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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
12
A period pamphlet tone argues practical domestic skill over showy talent for wives, urging women to be partners to husbands by managing the home with thrift. It contrasts enduring virtue with vampiric, self centered behavior and warns of marital distress caused by poor housekeeping. The piece cites The Gentle Woman and Woman's Home Companion on social norms.
An 1890s column extols nightly baby massage to stimulate muscles before bedtime, advises a light water sip and proper nourishment, and argues for loving pre-sleep maternal contact with lullabies and stories. It also notes social chatter about putting babies to bed alone and highlights Mme Wu, the Chinese minister's wife, as a White House favorite, plus royal honors and a Paris millinery lawsuit.
Fashion notes describe cloth and silk foulards rising in popularity with blue and white dotted patterns leading. Outfits feature blue plain silk skirts, butter colored lace yokes, and riding wear in poplin and wool blends. The piece also covers silk revival, suitable for outings, plus a locksmithing of signals among thieves and a police alert sparked by whistle cues.
After the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Alexandra of Denmark artists asked to sketch the princess. Court painter Frith sought a pose but she refused to sit. Mr. Gibson the sculptor and others shared the same trouble. The prince teased that they all had a poor subject. The princess retorted you sit badly too.
A note on the vast production of images featuring the queen and the prince and princess of Wales. It claims about ten million photographs are produced annually and find ready sale across the globe, with a remark that second thoughts are best.
A Civil War chronicle follows a boy drummer from Illinois in Company A Seventy second Infantry who rises from recruit to sergeant major and adjutant. He braves a perilous raid to bring rations, earns discharge only to receive a drum corps role, and a close recounting of Eddie, a 12 year old drummer who endures wounds and dies after sharing a moment with a Confederate soldier who aids him.
Brevet Major George H Heafford was noted as one of the finest soldiers in his regiment and later gained fame as the St Pauls general passenger agent J A Watrous in the Chicago Times Herald. Heafford's distinguished service and subsequent public role are highlighted in the article.
A Washington Star reminiscence recalls selling a plain custard pie on a June day to a Jersey artilleryman. The man handed a $100 bill from the Allegheny Bank of Cumberland, believing it worthless. The pie and bill proved real when the bank cashed the note for $98.60 amid wildcat banking days.
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