07 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
4
Ethan records a well attended social last Thursday with a royal good time. An elegant supper at Hotel Sheeder featured ferns and La Franc roses. Hosts and waitresses received praise for a banquet many hope to repeat.
A light rain fell last week as C. E. Cassem departed for Chicago with a carload of cattle. Miss Mabel Jorgensen attended a church event in Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shultz visited his mother Sunday. Coy Lambert hauled wheat to Riverside last week. Several runaways occurred recently, including Miss Barrow's horse at M. L. Wallis and Crossett's horse at Scofield's mill. Nerman Shultz and family visited Plano last Sunday. Yom Gordon was in the area Monday.
An advertisement claims Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs regardless of duration and prevents consumption. It promotes a universal remedy and asserts health benefits without medical proof.
A Washington Star quote shows Colonel Stilwell of Kentucky eschewing favorites after learning that the song Comin Through the Rye alludes to a watercourse. He distrusts songs cited by others based on that interpretation.
Prosper notes the Christiansens move to Mitchell, French and Anderson ship five carloads of fat cattle to Chicago, and local visits by Scheick, Hunt, and Riggert. Corn husking begins as crops soften, theft hits the R.R. school house stealing small items including ink bottles and the bell, Halloween passes quietly, and youths gather at the D A in Mitchell.
The list of uncalled letters for the Mitchell post office as of the week ending November 5 1902 includes Mrs L M Ashcroft Miss Goldie F Austin Cullen Jas Delinger Clerance O K Fitch Mrs E P French Charles Gardener Lloyd Jeffers Geo Kennedy Mrs Anna Kiine Mrs L Lord Mrs Jennie McLaughlin Johnnie Pat Schuhmacher Roger Shepherd Merrick Smith Mrs Albert Smith Mrs W H Smith W B Watson John S When calling please say advertised If not called for in two weeks they will be forwarded to the dead letter office.
A court ruling holds a husband not guilty of desertion when his wife rents his room to a boarder and crowds him out of the house. The decision appears in 158 Penn. St. 450 as a solemn judicial principle.
A brief exchange shows a doctor and judge discussing a remedy for a head issue. Dr Gruffy dismisses a gift as unnecessary while Cholly requests relief. The dialogue hints at sarcasm and judgment in a courtroom setting.
A fire at the manse this morning consumed ten years of sermons. The minister described the blaze as a grand, dry inferno that destroyed the valuable note collection and Sunday records.
The Dakota University notes recount Hallowe'en mischief on campus with the Bow and a Dahomey village analogy, the Home Guards' duties, a gymnasium event under D. A. Home Guards, and a testimonial about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Elder John W. Rogers. Florence Phelps hosted guests. Charley Johnson visited Woonsocket.
The notice offers a one year subscription package to The Capital for addresses in I nter Ocean and Sioux City Journal areas with renewals from Dakota Farmer and new names priced at 1.50 for Dakota Farmer and 1.25 for The Mitchell Printing Co.
The daughter of J N Powell stepped on a rake made of ten penny nails and the nail pierced her foot while another entered halfway. Chamblains Pain Balm was applied, and pain subsided within five minutes. After three days she wore a shoe again with no discomfort. Powell, a Forkland, Virginia merchant, advertises the antiseptic Balm for fast healing, sold by L O Gale, druggist.
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