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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
6
Dr Rea a specialist will visit Mitchell on Thursday December 9 at the Mitchell House by request. He returns every four weeks and claims to have cured others and can cure you.
An advertisement asserts Dr. Rea as president of the Southern Medical and Surgical Institute in Louisville and claims a large practice with over four thousand patients in the past year. It promises cures for a wide range of ailments including catarrh, eye and ear diseases, digestive issues, rheumatism, sexual health problems, cancers, and skin conditions, touting modern methods and confidential treatment with German consultation.
Mrs. Lyman Abbott in The Ladies' Home Journal argues that rural residents lack noble lessons from nature. She warns against viewing life as mere toil or rest and urges a balance where work and play merge. A new social spirit would foster mutual bene fits and shared progress rather than solitary effort.
A sporting man at the New York postoffice stamp window offered three aces and then a pair of deuces. The clerk handed out 1 cent and 2 cent stamps as the man laid 7 cents on the shelf. The clerk claimed the pot and the men parted with smiles.
A judge questions a colored witness who denies an ambush in the shooting case. The witness testifies the man was shot from behind a pine tree, challenging the ambush claim cited by the defense.
The Lapp baby belongs to the class of the small unwashed. When its mother is in a neat frame of mind she daubs fat on it, and that is all the bathing the youngster gets. Nine cases out of ten of ordinary colds can be cured early with a hot bath and a glass of hot lemonade before bed.
Judge Smith opened the November term at 10 o'clock with a near full jury. Six civil cases were disposed of, including Koppers v Schaun settled and Parry v Parry continued to May after sickness. State charged Ralph Kershaw with receiving stolen property. after lengthy deliberation, the jury found Kershaw not guilty.
The court room was crowded as Ralph Kershaw faced trial on charges of receiving stolen property. Key testimony came from Herman Voege who claimed Kershaw received two sheep on December 26 1896. Kershaw testified he bought the sheep from a farmer and denied the theft.
Chrysanthemum show scheduled for Grand Opera House November 18 to 20 features opening Thursday evening bargain day supper at 5 to 9, a concert by State Juvenile Band with Mrs. Lou Ella Smith, a floral display, children's entertainment with Grace Goodykoontz, Punch and Judy, illustrated readings, and a matinee at 2 o'clock for children. Old Folks Concert under E C Newbury at 8 o'clock. Special flower sale and Japanese Booth Aunt Dinah's Log Cabin, cut flowers, and hot house plant displays. Single opera house admission 10 cents.
Albert Gerard-Thiers recounts singing for Cetewayo in Cape Colony days. He explains changing his surname to Thiers for French vocal technique and notes the king presented him with two wives, both over six feet tall, which he declined.
A short essay notes shifting views on American dining compared with European gentility. It argues Americans now rival Europe in cuisine, stressing honesty in food, mastery of materials, and a broader, more cultured approach to meals, citing Ela Morris Kretschmar in Woman's Home Companion.
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