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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
1
A local Dakota resident, TY Partit ith, is described in fragmented OCR as facing unspecified charges. Details are illegible, including the exact offense, court, and dates. The readable bits indicate a legal matter involving the named individual.
J A Wakefield becomes editor of the Daily Republican and Weekly Capital after purchasing the paper from the retiring owners. A E Dean stays on in office and business roles as Wakefield outlines plans to foster South Dakota development, encourage farming, and promote a neutral stance on capital location between Huron and Pierre. The note ends by endorsing McKinley tariff support amid trade debate.
Contested entries cover homestead and timber culture actions. Several cases remanded for new hearings, others upheld or overruled with decisions by registers and receivers, including US vs Peterson, Rose Kelly, Daniel Kean, and James H Baker. Anson Williamson and others face outcomes on final homestead and cash entries.
An advertisement warns of a dangerous weariness from overwork or illness and urges immediate relief by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims to dispel tiredness, revive declining powers, restore appetite and vitalize the weakened. It cautions buyers not to switch to other preparations.
A brief ad notes that using Mother's Friend eases childbirth and urges wives to use it. The blurb credits Mrs. C. Melburne of Iowa and directs readers to Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta for father particulars, with selling point by S. H. Scallin.
A. E. Hitchcock, while at Huron, toured the Day Harrison farm and observed artesian well irrigation. He believes the demonstration confirms the practicality of the irrigation plans that are currently being discussed.
The notice describes Mrs. B. M. Searles of Elkhart Indiana escaping premature death after twenty years of heart trouble. She reports smothering spells breathlessness pain and swelling and credits Dr Miles New Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine with improvement after one bottle. The ad notes availability at L. O. Gale's drug store and offers a free book on the heart and nerves.
The advertisement links Dr Miles Restorative Nervine to nerves and health cures claiming rapid relief for nervous prostration, change of life and headaches. Gist retailers John Wolf Hillsdale Greensburg A W Blackburn Wooster report high sales and satisfaction. Free illustrated treatise offered at L O Gale's drug store.
Supervisor Wakefield announces division of his district into 420 sub-districts with enumerators appointed for each. The notice appears amid a page filled with patent cures and advertisements for syrups tonics and remedies including Cal. Fig Syrup, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Castoria, and Electric Bitters, plus local notices on temperance and the state agricultural college.
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