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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1893
Page
2
A compact column surveys varied items from war days and current notes with humor and social commentary. It wryly notes the circus improves yearly yet lemonade persists as a familiar staple while comparing the hardships of living within a salary to enduring trials with quiet patience.
A lady writer asks what a house is without a baby and an old bachelor editor replies that it is comparatively quiet. The exchange highlights differing views on family life and domestic soundness.
A cow at Medford Pennsylvania caused disruption by struggling and injuring a handler. The incident disrupted the scene as participants reacted to the animal’s unruly behavior and attempted to regain control.
A fragmented statement notes Nenopy’s jealousy over Brazil’s large immigrant cull and asserts that locals have long been generous. The remark reflects tension around immigration policy and national generosity in the country.
The approaching season poses a common domestic dilemma for American housewives as they decide if their preserves will set properly. The issue centers on achieving the desired gel in fruit jellies amid shifting recipes and techniques.
A CNCAGO street car conductor injures a widow worth a quarter of a million, offering a contrast to the coughman heiress romance. The incident shifts attention to a new, quieter social drama amid public speculation.
The medical record notes that some synthetic class drugs live up to their lengthy names, highlighting notable additions to the materia medica in recent years. The text discusses evolving pharmaceutical entries and the trend of elaborate drug nomenclature.
A reader's household advice on removing mud from Wael clothing suggests rubbing spots with a low potato cube but fails to explain how to remove the resulting marks. The note reflects fragmented guidance from a household paper.
A note of new scandal arises in English high society involving the At lantic cables and a proposed fumigating department. The group is blamed for malotorous activities routed through the department acting as vehicles for improper conduct.
The text argues Germany may need a large army soon not for defending the homeland against external foes but due to internal political peril. It suggests civil war within the empire is more likely than war with France or Prussia, reflecting a dire domestic crisis.
The Attorney General of Mansas struggles to compel corporations to comply with newly enacted regulatory laws. Widespread defiance by firms underscores a major challenge to popular self government and the enforcement of legal authority.
A NYT quote from a surgery professor cites measurements showing corsets exert about forty pounds of pressure on internal organs. The figures, presented in print, appear startling and fuel the debate over corset wear.
The New England Grocer alleges a 250000 one-pound can shipment of condensed milk moved from Elgin Illinois to San Francisco, equating to a million pounds of fresh milk in one load. It cites California’s limited irrigated land, noting a hypothetical ten tons of alfalfa per acre yearly.
The Clyde challenge moves fast with the Cramps securing commissions for larger steamships than the Campania and Lucania and aiming for speed. A new fifteen million dollar American company under Uncle Sam will bid strongly for ocean travel, and further company completions may disrupt London journals three days later.
A CINGAGO court ruled against the legality of the great jam trust, which had controlled the national sweetened fruit market for years. The decision cites that the trust boosted jam production and pressed prices downward, impacting consumers and competitors.
Testimony lampoons danger of a child climbing for jam, noting the jam is made from glucose and apple juice. Authorities emphasize safety and caution over risky behavior, highlighting the absurdity of small children scaling shelves for such preserve.
A new enterprise emerges as railroad managers hire lawyers to defend in all damage suits. Three years ago a trunk line chose a firm to handle death, accident, and property loss cases, paying a set sum and letting the firm settle or defend. The scheme, akin to insurance, goes for nine or ten dollars per year per mile and has attracted other roads and firms.
Reports claim an effective rain persuader shows scientific progress, tracing origins to European brains. A rocket releasing ether allegedly cools air and condenses moisture to induce rain, contrasting with fakirs who tout rain for a price in India.
The British battleship Victoria sank after a collision during drill in the Mediterranean. About 4000 officers and crew went down with the ship. The loss recalls the Grosser Kurfurst sinking in the English Channel. Ironclad battleships lack life buoyancy when pierced, and a clean shelling of armor may doom the vessel.
In an article, Max Muller, veteran philologist, argues Madame Blavatsky’s esoteric Buddhism did not originate in India and that the high priestess was manipulated by others. He says no independent witness tests the claim of spirit communication or Mahatmas, and notes Blavatsky cites Thibet and other lands only marginally in her theoretical framework.
A brief quotation notes that the truth frees the freeman while others remain in bondage. It asserts freedom through truth and contrasts liberty with servitude in a reflective aphorism.
An article reviews Sable Island’s gradual loss of land over two centuries and its dynamic coast. It notes debris piling elsewhere, the crescent shape, shifting sand, and weather patterns. It cites lighthouses undermined, maps since 1818, and the island’s reputation as the cemetery of the ocean.
A Jersey City style tale questions musk sources. A druggist protests the idea musk comes from exotic Central Asia, claiming in Jersey marshes the supply comes from local, ordinary traders who sell simple hides and tarry gossip rather than perilous hunts for tiny deer.
A speaker mocks musk deer hunts in Central Asia and urges hunters to instead chase muskrat in Jersey turshes. He jokes about selling musk at low prices and notes musk gear can be bought locally for about 40 cents, arguing the Orient offers danger and better business closer to home.
In Willety memoirs Arthur Sullivan travels through California on a state coach. A miner camp and whisky store crowd misidentify him, weighing him at 162 pounds and confusing him with prizefighter Sullivan. A prominent citizen asks if he is the man who put Pinafore together, sparking ironic hospitality.
In an 1860s style anecdote, Mr. Ferguson argues against hanging a man for beating his wife. The judge convicts and threatens execution, but Ferguson intervenes to pray. Behind a tree, Ferguson quickly helps the condemned man escape, citing spiritual mercy over vengeance.
An American teacher recalls Japanese students misusing long high sounding words. Students rewrote simple tales like Jack and the Beanstalk in ornate English leading to errors such as a widow selling her cow for pecuniary reasons, requests for a hotel, and misrendered proverbs.
A arousing note explaining that cocks crow at all hours and can be silenced by blocking their upright stance. A plank or lath placed above the perch prevents head lifting, making the bird unable to crow. The piece cites Sam Weller’s line about a drum with a hole to illustrate silence.
Lady Henry Somerset, president of the British Woman's Temperance Association, parallels Frances Willard in influence and zeal. Born heiress to Eastnor Castle and Somers Town heritage, her marriage ended in separation leaving her guardian of their son. She championed temperance through lectures writing and receptions, linking with Willard in Chicago before returning to England to continue her reforms.
The article extols Russia's World Fair fur exhibit noting two booths with sables, beavers, seals, mink, fox, and more. It highlights high prices for skins and robes, including two sable robes at 6300 dollars and a sealskin cloak lined with sable at 8500 dollars.
A Harvard catalogue lists a middle name represented by X, the symbol for his mark. The X stands for a $10 bill given to the name’s owner on birth day, an acknowledgment that remains in the recipient’s name to this day.
A vivid sketch from a rough mining town in Colorado describes a raucous party in a Whisky Jack ranch barn. The crowd includes the wife of a man who killed the postmaster, a fat forty-year-old, a grass-widow, and a bearded miner amid coarse talk and taunting remarks about a chimpanzee-like wife, revealing harsh frontier social dynamics and rough humor.
During her absence Queen Victoria’s dairy output including butter cream and milk was sold. A London dairy company bought up the cream and butter, pricing butter at about 40 cents per 3 pounds, cheaper than New York special brands, while Windsor cream fetched high prices. Butter pots bore royal arms confirming royal origin from Windsor Park farms, notably the Norfolk and Flemish farms once established by George III.
Henry IV of France kept four dwarfs Pierre Raphael Dennis and Guillaume. A Polish king named Bebe, a mite of a child, wore doll clothes and used a hay lined shoe as cradle. Chased by crowds he vanished and hid in a big top boot near a shoe maker’s shop until found.
A wedding story notes that the bride and groom, an officer, wore sidearms during the ceremony. The bride’s little brother, amused by the weapon display, asked if Jenkins would wear his saws at Milly’s future marriage, referencing the carpenter lover of another sister.
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