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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1893
Page
6
In Paris a murder at hotel Mijoux shocks readers as De Souza and Davenport investigate suspects among staff and guests. Delmar’s killer appears exposed after a night gambled away, with hypnosis and somnambulism revealing a concealed culprit and a twist leading to marriage and a hidden stash of bank notes.
A quirk of time suggests by age fifty a man has spent about 6,000 days or twenty years sleeping. The speaker muses on where the time has gone and ponders the experience under a humorous, reflective lens.
Elliott Spillin a Cincinnati laborer turned tin can solder recycler earns one to five dollars daily by melting and reusing solder from discarded cans. He operates on the levee near the Ohio terminal where a garbage boat dumps thousands of cans daily. He first learned the process in Argentine Kansas and later moved to Cincinnati seeking better prospects.
A Philadelphia Press column reflects on royal nuptials, noting extensive wedding gifts to the Duke of York and bride could sustain them if royal authority shifts. It hints at valuable gifts from India, Europe, and England, plus strong patriot loyalties, and even a New York jewelry venture as a contingency. It also includes a tea brief about water quality affecting tea flavor from a Chicago tea merchant.
The Duke of Wellington related to Lady de Ros that George IV from youth kept a pocketbook in which he stuffed bank notes and keepsakes. On his death executors found a chest of full drawers with pocketbooks totaling not less than fifty thousand dollars in money.
A professor living beside a dorm inhabited by students under the influence of ivy crowned Bacchus endures midnight annoyances. One night a befuddled pupil bangs the professor’s door while the professor, unseen by the house, shouts advice from above. The student asks to stay all night. the professor replies to stay there if it helps.
Emiline Prescott of Maine is praised for her fashion ideas and bold dress, sewing her own outfits using gingham in summer and wool in winter. She creates house and street trousers, wears a knee-length sack with eight pockets, and accompanies her wardrobe with a short jacket. Prescott is skilled in sewing, carpentry, and has published poems.
A well-dressed man with a fine English mastiff caused a stir when he tied the hitch strap to the dog’s bit and had the animal sit on the curb as he entered a Cincinnati inn. The mastiff held the strap like a statue until the owner returned and drove away, the dog faithfully in pursuit.
In 1329 brass workers struck Breslau in Silesia for a year. Fifty-six years later in 1385 a Dantzic blacksmith strike ended when authorities issued an edict ordering that workers refusing to follow employer dictates would have their ears summarily cut off.
During a pilgrim journey to Rome a crowd pressed a refreshment bar at a station. The Duke of Norfolk saw a woman left in despair and offered his own basin of soup. She refused to take it, so he obtained another spoon and the two shared the soup.
Arthur Denny, a Seattle pioneer and millionaire, owns a central city lot valued at 750000 dollars. He feeds a blooded Jersey cow on the lawn and refused to sell the block for business, saying he could not pasture his cow elsewhere.
A man praises a woman who doubts others but trusts him, noting she is wise enough to question every man yet confident enough to believe his words. The remark reflects a viewpoint on discernment and affection within a relationship.
A dramatic 1824 mutiny at Massachusetts State Prison unfolds as convicts resist flogging. Major Wainwright enters with marines, offers amnesty if they disperse, and after a tense standoff and a three minute ultimatum, the hall clears and order is restored.
A compact guide to tree selection describing white elm and oak virtues, hard maples for dense shade, cut leaf white birch for lawns, Austrian and white pines plus spruces for screens, and evergreens to disguise unsightly views. It closes with a flippant remark about talking with a woman about a wedding.
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