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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1902
Page
3
A brief notice lists The Mitchell Capital and The Mitchell Printing Co. as entities involved in a local business matter. The readable text highlights their names and roles in the event, with no further details available.
Advertising rates offered include business cards up to six lines for five dollars per year and one dollar per additional line. Business locals cost five cents per line, legal ads at statute rates, cards of thanks and wedding presents five cents per line, plus free marriage and death notices. Obituaries and resolutions of respect have five cents per line. Address changes require both old and new addresses.
In a Friday 1902 report the nation’s lines in Congress form over the Philippine question. Republicans push for civil government in the islands and to repel Democratic attacks on the army. Democrats see the issue as harming their chances in 1902 elections.
Ralph Wheelock continues to follow South Dakota politics from Minneapolis often contributing columns to the Tribune. He remains engaged with ongoing events and political developments despite residing away from the state.
A discussion of South Dakota politics notes shifting loyalties in Minnehaha and Yankton counties as 1904 campaign alignments form. It cites Senator Gamble, Senator Kittredge, and figures like Burke and Herried, with hints of future contests and county-level tensions shaping the statewide ticket.
Morgan encounters resistance from English owners opposing his plan to merge the steamship lines, signaling trouble for the anticipated deal and inviting renewed negotiation.
The government quickly ships aid to Martinique, sending the Dixie with provisions for a week for 900,000 patrons. The act marks the United States as the first country on the scene to aid the needy and reflects the American government’s character.
The Centerville Chronicle continues its opposition to Senator Kittredge as sentiment rises in his favor and counties instruct their delegates for him. Turner County Republicans recently held a convention and instructed their delegates for Kittredge, prompting the Chronicle to retreat from its stance.
A board appointed by the postmaster general and secretary of the treasury finds the post-check currency plan for mailing small sums inconvenient and prone to double bookkeeping. They favor a modified Canadian money order system with engraved notes from 15 cents to 2.50 dollars and fractional notes up to one dollar priced to cover costs.
The passage notes objections to the post check method and argues for improvements to the money order system. It cites people still using drafts, paper money, and stamps, indicating the new plan by a Board of experts aims to meet practical needs and replace less convenient methods.
The French government delays funding for Martinique victims, contributing only half of the U S aid after the United States had already acted and dispatched ships loaded with relief supplies to the island.
Young Alphonso who had ascended the throne of Spain faced a near fatal end as anarchists planned to assassinate him before his coronation. The would be killer was arrested just before the act, and dynamite cartridges were found on him.
Five thousand women attended the federation session in California with some husbands joking that the gatherings offer a chance for freer use of the high key and wires across the continent while long distance telephone service remains limited.
A group of merchants from a dozen towns in Iowa and Nebraska form a company to buy goods in carload lots. They elect officers to handle orders for all stores and ship from a central headquarters reducing freight and prices. The move prompts questions whether wholesalers will view it as a trust.
A Pierre correspondent reports that in April the secretary of state processed corporate fees totaling $2,120.20, surpassing any prior month by $400 and exceeding the official's annual salary. The rapid receipts come from hundreds of new corporations organized in the state, boosting state funds significantly.
The coal strike widens as anthracite operators seek support from bituminous miners. Washington probes possible antitrust ties while Justice Department notes the coal combine wields strong trade restraint. Railroads directing output and monthly tonnage figures emerge amid federal scrutiny and union pressures.
An 19th century style medical ad urges readers with weak stomachs to take Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters after meals to aid digestion and address dyspepsia constipation biliousness and nervousness. It touts its preventive and corrective benefits through claimed gastric improvement.
The article notes a trust in beef interests and a possible combination in the hard coal regions. It suggests the public may be entitled to relief in both cases and predicts the outcome depends on how pending cases are decided, promising a mix of bright or gloomy prospects.
Republican clubs planned Governor Cummins of Town to deliver the principal address at the Sioux Falls convention on June 4 but received a communication saying he cannot be present. The governor would have been a drawing card and is unable to fill the engagement.
The ceremony crowned Alphonso NIIT king of Spain on Saturday with J. L. Curry present as a government envoy. He traveled to Madrid on a commission from President Roosevelt to attend the event. Opposition leaders later learned of the visit.
Dispatches report Mt Pelee angrily spitting ashes and stones with lava flow down its sides. Rescuers halt work as fear rises of a second disaster mirroring the first. People flee the country to escape another eruption.
A British Conservative MP blasts Standard Oil as desolating homes and causing deaths with its fuel. He says the firm may sue for libel and hopes a St Luke's jury will hear him, noting five deaths tied to what he calls an explosive tea rose.
Lewis Nixon, once head of Tammany Hall, resigns in protest of corruption within the organization. He is described as too honest to pursue the group’s schemes, leaving Tammany without a leader until a new figure accepts the vacant position.
An old and trusted remedy used for over sixty years by mothers for teething children. It soothes the child, eases gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and treats diarrhoea. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. Request Mrs Winslow's and avoid other brands.
A vintage ad touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a household remedy that takes the burn out heals the wound and cures the pain though no medical claim is verified. The copy emphasizes universal healing and domestic usage by families.
Alfred Heinze of Quincy endorses DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for constipation and torpid liver, praising them as safe and reliable. L O Gale adds that they are never ripe or distressing and recommends sharing good finds with others.
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