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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
10
The Republican editor notes strong inquiries about a 1910 Mitchell band this summer. He urges business leaders to fund three to four clarinet players and reorganize the group early, promising a city creditable band if backed, and warning little can be done without assistance as street concerts attract both locals and visitors.
Report from Pierre clarifies a supposed law banning football did not pass the Senate or become law. Senate member O L Branson states the measure failed, leaving gridiron practices free when educational institutions resume in the fall.
Good for father. Good for mother. Good for the whole family. Makes the children eat, sleep and grow. Rocky Mountain Tea is a family blessing. 35 cents. S. H. Scallin. Christmas Gives Tree Value. A balsam fir once deemed inferior now gains value with the growing Christmas tree trade.
A farmer’s wife treats her churn to scalding and sun bath to keep butter sweet. The article equates stomach digestion to churning and warns that a sour stomach taints the body. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcohol remedy to cleanse the stomach.
For sale or trade after selling a farm. Exchange for stock desired with 1 horse harness new survey 2 buggies wagon gang plow tulky plow harrow feeder corn planter check rower 2 cultivators new disc binder feed mill faw mill 1 milk cans and other tools. Inquire H. J. Snow No 310 East 7 St.
An eight room house is offered for sale at 406 Feast Third Street. The notice lists the property and address for prospective buyers.
The Mitchell Printing Co. has secured Geo W Atkinson Son to canvass the county for new Capital subscribers. Many newcomers have moved into the area and an effort will gather their names as subscribers. A liberal no cost offer is detailed on another page. Mr. Atkinson is trusted and will begin canvassing this week.
Rev C F DeGroff of Letcher will lecture at Bethel church on Wednesday evening March 18. Public is cordially invited. A basket social will follow the lecture with ladies asked to bring a basket of eatables.
The item touts Kodol as a rest for a weak stomach, claiming digestion is eased by the product which relieves the stomach of work and helps restore normal tone and strength. It frames the remedy as enervating or energizing, with promotional language and an endorsement by H. C. DeWitt.
T White announces a large stock sale featuring 84 head of good grade Hereford cattle and farm property six miles south of Mitchell on March 30. Free lunch available and everyone is invited. SE 21-102-60.
The article traces lifeboat history from Lionel Lukin's early design to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution founded in 1828. It notes 113 years since the first launch, 30 lifeboats by 100 years ago, and 44 000 rescues since the charity began. It mentions disasters in 1849 and prize contests by the Duke of Northumberland and James Beeching.
Life incomes are claimed from small mining securities with no reason you cannot succeed by investing in The Freeland Extension Milling and Mining Co. It produces and ships ore and stock costs twenty five cents per share with dividends in sight. For details contact John Walrath secretary Mitchell South Dakota and James A L Wilson manager Idaho Springs Colorado.
A St Louis Republic note cites corn as a versatile crop with over forty edible and usable products from the grain and stalks. It reports experiments showing pith from cornstalks can be chemically processed into strong paper, offering a rural alternative to wood pulp to protect forests.
In Crezieres near Poiteres France elementary pupils refused to attend classes demanding the dismissal of headmaster M. Cail. Parents backed the move and petitioned the government for an official inquiry, which the government has agreed to send.
The Spectator calls Richard Strauss the premier modern instrumentalist, louder and more complex than predecessors, indebted to Wagner yet challenging his doctrines, likening him to Corky’s relation to Tolstoy and aligning with Nietzsche’s philosophy.
A London newspaper notes that despite supposed traffic excellence, nearly eighty people die weekly on city streets. It cites ninety non natural deaths last week, including one homicide, eight suicides, and eighty one from accidents or negligence, totaling about 4,000 highway fatalities annually.
The German emperor marks three decades as a sportsman with an official tally of 44 443 game taken. The well documented record underscores Germany's pride in statistics and royal sporting exploits.
A.M. Miller weighed a small ant and a dead grasshopper it dragged to its nest. The grasshopper weighed sixty times more than the ant, so the ant’s pulling force equates to a 150 pound man moving 4.5 tons or a 1200 pound horse pulling 36 tons.
The steel and concrete submarine hotel near Perdim on the south coast of France draws many visitors each summer. Large plate glass windows let guests view submarine life to six fathoms while surface machinery pumps air and vents foul air through draft tubes.
Arrangements are underway in Concord Massachusetts to mark the centennial of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s birth on May 25. The Social Circle, longtime member since 1838, has formed a committee to prepare the program with morning exercises for children at the town hall and afternoon events at the Unitarian church.
A historical remark states that prosperity grew when five carriages served each hundred people in England, and now the ratio stands at seventeen per hundred. The snippet highlights urban wealth and transportation expansion.
Ballington Booth recalls a woman who testified to her conversion while with the Salvation Army. She admitted vanity and worldly pleasures, especially fashions, silk and jewelry, and said she surrendered them to her sister to avoid being dragged down to perdition.
The laws passed this session will be printed by the State Publishing Company in Pierre South Dakota. Send one dollar to prepaid orders for the official edition priced at three dollars, half sheep or three dollars and fifty cents for full sheep. Queen Exhibits Bantams at Barnstable with eight bantam varieties on display.
Dr. King's New Life Pills promised to cure indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and all stomach liver and bowel troubles. Millions are always at work night and day and the ad promotes the product as easy pleasant safe and sure for 25 cents at S. H. Scallin's drug store.
An advertisement asserts a weak stomach cannot digest food or restore health without Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It claims the tonic cleanses the stomach glands and membranes and cures indigestion and related stomach troubles, endorsed by L. O Gale.
Notice to creditors and all persons having claims against the estate of Charles H Elliott deceased. Executor Harry H Baird requests claims with vouchers within four months of first publication. Claims to be shown at FA Bidwell 122 Main Street Mitchell Davison SD. Dated March 7 1903 H Bann Executor of the will of Charles Elliott
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