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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
13
Local notice from Mitchell Capital Printing Co announcing subscriptions and pricing for the official county paper dated Thursday September 2, 1909. Includes terms for one copy one year in advance and three months trial in small print.
Washington dispatch reports President Taft and Secretary Meyers backing postal savings banks as a way to mobilize hundreds of millions for government use. Taft urges action at the December session and opposes bank deposit guarantees while stressing potential aid to ordinary banks. Contention also covers filing points for Standing Rock agency among Pierre Aberdeen and Watertown towns.
The railroad magnate E. H. Harriman is said to have retired to his Arden North Carolina summer home and remains largely inaccessible. Reports note health concerns yet he showed willingness to discuss the press and his views on health and possible future activity in road leadership.
The Standing Rock Agency registration for homesteads starts October 4 and lasts three weeks. South Dakota, aided by government generosity, has drawn many settlers and the state is becoming populated quickly as claims are filed. If half the claims are filed there, a large population increase is expected within a year before next census. About 14,000 homesteads remain in the state, with fewer in the northern part.
The piece notes rising air races alongside auto contests and recalls past desires for sensational collisions. It argues large crowds fuel excitement while speculating on safety, infrastructure, and the public’s appetite for dramatic demonstrations in transport sports.
The New York Legislature committee in Madison heard Secretary Frear say Francis E. McGovern spent $11,000 and placed strong third while Isaac Stevenson spent $107,000 yet won 63 percent of GOP votes. Senator Whitehead criticized the primary law for turmoil and reduced citizen interest.
Reports from many counties indicate robust yields with barley slightly off color in the northern area, wheat yielding 15 to 25 bushels per acre, oats 40 to 60, and corn advancing well as it battles Jack Frost. Frost damage is not expected to threaten crops in central and southern regions.
A Sioux Falls man in overalls buys goods on credit with no questions asked while a well dressed man who keeps no word is trusted less. The piece praises steady credit and warns youth to guard their word and payment, linking trust to happiness and respect.
A Omaha report says a prolonged hot wave damaged Nebraska corn by 13 million dollars. The heat eased just before worsening conditions, while South Dakota corn advances toward a likely record crop. Early corn is mostly past frost risk and remaining fields should outperform.
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, opposes crop speculation and bumper crop reports. He says the northwest will harvest a crop about 50 million dollars larger than last year but not a bumper crop. Hill warns such reports could harm business interests nationwide.
Scientists revisit the question of whether oysters carry typhoid germs as the season opens. Chicago authorities differ, with some insisting oysters may destroy typhoid bacteria while others recall last winter’s sharp losses in the oyster trade amid typhoid fears.
Citizens debate the future of the church oyster supper as typhoid fears rise. Community leaders vow safety measures while residents wonder if the event will proceed and under what conditions.
John Panuska of Omaha rose from street cleaning to a Russian dukedom after his younger brother proved the Panuska claim. The czar recognized the estate restoration, but Panuska remains content with his laborer’s life while relatives plan to press him to accept his title.
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