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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1887
Page
5
Weil Bros offers seasonable dry goods carpets clothing boots and shoes at low prices. Every customer is promised bargains and the store proclaims itself a leader of low prices and Butterick pattern agents.
Live correspondents and agents sought for subscriptions with liberal commissions in towns across counties where the CAPITAL circulates. Mitchell Printing Co. reports local news updates, arrests, court notes, railroad and artesian well developments in Plankinton, Yankton, Chamberlain, and surrounding towns.
The final week ending November 22 leaves many letters uncalled for at Mitchell post office. Names include Alf Uk, John Berkheimer, Clara Brown, Georgia Bigelow, Hattie Crawhall, Mrs Ida Carroll, Wm Fedi, Dan Nestor, David Peterson, John Studebacker, Jim Schram, Clark Thompson, Ben Kohli Leungart Iverson, and Mary FOREIGN. Advertised letters must be called within two weeks or forwarded to the dead letter office. D Hammer P M
At a Tuesday night meeting No 2 hose company elected officers. Foreman J W Pulley. 1st Assistant Foreman Frank Widehose. 2d Assistant Foreman Albert Banks. Secretary S L Chase. Treasurer J L Hannett.
A local woman, Mrs. Luther Lutz, endured seven years of severe illness with failing vital organs and relentless coughing. After trying Dr King’s new discovery for consumption she slept well and, with one bottle, reportedly recovered. Trial bottles available at L O Gale's drug store. Also Shiloh's Vitalizer touted as a cure for indigestion constipation dizziness and loss of appetite.
A historical advertisement claims Shi loh’s Cure provides immediate cough relief with prices 10, 50, and 31 cents. Sold by L. O. Gale.
A patent remedy titled Shilohs Caltarrh Remedya is advertised as a positive cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth and is available through the vendor L O Gale. The listing emphasizes effectiveness and retail availability in a local ad style.
Thanksgiving Day in Mitchell 1887 opened with morning snow and bracing air. Congregations held services at the Presbyterian and M E churches with Rev A W Adkinson delivering a forceful sermon. Catholic masses ran every half hour 6 to 9 am and were well attended. Socials featured Parmelee card party and a packed Kochs Opera House for Uncle Tom's Cabin by the Abbey company. Dakota University students and faculty enjoyed holiday dinners with local boarders and neighbors returning home for dinner.
The Mail prints Mitchell citizens who signed the Aberdeen convention call led by F. H. Winsor and Geo E Letcher among others. Sixty three percent opposed division with 79 votes against out of 636 total. Dr A H Daniels also supports the movement but could not sign. Most signatories appear democratic in persuasion.
At a Royal Arch Masons meeting on Tuesday officers were elected E B Bracy H P W L Warren King H L Warne Scribe J N Crow C H F E Moses P B J T Morrow kt A C M A Rowley Treasurer Geo IT Rathman Secretary Max Weil 3d V J W Belcher 2d V W E Randall 1st V Jos Lovinger W It was also voted not to lease the third floor of the Champeny building as Masonic Hall. The public believed Champeny’s would be the hall but the plan was changed for undisclosed reasons. Negotiations for Koch's Opera House are noted.
A notice states that sermons on temperance will be preached next Sunday at St Marys Church. The topics cover self temperance and how temperance applies to others, presented in a religious instruction context.
The Mitchell Merrymakers announce their first party at the rink next Friday. Officers include President Ceo A Silsby, Secretary K D Martin, Treasurer Grant Crary, with executive committee M J Rowley L O Gale George A Silsby and reception chairs Mr. and Mrs J D Lawler Mr and Mrs F H Winsor Mr and Mrs W M Smith HH K Faulkner M L Davison W E Randall.
Miss Ella Rowley Miss Florence Singiser and Miss May Grant are noted as hosts. Invitation committee members are H. R. Kibbee J. G. V. Parmelee and F. M. Hammer. Floor managers are G. G. Crary Geo H. Rathman and R. F. Dundass. Party dates run December 2 and 9 and 2 January 6 and 20 February 3.
A large crowd gathered at the Catholic Fair's opening contest for a gold watch to the fairest young lady and a lantern for the most popular ticket knight. Nominations include Miss Bond, Miss Weil, Miss Regan, and Miss Grant for the watch, with Morse, Conley, and Burns on the conductor list. Friday evening features Fatinitza, Romeo and Juliet scenes, and musical numbers directed by Mrs. M. B. Lynch, promising a week of strong attractions.
Pleasant Ridge hosted a Sunday school convention at the schoolhouse on November 20 with Rev P A Reno from Mitchell University as a welcome guest. President L McCurdy and Miss M E Wright were thanked for leadership, temperance instruction, and teaching. The gathering included music by Miss Carlotta Moyer, a WCIU meeting planned at Mrs W I Wrights, and local items of news including Mr J Roster buying fat stock, Mr James Ewart delivering market beef, and a 20th wedding anniversary celebration at Mr. and Mrs. R Evans home.
This 19th century advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver misery. It blames greasy and bad cooking for digestive woes and urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle priced at seventy-five cents, claiming it brings health and happiness.
Rev. P. E. Holp of Sioux Falls will deliver a celebrated lecture at the Congregational church on Thursday evening December 8 for the benefit of the furnace fund. Holp is respected as a pulpit orator and regarded as one of Dakota’s clearest and most original clergy.
Many people dislike cod liver oil tastes yet Scott's Emulsion with hypophosphites makes it as palatable as milk. It is hailed as a valuable treatment for consumption scrofula bronchitis debility wasting diseases in children chronic coughs and colds and is now widely used by physicians. Little patients take it with pleasure. Try Scott's Emulsion and be convinced.
Mitchell Printing Co has acquired rights in the city for a litho-like process that produces highly detailed designs from movable type. The firm claims results rival lithograph houses at one fifth the cost and offers all commercial printing at standard prices. Samples are available at their office for public inspection.
The Lincoln Democrat repeats its stance on prohibition, urging the party to drop whisky advocacy or stay in the minority in the northwest. It notes Republican support for tariff reform and corporate regulation is deterred by temperance positions, citing past resistance to constitutional amendments. The piece cites letters from prominent Democrats backing its temperance view and asserts the Democrat's position reflects the true sentiment of Nebraska Democrats.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup presented as the prescription of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. Marketed for forty years as a remedy for teething pain, dysentery, diarrhoea, griping, and wind in children. Sold at 2 cents a bottle, claimed to bring health to the child and rest to the mother.
Three carloads of flax straw tightly baled on cars at Mitchell require cash on delivery. Call at once to complete the deal. Also seeking one thousand bushels of potatoes at the highest cash price. Gro. BE. Lirrcurn, Mitchell, Dak.
The Mircuety Packing Co advertises for hogs to be delivered now paying 3.90 to 4.25 dollars. Dr. David Kennedy’s remedy is endorsed by Mrs. E. P. Mizner of Burgill, Illinois, claiming cure of Bright’s disease and gravel and offering a book by sending a 2-cent stamp to Rondout, New York.
Patent medicine advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped skin chilblains corns and all eruptions. Guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Price 26 cents per box. Sold by L. O. Gale.
Sviron Bros. and Seaman advertise readily available farm loans with funds on hand and low interest. Call to inquire if you own or improve a farm.
An advertiser recalls Castoria’s use from infancy to adulthood noting its long association with a child through illness growth and parenthood as a trusted remedy across generations.
Andrew Carlson files intention to make final proof before the Register at Mitchell on December 31, 1887 under culture application No. 502 for the SW 14 of Section 13, Township 101, Range 61. Witnesses named are Gustaf Levensen Alfred F. Litz Charles Johnson and William H. Grady all of Mitchell. B. Everitt, Register.
Notice of final proof for Mary E Skinner under soldier’s led entry 22092 to prove residence and cultivation on nw corner of section 14 town 104 range 61. Proof before Register Gro B Evenirr in Mitchell on December 31 1887 witnesses James Woodcock Wilbur H Swett Edgar T Swartout Hiram L Omealy all of Mitchell Dakota.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art gains national pride from a grand gift by Miss Catherine Lorillard Wolfe. Her 143 paintings, mostly by famed foreign masters, will be preserved with a $200,000 endowment, elevating New York’s gallery status. The new wing, fireproofed and granite faced, stands near Central Park. The story also surveys highlights like Meissonier and Reynolds works. A secondary piece profiles the hippopotamus, detailing its skin, pores, and life in captivity, including Jumbo’s keeper Scott.
A Florida Letter discusses yellow fever mortality, noting deaths attributed to fever may overstate its lethality. It argues that subtracting expected deaths from other diseases reduces the fever's apparent deadliness, highlights the impact of good nurses, and cites New Orleans’ experience as a model. It predicts the Tampa outbreak will stay confined to that city.
An experienced sportsman notes that bats are the hardest targets to shoot. Bats are quick and turn sharply in all directions, making kills difficult. He recalls a tale of a bat flying away with twenty holes in its wings, reported by the Kansas City Times.
An old clergyman told a parishioner anger at a neighbor that there is no point in getting mad since the man still has to endure it. The remark appears in the New York Ledger.
The Listener notes a trend to drop English pronunciation in old Massachusetts towns. Stoneham, Wareham, and Woburn replace earlier forms. Leominster adopts Leominster and may shift again. Worcester risks Wor cester, while Wooster in Ohio preserves original sound. Portsmouth becomes Porthmouth, Gloucester locals say Glockster, and Glou-cester may become the ruling form, as Boston Transcript warns.
The natives of India are refined, art loving, with a high standard of taste in embroidery, weaving, painting, and ivory work. Their pottery, brass patterns, color richness, and ornamentation echo ancient Egyptian, Cypriot, Pompeian, and modern Dresden influences, while illuminated books and architecture rival marble dreams like the Taj of India.
Berlin school board requires fire drill training as a compulsory part of study. At each term opening, teachers and pupils must exit classrooms in a prescribed, orderly sequence under a sign. Directors report success to the school board to prevent loss of life in fires or other accidents.
A dated humorous collage cites lumber figures and opinions on quartered stock, noting oak and other woods now sawn with the grain. It contrasts cost and value, mentions waste, and quotes sources from Northwestern Lumberman and Carlyle. A theatre miscommunication yields a wry domestic joke about Romeo and Juliet and public perception.
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