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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
3
Mitchell Republican argues gold reserves rose by 4 million while October deficit hit 9.32 million, higher than 1896. It claims tariff and Republican policy fail to curb costs and notes cheaper coal and wheat prices offset higher duties. The Gazette is urged to explain the paradox.
President appoints Thomas A. Burns of this city as receiver of public moneys in the Mitchell land office. Friends congratulate him on his good fortune. Also includes a patent medicine ad for Hood's Sarsaparilla and a county Equal Suffrage convention notice with speaker Rev. Henrietta Moore and Laura Gregg. Chicago market report and other misc items follow.
A critique of overusing the word how in American and British writing. The piece notes Mr Howells influence and cites examples from politicians and a letter by Hon Auberon Herbert to the London News. It argues the Gaelic idiom translates to the same idea and mocks excessive how usage.
Local items from Mitchell include P A Zollman visiting from Alexandria and Mayor Fullerton traveling to Sioux City. L S Tyler of Sioux Falls represents New York Mutual Life in city business, while D Powers defended a participant in a recent fight at Vernon. Rev W E D Gray of Yankton preaches at the Congregational church this Sunday. Mrs Anona Williams arrived on the Milwaukee after touring northern areas inspecting the W R C, and Mrs Hamaker with Miss Mayes shopped in Mitchell before returning home.
A Monmouth merchant advertised buckwheat flour as a favorite Wisconsin product. Guests departed after a wedding celebration with wishes for happiness. The note mentions exchanging 25 pounds for a bushel of wheat, recalling buckwheat flour handled in 1892.
Nov 9 to 11 updates from Mitchell, Ethan, Beulah and Vernon. Local visits include Henry Parry with C F Atkinson, Eunice Thompson at school, and Dr Baker with daughter visiting Moses family. Marriages, motor trips, hunting, and school news accompany holiday plans and a Thanksgiving dinner set by the Ladies Aid.
Beulah Nov 9 report highlights labor and farming activity. James Cross finished threshing then returned home to Charles Mix county after collecting fall proceeds. The Creamery adds a story to expand capacity as Miss Lizzie Larson heads to Montana for winter. Ben Weeks and Hoyt Cox fence Pletcher quarter, schoolhouse No 5 gains paint, and a Center district consolidation is debated. Cows fetch up to 35 at O Donnell sale while ducks and geese migrate. Fire caused minor hay loss as Greenacker's land burned off.
Walker, who distrusts doctors, clashes with a physician over iron tonic treatment after a fall. The doctor insists iron is universally good for the system, while Walker argues it causes irritability and refuses the tonic, prompting a sharp retort about sitting on a tack.
Travelers on a rainy Georgia veranda joke about Longfellow and a tall stranger who claims a tie to the poet's fame. A northern China note adds a separate vignette about winter desertion, begging and guild pressure on shopkeepers.
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