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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1891
Page
10
An incomplete transcription notes wages tied to a recirculation or pool with unclear wording. The readable bits mention wages from those involved and reference a pool or recirculation, but the meaning remains obscured.
Yale College emerged as a cosmopolitan Connecticut institution founded in 1701 by Rev. James Pierpont and Rev. Abraham Pierson. The college faced funding crises, secured charters, and saw leadership from rectors and presidents, including Dwight and Woolsey, expanding studies in law, medicine, and science, while growing enrollment and facilities amid donor support and legislative actions.
Temperance is praised as the supreme virtue shaping all other noble qualities. It strengthens reason, aids religious devotion, and is described as the sister of prudence and handmaid of devotion. The piece notes that inner self-whippings affect a person more than outward punishment.
The article traces Jericho’s evolution from biblical Jerichos to the present town in Palestine. It notes Jericho’s location near Jerusalem, references the Mountain of Elisha and Ain es-Sultan, and describes ruins from Roman and Crusader eras. A stone Cherith Bridge and aging aqueducts illustrate long irrigation development in the valley.
English inventor Edward Butler of Greenwich unveils a petroleum motor tricycle designed to run forty miles at three to ten miles per hour using one gallon of kerosene or benzine. The machine, shown in a Scientific American illustration, reflects efforts to improve motorized locomotion.
A tricycle features a motor cylinder on the side of the driving wheel with pistons powering the rear wheel via a crank shaft and an epicyclic gear set offering a 6 to 1 ratio. Ignition comes from a small battery under the seat, and starting involves lowering the driving wheel to ground level. The frame uses oval steel tubing and the complete device weighs 289 pounds.
Hon Charles F Manderson of Nebraska was chosen president pro tempore at a Republican senatorial callery. Born February 9 1837 in Philadelphia he moved to Canton and became a lawyer. He served in the Civil War rising to colonel and later settled in Omaha before entering the U S Senate in 1883.
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