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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1891
Page
2
A good quarter of land partly improved located very near Ethan. Favorable terms offered. Inquire of or address W S Tosey Mt Vernon.
A Buenos Aires cable reports a violent tornado hitting Santa Fe province wrecking Arroyo Seco completely. Forty killed and thirty injured as an eighteen coach train at the station was overturned and buried in wreckage. telegraph lines were damaged delaying details. The Brazilian garrison at Itagni reportedly surrendered to revolutionists without a battle.
New York dispatch reports rapid revolution spreading through Rio Grande do Sul Brazil with Governor Castillo resigning and a provisional junta taking over Porto Alegre. Itagui garrison surrenders without a fight and northern provinces may join the revolt as Fonseca battles to hold power.
The Brazilian minister at Washington, Sener Mendon, received a cablegram on Nov 17 with latest ash advisories to Brazil. It notes events from Nov 4 in Rio Grande do Sul and references foreign developments, though some text is garbled.
Miller and Sibley sold Prospect Hill stock farm colt Electioneer Conductor to Charles and Franklin Ridgely of Springfield Indiana for 35000 cash and ten reserve services valued at 10000. Conductor last year won a notable race for 3 year olds at Cleveland, setting a 225 six heat record. Dam Sontaz Mohawk. The piece also notes quarantine measures at Blackfern Island and a highway robbery case near Sackawexto with driver robbed of cash.
Cleveland reports Denn Piatt died at his Logan County Ohio home after a period of illness. Born in Cincinnati, he served briefly in government during President Pierce’s era and later joined the Civil War era staff of Robert C. Scholer. He wrote Memoirs of Men Who Saved the Union and devoted his life to farming and public works.
Hreos Dated report notes H L Loucks reelected president of the South Dakota Farmers Alliance at its annual meeting. He will continue as editor of The Ruralist and serve without pay, salary previously 1200 dollars. A V Van named vice president and J W Harnes as treasurer, both with salaries. details indicate ongoing leadership and administration for six years.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as pleasant and refreshing with quick action on kidneys liver and bowels. It claims cleansing and fever relief, condemns constipation and cold cures, and notes bottles priced 50c and 1. It urges trying through any reliable druggist if not on hand.
Reports describe Hattie Smith of Clinton Iowa, a Salvation Army captain, shot by Cadet Clara Beadle, then Beadle killed herself. Separate account notes a shooting affray in Patts Montana with Marshal George Treat and Isaac Marks among others injured, with claims of gunfire aboard a train car and in a depot area.
A series of explosions and fires damaged Ashley Wire Works and nearby areas. One man died in a related accident as police pursued suspects. In Omaha, Frank Barnes alias Artie Faun was arrested after robbing the Chicago Stack Yard bank. In New York, Joan H Bonn, a railroad company president, was found dead in his Weehawken home, suspected suicide.
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