
The article lists the general cement composition derived from Mitchell chalkstone and hay. It presents the material constituents and sketches the analyses used to determine cement manufacture inputs.
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Mitchell
State Fair Location Talks With State Board
J K Smith W B Miliham of hits city Thos Taylor from Letcher and Capt Logan of Hanson met with the state board of agriculture in Sioux Falls to discuss this year’s fair site. Mitchell supporters arrive armed with a strong bid. without it Mitchell may force the winning town to pay a high price.
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J. K. Smith
W. B. Miliham
Hits City
Thos
Taylor
Letcher
Capt
Logan
Hanson
Sioux Falls
State Board’ of Agriculture
Mitchell's
Mitchell
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Ashes
Lutheran Sextette
Mr. Lawier
M.E
House of Representatives
J Orauld
Banday’s Daily
Austin
Joliey
Clay
Washabaugh
Zimmerman
Lake
Schusidt of
Hutchson
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Commissioner. of Labor
Dizopd
Sikpro
Pvidenice
Pri i
Mathews
Stéaros
Hindman
Ito
Jin
Rowe
Miller
Carrey
Lille
van Denacher
King
Judge Tripp
Feir
Eles
Ttme
County—Co
House In Committee
Far
Buchanan
Bartow
Gol. Parker
Last Honce
Buchaown
Blicans
Knauber
Schneuber
Pierre Wedne
Adam Withous
Brookings Register
Sentinel
Howard
Prees
Tae
Aberdeen “Daily- Republican
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