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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1891
Page
6
A retrospective column surveys bold early Oklahoma raids, strange cautions from doctors, curious animal tales, treasure hunts, and odd vignettes from towns like Jersey City and Lynn. Included are notes on a crowded sea of maritime re-enforcements, a miracle of a melting cat tail, and a joke about a prayerful husband.
Rev. Dr. T DeWitt Talmage's new Brooklyn Tabernacle, seating 5 000 to 6 000, has been formally dedicated. It rises on Greene and Clinton Avenues, built of granite with brown stone trim, costing at least 150 000 dollars, and features fiery stucco-free patent lumber, electric lighting, and an organ driven by an electric motor. The design emphasizes acoustics, Romanesque architecture, and imported Holy Land stones.
Italian residents plan a marble statue of Christopher Columbus in New York. Fundraising began in 1889, with 7,000 dollars raised. final cost estimated at 35,000 dollars. The 84 foot statue will feature four figures and be made in Italy, unveiling planned for 1892.
The Second Southern Illinois preacher arrested in seven days for counterfeit currency. Rev George Vancil of Duquoin confessed after a Chicago Secret Service captain and Deputy Marshal took him into custody. The case follows the arrest of Rev Jerry Holmes and features a dramatic confrontation with his family present.
From Census Bureau figures the article compiles statistics on several western insane asylums. It lists counts and comparisons of patients, staff, and capacity across facilities, outlining how the institutions performed relative to each other.
A Battle Creek newspaper notes a clock has operated for 100 years. In a separate report a Wyoming rancher shoots a bear fourteen times before the vital area is reached. Japan experiences sixty four earthquakes in March with nine shocks on March 21. Miss Maup Fulver returns from abroad and stays with Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller at their Washington residence.
The 1890 report of mint director Edward O. Leech shows South Dakota produced about 3.078 million in gold and 3.112 million in silver with 156 thousand in gold and silver combined. Rail expansion in the Hills drives expectations of a larger total this year led by Homestake which yielded over 1.04 million in gold and 12 thousand in silver last year. Homestake also paid 162 thousand in dividends last year and has totaled 4.643 million in dividends to date.
A Deadwood hotel owner devised a drastic method to force a delinquent guest to pay, snatching his clothing and leaving him exposed to the cold, prompting the man to settle his one month arrears. The article also notes political opinions on women voters, school textbooks uniformity, and a roundup of South Dakota news.
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