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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1894
Page
2
A courtroom tale follows Warren Sturgis accused of murdering his uncle Solomon Sturgis. A diner meeting reveals Solomon alive in a hidden hideaway as Clifford Sturgis orchestrates an insurance scheme. The lawyer uncovers the ruse with a spectral visitor linking dream and truth.
The piece notes how diplomats vary in English skill after arriving in Washington. Lazo Arriaga of Guatemala and his minister husband illustrate uneven learning with the husband mixing politics and dental terms, then pleading for help from his wife who speaks fluently. The anecdote ends with a pun about a bookkeeper and a dentist.
An extraordinary petrified conifer, said to be six hundred feet long with a sixty foot diameter butt, lies broken and preserved in a Nevada rock crevasse. Reported by “Dad” Isyon of Fresno, the discovery dates to 1860 during a prospecting party crossing the Honey Lake Surprise Valley region.
Aged New Jersey congressman Dr Thomas English famed as author of Ben Bolt reflects on his early friendship with Edgar Allan Poe. The piece recounts Poe’s plot to borrow a pistol amid a quarrel with a Poe rival and English’s defense of an honest woman. It also surveys Japan’s public and imperial libraries.
A description of a 600 to 700 strong community in the Nilgiris known as Toda. Details include beliefs about a trinity and hell, a perilous leech-filled stream crossed by a single thread, and funeral rites with red thread ties, tokens of the dead’s possessions, animal sacrifices, and cremation with ashes scattered to the winds.
An essay argues friendship endures daily strain and adversity rather than mere leisure. It notes affection as foundation for a sturdy bond that withstands life’s storms, contrasting friendship with shallow ceremonies and using a Tombstone Arizona tree root example to illustrate pressure from hidden forces.
A physician cited in a magazine argues against tight clothes noting the primary purpose is body protection and temperature regulation. Looser garments trap air and slow heat loss in cold weather while preventing overheating in hot weather, reducing fatigue and aiding sustained work.
Numismatists seek two transition period coins between the French Republic and the Second Empire. One coin bears Napoleon III on one side and French Republic on the other, symbolizing political upheaval. The other, struck before Napoleon III’s reign, shows a love-lock and was halted after the president objected. twenty three pieces survived as valuable curiosities.
A Boston Transcript item describes a novel watch insurance plan offering a two dollar yearly guarantee to cover repair costs for one year. It promises unlimited repairs up to twenty five dollars and includes a label with a register number to aid contact in case of accident or illness.
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