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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
1
A list of women’s outerwear including cape and jacket styles with fur edging and interlining. Prices shown include special sale offers ranging from about $3.20 to $11.00 across various No numbers and fabrics. Strong entities include Thibet fur Persian lamb English melton and Roman stripe satin.
Three men were convicted in Davison County and sentenced to prison for crimes including calf theft and related offenses. A separate drowning incident involved a boy named Harry Smith who fell through ice. his body was recovered with help from local men and the boy’s family was notified. States Attorney Winsor praised the prosecutions as the county moves to quiet criminal activity.
A sad drowning near town north east occurred Sunday noon. Harry Smith son of Mr and Mrs Richard Smith disappeared while aiding cattle water at Firesteel Creek. He took a gun and ax to cut ice then likely walked onto thin ice and fell into ten foot deep water beneath a bridge. J H Camp and others reported the incident.
Report details traveling sales agents targeting Davison and Aurora counties with offers from an Omaha based grocery house. Farmers claim duplications of grocery lists and higher local costs, weighing tea showed inflated per pound price. Editorial argues home merchants bolster taxes, schools, and community, urging support for local businesses over outsiders.
The board of education approved a new department in the city schools after noting crowded conditions in two to three departments. Pupils will be moved to the new room and Miss Alice Saul was chosen as teacher for the rest of the year. The room is expected to open next Monday. Frank L. Blair of Kin ovan City Iowa and Miss Claudia 63 of Badger township wed at the Methodist parsonage at noon Tuesday.
Monday evening at the local chapel, Miss Ball and Mr Shepherd exchanged vows in a quiet ceremony attended by family and friends. The couple plans a private reception and will reside in the city.
Eliza beth Gormley daughter of Mr and Mrs James Gormley married John Grady of Hawarden Iowa at Holy Family Church Tuesday morning The ceremony featured Misa Belle Koch wedding march Mrs Gormley bridesmaid James Grady best man and a chrysanth mum bouquet After Mass the couple left for Hawarden where Grady works in the drug business Friends showered them with rice and an old shoe at the train The Republication extends congratulations to the couple.
A society wedding took place Monday at the Ball home in Mitchell as Miss Nellie Ball married Frank H. Shepherd in a small Episcopal ceremony. Guests offered congratulations and a modest repast followed. The bride, raised in Mitchell, and the groom will reside on East Second Street. The notice ends with well wishes for a long and happy marriage.
A Manila field hospital houses nearly 2000 troops with small pox patients arriving at about one per day. The writer details crowded quarters, illness, early rising and drills, plus observations on Manila streets and housing as he longs to leave.
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