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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
5
Local notice outlines subscription pricing for various terms and addresses changes. Advertising rates include business cards lines and local notices. Free marriage and death notices. obituaries and resolutions priced per line. States policies on out of state delivery and discontinued papers.
The South Dakota Supreme Court holds that a chattel mortgage sale notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation near the sale, but if multiple papers exist in the sale locale, any one may publish the notice without regard to distance from the sale site.
John Longstaff assesses post office patronage in the state noting a few plums among South Dakotans. Dick Halla day of Iroquois won a recent post office position with little opposition after an eight year, tough race. He previously faced Pettigrew and Moody pressure, now lauded for reduced personal politics in patronage.
J P Carlson of Prosper township received an appointment to the farmer's national congress convening in St. Paul on August 31, issued by Governor Lee. The move, described as a broad dispersion of 1000 commissions, aims to curry favor for political support next year but carries no guaranteed right to attend or vote at the convention. South Dakota has eight delegates. commissions function as alternates only.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway publicized a globe illusion map showing a proposed 18 198 mile route from New York to London to encircle the world by 1905 The projection uses a flat plate made to look like a globe and cites the Trans Siberian Railway and Alaska Klondike connections as central proof of feasibility The plan aims to advertise the railroad and spur capitalists to complete northern lines toward the Klondike districts and Bering Strait by 1905 with about 24 days travel time and a near four thousand mile gap remaining to be built
Philadelphia reports a proposed 360 foot revolving clock tower for the Paris Exposition of 1900, powered by hydraulic machinery on a central pivot. A sixty four bell chime would trigger figures to emerge and parade along the balcony. Chicago Journal adds debate on Mr Bryan’s pass from the Southern Pacific Railroad, questions of method and merit in partisan coverage.
Myron T. Herrick told the American Bankers association in Detroit that savings banks and trust societies, 988 institutions with 5,000,000 depositors and 2 billion dollars in deposits, form the real money power fueling public credit and major national and local development. Their funds back loans to the nation, states, cities, and towns, sustaining civil administration and private interests in hard times.
The Huron Huronite argues against the silver standard claim that wheat and silver prices are linked. It explains price movements reflect supply and demand, noting silver scarcity would raise its price while wheat surplus would lower its price, independent of each other.
Washington reports tie Senator Kyle's return to Washington amid a heated race for the U S marshalship in South Dakota. Democratic incumbent Peemiller’s term expired, a temporary appointment lingers, and contenders include A B Wilcox of Yankton ex Congressman Pickler backs H D Chamberlain while ex Senator Kennedy of Eureka gains Republican support. Kyle aims to sway the president toward Kennedy, plans Illinois brief visit, and will see the president after settling patronage questions.
Editor Johnston takes a new partner in the Gazette as Frank L. Mayes buys an interest. Mayes brings Florida newspaper experience and aims to revitalize the Gazette’s flagging news columns. The Capital reviews the new artesian wells report by N. H. Darton with maps, logs, and diagrams of Davison county wells. Senator Kyle’s defeat of Omaha’s cattle trail plan is praised, safeguarding South Dakota interests and the potential Hills country railroad, with Sioux Falls noting stakes.
Friday evening the Knights of the Maccabees were instituted in the city with a charter membership of 17. Chas. K. Haw of Sioux Falls state commander assisted by D. Barr. Officers elected include R. C. Warne as Past Commander and C. C. Bras as Commander. A number of new candidates will be admitted next week. The article also promotes Hoster’s Stomach Bitters as a restorative tonic for vitality and digestion, claiming benefits for appetite sleep and flesh.
The Mitchell post office closes the week ending September 7 1897 with a list of uncalled letters Carney A T Holt Mr C Mitchell Mr W Stevens Mr L A The notice instructs callers to say advertised and warns letters not claimed within two weeks will be sent to the dead letter office plus a signature line about One Minute Cough Cure by L O Gale.
County commissioners finished two days of sessions approving tax plans and accepting the Jim river bridge east of town. They set bids for the Perry township bridge and scheduled a sheep inspectors meeting for September 25 with a selection confirmed in October. They also reviewed expenses totaling 13,267.12 and allocated funds across multiple county funds.
Over fifty years of use by mothers for teething children. Soothes gums relieves pain and diarrhoea with a pleasant taste. Twenty five cents a bottle sold worldwide by druggists. Also DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve known as the Bicyclists Best Friend for emergencies and skin ailments.
A tenement fire in New York prompts a crowd of tenants to escape via a flimsy fire escape. As danger rises with a growing weight of people, the janitor acts bravely, forming a human ladder and allowing everyone to descend to safety before the fire department arrives.
A watch reveals coordination of parts from mainspring to balance wheel. When examined only as a whole it inspires wonder, but taken apart and explained, the functions of springs, gears, and cogs show a single design. The mechanism reflects deliberate adaptation and intelligent construction, not chance.
A tale from London Tit-Bits recounts a Baltic port arrest of a foreign ship captain accused of carrying dynamite. The judge demands physical evidence and, after precautions, a bomb is brought aboard only to reveal it is a cocoanut.
The Buffalo Express notes a town where preachers opened annual conferences with hymn singing and received extraordinary hospitality. Households offered fried chicken and yellow gravy, depleting choice fowls to satisfy diners in white cravats. The next day a paper ran a cartoon of two scrawny roosters peering from a barn, captioned with the line to see each other's face.
An obituary notice by a Tennessee editor recalls a man who died owing ten years of subscription to the paper. The editor notes the deceased fell so low he had to climb uphill to enter perdition, a stark reflection on debt and fate in a grim posthumous tale.
During the cholera plague of 1865 mortality varied by day with Rome and Madrid peaking on Sundays while London and Berlin saw higher deaths on Wednesdays and Paris on Saturdays. Swiss savings banks connected to 557 institutions held 1,196,549 depositors, more than a third of the population.
An advertisement promotes DeWir Witch Hazel Salve by L.O Gaile claiming to heal broken and diseased tissues, soothe irritated surfaces, relieve instantly, and permanently cure ailments. The claim emphasizes rapid relief and a definitive cure.
Notice is hereby given that James McEwan an heir of Philena McEwan deceased has filed intent to prove up his claim to land in section 12 township 102 range 62 and will submit final proof before the Register and Receiver at Mitchell South Dakota on October 1891 Witnesses John Scholes Arthur Taylor Andrew Jeainut and Charles Wright all of Mitchell South Dakota submit to establish continuous residence and cultivation on the land
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