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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
4
The Mitchell Printing UJ offers subscription options and ad rates including one Copy one year advance six months three months. Office at 43 Monts is open for correspondence as rates and services are detailed. Cards of Thanks and obituaries may be charged per line with free marriage and death notices.
The Aberdeen News pushes Maron’s claim for permanent capital with energetic support. Senator Pettigrew’s relief bill for evicted Crow Creek settlers passes the senate, with the paper noting prior damage from the late Democratic administration and current party influence in Washington.
The MelXinley tariff bill is seen as near defining the 1892 clash between parties. The measure is expected to pass, agitation to ease, and national prosperity to rise, widening the Democrats’ vulnerability versus 1888 positions.
The Sioux Falls Press questions Senator Moody's opposition to B H Sullivan's appointment. It suggests Moody has not been actively campaigning and doubts why a supposedly nonpartisan paper would attack Senator Pettigrew's colleague.
The ex president Grover Cleveland writes in support of the Ohio Farmers' Alliance platform. South Dakota farmers, burdened by his administration's homestead policy, will likely be pleased by his expressed concern. The New York Sun derides him as a pretentious figure of the era.
Sioux Falls papers discuss the supreme court ruling on the original package law. Argus Leader prints the decision in full across four columns while the Press argues the decision may aid prohibition rather than hinder it. The Press concludes the ruling strengthens prohibition against dram selling.
Editorial notes that some papers allege insurers will fight Auditor Taylor for enforcing publishing statements law. The piece argues the auditor’s duty is to enforce the law, despite possible unfairness, and accuses outside firms and an advertising agency of conspiring to evade the law and defraud publishers, backing the auditor’s actions.
Henry M Stanley announces a forthcoming work about his expedition discoveries and adventures to be issued around June 1 1890 with 200 illustrations. The notice warns against fake Stanley books and urges readers to insist on the two volume edition In Darkest Africa by Stanley and printed by Chas Scribner’s Sons New York. It seeks reliable agents for Des Moines Iowa.
A Dakota letter writer condemns irrigation cranks and insists drought relief comes from immigration and sound farming. He cites higher interest, taxes, and debt, arguing local crops thrive without irrigation and noting strong state crops, fruit, and stock. urges avoiding artesian wells and embracing settlers.
Miss Blanche A. Durell and Albert E. B. Jones wed at noon in Mitchell with Rev. John H. Babcock presiding. The ceremony followed by a wedding feast and generous gifts from family and friends. The couple planned a trip to Minneapolis and Wisconsin, settling in Fargo after May 26 as Jones takes a Buckeye Harvester Co. position.
The article reports an eight inch snow at Niche North Dakota with farmers expressing joy and anticipation of a thaw next month. It also covers a local burlesque on olden times at the Rink S Friday night featuring the Deestrict Schuyl company and a long cast list.
Engineering and geological teams study artesian basins and wells to determine water character, depth, strata, and usage. Field agents collect data on cost, water volume, pressure, and irrigation tests, with reports due after July 1. Prof. G Updyke of the department leads efforts.
Fragment shows scattered names and terms for travel guidance and agent contact but lacks coherent details or dates. Key entities include GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY and places like Huron and Watertown with unclear references to tickets rates maps and guides.
The document presents the annual statement of the Western Assurance Company of Toronto for the year ending December 31 1889. It lists assets liabilities income and expenditures including premiums, losses and taxes and notes sworn affirmations by J J Kenney and James Boomer with notary and state audit attestations.
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