TRAINS SCHEDULE AND STORE PROMOTION MENTION
An old time schedule lists outbound and inbound train times with multiple destinations including Rockport Milltown Dakota City Rome Hivet Hazelton Redstone and North East routes. It notes mails close times and departures for east west and north trains with varying daily and Sunday exceptions. The piece ends with a promotional notice urging readers to visit Wert Bros store for a full line of new goods at fixed price counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urene St. Lostoffigce
Wand
Rockport
Milltown
Dakota City
Rome
Hazelton
Redstone
Deena Gro
A. Silsey
Wert Bros
Tite Leaders
Local Dakota Advertisements and Town News Snapshot
Town merchants advertise broad sales from Warne's to Fuller and Champeny's with bargains on hardware, harness, shoes, fabrics, and oats. Local notices cover births, a circus poster, haying, train express, a Fourth of July picnic, a lost pocket book, and community updates on roads, rations, and a neighboring funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warne's
Warne
John Quirk
Fuller's
Ludlow
Fire Rages Through Mitchell Implement Store and Home
A Sunday blaze destroyed the North Main Street implement store of S Brown and adjoining residence, with most stock lost and only books saved. Fire began in the back of the store possibly from a firecracker and quickly overwhelmed lack of water as crowds watched. losses included $700 on the building, $6,300 inventory, $5,000 insurance on the goods, and a destroyed horse. The nearby Graybill dwelling also burned but surrounding buildings were spared. both structures were insured. Brown plans to stay in Mitchell and rebuild the implement business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
North Main Street
George Letcher
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Charlie-Shaw Hose Company
Tom Orswell Company
John Graybill
Local notes on new ventures and agricultural conditions
The Republican reports Miss Maud May’s generous bouquet, new business openings by C P Markle and Geo Hare forming Hares & Markle harness shop with James Farmer as head, and Eugene H West with Charles E Emerson starting a 24 hour bakery restaurant near Will Layton’s. Jacob Jacobson buys lumber for Jacobson & Reierson who plan a yard west of Mitchell roller mills. Farm reports note promise of good wheat and corn, oats scarce, drought concerns, and a 20 000 barrel reservoir being filled to protect blocks and homes from fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud May
Republican
C.P. Markle
Geo. Hare
Bridgeman & Atkinson
Hares & Markle
James Farmer
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
John McAuley
Vote of Thanks to County Officials for Treasury Aid
County commissioners contributed 2.00 to the W. T. U. treasury to aid tax on the reading room lot. The society extends the board a vote of thanks. D. E. Hye serves as secretary and M. E. Kline as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gessing
D. E. Hye
M. E. Kline
Land Office Notices summarize multiple contested land entries
Numerous entries canceling or suspending rights in homesteads timber claims and land contests. Cases include Roberts vs Raynor, Johnson vs Stiles, Heddon vs Liko, and Hitchcock vs Francis. Many entries grant 30 day preference or show rights to contestants with appeals noted. a drowning incident near Firesteel Creek is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Roberts
Raynor
Johnson
Stiles
Heddon
Liko
Hitchcock
Francis
Nelson
Demuth
Rubendall
Woodworth
Powell
Ruscoe
Gannon
White
McGurk
Kuhrt
Caldwell
SEY
Smith
NEY
D.s. of Smith
Barker
Nwy
U. S
Scott
McEwan
Mckee
Loew
Bullen
Willson
Curtiss
Hemmenway
Larsen
Watzke
Cummins
Bates
Lynch
Cabel
Coffee
Finley
Lewis
Darling
Bellerud
Estabrook
Ghoslin
Goesen
Murdock
Young
Slewitt
Hudson
Simpson
Blunt
Bachmer
Nenning
Henning
Ruth Barber
Richards
Jacobs
Jacob
Purdy
Wayne Mason
Mary Ann Dorwagen
Geo. W. Dorwagen
Maddock
Sudden Death of Birdie Harrison Stuns Father in Lincoln
Henry Harrison learns by telegram from his wife that their five year old daughter Birdie has died in Lincoln Illinois. The message gives no details and Mr. Harrison cannot leave his business to attend the burial. Includes notices urging Farmers Sheds use and a lost pocket book offer from G M Wallace in Mitchell Dakota for $17 plus papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Harrison
Birdie
Lincoln
Illinois
Hieloth
Vetins
Meir
Mary Mena
Esau
Red Court
Mes
Henry Mle
Walter Scott
M. BE
Aurire Floyd
Winnie Adorammt
Esay
Chile
Ty Thugh Conway
Florence Authrote
Duchess
Hugh Conways
Calle Wikes
Far
Jean
Aline
Mary
Brenta
Suton
Wilkie Collins
Beta Cecil Hay
Collina
Henry Wool
Demonstration of Bowens feed store sprinklers value
The article notes that after fires in Mitchell the Bowens feed store sprinklers proved invaluable. It urges every town family to acquire these inexpensive fire destroyers, highlighting their effectiveness in stopping fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Bowens
Grand Army encampment tickets to San Francisco August 3
Annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in San Francisco with round trip excursion tickets on multiple routes for members and affiliated groups July 3 to 27. Rates 359.00 to 375.15 with specific rail lines. Order advises contacting agent H H McMaster. Hanson Township notice bans duck and game hunting without landowner permission with a $5 fine. fines go to township school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
Women’s Relief Corps
Loyal Ladies’ League
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Omaha
Ogden
Kansas City
A. T
F. BR. R
Portland
Oregon
H. H. McMaster
Gro. A.sttolpe
B.G. Basnaw
P. O. Alexandria
Enterprising Hardware House Promotes Remedies and Patented Cures
Hammer & Hammer promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a trial bottle offer and guarantees. Electric Bitters are claimed to cure kidney liver throat chest and urinary issues, with many cures cited. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is endorsed for cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by Slammer & Hammer and Tramner & Hammer at 50 cents and 25 cents respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammer & Hammer
Dr. King
Bright
Slammer & Hammer's
Trammer & Hammer
Chamberlain
Des Moines
Iowa
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Warns Of Benefits
A vintage advertising claim promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy from a leading nurse and physician. It asserts long use over forty years with universal success, easing teething pain and curing dysentery, diarrhea, griping, and wind. The price is 1z or ic. a bottle.
Dr. Bigger's Huckleberry Cordial touted as cure
An old physician offers a free recipe by mail for a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints. W A Noves of Rochester New York invites readers to request the recipe in German French or English with full directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. NovEs
Power
Rochester
N. Y. Il
Bow man and Matteson Dissolve by Mutual Consent
The firm Bow man and Matteson dissolves by mutual consent dated July 7 1885. D Matteson assumes all liabilities and will continue the business. J L Bowman D Matteson Thateh Mitchell signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman & Matteson
D, Matteson
J, L, Bowman
Thateh
Mitchell
The Marriage Symbol in Southern Life and Commerce
A collage of old advertisements extols marriage as union strength and markets perfume, tonics, liniments, and patent medicines. It features Walter A. Taylor of Atlanta scents and various remedies from L. O. Gale and Hammer & Hammer, plus local dealers selling West's Pain King and Chamberlain's remedies as household staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Riddle Book
Walter A. ‘Taylor
Atlanta, Ga
L. O. Gale
West
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HE Mitchell Capital
O. M
M. Dally
Kant
Sessee
Dally
A. M
Susi
Weil Bros
The
Town Tale
S. Brown
Jacobson & Rierson
First Street
Cottrell & Harrington
C. Rhodes
L. G. Champeny’s
Coles’ Circus
Board of County Commissioners
Parmelee
John H. Hohn
Tobin Township
Saul
Dakota
James
Foster
Angus Johnson
Jacob Koch
L. 9
Gale
Silsby
R. D. Martin
J. B. Vandenburg
Cleary
Carlisle
Mr. Carlisle
Covington
Kentucky
Land Office Notes
Abbott
Snow
NWX
Becker
Mizener
Hall
Christopher Mizener
Geo. A. Brown
Montrose
D.l
Job Barnes
C. E
Fred C. Day
Colton
Struthers
Lichtenstein
Hennecy
Meinke
O’brien
Jqm Sterling
Dixon
Howen
Deven
Aberdeen
Talman
Circus
Hanson Township
Hanson Co
Bucklen
Dr. Bigger
Shilohw
Geo.thayer
Bourbon, Ind
Shiloh
Studebaker
Climax
L. W. Adams
Mitchell Oak
I. O. Gale
W. A. Work. Sec’y
Lowa
M. M. Price
Letcher
la Crosse, Wis
Business College
Lower Main Street
Davison Bros
Mitchell, Dak
Ropeer C. Lewin
Hunter & Rogers
A. B. Rogers
GrKo. W. Hunk
Henky B. RocrEnrs
Bankers
Seltzet
Pris Tarrant & CO
N. Y
Powhere
la Crosse
Monroe
Wisconsin
New York & Havana
Fourth Ave
W. M. Henry
Box Wi
Rock al
Dvertisers
Geo, P. Rowell & Co
Spruce St
Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway Company
Minnesota
Principel
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
United States
Canada
R. Miller
A. W. H. Carpenter
T. J. FR. Tucker
Go. H. Trafford
Mulwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul Railway
Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad Company
Chicago and St. Louis
Eapolis
Paul
Serstran
Kenyon Dodge Sel
Coum
Northwestern
Sha
Montezuma
Drksville
Thaleurs
Peoria
At.louis
Rinse Palbaca
Mouidiur
Chicago
Gal Cisco
California
Orleans
Florida
Thratratealh Paints
Raymond
Siapt
St Louis , Kansas City
Pinnesota
Wate. Lo. Konte
Ist
Pant
St. Prattip
Waterloo
Dub
Cam Randolph
Northfeld
Fairbault & Waterville
Dodge Ctr
Austi
St. Paul
Voltaio Belt CO
Marshall, Mich
B.C. West
John C. West &Co
Madison St
Ills
West’s
the Daily Republican
Mitchell Printing Co
Mitchell, Dakota
Minneapolis & St Louis
Albert Lea
Tirovo
Vroue St. Pank
Minneapolis
Albert Lee
Fort Dodge
Watertown
Oak
Ununnaronts
ST. Louis
Mississip
Mimiun
Auth
Union Depot
St.Paul
Manitoba
Northern Pacific
Dulua
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Imigulti Cent Pulman
Morton
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railways
G. F. Boyd
Minn
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