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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1886
Page
10
A fragmentary historical note presents a translated ode praising a supreme deity, attributed to Gabriel Romanowitch and circulated in multiple languages. The text extols God as creator and light, urging the soul to behold divine presence and seek guidance beyond mortal limits.
An old North Carolina paper recounts a cordial visit where the North Carolina and South Carolina governors shared a meal and corn whiskey. They smoked, drank, and discussed staples like turpentine and rice, with the South Carolina governor's thirst persisting while the North Carolina host warned of hospitality leaving him dry. The tale ends with a quip about the length of a drink and a servant noting the situation.
The Richmond Reformer recalls the South Carolina governor retreating to the woods for three days in seclusion after failing to receive a response from the North Carolina governor. He rides home in sadness, fearing friendship’s hollowness and a drift toward chaotic mockery in human nature.
Arkansas Traveler recounts Anderson Bradley's purchase of a Choctaw nation store. A clerk Piles schemes to take the business, Bradley loses his money, faces danger, and leaves the country after a failed legal fight. Separate note on Dr. Alice Vickery's London Dialectical Society talk on class mortality in England.
The article praises foreign guest customs, noting women abroad routinely offer refreshments to visitors. It contrasts practices in France, Italy, Germany, England, Russia, Scotland with American and New York norms. It argues that small hospitable gestures like tea, bouillon, or wine boost sociability and urges New York women to adopt them.
Letters claim Colfax Springs water and Athlophoros cured severe rheumatism. Charles Griffin recounts a months long attack, a relapse, then relief after three bottles. Dr. L D Rounds and O E Givins corroborate improvements with Athlophoros. Sold by Athlophoros Co. New York address provided.
Historical notes resolve boiler blasts to material faults and careless management after decades of study. Expert warns against overpressure as plants expand when boosting output. Also humor and social commentary on Boston clubs and a child’s prayer anecdote appear alongside ads for remedies and moral tales.
A cherry tree blocked the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Railway extension at Almaden. The owner asked about 900 dollars but experts confirmed annual crops covered the interest, the award settled at 600 dollars and the tree was removed. The report notes St Jacobs Oil praised globally as a pain remedy.
When visiting New York City, save baggage and expressage and five dollars for carriage hire and stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The 618 rooms cost one million dollars to fit up, with daily sowards. The European Jan. Elevator H Restaurant and improved horse cars stages and elevated railroad connect depots. Families are urged that they can live better for less money at the Grand Union than at any other first class hotel in the city.
In Louisville last summer a man asked H. H. Hamilton to wait fifteen minutes then meet him. He invited Hamilton to a carriage, led him to a grand residence, and introduced an aged lady who recognized the caller as the same man who wounded Hamilton and crippled his hand.
The article argues only thirty six percent of consumption deaths are inherited with most cases contracted through carelessness or infection from others. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy in early stages, warning that delay is dangerous and urging immediate purchase for symptoms like shortness of breath spitting blood night sweats or lingering cough.
New York Times notes the short serviceable life of street railroad horses, averaging three to three and a half years, with about 600 horses needed annually by the Third Avenue line. A horse’s work includes sixteen miles daily on the hardest line or twenty on branches, plus rest gaps, while wear from constant starting, stopping, and slipping wears them down, sometimes to the knacker’s yard.
Michigan growers face heavy losses from red streak in Late Rose potato variety with thousands of bushels in West Michigan cellars unsalable. Causes blamed include wet season, stunting, and continual planting with some calling it a run out. Country Gentleman advises trying other varieties to escape the problem. WiseGAR Brrrens Bitters advertised as a cure for chronic ailments.
A jumble of comic vignettes from early city life includes a law clerk delaying a funeral, a livery stable barter over Sunday use, and a teary promising note to a girl. Other items note readers sending sample copies of a Chicago paper and a rhymed verse mix up. Also promotions for Dr Sage remedies and Rough On products appear amid light anecdotes.
An ad for WARNER'S WHITH WINE or Tan Syrup promises two free bottles with wholesale orders and a map of the Holy Land. A San Francisco joke contrasts a young woman and a spinster aunt on a crowded car, highlighting a racy quip about seating.
A collage of 1880s drug ads and anecdotes touts Cream Lim as effective relief for a child’s stuffed nose, plus brief items on tobacco habits, patent medicines like Rough on Rats and Wells Hair Balsam, and local notices about Athlophoros and Lyon heel stiffeners. The clippings mix humor, testimonials, and medical patter characteristic of the era.
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