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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
4
The Mitchell Capital outlines subscription options with price terms for one copy, various advance periods, and club rates with other national publications. It notes address changes must include former and new addresses and requests correspondence be sent to the office by Wednesday. out of state deliveries end at paid-for term.
Richard J. Olney becomes secretary of state with oath by Chief Justice Fuller. August Debs begins a six month jail term in Woolstock. editor Kidd of the Aberdeen Star faces libel verdict but with leniency. Twelve candidates vie for West Point cadetships in Yankton. Herman W. Schull wins and Alonzo B. Sessions second as alternate. South Dakota treasurer sells bonds for $98,000 to fund school money, totaling about $200,000 with July apportionment. bonds run ten years at 4 percent and potential six percent loan options may arise.
In June Arena Mr B O Flower argues for protective marriage reform. He proposes wives gain half of husbands property at marriage and continued rights for each child, to empower women against abuse and ease divorce. The plan aims to curb immorality and improve family welfare.
Siouxalls works to keep its population near 10 000 as talks of Kitzsimmons and Corbett meeting in October surface. Capt W V Lucas named new commandant of the Soldiers Home at Hot Springs. McGrew blames Col Clough for defeat over religious matters. St Paul papers note rising immigration to the northwest and northern state counties attracting settlers. Railroads foresee a stronger immigration trend this year than in the previous five.
Dispatches say the defaulting state treasurer will be in Pierre this week and returning voluntarily. If Taylor returns he will receive no ovation and no calves are to be killed.
A report indicates Prof. Thos. Shaw of the Minnesota Experiment Station may assume Dr. McLouth’s role at the Brookings Agricultural College on July 1. Shaw is described as a capable, practical educator with strong attainments in the field.
Mayor Statenorth and City Attorney I A Gove of Watertown stand indicted by the grand jury for compounding a crime. Each indictment alleges they accepted monthly fines from saloonkeepers for permiting violations of the prohibitory law. A Northwestern Colonization Company of Chicago plans to stock sheep and cattle in South Dakota and aid new settlers on abandoned farms.
Madison Sentinel editor reports strong crop outlook across northern South Dakota with excellent reports and rains improving prospects. Sioux and Jim rivers valleys show tidier fields and, barring unforeseen calamity, granaries should be full. From Canton to Mitchell crops are excellent, while Kimball to Chamberlain areas received 2.5 inches of rain last Sunday reviving late crops.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press notes severe want among Oklahoma settlers, arguing they entered the newly opened territory during the worst depression. It says improvident hopes of big fortunes with little effort led to sharp penalties and a genuinely pitiable situation.
Watertown fire departments file suit to recover a tax on insurance premiums paid by fire companies. State Auditor Hipple withholds funds, claiming no authority under the latest appropriation bill. Fire firms organize to cover court costs in the suit.
Col. J. Clough asserts there is no record of a Union soldier enlisted from the poorhouse. The Huronite had claimed the soldier's home should not be viewed as charity, arguing support for veterans is a duty rather than a gratuity and a debt to be kept with cost.
Rev. Frank Brush delivered the annual lecture titled Study in Doubt at the Methodist church to a large audience of citizens and students. He contrasted optimism and pessimism, praised Lord Alfred Tennyson as a key modern interpreter, and warned against skeptical writing undermining faith. The talk closed with praise for the lecturer’s eloquence and a nod to health cautions and Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotion as a tonic.
Local notes describe corn planting, ground drying after rain, and Sunday school at Victor at 10. Events include a Baptist Association meeting, a 48 to 45 Mt. Vernon win over Brendon and Badger, a pond social, birthday party, and a dance. Social visits mention Tobin family, Mrs. Cole, Morenci visitors, and Ethan community events at University and colony outings.
May 4 strays from Charles Mix County describe six horses: brown mare about 1100 pounds, white mare about 150, two dark iron gray mare colts two years old, dark iron gray yearling horse colt, bay yearling horse colt. Send tips to Oss Johnson Hills Charles Mix County.
Farmers report crops look as good as ever with rain improving ground conditions for wheat. Local events include a Baptist tent meeting at Blendon township and a W C T U county convention with a gold medal contest planned.
The column records local travels and moves including Mr. and Mrs. Swartout heading to Vermillion and Marion Junction, plans to bring Alty home from college, and Mr. Young considering relocation south. It notes Baptist camp meeting praise, a drowning tragedy of Loy Harris-Hall’s eighteen month old, and visits by Mrs. Watkins to Janova. It mentions wells in the township, farming reports, and crop conditions across the area, with rain events and a large funeral for Hans Iverson, age 39, in Plano township.
Rumors swirl over a two horse theft in the county with one horse found after straying. A horse thief reportedly returned to his Lyman County home as county papers prepare for his possible return. Also reported is a Sunday county shower and a fishing party returning with the usual catch.
The author proposes dividing people into medical communities by doctors of different kinds and a no-doctor community to test outcomes. He argues that, given equal factors, all communities would share similar disease patterns, suffering, and life spans, suggesting medical supervision may not alter overall fate. He cites All the Year Round as the source.
An amateur gardener battled ants in a bed in her Bower garden using various preventives. She found the infested shed near the bed had decayed outer boards. Removing the boards exposed ant nests, and after destroying them the ants disappeared from her flowers and have not returned. Ants may invade homes via decayed wood nearby. sealing or removing the source can prevent outbreaks.
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