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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
9
The Mitchell Capital reports as the official county paper with editor C W Downey. Subscription rates are listed with prices for one year and half year in advance.
The Hon. Charles H. Burke of Pierre declares his candidacy for Congress under the primary system, citing past service and a reform-era shift. He backs President Roosevelt if renominated, or Taft as second choice, supports Senator Kittredge, and promises further positions on South Dakota matters. The piece also notes national war projections and state crop data with Illinois leading corn production and South Dakota producing about 45.4 million bushels at 25 bushels per acre.
Canadian authorities pursue rigorous action after rail accidents. A conductor received five years in prison for disobeying orders and causing a wreck with multiple deaths. five more trainmen were jailed for similar negligence. Courts seek officials as rigorously as workers, with fines for a dynamite car incident and warnings to prevent future recklessness.
Richmond P Hobson, famed for sinking a Spanish fleet obstacle, tours the country as a congressman turned speaker. He discusses war prospects with the reporter, noting tensions with Japan and belief the matter could escalate, while expressing uncertainty about public sentiment.
Water Town council declared a building a nuisance and ordered razing as unsafe. Owners appealed to the circuit court which ruled the council lacked power to raze a structure as a nuisance. The ruling allowed razing only if a portion endangered passersby.
The New York Evening Post cites scarce capital and outsize credit demands as the primary trigger for the crisis. It also points to long term overleveraging by boomers and promoters, abuses in life insurance and street railway looting, weak trust company laws, resistance to reform, and reckless newspaper headlines and tips fueling the panic.
The text notes state wide insurance statements have published everything, leaving insurgent press members with no new leverage and a need to contend that the public can be drawn into the same predicament twice in a row.
San Francisco voters oust the grafters led by former mayor Eugene Schmidt who sits jailed. Union labor’s mayoral candidate loses by nearly 10 000 votes as the quake aftermath and labor unrest playout in city politics.
The piece discusses elastic currency proposals sparked by New York Clearing House activities. It examines central bank options, national bank note issues with tax retirement, and a third form via clearing house certificates. It weighs risks of over or under money supply and ponders giving clearing houses formal issuing power.
In Kentucky elections both movements gain footholds with the Kentucky colonel adapting to new influence. The notion of prohibition carrying any region seems unlikely yet appears in the latest returns.
The money hid in feather beds stockings under the carpet and behind the clock is moving back into banks with sheepish humor. The timid sum had a scare and fled for nothing.
The insurgent press bureau issued a long statement on the Parker incident where pictures of Senator Kittredge were torn down, reported by a Parker citizen. It notes insurgents’ effort to hide the event while sober state residents view the act unfavorably.
William J. Bryan argues that nine tenths of Republicans are Democrats and that his gospel has reshaped voting patterns. The text suggests skepticism about his logic and notes Republicans voting for the ticket with regularity over the past decade.
President Roosevelt reportedly told Congress a strong paragraph in his message would propose removing the tariff to let foreign producers, especially Canada, compete with the paper trust. Canada has ample spruce for pulp to lower U S paper costs while resisting tariff barriers. American buyers seek forest lands to supply material domestically.
Governor Crawford issues a cheerful proclamation declaring Thursday November 28 a day of thanks in the state. Citizens are urged to attend union Thanksgiving services in the morning and share a turkey dinner in observance of the holiday.
In the Democratic camp Governor Johnson of Minnesota is seen as a strong future candidate if the president does not run. His Minnesota allies plan to bide time, monitor Lincoln Nebraska's Mr. Bryan, and block any moves to undermine Johnson's prospects.
After Canova’s 86000 robbery, Hartford forms a night watch military company with signal codes and shifted duties. Other towns hire night policemen, while banks keep high cash on hand fearing similar visits.
The piece notes active political moves in New York aimed at denying Governor Hughes a presidential delegation. It mentions President Roosevelt may influence events but a Washington correspondent says the president does not seek the delegation for his own run, instead to aid the administration.
It is said the candidate needs a friendly delegation to nominate someone embodying the administration’s policies and would be embarrassed at the convention without the New York delegation behind him.
The annual delinquent tax sale occurred Monday at the courthouse with strong interest in offered properties. Sold at 15 percent by bidders, county collects 12 percent on unsold parcels, mainly outlying Mitchell and Mt. Vernon lots and some farmland.
A salesperson convinces a hesitant customer to buy a car by a humorous tale about a man slowly building speed before leaping ahead, illustrating how persuasion can close a deal. The anecdote blends a ranch setting with a quirky rhythm to clinch the sale.
A lawyer reads Stephen Godfrey’s 1796 will from Lambeth and notes its famous clause giving his wife Elizabeth only one shilling after years of turmoil. The will cites her turbulent behavior and their eight years separated, culminating in the bequest.
Beau Nash is revealed to have a father who was a Swansea glass business partner. The Duchess of Marlborough questioned his birth obscurity, and Nash quipped that he rarely mentions his father not from shame but because his father has reason to be ashamed of him.
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