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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
3
A reflective verse by Robert J. Burdett questions where past fears, troubles, and changes have vanished while present burdens loom. It contrasts old worries with new pains as society moves to brighter skies and evolving fashions, ending with a note on tomorrow’s unseen troubles.
Ben Mallory counsels Jack Downs on breaking a woman’s heart to end a relationship. Jack lies to avoid commitment, while Fr a nces Grayson endures love mixed with betrayal. Ben learns his sister Kitty’s sadness ties to their past.
The great ice crushing steamers or car ferries move trains and freight across straits and lakes, weighing thousands of tons and costing over 350000 each. Fitted with dual end propellers they break ice as if it were cardboard. Crew endure months aboard amid extreme cold with occasional perilous foraging trips ashore for provisions.
Attorney E C Downey of Churu busco Indiana received from a friend in Guatemala the rare rose of hell. It grows near Antigua by the Fuego volcano crater and is feared by natives for its deadly potency when boiled into a liquid. Universities seek specimens for botany demonstrations.
A London firm donated 100000 packets of stationery to South African soldiers, a gesture noted in the press. The remark about social pretensions ends with a wry aside on personal vanity.
The Washington Post recounts Gen Joseph Wheeler’s popular, quirky behavior in the capital. He misplaces cuffs and hats in committee rooms, and once his family vanished from a fashionable apartment after a simple disagreement, prompting humorous search by colleagues. Wheeler continues to mingle at meals, tipping generously and drawing friendly attention from staff and others.
A Washington woman trains her husband through patient culinary tests. His harassment over meals leads to a turning point as her deft handling reveals a reforming tactic. The piece notes a Senator’s daughter using domestic irony to ease marital tension and improve home life.
A proposed modern American sawmill in China clashes with local timber methods and raises questions about global industry standards. Other excerpts note English advocates push for a criminal appeal court, South Carolina reports of embalmed beer, and a Boston British cemetery monument plan for 226 Bunker Hill soldiers.
Col I think artists sign their pictures to help the public tell the top from the bottom. The other speaker jokes about a child writing poetry at seven and the possibility of outgrowing it.
A religious column blends verse and prose on a shut old church sold for a new one and the enduring salvation within. It includes notes on hospitality in worship, Bible illustrations, and calls to lend aid to the needy, the tempted, and the faithful, with quotes from MacLaren and Ruskin.
In a private letter the Michigan Christian Advocate urges not to dwell on sorrows and past troubles. It says excessive grief diminishes life, honors memory of loved ones, but emphasizes living now, learning from the past, and sharing cheer with fellow believers.
Words of cheer have lasting power to lift despondent people in difficult seasons. A single expression of approval can transform a sensitive person, leaving a bright memory that endures beyond the speaker’s life. Cheerful words cost nothing and bring happiness to both giver and receiver.
A devotional reflection extols the Lord as a constant keeper who never slumbers or fails. It emphasizes God’s infinite resources, mercy, and truth for those who fear Him and keep His covenant, assuring that the faithful are guided and their steps secure.
The notice lists several new contraptions: a vertical tube life preserver with a mouthpiece for air, a gas lighting device by two New Jersey men using friction caps to ignite a wax taper, a metal yoke harness attachment for reins, an electrical hair brush with dry battery and induction coil, and a Tennessee device to control horses from the carriage via linked reins.
A Trinity House record shows 390 years since the first lighthouse at Lowestoft, the origin of Britain’s coastward lighthouse program. Winterton followed in 1616, and Lowestoft boasted the first lifeboat in 1809, two centuries after its inaugural beacon.
The piece notes cemeteries near London cover 2000 acres and symbolize a capital of 100 million dollars. It argues a hack writer walks while traveling and jokes there is nothing in a name. It muses on Solomon and Mormonism in a brief, satirical aside.
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