Fowler Visits Mitchell for the First Time
Fowler visits Mitchell with a party including Judge Edger Reno Dr. D Clark and others after a Typilist conference at Eden. They dine at the university pending Bishop Fowler’s plan for a central university with feeder schools and cooperation with the Dakota conference. Reno appeals for 125 dollars. 65 is quickly raised. Rev B Clark is named presiding elder. Rev Mr Akinson arrives from Huron. Pillmore flees Wisconsin with unknown destination.
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P Fowler
Mitchell
Sitchell
Eden
Judge Edson
Reno
D. Clark
Pardée
Rey. Vashiurn
Hop Fowler
Cance
Kota
Bishop Fowler
Ferents
Dakota
Watson Thatcher
Nonother Place
Edger
B. Clark
Ife
M. E
Akinson
Huron
Clark
Griffin case jury returns verdict and sentences defendant
The Griffin trial ends with verdict of guilty after a late Friday session. Judge Trippr sentences Charles Griffin to Sioux Falls Walls for three years and six months. The article also notes a quiet marriage of Mitchell’s young couple, Charlie Wilson and Minnie Brooke, in Alexandria with Rev. J A Smith.
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Griffin
Lripp
HH. J. Mohr
Martin
Prisner
Ripp
Charles Griffin
Soner
Sinieh
Lisurest
Linm
Ue Sioux Walls
Tird Favor
Tripp
Mitchell
Alexandria
Charlie Wilson
Miss Minnie
J. A. Smith
Nicaflair
Wilson
Leteher
Faulkner
Special Teacher Certification Examination Notice
By order of the board of education a special examination for teachers certificates will be held on November Str be running at 10 o'clock. This is the last examination for the year. All resigning certificates this fall should call on the above date. Libras, County Superintendent.
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Board of Education
Libras
Way in Hard Luck. Pillmore Absconds With Funds
Gurnantor J. MM Way reports Pillmore vanished from Wankton between Monday and Tuesday this week, taking 134 dollars and leaving 20 dollars in unpaid debts for the town to settle. Way describes Pillmore as exceptionally obnoxious and untrustworthy.
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Vankton Press
J. MM. Way
J. W. Pill- Nore
Wankton
Way
Pillmore
New Burr Street Underground Crossing Debuts
A Capital reporter tours the new Burr street underground crossing opened after grading by W. N. Perry & Bro. The cut starts north of the track and drops to a level with the Dry Run bridge then fills toward the south bluffs. About 2000 yards of dirt used to improve streets and flood-prone spots. The crossing links to the county road aiding south and southeast farmers traveling to the city.
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Capital
Burr Street
W. N. Perry & Bro
Dry Run
Rink
Fullerton Yard
N. Grant
N. L. Seaman
J. Roster
Perry
Plankinton Reform School Cars to Lead Out
Reports list sixteen remaining cars needed to complete the order for the Plankinton Reform school. Mentions the building’s handsome stone material and its affordable, well-placed construction qualities.
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Alexandria Herald
Plankinton Reform School
Grand Forks
Territorial
H. C. Green
Rugby Junction
Turtle Mountain
Plankinton Standard
Effner
Iowa
Mitchell
Sanborn
Kimball Graphic
Free Press
Plankinton
Kimball
Missouri
Unpaid premiums questioned after Mitchell fair
M P Wakeler of Alexandria complains to Dakota board official W F J Bushnell that premiums totaling 15 dollars for brood mare with suckling colt and stallion classes in division A roadsters were not paid and certificates not received. He notes others also received only partial premiums and asks for fair play.
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W. F.J. Bushnell
Dakota State Board of Agriculture
Mitchell
M.P. Wakeler
Alexandria, Dak
Premium offer drives regional paper to boost circulation
The Capital announces a reader incentive giving every old subscriber a $3 premium book for each new subscriber they recruit, aiming to double the circulation by January 1, 1888. The note stresses the book’s value and the paper’s willingness to incur costs to expand its reach in Dakota.
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Dakota
Death of Rev W B Affleck Reported From Leeds England
Prof Richardson of the university received a letter from Mr Deers a son in law of Rev W B Affleck New York city saying the reverend gentleman died suddenly at Leeds England on Monday last no further details available only a cablegram announcing Affleck died suddenly Beers awaited his return next month Wes was last heard from in good health
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Prof. Richardson
University
Deers
W. B. Affleck
New York City
Leeds
England
Beers
Affleck
Wes
The Delightful Liquid Laxative Syrup of Liza
The Delightful Liquid Laxative syrup of liza is a family remedy for habitual constipation and kidney liver bowel weakness. It is easily taken by all ages and acts gently to strengthen the organs it affects and awaken them to health.
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California Fig Syrup Company
San Francisco
Cal
S. H. Sceallin
Mitchell South Dakota Fair Impresses with Rich Exhibits
An editor praised the Mitchell fair as vastly superior in grains vegetables butter and bees with judges from Michigan and towns endorsing the quality and size of cattle and horses. Visitors from older states admired the displays as 15 000 attendees witnessed apples from Clay county and diverse farm machinery. The piece closes with an ad for California Fig Syrup.
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South Dakota
Otder
Michigan
Atlantic
Mitchell
Clay County
Dakota
Social Cutthroats and the New York Mashers
A New York Sun profile describes a class of men dubbed mashers, socially adept yet silent about their exploits. They frequent restaurants and clubs, dress quietly, and avoid work while seducing women, living off appearances and a code of secrecy that baffled authorities.
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New York
London
Masher
Fifth Avenue
Ao Rival
Europe
Central Park
Delmonico’s
Brunswick
Hoffman House
New York Sun
Hood's Sarsaparilla praised and coffee customs described
A long promotional fragment extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a valued blood purifier and strength builder. It then details a Turkish coffee service with a brazier, boiling method, and ceremonial cups, as Olive Harper describes in Philadelphia, highlighting customs and etiquette.
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Bescadine Hanam
Olive Harper
Philadel
Status of the Japanese Player in Society
A historical view contrasts Japanese status with Chinese peers, noting paradoxical prestige and private derision. It surveys pre restoration social classes, where actors and courtesans faced exclusion while wrestlers ranked higher than comedians, who were barred from court aid.
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Tom Cribb
Disease Fears Over Second Hand Books and Libraries
A New York Star comment warns that zymotic diseases may spread via books in lending libraries and second hand shops. It urges literature from such outlets be subjected to efficient disinfection measures to reduce health risks.
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Leding
New York Star
New Crown Grafting Offered By Mitchell Dentist
A Mitchell dentist advertises grafted artificial crowns as replacements for broken teeth without extraction. The process promises painless gas anesthesia, strong natural looking crowns, and permanent care with a free consultation.
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Mitchell
Chjuining
One Hundred Farms for Sale in Dakota Territory
Advertises numerous southeastern Dakota farms for sale near Mitchell and surrounding towns. Listings include 16 acre improved plots with house and barn priced around 5500, 40 acre tracts with main road access, 140 acre improved farm near a school, 160 acre parcels with trees, 320 acre stock farm near Rent station, and 161 acre holdings with various improvements. Prices range from modest to about 3600, terms cash or small down payments, with some deeds awaiting.
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Mitchell
Ana
Price
Planklum
Aurora County
School House
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Diractchs
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