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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1887
Page
5
Weil Bros advertise reasonable goods at well below standard prices. Every customer is promised great bargains this season across dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes. The ad proclaims low prices and urges customers to come and see the offerings, featuring Butterick pattern agency.
A jumble of notices announces subscription drives in Dakota towns and adjoining counties with liberal compensation for new subscribers. Items mention Dr Sage’s Catarth Remedy, premium copies of Our Family Physician, marriage certificate blanks, real estate moves, and building updates. Local events include a Dakota conference address by Hon A J Edgerton, M E and education notes, library news, and various regional notices about fairs, coal issues, and church activities.
A mix of notices and advertisements urging subscription to Our Family Physician with a free copy offer, revival plans at the Baptist church led by Rev A Watson, a W C T U meeting, grain market estimates for Hanson county centered on Alexandria and nearby towns, and Packers selling hogs at Mitchell Packing House.
Trustees report inability to secure a hall postpones the Good Templars meeting until next week. They will announce the new date when a hall is rented. The Congregational church furnace is nearly finished and the church will reopen one week from next Friday with a musical program, supper and social features.
On October 1 1887 a white cow with a blue neck and nose escaped the yard during the morning fire. Reward offered for information or return. Inquiries to this office. Thomas Tillson.
The week ending October 19 lists uncalled letters. Names include Bruce Beil Beckett Cyphers Cooper Carbit Degginger Falk Glenn Gilbert Hiberson Hanson Johnson Landon Lewis Lenny Meps Phelps Preston Reynolds Roshon Slade Taylor Williams Wilson and more. Advertised letters must be claimed within thirty days or forwarded to the dead letter office.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway offers fast routes via Sioux City and Manilla to Cedar Rapids and Chicago with through Pullman sleeping cars. The 6:35 p.m. Sioux City departure reaches Chicago at 2:15 p.m. and connects with eastern trains. the 9:10 a.m. train arrives Cedar Rapids by 10:00 p.m. and Chicago by 7:10 a.m. Agents sell through tickets and reserve sleeping accommodations at no charge.
Detailed diary of the October term led by Judge Jen Bartlett Tripp. Proceedings cover docket rulings, grand jury selections, citizenship grants, and multiple civil and criminal actions. Notable items include dissolving the Frontress Barbed Wire suit, a not guilty verdict for Dibble on an assault case, and several continuances due to illness and ongoing jury deliberations.
A dense docket shows LS Shauer involved in numerous cases with judgments for plaintiffs in several matters. Many cases are continued or referred, including Willard Letcher and partners withdrawing, and a notable camp fire fundraiser by Ransom Post G A R with S W and W R C support. The notice lists many names and firms, with several continuances and decrees granted or reported as settled.
Harmony Club resumes social festivities with a dance at the rink tomorrow evening. Invitations will go to former members, though the guest list may be incomplete. all are expected to attend even if their cards are delayed.
Rev William Brush D D president of the Methodist university at Mitchell praises Aberdeen as the Hub City of Dakota. He extols Dakota’s growth, the Methodist church, and the University’s status while praising the territory’s rail lines, corn palace, and educational prospects before urging sustained effort and faith in the work ahead.
The annual meeting of the W C T U elected officers including Mrs Dr Windle president and Mrs W C Russ recording secretary. Other posts named were Mrs S J Moore corresponding secretary and Mrs M E Kline treasurer with six vice presidents headed by Mrs 8S Winegar and Mr Geo Silsby. The next meeting is Thursday October 20 at 3 PM at the Presbyterian church.
Catholics of the city organize a Thanksgiving week fair to aid the sisters school debt. A church meeting called by Rev Father Sheehan decided to adjourn until next Sunday evening to appoint fair committees and begin the drive.
John I. Wood of Stratford Ontario reports severe kidney back pain and leg cramps. He applied Allcock's porous plasters over the back and beneath both knees. Within hours relief followed for the back pain and within three days the leg cramps disappeared, with lasting health since.
The ad advises readers feeling low and unwell to use Electric Bitters to refresh vitality and purify the blood. It warns against stimulants and bitters made from cheap whisky, claiming these only provide a brief lift and worse afterward. The product is marketed at 50 cents a bottle at L. O. Gale's drug store.
L. C. Gale’s drug store reports a huge revival in trade due to giving away free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. The strategy attracts many customers, driving exceptionally high sales and widespread word of mouth.
A classic testimonial touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as the teething remedy of choice from a renowned nurse and physician in the United States. It claims to ease teething pain cure dysentery diarrhea griping and wind colic while soothing the child and resting the mother. Price 25c a bottle.
Enjoy Life What a truly beautiful world we live in nature’s grandeur and health. Dyspepsia and liver complaint cause many maladies. Three doses of August Flower will prove its effect. Sample bottle 10 cents Try it.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a cure for consumption and all throat and lung diseases. It claims immediate relief in any case, urges pharmacists to recommend it, and notes 80,000 dozen bottles sold last year with no failed cases. Sample bottles cost 10 cents, regular size 75 cents, sold nationwide.
Promote Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best healer for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, rashes, fever sores, tetter, chilblains, corns, skin eruptions, and piles with a money-back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by L. O. Gale.
Advertises immediate hog purchase across the country with payments near Chicago prices. Offers 3% to 4.25 dollars per hog and invites hogs to be brought in today.
Box Elder seed priced at twenty five cents per pound offers good weight and quality seed. Shipped to any address with special rates for large orders. Order soon from Marcus Nursery in Marcus, Iowa.
One thousand bushels of potatoes for which I will pay the highest cash price. Geo Ef Letcorr, Mitchell, Dak.
Daxora LOAN & Trust Co. invites borrowers to secure money for farms and city property with low rates and no delay. Office over Security Bank. Henry Tourrine, Vice-President. Also advertising Shiloh's Vitalizer and Shi loh's Cure with contacts L O Gale and JL O Gale, noting health remedies and prices.
Local ad promotes Shilow's Catarrit Remedy as a positive cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth. The product is sold by L O Gale at area shops.
A fragmented ad style statement traces Castoria usage from infancy to adulthood, noting a mother’s claim that Castoria helped her sick child and continued to be given to children as they grew. The text repeats branding phrases, reflecting nostalgic marketing rhetoric.
A downtown business man reports a sign directing all aid applicants to the relief bureau has cut beggars by 90 percent. The bureau screens impostors, issuing lodging and meals while investigations proceed. Fraud reports, bulletins, and police action deter fraudulent solicitations in New York charities.
A Rochester Union tale describes extravagant interior displays with canes from a Philadelphia collector and a Japanese room where walls themselves become art. The cane collection, once auctioned in New York, now decorates a seven-second street library, each with a detailed history note.
Cody recalls Prince of Wales democratic nature and joke about holding four kings while in Britain. Queen and Princess of Wales are described as caring and candid visitors who inquired about the health of show Indians and the crowds. An accident tale follows about a Kansas Pacific derailment where engine and cars vanished in quicksand near Fort Wallace.
The San Francisco Bulletin notes Yan Phou Lee’s claim that Chinese immigrants rely mainly on Chinese companies for aid, equating this to assisted emigration and contract labor. It cites opinions on immigration and labor patterns and reflects broader era debates on race and economics.
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