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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
9
The Mitchell Capital lists subscription rates for one year and six months with a price of one dollar for the Official County Paper. Editorial credits include W. Downey as ad editor and the paper branded as Mitchell Printing Co. Props Co.
A contemporary review labels the Denver Democratic platform as empty promises from a party out of power. It criticizes calls for rule by ten, attacks Roosevelt era officeholders, and denounces party dynasties while urging economy and restraint.
Victor Rosewater writes William Jennings Bryan criticizing a bid to win votes by placing two Democrats and two Populists on the state ticket as electors. Bryan declines interview, fearing Populist vote loss. Rosewater says the proposition was plain and urged disapproval.
The piece notes Taft being admitted to the steam shovel Union and praised by labor groups. It contrasts Taft’s union ties with Bryan’s limited labor crossovers and predicts labor vote divisions if Bryan runs.
The article notes a new independence effort linked to William Randolph Hearst with John Hisgen as president and John Temple Graves as vice president. It argues Hearst aims to show Democratic Bryan the party is not the sole force in the race and that Bryan erred by excluding Hearst from early party workings.
Watertown businessmen seek cooperation of five railroads entering the city to build a union depot. Railway officials will confer at a meeting in Watertown on August 5 with the Great Northern, North Western, Minneapolis and St. Louis, Burlington, and South Dakota Central among the lines involved. The aim is to merge interests to benefit both town and roads.
The binder remains a focal point as farmers store grain in stacks and anticipate a splendid agricultural year. While some areas may lag, overall yields are expected to exceed or match past levels, and rising farmer incomes bolster resilience against potential crop downturns.
A vivid vignette on a tense late game moment with a man at third and two out as Deathless risks a home run to win. The scene describes players adjusting clothes and spitting, the crowd roaring, and a dramatic final swing that ends with a stumble back to bed.
A man asserts the breakfast item given by a woman at a house is in his pipe and being smoked. The remark appears in the New York World.
The text describes animal behavior and anatomy. It notes that robins and sparrows are drawn to almonds and dried currants, a rabbit’s wide vision, a mole eating up to 20 000 earthworms yearly, and that hares run uphill easier than downhill. It also mentions Naples marine research where fishes six centimeters long possessed 144 lantern points to generate light.
A Pittsburg Post quotation lauds a three cent fare as a overwhelming success yet notes scarce seating in street cars. The piece records public reaction and questions about accessibility and operation.
A Success Magazine excerpt notes that a man who spends his days picking up pins in a bowling alley is not idle but follows a clear occupation. The quotation emphasizes the routine nature of his work.
A Buffalo Times account recalls an aerial accident at a country fair where an acrobat replaced a fallen parachutist. He describes fear, a twisting parachute rope, and a slow open to a safe landing after a perilous descent.
A playful cartoonish exchange features Billy wishing to be a giraffe to clear a baseball fence. Tommy counters with a morning soap and water scrub gag, highlighting a humorous safety twist.
A Philadelphia Press remark cites a dispute over Goodley. The quote criticizes those who imply others are drunk or unhappy via insinuation while noting Goodley rarely speaks ill of anyone.
A humorous exchange notes a child mishearing praise as a jab about a doctor being a quack. The tale rests on language play and a playfully pompous doctor reacting to a spoiled compliment.
A playful dialogue contrasts a hopeful young man and a pragmatic woman as they watch a sunset and discuss directions and color. The scene includes a comic miscue about sight and a brief aside about a mischievous brother. A Success Magazine anecdote features Eugene V Debs recounting how a speaker tried to defuse prejudice by likening critics to a dog or a goat and a jackass.
A Georgia farmer posts a sign on his front gate telling candidates to pass by without talking. His boy reports a candidate at the gate insisting on entering. The farmer relents and says the candidate has always been running since the war and cannot help it.
During the ordeal the judge recalls Beaker as the most absentminded man he has met. The anecdote notes Beaker once climbed into a barbers chair and wore the newspaper around his neck while reading the towel.
A satirical exchange shows an elderly widow chiding a boy for smoking while lamenting financial strain and past Havanas, reflecting thrift and social norms of the era. The dialogue contrasts vice and responsibility in a small town setting.
A collection of brief notes reports per capita money in circulation around $35 in the United States. Wenatchee valley orchard land valued at $1500 to $2000 per acre with irrigation and yearly fruit. Also mentions the Declaration draft not viewable until 1928 and a sixteenth to one girls win in a Northhampton game where boys played left handed in skirts. A Cortland Street seed store ships grass plots from Jersey City. the Beardstown saloonkeeper driven out by Prohibitionists digs for mussels and finds a pearl worth $2000.
The New York American notes moon diameter about 2190 miles, surface area roughly 14.6 million square miles, and volume about forty nine and a half times smaller than Earth. It adds Earth mass exceeds Moon by about eighty one and a half times due to denser material.
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