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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1895
Page
2
A. E. W. A. Scott lists subscription rates for copy periods including one year, six months, and three months. Subscribers are instructed to send both old and new addresses if changing and to notify early for address updates. Papers sent outside the state will be discontinued at the end of the paid period.
A Sioux City Journal summary discusses Egypts irrigation programs and their rising land values as proof of irrigation benefits. It notes Secretary Gardner's push for Black Hills experiments, Nebraska and Dakotas efforts, and debates over artesian wells and reservoir projects as drivers of regional prosperity.
Local notes recount illness and recoveries, farming plans, and social events. Betsy Thomas Austin and Mrs. Thomas visit. Farm plans include Burton Omeley and Floyd Swartout preparing 22 acres. Quarantine easing after diphtheria scare. church calls and weddings noted amid school reopening and infants' illnesses.
Champeny Brothers announce tomorrow the widest assortment of ladies mackintoshes from New York city. OLGA LATE STYLES feature cape and high collar. CORA and NEW ELETE designs with velvet collars and silk lining. Garments sold at bottom prices with two price system and retailer dictates. All items warranted and superior to old duck brand goods.
Mr and Mrs Steve Jordeau visited friends from Woonsocket while Dr Crane aided in care for Will Ryans ill daughter. Rev Sage led protracted schoolhouse meetings at Letcher as Literary Society postponed. Washingtons birthday holiday observed. Letcher flag removed midday to prevent birthday theft.
The section notes busy farmers plowing and dragging while social events unfold. Visitors arrive from Canton Mitchell and Bridgewater, with Miss Lizzie Sherman and Miss Laura McDowell among attendees. A Demorest Medal Contest, debates on Prohibition, and a play titled Out in the Streets draw crowds as residents plan auctions and movements to new homes and jobs.
The Taylor Committee opens with arrests after a surge of talk during the investigation. TP McCoy and attorneys Tenney McChesney Wells and McCoy face conspiracy charges to rob the state of 867000. A bill to raise supreme and circuit judges' salaries dies in the senate after grueling debate. The house opposition cites crop failures and low prices. John Anderson returns from the Sioux reservation reporting winter stock losses and poor grazing conditions nearby.
A Canton youth, George Davie, killed himself Saturday night due to unrequited love. He shot himself in the temple on a step at the young woman’s home, leaving her nearly prostrated and said to be unaware she caused the act.
On July 30 1888 Christopher Sr and Betsy Christopher mortgaged 160 acres in the NE quarter of Sec 29 T104 R62 W5th P.M. Davison County SD to Arthur T Wright. Defaulted. the total due 486.83 plus attorney fees. Foreclosure sale at the Davison County Court House Mitchell SD on April 13 1895 at 10:15 AM. Mortgagee Arthur T Wright. attorney 4 E Hirenoc?
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