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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
10
Local notices record a mix of visits, sales, and community events. D W Collins sells John Deere equipment, families travel for visits, and a court case in Lyman county proceeds. Community happenings include picnics, baseball, and church activities in Woonsocket, Mitchell, and surrounding towns.
Friends of Mrs. L. Pease of Lawrence describe her seven year bedridden state due to kidney liver trouble and nervous debility. She credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring her health and mobility in three months. The ad claims relief for headache backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizziness with guaranteed satisfaction at 40 cents.
A narrative describes tramp riders entering box cars by springing doors and riding in. They exploit gaps and fragile openings to travel long distances without notice. Dangers include starvation and lethal accidents as trains move, with witnesses recalling drowned or burned riders and engineers noting how bodies fit in tight spaces.
A historical note traces the crescent as a symbol from ancient myth through Rome and into Constantinople. It explains its adoption by Turkish and Ottoman realms after a legendary siege, plus a quoted anecdote about jury awards from a Lake Shore wreck case and a New York Tribune reference.
An item from Kirkman Ta by N. E. Palmer reports a gasoline stove explosion injuring a woman. Doctors failed to heal the running sore until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it. Promoted as remedy for cuts sores skin diseases and piles. 25 cents at S. H. Scallin’s.
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio, a reader of Dayton Volkszeitung, bought Chamberlains Pain Balm for his wife who suffered eight weeks with severe back pains. After a few days she said she felt born anew and soon the pain vanished allowing her to resume duties. The liniment is sold by L C Gale Druggist.
Davison county offers $10,000 school money to loan on farm lands and to school districts at 6 percent interest. Contact county auditor for details. Dated June 4, 1902. H. B. Anderson County Auditor. Also a note touting Dean's Ointment for relief and cure at drug stores.
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