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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
7
The readable fragments suggest a municipal or committee notice with references to a bill, a renec, and a possible public or legal action. Several lines show broken phrases and names scattered amid the chaotic OCR.
The readable lines mention a city and a yeoman but lack clear actions, dates, names, or places. This fragment seems to be an OCR artifact from a local issue, offering little verifiable detail beyond generic references.
A collage of notes touches on Frederick Douanass wealth, Grant’s Memoirs sales, a prisoner in Albany seeking to stay and tend flowers, a vast Texas sheep ranch, a Vienna baker selling gold-dug loaves, royal German language history, and a mix of curious tales from crime to science and public affairs.
A New York soldier recalls an Indiana marksman named Indiana marching to front lines near Petersburg after a firefight. He suffered multiple wounds including a leg wound a saber cut to the shoulder and a bayonet wound yet insisted on returning to action. He had fought in the Mexican war and described forty battles in the current conflict.
The old man questions a marriage candidate asking if he truly loves Ellen and can support her. The suitor asserts he can. He notes Ellen’s expensive tastes cost up to six dollars weekly for treats, leaving four dollars for rent and provisions, claiming they can manage.
Andrew Shuman ex lieutenant governor of Illinois and president of the Evening Journal died of apoplexy at a lodging house on Quincy Street. He was seen ill earlier, lived in Evanston with his wife and daughter, and had long career in journalism and public service including Joliet penitentiary commissioner and Evening Journal president.
Congressional campaign committee members named by state in a Washington dispatch include Townsend Delaware Higgins Illinois Rowell Indiana Cheadle Iowa Gear Kentucky Wilson Louisiana Coleman Maryland McComas Massachusetts Walker Michigan Stockbridge Missouri Wade New Hampshire Blair New Jersey Buchanan New York Belden Pennsylvania Bingham Tennessee Hank Virginia Bowden West Virginia Atkinson Wisconsin Sawyer Wyoming Carey Idaho Du Boise. Also noted are Chinese diplomats defending U S immigration limits and other local incidents including a perjury arrest in Jeffersonville Indiana and a fatal horse attack in Seymour Indiana.
The agricultural department week ending May 3 notes unusually high temperatures from the south Atlantic to New York and the Ohio valley, with 9 to 15 degrees above normal in the northwest to Pacific coast. Precipitation varied with heavy rains in the north and mid Atlantic, and drought in parts of Texas and the Pacific states. Crop prospects show widespread improvement in the South and Midwest, with good planting in several states and occasional frost damage in Michigan. Wom en's Western Unitarian Conference sits in Chicago with delegates from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and others. Sioux City livestock receipts and prices noted across hogs and cattle, while Chicago markets show mixed performance. Anson ready for Comiskey series. articles discuss baseball management and recent experiments at Washington Monument.
Sioux City and Denver share early season lead in the Western Association with a .625 winning percentage after sixteen games. Reports from Pittsburgh reveal rent disputes, legal action, and potential league support to keep the club in its city amid a broader financial battle.
George William Curtis, president of the New York Civil Service Reform association, presided at its annual meeting and denounced First Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson for 30,000 political removals. He praised Cleveland’s civil service reform stance as a prospective party candidate.
The Ohio Attorney General files quo warranto in the state supreme court to strip Standard Oil of its charter for alleged violations. Key charge claims nonresident directors violate state law and cites entry into the New York Standard Oil trust with trust certificates. Regret the Death of Senator Beck.
The yacht Gertrude capsized in the Ohio river at Wheeling West Virginia, throwing sixteen passengers into the water. All were believed rescued except one. Three men remain missing and may have drowned.
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