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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
12
A local retailer announces a grand display featuring the largest line of carpets available. Shoppers are invited to browse diverse textures and styles, with specials promised for early visitors and a focus on durability and affordability.
All wool material guaranteed. customers pay for wool but may be misled into cotton. Claim of capability to distinguish cotton from wool implied. Public notice style sales pitch from New York retailer urging careful purchase.
Major Rowley reports from the Pacific coast that South Dakota impressions softened. Frank Huggins thrives in a gilt edged farm loan business. George Hunter starts a meat business in East Portland in a building of his own. Warren Belcher, George Ledyard, Gus Lins er, and Ed Foley prosper in wage work. Gale Rathbun plans return to Mitchell, likely to stay.
Conductor George Cline escorted a wedding party from the west including Chas H Young and Miss Laura sister of Hart of Plankinton. They married at Plankinton by Rev John H Babcock and traveled toward Chicago. Also noted, Geo B Everitt formerly register of the U S land office in Mitchell.
A rural community section reports on a Sunday school convention set for May 31 at the Wright school house in Lisbon township with HE P Swartout and others participating. It notes a golden wedding at which verses were read, discusses a sheriff sale of a home in which The Mail is a proprietor, and lists uncalled letters at Mitchell post office ending May 9 1891. Also mentions purging with Brandreth’s Pills and seed corn offerings at James Leslie’s.
A mosaic of local items from Mitchell and Alexandria covers small farm loans, sales and exchanges, new hires, post office issues, prairies fires, thanks to supporters, and upcoming weddings. It notes theater socials, church events, roadwork, and student achievements across towns, including Alexandria, Hazleton, Lisbon, and Kimball, with brief mentions of civic matters and local commerce.
A large group of State Bankers Association members arrived by train and more are expected. Notable attendees include Wn Fisher president of the Bank of Volga, Eugene Steere of First National Bank Fort Pierre, and many others from banks across the region. The opening session at 8 pm in Commercial Club rooms featured an address of welcome by City Attorney Hitchcock, followed by a banquet and a business session scheduled for tomorrow morning.
The article describes a vigorous rainstorm that swept across the region last night after days of threatening skies. Expert Gilbert estimates three quarters of an inch fell locally, with reports from Aberdeen Chamberlain Plankinton Sioux Falls and other towns noting copious rainfall and widespread moisture throughout the state.
The season opened with a windy Mitchell exhibition as Alexandria faced local players. Dott and Broderick opposed Sloan and Sampson with high strikeouts and errors shaping the 5 to 3 visitor win. Nichols of Mitchell made a standout right field grab amid blustery conditions.
The Cincinnati convention formed the People's Party of the United States. Senator Peffer of Kansas was named permanent chairman, Ignatius Donnelly and Robert Schilling led committee posts. Debate over platform form and rules dominated the day as delegates arrive from the West and South, with a large crowd and tense exchanges, including Mrs. Helen Gougar who opposed a rum-sellers’ chair. Peffer delivered a bold address urging overthrow of money power and unity for a 1892 victory.
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