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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1887
Page
5
Mitchell Capital presents Well Bros notices touting reasonable goods and low prices. Every customer gets value with bargains in dry goods cars clothing boots and shoes. Visit Well Bros to see Butterick patterns and leaders of low prices.
Local items from Mitchell detail new plantings and property sales. Patton loses his horse while Kern and McGovern move projects forward. Churches dedicate a new Congregational church in Columbia with Rev. Wiard assisting Rev. Atkins.
The city undertakes extensive yard and street improvements on east Second street creating a terrace effect. Homes across town gain new trees, lawns, fences, and paths with multiple residents adding landscaping, terraces, and fresh paint. The city park and several properties show notable enhancements as spring work continues.
Reduction of internal revenue and removal of revenue stamps from remedies like Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup lowers cost for consumers and lightens producers’ burden. Increased bottle size adds one fifth more medicine in the 7 cent price tier, while sample bottles stay 10 cents.
Notice announces a meeting of the Davison County board of commissioners at the Mitchell courthouse on Monday May 9 1887 at 9 am to review public highways and conduct any other lawful business. By order of Chairman JK Saint and County Clerk A Platner dated May 2 1887.
A 60 acre pasture with good grass running water and shade trees fenced for us. river forms the principal fence with wire lines. Enquire of J. White Mitchell water mills. Also money to loan on city property and special low rates for brick or stone business blocks.
Karl Bollinger traveling from Menno to Ipswich slept at Mitchell depot. A burly brakeman, John Sullivan, was arrested after search uncovered most of Bollinger’s $44.10 and the Ipswich ticket. Sullivan waived examination and stayed jailed on $500 bond after failure to post.
The county W C T U will hold a gathering at Mt Vernon on Saturday May 7 at 2 pm to unite county workers and plan summer and fall activities. All temperance supporters are invited including Good Templars, not limited to W C T U members.
Rev J N Pardee reports hopeful crop prospects after touring Aurora Bulialo and Jeranld counties. He notes rainfall this spring as the greatest in the elders’ memory. Pardee continues through Douglass Nut hinson and Davison counties and will dedicate Roberts Chapel in Douglass county tomorrow.
The Ys hosted a May Day social at Mrs. A. M. Bowdle's home with Queen Miss J. M. J. Pryne crowned by Miss Beulah Windle and Miss Ollie Prescott. Guests enjoyed arbutus bouquets, readings, songs, and instrumental solos as the society reviewed two years of activity and future prospects.
A large Sunday audience heard Captain Van Etten recount his vast temperance work in Dakota with 800 lectures in three years. He opened with a temperance song and read resolutions from liquor dealer conventions versus temperance gatherings, framing the national fight around the American ballot and asking the audience which side they support.
At a Mitchell fire department meeting last evening committees were named for arrangements reception accommodation and marshal duties. The secretary of the department is asked to serve as secretary of the arrangements committee and to organize early meetings for upcoming work.
The Mitchell choral society, composed of top city vocal talent, plans a concert at Koch's opera house on Tuesday May 10. Proceeds are not for profit. tickets go on sale today at Slammer's for 25 cents general and 85 cents for reserved seats. Additional details will follow.
The report details end of month school activities and metrics. It lists enrollment figures attendance rates and highlights notable events at district schools during April. Data covers several campuses and compares progress against prior month targets.
Real estate records list multiple transfers in Mitchell including W G Bridgman selling west Third street lot to Dr S J Moore, and numerous others such as Henry Ahern selling a stall house to Bert Poster. Various parcels in Bracy and Durfey additions change hands, with prices ranging from 75 to 1600 dollars and specific lot descriptions across blocks and sections.
A notice from Agent McMaster states that trains No.1 and No.4 on the Iowa & Dakota division will run daily starting Saturday May 7. This resolves the weekend eastward gaps that forced passengers to delay departures or endure layovers at Canton or Marion Junction.
At last week's regular meeting the School Board appointed committees: Finance Wallace Windle Dundas. Teachers Wheelock Windle Keith. Grounds and buildings Wallace Wells. Text books Dundas Wheelock Anderson. Supplies Wells Keith. Wallace and Wheelock named a special committee on commencement exercises to work with the superintendent. Grounds committee tasked to secure trees for Arbor Day. Payroll and several bills ordered paid.
The funeral for George S. Bidwell was held Friday afternoon at the Baptist church with Rev. S J Wingard officiating. Pallbearers included F M Goodykoontz Maj Washburn Judge Crow Judge Warren J W Corbin T W D Orswell and Joe Lowyinger. A quartet of Mrs Whittlesey Miss Lester and Messrs Crazy and Peak provided music.
Mr and Mrs Alex Burns welcome a twelve pound baby boy born Tuesday May 3 through the local hospital. The infant joins siblings and is reported in good health with mother resting. A brief birth notice confirms the family announcement and date.
A batch of land office notices lists proof rejections, delay explanations, and residence proof requirements for multiple claimants including John D. Anderson Win KE Cawley Franz Bumstetter Henry E. Martin Chas W Elliott James Steele Christina Stalp Nicolia Larson Thomas Driscoll Geo Summers and others. Also announced are homestead patent issuances ready for delivery to Uri Doolittle Hiram Till Alden Lunt Carl Hoefert and Moses Davenport.
In Justice Court Judge Crow heard two actions on Saturday. J W Zeebe sued Herman Safir for money on contract. Zeebe was represented by J M Adams while Dillon and Preston argued for Safir and the defense succeeded. A separate suit by R D Martin for R K Polk Co against W H Letcher Co sought ad pay in Polk's directory. venue was moved and the case likely to be heard by Judge Abbey tomorrow with Dillon and Preston for Letcher.
The Mitchell post office reports letters remaining uncalled for at week ending May 2. Names include Brecht Theo Neugebauer Gotlieb Bullock Dudley Pierce William Buttolph Ernest F. Pittel Emanuel Davenport Russ Palmer Jas Epbett John Rolph L B Hrymnans Ant Smith Mrs Danny Langdon W H Zmint Frank FOREIGN Gabrielgon M K Helgerson Kittie. Advertised when calling for above. If unclaimed within thirty days they go to the dead letter office. D Hammer P.M.
Baker Brothers struck a lead and silver ore deposit at about forty feet while digging a well. Judged by experts as genuine ore though its paying quantity is not yet determined. They declined to reveal the well's location to the reporter.
Farmers in Davison and neighboring counties are increasing corn production this year with acreage expected to more than double previous years. The expansion boosts the swine and cattle industries in tandem, evidencing a broad shift toward corn farming in the region.
Word from Letcher reports Alex Miller who lost most of his property in an April prairie fire has suffered a second misfortune. After selling his cattle to rebuild a small house and barn, a recent wind storm wrecked the structures leaving him nearly destitute.
At a Saturday night session the mayor and all aldermen except Rogers were present. The finance committee reported many bills favored and allowed. An $800 1882 warrant and a bill for lumber were discussed with action deferred. The water works committee was ordered to repair the reservoir. County officials obtained water access for the courthouse and jail. The railroad ordinance for the C. P. M. O. railway was adopted after readings.
Mayor D F Brown returns from Mitchell reporting a flourishing city ahead of the South Dakota Firemen’s tournament set for June 14 to 16. Over $2 000 in prizes for the fire companies and $500 for bicycle races. Mitchell volunteers promise enterprise hospitality and a successful event.
That dyspepsia stems from torpid liver and costiveness and digestion relies on bowel and liver action. The advertisement urges cleansing the bowels and stimulating the liver with Brandeth's pills, one or two at night for about ten days to regulate digestion and drive away dyspepsia.
Marriages take place at the brides parents home in Chamberlain on April 28 with John T Brown and Kittie Butterfield officiated by Rev Father Stack. Another ceremony at the groom's parents home in Mitchell on April 28 unites Harmie M Warfield and Mamie Stull with Rev S J Winegar presiding. A Milwaukee pair, M L J Robinson and Lottie M Johnson wed May 3 in Mitchell and plan Aberdeen home, as Mitch ell friends extend greetings.
A twister struck the fairgrounds last Friday evening damaging buildings and fences. Vanderbogart, a resident north of the grounds, says the wind came from the southeast in a regular twister, demolishing fence sections, upsetting sheds, and lifting roof sections from the grand stand while boards flew high.
Sufferers from consumption scrofula bronchitis and general debility will try Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites and find relief and lasting benefit. The medical profession endorses it as highly valuable and palatable with testimonials from physicians. The Woonsocket city election produced a near sweep for prohibition with one council member opposing.
Geo A Silsby received a letter from Judge C S Palmer of Sioux Falls dated April 26 1887. Palmer declines two invites due to court duties but offers to speak at Mitchell if trains on the Omaha line run by Monday. He proposes attending Monday and Tuesday with minimal disruption to his work and meeting Ransom post comrades.
Pleasant Ridge notes planting ten acres of potatoes and tending a tree claim. Neighbors discuss a new house and barn this summer. Rev Gage to preach May 15 in the schoolhouse at eleven. A. Nabinger hosts a Sunday school program May 7 at 2 PM. Local farming details and community visits are recorded.
The ad proclaims Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and colds will be given away for a limited time to prove its curative powers. It invites all with coughs consumption asthma bronchitis or chest lung afflictions to visit Tammer & Hammer's drug store for a trial bottle free, large bottles SL.
Mrs. Phoebe Chesley of Peterson Clay County Iowa testifies she was 73 and crippled by kidney trouble and lameness yet Electric Bitters freed her from pain and let her do housework again. She urges readers to try a bottle for 50 cents at Hammer & Hammier.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is lauded as the prescription of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. Used for forty years and by millions of mothers, it relieves teething pain and is claimed to cure dysentery diarrhea griping wind colic and rest the child. Price 25c a bottle.
A nostalgic ad lyric recalls Castoria across generations from baby to grandmother, highlighting the medicine as a comforting child’s remedy and family staple. The rhythm emphasizes trust in Castoria for infants and children through the years.
An 1890s advertisement touts a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shilohs Vitalizer for dyspepsia and liver complaint, claiming it never fails to cure and noting L O Gale as the seller.
Old buggies for sale at E. M. Chamberlain's shop corner First and Lawler streets. Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy with a nasal injector free with each bottle, 50 cents, sold by L. O. Gale. Second hand Randolph header and three boxes for sale by J. W. Corbin Mitchell. Shiloh's Cure touted to relieve croup whooping cough and bronchitis, sold by L. O. Gale.
Farmoans promotes cash loans on improved farms with money on hand and low interest. Davison Bros and Seaman invite readers to call and visit for loan needs.
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