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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1887
Page
5
Well Bros offers seasonable dry goods clothing boots and shoes with Butterick patterns. Customers are urged to visit for bargains this season and be pleased with low prices and wide selection at Well Bros.
The program for the fourth annual meeting of the South Dakota Educational Association at Mitchell lists opening events on Tuesday June 7 at 8 p.m. in the courthouse with choruses, an invocation by Dr. William Brush, welcome by Mayor T. F. Mentzer, and major papers on reading circles, course of study, physiology, hygiene, language, and school inspection. Wednesday and Thursday schedule sessions, papers by Mitchell, Yankton, Sioux Falls educators, and social events at the courthouse, with committees appointed and discussions planned.
Local items report a ten pound baby born to Mr and Mrs D W Brandt, a boy for Mr and Mrs Ed Wallen, and Major Washburn boasting a lush garden patch. Upcoming events include the first St Agnes school exhibition on the 27th and 5th. the South Dakota Educational Association meets next week. Potatoes listed at 65 cents a bushel amid crop notes. N E Gates returns from Armour after instituting a Knights of Pythias lodge. 23 members installed. Castalia’s C W Johnston notes grain warehouses being built on river banks for river shipping. Sioux Falls firemen praised for timely return as tickets expired. Landlord Bond of the Sanborn house expresses satisfaction with tournament results. A suspect in Wm Girard’s fairground arch incident appeared before Judge Abbey. bail set at 500, jailed. Sioux City journal reports fakirs and thieves attracted by the Women’s Tournament, Mitchell tournament down and awaiting a later appearance. N C Porter offers agency to find ad buyers across states. Seventh day Adventist camp meeting opens Monday with many tents and large attendance. tournament zeal shifts focus from spiritual needs to life beyond.
The Seventh Day Adventists hold their annual camp meeting at the fair grounds with 1000 expected tents. The piece outlines origins, beliefs, and global reach, noting 800 churches 400 ministers and active publishing houses in Battle Creek Oakland and Europe. It covers sessions led by Elder J Mikkleson and J B Whitney with English German and Scandinavian services.
A public school report summarizes the term ending June 17 1887. It lists attendance figures, teacher assignments, notable progress in reading and arithmetic, and notes on discipline and curriculum. Data highlights monitor student advancement and district funding impacts.
The list of uncalled letters for the Mitchell post office as of the week ending June 20 includes Cox J Fuller Oliver Fisher Wm Gainter A G Jackson D Johnson Breta Kellmann M Keny Miss Emma Lietzel Daniel Myres Miss Alice McChaney G W McLogan L Nelson Andrew Oilsen P Obrembt Anna Potts Wm Powell RB Rojesky Jake Standish M M Welshman G Wilhelmson Mrs Winberg Lucretia FOREIGN Metzger Gottlien. Callers should say advertised. unclaimed items will be sent to the dead letter office after thirty days. D HAMMER P.M.
From June 1 to September 31 the Milwaukee road offers round trip excursions to Lake Okoboji for 37.83 and Spirit Lake for 8.05. During the National Educational Association meeting in Chicago from July 12 to 16, round trips are 20 with travel from July 6 to 18 and return July 15 to 18.
After the tournament Mitchell hosts a farewell banquet for Yankton Aberdeen and Trenton teams. Firemen and citizens funded a 104 seat lunch with aid from local businesses and several ladies. Bands paraded Main Street, and Aberdeen and Yankton presented gifts to Mitchell.
Local business leaders and residents express broad satisfaction with the recently concluded tournament. They note good order, strong attendance, and positive effects on trade, while highlighting favorable impressions of firemen conduct and city spirit.
The notices require entrymen including Johanna Borman and others to provide residence proofs, land occupancy details, and improvements. Several entries are suspended or canceled for noncompliance. some are allowed to stand with conditions or await final affidavits. Board actions also cover university directors and a note on Aberdeen band remittance acknowledgment.
A temperance gathering is planned Friday at 8 o clock in the school house with all invited. The school closes tonight and will reopen next September with Miss Mary E Wright returning as teacher. Mrs R Evans is recovered and about again. Firemen tournament attendees enjoyed the event and called it excellent. Sermon at 11 and Sunday school at 12 next Sabbath with Rev Sage. James Connor and Mary Keenan of Diana wed at the Catholic church this morning, the groom a local business man and the bride the daughter of another local merchant.
Capt. J. O. Bard of Burton may see the town’s name altered after discovery of a Burton post office in Dakota. The settlement was first Hanson, renamed Burton to suit a Milwaukee Road Transon station, and now faces another change due to postal conflicts.
About nine o’clock last night four prisoners escaped from the county jail after sawing a cage door and bending window bars. Deputies chased fugitives along the Omaha line. Griffin, Sullivan, Fitch, and another man slid through a 9 by 13 inch gap and escaped through the window. The sheriff criticizes the jail’s security while local officials dispute the level of fault and vow inquiry.
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