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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
3
A local endorsement argues Judge Smith should be reelected for integrity and impartiality on the circuit bench. It notes his proven legal knowledge, unbiased decisions, and the public benefit of continuity on the bench.
The Luetgert murder jury reported to Judge Tuthill at 11 this morning and disagreed. Nine jurors favored conviction while three favored acquittal, and the panel was discharged. The result was anticipated by officials and observers.
Mrs R R Schwartz of Sioux Falls visited Mitchell and headed south while Jerry Loman arrived from Bloomdale Ohio as a guest at The Mitchell. Judge Abbey has been ill. Rev Oliver Williams visited Plankinton and returned home. Mr Widmann upgrades his corner entrance. Mrs Ben Oleson hosts a juvenile dancing party and plans classes. Steel rails replace old iron rails in Milwaukee yards. 40 workers from Iowa hired at $1.40 daily. Advertising Journal Co opens a Blue Premium Ticket branch in Mitchell with library book distribution at Main and First streets. J E McCaslin and son George depart Mitchell for Chillicothe Ill to run a flour mill. yellow fever fears influenced relocation.
The Chicago Daily Market column reports on grain market activity compiled by D W Moore Grain Commission. It notes price movements, supply conditions, and trader responses to evolving market signals in the Chicago grain trade.
Threshing is nearly finished in the Plano vicinity. Joe Beattie rents his farm to Mr. Rand near Artesian. The community reports carpenters at work, recent travel from North Dakota, and duck and goose hunting as birds migrate. West Perry notes Sunday school and an organ payment event. Badger sees ongoing building, new barn and shed construction, and visits from Armstrong and Mitchell residents. Beulah reports free claim success, several cattle trades, corn harvest progress, and market butter prices. Frequent local movements include farm rentals, sales, and cattle buying nearby.
London reports confirm a powerful international syndicate in England, France and Germany plans to purchase all paying Klondyke mining claims. The piece also touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a premier American remedy for liver issues, biliousness, and related ailments, urging trials and noting its broad claimed benefits.
The French assassin Lupi escaped Cayenne by sealing himself in a coffin to form a deck and paddle craft. He aimed for Venezuela or British Guiana, 150 nautical miles away, but was found near Paramaribo by the Abeille steamer and taken to a cell.
A humorous exchange in the New York Journal quotes a man confessing to an engagement with Miss Spry while noting the social mismatch of their living arrangements He explains she is sweet but rooms on the first floor whereas he is on the eighth.
Minneapolis wheat futures and commodity quotes appear alongside an advertisement praising Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs. The testimonial asserts superior cure records and guarantees satisfaction with free trial bottles at Scallin’s drug store.
A Pittsburg News snippet presents a humorous line where a character mocks drunkenness by saying the humble goat is a model for intoxication. The exchange, filled with quips, highlights a playful, rural wit about a goat who is “ready to throw a horn into any body.”
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