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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1892
Page
7
Local notice lists Mitchell Capital and Mitchell Printing Co as property holders. Details on ownership claims or transfers are not fully legible in the provided text. Further readable lines would clarify the actions, dates, and involved parties.
Ad listing subscription options with prices in advance and short terms. Mentions club with leading publications and address changes. Advises sending correspondence to the office early on Monday. Notes papers sent outside the state will be discontinued at expiration of time paid.
TO ADVERTISERS Advertising rates given on application and will be found reasonably low. Business Cards not exceeding six lines five dollars per year. Each additional line eleven pence. Business Locals five cents per line. Legal Advertisements at Statute Rites. Cards of Thanks ten cents per line. Marriage and Death Notices published free of charge. Obituaries Resolutions of Respect and Wedding presents five cents per line.
The column surveys 1892 era debates with Cleveland denial of presidential ambitions, Harper's Weekly alignment with Republican policy, and a looming campaign mood. It notes Prohibition as an Iowa issue with Mayor Pierce pledging saloon closures after the Gates bill failed, while tariff discussions echo 1896 campaign rhetoric.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling, in a 3 Democrats to 2 Republicans majority, declares the gerrymandering law from the last Democratic legislature unconstitutional. The decision is expected to curb a practice long used by both parties and prompts an extra meeting of the Independent state committee led by Hassell and Boss Loucks opposing the move.
The rank and file of the Republicans of South Dakota show enthusiasm for Harrison. At the Chamberlain convention federal office holders on the ground opposed instructions, while farmers and allied men, who have had no special favors, put aside other considerations to secure a fair expression of the sentiments of the delegates' constituents.
The narrative accuses Sullivan and deputies of steering contracts to favor Senator Pettigrew in delegates for the national convention. Governor Mellette and administration figures are said to oppose this, with hints that disrupting Sullivan and Pettigrew allies could influence delegate outcomes. The piece notes Sullivan as a trusted lieutenant to Mellette.
Harper's Weekly notes the March local elections in New York yielded significant Republican gains. In Senator Hill’s city, his favored candidate lost to a union of Republicans and Cleveland Democrats. The piece argues the Democratic schism and Albany Washington maneuvers predict serious trouble for the party come November.
The piece weighs 1888 patterns of party support and independent sentiment, questioning whether Cleveland can win with unity and noting intraparty intrigue. It notes the McKinley bill and Reed rulings as brightening Republican prospects and suggests spring straw polls may signal but not fix November outcomes.
South Dakota editors urge Harrison renomination as the favored choice for president at Minneapolis. Kimball Index notes eight delegates from Chamberlain, while Hot Springs Star and Yankton Press predict Harrison’s solid lead, with Beatrice and Mitchell reports on party maneuvers and a governor candidacy statement from Geo A Silsby. Beatrice Democrats report the death of Ton Geo G Everitt at Excelsior Springs Mo.
Neighborhood items report Tyner moving to Cheney farm and Rev Greenlet hosting meetings at Cox school house. Miss Wrights scholars social at Peck school house. Demorest medal contest planned there. cake social for District No. 1 on March 18 for school benefit. Donation to Rev Berg praised. wind damage and prairie fire losses noted. many local residents mentioned with travels, jobs, and visits.
The funeral for Joseph Wheaton, killed while coupling at Charter Oak on the Milwaukee road, was held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Services were led by Rev. Mather Farley, with many relatives and friends present. Wheaton’s wife and family, including five brothers and three sisters, were notified and attended when possible.
A fragment recounts a claim that cleansing consoles the ill, urging syrup of pigs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a cure. Separately, Henry Phillipson of Lisbon township lost his dwelling, barns, and granaries to a Friday fire with no insurance.
World reports Colonel Daniel Lamont, ex-president Cleveland’s private secretary, gravely ill at his New York home for two weeks. He has declined rapidly over six months, with doctors attending daily. Lamont, born February 9, 1851, rose from a reporter to a business magnate earning near $100,000 yearly, now near death in a lengthy illness.
In dian Inspector Dissney has been at Crow Creek agency for ten days examining charges of fraud and irregularity by the Indian agent and his son, the issue clerk. If substantiated, all implicated may be dismissed. Dissney previously uncovered irregularities at Cheyenne agency.
G W Jones of Cleveland Ohio reports his wife suffered three years with scrofula sores on the back and could not sleep. After exhaustive doctors and even a trip to England, all failed until one box of Curicula Remedies cured her completely. He endorses Curicula Remedies as the only effective treatment.
Mrs. R. A. Woodford of Beatterwood, Sr. reports a ten-year ear scrofula sore healed in a few days after trying CuriculA. She says she has had no trouble since and praises Curicuna remedies as unexcelled for the diseases claimed to cure.
The advertisement touts Curicura Remedies as the greatest skin cures and blood purifiers, highlighting Curicura Resolvent as an internal purifier and Curicura as a skin remedy. It asserts Curicura Bear externally purifies skin and hair, curing every skin, scalp, and blood disease from infancy to old age when other doctors and remedies fail.
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