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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1903
Page
11
Rates listed for advertising including business cards up to iz lines at $6 per year plus $1 per extra line, legal ads at prevailing rates, and death notices, obituaries, and resolutions of respect priced per line. Notices mention free grace for certain items and new address change procedures.
Friday March 27 1903 Yankton businessmen push for a new canning plant with a promoter seeking local citizen aid. South Dakota has raised over 1000 dollars for Finland relief, sent to the people there via rural school exhibit contributions from country precincts.
Mitchell plans a cordial reception for President Roosevelt on April 6 with arrangements being made for a gala day. The Yankton Press and Dakotan may revise its statements on the president's local itinerary. A state law bans professional jurors and requires sheriffs to report any such attempts to the court.
The ex mayor pleads not guilty to seven bribery charges from Minneapolis courts. If he seeks to remain free, a bond of 18000 dollars must be posted, a sum reportedly easy to raise given earlier reports of a possible 50000 dollar bond.
The Vermillion spring election is expected to crown Editor Dan Worth as mayor after strong Republican club backing. If Billy Colvin of the Plain Talk resists, Worth is seen as the likely winner, potentially granting the Press association freer access when Vermillion hosts them next winter.
A Burdick murder witness testified that Arthur J. Pennell was the killer, but Pennell was slain days earlier, shocking Buffalo. The coroner's jury probes the case as Burdick’s family endures rigorous questioning with little new light.
Missouri Supreme Court issued a sharp ruling against five leading meat packing firms finding an unlawful price fixing conspiracy. The decision, pursued by Attorney General Crow, follows a May court order requiring appearance before Judge Burgess to answer anti trust charges. The firms face fines for violating Missouri trust laws.
The article notes a threat to stop selling in Missouri unless firms agree within thirty days. It claims New York Insurance Press reports about $750,000 in profits drawn from South Dakota patrons over ten years, possibly underestimating totals. Legislature enacted precautionary steps to safeguard residents, with two years to test effectiveness.
In Charles Mix county a political fight pitted Bret Davis of the Platte Epitome against Irving H. Welch. Welch attacked Davis after the editor invaded his home with strong articles, delivering a thrashing when Welch defended his family.
The anthracite coal commission calls for a 10 percent general wage rise and shorter working hours. It urges future disputes be settled by arbitration and bans discrimination based on union membership. Awards stay in force to March 31, 1906, with back pay starting Nov 1 and due by June 1. No strike suspensions are to occur to avoid coal famines. The miners union received no official recognition.
A Washington dispatch outlines treaty terms granting duty free entry for Cuban and U S merchandise in some cases while applying 20 percent reductions on other Cuban imports and US goods into Cuba. It bars US concessions on US tobacco and limits sugar imports and preferential rates while the treaty lasts.
The document outlines that changes in tariffs by either nation may threaten the treaty’s effectiveness through denouncement with six months notice. A new treaty can be negotiated in certain events. If not denounced, the treaty lasts five years from effect, ten days after ratifications, then auto renews yearly until one year’s notice to terminate.
Bridgewater votes for 10000 bond issue to fund a water works system, ending years without fire protection. Beresford reports two suspects from Parker jailed over a Menno hardware store robbery with stolen goods found. Roubaix to establish a local newspaper soon after John H. Skinner arrives with press. Manion forms a baseball club and seeks regional league support amid summer fever. Aberdeen penitentiary sentences: McDonald alias Murray two and a half years, Wilmoth fifteen months for theft. Plankinton grants N H Berens a franchise for a new telephone system. work to start when weather allows. Lennox Catholics near raising funds to build a $2000 priest residence with broad non Catholic support.
Mrs. Nichols, injured the day before, inspired singers as accompanist while Miss Myrtle Lee wowed with a soprano solo. Hazel Lathrop played piano as Miss Lee earned applause, and local businesspeople contributed to the library carnival which raised 170.60 at the opera house and 142 from businessmen. Expenses were about 50, leaving a 260 balance for the book fund.
Judge Parker of New York voted for Bryan in 1896 amid the silver issue turmoil. He is portrayed as a court of appeals judge who avoids politics, an asset to conservatives, yet capable of supporting party labels. Lewis Nixon calls him an ideal democratic presidential candidate.
Mr. C. B. Wingfield of Fair Play Missouri credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with dramatic relief after thirty five years of chronic dysentery. Sold by L O Gale druggist.
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