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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
9
Subscription and advertising rates listed for AR MITCHELL CAPITAL and Mitchell Printing Co. Poecopy and other period rates shown. business cards, locals, and legal ads priced. marriage and death notices are published free of fee. FRIDAY MARCH 18 1904.
A Vermillion column mocks a Pierre boom talk sparked by a Sioux City Journal dispatch claiming five lumber loads from Pierre spurred Presho growth. The piece satirically questions the hype, joking about highway wagons, hotel bustle, and Pierre hardware, while noting the exaggerated booster rhetoric.
Sioux Falls notes traveling salesmen back Mitchell for the capital, citing business influence and better accessibility and hotel facilities. They say Pierre lacks population plus rail and hotel services, making Mitchell the stronger choice for legislators and supporters.
The passage extols Mitchell as a good town with improving hotel facilities and easy rail access. It highlights connections on the Milwaukee and Omaha systems and claims Mitchell offers superior railroad facilities outside Sioux Falls. The text argues for Mitchell as an ideal capital site for accessibility and broad public benefit.
The Sioux Falls Press cites government weather bureau data on 1903 rainfall across South Dakota. Extreme southwest counties received over 30 inches, while other regions ranged from 12 to 35 inches with pockets of surplus and shortage. Overall moisture favored some areas but left others lacking for year-round agriculture.
Brookings Register questions why Mitchell avoids pressuring Washington to open the Rosebud reservation to settlement. Kimball Graphic counters that Mitchell would welcome it, arguing no state capital is needed to spur settlers and asserting Gregory county’s soil and rainfall compare favorably with eastern counties.
About 75 000 people seek 2 500 quarter sections at 500 dollars each in Pierre's agricultural district. Five year terms on land await claimants, with millions of acres available at 50 cents per acre and no questions asked.
The piece argues that the capital should be moved toward the state center, with Mitchell favored over Pierre for a permanent capital. It notes Mitchell’s central location, widespread support, and historical sentiment that Pierre is far from the population core, urging capital relocation to Mitchell.
The article reports broad favorable comment on Congressman Martins anti trust resolution now before a house committee. It notes a Chicago Record Herald critique urging federal regulation if trusts threaten consumer interests and price control. It discusses packers price fixing allegations and calls for a commerce department inquiry. Hollister's Rock Mountain Tea ad concludes.
Mary accuses John of being the town fool and John retorts with a jab about his late mother’s view. The exchange reveals marital tensions with sharp humor and implied history between the couple.
Scul lin Bros advertise Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic to revitalize the system this spring with options of tea or tablets priced at 3d cents.
A visitor checks on a friend in hospital and learns the patient is badly hurt. The patient confirms the doctor called him a beautiful case, indicating a striking or serious condition.
A Beaumelle line notes that among two heroes the greater value is the one who esteems his loyal companions most, reflecting a chivalric ethic of loyalty and leadership.
A series of stage moves and engagements. Diff Puff Poot will open at the Casino in New York with Virginia Earl in the cast. Richard Mansfield plans seven plays during his New York engagement. London productions include Love's Pilgrimage and Merely Mary Ann with multiple star casts and tours by Shubert and Zimmermann.
A compact set of ethical maxims urging courage and effort. It cautions against yielding to present pleasure, notes that prosperity in evil is a misfortune, and stresses the value of silent wisdom, shared burdens, and decisive action. It ends with a call to have the will to do and the soul to dare.
Walter Witherill takes charge at J F Howland stock farm in Paris Maine. Philadelphia riders have spent 200000 in six months for trotting horses. Oscar L. J Grady Ardmore Pa broke a leg after a slip and was destroyed. Emmett Rowan joins Roy Miller staff at Dr Mc Coys Delaware farm. H Ek Devereux to prepare Peko for matinee season. she has won more heats than any Cleveland matinee trotter. Scott Hudson buys Fred McClurg from Float Jolly Tipton Ind for 6500 dollars.
The reading cites varied quips about Russia Japan and science while noting a heated capitol committee room and a Baltimore reporter who stayed at his desk as lore. It reviews a string of light editorial lines from newspapers including Washington Star St Louis Republic Omaha World-Herald and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tiny gold buttons trim silk waists and belts accompany afternoon gowns. Pear shaped spangles brighten handsome gowns while gold threads appear in new braids. Collar and cuff sets feature eyelet embroidery or English cutwork. Trimming is pushed off the shoulders with sleeves becoming ruffled masses to the wrists.
Fortunes may be told by cards but often lost by them. Women have two friends one who tells secrets and one to whom she tells secrets. The piece contrasts thinking a lot of yourself with thinking of yourself a lot and notes many people fall into the ranks of the also rans while trying to keep up with running expenses.
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