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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1890
Page
4
The Mitchell Printing Co offers subscription rates and advertising options. One copy per year, in advance. business cards limited to six lines at five dollars. legal ads at statute rates. marriage and death notices published free of charge. obituary lines five cents. local ads ten cents per line first insertion, five cents for subsequent insertions.
The Dakota Ruralist notes bankers charging 12 percent and those charging less, while senators from the northwest oppose binding twine on free list and push for McKinley bill inclusion. Nebraska Governor Thayer calls a June 26 special session to pursue a maximum rate law, repeal state board of trade, and advocate free coinage of silver. Senate lands committee backs a broad land law package amid timber culture repeal. subtreasury bill fades in Congress as talk of government grain warehouses and farmer loans pivots.
The article notes intense political maneuvering between Miss Willard and J Ellen Foster in Iowa. Foster’s stance appeals to non partisan temperance workers, while Willard aims to outmaneuver the other with sharp political tactics.
The bill declares that liquor shipped from one state into another becomes the property of the destination state and falls under its laws as soon as it arrives. It asserts that the right to ship into a state does not confer the right to sell within that state.
A Sioux Falls dispute over a franchise led to the street car company attempting to bar the electric motor company from possession of curtains and to occupy the track with a gang of 100 men at midnight. The mayor’s orders were ignored until Judge Tate issued a final ruling that night.
The Dakota Bur list notes the Farmers' Alliance pushes a third party in the state, arguing the money party endangers the movement. It claims both Republicans and Democrats conceal money interests beneath surface appearances.
M. P. Wheeler, a prominent alliance man, writes to the Alexandria Herald with reasons why the Farmers Alliance should not organize a third political party. He asserts many alliance farmers do not want such a move and believes alliance men can secure the desired legislation through existing parties, where farmers are the majority in both.
Farmers and others can bank on the steady rise in wheat prices. The world wheat supply has declined due to increased consumption and successive crop shortages, keeping prices elevated for months. No single crop will restore supply to the past decade’s low-price levels, so wheat raisers may expect continued better prices.
The 1890 census starts June 2 with 42,000 enumerators visiting every farm by June 30. The Agricultural Schedule No 2 lists hundreds of data points from owner name and farm value to acres of crops, livestock counts, dairy outputs, and orchard fruit totals. Special investigations include viticulture nurseries and farmer organizations, aiming for comprehensive agricultural returns.
A clipped Sioux City Journal note reports South Dakota shows moisture across the state ahead of congressional action. It notes favorable conditions for farmers and hints at improvements in irrigation prospects, reflecting a cautious, forward-looking agricultural outlook from regional sources.
The piece urges faith in South Dakota’s crop outlook to vindicate its agricultural standing. It also reports a local controversy where teacher Miss Hanson faced charges for reading the Bible with sectarian comment, with superintendent Bras ruling her guilty and risking public school integrity. A Mt. Vernon patron signs the letter in 1890.
In Mt Vernon Twp the superintendent defends reading the Bible in class arguing it fell within ten minutes daily with no comment. He recalls a later petition accusing sectarianism, says a pupil and teacher testified truth, found sectarian comment and closed the school after district attorney backing.
Sioux Falls press reports the marriage of William B Sterling of Huron South Dakota United States district attorney and Olive Snow Underwood of Dixon Illinois. The ceremony is set for Wednesday June 4 at high noon in St Lukes Church Dix on Illinois.
On Decoration Day an entertainment at the rink hosted by the W. R. C. will feature forty three children dressed in national colors. It promises to be an interesting program. Admission is 15 cents.
Press opinions in Rockford Illinois argue the original package ruling may prove the prohibitory laws were poorly enforced. They foresee many original package houses opening across the state and fear a carnival of drunkenness may follow.
Parker New Era denounces the Lord & Thomas Newspaper Advertising Agency of Chicago as a parasitic outfit that preys on South Dakota publishers. The piece claims the firm has exploited insurance company statements to manipulate auditors and secure benefits for middlemen at the publishers’ expense.
The Pierre Free Press says the Pioneer Press displays a growing tendency to flop on the tariff issue and side with free traders. It urges the Pioneer Press to resolve the straddle and issue quicker if it remains sincere in its beliefs.
Hand County Press notes it erred in criticizing Maj. Pickler on the pension bill. The mistake arose from a dishonest Pioneer Press correspondent, the Redfield Journal states.
Aberdeen News notes the McKinley bill passed by the House is praised as a farmers bill. It details higher duties on farm imports rising from 24.54 to 43.09 percent, a sugar duty cut to 10.14 percent, and a 2 cent bounty on sugar from beets sorghum or cane to boost production.
Woonsocket News laments politics as both serious and ridiculous focusing on re election battles. It argues the central issue is which men in office stay or are replaced to secure salaries, rather than serving the people or state interests.
Judge Hugh Campbell from Yankton states he never declines a offer but has not been favored by Yankton county. He says he could have won either senator or governor since 1885 if county supported him, but is too busy to pursue politics unless his friends show clear interest.
The Sioux Falls Press notes that census enumerators are sworn to secrecy and must not reveal individual facts outside official relations. Data is published only in sums by counties and states, with no disclosure of personal property, crops, or other specifics to individuals.
Memorial services held at the court house Sunday afternoon drew larger crowds than in prior such occasions. The writer notes the greater attendance by city residents.
Hearers praised the memorial sermons preached by Rev. A. W. Adkinson of the M. E. church and Rev. Geo. A. Mackintosh of the Presbyterian church. A select choir performed two Gospel Hymns and a primary class sang America in patriotic style, fitting the occasion.
Land Office decisions affirmed and reversed involve Jno Hallekson v Emerito Scales over timber culture entry in Brule County and Donald McKinnon v Katherine Buhner over a MecKook County homestead claim. The ex Register Everit dismissal is affirmed, ex Receiver Singiser reversed, and the contestant’s favor upheld in the Buhner case due to lack of residence evidence.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Mitchell post office for the week ending May 25 1890. Names include Marsh Mrs Lucia Mathews W LT Peterson C Ross Miss Emma Stopher A White Everitt A. Callers should say advertised. uncalled letters will be sent to the dead letter office after two weeks. J W Beattie P M.
Sealed proposals for a bridge over the run near the southwest corner of section 10 township 103 range 60 will be received by the auditor up to 12 m Monday July 7th 1890. Plans and specifications are at the auditor's office. Sealed proposals will also be received for culvert and earth work at the same site per specifications on file. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. R T Robinson Co auditor Mitchell May 15 1890.
Past Commander Silsby of the G A R says national headquarters seeks to re number posts and issue a new charter dating from last March. Posts in this department will vigorously protest, claiming loss of rank and erasure of nine years of official South Dakota G A R record with a new charter.
Geo A Silshy, back Friday from a county tour of Sanborn Jerauld Beadle Brookings and Clark reports crop prospects brighter than ever. He notes farmers are optimistic over the outlook with graft advancing in the area and corn emerging though some fields show yellowing from wet weather, which sun in a few days should fix.
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