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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1891
Page
3
Local briefs include notes on property moves and residents relocating, plus a report of electric lighting plans for churches. Wheat sales to Minneapolis, a stolen team alert, and market quotes feature alongside births and divorces. Community events, parish meetings, and business updates fill the page with scattered regional details.
The Independent notes Republicans in the second district nominate Rome township farmer Fred Giesen for county commissioner to fuse with Democrats. It argues Giesen, a trusted, charitable, progressive taxpayer, can govern economically and safely, citing his aid during the Diphtheria crisis and his long bipartisan work, while party lines blur in Davis County.
Mattie M. Dean aged 23 dies in Las Vegas New Mexico at 10 am after moving from Mitchell last October with her mother and brother Charles to fight tuberculosis. She is the fourth family member to die of the disease in four years, joining brother Will sister Emma and father Sylvester in mortuary records. The report notes the family’s sorrow and mentions other local items including real estate transfers, bidding by Geo. B. Owen and F. H. Winsor, and various civic notices.
A long, mixed item notes alleged coercive debt collection tactics by the Farmers' Alliance Company of Aberdeen tied to binding twine from the American Cordage Company. It claims farmers were pressured to prepay notes with 10 percent interest via drafts, plus bank-exchange costs, under threat of collection. The item also includes obituaries and church notices mentioning Miss Martha M. Dean’s death in 1891, a church call to Rev. N. S. Bradley, and a promotion for Syrup of Figs with testimonials from the California Fig Syrup Company.
A Wednesday evening reception in the Dakota University chapel welcomed newly elected President Chas. Merica. Faculty and students applauded his remarks on plans for the year and discipline, with music interludes and social mingling following the program. The issue also lists jurors for the November district term, notes a South Dakota Christian Endeavor Union convention in Mitchell, and reports two local weddings and other community notices.
Eastern parties view potential growth here as likely to retain and enlarge the works, employing 30 or 40 mechanics. The site near the artesian well boring system is seen as ideal for supporting regional development.
Sixteen Plankinton Workmen visited Mitchell lodge on Wednesday. State Grand Master Carl Gerner of Iroquois attended. Mitchell lodge has 28 members less than a year old. Delegation members included W M Smith, T C De Jean, L W Lichensteen, S D Brown, G D Young, A H Dunn, C J Smith, S R Drake, Wayne Mason, John Rogers, H F Fellows, I N Auld, T W Taubman, A H Rogers, J D Bartow, and F J Cheney.
Abstracter J E Wells advertises bond filing for deeds in Mitchell SD. Posted sale of brood mares and colts at Farmers Sheds on October 21 and 28. A coursing dog match near University with first prize ten dollars. Various political nominating notices for SD races and county offices follow, plus horse movements from Minnesota to Wheeler SD and a 3060 bushel wheat harvest.
Special to The Republican from Huron South Dakota reports Rev. T. M. Shanafelt confirming Hon. T. E. Blanchard’s statement that Woods admitted serving in the rebel army under Price. Cressey notes the corroboration of Woods’s military past.
The notice urges buyers to insist on the T. G. Mandt name on the hind axle and side of the box to guarantee the patent steel axle. It promises a deep 32 inch box with patent fasteners and warns against Stoughton wagons lacking the Mandt branding. Also mentions postponed traveling show at the Rink to Tuesday Oct 27 with G A R sponsorship, and a market note: pickled pork at Walrath's for 8 cents per pound.
A patient with three years of skin and blood disease reports instant relief after first use and full cure in four weeks. The testimonial from Mund Keras of Union Ave Chicago IL praises Cuticura Remedies and urges others to try them for persistent dermatitis and hair loss.
An antique advertisement touts Curicura as a comprehensive cure for skin scalp and blood diseases from infancy to old age. It highlights Curicura Soap Curicura Resolvent and claims but price and ordering details plus promotional booklet with testimonials.
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