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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1886
Page
5
The surveyors are cross sectioning in the Salem extension as development projects advance. Weathered by irrigation and new roads, Mitchell and area merchants push sales and improvements. Farmers report rapid grain ripening with strong yields expected in the coming harvest.
The Mitchell city council approved a 50 000 bond issue to finance water works and improvements as voters backed a 10 5 000 rail and water project. A special meeting amid a near unanimous show of support confirms bonds issued with seven percent interest, due 1906, redeemable after ten years.
City council instructed the city clerk to publish a notice announcing the sale of 830,000 in city bonds. Sealed bids for the bonds will be received until August 16. The council then adjourned.
A compilation of land case notes across multiple entries, including Penny vs Hildrith, Bidwell vs Sheldon, Wilks vs Heirs of P Wagner, and others. The register’s decisions are varied with cancellations, appeals windows of sixty days, remands for new hearings, and closures noted, dated July 9 to July 14, 1886.
Notice to contestants states fees for cancellation are paid on hearing day after testimony. Local notes report Catholic school roof progress with J R Smith and Cross Hollenbeck, sisters arriving August 25, opening in September. Dr Fishblatt praised for extensive practice, visiting Alex Mitchell House. Captain Beddoes reports shooting on his farm and warns prosecutions. Chickens and prairie turkey hunting debates grow as gun club prep. Hunters told to reserve big hunts for August 15 and onward.
A local appeal lists 42 sportsmen who sign a pledge to support August 15 as the start of the open prairie chicken season. The document, from the committee, requests additional signers at the First National Bank and warns fines for evading game laws.
The Normal School now meets at the east side building under Prof. H T Bradley with twenty young ladies in a program covering territorial exam subjects. A literary society forms with its first event in one week. Lectures open next Thursday evening by Rev A A Brown, plus talks by local and visiting speakers. The school may move to the west side building for convenience.
The Game Club forms a committee to deter chicken killings and pursues prosecutions with a $5 reward plus law based fines. Members F M Hammer J E Gilbert M F Dunham M M Hitchcock R D Owens circulate an agreement among sportsmen to not kill before expiry and aid enforcement. Letters: Mitchell S D 1886. GEO A SILSBY P M Mitchell Dak.
Advertisement warnings precede land office notices from Mitchell Dakota Territory. Multiple settlers expose final proof dates August 28 1886 and September 4 1886 with witnesses listed for claims in Davison and other counties. Official registrar Everitt cites filings by Sloan Frentress Helwig Blakesley Pierce Squl and others.
Reports show Dr Edward Fishblatt, noted for cures of rupture piles tumors and hydrocele, scheduled to visit Mitchell House in Mitch ell Dakota on July 4 for a one day treatment session. Letters from Eden Lincoln County praise his method and claim dramatic relief including tumor reduction and restored sleep.
Sioux Falls Press reports strong evidence that the Mitchell extension of the Omaha road will be constructed promptly with a contract awarded to Winston Bros. Work is expected to start soon and the line to operate in the coming fall. Farmers endorse Buckeye Down Binder after successful barley trials on E. L. Rugg’s Rome township farm.
The firm advertises itself as active and reliable with in stock pure goods and seeks to prove the claim of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and throat and chest ailments by offering a free trial bottle.
W D Hoyt Co, Rome California wholesale and retail druggists, report two years of steady sales and universal satisfaction for Dr King s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Arnica Salve. They cite several pronounced consumption cures and guarantee the medicines. Sold by Hammer and Hammer.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best treatment for cuts bruises sores ulcers and related skin eruptions with a money back guarantee at 25 cents a box Sold by Ammer and Hammer and by L O Gale for external use West's World Wonder liniment is promoted for rheumatism neuralgia cuts wounds burns and bruises as a useful remedy in local ads
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the most reliable bowel complaint cure. It guarantees no changes and urges prompt use for sudden attacks. Manufactured in Des Moines Iowa, sold by Hammer & Hammer in three sizes 25, 50, and 100 cent bottles.
A collage of old ads lists sewing machines from L. W. Adams in Mitchell Dakota and farm implements. It also promotes Shiloh remedies, West products, Tom Taylor perfumes, and Chamberlain's medicine with testimonials, plus a business college notice in La Crosse Wisconsin.
A retired physician claims a vegetable remedy can cure consumption and lung ailments, nerves, and various pains. He offers to mail the recipe free in multiple languages to interested readers, requesting stamps and directing inquiries to W. A. Noyres in Rochester, N Y. West's World Wonder medicines are advertised as cures.
A chaotic ad page touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and West's Liver Pills for teething and digestive ailments. It promotes Dr Bigger's Huckleberry Cordial, Taylor's Cherokee Remedy, and various tonics, claiming quick relief and urging purchase from L O Gale and Davison Bros. Bankers.
Farm loans offered with on hand funds and low interest. Notice of a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners at the Courthouse Mitchell to receive bids and contracts for theater rulings and other business. Dated July 18 1886 Mitchell Dakota Territory.
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