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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1902
Page
5
Subscription rates and advertising prices listed by The Mitchell Capital and Printing Co. Obituaries and notices offered. address change policy explained. Dave Hill criticized the president’s interference in the local strike. Mr Gill to revise remarks as commission acts on the situation.
The Boston Herald notes a twinkle in Grover Cleveland's eye as he warns Democrats against letting Republicans steal tariff reform thunder. The warning remains timely with many Republicans pictured near reform headquarters.
The Daily Press and Dakotan drops Bowen and Kingsbury from the masthead as Ever Lloyd reopens ownership and returns the paper to a Republican alignment. The text notes Mercer’s tough Nebraska race against Omaha Bee coverage and Rosewater’s active campaign involvement.
Telegraphic advices from Chicago report evidences of a possible gigantic strike that could halt eastern railroads. Yard workers in the Chicago district are expected to strike before week’s end after demanding a 5 cent hourly wage increase. Officials’ reply was due Friday, and a shutdown would worsen coal shortages affecting the West.
In Mitchell the state and county vote this Tuesday pits two Republican nominees for the state legislature, O L Granson and M Betts, as the party campaigns on fitness to push the capital removal bill. The piece predicts a solid Republican legislature and warns that sending a Democrat would hinder the capital move.
A committee announced over 2,500,000 secured to begin a monument project over President McKinley’s grave. The effort aims to raise about 600,000 more as construction starts.
Voters will decide on amendments including lowering the state school fund loan rate from 6 percent, reflecting idle treasury money. Other measures cap debt at five percent of assessed value for towns or districts and set a ten percent cap for water and sewer projects. Voters urged to study amendments printed on a separate ballot.
Davison County Republicans present a capable slate promising competent service and steadfast support for the people. They urge votes for their legislative candidates who will align with local sentiment and advance the capital’s best interests.
The text argues that Magellan first proved the earth’s roundness by circumnavigation, while Vespucci’s earlier Atlantic voyages farther south showed the unknown sea was not reached via the western lands. It notes that the Amazon mouth and Rio de Janeiro bars yielded freshwater, ruling out eastward passages from those waters to Asia.
A New Jersey schoolteacher, born in Brooklyn, disciplining a near incorrigible pupil named Tommy Russell, tears the boy’s shirt in a harsh grip. The next day the boy presents the torn shirt with a note insisting he must mend it, revealing a lesson born from disciplinary excess.
The daughter of a Wall Street operator greets her father on his porch after a suburban train ride. She asks a riddle about what worm a student is compared to and coins a punchline that the father accepts referencing ticker tape. The exchange mimics a witty home scene from the New York Tribune.
A traditional English meat pie uses veal and smoked ham. Bone end veal is simmered till tender with ham, strained, and separated. Slice into strips, layer in a dish, season, cover with stock, add a flaky crust, bake, and serve cold as a jelly set pie.
The Versailles keeper fed six bottles of burgundy daily to an aging dromedary under Louis XVI. Despite generous care the animal died, and the nurse petitioned the king to grant the dromedary’s “succession” with all the attendant advantages.
Read excerpts show three black applicants misinterpreting survey questions. One described the General Assembly as three gentlemen seated with a bow to registrars. Another called it a place in the woods for worship. A third improvised on press freedom with a crowd shoving as they please.
In Finland a religious sect enforces female rule with a chosen governing head who enforces behavior and punishes men. Similar Purificants in Liberia uphold female supremacy within their community.
A short exchange shows a father gifting a dollar to his son on his birthday and the boy sparingly spends it. The boy fears his mother might borrow the second dollar as she did the first, but notes she paid it back.
Abstractor Wells reports multiple transfers including D E to J Strawbridge for SW7 10260, A Mizener to C Holmes for Lots 9 10 Block 11 Van Eps 2nd Add Mitchell, and Harriet O Neil to Reeves Brew for Lots 2 3 Block 7 Barrs Add Mitchell. Also notes sale of east 87 ft of Lots 9 10 11 Block 109 John Lawlers Add Mitchell and other lot transfers plus a medicine ad noting Camberlains stomach and liver tablets by L O Gale.
Real estate listing for multiple parcels NW 1424-104-49 SE 146-104-59 and others with improvements. Prices range from 5 000 to 9 000 dollars. Terms: 44 cash and a 6 percent balance. Apply at 403 West 4th Street. phone 48.
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