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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
10
Several members report they paid last month and received suspension notices from Globe Insurance Co. An inspector arrived to review the case and was to meet N. J. Neilsen, the local company representative, but Neilsen was unavailable due to a notice saying he had gone to the country and would return tonight.
South Dakota electors met as required by law on the second Monday in January. They took oaths, organized, and cast ballots for McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, issuing triplicate certificates and sending returns to Judge Carland, the Senate, and Washington.
The Ladies Aid Society and Mission Circle consolidated last Friday into the Womans Workers Association to advance systematic Christian and missionary work. Meetings set for Fridays at 3 PM, with the first gathering today at Nichols music store led by President Mrs Loomer, on The Secret of Soul Winning.
Minneapolis January 14. The largest real estate transaction in the Northwest closes as A H Hunter of the Hunter Wilve Company Minneapolis handles Northern Pacific land sale. A syndicate including Carlos Boynton William Moser L Patterson and L S Hackney Land Company acquires the federal grant lands totaling about 1 500 000 acres across Stutsman Logan Kidder Burleigh McLain McIntosh Emmons counties with 250 townships and a nine thousand square mile tract. Deeds expected after incorporation.
In Tutulia Samoa on January 1 the over 1000 dollars promised by Britain Germany and the United States for Samoan arms surrender after the war is being distributed. Governor Solf orders natives to deliver all German Samoa guns before month’s end as British and American residents depart Germany Samoa trades are booming under US rule.
Senator Nelson will report a bill in the senate next Thursday to authorize a national standardizing bureau and establish a system costing 370000 dollars. Representative Southard of Ohio may introduce the measure, backed by administration support and broad sentiment in Congress from agricultural, scientific and manufacturing interests.
Duluth reports the sale of the Hiram W. Sibley tract in Lake county containing 55,000,000 feet of white pine to Richardson & Avery for 270000 dollars. Sibley, Rochester resident, held the timber for years and is said to have earned about 100000 since 1898 by delaying sale. A logging road will be built and the timber sawed at Duluth.
Nice police arrest Prince Victor Nakadchidez a Russian Nihilist on charges of plotting to kill the czar during the czar's visit. He was condemned to death in Russia for the 1886 conspiracy and convicted in Paris of illegal possession of explosive machines. Teller objected. No progress was made with the measure with no amendments disposed of.
Elijah W. Blaisdell a Rockford Illinois newspaper publisher author lawyer real estate dealer and politician who helped propose Abraham Lincoln for the presidency is dead at Rockford after 47 years there The report comes from Rockford via Chicago in the Times Herald.
Dr. Emil Dorn of Chicago tours the northwest promoting a mutual mortgage system to reform the U.S. mortgage structure. He argues the German mortgage banks offer stronger controls, public disclosure, and safer, cheaper loans for property owners while condemning risky private mortgages and speculative bonds.
In Basel a French mountaineer famed for ascents disliked by tourists pursued Gopaltenborn. After failed attempts he finally reached the summit and left a blue silk flag bearing his name. An English rival later claimed the flag by bold, solitary action and returned it in a parcel.
A Worcester Gazette item tells of a young woman asking a city music store for Angels Always Polished, only to be offered other songs. The exchange grows into a humorous moment about misnaming works and Handel as the composer. A second note explains spider silk formation, detailing four masses in a spider’s body and thousands of threads weaving into a single thread for its web.
A Chicago Record note warns against proposing to a woman by letter. It recalls a man who wrote to two women, one of whom hid the letter in a book and sent it to the man’s other romantic interest. The item reflects social advice and humor of the era.
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