Local County Paper Details Trustees and Community Plans
Fragmentary report notes seven trustees will handle a community matter with Miss Helen Gould excluded. Mentions dates, places, and names unclear due to garbled text.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
13
Fragmentary report notes seven trustees will handle a community matter with Miss Helen Gould excluded. Mentions dates, places, and names unclear due to garbled text.
Evangelist Johnson leads a great wave of religious enthusiasm with over 200 people from Groton arriving by special train to join evening services. More than 2,000 fill the auditorium where a baptism of fire frightened worshippers as the stage caught fire, seen as an omen by attendees. Johnson appears adept at guiding sinners toward repentance.
The piece proposes a mutual promotional scheme between Chicago advertisers and Mitchell publications. It notes Chicago’s upcoming corn exposition and urges Chicago dailies to back Mitchell’s corn palace while Mitchell media backs Chicago’s event, framing it as reciprocity and a chance to help both regions.
The piece notes a massive $300 million drop in listed securities, with uncertainty over the cause. It mentions money costs rising to 25 percent and a late rescue by Secretary Cortelyou as the market teetered toward panic. It argues for safer business foundations to restore public esteem.
Aberdeen Milwaukee company to invest about 100000 this season with extensive work planned in Mitchell while Pierre sees North Western progress. Legislative aftermath, local receptions for Yankton officials, and disputes over contingent funds cloud regional politics as paving bids trigger tension in Aberdeen and Mitchell.
In a blunt assertion, Representative Longworth states the president will not be a candidate for a third term. He counters ex-Congressman Martin who claimed Roosevelt might decline the nomination in 1808, insisting Roosevelt will not run.
The Huronite critiques five clergymen who prayed for the South Dakota legislature calling the effort a waste of money. Yet it notes the $1 050 cost this year versus $600 previously and suggests the extra was a small reward for the legislature revoking his railroad reduced fares.
The city faced a failed $35,000 bond sale to Chicago bankers for a municipal electric lighting plant due to a technicality. Chicago financiers refused to fund, forcing a new election if the project proceeds. Gas lighting prevails for residents while only business areas enjoy arc lights amid local opposition and possible injunctions.
Baseball clubs finish summer training and begin the season on April 11 in a bid for the National and American leagues pennants. Fans await scores and outcomes as weaker clubs bolster for tougher competition, with many predicting Chicago will again hoist the pennants.
He argues commissions of various states must operate in harmony and with understanding of each other. They should fix state rates in cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission to assess the effect on interstate rates. He calls this a business method for railroads and says the actual cash value of roads must be established before rate making.
The author notes ongoing flood conditions around Vermillion and Meckling with continuing Missouri River inflow. He warns half the damage may be unseen as farmers in southern parts face enormous losses that may erase years of work. He urges government action and funding for river and harbor protection to prevent future losses to nearby residents.
Captain H. H. Collard was commissioned by Governor Crawford to continue as county game warden. He will appoint ten deputies across the county to protect game resources, a role he has held successfully for several years with broad hunter support.
J A Harmon of Sizemore West Virginia reports finding a perfect pill that never disappoints and recommends Dr Kings New Life Pills for torpid liver and chronic constipation. Guaranteed satisfactory at Diehl and Brown Druggists for 25 cents.
Notice from Butte Montana dated February 25 1907 states a meeting of the Montana Standard Mining Company stockholders on Monday April 1 1907 at 8 p m at the No 35 Lewisohn Block office in Butte to elect seven trustees consider a consolidation with another company and address other business as needed by order of President R W Charlton.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.