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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1904
Page
5
Subscription rates listed for one year six months and three months with advertising details. Legal notices five cents per line and ten cents for public notices. death notices published free. resolutions of respect and presents charged at five cents per line. Official county paper appears in header.
State editors plan a visit to the St Louis exposition in late season. Secretary Farley arranged major plans for newspaper boys to enjoy the event. Brule county Republicans instruct delegates to back Col. J Greene for governor or any favored role, adding to a crowded field including Berg Elrod McDougall Snow Schamber Greene and Crawford.
Last week Mitchell welcomed five societies, including the Degree of Honor and Womans Mission Society, for sessions from Tuesday to Friday. The gatherings highlighted Mitchell as an accessible convention city, contrasting Pierre's remoteness. Since January, Mitchell has hosted fifteen conventions, with more planned this year.
The son of poet Robert Browning and his wife grew to manhood as a diligent art student with a promising career. Browning once warned that high expectations could burden him, noting that his clever motivation set a disadvantage.
The text notes a large gold laced cocked hat used from 1778 for its military look and to deter press gang seizures. A flat folding crescent beaver cocked hat remained seen as late as 1818, illustrating hat styles spanning from revolutionary to early 19th century periods.
A dialog notes Mrs Smithers calling Mrs Blumpter yesterday and Blumpter returning the call today. The speakers speculate whether Blumpter holds Mrs Smithers in high regard or is merely performing a disagreeable duty quickly.
A historical overview traces the banns of marriage from early Christian warnings noted by Tertullian to medieval church practice in Paris and Westminster. It explains how bans were proclaimed in church on three Sundays and later made universal by the fourth Lateran council and English statute.
The magnolia, named for Pierre Magnol, includes fourteen species of hardy, fragrant shrubs. Widely found in China, Japan, the Himalayas, Mexico, and the United States, it traces cultivation from old world origins with Chinese buds used medicinally and in cooking. The Himalayas show tall forms like Magnolia Campbell’s, and North America features classics such as the umbrella tree and Magnolia grandiflora.
The piece explains the Spanish novio as a gallant who attends an attractive maiden, usually with a chaperone. It notes his privilege to court while not engaged, the absence of redress if he deserts her, and that marriages are arranged by family heads.
A scientist describes Patagonia mud as impassable and notes the burrowing tucu tucu rat to blame. He says acres of productive ground are undermined by this tireless pest that disrupts travel and threatens livestock, shifting habitats as sheep and cattle arrive.
Burton, famed author of The Anatomy of Melancholy, reputed to evoke laughter yet personally battleful with depression, is believed to have ended his life by a melancholy affliction.
A lighthearted exchange notes a prima donna failing to perform a farewell concert due to a cold described as a box office chill. The manager explains the illness was not ordinary, highlighting the unusual cause of the cancellation.
The conversation centers on Ethel’s claim to be a sister to Mr Dinwiddie and her playful use of the phrase relatively speaking. Maud questions the meaning while Ethel treats the claim as affectionate humor.
A cheerful man notes a paradox while a dyspeptic man swallows tablets. The Philadelphia Record quotes the exchange asserting that one cannot both enjoy a benefit and avoid its costs.
A wry adage from Hunt notes that a person who can only be serious or merry is only half a man, underscoring the narrow view of emotional range. The remark suggests character and temperament matter beyond polarized moods.
Work resumed on the City Hall with Gottlieb Scheurenbrand and masons laying stone after fall stoppage. Stone work is expected to finish in six weeks to two months, turning the project over to Bradstrop for carpentry, aiming for practical completion by September 1 for public inspection during the Mitchell visit season.
Public notice touts Cole's Carbolisalve as a guaranteed wound remedy available at all druggists for 25 cents. It claims instant pain relief without scarring, recommended for households nationwide.
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