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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1891
Page
8
A damaged OCR row shows scattered cattle and grain prices, with figures like $3.23 $3.14 and $4.00 mixed with percentages and codes. Mentions February, Ohio, and various feed and weight notes, but lacks clear articles, entities, or context.
A string of brief items mentions Mrs Geo M Rowley and her son, Mattie Allen and her ship school, leasing on East Sixth Street, and residents reporting crops sown in Lis ton township. University literary societies, spring goods for merchants, health ads for Ayers products, a Beulah township social, and lectures by Speaker Seward are noted along with church events and community updates.
The Baker neighborhood reports parties at Mr. Minks James Reins and John Braschs. Edifying events include Hurd closing his school with praise, Y P T U meetings, debates on misery caused by intemperance or war, and a Miss Spees funeral in Badger delayed by Perry township objections.
A longtime subscriber asks that the CAPITAL be mailed in a separate wrapper to ensure weekly delivery. An independent neighbor, upset after ending his own CAPITAL, borrows the paper on Sundays, prompting community insistence that residents must have the CAPITAL.
Frank W. Gillett of 221 Second Ave New York testifies to the remarkable effects of Brandreth's Pills in easing indigestion and improving his health. The letter praises the product's efficacy and urges others to try it for similar relief.
A patient describes severe indigestion as the most aggravated form and notes two boxes of Brandreth's Pills after costly treatment left him in better condition than in years. The account emphasizes relief and personal health improvement.
Dr. D E Collins state veterinarian returned from Yankton Indian Agency where he examined horses under federal authority and reported forty one glanders. He received word Ft Bennett and Crow Creek also reported afflicted horses. A wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Chas J Ward followed.
Round trip tickets to New Orleans will be sold from Mitchell by the C M St P Ry Co for 3530. Sales run February 3 to 8, 1891, with return good through February 28, 1891.
Lucius Q proposes the name Naiad for his new artesian well machine. Naiad, meaning water nymph, echoes ancient myth and reflects the machine’s water-producing purpose.
C W Gillis reports four hundred bushels of wheat stolen from Ole Henderson on a southern county farm. No clues exist yet, but some detective work is underway to catch the thieves.
Mrs Fayette Dixon writes from Arkansaw Wisconsin in 1885 praising Brandreth's Pills. She claims past fifty years of use kept her in good health into old age and credits the remedy for relief from bilious derangements and kidney disturbances.
An important discovery that acts on the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new principle to speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Suitable for men women and children. 30 doses for 25 cents with samples free at L O Gale's druggist.
Exciting sport as Nig and Tula greyhounds owned by L W Seaman and McDermaid & Smith chase a jack rabbit near the university. Judges score three heats with collisions among riders. final tallies list Nig 26 1/2 to Tulu 22.
Large exhibit in Mitchell features over 400 birds and 60 to 70 dogs with judges from La Crosse. Entries list many poultry and dog exhibitors from Huron to Ashton, alongside a note that schoolchildren under twelve get in for five cents tomorrow. An annual meeting names officers and delegates to Pierre, with next show planned for fall and a Minneapolis event next week attracting exhibitors.
A steady crowd filled the exhibition hall as the poultry and pet stock association hosted its first show. Judge Shellabarger praised the birds for high scoring, noting parity with recent Owatonna and LaCrosse events. Premiums were largely awarded, with full lists pending secretary records.
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