Mitchell Post Office Schedule and Train Times
Postmaster announces mail closing times for east west and north routes with daily variations. Passenger and freight train departures and arrivals listed for east west and north directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Post Office
Plankinton
White Lake
Kimball
Chamberlain
Ft. Randall
Grand View
Hazelton
Redstone
Gro. A. Sitapy
Easee
Eens Aces
Fisson Ner
Esseeee
Weil Bros fall stock opens with low prices in Mitchell
Weil Bros announces fall and winter stock at low prices, inviting attendance at its fall opening on September 14 in Mitchell. The item notes other town happenings including local purchases, farm news, road work, a court fine, and a large dry goods inventory.
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Dakota
Weil Bros
Well Bros
Mitchell
Two Barns Burn On Main Street Fire
Two barns belonging to Gilles pie and McMaster’s drag line on Main Street burned after a kerosene lantern exploded. Horses were released and many items saved. Kibbie’s rear barn and Hitchcock residence barn faced close calls但 bucket brigades saved them. The Atkins barn was insured with Dakota Mutual. Kibbie’s barn was uninsured. Northwestern right of way bordered the properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie & McMaster
Main Street
Kibbie
Hitchcock
Bucket Brigade
J. T. Atkins
Dakota Mutual Company of
Huron
Hook and Ladder
Land Office Notes Highlight Multiple Case Statuses
Land Office notes show several cases with action statuses and affidavits needed or pending. Cases include Walter Love v Deloss Terry and Anne Nyhns. Elmer L. Parker. S. Eaton v Thomas Shafer. Ohn A Kyle v A Frederick. B H Sullivan v M A Hoyt. W W Daniels and George E Ledyard. several returns for affidavits of non alienation. Locations include SEY and NE districts with counties such as Jerauld and Buffalo. Delays cited due to distance from land office and time between proof and final certificates, with remarks about Sparks clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Love
Deloss Terry
Anne H. Nyhns
SEY
Elmer L. Parker
NEY
Eee
S. Eaton
Thos. Shafer
Shafer
Ohn A. Kyle
A. Frederick
B. H. Sullivan
M. A. Hoyt
T. C
Hoyt
W. W. Daniels
F. C
Geo. E. Ledyard
Jerauld
Buffalo County
Real estate transfers reported by itemized owners
Real estate transfers are listed, detailing buyers, sellers, lots, blocks, and additions including Mt. Vernon University and Rowley’s ad. Several values are shown from 35 to 1,800 dollars. The Farmers' Complaint notes farmers meeting Blanchard & Hannett to purchase four ton scales to standardize city weighings.
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Eva B. Priest
Hannah Burnside
Cooley & Guernsey
H. Cutter
E.g.terwiliger
Mt. Vernon
J. Parker
Duncan Earl
Cece
W. I. Slater
Wm. Bresee
van Epsad
Jno
A. Ennis
Ann, R
F. D. Gillespie
Wm. Hubbard
A. M. Bowdle
F. D. Powers
Kings
Vernon
Chas. Halley
L. J. Johnston
Lawler
Ania Gad
M. M. ‘McDonald
Joneson
van Eps
G. D. Olmstead
Jesse I. Wolf
Reece Rere Esse Erence
Blanchard & Hannett
Mt. Vernon and
Letcher
Letters Advertised in Mitchell Dakota Week Ending September 13 1886
List of uncalled letters for Mitchell South Dakota includes names such as Doud parish Fisher Hartwell Foster Gilbert Linse Adolph and others. Items advertised will be sent to the dead letter office if not claimed within 30 days. Adjacent entries mention residents Maire McIntyre Myers Rios Smith Thompson Whitaker and Woods among others.
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Mitchell
Doud & Parish
Fisher & Hartwell
Foster
Wm. I. Gilbert
H. H. G Chi Linse
Adolph
Gro
A. Silsby
P. M. Mitchell
Dak
Mitchell, D. T
Andrew Stopper
August Carlson
Mathew Darn
H.N. Lewis
John Brookins
Davison County
Dakota
Mitchell D. T
Istex
Anson
Layton
Range
Hanson County
Chas. E. Horning
C. T. Stockton
Wilber F. Booth
George Peterson
Gko
B. Everitt
J. N. Crow
Register
Davison
Territory of Dakota
James McEwan
Philen McEwan
I. U. Wulfing
Injured man Hans Hilgerson hurt in crossing accident
Hans Hilgerson, badly hurt Saturday night, had a broken leg set Sunday forenoon and regained consciousness without recalling the incident. He faced possible internal injuries as crowds gathered at Saul's crossing near Orswell's tree claim, while a milkman named Saul observed the approach and a freight train departed earlier. Two grey mares pulling the wagon died or were destroyed, the wagon was wrecked, flour sacks spilled along the track, and a brakeman noted the horses’ trot before the crash.
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Hans Hilgerson
Agent McMaster
Saul
Orswell’s Tree
Hilgerson
Pleasant Ridge Neighbors See Move To Mitchell
Pleasant Ridge residents note the departure of Mr and Mrs 8 McMaster to Mitchell on Monday and extend best wishes. Mrs Frazier from Mitchell visited Pleasant Ridge last Tuesday. Albert Smith southwest of the community is building a large barn praised as a neighborhood credit.
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Ware
Warnes
Nicholas Mintziger
Wills & Orswell
James Baynes
Alexandria
East Seventh Street
H.H. McMaster
Henry Rogers
Sixth Street
Scoggin & Baird
Foster
Lawler Street
Forest City House
Kimball
Will Slater
Phin Powers
Phin
O. Cronk
C. S. Perry
Milwaukee Road
Marcus Gregorson
Marshal Durell
Gannon
Pleasant Ridge
8. McMaster
Mitchell
Rosedale Gossip and Science Note on Ammonia Use
In Rosedale the social scene shifts as Lizzie Moore leaves for Scotland while Brainer and Miltimore visit Chicago. A September 8 birth is noted, and Scientific American outlines ammonia as a leavening agent improving bread, biscuits, and cake quality and wholesomeness.
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Lizzie Moore
Scotland
Oak
Dixon
Hope Chapel
Brainer
Chicago
C. S. Miltimore
William Piggott
Scientific American
Crossing Complaint Spurs City to Seek Safer Route
Farmers from the west and southwest urge the city to open a crossing a block or two west of the depot to ease heavy travel. They argue it could be done without bridging and would remove the current danger and nuisance from trains and yard engines.
Early 1900s Patent Medicines Parade in Advertisements
A fragmented OCR page shows testimonials and sales pitches for Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, Electric Bitters, West's Liver Pills, Chamberlain's remedies, and various tonics. It lists trial bottles, prices, and local druggists Hammer & Hammer and L. O. Gale, with references to loans and piano ads, reflecting a broad era of patent medicine marketing.
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J. J. Atkins
Knoxville
Fenn
Hammer
Hammer's
Hammer & Hammer
L. O. Gale
Patent medicine ads flood pages from Chamberlains to Taylor
An array of old ads touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy Wests Wonder or Family Liniment and Ayer remedies. Prominent sellers Hammer & Hammer L O Gale and Walter A Taylor of Atlanta endorse cures for cholera bowel issues coughs colds and rheumatism with claims of universal efficacy.
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Chloe
L. O. Gale
Chamberlain
Hammer & Hammer
Taylor
Political Sheriff Candidate Seeks Republican Support in Davison
O O Stanchfield of Mitchell announces his candidacy for sheriff of Davison County subject to the Republican county convention. The notice appears among local classifieds and advertisements for medicines, wagons, sewing machines, and loans.
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Epirorr
Republican and Capital
Davison County
O. O. Stanchfield
Mitchell
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertises Child Remedy
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a forty year trusted remedy for teething pain and diarrhea in children. It claims cures and relief, lists a price of 2c a bottle, and promotes other products like West's cough syrup and Dr Bigger's Huckleberry Cordial.
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Dr. Bigger
L. O. Gale
Local Bank Offers Farm Loans at Low Rates
Davison Bros Bankers of Shiloh advertise ready money for improved farms with low interest. The notice also markets Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy and Shiloh’s Consumption Cure, and lists medical claims and a public bid for a Lisbon township schoolhouse. Additional notices include a recipe mail offer for consumption cures and a bid deadline of September 25, 1886.
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Davison Bros
East India
W. A. Noyes
Power
Ohester
N. Y. Il
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell Capital
Town Tale
Land Office Notes
Rosedale
Geo. W. Cowhick
Gero
A. Silsey
L. W. Adams
Edward Devy
D. T
Gale’s Block
West
L. O. Zale
F. Hoooker
Des Moines
Ayer
Riddle Book
Walter A. Taylor
Atlanta
Bucklen
Perret
MER & Hammer
L. . Gale
Studebaker
Climax
Lower Main Street
Mitchell Dak
Lower
la Crosse, Wis
Sueiness College
L. C. Gale
Geo. Thayer
Bourbon, Ind
Shiloh
S.T. Beddoes
Dakoa
Lisbon Township
G. A. Martin
Dak. Sant
Mitchell, D.T
Thomas Harney
Jamie Win
GEO
H. G. Chandler
C. T. Chandler
Chandler Bros
DU Pont’s
South Dakota
Reliable Supply House
Rowell &Co
Spruce Street
New York
Territorial Farmers’ Alliance
J.C. Kelso
James S. Foster
Real Estate & Loans
Minneapolis & St Louis Railway
Albert Lea
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iowa
Albert Lee
Fort Dodge
Watertown
St. Paul, Lee and
ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Union Depot
Manitoba
Northern Pacific
Duluth
Minneap- Rem Ember Jh & St. Louis Railway
Magnifiicent Pulman
Horton
Charttetepanca Palace
Eyvenworth and
Ateleteon Kansas Cit
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe
F. Boed
Gen
Pasa
Minneapolia
Minn
St. Mary’s Institute
Prairie DU Chien
Wisconsin
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Superiorees
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad Company
Chicago and St. Louis
Inneapolis
Paul
Nerstrail Kenyos Dodge
Austin Lyle
Minnesota
Star
Glenwood
Kansa City
Waterloo
Marshalls
Dunloosa
Hedrick
Northwestern
Macon O
Moberly
Subuaite
Mthaburg
Peoria
Louie
St Louis
Kansas City
St. Pe
Atchison
Leavenworth
Galveston
Sancisco
W. H. Gowenlock City
T. Agt
Heaven Ave
Nesota and
NORM
Ot. Louis
Hic
Waterloo & Dub
Randolph
Northfield
Fairbanlt & Waterville
Acc
D. Dodge C Ctr
Rochester
Isis
Hwestern
Agmare
E. OC
W. Madison St
Ilc
Sprop
Hein Philada
Adver Tes
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