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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
12
Spruial offers Zibeline suiting the popular medium priced range with 75c quality. A wide display presents dozens of rare waist designs and high style. Tailored skirts show rough and smooth cloths with pretty trims. Save a handsome sum on these goods.
A long reading of Mitchell society events includes births and arrivals from A. J. Curtis and C. W. Adams families, visits by Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Stoffler, musical and teaching assignments, new business ventures, and preparations for the corn palace with vendors, hotels, and civic leaders active in the community.
The text describes a fifteen year old Alaska fox farming industry begun to save the blue fox from extermination. Twenty foxes were placed on an unused island, expanding to about thirty islands and ranches housing eight hundred to a thousand foxes. Foxes become docile around keepers and feeding sites, with some animals killed for pelts at harvest. The venture reportedly profitable and may inspire domestication of other fur bearing species.
In Turin a humorous local notice announces a banquet exclusively for husbands unhappy with their wives. The event is pitched as a consolation feast, with plans to keep spouses out of sight during the meals. Also includes light quips from Town and Country and Puck about modern marriage and divorce.
Marcus A. Simmons of near Tecumseh Oklahoma proposes a national free trip scheme for every man woman and child to Washington and back. He seeks political support and hopes congress will fund the junket with public money. He has promises of aid from two congressmen and expects the bill to pass in the next congress.
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