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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1889
Page
4
The Mitchell Printing Co offers advertising at modest club prices with declarations for subscribers to update addresses by Monday. Business cards up to six lines cost $5 per year, extra lines $1. Local ads ten cents per line for first insertion then five cents each. Legal ads at statute rates. Marriage and death notices are free of charge.
In a terse note from June 28 1880 the Argus Leader reports Red Cloud seeks silver prospects. The item signals a quest for riches and hints at ambitions beyond ordinary ventures. The brief, period tone emphasizes bold download of wealth and risk.
The editors of the Sioux Walls and toward Press, after exhausting English, turn to Greek and Latin in a public quarrel that their readers may find relief from.
The Devils Lake Capital argues General Allen is stronger for the governorship than many of his friends suppose, noting public opinion hinges on how strongly they believe in his capability.
The Woonsocket News accuses editor Mayhew of sundry acts of deviltry, Mayhew denies the charges emphatically and calls brother Kelly the “boss liar” in a sharp exchange over the accusations.
Chairman Allen of the central committee moved in a dignified manner to call a divided meeting for July 4 at Bismarck and Sioux Falls. The move snubs South Dakota members who had planned to meet at Huron this week.
The Aberdeen News comments on the Watertown capital map, arguing Watertown’s location would not suit South Dakota. It says the map shows the state would be centered on Minnesota and half of South Dakota, implying Watertown should not be the capital.
GC W Starling has sold his stake in the Aberdeen Daily News to George Schlosser and is now at large. As editor he built a fearless independent record, earning a high standing for the News among Dakota papers and leaving open future opportunities in any direction.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader argues against moving immigration west of the Missouri River, calling the idea selfish and urging citizens to consider South Dakota’s broader development over the benefit of any one town. The piece suggests valuing the surrounding region for all its potential, not just what can be extracted from a single locality.
Gen Beadle, previously head of an Indian training school in Oregon, is appointed head of the Madison normal school. Prof H J Matz of Vermillion University is favored for state superintendent. Prof Kratz, an Ohio man, is noted for strong qualifications and Buckeye ties.
The Iuronite accuses Sioux Falls of planning to defraud the people and disrespect Huron by endorsing Judge Moo dy and Woy. It cites quarrels with the Huronite and mocks Sioux Falls enterprises as cheap ploys while noting Fourth of July ice water barrels aimed at swaying prohibition voters.
A reader defends the school board and staff after a controversial article. G Y Stoyer disputes the piece denying family opposition to a teacher and relays six years of service and no complaints. The letter supports Miss Ryan as a qualified teacher and condemns gossip involving Mrs Nearhood and Mr Stover.
To Farmers. We offer Dakota Farmer at Huron and Northwestern Agriculturist at Minneapolis with Capital terms. New subscribers pay one year in advance at $1.50. Old subscribers renewing pay $1.50. Delinquent subscribers paying arrears and renewing pay $1.50. Sample copies available at MITCHELL PRINTING Co.
Notice requires any person or party seeking to use Head and Greene's grove to call at their residence near the Fire Steel bridge for permission and terms. The restriction aims to protect timber from destruction through precautionary measures.
An 1889 notice touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for catarrh with loss of smell or hearing attributed to the condition. It also includes a land entry notice for a final proof hearing in Mitchell Dakota, listing witnesses and the claimant's details, with instructions to protest or cross examine at the hearing.
Notice to all: Mary A Betts widow of George Betts filed for final homestead proof on land in Mitchell district. Proof will be heard August 1884 before Register Rowley at Mitchell South Dakota with witnesses Richard T. Robinson George A. Thoms William L. Wallis andPhone Dean all of Mitchell. Protesters may cross-examine witnesses and offer rebuttal evidence.
In Bridgeport June 26 a young son of Mrs Julius Pfau nearly choked on a link of bologna sausage. The mother struck the boy on the back to dislodge it, expelling the sausage with force. The remedy preserved life but damaged his spine, leaving Julius Tittle Pfau paralyzed from the waist down for life.
Washington on June 25 Cabriel Ren ville of the Sisseton and Wahpeton tribes met Acting Indian Commissioner Helt to urge a settlement of back wages dating from 1862 estimated around 60000 dollars. The discussion aimed to determine the value and potential government purchase surplus of lands with the tribes.
Montreal reports a disaster where fifty people were poisoned at a Westron picnic after a druggist allegedly sold sugar or lead instead of tartaric acid for lemonade. Fifteen expected to die, others out of danger. the druggist fled to avoid arrest. Names of several fatally poisoned individuals listed, amid a broader sea and mining disaster roundup.
Reports from Lake Superior iron district and surrounding areas record rising mining deaths this season with several workers killed in May and July incidents. In Minnesota a two year old died after ingesting fly poison near Charles Singerland’s farm. Two brothers, John A Bolce and Edward S Bolce, drowned in Red River near Wolverton on July 26. Groton South Dakota saw a high school building burn at 10 PM on June 26, linked to incendiary causes and $1,500 insured loss.
The Wilkes Barre report states Red Nose Mike was hanged at 10 oclock with no sensational events, body cut down at 10 18 a m. In Philadelphia Mrs Whiteling, a wholesale poisoner, was executed at 10 07 a m for poisoning her husband and three children. Arsenic found in all bodies after exhumation. she confessed to using rat poison.
At the Ohio Republican State convention in Columbus on June 26 the largest state gathering will nominate a governor and minor state officers. Delegates total 828 as anti-Foraker factions seek to block Senator Foraker through a Kent plan. The convention’s key contest centers on the gubernatorial nomination and strategic alignments.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled line about Ania and Pennsylvania. No clear events, dates, or names emerge to form a coherent news item. Summary limited to the legible fragment only.
In Logansport Indiana a debt dispute ends in a violent attack as Tom Hoy, the lender, confronts his borrower over unpaid funds. Hoy and two accomplices ambush the debtor, leaving him with fourteen wounds, any could prove fatal, before police intervene.
A Detroit press excerpt recalls a scene where a dignified Prussian, praised for manners and high birth, sits beside an American tradesman who lays a heap of gold, silver, keys, and manicure apparatus on the table. A German schoolboy is denied even car fare money without a purse.
The Cosmopolitan report notes a Neurogical society gathering in New York where pugilists display swollen upper ears, a mark physicians associate with madness. It suggests repeated head trauma in fighters creates a trade mark rivaling the hopeless lunacy seen in asylums, hinting at a kinship between both groups.
In Amberg's German theatre office photographs show Fraulein Leisinger in theater costumes. She sought $100 a week, but marriage to Prince Alexander of Battenburg ended the engagement. Theorized romance and royal marriage beat the offer. Amberg keeps pictures and letters as proof.
A Mississippi visitor at the Kentucky governor's mansion overhears a governor’s degenerate son boasting about his Mississippi tour. The woman quips that Kentucky gentlemen educate the horses and turn their sons out to grass, prompting a stunned reaction from the gathering.
The scallop shell has long held heraldic and symbolic meaning as a Crusader and pilgrim emblem. It appears on coats of arms and monuments, linked to St James and St Jacob, and inspired medieval poetry, romance, and religious art through its natural beauty and crenulated form.
Recent statistics show murders in Hy three times Austria, four times Prussia and Denmark, five times Sweden, fourteen times Denmark, and sixteen times Britain. Italy's crime rises. Russia 13 per 10,000, Portugal 16, Norway 15, Sweden 4 per 10,000 in 1885.
Observations on tall chimneys in high winds contrast with a note on Lynch law tracing its origin to Campbellsburg Virginia before the Revolution. Col Charles Lynch, a revolutionary officer, organized arrests and swift executions of outlaws without authorities, while not fully approving but acknowledging the beneficial effect.
The Wittsburg Dispatch notes a long lineage from Col Lynel to Lynchburg naming his brother, who left a son later serving as governor of Louisiana, highlighting how family histories entwine with regional places and political power.
Howe's Historical Recollections of Ohio recalls a crude substitute for milling corn used by western New York settlers. A hollowed stump and pestle were needed, turning a bushel into sip at great labor. Some settlers owned slaves who did this work, a practice invoked by the term niggering corn, now condemned as humanity advances.
Nialls Journal of Health describes the mosquito as a complex organism with a blunt forked head and grooved lance. The creature uses a sharpened lance, two sawlike blades, and a capillary pump to draw blood, producing a rasping sensation that drives victims to swat.
The Pittsburg Dispatch explains the rapid spread of flies using geometric progression. Starting June 1 with one fly, growth to 150 by June 15, then 11,000 by July 1, and 843,720 by July 15 is shown if conditions remain favorable and mortality is minimal.
A 19th century health note advises nervous individuals to pursue a milk heavy diet to ease insomnia and tremors. It prescribes one pint of milk per meal, four meals daily, and supplementing with cream if milk quality is substandard. It also notes the tendency of nervous people to drink little water compared to sturdier individuals.
A Bowery pawnbroker describes the steady stream of regulars who pawn and redeem their clothes and small valuables, noting the three gilded balls symbol and the quoted interest rates. A reporter learns the character of the clientele, from a mechanic who pays weekly, to well dressed men seeking cheaper suits, revealing a social portrait of urban finance.
An article notes that poverty drives people to sell valuables while wealthier citizens pledge jewels to cover temporary needs. It highlights how gamblers and fortunes seekers become repeat customers, with a steady stream of visitors trading items for cash in difficult times.
A historical look at New York city coachmen before the war and how the role shifted from Black drivers to English drivers as wealth grew. The piece notes mansions near Yonkers, the aristocratic favor for English style, and the decline of the old time Black coachman in favor of European-trained help.
A photographer asks the sitter to maintain a pleasant expression while a sheet of vapor hangs on the wall. The sitter insists the sheet is an official Louisiana lottery drawing list. He checks the document and, with a dejected air, says he will return next week for the portrait.
A historical note echoes Cyrus: the greater a man in power, the more he should excel others in virtue. No one should govern who is not morally superior to those he seeks to lead. The maxim stresses ethical leadership over mere authority.
The text notes daily wealth growth in the United States amounts to 2.5 million dollars, representing one third of the global daily accumulation outside the United States, highlighting the nation's rapid financial rise in comparison to the rest of the world.
The article traces the rise and fall of the paper collar from its peak in fashion to its decline, noting its 1860s popularity, daily sales once exceeding a million, current yearly sales around 250 thousand, and its persistence mainly in rural areas. It credits a fashionable New Yorker for popularizing the collar and compares it to earlier apparel trends.
The Boston Globe reports on Russian childrearing, noting governess led instruction from infancy, strict respect and obedience, and deference to parents. Children kiss only on the hand, seek permission before touching belongings, rise at entries, and thank hosts after meals. Elderly are cherished with care and attention, reflecting lifelong devotion.
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