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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
9
In a July 24, 1908 issue from Mitchell Capital, John Kern, the Democratic nominee for vice president, is highlighted for multiple defeats he faced. The piece quips that one more blow won’t injure the gentleman.
Judge Taft plans to send his Cincinnati campaign speech to President Roosevelt for honest critique before delivery next Tuesday. He will confer with the president at Oyster Bay to secure approved input on the important address.
Mr Bryan welcomes Taft stance against corporate campaign contributions and notes a Sunday interview. The piece suggests Taft will follow his own judgment and that Bryan’s views carry little weight with the Republican candidate. A Nebraska figure used the moment to express his views amid a flurry of interviews in Lincoln.
The article argues the courts should stand independent of executive or popular pressure, not be made populist or party driven. It notes possible Supreme Court changes in the next term and asks whether Bryan or Taft would appoint higher grade judges, framing it as a key election issue.
The Mitchell state convention debated the platform with progressives pushing to keep planks as they wanted. Dick Richards opposed any omissions that would imply a backward step, driving the platform toward harmony. Richards' influence contrasted with past populist ties as he dominated key platform questions at the Republican gathering.
The editorial criticizes Mr Richards dictatorial policy and urges Republicans to speak up on party policy. It argues Richards should wait to shed old populist tendencies before proposing platforms for the GOP.
W. J. Bryan abandons frequent public speeches for a strategy centered on signed editorials and press distribution. He plans about a dozen addresses at key sites but will mostly communicate through written statements published nationwide to reach voters.
The U S Court of Appeals overturned Judge Landis ruling imposing a 29 240 000 fine on Standard Oil for rebating. It remanded for a new trial saying verdict lacked basis in facts and the fine was excessive. Court notes public opinion was split on payment and orders a fresh review of the case.
President Roosevelt spoke in Rhode Island praising naval strength while urging a fused coast defense system. He said the United States should be ready for emergencies with a security plan that can strike decisively without inviting war. Supporters back preparedness, not war, stressing rapid, firm action.
The article notes archaic legal practices including killing cows as a capital offense and arranged nuptials where girls married a betel fruit cast into a sacred stream. It also describes divorce by placing a betel nut beneath a husband's pillow and a Nepalese notion of daybreak tied to counting roof tiles.
A police commissioner extols training, saying his men work well because training is everything. He recalls a quip about a nurse and two physicians, noting the nurse’s swift engagement with a wealthy patient after a short hospital stay.
A clipped dialogue on duty and demeanor echoes a naval watch scene from Harper’s Weekly. The exchange hints at discipline and social expectations, reflecting the period’s reverence for timely obligation and propriety.
Miss Mary Fosterman and Theodore Geisen wed at the Mitchell parsonage with Rev. A. Craig Bowdish officiating. Locals plan to attend a Parkston circus and attend Mt. Vernon Sunday School event. Ice cream social nets about 14 dollars for famine relief in India. Harvest season nears and Ethan State Bank paid over 4600 dollars for wool to Russians.
Delegates from the Ethan M E Sunday school returned from the county convention at Mt Vernon reporting very interesting and enjoyable meetings. The convention is planned to be held in Ethan next year.
Ward's Bible class gathered at Miss Letta Clark's home for instruction on earning points by adding new members and for program and debate team divisions led by Miss Sarah Comstock and Miss Alice Watkins. Local harvest activity noted and various residents mentioned.
Archie Marsden and Edith Smith were married last Thursday at the groom’s parents’ home in Badger township. Rev. E. M. Keeler officiated. The couple plans to reside on the groom’s farm after a wedding trip across the Missouri. County Treasurer Minor visited from Mitchell to see friends.
Walter and Everett White stayed with friends last Friday in Riverside. Clarence Wallis stopped by Wednesday morning after working west of the river since spring. Laura Smart of Tulare visited the Wallis home over Sunday with Carrie Lawrence of Yankton visiting relatives. Henry Steiber of Fulton shipped hogs Tuesday, ten loads delivered by Iver Peterson. Mrs. L. M. Carson hosts an uncle visit not seen since childhood. Mrs. Colvin of Adrian Minn traveled Saturday to visit Mrs. G. L. Ellsworth and attend camp meetings as the State Holiness Campmeeting nears closing Sunday evening with many arrivals for preaching and teaching despite modest attendance.
A former tenderfoot returns years later to avenge a saloon bully in Bernal Springs New Mexico He confronts Sandy the gunman forcing him to drink water from a pan like a dog The story highlights how the tables turn on the bully in a frontier town setting.
The swallows winter in Central Alesica and southern Mexico with early southern arrivals by mid February and rare northern appearances in New England until May. Robins winter in southern states and northern Mexico in flocks throughout the season, including gulf states.
A simple light sponge cake base baked in a shallow tin is cut into diamonds dominos and squares. Each piece is split and filled with jelly frosting or preserves, then topped and iced in almond pink green yellow and brown. Decorate with candy dots and edible blossoms.
This home recipe makes a lemon ginger beer by dissolving leaf sugar and sliced ginger in a gallon of boiling water. After adding lemon juice and yeast cream, let the mixture stand overnight, strain, and bottle in half pint jars with secure stoppers.
A compact instruction for horseradish sauce: melt butter with flour, add milk and boil, then cook ten minutes in a double boiler. Off the heat stir in beaten egg, grated horseradish, dry mustard, salt, and cayenne. Serve hot with boiled meats.
A Massachusetts inventor patents a combined mixing spoon and fork to aid bakers. The device fixes a common problem where a fork cannot lift batter effectively. by inserting prongs across the spoon bowl the batter is mixed more thoroughly. This single implement replaces using two utensils for eggs and other beaten mixtures.
Thinly sliced cabbage salted and peppered, stirred on a slow cutter then rested. Heat the kettle with lard, add cabbage and cook briskly until tender, serve immediately with sweet cream and vinegar stirred together then added.
The recipe dissolves two ounces borax in a quart of boiling water then adds one teaspoon camphor spirits while hot. When cooled, bottle for use and mix daily with an equal water portion. Apply with a soft brush to whiten teeth and remove tartar adhesion.
A cleaning technique uses a velvet brush dipped in damp sand to rub the fabric gently. The moisture lifts dust while the sandy friction renews the nap, restoring velvet to a fresher, newer appearance.
An elderly man in a large eastern city buys a second ticket for a fireman's ball. He touches an electric alarm by mistake, triggering a full engine house response as firefighters rush in. The old gentleman calmly asks to buy another ticket, prompting laughter and evacuation of the scene.
Dr. D. T. Macdougal reports in Outing Magazine about the guarequi, a Sonora squash family tuber that stores water in a swollen stem base. The plant awakens during the desert’s rainy season, grows brief vines, then dries, with water reserves lasting years and possibly a quarter of a century.
Colonel A. K. McClure notes in Confederate Veterans that Jefferson Davis sought command of the Confederate army at the outset, but was elected president of the Confederacy en route to Montgomery and accepted the role with conscientious public service.
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