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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1891
Page
5
Governor Eales calls on Iowans to aid one hundred needy families in Cherokee amid floods. State officials note many surrounding towns face destruction of bridges and property and stress immediate relief to prevent further hardship. appeals emphasize durable, wide support from citizens.
Secretary Foster declares continued coinage of silver dollars not practical after cabinet meeting. He notes law requires the trade dollar bars be coined into standard dollars, a process costing millions and taking four months, delaying further silver dollar production.
The People’s Party constitution is made public stating any town or county citizen may join by signing the declaration of principles and platform. Members pledges support to national principles. indorsing a candidate or fusion with another party risks losing club membership.
A plan from Rome envisions a Catholic banking network across European capitals. Proponents argue a coordinated syndicate could mobilize Catholic capital away from current Jewish control. The idea previously failed for lack of sound principles. Also, Chilean rebels seeking U S sympathy were denied audience per long standing custom used during the Civil War.
A long, fragmented report notes bright crop prospects in the Red River Valley with high labor demand for harvest. It mentions a Hartford court decision affirming Gov Buckley’s right to office, a Readfield resident surviving twenty days without food, Beecher statue unveiling in Brooklyn, and anti smuggling alerts for Chinese migrants. plus a weather bureaucrat’s remarks on agricultural forecasting.
The article discusses naval expansion and reform under Secretary Tracy, detailing new schemes to operate a stronger squadron and improve fleet practices. It notes financial pressures, international credit strain, and unsettled London markets affecting American and European banks, with emphasis on currency and wartime port operations.
Reports describe widespread destruction across Cheroke e Onawa Sioux City and other towns as floods wash bridges and tracks away. Property losses soar into the hundreds of thousands with railroads Illinois Central Chicago Northwestern and others sustaining major damage. Eight died near Correctionville and Iowa politics move forward with the Ottumwa Democratic convention renominating Gov Boies and naming a full ticket. Weather and crop notes show variable prospects across Minnesota North Dakota and Indiana with advancing spring planting and school language suffrage news.
Foreign news outlines the Canadian budget granting relief on raw sugar duties, shifts in exports to the United States and Britain, and praise for Canadian banking laws amid McKinley bill effects. It also covers electricity trials boosting seed growth, a czar’s arbitration in Guiana shocking France, and railroad surveys near Quito with Ecuadorian support.
A South Dakota item details irrigation schemes north of Huron that failed to deliver harvests yet drew offers up to 15 000 before landowners rejected purchase, plus notes on a cousin project. It mentions a special session push with pledges for a world’s fair appropriation and an update on corporation real estate holdings and a court ruling on corporate property for profit.
From April 15 to June 10 twenty five carloads of eggs were bought from farmers within twenty miles of Scotland totaling 315 000 or 4 780 000 eggs. Farmers within twenty miles shared 39 000 and 40 000 dollars in distributions. Also, Struck Natural Gas struck a vein at Siding Five fifteen miles south of Edgemont at 190 feet, gas flows freely and burns readily. News from Nebraska covers state transportation law questions and a series of weather events across the state, including lightning damage and a fatal wreck near York. The Republican State Central Committee chairman Joan C Watson calls for a Lincoln meeting to prepare for the state convention.
Col Z A Dodge recounts the hardy endurance pony of the plains. Despite lean crest and harsh winters, the bronco carries riders across long distances, supports two people, and works for years. Indian usage, feeding habits, and the history of the pony’s physiology are described with vivid examples and anecdotes.
In a tale from Youtl's Compan- 1022, experts in handwriting identify forgeries during a court challenge over a marriage register. An English gentleman offered a reward for the genuine document, prompting discovery in a parish vestry box. The forged register was exposed after the expert noted modern handwriting, revealing the culprit’s confession.
Discusses the English and American use of the title Honorable as a courtesy honor in the US and nobility in Britain. Notes it is unofficial and based on favor. Includes a humorous Harper's Bazar quote about editors, grocers, and pride in quality.
The article recounts Jamaica history from Maroon resistance to the Anglo pirate era, detailing bands like the Maroons, the wealth Port Royal gained from pirate plunder, and the rise of Henry Morgan from enslaved youth to knighted governor. It notes the 17th century prosperity, moral decay, and the catastrophic 1692 earthquake that ruined the pirate capital.
Health officer investigations in Washington into alleged stained blood oranges found no tampering. Dr Townsend observed abundant fruit and ordered testing. The chemist reported the oranges are naturally stained from a fungus spot and cannot be colored by injection, confirming no artificial dye used.
A rubber horseshoe forms a protective forefoot shoe for horses. It features a rubber oval band about a quarter of an inch thick with cask cushions at the ends, paired with an iron plate. Rubber heel calks sit atop the canvas layer, nailed together with the iron shoe to form an iron plate shoe with rubber heel calks.
A Michigan man tumbled into a four foot hole and then slid into a forty foot shaft. He spent the night praying and halloing at the bottom. In the morning he crawled out and paid two teamsters a dollar to haul him back for two rods down the road.
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