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Newspaper

Mitchell Capital

Location

Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1910

Page

4

The Burglary Trap in the Vault and Escape

Jimmy and the lawyer Spedding descend to a vault with iron racks and black boxes. A lights-out standoff ends when Jimmy triggers a hidden door and escapes as the lawyer releases cyanide to trap him, leaving a almond-scented air after the confrontation.

Jimmy Spedding Beale Jimny Mr. Spedding Lawer Speddineg

Beale’s cryptic verse leads to a hidden vault clue

Angel and Kathleen Kent meet Jimmy to unravel Beale’s five letter word. Jimmy deciphers an occulting light acrostic forming smock, then reveals six capitalized words from the verse. He explains a duck and a snake cue a T, guiding toward a subterranean vault through a dreary house near High Holly Lodge.

Angel Jimmy Spedding Cley's Road Friend Spedding Dumas Harrison Ainsworth Scotland Yard Beale Kathleen Kent Rupert Street Dover Admiralty Pier France Calais Oce Jove Old Beale Sanda Milford Haven Orkneys Caldy Island Kinnaird Head

Raw Foods Diet Promoted to Reduce Flesh

The Delineator advocates a raw foods regimen to slim the body. It urges avoiding heating substances and using cold baths to lower bodily heat. The diet centers on raw fruits nuts grains milk and occasional beefsteak raw oysters clams and minimal cracked grain are mentioned. A year of this regimen is claimed to yield striking results.

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Fiddling Bob Taylor Aids Passing Stranger On Train Stop

Senator Robert Taylor travels through Louisiana on a lecture tour when he befriends a train bum. In a pine forest between Lake Charles and Alexandria, the train halts and a passenger leaves with a small handbag. The bum hints the man who alights is guilty of something.

Robert Taylor Tennessee Bob” Taylor Louisiana Lake Charles Alexandria Texas Taylor

The Black Bread. A Florence Banker’s Divine Reckoning

Nicholas Nerli, a famed Florentine banker, amasses wealth through usury and charity. He faces judgment after a night vision with Saint Michael, weighing sins against deeds. Prompted to share bread with the poor, he awakens resolved to give more, hoping for heaven through unselfish deeds.

Anatole France Nicholas Nerii Florence Nicholas Nerli Nerli Nicolaus Nerli Alexander Caesar Church of Santa Maria Novella Maria Bismantosa Nicolas Nerli Republic St. Michael Archangel Neri Saint Michael Santa Maria del Novella Nicholas Verli Neril St. John’s Church St. Andrew Venice Swern Nicholas Hell Heaven Erchangel

British Explorer Shackleton Praised by Witty Critic

Herbert Corey surveys Ernest Shackleton and compares British praise of polar explorers with American jokes. The piece notes Shackleton’s near south pole reach, debts, knighthood, and quirky innovations like a printing press and Manchurian ponies, all amid humorous jabs at the British and Edwardian ceremony.

Edwin Wildman Ernest Henry Shackleton South Pole Cecil London Earth Edward Shackleton Sir Hank Ireland Merchant Marine Scott Shackleford

Twain jokes on Christian Science apple cure

Mark Twain joked that Christian Science reminded him of the Hannibal apple cure for drunkenness. He recalled a town drunkard from boyhood who insisted he had been cured eight times, prompting a listener to ask if he believed in it and Twain to reply with a punchy affirmation.

Jimmy Miss Kent Jiminy Angel Esquire Kathleen Angel Antarctic Room Court Gazette Edward Ernest Hank Shackleton King Edward San Francisco Mark Twain Christian Science Hannibal Hank

The Blacksmith of the Revolution Monument Dedication

At Newville on October 6, 1890 a Pennsylvania ceremony unveiled a granite monument to William Denning the blacksmith of the revolution. The address praised Denning as a patriot and skilled craftsman who lived in the region most of his long life and died December 19, 1830 at age 93.

William Henry Egle Pennsylvania Newville William Denning St. George France Yonder God’s Acre

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