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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1886
Page
5
An old time ad boasting repairs for rips free of charge and money back if not satisfactory. It promotes direct-from-manufacturer savings of 15 to 20 percent and comparison with Rag Cambric Calico Store. Mails and arrivals times listed for East West North and South routes follow with scattered abbreviations.
Local notices and ads describe Weil Bros leading price cuts on cloaks and shawls for holiday gifting. Other items include theater dances, railroad schedules, and upcoming social events, with brief notes on births, accidents, and sales from nearby communities.
An old man named McDougal suffered a broken shoulder after falling into a hole while walking at night and receiving chloroform during setting. A spate of runaway incidents disrupted Main Street with bruises and overturned buggies, while ice dealers prepare for next season. The Davison Brothers bank converts to a National Bank with capital of 50000 dollars, and artesian well water analyses are noted.
The Sabbath School convention at the Pleasant Ridge school house drew a full house despite some absentees. Officers elected include President I. McCurdy, Vice President Geo Pine, Secretary M. E. Wright, and an executive committee of C. M. Peck, Jennie West, Mrs. L. Nabinger, and Geo Moyer.
Reimbursements by draft to Montrose Dakota and Farwell D T noted on Nov 4. Receipts due for Geo Maxwell C E 8629 and Kinsey Perkins hearings. Appeals and cancellations recorded for many land entries, including Tannehill Shannon and Quirk Stratton. Mitchell school report for Nov 12 1836 and local uncalled letters listed with push for prompt pickup.
The Congregational church ladies host a splendid old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner at Beuzeville's restaurant on Thanksgiving Day with an apron fair attachment.
At a special meeting the council reviewed claims for mule loss 200 dollars and artesian well injury 75 dollars, discussed selling remaining water bonds, and noted expenses for burying horse carcasses 22 dollars. Right of way bills totaled 16716.65, with major claims 2262.50 and 1450. Also discussed city attorney vacancy, water works machinery paid 3138, grain market claims, and local press reports on Mitchell prices. Roger Powell left for Decorah Iowa to attend a business college. Religious meetings and Alpha Farmer Alliance plans noted with a Thanksgiving basket and program at Johnson school house Mt. Vernon township.
In Albany on April 4 1885 a testimonial from TANAY O NELSON praises Allcock's Porous Plasters for kidney pain and cold relief and notes usage within his family over ten years. Minniz A Blanchard announces dressmaking services in the Clark building with start around November 28 and guarantees work to equal the best.
An observer from Harrisburg Illinois reports a running leg sore cured after eight years using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The ad lists many medicines including Shiloh's remedies, West's products, Ayer's tonics, and various tonics sold by Hammer & Hammer and L. O. Gale.
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