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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
12
Tobin and Webster Auctioneers announce auctioneering services in Davison County and across the state with reasonable terms. Contact Phil Tobin at Hillside 8 D or Webster at Farmers Sheds Mitchell for details.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Curie and a few scattered terms. It reads like shuffled lines about tents, heat, closings, and dole without coherent events or clear subjects. No identifiable news item, date, or location is discernible.
The readable text appears fragmentary with unclear references and few concrete details making precise reporting difficult. No identifiable persons organizations places dates or outcomes are evident in the available portion.
The May term opens with Judge Smith presiding and steno Boyles recording. Civil docket reveals about half of cases ready for trial with many postponed. Several criminal matters discussed including embezzlement charges against N J Neilsen and horse theft case against Elmer Young, who reportedly confessed.
A stock raiser from Tyndall South Dakota, William Abbott, asserts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails in calves. He recommends a teaspoonful in water after each excessive bowel movement. usually one dose suffices. Sold by all druggists.
A Milwaukee Road special train passing Monday night around midnight carried 20 cars of Texas cattle owned by a rancher near Chamberlain on the Sioux reservation. More Texas cattle are shipping to the Missouri ranges, with 7,500 head en route to Pierre in a shipment led by Scotty Phillips.
Cascarine advertised as a remedy sold by Rea Bros. Co. of Minneapolis promises to cure biliousness, constipation, and dyspepsia with a money back guarantee. A sample and diet book are offered for ten cents in stamps.
H Williams of Davison County arrived with about 150 head of cattle in Wessington Springs. He left the next morning after a brief stay, leaving the cattle in the care of local handlers and triggering questions about the unintended pickup.
A bull calf belonging to A M Slocum was taken and a warrant sworn for the suspect. Sheriff Knudson and Slocum pursued the runner, found the calf near Charley Walters place in Viola. Williams claimed accident but Mrs Slocum’s remark contradicted it. After paying 7.50 costs, Williams was allowed to proceed without formal arrest.
An advertisement states that a cough signals possible serious diseases like consumption or bronchitis and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as an effective early treatment. It asserts quick treatment cures and offers a money back guarantee if not beneficial, with sales through all druggists.
Monday marked the first payday for the Turner creamery with farmers pleased by checks covering two weeks of April milk deliveries since the plant began operations April 19. Butter paid 18 cents a pound, higher than neighboring creameries. About 7,500 pounds of milk and cream are received daily at the creamery and Prosper township station, with Mr. Turner praised for satisfactory management.
Mrs. J. E. Babcock has received a check for 1044.20 from the Imperial Mystic Legion. The payment covers her late husband’s life insurance and the assessments he paid since joining the order.
Farmers from across the county, in court for sessions, report crops in fine condition with wheat and grains growing well. Some corn planted, occasional cutworms noted but not widespread. Agriculturists foresee strong profit if moisture returns on schedule. An unrelated ad promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Dewitts Little Liver Pills as remedies.
A man feigns hunger in a Thirty-fourth Street restaurant and asks a diner to buy him a meal. The episode, witnessed by a restaurant patron, ends with the borrower paying the bill and leaving, prompting questions about whether the requester was a professional beggar. The page also discusses flower care tips and baldness treatments, plus a note on a Virginia Tennessee boundary line marked by a Bristol street car.
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