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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
3
A lyric fragment explores love through seasonal imagery, contrasting winter’s cold with spring’s warmth. The speaker repeatedly asserts, I love you best, as nature’s changes frame affection and passion across the year.
The crew of the Golden Gem under Captain Thomas Thomas voyage from London to South America. Off Ambrose Island they dive to recover a Spanish wreck’s treasure. Harris is injured but Harris and Tom Swift rescue each other. eleven chests of gold and silver, about £50,000, are recovered. Homeward voyage to London yields wealth and happy endings for some crew.
The Valiant, Vanderbilt's new steam yacht built by Laird Bros. in Birkenhead, will be the largest private yacht afloat. Length 310 ft, beam 39.3 ft, depth 26.6 ft, about 2000 tons, with 6000 indicated HP. It features twin screws, triple expansion engines, steam steering, ice machines, condensers, electric lighting, and two searchlights. Projected speed eighteen knots loaded and fifteen without forced draught. carries 700 tons coal and 200 tons water ballast. may fly stars and stripes duty-free under recent court rating.
Washington dispatch details the annual $100,000,000 in federal salaries and a four year total near $400,000,000, noting government employment growth, post office payrolls, and the broad distribution of pay across departments. It contrasts wealth expansion in banking and national wealth with the costs of running government.
A lamp explosion in a Nelson colliery shaft near Shamokin Pennsylvania killed ten Hungarian workers. The blast ignited oil and fire swept the mine, trapping the victims above the blast site as others arrived late due to the holiday. Rescue efforts were hampered but surface crews saved several who reached the shaft bottom.
A Higgins House fire in Bradford Pa killed five and injured twenty two. Miss Georgia Bond and Thomas Cullen of Bradford, F Hagelin of Sanberry, George Parks of Bradford, and a three year old named Baby Tucker perished. The Higgins Hotel, a three story frame building by Tuna Creek, housed 125 guests who were awakened by a bell at 4 30. Fires spread quickly in strong winds as guests fled through hallways and from windows. Some leaped to the creek and survived. others perished or were burned. At Buzzard's Bay Joe Jefferson's Crow's Nest villa burned after a gas explosion in the cellar, killing cook Helen McGrath and injuring others. The house cost $30,000 with furnishings valued over $100,000 though memories mattered more.
Six leading Rolla women lie wounded after a bold WCTU led raid on local saloons. They forced entry into two joints, seized bottles described as hop tea and XXX porter, and clashed with landlord Lin Bush and helpers. Several women were injured and disfigured, with threats of vengeance.
Several fires threaten Millville New Jersey as authorities battle flames and evacuations are considered. The article lists widespread blazes and escalating danger to communities along with reports of weather conditions aiding the fires.
A Sunday School lesson on Job 17 27 urges trusting God in darkness and choosing righteousness. It contrasts comforter errors with Eliphaz and insists God’s discipline yields wisdom. believers should rely on divine providence, endure trials, and seek steadfast faith through Job’s appeal to God.
The snippet traces electrical development from wires linking Liverpool and Manchester to historic events. It notes executions by electricity in 1890 New York, a 1881 Paris congress, and 1892 investments of 700 million dollars in electric industries. It cites 385 electric roads and 3,980 miles of line, plus Siemens 1880 claim on electric light and vegetation.
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