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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
3
Mitchell updates report visits from Alexander Russell and Miss Mary Francis Hudson, court actions, marriages, and business moves. D. A. Mizener's Twin Cities trip, M. M. Doyle’s St Louis business, and Rev. W. F. Grafton at a temperance meeting are noted alongside civic developments and a tennis club reorganization.
A young wife discovers her husband’s note hidden in a drawer challenging her to guess the wager. The scribbled line promises “a new spring” if curiosity remains, leaving the wife to decide how to claim the hat without revealing her interest.
Baltimore News notes reciprocity talks between the United States and Canada could affect Britain's tariff preference. The article recalls the House of Commons debate on whether Ambassador Bryce is involved in the matter.
The position shows the difficulty of a British ambassador in Washington as Canada and England hold divergent interests, both of which he is meant to represent.
An overheard conversation from pre Queen Victoria era explains jubilee as a milestone for 25 and 50 years of marriage, with a twist noting a jubilee when a husband dies. The exchange reflects folk humor about anniversaries and widowed status in that period.
Father and son exchange jests about meeting the girl's father with the son admitting he was the mark in the interview. The Boston Transcript quotes the witty exchange in a light domestic moment.
A shopper asks the new clerk what cucumber substitutes they have this morning. The clerk answers with a wry line, Nothing but bananas, ma am, reflecting a humorous miscue in the store.
Pittsburg Dispatch notes that corporations and New York political machines unite against Governor Hughes public utilities measure. The piece says both powers act in unison, though Hughes drives their near-simultaneous push and has them in early stampede stages.
A religious man complains of his daughters marrying tavern keepers. He justifies his visits by rotating his “custom” to compensate for lack of dowries. The anecdote appears in Fliegender Blaetter.
A cartoon caption shows a customer forgetting her purse and a storekeeper offering delayed payment. The customer jokes that if she died tomorrow she could not pay, eliciting the storekeeper's quip about bearing the loss.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson asserts national prosperity cannot be destroyed by Wall Street fluctuations and that people nationwide share this view, emphasizing unity in economic outlook.
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