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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1894
Page
12
A crowd around 10 000 occupies the Chicago stock yards as a riot threat looms. Police and militia clash over authority. trains largely run, but many shops and depots face work stoppages. bridges burn and crews refuse to work with scabs amid spreading walkouts.
A brief weekly roundup covers Bowdle and nearby items. Carrie Tunis travels to Madison for the Chautauqua session, Ida Sherman plans to preach at the Baptist church next Sunday, and race track managers announce periodic matinees to fund track improvements. S. B. Basford of Carthage, ill in Sioux City, reports Park’s Sure Cure for liver kidneys and rheumatism.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at Mitchell post office includes Butler Mrs Alice Coykendale B Elliott E Harford Mrs Cora Howard Mr BE J Lamon E W Mead L K Millham Thos Mitchell Osker Steattie De Fareneda and FOREIGN Rudolph Charles. Advertised letters to be called with that note. unclaimed after two weeks forwarded to dead letter office. SAML T GREEN P M.
A large, good natured town crowd enjoyed a peaceful Fourth of July with bands, a parade, and seven events at the exposition fair grounds. Winners included Dan Tucker, Nell Blackburn, Mason, and Breezewood. Mayor Seaman led ceremonies. Timely reports note one minor protest in a farm horse race and a successful financial outcome for the organizing committee.
Notes of the Day recount a Baptist Sunday school outing at the river ending in a serious firecracker accident. A 12-year-old boy, John Colvin, created a spark in a side pocket leading to burns on the groin and hands. The day also featured a promenade concert in Exposition hall, dances, and local outings with various groups reporting earnings and travel.
An old advertisement lineage notes Castoria as a remedy for a child from infancy through adulthood and motherhood, highlighting persistent brand appeal across life stages and generations.
Mrs Hubbard has recovered and Mary Hillman visits her uncle Mr Miller. Mr Sanders is better and Mr Thompson visits relatives at Spirit Lake. The county should raise the wolf bounty as they grow bold. A large turnout at Sunday School picnic with wagons and carriages. Sidewalks rise in Mt Vernon while local houses change hands and new offices near completion. Blanchard completes tax reconciliations boosting state finances and praising Gov Sheldon’s pick for the task.
Pupils of Mrs. Maude Silsby Nichols perform at her home on Thursday evening. Selections include Kinder Gavotte, Album Leaf, Recreation, Dolores Valse, and Valse Opti No 2, featuring Misses Pearl Harker Gertie Becker Jessie Walrath Nora Harker May Rogers Blanche Rowley and others.
Samuel Leavitt’s Our Money Wars is reviewed in the Arena and linked to India Silver Wheat and Cotton analysis. It cites Sir Robert N Fowler and T C Fielden on silver depreciation impacting US wheat and cotton and India exports. The July Review of Reviews notes falling unemployment and Coxeyism's passing, with Populist prospects in Congress also discussed.
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