Mitchell Post Office Schedule Lists Closing Mails
PuE Mitchell capital and Mitchell Post Office publish daily mail closing times for east and west routes. Mails to the east close at 12:00 PM and 8:20 PM with Saturday restrictions. Northbound and other routes have varying closings, some daily and some on Sundays, with several towns listed as destinations.
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Mitchell Post Office
Pgo
Pouch
Woriankinton
White Lake
Kinki
Ieanberkuin
Mball
SAL
Tindall
Grand View
Hrine- Mitiate
Rockport
Milltown
Dakota City
Borvivet
Menuo
Hazelton
Redstone
Saosin A. M
agseNger
Dally
Etna Ero
Passonbol
Se Ee Cere
Trains Schedule and Merchandise Advertisement
Train times listed for Kat and West routes with departures and arrivals daily except Sundays and Mondays. An advertisement for Weil Bros. promotes a full department store line with new goods on 5, 10, and 25 cent counters and invites readers to inspect prices.
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Weil Bros
Grand View to Host Indian Fourth Celebration on July 5
The notice invites all to Grand View Douglas county to join an extensive Fourth of July program with over 800 Indians in costume performing dances including the Big Belly Dance White Norse Grass Dance and Woman Dance. A small fee will be charged per participant and additional dances may be added if time allows.
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John Quirk
Fuller's
Grand View
A. J. Edgerton
Howard
Madison
Fuller
Edgerly & Deck
Robi. McLain
Dakota
Emery
Father Lawler
L’rank Meeker
Knowles
Louis Beckwith
F. G. Champeny
Mather
F. G. Cham
E. Lowry
Rome
Cratchett and
Scallan
J. A. Wilson
Armour
M. F. Thompson
Priday
Fifth
Ranbomn
Mr. Lewis
Iowa
W. F. Carver
W. W. Cole
Europe
Dr. Carver
Douglas County
Andrew M. Jones
Local Business Moves and Knights of Pythias Tickets
J Rockwell Brown rents Brooks store room from J N Brokaw and will move in once vacated. Brokaw to take over vacated room from P T McGovern this week. George Bernholdt leaves Winsor & Mentzer building to league watchmaking in Henry Koch's store. C W Adams to move to Beckwith block for merchant tailoring. Knights of Pythias Toronto meeting July 13 with Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul selling round trip tickets July 9–12, return by August 2. Also an editorial on losses from poor lubricants urging Warne's for oils.
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J. Rockwell Brown
J. N. Brokaw
Mr. Brokaw
P. T. McGovern
George Bernholdt
Winsor & Mentzer
Henry Koch
C. W. Adams
Beckwith Block
Knights of Pythias
Toronto
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Shooting tournament slated for Plankinton in July
A shooting tournament is arranged for Plankinton on July Sth featuring teams from Mitchell Plankinton Alexandria Mt. Vernon and Bridgewater. Events include clay pigeons Peoria blackbirds and glass balls under national rules with Mitchell's Enterprise prominent.
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Plankinton
Mitchell
Buckeye Show Delivers 84 Machines at Mitchell Reunion
Farmers receive eighty four Buckeye platform binders at Mitchell on June 24 during a large display and sale. The event, led by Charles Gaines and aided by M T Gaines and Chris Jorgensen, drew about 175 diners and showcased Buckeye reliability and demand across South Dakota.
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Mitchell
Chas. E. Gaines
South Dakota
M. T. Gaines
Chris, Jorgensen
A. M. Bilby
Mr. Gaines
Aultman, Miller & Co
Chris Jorgensen
Mr. Bilby
Mic Gaines
Dakota
Buckeye Manufacturing Company
Buckeye Company Defense Against Rival Machine Claims
A Buckeye Company statement counters rivals alleging inferior down binders and accuses competitors of misstatements. It notes Buckeye employs reliable agents and references individuals J. F. Arnett Jesse Phillips and J. W. Corbett as Buckeye rustlers with Mitchell headquarters.
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Buckeye Company
Messrs
J. F. Arnett
Jesse Phillips
J. W. Corbett
Buckeye
Mitchell
Esterly Binder banner note in parade ends with mixed results
A parade banner for Esterly Binder shown by Esterly agents failed to cut grass claims. W A Darling of seven miles south of Mitchell tested and returned the banner, then bought a Buckeye mower, per C E Gaines, General Agent.
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W. W. Garner
Esterly
W. A. Darling
Mitchell
C. E. Gaines
Davison County Teachers urged to attend July Normal School
County superintendent DuHas M Cooney announces opening of a two month July August Normal School led by Gordon and Bradley. They plan weekly lectures and a literary society to advance teaching, with strong urging for all teachers to attend for pay and progress. Also farmers urged to use James S Foster sheds for teams to shelter horses.
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Messrs. Gordon and Bradley
Dakota
Davison County
DuHas
M. Cooney
Sup
James S. Foster
Miraculous Escape by Dr King’s New Discovery
Winchester druggist W. W. Reed reports a Randolph County patient Mrs Louise Pike of Bartonia suffered from consumption. She began using Dr King’s New Discovery after a physician’s death sentence, recovered enough to walk six miles to town, and no longer uses the remedy. Hammer & Hammers Drug Store offers free trials.
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W. W. Reed
Winchester Ind
Louise Pike
Bartonia
Randolph Co
Ind
Hammer & Hammers Drug Store
Electric Bitters Promises Rapid Health Renewal
An advertisement urges readers suffering from low spirits and bilious ailments to try Electric Bitters. It claims quick improvement, restored energy, and relief from pain with a bottle sold for fifty cents by Hammer & Hammer.
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Hammer & Hammer
Local Advertisements and Remedies Prominently Placed
A collage of product ads and notices features Bucklen arnica salve with guaranteed satisfaction, West’s Painting for colic cures, L. W. Adams selling pumps farm tools and property, Hitchcock Bros offering loans, and a lauded La Crosse Business College.
The Marriage Symbolon: Union Is Strength for Cologne
An advertising note touts Taylor's Premium Cologne from Walter A. Taylor of Atlanta Georgia. The piece invites readers to buy the product in drugstores and mentions selling by L. C. Gale. A two cent Riddle Book offer accompanies the sale.
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Taylor
Riddle Book
Walter A.taylor
Atlanta
L. C. Gale
Lightning conductors offered for Mitchell area by trusted local firm
The notice endorses Munson Bros lightning conductors and recommends manager I. E. Beardsly to Mitchell and surrounding residents. Also advertised is West's World Wonder remedy for various pains with prices 25 and 50 cents, sold by L. O. Gale.
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I. Q. Gale
Munson Bro’s
Beardsly
Mitchell and
Vicinity
W. H. Wetche
West
L. O. Gale
Dr Bigger’s Huckleberry Cordial Sold As Remedy
A line of advertising claims Dr Bigger’s Huckleberry Cordial cures diarrhoea dysentery and cramp colic. Sold by L. O. Gale. The note likens the spread of rumor to a kiss as a humorous aside.
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Dr. Bigger
L. O. Gale
Reliable medicines and remedies advertised by Hammer & Hammer
A column of patent medicines for bowel complaints coughs colds and stomach ailments is advertised with claims for CIAMBERLAIN'S COLIC CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA REMEDY Shiloh's remedies West's Liver Pills Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy and West's Painting sold by L O Gale Includes a Nasal Injector with Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy and notes about prevention of illness from neglect of coughs and colds.
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Shiloh
L. O. Gale
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
Advertisement cites Chamberlain's remedy manufactured in Des Moines Iowa with 25 50 and 1.00 bottle sizes and claims quick relief for stomach and bowel pains. Mentions Hammer Hammer L O Gale W A Work Davison Bros West's Liver Pills and West's Painting as related products and sales points.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hammer & Hammer
W. A. Work. Sec’y
Iowa Traveling Men’s Association
Chamberlain
Stammer & Hammer
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Sold for Children
A historic advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a forty year staple used by millions of mothers to ease teething pain and related ailments. It claims to cure dysentery and griping, and promotes cholera prevention with West's Pain King as a ready remedy. Sold by L Q Gale for 25c a bottle.
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West
L. O. Gale
L. Q. Gale
Farm Loans Now Available At Davison Bros Bank
Davison Bros Bankers offer loans on improved farms with low interest rates. They invite potential borrowers to call for details and to apply.
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Hitchcock Bros
Davison Bros
Mitchell Dakota Holds July 20 Vote On Waterworks Bonds
Notice calls a city election in Mitchell Dakota for July 20 1886 to decide a $50000 waterworks bond issue at 7 percent interest with 20 year term option to retire in 10 years. Polls run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ward sites with named judges and officers listed.
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Sli
Mitchell
Dakota
City of
Towit
J. Knox’s Resturant
New Pacific Hotel
Hitchcock Bros
J. M. Washburn
Fleoe i
M. M. McDonald
A-J. la Barre
Jos. Bingenheimer
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T. J. Ball
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Charles City
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Territory OF Dakota
Territory
Wforesaid
John Tatman
James Hadley
J. M. Adams
Gro. Teesdall
Elias Hanson
Hadley
Friends
Vital Statistics
Tatman
County Territorial Statistician
Lauren Dunlap
Territorial Statistician
Tor
H. H. McMaster
Warne’s
Harry the Mitchell
Ellerbrooks
Buckeye Front
Northwest
Bucklen
MER & Hammer
Studebaker
Climax
L. W. Adams
Lower Main Street
Mitchell Oak
O. T. Letcher
H. K. Faulkner
la Crosse
Wis
Business College
Main Street
Mitchell Dak
Mitchell, Dak
Hircncock Bros
Pateney
Ciamberlain
Ral Tceae IL
MonDana
W.w.cole
Carcus
Kentucky
W.f.carver
Creatio
Plains
Ywhite Cloud
Big Jim Randall
Texas Cowboys
Red River Tom’s Cowboy
Sara PePsSson
Bankers
J. F. Kimball
Bevery Boypd
Randall
Wheelock
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