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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1888
Page
7
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Local ads mention Weil Bros promoting low prices on dry goods hats boots and Butterick patterns. Notes on fence, Hood’s remedies, and several items from area merchants including Miller & Co. and Mitchell Paint & Paper. Community notices include a note on a 2:30 pm meeting and various arrivals and events in Sioux City area.
In a special meeting the city council chose R. P. Hall as marshal after three ballots and Dan Bogart for night-watch following a tied result and mayoral casting vote. The council also fixed the treasurer salary at 30 dollars monthly and exempted the local creamery from taxes for five years. The library report was adopted and the council adjourned.
Sioux Falls district attorney Slannett sought clarity from A A Polk Esq on whether petitions require one third of legal voters or poll list names. Polk replies that the case hinges on names, notes supreme court technicality, and states our county exceeds one third of poll-list names.
The storms show Mitchell's railroad facilities outperforming most Dakota towns. While Watertown, Pierre, Aberdeen and Huron lost trains, Mitchell maintained links to Chicago and the south on Milwaukee via Sioux City and the I D line, and could reach St Paul by L D via Mason City and Austin. Only a few winter days lacked mail and passenger trains.
Tom Burns joins Weil Bros to acquire Fred Gillespie's dray line stake while Frank Owen retains active management. Gillespie plans to move to Hot Springs Black Hills to run a hotel. The firm becomes Owen & Burns and adds the Chamberlain ice houses for the upcoming season.
Territorial Board of Education cannot hold an institute in Davison County this spring due to funding. The board expresses regret and commends teachers for applying ideas from the last institute. A fall institute is planned for September. signed by H. L. Bras, County Superintendent.
An appeal invites readers to subscribe to the Arkansian for three months at thirty cents to O. C. Ludwig in Clarksville Arkansas. The notice promotes Arkansas farming lands and climate.
Mr. D C Gillis has sold the Ethan town site to a Morenci Michigan syndicate headed by Miles Bently Salsbury and Williams, experienced capitalists who plan rapid town development once ground conditions permit.
A grist mill is among enterprises under a new plan with machinery built at Toledo Olio. Miles and Bently will soon be on the ground.
Major Geo. M. Wallace reports daily temperatures from January and February. Eighteen January days were at or below zero and thirteen above. February had eight subzero days and twenty-one above freezing. The coldest day was January 15 at 27 below. The two months averaged 9 degrees above zero combined, with January and February ranges of 61 and 53 degrees respectively. A notable blizzard occurred January 12 followed by a rapid drop to the winter low.
The clothing firm of T J Fosdick adds a handsome two story showcase to its Mitchell store. It is described as the choicest feature yet brought to Mitchell and will repay a visit even if no purchase is made.
The text promotes Syrup of Figs as a delightful liquid fruit remedy aiding habitual constipation digestion and piles. It claims its liquid form pleasing taste harmless nature and strengthening cleansing properties make it a favored family remedy especially for ladies and children. Sold by S. H. Scallin.
The Milwaukee road will resume Sunday trains on the 5th inst to Chamberlain as before marking spring revival in trade and travel. Time changes take effect Sunday with eastbound arriving 3 10 p m and westbound departing 3 25 p m. A special Sunday train runs about the present No 1. The southbound departs 12 45 p m and reaches Sioux City for Chicago connections at 2 25 p m.
A new mileage ticket agreement goes into effect on the Milwaukee and Omaha railroads. Previously travelers on mileage tickets had to show their ticket and write their name for every conductor on trips to Chicago. Now the first conductor will issue the full mileage and hand the passenger a mileage check.
At about 2 a m on Thursday a brief storm brought sleet thunder and lightning. Awake witnesses recalled the eerie display with cautious humor, noting a sign attached to the event that remains to be interpreted.
For Rent notice for the Arlington hotel newly rebuilt. Inquire of Jon n Gleason.
Leonora Turner Stocking, born April 5 1823 in Cayuga County New York, married Charles Stocking in 1846 at Chariton Ohio. The couple moved to Iowa then Mitchell Dakota before returning to Waverly. She died February 19 1888 after a short illness leaving husband daughter and three brothers in mourning. She joined the M E church in 1849 and lived a quiet useful life. Funeral held at M E church with Rev J B Albrook officiating.
St Marys church led by Pastor John H Babcock holds Holy Communion at 11 a m on March 4 the second Sunday in Lent with the lecture The Church is One The rector's class and Sunday school follow the morning service No evening service is planned.
Territorial press discusses a claim that Yankton Episcopal Church installed the first pipe organ in the territory. The piece notes a prior organ, a Baptist church installation more than four years ago, correcting the record.
Many people avoid cod liver oil due to taste yet Scott's Emulsion with hypophosphites makes it as palatable as milk. It is praised as a valuable remedy for consumption scrofula bronchitis general debility wasting diseases in children chronic coughs and colds. Doctors worldwide report young patients take it willingly. Try Scott's Emulsion and be convinced.
Senator Platt introduces a bill to let Sioux Falls vote on city bonds up to 80000 dollars at 6 percent for rights of way and depot grounds for the Wilmar and Sioux Falls and Cherokee and Dakota railroads, running at least twenty years.
End of the Eighth Annual Encampment of the Minnesota G A R reports strong prosperity and growing adjutants. James H Ege elected department commander with Dunn and Compton as senior and junior vice commanders. Delegates to the national encampment chosen. Morris to host next year. Resolutions favor permanent department headquarters and a Minnesota pension agency. Memorial Day to be made a legal holiday by the legislature.
The Minnesota Women’s Relief Corps wrapped up its state session with an all executive closing. At 1:30 p.m. Commander-in-Chief Rea attended and delivered a brief address. Resolutions praised the Soldiers’ Home and extended railroad gratitude.
In Ashland Wisconsin on February 27 a crowd of 1000 paid five dollars each to witness Danny Needham and Jim Conolly fight under two ounce gloves. After six rounds Conolly won by knockout from a left jaw shot with John H. Clark refereeing. Needham was backed by Mike Conley and Paddy McDonald supported Conolly.
A New York diver recounts a day below the Hudson near the Brooklyn Bridge. He describes the river bed as a muddy ooze crowded with wrecked wires and old oil pipes. He notes pollution from sewers and ships, scarce fish, and the grisly reality of finding drowned bodies soon devoured by aquatic scavengers.
The article explains Sorosis as a women’s club in New York focused on culture and intellectual advancement. It notes founders forbade religious debates, kept peace during divisions, and sustained the organization for twenty years despite competing views.
A narrative from S. G. W. Benjamin recalls a Persian servant habit of feigning bereavements to gain leave. Another worker exposed the lie revealing the father collected wages while planning a royal entertainment. The tale ends with the narrator dismissing the deceiver as such ruses grew common and unprofitable.
A wealthy Michigan magnate visiting Wall Street compared traders to a flock of pigeons easily startled by minor reports. He noted his plan to retire at 60 to cut coupons, while another observer warned that aging in stocks and bonds makes one the scariest pigeon of all.
The New York Evening Sun notes the shrinking supply of wild animals affects business. Nubia and upper Egypt, once major depots for giraffes elephants hippos and rhinoceroses, now produce nothing due to regional troubles and the looming Italo Abyssinian war. South Africa depots also close as hunters face long hauls amid widespread extermination by sportsmen.
Benjamin Northrop praises Henry Bergh for twenty two years of work to improve the condition of animals. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has grown into a major benevolent organization with chapters across the United States and beyond. Laws opposing cruelty exist in many states, and related societies have formed to enforce them, with Bergh’s influence extending over fifty years.
A Globe-Democrat item argues buffalo robes defend against northwest blizzard hardships and suggests cattle kings switch to buffalo farming for hides meat and by products. It also reports Rev H L Hanken son and O Semingson visiting Northern Pacific offices to promote a Norwegian colony in Washington Territory.
Washington March 1 The president directed that the new military post at Highwood near Chicago be designated Fort Sheridan in honor of Gen. Sheridan.
Adrian Rexford in American Magazine recounts six U S Army mules and their driver Edward Wesley Williams. From Berryville in 1861 to Petersburg and Richmond campaigns they hauled supplies and carried wounded then endured loss with one mule killed at Petersburg. Williams kept them fed and disciplined through battles and marches.
Trumble in New York News reports an acquaintance who makes a living by inventing devices to catch public fancy. He aims to market black paper and envelopes written on with white ink, a concept urged as a new stationery novelty.
The Paris correspondent to the New York Post notes a century defining shift in psychiatry. Paralysis is identified as origin for many mental disorders linking physical and psychic disturbances. Hereditary taint and various insanity forms are cited as evidence of a broader medical approach.
The U S center of population is near Louisville Kentucky and has moved westward for a century from Baltimore at the century’s start. The next census should push the center further west likely into Illinois, possibly beyond the Mississippi. Eventually twenty one states lie west of the river and twenty six east, ensuring eastern Senate majority.
Reports from Eastern papers claiming the death of George Patrick and five children at a Mandan area school house were false. Authorities confirm none were present that day and no one suffered injuries.
Mack Borne, jailed since August, was acquitted Tuesday in Ashland Wis after being accused of passing a counterfeit five dollar bill altered to fifty at Hurley. The case centered on alleged note tampering and fraud.
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