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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1888
Page
5
The piece describes how Confederate newspapers, facing paper shortages, reduced pages to half sheets and relied on makeshift printing. It notes the dire state of supply, the public’s hunger for news, and the enduring demand for music, fiction, and war reports amid hardship.
Skim of 19th century braking advances outlines Hodge and Stevens hand brakes 1849 1851, Westinghouse air brake 1871 and vacuum brake 1871. Notes on coupling problems slack telescoping and platform dangers, with a New Jersey road warning sign. Also critiques reuse of old tin cans for food packing highlighting sanitation risks and potential toxins in reprocessed cans.
The War Department statistics show Russia with 21.57 million horses, the United States second at 9.5 million, and other nations listing hundreds of thousands to millions of horses and thousands to millions of mules including Argentina 4 million and Spain 680,000 horses and 2.8 million mules.
A humorous town crowd gathers as a “great Arabian dromedary” with two humps is billed as the Arab’s beast of burden. The orator touts its ability to fetch and carry while the Arab rests, claiming it can go eight days without water. The audience reacts with disbelief before moving on.
A Sanitarian summary from Dr J A Tanner questions the reliability of common water purity tests. He notes organic additives can mislead tests, while tiny amounts of disease germs may go undetected. Across multiple sample sets, tests disagree, undermining faith in universal trustworthiness of standard methods.
The Home Journal reports Dr Oertel extends mountain climbing as a cure for weak heart and valvular defects. He prescribes mapped climbs from three to four thousand feet with strict breathing, slow pace, no talking, and gradual progression over four to six weeks, possibly repeated yearly.
A vivid sketch from London Modern Society recalls the czar and family picnicking on an island. The imperial party cooked fish and tea themselves while landings were forbidden, with the czar chopping wood and the princesses helping as the czarina prepared bread.
A Boston Transcript quip frames a Sunday school class joke about Adam and inheritance. Deacon Barnes notes sin as Adam’s legacy and reflects that all in the class received their share, implying no one was left out of the will.
In Sydney Matterson defeated Milson by five lengths in a £200 a side rowing contest. The report also notes various other items from politics to science and local incidents, including a reception for William Cody and the Wild West troupe and a medical-society discussion on sunburn mechanisms.
The New York Press notes 1181 attendees at free day and evening classes offered by the Young Women's Christian Association. Courses include stenography, typing, bookkeeping, dressmaking, drawing, photography retouching, physical culture, choir music, and more. A speaker urges women to seize the opportunity while Star Twain argues the best workers are always in demand.
Syrup of Fiea is nature's own true laxative. It is the most easily taken and the most effective remedy known to cleanse the system when bilious or constipated, to dispel headaches colds and fevers, to cure habitual constipation indigestion piles etc. Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company San Francisco Cal. For sale by 8 H Scallin.
The advertisement claims Swayne’s Ointment relieves moist itching and stinging piles, stops itching and bleeding, heals ulcers, and removes tumors in most cases. It notes availability from druggists or by mail for 60 cents from Dr. Swayne & Son in Philadelphia.
An advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a simple, medicine-free remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ringworm, piles, and itchy skin eruptions. It claims swift, potent relief at a trifling cost.
For sale items include a good Kimball organ with eight stops a tete tete and an improved high arm Singer sewing machine. Address 5 L. Cirase.
An 1888 Dakota page advertises a Spencer house to rent from September 15 and lists numerous patent medicines by J H McLean and others. It promotes Dr. J H McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm, Tar Wine Lung Balm, Little Liver and Kidney Pills, Volcanic Oil Limmert, Strengthening Cordial, Strengthening Eye Salve, and Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with testimonials and local druggists.
The sixteen national bishops show varied views on prohibition. Nine support temperance, with Low, Foster, Merrill, Warren, Foss, Ninde, Walden, Fowler, and Vincent cited. Joyce, Andrews, and Newman align with republican and temperance stances, while Hurst and Fitzgerald express strong support for prohibition.
Arm loads, we always have money on hand to aid improved farms. Call and see us if you want motion. Pavison Bros and Seaman.
An old promotional verse recalls Castoria as a remedy tied to childhood through adulthood. The jingle highlights a motherly routine from infancy to caring for grandchildren, emphasizing the product across life stages.
Default on mortgage dated April 4 1883 by Frederick W Camman and Georgia A Camman to Carne G. Eske Davison County Dakota territory. taxes unpaid. amount claimed 1450 42. foreclosure sale set by sheriff at public auction November 5 in Davis County. property in Davison County South half of Section 31 Township 101 Range 61. Mitchell Dakota.
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