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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
11
Spectacular fall and winter dress fabrics in black white and colors offered at deep discounts. Includes wool-like poplin berber crepe and printed weaves with 38 inch width and strong patterns. Prices drop from normal 50 cents to as low as 5 to 15 cents per yard while the lot lasts.
A pair of celebratory showers honor Lenore Prescott before her wedding. Mrs. Robert Ward hosts a decorous party with heart motifs and a marking game while Miss Prescott receives favors and poems. A second shower at Mrs. R D Welch features old fashioned dress props and a string gift presentation.
County figures show forty seven rural school districts with five districts without schools and Loomis employing two teachers. In Mitchell county fifty six teachers work outside the city, nine hold first grade certificates, twelve teach their first school, and none attended a state normal. City schools number twenty three teachers. There are twenty five eighty one school age children in the county and one thousand ninety seven in Mitchell. Monthly teachers meetings occur Mitchell Mt Vernon Ethan.
J M Erion announces a sale of thoroughbred Shorthorns cattle Duroc Jersey and Poland China hogs to be held at his farm five miles southeast of Mitchell and 746 miles north of Ethan on Thursday Oct 26 Lunch served at 11 30 and sale begins 12 30 There are 25 head of Shorthorns 24 Duroc Jersey hogs and 3 Poland Chinas with a mix of cows calves yearlings and boars from noted breeders Cash or bankable notes 10% interest 2% discount for cash Col J S Serveson auctioneer Buy cattle and hogs that will make you money.
Local vendor Wm Ixoch invites orders for hand made harnesses. Stock includes No 1 leather on band ready for custom fittings and delivery.
The Tyndall football team faced Dakota Wesleyan University at Athletic Park and lost 21 to 0 in a wet, cold game postponed to morning after the team arrived by train late Wednesday. Heavy Tyndall players vs lighter Wesleyan speed resulted in slippery conditions and few successful advances.
The weekly postal notice lists uncalled letters as of Oct 18 1905 for Mitchell. Names include Anderson Arthur Berrie W A Harty Clearance Hightower Jennie Jones EF Tinderman Maggie Morgan Frank A Maston da M Moore L E Orr J A Reed Daniel Sherman Mabel Schuldt Emma Stephens 3 M Wemenger G Wilcox W A Wertzman Ea Wilson G G and others. Callers should say advertised. unclaimed letters after two weeks go to the dead letter office.
The families of C Twombly and E Pine express heartfelt gratitude to all who assisted during the illness and death of their father and companion. Also thanked are Mrs. Gehman McIntire Scholes and Myrtle Pingry Valentine Pingry for their support.
Phrase appears to be an advertisement copy urging readers to insist on a product for appetite, tongue coating, skin pallor, and restless sleep. It suggests a remedy linked to Hostetter's brand medicine commonly used in old newspapers. The readable line lacks full product naming and explicit action.
An advertisement touts Hostetter's with a private stamp over the neck of the bottle promising relief for ailments such as Sick Headache Sour Risings Kidney Troubles Constipation Indigestion Dyspepsia and Insomnia. The copy targets multiple digestive and sleep issues with a health tonic claim.
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