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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
9
War erupts between Greece and Turkey over Macedonian frontier disputes as forces clash at Preveza and Milonas. Diplomatic efforts falter while Greece and Turkey defend actions amid European power interests and Armenian and Crete-related tensions.
Mrs Marilla Marks Ricker a Washington and Dover lawyer seeks appointment as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Colombia. Born in Durham New Hampshire in 1849 she trained as a teacher and later studied law after her husband John Hicker died. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and pursues the office.
European powers show little action as Greece captures Menaxa and fortresses at Prevesa while Turkish aims focus on Larissa and Srncala. The Greek fleet harasses Turkey, with port blockades easing and supplies reaching their army. Rivers shrink amid rain followed by heat as campaigns shape the stalemate.
Detailed proceedings show Senate and House actions on bills to seize Bethlehem and Carnegie armor plants, tariff debate splits with Republicans and Populists, and a Paris exposition representation message. Senate adjourned after confirming several appointments. House remained idle.
A collage of brief snatches from multiple newspapers references politicians, tariffs, elections and legal cases. Notable names surface like Matt Quay and Col. Phoebe Cousins while mentions of prisons, jokes, and editorials hint at late 19th century public discourse. Read as a mosaic of period headlines and opinions.
A collage of clippings jokes about air ships and the public’s reaction. Readers react to infamous hoaxes and genuine interest in aerial vessels as newspapers poke fun at the fad and its promoters across Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Minneapolis and Boston.
A Chicago banker facing default accuses his female typewriter of causing his ruin in the latest Adam and Eye incident. National papers weigh in with calls for justice for the Globe Savings Bank wreck and for Western states to study New York laws to improve savings bank management.
A fragmented report notes Colorado mountain sheep moving closer to human habitats near Jefferson, with hunters distant and no sign of hunting efforts. The text hints at increased civilization, legal restrictions, and debates over whether the species faces extinction or relocation pressures.
A historical note lists daughters of presidents and their residences: Mrs. Pendleton Dan, daughter of Taylor, in Winchester Virginia. Martha Johnson Patterson at Green Tennessee. Ellen Herndon Arthur in Albany New York. Fanny Hayes wintering in travel and summers at Fremont Ohio. Mary Harrison McKee at Saratoga New Jersey. and the Grant Sartoris daughter in Washington D C. The Arthur and Harrison lines also noted.
Mrs S T Rover in the Ladies' Home Journal extols a mixed diet as natural and necessary. She argues humans possess grinders for grain and meat teeth, notes bread once carried phosphates and muscle food, and laments modern bread for losing phosphates. She cautions that changes in diet are slow and that poorer classes suffer most from bread alone.
A brief quotation contrasts a housekeeper and washerwoman over torn items and charges. The note reflects a humorous exchange from Tit Bits, followed by a reflection that nearly every man believes fate bears a grudge against him.
A collage of brief notes covers gait quirks of deer, plague-linked rat dynamics, rare gems in the American states, early electric photography, limits of nerve speed, pygmy fire worshippers, ancient dogs in Alpine lakes, and a phenomenon called pseudo aurora observed over electric lights with frost crystal columns.
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