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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1893
Page
5
A discussion on farmers wives and a proposal to form weekly gatherings at the country schoolhouse. The plan includes tea, reading, sewing, and sharing news, with a circulating library, aimed at reducing isolation and boosting home life on the farm. It cites Col. D. T. Anthony praising women workers on his newspaper.
A historical critique quotes the New York Commercial Advertiser on women who are loyal and tireless yet prone to extremes. It argues that zeal in athletics or charity can become excessive, turning generosity into flashy excess or stinginess, and warns extreme views erode dignity and truthfulness.
The piece notes women alter their appearance to suit social expectations showing rapid changes in complexion and health to influence others. It compares this social transformation to scientific marvels and highlights the perceived manipulation of appearance at gatherings.
Mothers are advised to rub the outer side of a baby's legs upward twice daily to strengthen the outer muscles. Begin below the ankle and rub to the knee, using calm firm strokes especially during bedtime, cuddling, or story time. Perseverance will curb the leg trouble by nourishing the outer leg muscles.
A collection of practical hints for cleaning and maintenance is offered, including sweeping carpets, polishing shoes, and thawing frozen bathroom traps with salt. The piece also recounts a sixteenth century Scottish beggar known as Cabbage Charlie who ran a large network of servants, enforcing strict rules and penalties on them. The narrative contrasts moral judgment with the beggar’s ruthless managerial methods.
The passage argues that success rests on pursuing a clear goal with resolve and effort rather than judging a life by its end. It cites figures like Gould and Seneca to question whether outcomes define a life, noting health, family, and career do not negate achievement if the chosen objective was pursued.
A 19th century profile of Frances Willard, president of the World Temperance Union, touring England with Lady Henry Somerset. The article notes her early rise in America, her speeches to 3000 in Leeds, and her influence in temperance movements across England.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes Lilith as an older mate to Adam before Eve, claiming she bore only demons and fled. It claims Adam faced long separation from Eve, spent 200 years apart, living penitently near the Temple of Mecca with guidance from the angel Gabriel.
A historical critique notes the easing of separation between spouses in English workhouses, contrasting with the old reproach. An elderly wife claims she has “looked after” her husband for forty years, while he testifies that he came to the workhouse to escape her tongue, leaving few couples valuing each other’s company.
A clergyman foretold that a child christened as Brown would someday make a noise in the world. Moments after the baptism, Master Brown felt the chilly water and the prophecy was verified far sooner than expected, according to Truth.
A reflective line notes that a woman who seeks the vote resists male control and asserts her own sweetness and resolve, signaling broader push for suffrage through personal courage and social prompting.
The article notes how left handedness gains esteem as specialization grows. It cites varied examples from sailors and soldiers to crafts and cultural habits, including Newton training his left eye, Persians riding on the right, and an African heir with long nails signaling rank.
The article argues farmers should invest in selective horse breeding and training. It contrasts high prices for good draft and coach horses with worthless scrubs, urging decisive action and a future plan. It cites William Austin’s ad and the idea that the best horses meet the American market.
A New York firm named the Odd Job and Tinkering Company Limited markets broad home aid services. It promises rapid substitutes for absent staff, handles tasks from cleaning to painting and small repairs, and aims to ease domestic burdens in emergencies.
A garbled extract mentions lork smithing clerical and miscellaneous tasks and refers to various kinds of work and the economy of living in a house. The text is incomplete and difficult to interpret, with unclear references to names and roles.
Cincinnati newspaper pioneer Seneca W Ely died in his 80th year after a career as editor of the Cincinnati Week Gazette and contributor to the Commercial Gazette. He founded and ran newspapers in Chillicothe and Miami County, helped form the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, and served as treasurer of Cincinnati street railways and the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. He first voted for Harrison and later supported Lincoln as a Republican.
A diary from Holland Land Company surveyors notes a spring at the Allegheny headwaters in New York yielding crude petroleum. Indians dried the sun-exposed oil for ointment used in war paint and medicine, treating the spring as a sacred gift. Whites later bottled and sold the oil, which might have become a $1 medicine if not for drilling advances.
The board testing the torpedo throwing pneumatic tubes on the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius reports near completion. Trials show the tubes deliver accurate fire both moving and stationary with 31 shots at 200 yards predicting 24 hits on a Philadelphia sized target. The Rapiers fuse failed to detonate wet gun cotton, but a revised ten inch torpedo weighing 500 pounds with 200 pounds of wet gun cotton could be deployed 1000 to 2000 yards and sink any ship afloat.
Capt O Donnell aboard the schooner Annie Bliss claims a Maltese cat on board acts as a weather barometer. He says the cat washes her face and lies down before rain and pulls whiskers before snow, while seeking the stove during a blizzard as forecast by the cat, not Greeley.
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