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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1894
Page
6
The Ghost of Saint-Gery an eerie midnight encounter
In a Rouen era tale a wary marquis recalls a fearsome night at Saint-Gery’s chateau. A courier named the narrator retrieves secret papers while a ghostly woman appears, her pale beauty and unreal hair spreading dread that chills him to the core.
Hair and Horror on the Château Staircase
The narrator recalls a midnight apparition in a chateau who pleads for help and asks him to comb her hair. He is enthralled and completes the task, then pursues the figure via a frantic ride to Rouen. Saint Gery disappears, leaving hairs and letters as proof of a haunting ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Gery
Saint-Gery
Roger
Rouen
Chateau
Monsieur
Thad
Saint-Georg
Porte Cochere
Castle Saint-Gery
Saint- Gery
Temptation Confronted in Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday School lesson on resisting temptation uses a reformed man’s tale of resisting a saloon, urging readers to call on Jesus for strength. The piece emphasizes Spirit and devil influences, faith, and practical steps to escape temptation with examples and exhortations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Christ
Satan
Prince of
Darkness
God
Father
Man
RE. W. Bliss
Lakeside
Death
Hell
John
Grains of Gold Verses on Charity and Time
A reflective prose piece urges giving to help the less fortunate and notes the value of gratitude. It contrasts free meals with true wealth and warns against idle speculation. The author ties patience with praise and suggests personal betterment comes from aiding others.
White cells as ultimate punishment in Joliet Prison
Abner V. Chadwick reports on Illinois Joliet Prison white cells used to subdue convicts. Solitary prisoners are housed in a glare white, windowless cell with deathlike silence, handcuffed during work hours, leading to rapid mental distress and surrender after a few hours. The piece cites The New York Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner V. Chadwick
Hartford
Joliet Piisop
New York Advertiser
Stunted Trees of Japan Revealed by Miniature Gardens
A New York Tribune writer notes Japanese arboriculturists dwarf cedar and oak trees to fit compact landscapes. In cities, gardeners create miniature rivers hills temples and ponds, keeping trees three feet tall or less to harmonize with dollhouse scale. The secret remains tightly guarded by the gardeners guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Dinner hour through history across European monarchies
A compact survey tracks changes in dinner times from the fourteenth century to the era of the French Revolution. It notes France shifting from eight am breakfasts and eight pm bedtimes to noon or two oclock dinners, England with early breakfasts and late morning dinners, and Germany settling around noon or one oclock before Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Philip the Good
Henry IV
Louis XIV
Louis XV
England
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Germany
Fossils of Monster Toad Found in Hungarian Beds
Paleontologists report a giant labyrinthoudon fossil found in Huezel Weitz, Hungary, intact except for the left forearm and lower jaw. The skull spans eighteen inches and the full existing bones with matrix weigh about 1,880 pounds, with further parts hoped to be recovered from Triassic Mesozoic strata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huezelweitz
Hungary
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South America
China
Hercules
Saintery
Shaeus
Sage
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