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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
11
Ravena and surrounding communities report persistent winter feel despite March. notes on outings, local people visiting Mitchell, farms rented, school officers named, upcoming auctions and entertainments, and various small-town happenings across multiple nearby towns.
Government station observer Huyck reports a tabulated weekly temperature range ending March 29 with a dash indicating subzero readings. The fragment also contains an advertisement praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for chronic diarrhoea and a butter flavoring product sold by Mitchell Manufacturing Co.
In Frankfort Street and Paris Row dealers quarrel over a dropped dime as a Bowery youth mediates a side deal offering a nickel to return it and six cents for taking action. A nearby policeman arrives and detains the offender for disorderly conduct at the station house.
An 80 year old Exeter businessman famed for punctual travel habits inspired a tale from Harper's Round Table. A Cornish innkeeper refused a duck to a traveler insisting it was reserved for Mr Scott at 2 o'clock. The traveler, certain Scott was not present, watched as the old man arrived precisely at the appointed time.
A professor known for long lectures faces a noon alarm prank by students who place a clock on his desk. The alarm sounds to applause, and the professor credits the gift as a birthday reminder, noting it will benefit his servant and wife. The tale ends with the lecture resuming after the interruption. Insect notes follow, detailing wingbeat frequencies of flies bees and tired bees.
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