Seed Sales Offer Amid City Market Prices
A brief notice notes seeds available at market prices including garden seeds and seed corn. The message mentions Broadbent and a request to source seeds at low prices in the city.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
6
A brief notice notes seeds available at market prices including garden seeds and seed corn. The message mentions Broadbent and a request to source seeds at low prices in the city.
Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan will visit Mitchell on September 28. He will arrive by special train from Yankton around 11 a.m. and speak for about one hour from a Main Street stand, as parade crowds greet him. Railroads plan special trains to bring attendees to the Corn Palace events.
A special council meeting in Rock Rapids Iowa approved terms with M E Lane to deepen and finish the old artesian well left by Mahan na and Johnston. Lane would clean out to bottom, straighten casing, and drill deeper to secure a 300000 gallon daily flow, with payment up to 220 per foot beyond 25 feet and a maximum 2000 for full satisfaction. Work to begin around November first, with additional sidewalk contracts awarded on Lawler and Van Eps streets and tentative electric light talks at Main and Fifth.
Candidates for county offices remain largely unannounced as populists and democrats plan parallel conventions. Geo Schlund appears likely for senator, with Pettigrew supporting John Colvin though Colvin declines. Mt Vernon populists push for representation, while others speculated for representative posts. The piece also notes a habeas corpus case freeing Theodore Christopher and hints reform school considerations for incorrigibles.
The executive committee sets general admission at 50 cents and children under 15 at 25 cents. A special all-entertainment ticket is offered for Mitchell and vicinity at 2.50 with Sunday excluded, plus a children’s version for 1.25. The special ticket allows 15 concerts at 16 cents each and is aimed at locals.
The text notes Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford visiting the country and being entertained by naval officers at Bar Harbor. It also discusses local political prospects including Herbert for treasurer, Saul for auditor, Tobin for sheriff, Groenke for register of deeds, Thompson for county judge, Hitchcock for states attorney, Furdy and Greene for clerk of courts, and Hoy for superintendent of schools. Tickets are on sale at L. O. Gale's and St. Scallin's drug stores.
The right official reports Albert Titze was released from the reform school on Judge Smith’s order because the county court had no jurisdiction in Titze’s case. The article notes other boys sent there by the county court faced similar questions about jurisdiction.
An old remedy notes people can gain weight by taking Scott’s Emulsion, claiming an ounce stimulates digestion and absorption enabling weight gain. The text describes how fat or flesh increases once normal digestion resumes, allowing daily meals to be absorbed.
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