This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1898
Page
8
General Mark Sheafe of Itown received instructions to report to Washington and is to leave at once. He is assigned to either Kickamagus or Jacksonville as the troops that left the state have landed at Jago where marines fight Spaniards with heavy resistance and efforts for aid continue.
Davison county notices celebrate University of Mitchell closure with record enrollment and thanks to Dr Graham and faculty. Board retains faculty except Hitchcock resigns. Stout appointed math English head. Ethan Colton named instructor political science and history. Rural school diplomas awarded next Friday. 13 graduates. Some local notices include loans, estray, and a spade of advertisements.
University alumni entertained the graduating classes Wednesday evening with a reception in the chapel. About 50 guests assembled, conversations flowed as cards were exchanged, and the gathering moved to the dining room for continued sociability at the close of commencement week.
Dr. Howard J. Russell national superintendent of the anti saloon league will speak in Mitchell next Sunday in the forenoon at the M E church and in the Baptist church in the evening The evening service is a union meeting of the churches All are asked to attend morning services and join the union meeting in the evening except M E B church members who will have regular services
Dr. J A Baker returns from Sioux Falls. Numerous locals travel for university events and visits from Sioux Falls to Denver. Wallace Shows billboards decorate Mitchell as doors open for June 9. Baseball game University vs ex-students ends 7 6. Deputies Tobin and Brooks testify in Aberdeen burglary trial. Many residents plan redecorations and land moves, with several preparing for summer travels and education events.
Market prices in Mitchell for produce stock and grain are updated every Friday at 10 o clock. Wheat No 2 northern 8 70, butter 10 74, potatoes 30, fat sheep 0 to 3 25, fat cows 2 75 to 3 00, stockers 3 50 to 4 00, yearlings 4 0 to 5 0. Also includes the range of temperatures observed by the government local station during the week.
Prosperity lodge No 2 D of H of AOUW adopts resolutions honoring Rebecca Ralston a devoted member. The sisters and brothers extend sympathy to her husband and children and drape the charter in mourning. Resolutions to be recorded and published. Dellam Starr Addie Reed Fannie Meuters committee.
The Sunday School Convention at Martin school house Lisbon township open June 26 1898 at 10 30 a m with lessons by H McCormick and Mrs A R Reitzel Junior class lesson by Mrs Jenka music by Leslie Pine and more. It lists speakers including C M Peck Edith Earl and Rev De Groff with topics on Sunday school work and the Bible as a source of culture. A basket dinner is noted and remarks on overcoming indifference.
A quoted exchange from the Indianapolis Journal shows Misery Wickwire saying if you do not work you ought not to eat and Hungry Higgins replying that he must eat to survive, highlighting hunger and conflict over wages.
A Cornhill Magazine snippet notes actors visit railway platforms as stages, asks if acting now pays as Elizabethan times, recalls Shakespeare’s earnings and Alleyn founding Dulwich school, and observes actors especially women adopting others’ names such as Alice Burne Jones.
The Petit Journal of Paris notes stark contrasts between travelers. The Englishman travels calmly with minimal baggage and sustains patience and a love of travel. The Frenchman travels restlessly, anxious, impatient, burdened by many parcels and a dislike of travel.
An English newspaper notes the Siamese army excels in its elephant corps with eight hundred elephants organized into a dedicated unit. They are led by a retired Anglo-Indian officer and equipped with india rubber armor to protect heads trunks and other vulnerable parts against bullets.
A New York Sun report describes a French hair graft method where a poor, hair-rich subject is scalped and his scalp grafted to a bald client. The plan requires consent and a price, and officials warn it may be risky and ethically questionable.
The article notes pole counts per mile for telegraph lines range from 20 to 22 on minor routes and 26 to 80 on main lines. Poles are regulation height with the lowest wire at least 12 feet above ground, set 4 to 6 feet into the earth, yielding pole lengths from 20 to 2 feet. Sag averages about 14 feet, varying with pole density and weather.
A collage of brief antiquarian lines and quotes from The Washington Star Harper’s Bazaar and historical notes. It mentions Henrietta Meekton Mr Barlow Billy and a pantomime, a London fog and gas lamp rays and a nod to Louis XIV court fashion with six inch heels.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.