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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
7
An English Exchange piece urges husbands to banish the newspaper from the breakfast table to spare wives and children. It argues talk at the meal broadens horizons and criticizes the self absorbed mood and newspaper glare. It allows only urgent telegrams to interrupt breakfast with prior warning.
In London Sketch L F Austin argues the American hotel clerk embodies discipline not service. He states the clerk treats guests as offenders, assigns room numbers like sentences, and resents equality. He contrasts European courtesy with American stern republicanism and imagines an American hotel junta ruling the country with unfeeling efficiency.
Professor Arthur T. Hadley argues in Atlantic that the lowest wages and worst abuses occur not in modern factories but in tenement house industries. He cites cigar makers and some ready to wear clothing trades as worst, showing survival of past labor conditions into an age of better norms.
The Detroit Free Press critiques writers for overused openings like O Venice or O youth and overused phrases such as bitter tears and breaking hearts. It argues readers will tire of such clichés and crave fresh, vivid phrasing instead.
Ivory billiard balls are rough turned on a lathe from the tusk then stored six months to a year in a room at typical billiard ball temperature. The long aging allows for even shrinking across directions, ensuring proper seasoning before final finishing and polishing.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Papa Bushweed doubts the suitor while Mama praises the dinner the young man shared. The passage references Bella and her chosen partner as a family debate unfolds before bed.
A St. Louis Republic reader notes the best Atlantic crossing times. The winter voyage offers better companionship and comfort with a larger yet intimate passenger list. Slow boats attract the rich society set, while the less fashionable ships provide a genial, welcoming atmosphere and lasting memories.
A report describes several Japanese alloy recipes once kept secret. It lists shadko an alloy of copper with 4 to 10 percent gold used to produce blue black hues on sword sheaths, Gaishi-buichi copper with 30 or 50 percent silver, and Mokume a layered alloy. Other compositions include sinchu brass with copper to zinc ratio and karakame bell metal with copper tin iron and zinc.
The article recounts Rossini’s famed laziness with inbed composing and quick bursts of work including The Barber of Seville written in 13 days. It notes an 1810 Gazza Ladra overture written amid meddling theatrics at La Scala and guards chasing sheets dropped to copyists. Amy
Napoleon, traveling in 1807 and 1808, sought a portable Paris library of 1000 volumes in 12mo with 40 religion volumes 40 epics 40 of geometry poetry and 100 novels and more to total 1090 historical memoirs. The plan listed Bible Kor an Church Fathers Aryan works mythic topics and noted authors from Homer to Voltaire and Rousseau.
The New York Tribune notes the papal forces comprise five corps led by Prince Altieri: the Noble guard about 50 youths, the Swiss guard about 100 youths, the Palatine guard around 100 privates and 17 officers, the gendarmes about 100 men, and firemen classed as soldiers due to feuds with the Swiss guard. An official weekly newspaper, La Federis Cattolica, edited by ex-pontifical officers, reports deaths promotions changes but has not recorded acts of valor for 26 years under the minister of the army.
Nansen designed the Fram with a hull free of corners and a rounded, fat bottom to resist ice. The vessel proved strongest for arctic exploration, with protected screw and rudder and a design that kept her from capsizing. Experts who doubted the design were proven wrong as ice pressures lifted her but she remained safely afloat.
The Baltimore Herald notes skilled nursing now equals expert medical attendance in value. Wealthier families use trained nurses, and home doctor assistants plus hospital care largely replace traditional sickrooms.
In a essay attributed to Hardwuare, the author argues that outward appearance and advertising define a man and a business. He claims custom requires advertising and that those who advertise gain public trust and attract trade, likening advertisers to moths drawn to a candle.
Step by step guidance for roasting a goose with mashed potatoes or bread stuffing, onions and sage. Cook three quarters of an hour then drain fat, sear with flour, baste, and finish until brown and tender. Garnish with watercress and applesauce as a serving accompaniment.
The Sketch Club showcases independent work in pen and ink drawings and oil and watercolor sketches. Members include graduates and students who sketch from life each Friday. summer excursions study landscapes. Officers are Mrs. Annie R. Mahood president, Mrs. Myra G. Robinson secretary, and Miss Janey Jenkins treasurer.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt recounts a Wabigoon Reserve chief mailing a cable to the Prince of Wales pleading to stop white men from poaching on Indian lands in Engle lace. The message asks the prince to settle the matter, noting no record of any reply.
The parish church of Grove on the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, but situated in Buckinghamshire, is said to be the smallest and most curious church in Hogland. The parish contains under 20 inhabitants and the church will seat a few more than that number.
A tale from Strand Magazine recounts Count Gleichen as London ambassador at a banquet. He tried polite chatter on a taciturn lady who answered with a yawn. He replied loudly that he too had gold in his teeth.
The text explains velvet production by hand weaving with many short fibers and notes fast machine velvet, then recounts the first submarine telegraph wires laid in 1850 linking England to France, followed by Scotland and Iceland two years later.
A New York New York Letter recounts General Schuyler Hamilton sharing a dramatic 1880 scene between Aaron Burr and Mrs. Hamilton, mother of the speaker. Burr helps a distressed mother, then bows and leaves, later recalled by a boy who learned Burr killed his grandfather.
The Monthly Illustrator details ancient Greek painting techniques using wooden panels or papier mache, with wax bound mineral colors such as lapis lazuli and malachite. Tools included a cestrum spatula and heated surface to fuse colors, with sun heat possibly completing the process in Egypt.
Quote from William George Jordan in Ladies' Home Journal extols the human body as an exemplar of all mechanics hydraulics and architecture. It asserts hundreds of mechanical movements are adaptations of bodily processes, showcasing nature’s first principles in motion and design.
The Pandects of Justinian, once lost, were found in 1137 after Amalfi was looted by Pisans. A private soldier sold a copy to an officer for a few pence, and Pisa stored it in the city library. Florence later seized the volume in 1415 and housed it in the Medici library.
Needles are all made by machinery. A mechanism cuts rough steel wire into proper lengths files the point flattens the head pierces the eye sharpens the tiny instrument and polishes it. A separate machine counts and places needles in the sale papers and folds them for packaging.
A white man sued a black man in Natal. During the trial the parties reached an amicable settlement. The judge requested a written agreement. The counsel showed it in black and white, asking what more was needed.
The Bank of England reportedly burns bank notes received and issues new ones. The average life of a bank note is stated as five or six days. Also noted is that one hectare equals 24 percent of an acre.
Mrs. Phelps-Ward’s Chapters From Un Life recounts Longfellow reading aloud to Mme Modjeska when tears filled her eyes. He turned with a rueful tone and cried that his poem’s aim was happiness, yet he acknowledged he had caused pain. The moment underlines Longfellow’s sensitive, chivalrous spirit.
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet quotes a talkative minor on the platform and a motorman named Weyl discussing the nerve strain of running a trolley car. The motorman says he can’t eat or sleep after weeks without an accident.
The Iron Age argues for a centralized branch network model for small national banks in sparsely settled areas. It cites Canada, Scotland, and Australia as examples where large central banks with many branches unify interest rates and transfer capital across regions, mitigating local distrust and competition.
The author argues Bryan and allies should end silver talks four years before the 1900 election. They claim continued discussion misleads voters, boosts opposition to Bryan, and could harm wages and farm prices. The piece urges halting educational silver rhetoric to protect free coinage supporters.
The excerpt argues against free coinage of silver, claiming unlimited silver coinage breaks parity with gold and leads to monometallism. It cites Mexico, China, and the United States in the 40 years before 1830s as examples where silver policy caused instability.
A tall tale of thieves and coins with a cheeky nickname race. Sam the Sneak allegedly coined silver dollars while Siam struggles with a high money scheme and a comical police break up.
The New York Tribune recounts traditional Indian rainmaking rites observed by a Creek gathering. Elders recited prayers as a fire burned near a stream while two rainmakers commanded a young man to plunge in and return with blue catfish. After more rites the crowd watched as rain followed that night, suggesting wiser weather prediction by rainmakers than civilized forecasters.
A humorous note on eighteenth and nineteenth century courtship, contrasting hurried modern meetings with medieval speed. It recalls how couples quickly judged mutual suitability after brief disclosures of fortunes and dowries, leaving little room for preliminaries.
A Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' association report finds wired glass safe in skylights under ice and water exposure. It endorses wooden framing with tin, lock joints, and concealed nails for fire resistance and interior use in shafts, stair towers, and exterior exposed windows.
Professor B. Sadder warns that honesty in valuing ore is essential when opening a new camp and recounts a Platte River trip where a dishonest prospector tried to salt samples. He explains a sample with real gold ran low while others were faked, showing how easy deception can mislead assayers and harm districts.
A solitary prisoner, near collapse, pleads for sleep and asks to hear the chaplain's sermon. He cites his church ties and conscience, and guards grant the unusual request, noting habit can be stronger than drugs in some cases.
Swiss experts conclude rope belays on glaciers cause more harm than prevention as victims freed from crevasses often suffer fatal rope injuries. They propose replacing rope systems with specially constructed broad belts to reduce harm.
The first British telegraph patent was issued in 1837, the year Queen Victoria was crowned.
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