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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1893
Page
12
Local notices tout sales and services, with bids for land and house rentals, shoe and clothing ads, lost dog and stray livestock notices, plus a mix of community happenings including church events, births, and nearby town items.
A scathing review targets the Uncle Tom's Cabin company for a poor performance. The troupe is belittled as inept with a weak orchestra and weak acting by Uncle Tom St. Clair Eva and others. Even the standout is the coon quartet which draws sparse applause from a small crowd. The critic urges laying the production away.
A nationwide chorus praises the Mitchell Corn Palace Exposition calling it grand and elaborate. Newspapers tout its scale beauty and county displays with Edm unds Yankton and Sanborn counties earning top prizes while Mitchell spurs growth in housing and commerce amid hard times.
In Mt Vernon on Tuesday 7 o clock a quiet wedding joined Albert Dean Haynes treasurer of Mitchell Printing Co and Miss M Jamie daughter of James and Mrs Haynes. Rev N S Bradley conducted the ceremony. They planned a 9 15 breakfast then travel to Chicago for the World's Fair before two weeks home to Mitchell and house keeping. Numerous relatives attended and presented gifts of silver and fine china.
Geo Naviger, accused of stealing Geo Hust's bicycle while working for Horsley the dairyman, was held to the grand jury after being found with the wheel near Canton on Monday. He remains in jail for lack of bail as Expo season ends. Champeny Bros. received 160 new Calicoes and crepe de chine pieces. customers urged to view them.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims broad approval from patients and physicians for acting on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and notes bottles are sold by druggists in 50c and 1.00 sizes.
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.