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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
2
The Mitchell Capital notes Sioux Falls expects to profit from a state act enabling electric railroad building. The law targets Sioux Falls now and may aid other towns later. Also mentions Senator Smoot of Utah and his polygamy issue at the Senate opening.
The legislature is discussed as raising incorporation fees to increase state revenue beyond what was achieved. An example cites the Chicago and North Western Railroad expanding capital from 36 million to 100 million dollars in Wisconsin, leaving 36 thousand 152 dollars with the secretary of state. If the same fee structure applied here, it would yield about 810 dollars. The note argues burden is similar across states and South Dakota should align with its neighbors.
A playful listing of states and territories as a traveler voices a wandering verse. The poem by T. Rogers Lyons in Brooklyn Eagle weaves geographic names from Minnesota to Alaska into a rambling itinerary. The piece ends with a note to musicians to follow.
A gruff poet questions a card handed by a butler. The reply confirms the barber has arrived with the buying agent of an e hair pillow maker who seeks permission to bid on the surplus hair for the next year.
A Chicago Post quip contrasts courage and folly. It asks how to classify a man who walks into a powder mill smoking a pipe, suggesting that danger can reflect emptiness rather than bravery and that calling him foolhardy would be a compliment.
A Parson defends his sermon as strong in reasoning and forceful in delivery while a Parishioner remarks the issue lies in reaching a conclusion. The exchange appears in a Boston Evening Transcript script noted for witty dialogue.
The Rev Richard Cotton Smith rector of St John’s Episcopal Church in Washington resembles the prize fighter Bob Fitzsimmons in general appearance. The likeness fades when he removes his hat revealing a different head shape from the boxers’ coconut style.
The eighth biennial session in Pierre expired Friday night after sixty days with a record $2,009,000 in appropriations. Special funds include for the World’s Fair, schools, normal schools, asylums, and several state projects. Revenue estimates total about $1,160,000 plus a two mill levy. lawmakers also advance a constitutional amendment for a $5,000 loan, land leasing, and long term investment changes. State fair moves to Huron, capital removal debated, over 200 bills dealt with and governor to review within ten days.
The session saw many amendments to existing laws and a few notable new acts including medical examiners law horse inspection and livestock larceny. Valued policy insurance law and anti compact law drew the most attention while overall activity remained busy with no major sensational changes.
Henry T. Crook of the Asheville Gazette reports sudden relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He contracted rheumatism early last winter from wet feet and, after trying several remedies, found two-thirds of a bottle enough to banish pain. Sold by L. C. Gale, druggist.
Monroe paid his doctor six hundred dollars for curing a cold then bought quinine blankets and whisky signaling the start of Monroe doctoring. The tale says this system made America healthy while other powers trembled.
L G Brown of Granger reports two years of use of Ely Brothers Cream Balm for catarrh improved hearing and clearer speech. He, a local teacher, says the balm does not irritate or cause sneezing and notes it sells for 50 cents or by mail from Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York.
Local inspectors of the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad condemn 2600 box cars and flats as lightweight. The cars will be burned and the iron sold as scrap. A separate notice promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with a free sample at L O Gales drug store and a 25 cent regular size.
Many central London churches sit on prime ground valued at around 1 million dollars yet their Sunday morning congregations total only about a dozen people, with roughly half being American visitors.
Mr C B Wingfield of Fair Play Missouri reports chronic dy sentery relief after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by L O Gale. Ferdinand Protzman Sr a pioneer tin plate manufacturer and longtime industry figure dies in Pittsburg.
L. O. Gale offers a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to anyone seeking a remedy for stomach disorders biliousness or constipation. The ad promotes a new remedy as reliable and effective.
Notice states the Davison county permanent school fund has ten thousand dollars available to loan at five percent. For more information visitors may go to the Office of the County Auditor in Mitchell South Dakota. Dated December 8 1902.
Abstractor Wells lists numerous property transfers in Mitchell and Ethan area towns. Transactions include Gustav Krouse to Julius Lepke, Frank G Wilkins to F A Winsor, multiple LLC and university additions, and several blocks in Mitchell with varying lots sold to buyers such as N L Davison, Richard Barry, and Martha Broadbent.
Prof. Zimmer of Berlin argues that admitting women to compete with men would cause a tremendous rise in female insanity. He notes the percentage of insane women teachers is nearly double that of men teachers.
The New York Post Office reported total business across all kinds including money orders sent and received that last year exceeded $223,000,000.
Two light anecdotes recount King Carlos of Portugal complimenting Landseer and a dog seller remark about cropped ears. A London Lancet note introduces nervocidine, a Hungarian alkaloid local anesthetic from Gasu basu leaves, with anesthesia in the cornea at low concentrations and risks at higher ones, predicting primary dental use.
A British trend sees estate workers pooling funds for substantial wedding gifts such as a house and lot, instead of traditional items. Denver plans mirror-equipped streetcar vestibules to improve passenger safety, while a New York sub treasury officer notes rising use of new bills for wives’ allowances and a Tyrolean mayor discovers envelopes ordered far exceed needs.
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