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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
4
AU says leading publications in the country at low club prices. Subscribers must give old and new addresses for changes. Advertisers: business cards six lines £90 per year, each extra line $1. Business locals five cents per line. Legal ads at statute rates. Cards of thanks ten cents per line. Marriage and death notices free, obituaries and resolutions five cents per line. Friday, July 1, 1855.
An enlisted frontier soldier enjoys ample sport and strong physical training. Post facilities include billiards, reading rooms, libraries, and a six month school. Uniforms are sharp. literacy is high and character checks gate enlistment. New law allows two years service men to seek examination for advancement.
A discussion on artesian wells highlights rising farmer curiosity about irrigation. Prices have fallen as more firms enter the business, making wells affordable. As wells spread to dry regions, farmers anticipate a prosperous era by securing reliable moisture for crops like wheat and corn.
A new firm organized at Pierre aims to erect a sanitarium using local artesian mineral water. It will have a capitalization of 250000 dollars, signaling hopes Pierre may grow into a noted health resort.
J. K. Failing of Miller, a candidate on the state populist ticket for superintendent of public instruction, plans to move to Missouri.
A fragment notes Oklahoma naming a new woman to voice a stance on sst and law. Judge Dighton Carson returns to Pierre after rest at Big Stone Lake. Sioux Falls aims to keep its state fair contract amid harvest calls and new transport flows through Mitchell.
The Boston Globe jokes that President Cleveland has little to boast about besides his three charming daughters, noting his fishing prowess is the one notable brag. The remark contrasts public perception with private family pride.
Word from Battle Creek sanitarium says John R. Brennan, railroad commissioner for the state, cannot recover. A severe bowels ailment and other complications have set in, making his case hopeless.
Redsfield residents will receive about $25,000 as the first dividend from the defunct Taylor's Bank the payment coming in August the double joy from a bountiful crop adds to the relief.
Four teen thousand pounds of wool marketed in Jim Valley by Germans. M. Wiener bought the entire clip and traveled to Chicago to dispose of it. The price paid was 9 cents per pound, totaling over $1200 for the lot.
The supreme court issued mandamus to Auditor Hipple to release warrants and distribute the insurance tax share to state volunteer fire departments. Hipple had delayed funds, contending the legislature did not provide for the appropriation.
Rumor says Governor Sheldon aims to oust Editor Shannon from the board presidency over alleged fund misappropriation. Proceedings said to begin immediately. The editorial-page warfare among educational institutions continues with crits over the agricultural college.
The newspaper boys report on the Black Hills trip with vivid descriptions and photo cuts of Sylvan Lake. They suggest the expedition crowds fill gaps in the story as observers infer the manauvers preserved images for reference.
The Sinus Falls Press notes tensions as the Huronite accuses Governor Sheldon of referring to the supreme court as his personal body. The dispute pits the Hu roulite against the governor with a possible regents board feud lingering.
South Dakota residents have dramatically shifted from passive talk to broad interest in irrigation. Five years ago talk stalled, now irrigation is the state's most popular topic. Joe Green of Chamberlain faced ridicule years earlier for promoting irrigation, yet his forecast proves prescient as many once-skeptical friends now regret not backing the plan. The article urges continued momentum.
Sioux Falls Press notes Dr. R. W. Brown returns from a tour of Ohio Indiana and Illinois reporting a rocky agricultural outlook. Large grain fields ignite from locomotive sparks and burn. pastures are brown and barren as berries amid worsening weather conditions now spreading from the northwest to the Midwest.
The Capital seeks a full list of artesian wells in Davison County. Farmers are urged to provide farmer name and residence, well depth and diameter, water flow in barrels or gallons per hour, irrigation method if used, and any known wells nearby. Aiming to publish a countywide directory in The Caryianton Aug tu.
At Huron the state board of regents adjourned to the 30th amid injunctions as factions pressed to block Finnerud from the board and to keep Coller from acting. Aberdeen News outlines Gov. Sheldon’s clash with McLouth over regent appointments and university control.
Prof J Todd state geologist surveyed northwestern Hills and found two to three beds of lignite coal averaging four feet thick of good quality. He plans to finish in southern hills and publish a full report if state funds are provided. He notes South Dakota lignite fields extend from North Dakota and are mined at Dickinson and nearby sites.
A two row avenue near a pool hosts hundreds of Amida Buddhas, each altered with bits of paper and spit to thwart counting. English visitors attempt to tally them but concede the task impossible as one statue appears to move, only to be a lone Frenchman in white among the serene figures.
Harvest has begun with oats and early wheat looking strong while late wheat suffers dryness. Local farmers like BE Spangler Timon Locke Westbo Stevens Michener Davis and others purchase equipment including four binders and a Deering mower. Social life includes a Christian Endeavor ice cream social and a large L A S gathering at Mrs Whitstruck's. Florence Marlatt visited Mitchell and Miles returned from Omaha. two young men lost a wheel near Sour Krout and Univers ity streets.
A Sunday rain of about one inch fostered a well attended old settler’s picnic at Ilch inst with General Silsby and Rev Sage speaking. Local folks from Mitchell and W R C enjoyed elocution by Miss Frankie Miner and songs by Mrs Brown and Mrs Rowley amid dinner and lemonade. In afternoon north Plano beat Perry White Caps 20 to 7. six Plano Farmer players helped a local club near Farmer and Spencer. John Jackson sold his farm, signaling a new neighbor arrives.
Harvest is in full swing as A. E. Hadley runs his threshing machine on barley and oats for neighbors. Several residents travel to nearby Mellette and Mitchell for family visits while irrigation plans and weather improve farm conditions. The Mt Vernon Merchandise Co expands stock and harvest work buzzes with implement dealers busy gathering machines and supplies.
Broadday reports of harvest help for Mrs. A J Dean and Nina Hane, visits by Mrs Sholes, parish choir practice at Mr Pringle, and local sightings of Dr R C Warne and Mr Pehreon. Hailstorms, outings by Bethelites at Plano’s annual picnic, and social visits to Lisbon, Emsley, and Mitchell illustrate a bustling rural community scene.
A college patron denounces political interference and asserts the president of the state agricultural college should not be replaced by politicians. He argues the successor would fail and urges ending political control over the institution.
A humorous early exchange shows Mr Jones proposing to Arabella with a cabbage fondness revealing their compatibility. The note mentions their upcoming marriage next week as recorded by the Boston Traveller. The brief also recalls a 450s drought in southern Europe, a Minnesota lake name origin, and Catherine de Medici era forehead cloths.
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