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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1891
Page
1
In a crowded field, Tad Ro claimed victory as candidates sparred over key issues. The result came after tense campaigning, with supporters confident in Ro's plan to address local concerns while rivals voiced objections.
The Ikton Press argues South Dakota should resist Sioux City dominance and seek friendly trade with Minnesota. Editorials urge a November gathering of South Dakota Republican editors to discuss reforms, while praising the South Dakota Chautauqua and Lake Madison attractions and noting disputes in Kansas and local political dynamics.
A Pittsburg dispatch to the Associated Press reports an extensive police raid on fifteen speak easies or unlicensed saloons. Nearly a hundred patrons were arrested as authorities enforce Pennsylvania’s high license law, with debate rising over enforcing or replacing it.
The text argues Democrats nurture a third party movement in the north to harm Republicans while opposing it in the south where it would undermine the dominant party. It notes the South Dakota Alliance ties to the southern organization suggesting the movement serves Democratic interests there.
The Independent argues Wanamaker’s incidental link to the Keystone bank scandal damns the Republican party while alleging Loucks Wardall and Alliance enterprises lack political bearing despite alleged business treachery and shiftlessness.
A Sioux Falls letter defends the city against criticism by THE REPUBLICAN, asserting loyalty in state fairs tournaments and conventions. It questions the absence of Sioux Falls at a Mitchell real estate meeting and asks why Omaha Line expansion to Mitchell and Queen City has not been pursued. It cites the New York Sun on Lincoln's political shrewdness and the McClure Nicolay controversy.
Sioux City Journal calls the saloon tax the heaviest and most useless yet widely paid. Yankton Press urges Republican editors to advocate state benefits while avoiding candidate fights. Huronite questions a county fair this fall as Beadle county boosts stock and crops and Mitchell mulls a tri county fair to feed the State Fair.
A clipped note alleges beer and whiskey were openly sold at Mitchell Armour and Chamberlain on the Fourth. It claims intoxicated men were thick about all three towns and invites proof, mentioning a handsome chrome and witness fees as possible incentives.
Brookings Register notes that at Wesleyan University Middleton Connecticut Judge A J Edgerton chairman of the state board of regents received from his alma mater the honorary degree of L L D J C McManima's Northwestern Progress praises Pierre publications and compares its gains to Smalley's Northwest Magazine aiding the Northern Pacific region.
The Bloomington Courier cites Chas. Mix county assessed at $800 500. It notes the county’s trade should move to Mitchell once Omaha interests take action.
The Pierre Free Press notes farmers should not rush grain to market and predicts dollar wheat before snow. It also mentions Hubbard Kernan of once notorious Okolona States fame breaking loose again in Sioux City.
In Cuay City Illinois on July 22 authorities found the James family burned in their west of town home. The husband wife child son and granddaughter perished. Police think either the son or the father killed the family and then self destructed. The son drank heavily and threatened the family while the father suffered periods of insanity. The Republic Mine in Michigan also reported a fire with five sailors drowned.
Paris reports ex Queen Natalie of Servia has filed suit against ex King Milan in Paris courts to recover 3,000,000 francs once part of her fortune supposedly squandered by her husband. A Postull Burglarized. Lac Qui Parte Mila thieves robbed the local post office Saturday night of money order funds and store cash with no clues. Prince Alexander Recovering. Vienna notes Count Harman formerly Prince Alexander of Battenberg is recuperating from a serious illness.
McKinley’s stop in Guaripura Depot West Virginia ends when a telegram reports his wife’s serious illness in East Liverpool. He denies a quoted interview calling Campbell the Democrats’ weakest candidate and Blaine a very sick man. He notes Blaine’s remarks were encouraging.
Loring B. Loomis once a junior partner in a Chicago land claim firm has been captured for embezzling 38000 dollars. He rose in real estate circles and earned thousands yearly before his flight across the country.
At the Universal Exposition of 1889 in Paris a jury of top foreign experts awarded Wheeler & Wilson the grand prize for the best sewing machines. The No 9 for family use and No 12 for manufacturing use were hailed as the world’s best.
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