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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1887
Page
6
Mitchell county ad notes seasonable goods at Well Bros with low prices on dry goods clothing boots and shoes. emphasizes customer satisfaction and bargains, promotes Butterick patterns and Well Bros as leaders of low prices.
A call for subscribers across Mitchell and adjoining counties offers liberal ash commissions and premiums. The notice promotes copying Our Family Physician and Our Family Whisman, with marriage certificate blanks and ministerial supplies, while detailing local happenings, railway lunches, and a push to subscribe to the Capital. It mentions Frank Winsor occupying a residence on West Fourth Street and references the Mitchell fair and local personalities.
Pleasant Ridge hosts Mrs. C G Phillips birthday party for husband Dr. Phillips, age 76, noting his healthy work on the farm. A temperance meeting is set for October 4 at Thomas schoolhouse with a home talent program. October 11 brings another candlelight program at Pleasant Ridge schoolhouse organized by Miss Wright. Mrs. Hattie Frazier hosts an old fashioned quilting bee on the 5th with No 1 quilters. a hearty dinner helps the work. Threshing and plowing continue. Dr. Windle visits Pleasant Ridge farms to inspect tree planting this fall.
The high school literary societies named leaders: Tyre society Florence Barber president Jessie Kibbee vice president Artie Bracy secretary. Excelsior society Arthur Skinner president Maude M Silsby vice president Emma Harker secretary. The Tyro program for Friday October 7 includes recitations essays and declamations by students such as Jessie Kibbee Mabel Daniels Mathew Smith Florence Wright and Adell Rolph with titles and topics listed. The Excelsiors announce performances on Friday October 14 with a cordial invitation to attend.
The wife of A. H. Bailey of Plano township Hanson county died Wednesday night of dropsy. The funeral will be Friday. She was a Hanson county pioneer aged about sixty. She leaves a husband two daughters and five sons. Two sons reside in California.
Miss Edith Rogers, guest in this city, goes to Mitchell to serve as music instructor for the coming school year at the Mitchell university. Miss Hattie Taylor departs for Mitchell to head the elocutionary department, a move expected to ensure success.
Dakotans and stockbreeders take pride in the blooded cattle sale at the fair grounds last Thursday. Fifty three head sold in under a day and a half, averaging 94 dollars per head. The sale framework matched England levels and shows high grade Dakota stock, while similar fairs in Iowa and Nebraska faced buyer shortages. The local sale could have continued longer with profit.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a natural laxative and easy remedy for cleansing the system. It claims efficacy for bilious or costive conditions, headaches, colds, fevers, habitual constipation, indigestion, and piles. Produced by the California Fig Syrup Company of San Francisco and sold by 8 H Scallin.
In Minneapolis yesterday Farmers Vice-President Harden of the Dakota Farmers Alliance praised the Mitchell fair. He said the event created a territorial boom impression, crops are good in many areas, and foreclosures are unlikely to rise significantly this fall.
Mitchell residents hail rapid university progress but trustees plan a winter lecture series on popular topics. Opened by Dr. L B Sperry of Carlton College will discuss physiology and hygiene with talks starting in October.
A series of illustrated lectures to be given, featuring a rare collection of human anatomy charts and a life size French manikin. The lectures attract intense interest and prove invaluable to teachers in common schools and others seeking understanding of life laws and health.
Listings of proofs rejected or allowed to be renewed under statutes. Names include Richards Palmer Coleman Joyce Malony Hitchcock Van Dorin Willy Olson Crawford Creeves Steinzmann Morgens Mashek Martin Olson Rauson Watson Gladman Wiltse Pi man Gladman again. Contested cases include Walsh Oriell McMillan Calquohon Hawky look Kennedy Ward Hawky Kreeken Fox Skinner Therling Ryan Wilke Collo ny etc. Some entries cancelled. others require new proof of residence citizenship or continuous residence. several entry cancellations and appeals noted. Supreme court patents ready for delivery.
List of uncalled letters for the Mitchell post office for the week ending September 10 includes Annesley W D, Bridgeman Lizzie F, Berry Sophia, Bassett Levi, Cutts Wm., Douglass W W, Davis Mr. J, Ensign Eben Ford E J, Forest Mr. Langlois James Laban C EH McNary Harvey, Mitchell Minerva Mills F P & Co. McKieran Lettie Murphy Wm I Masley Charley Moore Robert Olson Olva Rosben J F Rage Geo A Strong Geo P. Call “advertised”. unclaimed items go to the dead letter office after 30 days. D Hamner P M.
Last night and this morning large congregations attended Catholic Mission services at the church and Holy Family church. Sermons by Rev Fathers Rush Brewer and others filled the hours, with Rosary, Benediction, and Holy Communion shaping the devotions from 5:30 in the morning through 9 o clock. Evening programs repeat with sermons and confessions.
The impromptu Mitchell bicycle club event drew a strong crowd on Saturday. Healey shone in the three mile lap race while Grant Bell and Percy Stone dueled in the five mile, Stone edged by a pedal slip. Stone and Wells raced next with Wells narrowly beating Stone in a 4044 time, best on the track. Healey and Bell then clashed for the longest three mile event, Healey winning by inches, then finishing with a 414 quarter mile effort after Bell quit the race. The Ransom band provided music throughout.
Mrs James W Blackwell, mother of Mrs L Taylor of this city, died at her daughter’s home in Hutchinson County on Saturday September 24. The funeral was held at Olivet last Sunday with large attendance. Mr Carson of the Presbyterian church preached the sermon. Mrs Blackwell was 80 years old.
The firm of Starker Company has been added to Mitch ell business circles and has placed a complete stock of dry goods clothing and general merchandise for shoppers.
The senior member of the firm will oversee operations in the Wright building’s new store room. He will be assisted by his nephew, Mr. Harker, and Mr. Bird from Kimball, indicating family and regional ties in the setup.
Every member of the Mitchell Choral Society is urgently requested to attend this evening at the Presbyterian church at 7 30 sharp. In addition to the usual rehearsal, important business matters will be considered. H E Kravrz Director.
The syrup of figs is praised as an agreeable family remedy for habitual constipation and ills from weak kidneys liver and bowels. It acts gently strengthens the organs and awakens them to healthy activity. For sale by Ss. H.
The Carthage News reports the Mitchell territorial fair as a grand success reflecting credit on Secretary Bushnell. Live stock and vegetable exhibits are described as immense and the finest ever seen in the territory. Daily excitement includes horse and bicycle races, shooting matches, and balloon ascensions making it the grandest affair of its kind in the northwest.
Mrs Mary Balich organizer of Indiana for the W C I U has worked in the temperance field in Dakota for three months. She will lecture in Mitchell on Sabbath evening at the courthouse. A Saturday afternoon meeting for women and an 8 o clock Saturday evening mass meeting will be held in the Presbyterian church. On Sabbath at 4 pm she will give a chalk talk to children. All the little people are invited.
At the last meeting of the C L S C in July the motto Not a day without a line was adopted. The Mitchell circle was christened the Dacotahs. The first meeting of the year will be at Mrs Bowdles residence October 7 at 3 o clock. All members and anyone wishing to join are welcomed.
A fine crowd attended last night as the Royce Lansing company delivered a rich program of music, character pieces, and burlesque. The show followed ten days of top attractions, drawing on par with Salsbury's Troubadours and Nat Goodwin’s era. The review praises the tour as a model of first class entertainment when well advertised.
Sioux City Journal notes Gov. Church of Dakota spoke at the Mitchell territorial fair and again at Grand Forks urging Dakota division with South Dakota joining the union. The editor urges clear stance on statehood and a bold path to Dakota's place in the United States.
James N. Teller, ex secretary of the territory, defends his honor against a Church correspondent's charge of cleaning out the secretary's office before handing it to McCormack. He also responds to being labeled a defender of the Yankton boodlers, saying he cannot identify who the boodlers are without specifics on last year's misappropriations or this year's withholding of funds.
An Olivet Herald report recalls a violent confrontation with Dr Bruiseter who allegedly threatened the editor over debts. The altercation began in W B White’s store, sparks flew on the sidewalk, a wagon spoke was used, and teeth were knocked out as the men fought.
The confrontation describes blows to the left shoulder and head as a person strikes, the narrator’s hand contacts a stone, and a failed effort to calm the spokesman with a brief rocking. The assailant appears weary, then rises to lunge again.
Yankton Press reports that Col Gale and M H Rowley of Mitchell likely fill the vacancies created by the resignations of Brown and Lewis. Rowley arrived late yesterday and claimed no trustee hopes. rumors link others, while Governor’s authority to suspend or appoint trustees is questioned amid hospital improvements and an electric light study by the resigning pair.
The Omaha Bee laments last summer’s coal glut in eastern mines left unsold to provoke higher consumer prices. Monopolists controlling transport raised rates, harming poor buyers while miners’ wages stayed low. The piece condemns the profits as blood money and calls for a remedy to curb such abuses nationwide.
Aberdeen News says a settled Yankton muddle is not. Gov Church has suspended the hospital board of trustees, but a lively time remains over management and control of the institution.
An elderly physician, retired, claims a vegetable remedy can permanently cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and throat and lung ailments, plus nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe free in German, French, or English to any reader who writes with a stamped return and requests the paper.
A heritage advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaints. It claims 75 percent of common maladies stem from these issues and that three doses prove its efficacy. A sample bottle is offered for 10 cents.
W D Soyr Co wholesale and retail druggists of Rome California report two years of strong sales for Dr King's New Discovery, Electric Bitters, and Stucklin's Arnica Salve. They claim several consumption cases cured with a few bottles of Dr King's Discovery plus Bitters and guarantee the remedies. Sold by L O Gale.
The advertisement claims Boschee's German Syrup cures consumption and all throat and lung diseases with immediate relief. It states three doses relieve any case, urges druggists to promote it, notes 80,000 dozen bottles sold last year with no reported failures, and offers a 10 cent sample and 75 cent regular bottle. Sold by all druggists in the United States and Canada.
For sale or rent a 93 acre farm four miles northwest of Mitchell. Property includes a good house, well, stable, and 3000 thriving trees. Price 2200 dollars with ten year terms or terms to suit purchaser. Gero A Rogens.
One thousand bushels of potatoes for which I will pay the highest cash price. Gro E Letcher Mitchell Dak.
Advertisement notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions claiming to cure piles with money back guarantee. Sold by L. O. Gale for 25 cents per box.
Turback Hel Packing Co. calls hog raisers to bring hogs for sale at Chicago market prices. They offer payments ranging from 3.90 to 4.25 dollars and urge immediate delivery of hogs.
Box Elder seed offered at twenty five cents per pound with good weight and quality. Shipped to any address, special rates for large orders, order soon from Marcus Nursery in Marcus, Iowa.
Many people avoid cod liver oil because of its taste. Scott's Emulsion makes it palatable like milk and a valuable remedy for consumption scrofula bronchitis debility wasting diseases of children chronic coughs and colds. Physicians report young patients take it with pleasure. Dry Scott's Emulsion and be convinced.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children is praised as the prescription of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. Used for forty years by mothers, it is said to relieve teething pain and cure dysentery diarrhea griping, wind colic. Price 25c a bottle.
A public notice warns readers not to be misled by substitutes and to ask their druggist for Allcock's porous plasters. It stresses the product’s vegetable formula, exclusive knowledge by manufacturers, and claims of safe, prompt relief. Over 1,000,000 people reportedly cured.
A Philadelphia physician of repute has decided to focus on injuries and diseases peculiar to athletes and baseball players and has written to players for information about Charley horses sprains and dislocations. The piece notes Pond's Extract as a ready cure option carried for these occasions.
Mr N Al Frohlichstein of Mobile Alabama praises Dr King’s new discovery for consumption, bronchitis, and catarrh saying it gave instant relief and cured him. He also notes trying other remedies with no success and recommends electric bitters and Dr King’s life pills. Rev George H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana credits SINLOH’S CONSUMPTION CURE with saving his and his wife’s lives in testimonials.
Antique advertisement touts Shiloh's Vitalizer as a remedy for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and all symptoms of dyspepsia. Priced at 10 and 50 cents per bottle and sold by L. O. Gale in the local shop.
An advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as immediately relieving croup whooping cough and bronchitis. Sold by L. O. Gale.
We have money on hand to loan on improved farms at low interest. Call and see us if you want a loan. Davison Bros. and Seaman.
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