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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
3
A discussion of women’s dress from morning to evening, praising neatness over showy fabrics. It covers gown styles using silk, satin, and lace, the rise of aprons and caps, and tips for home wear versus street attire. It also details visiting cards, etiquette, and a miscellany of fabrics, trims, and traveling dress guidance.
A mix of children tales from Wide Awake recounts a rainy day visit to a red house with a white face where friendly strangers share pumpkin pie and honey. It also tells of Tootie the intelligent robin cared for by children and a health boost from John Lawrence Sullivan on daily exercise and simple diets.
A juror prompts contempt talk as the judge jokes about two dollars owed for jury duty. A humorous exchange ends with the sheriff called for contempt. The page then offers quips on marriage, fasting, and fashion, noting the paradoxes of virtue and vice.
A reminiscence recounts Daniel Webster and Mr Quincy in a Boston New York rail route tale with a barroom bribe against under counter brandy. It notes a Knights Templar visit to Washington in 1859, a Buchanan reception, Freemasonry ties, and quotes about Simon Quitman and secession. A folk joke about a widow Snickers and a barber ends the item.
A historical overview traces how the count of electoral votes shifted from 69 total in Washingtons first term to 401 by 1880. It notes state by state changes, population growth, and census impacts on representation, highlighting New York and Pennsylvania as repeatedly influential and Ohio's rising rank. The piece also comments on the broader rise of Western states within the union.
A columnist urges women to educate themselves in color and form and to sew with personal touch. Even unattractive women should minimize ugliness through better style with an eye for grace rather than material wealth. A rank lady imagines self made gowns improving appearance for others approval.
The article describes birds choosing hidden nesting sites to avoid predators, including robins nesting in a farmer's coat armhole, sparrows nesting in an elevated railroad pillar, in a president's bronze hat, inside a cannon muzzle at Fort Willett, on a Hudson River boat’s walking beam, and wrens nesting in a nailed crow in England. It highlights the odd, picturesque choices and notes the crow preservation display at Charlton Park.
An owner of a Missouri River steamship line in Dakota quotes a would be captain candidate. The joke pivots on long river experience and bold improv with the crew as quips fly about handling landings fires and hurricanes. The owner finally offers wages to the seasoned applicant.
The May 13 1865 clash near Brazos Santiago Texas ended in Union defeat as a small expedition returning from a surprise attack on a Confederate camp was overwhelmed by a larger force. Federal forces included the Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteers the Sixty second United States Colored Infantry and the Second Texas Cavalry.
A Tiffin High School teacher in Ohio allegedly whipped 35 boys aged 9 to 14 in 35 minutes. The next day she wrote an essay titled Woman the Weaker Vessel and stayed up six hours with a young man. A Norristown Herald quote notes she cannot vote. An English experiment claims ivy on a house prevents interior moisture. A venerable man says thieves throw stones only at fruit trees, not people.
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