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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
6
Methodist ministers across the state urge ending Sunday excursions run by Milwaukee and Northwestern roads. Resolutions condemn the Sabbath desecration and petitions will reach company officers urging investigation and stoppage. The popular outings attract large crowds but are claimed to demoralize patrons and youths.
Wynndotte Michigan resident J Weatherwax credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after consumption nearly claimed him. An earlier pneumonia attack left a stubborn cough and lung issues cured by the medicine. Trial bottle offered free at H Seskin’s drug store with 60 cent and 1 dollar bottles available.
The Sioux Walls city council votes to spend 12,000 pounds to install a plant for street lighting. Officials claim the new plant will illuminate the streets more effectively at half the current monthly lighting costs.
Hie is a Wonder Mr C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa now cheerful erect vigorous without an ache. Once he sat propped by cushions suffering backache from chronic kidney trouble. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him completely. Backache nervousness logy of appetite kidney troubles relieved. Only 50 cents at S A Scallin’s drug store.
Objective: go out of business September first and close entire stock of wallpaper window shades room mouldings and supplies at actual cost. Best up to date line of wallpaper offered with hang later optional. Hanging at regular prices. Call early to select. G G Cowhick North Main St Mitchell.
T J Spangier praises Mitchell and notes warming political scene in South Dakota with upcoming congressional and senatorial contests. He cites Doe I Crawford of Huron and W S Glass of Watertown as Republicans seeking higher office, and mentions judges to be elected in the fall. also reports 32 new houses under construction in Mitchell costing 500 to 7000 dollars each.
The speaker notes no vacant business building for rent in town, cites doubling of Mitchell property and farm land values over the past year, and asserts a substantial advance with optimistic outlook for the state's future and opportunities.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a universal cure for consumption in early stages and relief in severe cases. It urges taking no substitutes and is signed by S. BH. Scallin.
Milwaukee road announces round trip excursion fares for the German Baptists meeting in Lincoln Nebraska May 24–31 with sales May 23–27 and return by June 4, extension to June 30. Also specials for G A R encampment in Sioux Falls and Pan American Exposition in Buffalo with five and fifteen day tickets at special rates and return extensions. Additional events include military and medical association meetings in St Paul and Imperial Council in Kansas City, with sale windows in late May and June and extensions to mid July. Local agent R J Taylor will furnish rates. notes include unrelated village chatter and editorials from New York Weekly.
A Winchester Indiana veteran writes that his wife was cured after long illness by Dr King’s New Life Pills sold at H Scallin’s drug store for 25 cents. The piece includes scattered ad copy and miscellaneous stray text from the Chicago Record-Herald quote about music and a travel thought.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia reports a six month leg sore completely healed in five days by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims cures for workmen’s wounds piles and general sores with a 25 cent guarantee via S H Scallin. Also notes a customer in Arnold Iowa reports Foley’s Kidney Cure ending nightly trips to the bathroom after three bottles.
In a Pittsburg district mine a calm mule warned miners of toxic gas as air grew foul. The animal bolted and brayed before a deadly explosion and noxious vapors trapped several workers, with the mule later found dead after helping save others.
The Milesians linked serpents to healing places in Ireland, where holy wells drew the poor for relief. Pilgrims circle wells kneeling in prayers, and old travelers note snakelike wriggling as a relic of ancient rites. Beltaine bonfires and flaming wheels on hills echo Phoenician and Irish ancestry rites.
The article defines a good stroke in rowing as steady and regular with a crew kept in time. It stresses giving rowers time to finish the stroke, maximizing work, and avoiding flurries. It also covers race strategy including sensing crew effort, when to press, saving energy, and timing the grand attaque.
A parlor entertainer recalls performing at an at home event with many encores. The hostess and her young daughter offer refreshments and remark on fatigue, the daughter joking that they are indeed tired too, illustrating a lighthearted moment from the afternoon.
A scene from a French novel shows Narcisse and his beloved rivals vowing friendship to death. They purchase coal dust, ignite it, and all perish. The satire pivots on office life and public service as a public official writes about improving neglect.
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