Mitchell Post Office Schedule and Local Advertisements
The page lists Mitchell post office mail closing times for east west and north routes, train departures and arrivals, and notices of local businesses and sales. It notes changes in ad days, organ sales, harness goods, Jewel gasoline stoves, and a forthcoming city council special election for water works funding. It also reports damages to S Rathbun from railroad construction and a local artesian well completion.
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Mitchell Post Office
Joe
Ooo
Trankinton
White Lake
Klumberlain
Kimball Sand Mall
Randall
Grand View
Qarate
Rockport
Milltown
Dakota City
Rome
Olivet
Menno
Aston
Hazelton
Redstone
D . Lay
Geko
A. Sitsby
Paul Page
G. F. Champeny
Chandler Bros
F. G. Champeny
Dakota
Lave Shell
Chas. Harrington
Bridget Diskin
Cottrell
Sheehan
Sons of Veterans
F.G. Champeny
D. M. Bongard & Co
Col. M. M. Price
Leteher
Letehr
Governor Pierce Visit Delights Mitchell Crowd
Late Wednesday a gubernatorial party arrived in Mitchell with Governor Pierce among attendees. The group toured the town, enjoyed a supper, and attended an informal reception at the Rink with speeches by local officials. Major Adams and Lt Johnston led a Mitchell Light Guards escort through Main Street before a night of dancing and music.
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South Dakota
Mitchell Light Guards
Johnston
Main Street
Adams
Huggins
Pierce
McCormack
Raymond
Caldwell
Dunlap
Bureau of Immigration
W. AH. D. Bliss
Sioux Falls
University Heights
Rink
Quartette
Messrs. Lott, Ahern
Kratz Brothers
Taylor
H. C. Preston
Mayer Taylor
Buncombe
Mitchell
Cal
Messrs. McCormack
Mrs. Raymond
Mrs. Dunlap
Mr. Bliss
Aberdeen
New Armour Drug and Jewelry Store Planned
Going to Armour, S H Scallin will open a drug and jewelry store in the new town as soon as it is platted. He has long operated with L C Gale and H J Cratchett the jeweler.
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Armour
S. H. Scallin
L. C. Gale
H. J Cratchett
Captain Kober Wins Pension Restorations and Increase
Captain G C Kober secured the reinstatement of Alex Crawford who was dropped from the pension rolls eight years ago and obtained a pension increase for R P Cady, signaling renewed benefits for veterans connected to the program.
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G.C. Kober
Alex, Crawford
R. P. Cady
Unprofitable Marble Factory in Dakota Opens then Quits
Local report notes H Yonkers opened a marble shop in spring hoping for cemetery decoration orders but failed due to lack of support. Mitchell encourages manufacturing but finds this branch unused by the community.
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Dakota
H. Yonkers
Mitchell
Betts reports bakery cash tied to Manitoba town hotel plan
In Devil's Lake city O R Betts claims Joe Davenport, once a feared landlord of the Alex Mitchell, runs a bakery and restaurant and says he took 24000 dollars from Mitchell. He plans to invest soon in a large hotel at Jim Hill's Manitoba town in northern Montana. Attendance and class standings are listed, noting top marks and punctuality across rooms. The new Catholic school cornerstone will be laid next Sunday the 28th with Father Lawler and Father Sheehan officiating. completion aims for August 1 to open in September.
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Devil’s Lake City
O. R. Betts
Joe Davenport
Alex
Mitchell
Tell
Joe
Jim Hill
Manitoba
Montana
Father Lawler
Alexandria
Father Sheehan
Sheenan
Railroad awards and city poll tax plan debated
The railroad commission declared damages totaling 1800 dollars for ten landowners in Davison county, deposited with the district clerk, with Adolphus Platner likely appealing. The city council adopted ward based poll tax expenditures to curb inequities, while A J LaBarre’s vacant Eighth Street house suffered arson damage with four fire spots and hay scattered, under investigation by Marshal Durell.
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Railroad Commission
Davison County
Adolphus Platner
J. F. Kimball
J.T. Atkins
Cyrus H. Clark
District Court
A.J. LaBarre
Eighth Street
Marshal Durell
Catholics and Decoration Day Observance Cleared
Gen J P S Gobin and Adjutant General Thos J Stewart visited Archbishop Ryan in Philadelphia to resolve tensions over Decoration Day. Ryan’s reply confirms no objections to Roman Catholic cemeteries memorial services or priests’ participation, aligning Catholics with the national observance.
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National Tribune
J. P.S. Gobin
Department of Pennsylvania
Thos. J. Stewart
Ryan
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Dakota association to hold first annual Mitchell exhibition
The Dakota Agricultural and Stock Grower's Association will hold its first annual exhibition at Mitchell from August 30 to September 3. The event offers $18,000 in premiums with $450 for best county exhibits. Davison county is barred from competition.
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Dakota Agricultural and Stock Grower's Association
Mitchell
Davison County
Impudent Tramp Causes Stir At Mrs Cooley’s Farm
Last Wednesday Mrs J C Cooley near Mitchell faced three men regarded as tramps bent on crime. The first intruder entered with war paint and armed with a belt of revolvers and a knife. he took food bread milk and a rooster then left. The second and third men loitered outside while the house was secured. Mrs Cooley bought a revolver in town and pledged to defend her home if needed.
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Alex. Mitchell
Caldwell
Raymond
W. E. Peak
M. & St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Shaw
Pierce
Mitchell
Silsby
Johnston
J. C. Cooley
Charles Burnside
Land Office Notes With Multiple Judgments and Cancellations
A condensed list shows several rulings and actions from the Land Office in May 1886. Decisions include contest dismissals, entries canceled or reduced, and payments or repayments scheduled for Mitchell and other claimants. Notable items reference T and H entries across multiple townships with 60 day appeal windows and 30 day preference rights.
Subscription Offer From Mitchell Printing Co
To every subscriber to the Weekly CAPITAL who pays year in advance and to new subscribers who pay year in advance we will give a year’s subscription to The Western Plowman, a leading western farmer’s monthly. Let us hear from you.
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Western Plowman
West
THE
Mitchell Printing Co
Advertised Letters for Week Ending May 17 1886
List of names of recipients with uncalled letters in Mitchell and Langdon areas. Advertised letters include Allisom Rose Bidwell Sadie E Blauley J iH wden H S Cline Henry Hanson Joun yackady Johey EIGN ham Ernest K wriesoners Larinor Elmer Jangsyn A Jn. If not claimed within days, items will be sent to the dead letter office. George A Ilsby P M ell Dak Langdon W H Leingn William Miller Wm J Plank Henry Price L C Heeds Miss Lucy Vanitts Chas Wade Miss Mollie Williams Hart ork Miss Nellie A Watchkee Otto.
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Mitchell P
Allisom
Rose Bidwell
Sadie E. Blauley
J. Ih. Wden
H. S. Cline
Henry Hanson
Joun Yackady Johey Eign
Ham Ernest
K. Wriesoners Larinor
Elmer Jangsyn
Geo. A. Ilsby
P. M.ell
Dak
The Weekly Capital Advertises Dakota Newspaper Value
The Weekly Capital prints forty four columns of local and miscellaneous news and is the best paper for the money in Dakota. It targets country readers and eastern friends, offering to advertise Dakota and save letter writing. Terms are $1.50 per year in advance with sample copies free.
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Capital
Dakota
Change of Firm in Kalamazoo Machinery Business
S Brown of Kalamazoo Michigan buys half interest in W H Letcher Co machinery business. The firm will expand by extending north Main street building sixty feet and stockpiling carriages wagons and machinery while preparing the front for a stock of auction goods of every description.
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S. Brown
Kalamazoo
Michigan
W. H. Letcher & Co
North Main Street
Miraculous Escape by Dr King’s New Discovery
Winchester druggist reports a Randolph County Indiana customer with consumption given up by physicians who recovered after six months using Dr King’s New Discovery. She walked six miles to the city and now is much improved, crediting the remedy. Free trial offers at Hammer & Ham mers Drug Store.
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W. W. Reed
Winchester Ind
Louise Pike
Bartonia
Randolph Co
Ind
Hammer & Hammers
Electric Bitters Promises Renewal Amid Ailments
Suffering individuals are urged to try Electric Bitters for loss of appetite and low spirits. The ad claims rapid improvement, restored strength, and relief from pain, promising renewed life and vigor. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Hammer & Hammer.
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Hammer & Hammer
Bucklen Arnica Salve and local notices from Mitchell
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as a universal healer with a 25 cent price from Ammer & Hammer. Meeting notice for Farmers' Purchasing and Shipping Association stockholders in Mitchell on the first Tuesday in June. Sale notices list two year old registered bull and a spotted steer to be claimed by owner. Also promotional claim for St Patrick's Pills as a cure for costiveness and bilious disorders.
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Farmers’ Purchasing and Shippi Association
Mitchell
I. Sheeder
B.S. Barnard
St. Patrick’s
Hammer & Hammer
Riddles and Patent Medicine Ad Highlight 19th Century Aims
A lady asks a gentleman his age and he replies with a riddle about what you do in every thing. The text advertises Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein as superior for coughs croup and consumption, sold by L. O. Gale.
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Taylor
L. O. Gale
Farmers' Purchasing and Shipping Association Notices
The president and secretary will be in Mitchell at Blanchard and Hannett on next Saturday and every Saturday thereafter to receive subs to the association's stock.
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Farmers’ Purchasing and Shipping Association
Mitchell
Blanchard & Hannett
Subese
Word That Makes You Sick Cordial Advertised
A novelty exhibit jokingly offers a remedy for a word that makes you sick when a letter is removed, suggesting usick as the clue. The ad promotes Dr. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial sold by L. O. le for stomach and bowels after stale fruit consumption.
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Dr. Biggers
L. 0. le
Advice to Mothers Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Cure
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup is advertised as the prescription of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. It has been used for forty years to ease teething pain and to relieve dysentery diarrhea eriping in the bowels and wind colic. It is marketed at 25 cents per bottle.
True merit and intrinsic worth rewards repairs by Baker Bros
One of the pumps sold by Baker Bros was recently repaired by them. It marks the first repair in three years for a 65 foot well with 50 feet of water in constant use. A 65 foot well drilled by pene Broa will receive prescribed hardware and full installation of pumps. AKER Bros West's Pain King is advertised as a household remedy. Sold by I. Gale. Another car of horses arriving with young horses, wagons, carriages, and related goods to Mitchell Dek.
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Baker Bros
Pene Broa
Aker Bros
West
I. . Gale
World’s Wonder and Nursery Ads from Mitchell Oak area
A compiled advertisement page lists West's World's Wonder tonic for neuralgia rheumatism back pain sprains and wounds plus multiple remedies for coughs asthma bronchitis and digestion. Northern Nursery Co markets Russian mulberries and a variety of trees while L O Gale sells medicines and trees with money loan offers from Hitchcock Bros. Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is urged for summer use withShiloh products including a nasal injector and remedies for croup whooping cough bronchitis and liver complaints.
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L. O. Gale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell Capital
Dally
Fraser Wipe
North
Massoud
Pase
Passsenger
Wesl Bros
Weil Bros
Diana
Mitch
Crouse’s
Rathbun
Scotland
Ife
the Governor's Party
Miss Neling
Miss Stearn
Miss Chandler
Davison
Land Office Notes
Long
Winslow T
Gideon
Stilurel Hd
Chas. W. Schriber
Howard Eckleberry T
John Rogers
Eckleberry
Thompson
Manary
Register
Oleson
Pletschette
McCormick
Foster
Angell
Helen Ballard
Treasury
Erik Jonsson
Jim
Adam Schwissler
Patrick R. Sullivan Ney
H. J. Bingham
Geo. Beuzeville
D. A. Mizener
U. S
Marshall Miller
Anderson
Sleigh
Harris
Parke
Bucklen
Ammer & Hammer
C.E. Miltimore
P.O. Mitchell
D. T
Estray
J. H. Root
Batley
Climax
Forums
Lower Main Street
Mitchell Dek
Farmers’ Mutual Protection Association of
Plankinton
Geo. Farnsworth
Lale
James Leslie
L. W. Adams
Mitchell Oak
Chamberlain
Northern Nursery Co
Ethher, D. T
Oak
Hitchcock Bros
Riiys
L. . Gale
Price N.orthern Nursery Co
Shiloh
Riddle Ik
Watler A. Taylor
Atlanta
Davison Bros
Bankers
Alex Mitchel
Hale Building
A. B. Hager
Hager Brothers
Land Department
Women’s Auxiliary Conference
P. O. Box
Newport
R. I
Mendenhall Greenhouses
Mendenhall Florist
Minneapolis, Minn
R. J. Mendenhall
Minneapolis & St Louis
Albert
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Albert Lee
Fort Dodge
Watertown
Oak Solid
ST. Louis
Tor
Union Depot
Northern Pacific
St.’ P
Duluth
Minn
Tatassaa
Daifm
Earenworth
Kansas City
Union Eee
Itebleen
Topeka
BOYD
Gen'l Tkt
Mina
Tia
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