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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1887
Page
3
A Utah statehood movement holds a five delegate convention in Salt Lake City with Judge Warren W. Day elected temporary president and John T. Cain named president. The group pledges a liberal constitution protecting minority rights as it seeks admission to the union amid broad support and party cooperation.
Washington July 6 changes sweep government departments under a new appropriation. The consular service shifts to graded salaries while twenty treasury clerks are dismissed for lack of salary provision. Minor salary tweaks occur, internal revenue districts are consolidated, and two new judges join the judiciary. Assistant district attorneys face a 20 percent pay cut. Agricultural department expects about twenty four changes with twelve new appointments and transfers to permanent rolls. Government printing office sees a $150000 cut with forty employees discharged.
William K. Vanderbilt begins a two year voyage around the world aboard the steam yacht Alva with his family. Estimated annual expenses reach 125000 dollars for the expedition as it departs from New York.
Condensed telegrams report the Porte declines to grant a concession for Asiatic railways to a French-led syndicate. Wages talks for iron and steel workers likely settle today to avert a strike. An Anti-Italian Nuisance group in Rochester prosecutes a dirty Dagos colony. Victoria awards gold medals to royal visitors and silver to attendants. D M Butler mill in New Holland burns, 5000+ bushels lost, insured. Paris and London Chinese legations to reunite. Hung Syn named minister to several powers. A Louisville wife-killing by August Berning ends in suicide after five months of marriage. Pasteur report favored by British commission. Les Temps claims England offered Syria protectorate for German support. Porte angered by Anglo-Turkish threats. sultan expected to sign convention. Cannon plans health trip to Europe. Albert Victor thanks Dublin for loyal addresses during royal visit. De Brook wreck inquiry seeks treasure near Delaware Breakwater after 100 years. Maxwell land grant evictions denied. settlers favor terms. Rotelli incites Papal nuncio controversy in Paris. Ky. man Neriah Lewis kills John Roach and wounds another before fatally wounding himself.
Friday morning the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Moses ingested rough on rats, a deadly poison. He suffered convulsions all day and died early yesterday despite every effort to save him. The family mourns a painful and avoidable loss.
Obituary details the life of Nancy Baker born in Liverpool England in 1818 who died July 1 1887 at 69. She led schools for young ladies in Wisconsin and Minnesota promoted temperance and nursing, served as Rochester postmistress under Buchanan, wrote letters on Dakota, and aided pioneer families before passing peacefully after a period of illness.
The Milwaukee fair grounds burned, and a claim for damages was filed against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for sparks from a passing engine. The company has agreed to pay the claim and provide four car loads of free lumber for the grounds, with thanks to E. Lawler for direct advocacy.
A retired East India mission informed physician offers a free mailed recipe for a vegetable remedy claiming speedy permanent cures for consumption bronchitis and throat lung ailments along with nerve debility. The notice invites sufferers to send a stamped request in German French or English to W A Noyes at 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
A feature on the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Fanwood opposite Fort Lee describes its 400 deaf and hard of hearing students, training in sign language, alphabet, and writing, plus manual trades and a vibrant theatre. It highlights student growth, the use of Currier ear devices, and the school’s aim to integrate pupils with hearing society.
The article details current ladies fashion including silver gilt braids on black silk costumes, Zouave jackets for girls, Chambrey outfits with embroidered petticoats, white Hercules braid on ginghams, gypsy bon nets, ribbon-only pocketable bonnets, crochet trims, sarah silk mourning with black white plaid, coral bead accents, Leghorn hats, locket placements, long earrings with emerald or pearl drops, jet lace mantles, revers skirts, and hand painted parasols with removable handles and matching fans.
A Kentucky angler nets a three eyed eel and a nearly 100 pound devil fish. Daniel Oswald catches the heavy sea creature while draining a pond near Atlantic highlands. William Sykes in Miss overshoots a minnow, which slips into his throat. An elderly Camden resident recalls salmon abundance and odd labor contracts. Michael Gleeson, while trolling at Killarney, battles a submerged monster then discovers an otter. The piece closes with a Boston Courier verse urging anglers to fish.
A collage of historical highlights notes free letter carrier service in 1863, an Iliad manuscript in Upper Egypt, aurora borealis first documented in England in 1716, the ancient organ by Ctesibius, and Vesuvius’s long dormancy followed by later eruptions. It mentions Prudentius and Flavianus in early church music, Maso Finiguerra’s engraving origins, Confucius with Pythagoras, the colossal 1783 meteor, and the first American flag raised aboard the Bonhomme Richard during the Serapis clash, now owned by Stafford in Maryland.
A collage of place name origins for Ural Madrid Lebanon Ethiopia Africa and Tasmania with commentary on Tasman discovery. The text includes dialogue snippets and a French invitation for Jews to relocate to Madagascar to build a Hebrew empire.
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