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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1888
Page
6
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Friday March 4 1558 description depicts Mitchell South Dakota as a growing manufacturing and trading center with 4000 population six churches a bank offices and a $15000 packing plant. RailroadsKansas City Saint Paul and others serve the town with quarries and a court house planned for 30000. September 25 30 invites manufacturers wholesalers to relocate and invest in Mitchell with strong farming surroundings and railway facilities.
John H. King reports Senator Allison as a warm Dakota ally while capitalists acquire 25000 dollars of Aberdeen Bismarck Northwest railroad adjacent land near Jamestown. The Huronite links Allison to the presidential race though many Dakota Republicans refuse to vote for him. Peter Conan remains a claimed territory resident planning to stay.
Editor Owen sets a policy in the Chamberlain Register requiring parties to sign communications or provide their names before publication. He notes prior instances of attributed authorship and states the intention to insist on identifiable authors, though not all names may appear in print.
The Dakota Farmer issue for March expands to twenty pages with practical articles by Dakota farmers. Topics include dairying cow selections pig care field corn starting a creamery potatoes native plums of the northwest stock and the silo with construction hints and a home department. Subscription is $1 per year to W. F. T. Bushnell Huron Dakota.
The lower house passage of the Sions reservation bill offers a hopeful sign for Dakota prospects. Supporters like Delegates Gilford and figures such as King Kleiner Pettigrew thank South Dakotans for backing a measure seen to revive prosperity, extend railroads into the Black Hills, and unite distant parts toward statehood and growth. The measure could boost Mitchell Chamberlain Vierre and their communities by opening new political and economic doors.
The minority warns the omnibus bill offers no assurance that Dakota and other territories will be promptly admitted after meeting conditions. It notes past territories gained statehood without enabling acts and questions whether the Springer Johnson plan moves Dakota closer to admission, while commenting on local political endorsements and memory of past conventions.
A Chamberlain correspondent urges Judge Palmer as a Dakota delegate candidate. The writer argues for treating him as a private citizen to hear his personal views on key Dakotan issues. Capt. Clinton Sears reports on Missouri Yellowstone and James rivers, noting the James is a crooked 1000 mile river and not worth surveying for navigation.
The Cari fight moves toward the House seating as Mr Mills jaca reform bill is due for discussion on the fifteenth inst. The article notes upcoming debate and legislative action in the representative chamber.
Local merchants threaten to cut trade with Sioux City in response to Sioux City’s bid to secure the Manitoba road, harming cross border commerce and regional cooperation.
Town leaders react with optimism as the Sioux reservation bill moves through the house amid talks of new land deals and a gated boom. Frank Goodykoontz John Stearns and P. P. McGovern celebrate potential profits while investors eye brick storefronts and rental offices. The anticipated opening could lift land values and spur west-side development near Chamberlain.
An elderly physician claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis and other lung disorders plus a radical cure for nervous debility. He says after testing it in thousands of cases he now sends the recipe free by mail in German French or English to any reader of this paper upon request to VW A Noyes Rochester NY.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Mitchell post office for the week ending February 27. Names include Anna, Bosch, Clogston C M, Cross, Downs, Pinkham, Penock, and WamugEn. Callers must say advertised. uncalled letters are to be forwarded to the dead letter office after two weeks.
Nature's own true laxative. It is the easiest to take and most effective remedy to cleanse the system when Bilious or Costive. Dispels headaches, colds and fevers, cures habitual constipation, indigestion, piles, etc. Manufactured only by the California Pig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For sale by S. IL Seallin.
An Arkansas periodical invites readers to subscribe for three months at thirty cents to D. C. Ludwig in Clarksville. The notice highlights fine fruit and vegetable farming lands and a mild healthy climate as selling points.
Twelve acres under cultivation with a story and a half house, barn and granary and a well. Inquire of Mrs Vanden burg at the corner of West First Street and Rowley Street opposite Sanborn house.
To The Public N. K. Vaulkner dealer in hardware will hereafter give goods out of his stock for rags copper old rubber boots and shoes scrap iron both wrought and cast and allow fair prices.
An old time advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped lips chilblains corns and all skin eruptions It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 24 cent price per box and lists L O Gale as the seller.
A Crange's listing advertises a song titled Sing It Song of the Great Blizzard noting thirteen were saved. The item is described as beautiful and priced at 40e.
In the House, McMillen of Tennessee presided as committee of the whole considers two Indian policy bills. One ratifies an agreement with Grosventer Wiegan Blackfeet and River Crow in Montana. The other divides the Sioux reservation into smaller parcels. An amendment requires railroads Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Dakota Central to build within three years or lands revert to the government. The committee rose and the bills passed before adjournment.
J. J. Davis, constable, J. I. Taylor, roadmasters, 5. A. Comstock, 1st dist., J.B. Davis, 2d dist., J. S. Wilson, 3d dist., Ira Ledyard, 4th dist.
M. M. Rowley received his commission and took possession of the land office after an afternoon transfer from Register Everitt. The office relocates to R. F. Alterton's block, with Everitt, Smith, Winsor remaining, Singiser and Smith assisting. Rowley vows to uphold settlers' rights while maintaining vigilance for the government.
Special to the Sioux City Journal from Chamberlain Dakota and Mason City Iowa reports May Allen secured the contract to build 170 miles of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul extension from Chamberlain through the Black Hills. Locals along the route expect a large exodus if the western reservation opens to settlers.
Western Loan and Trust company of this city received a diploma and silver medal from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic association for its Dakota products exhibit at last year’s exposition. The prize includes a steel engraving diploma and a solid silver medal with a six inch diameter, sealed by the association.
Movements for residents near Pleas ant Ridge include W F Mombly moving from a river homestead three miles west to Mr Pingry’s nearby. Schools of L Pine and Mrs Wright closed March 2 with a fine program of dialogues, tableaux, singing, and speaking. Mrs W A DeKay returned to White Lake after a month with Nabinger’s. The Phillipses’ 20th marriage anniversary gathering produced few guests due to storm. Sunday school attendance was eighteen on March 4. A spelling school and a debate on women’s rights are planned for March 18 at Phisen Ridge archives house. Jurt is expected home from Iowa this week.
Mr M Booth and soon Mr W C Booth arrive from Whiteside County Illinois to Mitchell to take over the established Chandler Bros hardware business. Stock is taken Saturday and a formal transfer follows. I G Chandler's plans are undetermined.
The advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, gentle laxative for families, claiming it cleanses the system and helps dispel colds headaches and fevers. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. in San Francisco and distributed locally by I. Seallin.
Students at the university show strong interest in the oratorical contest to be held at Koch's Opera House on March suth. Contestants strive to win the honor of representing the university at Sioux Falls, with a full house expected. Hood's Sarsaparilla extols its blood purification and strength building benefits as a reliable remedy. An Armour Tribune note suggests Mitchell improve its depot ambiance to impress visitors. Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup promises refund if relief is not experienced.
A local druggist promotes Beggs Blood Purifier and Blood Waker as a universal household remedy. The product is claimed to have no calomel or quinine and thus no adverse effects, with a steady supply kept in stock.
The ticket was chosen March 6 at the annual town meeting with near unanimous support. Elected were O. S. Burke as chairman C. Sanders I. D. Tyler as town clerk W. I. Swett as assessor E. Swartont as treasurer H. N. Cox as justice of peace.
Notice announces rental availability at the Arlington House hotel recently rebuilt. Inquiries directed to Joan Gleason.
Champeny Bros announces spring fashion with new dress lines and a shoe sale on March 14. The paper notes local events including a Masonic party, land patents list, and a notable final proof notice for George H. Stevenson.
Alonzo W. Woodworth and Miss Gay Glass of Alexandria wed at the Sanborn house on March 1 1888 with Rev S J Winegar officiating. The couple plans to live ten miles north of Alexandria on Mr Woodworths farm in Hanson County and friends extend congratulations.
An advertisement claims a single medicine acts directly on the lungs blood and bowels and relieves a cough instantly with time curing. It credits IL Scanuin Druggist and urges readers to send ten cents to the American Publishing Company Philadelphia for a book titled The Weird and Wonderful Story of SHE Adventures in the Caves of Kor.
The note praises a four volume set from the Seaside Library. It invites readers to seize the opportunity to enjoy a captivating story acclaimed by leading papers and magazines.
Mr GC Morris of Newark Arkansas says a lung abscess left him incurable until Dr King's New Discovery for consumption helped him regain health after three bottles. Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Illinois credits the remedy with saving his life after doctors gave up. Sample bottles offered free at Gale's drug store.
An ad lists Sililoi's Caltarra remedy for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth sold by Gale, plus Shilol's Vitalizer and various cures for digestion dizziness and cough. It also promotes Drs Starkey and Palen offering a free 200 page book by mail and claims compound oxygen strengthens health with home treatment and cheap loans for property.
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