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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
4
An advertisement asserts women must be healthy inside to look well and claims Bradfield's Female Regulator cures leucorrhea, falling of the womb, nervousness, headaches, backaches, and general weakness. It targets silent suffering, offers a free book, and sells for one dollar a bottle.
Jamce Moriarty and Franz Brandt visit Chas Priest barber shop at 10 30 Friday to cancel Brandt’s debt from a Bryan victory bet. The barber clips Brandt’s facial whiskers amid witnesses while Derby Burnside photographs the spectacle. Moriarty plans to keep the whiskers as a memory, and Brandt will surrender his mustache to Joe Gotto in a future deal.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case and endorses F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It lists West & Truax Walding Kinnan & Marvin as Toledo druggists and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure taken internally with blood and mucous surface effects.
An old classified notice advertises Muli's Lightning Pain Killer for internal or external use. Sold for 25 cents by J. B. Ferrie with home and travel use suggested.
Postmaster General Smith, in his annual report, renews his attack on second class mail privilege abuses described as a wasteful sum of 20 million dollars or more yearly. He argues that sponging concerns profit, while country and city newspapers suffer from free papers circulated on advertising patronage. He urges country editors and their city counterparts to unite to push Congress for reform.
John H. Scriven of this city seeks re election as secretary of the state senate after two years in the post. Senators who served with him last year endorse him highly, while the only other candidate is Doane Robinson of Sioux Falls.
A Western editor recounts a lighthearted wedding of Willie Short and Annie Bloomers. The church decor sparked protest over borrowed flowers, outfits were thrifty, and the couple left for St. Louis amid jokes about money and future plans. Local merchants joke about settling up.
Five handsome dolls are offered free to the public between now and Christmas. For particulars inquire at the store.
H. D. Butterfield reports the Eastern Star Chapter held its annual election Thursday evening with strong turnout. Mrs Hitchcock of Yankton, grand matron, conducted the annual inspection. Elected: Worthy Matron Mrs Gee Foster, Worthy Patron R P Hall, Associate Matron Mrs Clara Luking, Secretary Miss Alice Bartow, Treasurer Mrs D C Burnside, Conductress Miss Jessie Warne, Associate Conductress Mrs Geo M Rowley. Installations set for late December with further appointments to follow.
A Redfield report recounts how Wrought Iron Range Co pedlars deceived S. J. Bancroft by getting his wife to sign his name to a note. Bancroft exposed the forgery, the agent backed down, paid a dollar to return the range, and Bancroft bought a range locally for less, learning to deal with home merchants.
A Chambers' Journal account discusses bilge water aboard hospital ships in the tropics. The narrator recalls pungent smells, a rotting elephant carcass stuck near moorings, and the idea that bilge water can be deadly if mismanaged, yet not always fatal with proper handling.
A steel die at a long established copper firm desk served as a paperweight for 22 yen while the copper tokens struck from it circulated as Civil War era pieces. The 1852 token shows President Andrew Jackson with a money chest and the motto It take the responsibility.
An old gentleman observes a coal cart drawn by a starving horse with bones showing and a tongue hanging out. The driver retorts he is exhausted, blaming the horse’s bad manners as the cause, highlighting cruelty concerns in urban transport.
Ad copy claims rheumatism may arise from digestive failure and promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a cure or harmless aid. It asserts genuine product labeling and offers free sample requests from Scott & Bowne, Chelsea, New York, with prices 50 cents and one dollar at druggists.
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