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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
8
Mitchell notes recount fires and alarms after a flame-filled day. Citizens watch hydrants and street crossings while civic leaders consider ordinances and train changes at the depot. Local visits, sales, and state fair plans mix with farming reports and business moves in Mitchell.
A Victorian reflection on Gauss who, after going blind, vastly imagined a calculation of how $1 would grow at 4 percent from Adam to now. The piece notes the staggering result, claiming the gold amount would form a cubic mass requiring a light ray traveling near 2,000 miles per second for over a billion years to pass it. The note from St. Louis Globe-Democrat calls the result startling yet correct.
A dialogue contrasts two kinds of errors as a clerk questions judgment. The friend argues that errors differ by context, noting one is made when running a business oneself and the other when one is hired by others. It references a quotation from the Washington Star.
The State Butter Makers Association directors met in Yankton this week to decide the site of next year’s annual session. Mr. Bately urged Mitchell’s claim. the vote selected Yankton as the meeting city. The convention, mid December, will draw many from the creamery and dairy trades statewide. The Republican notes the industry’s strong turnout for the gathering.
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