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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1891
Page
11
A Seattle dispatch reports General Alger backing James Blaine for the 1892 presidency. Wisconsin and Minnesota party groups discuss, with Iowa plans to flood the state with Kansas Alliance orators for the new party. Other items note seal fishing limits, insurance disputes, and Vesuvius eruptive activity.
Eric Olson testified about buying and weighing wheat at country warehouses and elevators. Witnesses Berry and Rees described frequent scale discrepancies and missing cargo. Rees cited 200–300 complaints of shortages. theft of grain from cars was noted. resealing after sampling was proposed.
Curcaco reports on Cuban desire for independence with remarks by Charles J. Crawford of New York who urges U S aid to end Spanish rule. He notes Cubans favor reciprocity with the United States and oppose Blaine’s annexation plans.
The report states ex city official John Bardsley pleaded guilty to loaning and investing public funds for private gain. The court allowed a two week extension for a hearing. A perjury charge was dropped by the commonwealth. Also included is a note on an intercepted letter detailing arsenic poisoning plans by a Hope, N. D. merchant.
E D Thayer, president of Brandon National Bank Vermont, reports $140,000 in notes and mortgages stolen from his seat aboard a Rock Island sleeping car near this city. He left a satchel on the seat while visiting the dining car. on return it was missing. Police notified. recovery unlikely.
A Duluth dispatch reports La Prairie, on the Duluth and Winnipeg line, was destroyed by fire Thursday night. In Colorado Springs, Ed Elliott of Boston, who had been visiting here briefly, drowned in Pros Lake when a boat overturned. he was John Elliott's brother and Julia Ward Howe's son in law.
Mr Bardlett Bardette-Coutts remains convalescent from influenza while his wife, the baroness, recently turned seventy seven and has returned from Bolongne in better health. She tends him with evident tenderness and care.
A June 6 storm over Burns City in Shoals County destroys a large amount of property. Abealom Sharpless is killed and Miss Dora Fortner severely injured. Much stock is killed.
June 10 Loyvos The lord chief justice summed up the evidence in the baccarat trial and the case was given to the jury. His charge favored the defendants. If the jury found the defendants truthful about Sir William Gordon Cumming they should win. If the statements were broadly untrue and the plaintiff did not commit the acts charged the verdict must be for Sir William. The jury were out fifteen minutes and returned a verdict for the defendants.
Philadelphia June 10. Depositors at the suspended Spring Garden National Bank adopt resolutions condemning Bank Examiner Drew and urge authorities to seek his resignation at once. In Beaver Falls Mina the Syndicate house barns and stables burn, with three valuable horses and other stock, no insurance, incendiary fire. Commissioner Carter writes Oliver Shartons that meandered dry lakes in South Dakota will be surveyed and opened to entry as public domain.
The piece extols the healthy sunshiny girl and derides the sickly woman. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed cure for female weakness and disorders, claiming it will transform weak sufferers into healthy, blooming women or refund the money.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money refund. Price 25c per box. For sale by S. H. Seallin.
An old remedy claims over fifty years of use by millions of mothers easing teething pain. It touts relief for diarrhea and wind colic, with pleasant taste and global druggist availability. Endorsed by several named individuals and promises trial bottles and a free book of cures.
Mrs. C Melbourne of Melbourne Iowa praises Mother's Friend as a boon to wives facing childbirth. The Brad field Regulator Co of Atlanta Ga offers further particulars. Sold by S H Scallin and L O Gale druggists.
Sudden death is often caused by heart disease and remains frequently unsuspected in three of four cases. Common signs include lying on the right side, shortness of breath, chest or back pain, irregular pulse, wind in the stomach, ankles swelling, dry cough, and smothering. Dr Miles book on heart disease offered free at S H Scallin for Dr Miles remedies.
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