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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
6
A 19th century advertisement proclaims that internal remedies harm pregnant women and promises relief through an external liniment. It claims to soften over-strained muscles with a unique blend and markets the product as a safe aid during the months before childbirth.
Mitchell prepares a grand reception for soldiers returning from a year in the Philippines. An executive meeting laid out parade details, divisions, marshal appointments, and routes on Main and Third streets. The procession will end at the depot with a counter march to Third and Main.
Prominent Hannibal citizen J. E. Lilly recounts a near fatal bout with typhoid fever that progressed to pneumonia. He credits Dr. King’s New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery after using a bottle, praising it as a universal lung cure. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar, with trial bottles free at S. H. Scallin’s drug store, guaranteed.
A Chicago investor letters Davison County officials about a proposed rail line from Bismarck to Omaha. The writer seeks county land in cultivation, cereal and livestock production, and shipment figures to assess the project and its impact on Mitchell’s market and railway facilities. The account is published for reader judgment.
A correspondent from Chicago dated September 25, 1899 asks the secretary of state for information bearing on a proposed line. The writer notes the state has not published such statistics and hopes the office can furnish them to aid in drawing the prospectus.
An advertisement asserts that beauty stems from health as it links weak digestion kidneys and blood impurities to pimples and a dull complexion. Electric Bitters is promoted as the cure to regulate stomach liver and kidneys, purify blood, strengthen nerves and improve skin, sold for 50 cents at S H Scallin's drug store.
From San Francisco a Minneapolis Journal correspondent reports Private Larrabee of the South Dakota regiment has smallpox after two days of surveillance. He was quarantined and his tent and gear burned. The regiment, vaccinated last week, faces potential delay in returning home. no further trouble anticipated. Also noted is Rev. S A Donahoe of South Point Pleasant WV recovering from a heavy cold after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy, recommended for public sale by L O Gale.
A dense collection of medical claims for Karl's Clover Root Tea DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve One Minute Cough Cure and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Includes endorsements from Mrs Mary Bird and L O Gale and mentions S H Scallin druggist Hodgdon Me Hartford Conn Harrisburg Pa and Micaropy Ill Hustler Editor Fackler.
Telegraphing from Washington, Mayor Fullerton gets Congressman Burke to secure a stop for President McKinley in Mitchell on Oct 14 on the way to Sioux City. The president is due Aberdeen in the morning and would arrive in Mitchell around 3 PM, with a possible half hour stay. Also notes a 1897 Clay County injury case and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm endorsement.
A playful invitation poem from M Kennedy to W B Turner of the Bachelor Club in Rockford recalls a butter and egg dance. The poet declines attendance, calling herself an old maid who has slipped off the perch, yet sends light verses about egg and shell and a hoped party with the group.
A dated advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin ailments and wounds, DeWitt's Little Early Risers for constipation and liver troubles, Shiloh's Cure for coughs and croup, and One Minute Cough Cure praised by multiple named users. The copy claims guaranteed cures and lists several retailers and endorsers.
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