The Mitchell Capital (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,667 issues from 1885 to 1918, published in Mitchell, South Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Mitchell Capital of Mitchell, South Dakota, began publication on September 18, 1879, under the leadership of John W. Walsh. It was the first newspaper published in Mitchell and one of the first in Davison County. At the time, Mitchell was only beginning to develop, as the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad had just made its way to the town. A few years later, the Capital came under the control of two brothers-in-law, Albert E. Dean and Robert M. Ewart.
On January 8, 1885, a rival newspaper, the Mitchell Republican, merged with the Capital under the direction of the Mitchell Printing Company. Two newspapers resulted: the Mitchell Daily Republican and the Mitchell Capital. Printed every Friday, the Capital included eight six-column pages. Along with announcing the formation of the printing company, the Capital reported the addition of new equipment, noting that “the motive power for the large cylinder press and two job presses is furnished by a four-horse engine, while two foot presses are devoted to the lighter grades of work.” These technological improvements, it observed, made the Capital’s “mechanical department one of the most complete in the west.”
Dean took charge of printing operations, and when Ewart departed for another paper, Ralph W. Wheelock became editor. The Capital proclaimed that it operated “in a section of South Dakota covering 10,000 square miles and having 90,000 population.” The paper covered the typical topics of the day, from opening up of…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Mitchell, South Dakota, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
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- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
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- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
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- Library of Congress