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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
8
The page lists mail schedules with east and west closings, trains, and arrivals, plus local business notices. It features shop ads for F G Champeny, Winston Bros. mules for Scotland branch, James Leslie plant stock, Har m on watch repair, and assorted cures and cures. It notes community events, dental society dates, temperance sermons, and Russian immigrants at the depot with a baby.
A compendium of case notes and rulings from 1885 to 1888 detailing land contest outcomes. Entries cancel with preference rights, rights to appeal, or dismissals. Notable mentions include Jacobus versus Shannon and Taylor versus Perrott with varied decisions and dates.
President J D Lawler of the First National Bank returned Wednesday from Washington where he was on railroad business He believes no Dakota measure has any real chance before this Congress Even if bills had clear passage there is not enough time for one to pass He is confident the Dawes Reservation bill will become law this session
From Kalamazoo Dr. A P Jones R W Ostrander Asa Stratton and David Newberry visit James S Foster to verify his descriptions of Dakota’s advantages. Foster meets the challenge. Fifteen more tourists from the same region are expected in about ten days. More travelers are welcomed as there is ample room.
On Saturday May 1 Rev J Winegar joined Jerome Wiltse and Jennie M Smith in marriage at the bride’s mother Mrs Ira Smith home. The couple planned a Plankinton wedding tour but waited in the station then boarded westbound baggage train to eventually head for Woon socket. Meanwhile an offer promotes yearly subscriptions to The Western Plowman.
Bids opened Wednesday for stone work on the new Catholic school building. Smith and Teachnor bid 34.00 per card while others like Chas Fix, Perry and Goodykoontz, and Theodore Schultz offered 6.50Ws and 5.00 respectively. The contract was let to Smith & Teachnor. Carpenters are now sizing wood work.
Town residents complain about pedestrians who break off young tree branches along streets spoiling appearance and harming the trees. A suggestion calls for using a 2x4 or similar stick to break up the bad habit.
Late advices from Durell and Olmstead in St. Paul report they and their lady from the bad lands are conducting a prosperous business averaging about twenty percent on their investment per week in St. Paul.
County commissioners closed a special session announcing a new county road extension of north Main street. The project aims to aid farmers in the northern part of the county and is tied to Harmon's jewelry store as a notable local business reference.
A worn traveler alights from a freight car in Mitchell yards. He recalls fleeing the county convention in 1886 and surveys a transformed city with a university park, grand opera house, rail yards, and a growing cemetery as he seeks a fresh start.
A bemused traveler notes a thriving city transformed in ten years thanks to hearty citizen cooperation in ventures aiding its advance. The item mentions I. G. Champeny and James Leslie offering summer goods and a selection of grape vines and fruit sproutings.
Report from Mitchell Public Schools detailing monthly activities and finances for the month ending April 30, 1886. Includes enrollment figures, expenditures, and curricular highlights observed during the period.
Advertised letters remaining uncalled for week ending and will be sent to the dead letter office if not called within 30 days. Names listed include Janson Jacob Mayor Josie P Proudfoot R W Sears N M Stegmeyer Frank Whitcomb L C Mayt Boss A J Chase Eugene Sook Will Crater W E Davis Mattie J Foster G H v.
Dr Fishblatt comes to Mitchell on his regular visit Thursday May 20. He travels to attend patients in a few towns. Miss Anna Davis of Salem D T survived a near death illness under his care for about four months and now appears revived and healthy.
All the ladies of the M. E. church are invited to meet at Mrs. Bowdle's residence at 7 30 Friday evening to prepare the church for the upcoming Sunday School convention in June by order of Mrs. A M BowDtez secretary.
The advertisement extols Electric Bitters as the ultimate purifier and regulator for liver inactivity biliousness jaundice constipation and urinary complaints. It claims quick reliable action with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back and notes Hammer & Hammer sell bottles for fifty cents.
Captain Coleman and navigator Weymouth used Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption and saw instant relief and breast soreness ease. The remedy became standard aboard the schooner as their children also benefited from a single dose. Free trial bottles available at Hammer & Hammer. West’s World’s Wonder cures lame back, sprains, bruises, cuts and burns. Sold by L. O. Gale.
A prominent farmer J W Buckley recounts a decade of severe headaches misdiagnosed as indigestion. After meeting Dr Fishblatt at the Alex Mitchell House he underwent three operations removing clotted pus from his brain, bringing marked relief. He credits the treatment and endorses West's products and Shiloh remedies sold by L O Gale.
The Farmers' Mutual Protection Association of Plankinton leads local insurers in last year's loss payments and has Geo Farnsworth as agent for the section ensuring all association business is supported by the group. Also notes West's remedies sold by L O Gale.
The famed Dr E N Fishblatt A M D arrives at the Alex Mitchell House Mitchell Dakota on Thursday May 20 staying one day. He advertises cures for long standing diseases notes cures at Brookfield Missouri and other towns and urges patients to come during his short visit.
Studebaker Wagons and two seated buggies offered by L. W. Adams on Mitchell Oak’s lower main street. West's Pain King household remedy touted for cholera, cramps, chills and stomach pains priced at 25 cents. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy recommended for summer use sold by Hammer & Hammer in 25 cent 50 cent and one dollar bottles.
Baker Bros. pitches a promotion tied to a recent pump repair in a 63 foot well with 50 feet of water. They offer a complete pump free with the purchase and drilling of a 65 foot well, aiming to showcase quality and lasting value.
Guardian Carrie M Pierce announces private sale of the undivided one half of the NW quarter Section 21 Township 101 Range 60 West in Davison County Dakota Territory. Sale to occur after May 25 1886 with terms one third cash six months and one year and 10 percent interest on approved security. Proceeds to Daisy Edna Pierce minor heir.
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