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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1890
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR text appears as a muddled line of German words with stray letters and no clear context or events to report. No identifiable persons places organizations dates or actions are readable.
A large open air party at Mr. and Mrs. Mordoff’s featured a lantern lighted scene and several performances. Kindergarten pupils sang and recited, Sadie Davenport and Celesta Coughlin impressed with solos and readings, a balloon ascent followed by refreshment for attendees supporting the Ladies' Aid Society.
W R Millham reports the Brown county delegation will stay at the Sanborn House during the State convention. K Huntington of Webster is arranging quarters for delegates from Dbay county. Auditor Robinson, a farmer at home, has just threshed 218 bushels of rye from twelve acres. Harry Beckwith has joined Security Bank after returning home. W M Smith notes a heavy oat sample from Peter Stangle’s Mt Vernon farm. Miss Neatha King and Miss Grace Goodykoontz, to perform musical and Delsarte acts, will be assisted by Miss Anna Bruce of Yankton.
Neighbors report about half the wheat in Prosper township has been cut. I. B. Angell says the current damp hot weather may damage the grain in shock if it persists.
In Aurora county a farmer hears J. W. Harden warn that farmers ignoring the Independent party could face foreclosures and ruin from monopolies. The piece notes Frank Leslie's Illustrated weekly with Henry Watterson's democratic view of Congress and mentions Peekskill military camp coverage. Firemen’s pig prank costs $7.25 after the hog dies and carcass removal.
A bill by Kr. Comstock of Minissola in the House would authorize the secretary of agriculture to set uniform grain grades for all grain moving between states or to foreign countries. The plan would call these grades American grades and require publication in official reports and bulletins.
In Washington on July 22 the House postpones the original package bill vote one day and shifts to the bankruptcy bill for Thursday. Rep. Dockery announces the death of Rep. J. P. Walter of Missouri. a seven member House and three Senate funeral committee is named. The session adjourns at 12 15 PM as a mark of respect. In the Senate the Canada relations panel is kept to continue investigations, and a pontoon understore is authorized for the Mississippi at Quincy Illinois. The tariff debate resumes with Voorhees speaking, and the Senate adjourns at 3 50 PM in Walter’s memory.
The interior department plans an Aug 1 expedition led by four special agents and armed deputies to pursue timber depredations along Minnesota's northern boundary. Starting from Duluth, the force will move toward Rainy Lake, empowered to seize government timber if peaceful means fail, with no fixed return date.
J. W. Rice buys the Jacob 80 warehouse on the C St P M & O track and will store grain there this fall. Merchant Mills Co takes over the former Bassett Huntting site on the Milwaukee track. Mrs. Thomson of Thompson Bros continues grain handling at her warehouse. Indications point to a busy September and October for grain men with hopes for favorable prices.
Washington reports indicate some senators expect both tariff and election bills to be discussed briefly and postponed until the first Monday in December, with adjournment aimed by September 1. The tariff debate may consume six weeks, while the election debate could stretch further.
Bills announce a concert in this city next Saturday evening by Grace Goodykoontz Gwyneth King and Annette Bruce. The program includes classical and popular songs piano selections and the Romeo and Juliet potion scene with Goodykoontz noted for musical attainments and King teaching elocution at the State University. Bruce of Yankton is a skilled pianist and the Republican party extension promises a good house.
George Olson twenty five and Michael Haas twenty five, both farm hands from Granville near Milwaukee, fought after a Sunday drunken spree and Olson was stabbed to death. In Washington, Seeley the new assistant secretary of the navy delays taking the oath due to private business.
The Pioneer Press summarizes reports from the Northwest showing a favorable week for crops. While rust affects some wheat and hail damages small areas, overall conditions are excellent with rising yields in the Dakota region and James River valley. Local complaints exist but general outlook remains strong.
In Wichita and Arkansas valley hot winds raged on July 22 driving widespread corn destruction. Drought left tassels dried and broken. only very low lands might have benefited from rainfall. Atchison reports rain aided late corn but early crop doomed. Sacramento notes harvest near end with below average yield though good quality and plentiful fruit except peaches.
Stout sentenced to two years hard labor at Stillwater after a Ramsey jail transfer. Judge Nelson criticized Rochester asylum officials for ten months’ confinement while insisting Stout was not insane, questioning state safeguards against wrongful detention.
One hundred representatives of the Masonic Brotherhood of high degree from Mecca temple Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Mystic Shrine depart New York by West Shore railroad at 1 PM traveling via vestibule train to Yellowstone park and California. They will be guests of Nobles Islam temple San Francisco and away for a full month with a baggage car for trunks.
Five of the eight Apache inmates under The Kid who killed Sheriff Reynolds and his deputy in Arizona have been killed. Kid and two others remain at large as troops pursue them near Tucson. In New Jersey, Thomas Farquhar and his three children were killed by a train while Farquhar saved the children by pushing them off an embankment.
Wheeling reports 37 500 population with Huntington around 10 000 Orion ton 9 500 and Parkersburg 8 15 The average increase is about 35 percent. Constitution urges a boycott on Northern industries if federal election bill becomes law.
Judge Hanes sustains temporary injunction closing package houses in this city. The decision holds that the South Dakota enabling act authorized a prohibition clause in its constitution and received congressional sanction after the interstate commerce act, raising implications for other new states with prohibition.
Four Walworth applicants William Munn Thomas Patel William Stephens and J L Guest charge the Iowa executive council with unfair treatment in a state mine inspector exam They claim they were denied access to their standings until persistence led to a partial viewing A dispute over correct answers followed prompting a threatened exposure of fraud and a proposed retake with a 1000 forfeit offer.
Jamestown North Dakota July 22 Farmers face shocking news as elevators refuse to store wheat this harvest due to a new state license law. Public elevators will not store grain this year and farmers must sell at the price set by the companies.
The Northern Pacific Railroad has reps before county boards of equalization to secure fair assessment and plans to pay taxes on its lands, a move seen as easing litigation. In Stutsman county the land totals 248 000 acres and boards may be liberal in valuation. Preparations for an upcoming Twin City Derby meeting at Hamline are complete with three Derby winners Robespierre Prince Fonso and Verge Dior set to race. The Derby winner may be named king of the racing year.
Governor Warren issues a proclamation naming Sept 11 as Wyoming's first election date. Democratic and Republican state conventions set for Aug 11 in Cheyenne. Mayer, Nebraska governor and former Wyoming governor, to speak at the admission celebration. Red Wing to hold memorial services for Sea Wing disaster victims Friday at 8 p.m.
In a Court Street Brooklyn jeweler’s window a brass clock features a tiny seesaw platform and a bullet sized steel ball that travels along a zigzag groove striking wires to tilt the platform. Kraft the jeweler recalls solving a similar English clock design after six months of study and notes the mechanism is delicate and weather sensitive.
The piece warns that rushing dispatch harms business, likening it to predigestion and crudities. It argues true speed comes from steady focus and avoiding fragmented, hasty meetings that cause backsliding. a wise saying urges patience to finish sooner.
A Lexington Missouri Letter recalls a farmer who planned twenty acres of corn and loaded his planter but forgot to put seed in the hopper. He must redo the planting after discovering none of the seed was sown. A humorous exchange then notes a clerk in a store and a misdirected caller seeking the proprietor.
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