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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1891
Page
12
A newspaper notice outlines a persistent sale lasting beyond a single day with items such as silk gloves and mitts vests for ladies and children hose for ladies and men. It promises savings of 25 to 30 percent and urges readers to judge the value, noting no pressure to buy and that life is short.
The article lists patent filings in Mitchell D G Co and mentions claimants Keziah R Carns and James Bingham among others. It reports cases relieved from suspicion and approved for patenting and summarizes January 1891 activity at the Kitchen Land Office with 3 cash entries 39 timber culture proofs 1 timber culture filing and 18 homestead entries. It notes Fosdick clothing store reopening by W M Smith and W H Conges after purchase from Mitchell National Bank.
In Pleasant Ridge the M. E. Sunday school meets at 2 p.m. and Rev. J. M. Smith preaches at 3 p.m. W. C. T. U. gathers May 9 at Mrs. W. Smith’s home. Mrs. William Mehner returns to Aberdeen May 2 after two months here with erysipelas. Y P S C L meeting led by Mr. Kanouff with Mr. Seavill present. Mr. Daly of Huron speaks in afternoon. Delegates named for Mitchell convention from Thiresteel church. other delegations noted. Local youths attend farming education. oats and corn safety weather discussed. no damage expected from recent cold snap.
In the month dedicated to Mary the Blessed Virgin, daily 7:30 morning devotions and 7:30 Wednesday and Friday evening services are planned. Tonight at Holy Family Church the program includes Rosary, B V M sermon, Benediction, and Litany. Express Agent Morrow reported careful handling of a hive-like package en route. Shilohs Catarrh Remedy advertised with nasal injector offered by I O Gale.
Last evening the Plankinton Association of Congregational churches and ministers held a well attended meeting with Rev Rexford and Rev Hubbard delivering sermons on feeding the spiritual hungry. Reports showed thirty eight Sunday Schools with 1,187 members and benevolence receipts. The closing session discussed the Congregational Union and Yankton College talks, with plans for next year and praise for local church efforts.
A request to collect full military records from living and dead soldiers for a decoration day address. It asks for names enlistment and discharge times units campaigns wounds and frequency, plus requests families of the dead to provide records. Also notes a lecture at the Y M C A and lists uncalled letters at Mitchell post office with instructions to say advertised.
Denver authorities report the grand jury began investigating the Barnaby poisoning case. Nell Nelson testified that a Boston sent box containing Mrs Barnaby's bottle was delivered April 13 with groceries, and the Worrell household box was later found. District Attorney Stephens summoned G S Worrell Jr and his mother to Denver.
Capt Edmund H Verney MP for North Buckingham was sentenced to one year in prison without hard labor for conspiring with Mme Eugenie Rouillier to procure a governess for immoral purposes. He pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge after a prior not guilty plea.
Sol Star Rep has been re elected mayor of Deadwood for the eighth term. North Dakota governor and militia line officers fix Devil s Lake for the encampment starting July 15 for one week. West Superior s Water Light and Power plans a new plant quadrupling current site size. A Cambridge Minn man employed by Gouldberg Anderson dies crushed on the job. A Sweden born man married with wife and child. Ole Anderson s farm near Albert Lea Minn burned. three children escaped. Minnesota Soldiers home to get a 25000 cottage a 20000 kitchen and a library offices building this season. Franciscan sisters open a 50000 hospital and school in Little Falls with a 25000 building next year. Laverne Milan bond vote for water works passes 155 to 32 authorizing 30000. Construction to start at once with pump and standpipe system before fall.
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