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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
12
Mitchell items report local business chatter and social notes. real estate moves and leases, character profiles, and a focus on local politics. a baseball score, a missionary guest, and a medical ad appear amid town chatter and shop promotions.
McClure's Magazine will publish an authoritative April article on Dr. Parkhurst detailing his life and his war against official protection of vice and crime in New York City. The issue will include portraits and a larger Human Documents section featuring Henry Drummond Andrew Carnegie and Millen Terry, expanding by three or four pages.
A Carthage NY report notes F W Whitman dies in Mitchell SD and wife Etta Emmes returns to Carthage as family plans a permanent move. Ida M Sherman evangelist fuels revival at Sioux Falls First Baptist. A state health board backs general vaccination for schoolchildren, urging cooperation from teachers and doctors. Mitchell Coursing Club names William Fox Kinney judge for April 17, with Kinney winning by 43 votes. A Congregational conundrum social at Mrs D B Millers yields prizes to Miss Gilbert and Miss Nora Harker for 24 correct answers amid bad weather. An ad urges Hood's Sarsaparilla over substitutes and promotes summer undergarments at Ferguson's.
West Superior Wis March 15 Fire gutted the Doud barrel factory and cooper shop after starting in a dry kiln destroying buildings and contents Forty coopers at work escaped with their lives some seriously burned or injured jumping to the ice twenty feet below Loss on building and stock about 25000 with 9000 insurance The second blaze in a year Several men badly injured listed by name with various burns fractures and internal injuries
The Chicago telephone exchange manager issued a new edict mandating that the main office girls wear skirts three inches above the floor to keep dust from the instruments. Workers complain of hardship, saying they can cut wages before shortening skirts. The manager cites dust control and patron disruption as reasons.
Minneapolis dispatch reports that the Floyds face possible escape due to the December term closing without full business completed. Judge Hicks adjourned sine die without consulting peers, delaying sentence until the next term which starts next month. The incident raises questions about custody and proceedings. A separate note from Boise state details a 24 hour washout on the Oregon Short Line near Windoka halting travel, with repairs expected later today.
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