This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
3
Damaged OCR text from a 1897 to 1947 era publication shows scattered references to culture, wine, health, and property notices. Names such as Andrew, Philena, and John May appear amid garbled lines about auctions, sales, and land sections. The fragmentary content lacks coherent events or dates.
Local notices list ophthalmic specialist Dr E S Bugbee at Gale's drug store October 9 through 11 with free eye examinations. Other items note travel, marriages, real estate moves, and community events around Mitchell including carnival planning, public notices, and local trades.
The equal suffrage convention ended at noon after two days of meetings. Elizabeth A. Yates of Maine delivered a keynote address that impressed delegates, who then organized an equal suffrage club here and pledged support for the national group. The gathering adjourned at 10:30, with many delegates departing to Vermilion for the WCTU convention.
The HouGH family extends thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of their daughter and sister. They credit community sympathy with easing sadness and express special gratitude to the Mystic Legion and Degrees of Honor for their actions.
In Constantinople the Ottoman customs house now behaves like an American agency, inspecting baggage for banned books and maps. A traveler recalls a map of Asia Minor triggering a tense exchange with an effendi, who finally declares the item defon dew confis-kay as a Review notes a broader mood of turmoil in the Turkish empire.
The lord mayor of London keeps 15 servants, eight over 6 feet 8 inches tall, in sapphire blue velvet uniforms with heavy gold lace. A Ludgate Hill clothier says these uniforms are perquisites kept by servants, later sold to African kings or used for theaters. A crown was once made to accompany such a uniform for Africa.
Sept 30 notes report W Rh Edgington moving buildings west of the school house, marking local improvement. F M Hatch visited St Paul last week. Residents attended the old settlers reunion at Plankinton. Daniel Owens reports wheat at 17 bushels. Mrs M Burns returned from Emerson NY for a short visit. Mrs C N Hatch and Arthur returned from Illinois. Louise Momsen to Plankinton for a position at the industrial school. Mrs E O McEwen and Miss Annie Haynes drove to Mitchell to visit friends.
Hundreds seek treatment after Dr Rea, noted specialist, schedules professional visit at Mitchell House on Thursday October 14. He will return every four weeks, by request, to see patients in Witchell, M. D.’s service area.
An advertisement proclaims DH REA, president of the Southern Medical and Surgical Institute in Louisville Kentucky, runs the largest southern practice, claims to have treated over four thousand patients with high praise. It offers 350 to any case unsolved in five minutes, lists extensive illnesses treated and cured, and notes confidential private treatment for both sexes with consultations in German and other modern methods.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.