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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
11
Rates listed for business cards local ads legal notices and notices. Marriage and death notices published free. obituaries and resolutions at five cents per line. Club with leading publications nationwide and address change requirements for subscribers.
The page surveys mixed letters on Alberta farming prospects from J. M. Scott and has reader attestations from L. J. Brosseau about harsh winters and low yields. It notes local press republishing Scott's views and questions crop claims while warning readers to verify before moving. It also comments on the Huronite reporting erroneous Mitchell campaign figures post J. in Congress.
The Huron Huronite voices, with Mitchell favored over Pierre for the capital, saying the time to discuss capital is not yet here. The paper pledges to speak honestly when debate begins and notes neither town can subsidize the Huronite. A patient stance is urged for at least a year.
A letter to the U S interior department misidentifies a former assistant secretary as a central Pennsylvania poet. The writer requests two bottles of a patent medicine named natural sweat refrane and signs as Alex K R from Penn N B noting payment by return mail.
A caricatured dialogue from the New Yorker shows Ermengarde and Mr Blacque discussing elaborate marriage proposals. They pretend to court and drift into business, highlighting theatricality and romance.
A collection of brief humorous exchanges from various papers rounds up quirky lines. Jests range from reading choices and late hours to electrocution headings and a baby’s playful garble. The items showcase light, old-time wit with named places and newspapers.
A nurse from the Children's Home in New York promotes Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children. The product claims to break up colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Available at all druggists 25c sample mailed free Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
Clara is teased about her dancing after a line in which she claims she dances badly. Charlie presses her toward dancing with others, revealing playful tension and social norms around courtship.
Colusa California man Joe Golobick credits Electric Bitters with ending 15 years of excruciating rheumatic pain after trying many remedies. He calls it the greatest medicine for that trouble and says a few bottles cured him. Also useful for liver and kidney issues and general debility. 50 cents, with satisfaction guaranteed by Scallin Bros.
A cemetery along the Susquehanna bears a grave inscription for Chas Lewis claiming he voted for Lincoln. A Baton Rouge stone for David Jones notes his last words, I die a Christian and a Democrat.
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama writes about a long battle with a terrible case of piles and 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him after all else failed and he praises its effectiveness for burns and aches. Sold for 25 cents at Scallin Bros drug store.
Byron once sent his friend John Murray a Bible that sat untouched until a dinner party when a text was checked. A page was turned and the line read Now Barabbas was a robber with the word publisher substituted, a long hidden joke exposed.
The advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the busiest mighty product that converts weakness to energy and drains to mental power. It claims strong health benefits and sells at 125c per box through Scallin Bros.
Ancient Egyptians used solid and tubular drills and straight and circular saws for stone. Drills with jewel edges, probably corundum, produced cutting marks with no tool wear in granite. A tenth inch hole through varied rock was bored smoothly per revolution, while material and method remain unknown.
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Ind describes nearly nightly coughing spells lasting all night and coughing blood during illness. She credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing her coughs colds lagrippe bronchitis and lung troubles after other medicines failed gaining 58 pounds. Trial bottles free at Scallin Bros drug store with prices 50c and 81.
The Mitchell city council invites sealed bids to July 13 1908 at 7 pm for constructing a cement sidewalk on Third Street in front of and adjoining lot 11 block 101 Lawlers 2d addition now city of Mitchell. Bids set per square foot with right to reject all bids. July 1 1903 J G Markham City Auditor.
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