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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1887
Page
6
Ipswich reports say the Journal office burned last night at 11 with its printing press and material. Editor Watson escaped with half his clothing and loses personal effects. Loss about 2500 with no insurance. Watson plans to move presses from Millard to Vermont City and resume publication.
The text notes forgotten grievances about rights as settlers and a push to express sentiment at the November election. It criticizes Commissioner Sparks for delaying homestead patents, citing 205,000 entries awaiting action and predicting decades to resolve. It also covers New York Daily News’s postwar success and local notices from Bridgewater Times, Kimball Graphic, Sioux Falls Argus, and others.
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