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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
2
A pioneering operation used live frog skin to graft burns on Thomas Clarke. Spectators watched as the patient endured the ordeal well. Doctors hope for a favorable outcome as the frog skin transfer proceeds from a pulsating source.
A Mass holiday mingling Armenians and Mahometans led to a brawl in Masseachune Wonerstun. After an Easter gathering at George Mallows’s house, a dispute over a cross sparked street fighting among over a hundred Asiatics with stones clubs pistols and knives. Nine officers arrived. sixteen beats patrolled. nine Asiatics sought warrants and charges followed with several fined and others jailed.
Dispatch reports extreme famine in the European part of Perm government with hundreds dying and villages unable to bury the dead as families fall weak. Officials estimate 545 million pounds of grain needed to ease distress until the next harvest. In Lisbon a man attempted to assassinate King Carlos, firing near the carriage before police restrained him.
The dispatches describe a collapse danger near Rossville from a bridge failure caused by a rainstorm as a Monon train passes, a massive fire threatening Honeybrook mines and nearby towns, and multiple regional incidents from Akron to Omaha with accidents, crimes, and political notes shaping a wide alert.
A MontGencer family of nine or ten in Ki more county suffered a sudden, deadly illness with three deaths and others critically ill. The mother and Mrs George Wurress survived. the cause is unclear and no local trigger is suspected. Other regional specials report vast fires in North Carolina pine district and a lightning death in Knoxville, plus an Edgefield earthquake with minor fright.
Dakota mortgage outlook appears brighter as crops improve, foreclosures decline, and borrowers and lenders push lower interest and principal payments. Banks report fewer defaults, more on time payments, and renewed demand for land purchases. Urban growth fuels rent increases and new home construction, signaling broad prosperity in the south state.
The State Mining Inspector lauds the Keystone district near Harney Peak as a major new g old producer with a twenty stamp mill and new plants. Welcome Mine, Kimberly claims, and Deadwood projects push investment while a chlorination plant starts up. A preacher in Lincoln County faces trial for assault on a thirteen year old girl. Fossil displays for the World’s Fair and a cornbelt exposition dates set for Sioux Falls round out a busy page.
The Salt Lake Temple marked its forty year dedication with a display of grandeur described as rivaling old world cathedrals. Brigham Young began the temple project in 1847, with construction facing delays from attacks and supply limits, and progress accelerated after the Union Pacific railway reached the quarry. The edifice, sixth of its kind and seventh begun, spans 1864 feet in length and 99 feet in width, with towers reaching up to 2224 feet. It houses its own electric plant and heating and cooling systems, and at night the central tower’s angel figure glows brilliantly.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an appeal and a date, with unclear names and places. The readable portion hints at a legal or administrative action and a related time frame, but key details remain unreadable.
In Ovark Missouri John Pattent son of Ziegle Pattent fell into a tub of boiling water and died instantly causing profound distress to his family who could not assist.
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