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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1897
Page
4
A partial OCR fragment references Ulady Hood 3 and mentions a live aria. The readable text is insufficient to identify persons, places, or events clearly.
A partial OCR shows a public sale notice referencing lands and a high court house day of sale. The fragment mentions names like Charles and Elster, amounts in old currency, and property conveyance terms but lacks complete details or full dates.
The Argus Leader argues for Auditor Mayhew's resignation amid calls from Yankton Gazette and Hipple and Mayhew criticizing negligence. It urges giving Mayhew a chance to respond and endorses releasing the clerk blamed for trouble. It notes bankers are not routinely held liable for clerks' crimes and advocates closer officer supervision.
Oct reports from Flensburg Plano West Perry and Union note threshing progress and fair wheat yields. Residents visit relatives attend conferences fairs and dances while weather and farming plans influence daily life. Notable items include a runaway incident a resignation of Rev Evans and a new local barn and granary.
The column reports 8 bushels per acre yields, ongoing illness recovery, and various trips to Sioux City and Yankton for carnivals and fairs. It notes Miss Della Cook leaving for Sioux City, teachers and church events, a chicken pie supper raising funds, and small town observations about schools, road work, and a sheriff seizure of a cow as stolen property.
In a market page from Minneapolis on October 7, No. 2 Northern wheat closes at 85 and other commodities at 24 87 264. The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine with positive merit that outlasts fads and remains top selling worldwide due to proven cures.
The Milton cottage at Chalfont St Giles is among England’s best preserved historic houses. Milton fled here in July 1665 during the plague after finishing Paradise Lost and receiving a £5 note with a promise of more. The cottage remains much as he left it and now attracts London cyclists.
In a dramatic snippet from Loudon Figaro Maud recalls George’s proposal to Ethel. He began to speak, gasped, turned deathly pale and fainted. Maud suggests he should ask papa next, but he faints again when the moment returns.
Mrs. C C Dean and son Howard visit relatives in Miller while Carl Tannehill leaves for Gallatin Missouri for three weeks. The Geo E Logan Furniture Co. received a carload of bedsprings and beds. Various residents travel to Sioux City Sleepy Eye Grand Rapids Mason City and Plankinton. Col C W Ainsworth passes through town. The Crow Creek Agency family plans move here. Swedes A Ogren and A H Pehrson reconnect over shared origins.
A B Irving a Windom Minnesota piano tuner composed the music for Whittier's We Are Coming Father Abraham Three Hundred Thousand Strong. He wrote the tune after Lincoln called for more troops and debuted it at Defiance Q and Fort Wayne. The song drew loud crowds, sold over 40000 copies in a month, but Irving never received royalties after the publisher failed.
A New York Sun quotation recounts a sober citizen’s ride in a tall building. He recalls an escalator ascent and a confusion about floors as the elevator operator corrects a rider who mistook the tenth floor for the twelfth. The anecdote underscores the need for clear speaking up in tight spaces.
Dr Rea, a specialist, advertises proven cures for various ailments claiming to have cured others. The notice emphasizes his confidence in treatment and invites readers to seek consultation.
Dr Rea presides over the Southern Medical and Surgical Institute in Louisville Kentucky boasting the largest practice in the south. He claims to have treated over four thousand patients in the past year with high praise and offers fifty dollars if he cannot diagnose a case in five minutes. He advertises cures for a wide range of diseases and conditions using modern methods with free bilingual consultation.
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