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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
16
The Ajax, an old Civil War single turret monitor, is commissioned for Camden New Jersey naval militia with stubby stoothbores and rapid fire rifles. The Puritan remains the most powerful US fighting machine with armament exceeding other class ships, the last ironclad be placed in 1875.
The Monitor Montauk, a Civil War relic assigned to defend Portland Maine, remains serviceable despite age. It is armed with two old smoothbores and has a history of being struck repeatedly by Confederate ships during the rebellion.
Capital 50,000 dollars. Surplus and undivided profits 14,500 dollars. Engages in general banking and foreign exchange business. Motto My Prices are Always Right. Location South Dakota.
A survey traces William Ewart Gladstone’s life from birth in 1809 through a long career in politics. It notes his family’s Tory leanings, education at Eton and Oxford, and his evolution to a radical Free Trader. The piece highlights his skill as a speaker, his Homeric scholarship, and a timeline of major offices, reforms, and key moments up to his 1892 return as prime minister with a broad coalition.
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