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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
The notice urges renters to consider buying a farm, noting that renting costs 3 to 5 dollars per acre may exceed long term ownership costs. It highlights opportunities to purchase land and build equity instead of continuing rental payments.
Investors from other states reap profits as prairie land prices rise. Many buyers doubled their money in a short time by purchasing rich agricultural lands.
A bold pitch promotes diversification into land as a superior choice to lending money at 4 or 6 percent. The message asserts land investments offer multiple times higher gains, urging readers to reconsider where to place capital.
Mitchell residents will see Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows on Thursday July 9. The troupe arrives with 376 performers, fresh European acts, a redesigned parade, and new tent attractions promising a premier circus experience unseen in America.
Naples man Lester M. Nelson touts Dr King’s New Discovery as lifesaving for throat and lung complaints. The ad claims the remedy has stood at the head of throat and lung treatments for forty years and prevents pneumonia. Sold at Diehl Brown’s drug store, 50 cents and 1 dollar, trial bottle free.
In Alexandria the Hanson county teachers institute in session in the city was hosted by Miss Jennie Claypool at a dinner Thursday night. A group of Mitchell friends attended, including Miss Gertrude Kramer Inez Creighton Bessie Hannett Edith Smith Buenna Mizener Helen Waterman and Mrs Madge Corwin Chapman, former Mitchell teacher now with the institute.
We offer a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co and Walding Kinnan & Marvin endorse the firm. Cure taken internally. prices 70 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation. If moving, consider surplus items and a for sale notice.
The South Dakota Traveling Mens Association schedules its annual convention in Sioux Falls Friday and Saturday with ball games between Soo club and All Sioux, and Madison and Flandreau on the local diamond. Winners battle for the convention title and a large cash prize, while caps umbrellas and a souvenir book are prepared for distribution to retailers and marchers. Dakota Wesleyan students depart Mitchell as University enrollment hints at a larger fall term gathering.
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Georgia writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a bad instep sore after trying other remedies. He notes he used less than half of a 25 cent box and achieved a perfect cure. Sold under guarantee at Diehl Brown's drug store.
Thursday and Friday saw the final group of students depart as the term neared its end.
After fifteen years of chronic indigestion the user spent over two hundred dollars with no relief until using Dr. King's New Life Pills. B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina calls them the best pills ever sold and praises their effectiveness. Brown's drug store offers them at 265 cents.
An electrical storm Monday night killed Samuel Fridley eight miles north of Mount Vernon. He was outside near a cistern and was struck while disconnecting pipes. the bolt likely traced along the eaves trough around the house. No other injuries or substantial house damage were reported.
Frank Conlan of New York endorses Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver trouble. The tonic is said to regulate digestion, purify blood, and renew vigor for the weak. Available at Brown's drug store for 60 cents.
A Saturday cyclone devastated Austin Minnesota with torn bridges, shattered shops, and widespread ruin. The Milwaukee railway shops, Hormel Packing Co. plant, and many homes suffered heavy losses, while crops and nearby towns also reported large damages and fatalities.
An advertisement asserts daily work strains harm kidneys, promoting Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. It cites James E. Duncan of Mitchell South Dakota detailing relief after using the product bought at Diehl Brown's Drug Store. The copy urges purchase at all dealers for 60 cents with Buffalo New York as agents.
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