Special Carpet Sale Offers Deep Discounts
Local advertisement announces a special sale on carpets of all kinds with lower prices than can be found in Chicago, inviting customers to compare and save.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1891
Page
12
Local advertisement announces a special sale on carpets of all kinds with lower prices than can be found in Chicago, inviting customers to compare and save.
Local retailer promotes a removal sale with drastic price cuts on a wide range of carpet patterns and materials. Shoppers can select from 35 to 40 patterns and receive products quickly, with assurances of quality and clarity on what is being purchased.
Mitchell D G Co and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railways announce round trip excursion tickets for the Fourth of July at fare and one fifth. Tickets to Big Stone Lake Camp Meeting June 25 to August 5 with return by Aug 9. Toronto Educational Association meeting July 14 to 17 with special return to Sept 25. and other notices mention speakers, club sessions, and local community events in Mitchell. Department notes a Beulah Township Farmers Club picnic July 4 with a listed program and a sale of a fine young heavy team by Henry Parry.
Local items report new crossing on upper Main Street, University grounds grading, and residents traveling to Minneapolis Sioux Falls and Pierre. Crop notes mention rain delays market potatoes and beets. Public notices include church meetings and a school flag drive with dates and salaries. several residents relocate or start work, including Rev. Clark and J. A. Fosdick.
In Badger district No 1 the Friday closing program featured essays by Irene Wilson Burton Omealy and others with recitation by Lillian Kingsbury and Clarence Swartout. Parents and Miss Wrights school gathered as W H M S met and visitors observed crop health. Farther, Cherokee Iowa suffered a night cloudburst with homes lost and uncertain deaths. The Illinois Central line storm damaged towns along its route while the Floyd river valley flooded and railway tracks washed out. Sioux City trains halted eastward though one may resume tomorrow.
Thursday's Daily reports Miss Page and Paul entertained several local young ladies and gentlemen at Butte Farm with cards and diversions. A memory observation table showcased recall after four hours. Mr Champeny recalled 30 of 31 items and won first prize while Miss Locke and Miss Bracy tied for second, Locke winning on a card cut.
Supt. Bras returned from Plankinton this forenoon and helped extinguish a kitchen fire after a gasoline stove exploded. A woman screamed, Bras pulled the blazing stove outside, but not before a girl’s hands were badly burned and Bras was briefly enveloped in flames. Damage was slight. The Firemen's Picnic plans at Greene's Grove invite a large turnout for the Fourth of July with strong department support anticipated. Also notices promote Syrup of Figs for cleansing, purifying blood, and easing constipation.
The Seventh Day Adventists of South Dakota set up a large grove camp at Lake Herman with about 100 tents and a 60 by 100 feet pavilion for general meetings. Leaders include O A Johnson as president and ministers N W Kandle and L M Crowthers. S N Haskell report notes on global missionary work and education. First session held with 38 delegates from 22 churches. membership around 50 with about $7,000 raised for various purposes.
A mahogany tree cut in Honduras yielded three logs that sold in Europe for 11000. A Plaque Mine Louisiana woman died recently leaving 36000 in cash hidden in her home half in gold and the rest in nickel and silver. Caverns in German East Africa with stalactites and millions of bats are reported as superior to European counterparts.
British police near Sierra Leone suffer defeat by locals. Count von Waldersee to be German ambassador to St Petersburg. Thieves steal $150 at Winona Minnesota. Huggins house burns. wife dies a hour after injury. Swedish church camp opening in Cambridge Minnesota. Three bullion trains sail Mexico to Newark New Jersey. James Jeffries murdered in Pachuca. Winnipeg jewelry robbery suspects arrested at Grand Forks. Winnipeg diamond stash hidden on suspects. Windstorm damages grain north of Winnipeg. Freight cars blown off track at Reaburn. Frank Ingram struck by lightning at Austin. West Superior offers land for Duluth Winnipeg terminals. Italian crown prince betrothal rumored. German empire ponders New Guinea withdrawal. Czarevitch travels through Siberia toward Uralsk. Rapid City elevator contract set for August. Yale dry exercises begin. 3800 attend. Joseph McCabe and Killa Hutson wed in Janesville. New York leads in millionaire count. London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna follow.
The piece outlines diverse electrical advances from 950 submarine cables in Europe to a light sensitive tin plate experiment in tap water. It notes a buoy near Bordeaux connected by telephone for ship owners, and a log for recording high speed vessel travel. It covers electric cabs in Stuttgart and a process to convert pig iron to wrought iron by electricity. An arc blasting method using carbon rods is described, plus a Paris electric balance demonstration showing a circuit controlled weighing mechanism.
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