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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1901
Page
13
Freeman Moniton, a University student from near Canton, died at 4 AM after being seated in a chair at his cottage. Doctors note a heart blood clot caused sudden death, with months of stomach trouble and brief fever prior. His body to be sent to Canton. father arrived Wednesday.
Health officers place several houses on the south side under quarantine amid a prevalent infectious illness among University students. Four to five homes are marked with red cards warning the public to keep out. Doctors say the disease is contagious but not smallpox and most patients recover quickly.
An old notice promotes Foley’s Kidney Cure for backache. It also lists Milwaukee Road excursion offers for German Baptists in Lincoln Nebraska May 24–31 and G A R encampment in Sioux Falls. Expositions in Buffalo and other rail sales through May 31 with return options to June 30 or later. Local agent R J Taylor provides information.
Montana miner Wallace Taylor recounts his summer trek through the Noatak region in northwest Alaska. He describes ice fields, bergs hundreds of feet high, hospitable natives, abundant game, and a failed quest for gold after traveling from Dawson via Yukon and Nulato to Kotzebue.
A nervous man pledged to sobriety drains brandy by inhaling vapors from his hands, leaving the glass empty and content. Bartender notes such swear off methods as odd but effective, citing another case where bitters replaced whisky and nearly ruined a stomach.
The article lists Porto Rico demographics and farming data: population 953,243 with 75,000 urban residents. island 100 by 86 miles with 40,000 district farms. average farm size 45 acres with 12 cultivated. 71 percent of farms owned by whites, 29 percent by blacks. 93 percent of farms cultivated by owners. 38 percent colored population with 83 percent of colored mixed race. Literacy around 84 percent, higher than the United States aside from Guatemala.
A government report records 2966 human deaths from carnivorous animals in 1899 India. Tigers caused 899 deaths, wolves 338, and leopards, hyenas, jackals and crocodiles many of the rest. Snake fatalities reached 24621, with Bengal accounting for nearly half.
An exposé drawn from the New York Press outlines severe hazing in French colonial troops, including blanket tossing with sabers, hanging by heels, the vile pit, the carcan, and cramps of the crapadine. It notes officers often order or endorse these punishments, leading to deaths and mental breakdowns among soldiers in Algiers and other garrisons.
A man in Cincinnati balcony convulsed with laughter causing his false teeth to fly into a lady's lap in the parquet. The audience and usher witnessed the moment before the teeth were returned, drawing laughs at the blunder.
The Indianapolis Press questions whether a play can lack a villain while the Detroit Journal notes irony in easygoing men who lack a faculty for getting along. Both editorials explore character and authorial intent.
A man toils in his office and cooks his own boiled dinner at home with a clever device. He set the pot ahead, used a candle and string to lift the cover, and returned to find a ready meal awaiting him. This tale from Youth's Companion highlights a unique kitchen ingenuity.
The Montreal Herald reports Greenland is a closed territory with strict Danish control. Only government vessels sail Greenland waters and foreigners must obtain a rare permit to travel, with trade monopolized by the state and priced by administration to protect natives. The nine Greenland company ships carry goods and sometimes two or three annual voyages.
A Washington Post observation recounts a traveler overhearing a grim incident on a westbound through train to New York. The conductor calls away two men and one is found dead in tower 8, prompting a female passenger to remark on the timing with a sharp, cynical quip about women.
An English wagered he could cook plum pudding ten feet under the Thames. He sealed the pudding in a tin and lime sack, and lime heat cooked it in two hours. The Mantchoo edict halted long hair with a topknot and loyalty pigtail. The sermon on the mount has no big words.
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