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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
2
A poem lamenting a mother’s loss of her boy who died, describing his playful mischief and the quiet that followed. The narrator recalls pages spilled, ink spilled, and a sun setting over his sea world, ending with the angels taking him away. The piece ends with longing to hear his laugh again.
Chancita, torn by love and loyalty, awaits Manuel while local militia drills outside her rose covered porch. Lupe Valencia interrupts with news that Mrs. La Spada has been arrested for a letter urging Spaniards to attack Santa Barbara. Chancita recalls Manuel’s kiss and vows to meet him near San Morro, as Manuel departs angry and unspoken.
A new recruit Tom Reilley earns officer respect with drill and bearing yet longs to win the Spanish girl he loves. Chandra, renamed Chan dry, softens under his gaze as they share a secret embrace and plan marriage, ending with banns to be published next Sunday.
The article describes the Ainu of northern Japan seen by Amherst College eclipse expedition in 1896. It portrays their aloof, dignified behavior toward foreigners, physical traits, ancestral hair and beards, and notes their unspoiled simplicity and ancient origins within Japan.
Daniel Lawlor led a cleaning crew inside a five foot sewer on Canner street when a venomous snake appeared from an eye ahead. The men fled to a manhole then two returned to kill the reptile with spades after a tense battle. The three foot long snake was as thick as a man's wrist.
In de Mawnin' De good Lawd hide me out ef sight Ter dey got a ship th'ows dynamite and blows you up laik a streak er light The war won't end in de mawnin' Te good Lawd keep me day en night sl'um de ship dat come wid de dynamite Or ll go ter glory on a streak er light The war won't end in de mawnin'
Applications for Spanish-American war pensions pour into Washington. First claimant is Lida M. Hook widow of William H. Hook of the Second Wisconsin infantry seeking $12 a month, filed May 15 after her husband died May 15 at Camp Harvey. Eliza J. Tunnell, widow of Elijah J. Tunnell, also pursues a pension for the Winslow tragedy.
Six men robbed the Union Bank of Richland fatally blasting the safe with nitroglycerin. About four thousand dollars in notes plus five thousand in cash were taken. Robbers arrived on a handcar from the East and left via Augusta with a loaded satchel and rifle seen by witnesses.
Captain Charles Cates claims news from Dawson warns of looming famine and a rush from the city in a Klondike like stampede. Provisions scarce with meals up to 4 dollars and rents skyrocketing at offices, while Canadian officials and lawyers profit amid unrest. Dawson bank buys dust at 14 an ounce, short of 16.
Guy A. Lee, a Wisconsin university student, began a canoe trip from Madison to Brazil. He crossed Lake Monona and followed the Yahara river to the Rock river, aiming for the Mississippi, New Orleans, and the Gulf of Mexico before continuing along the South Atlantic coast to Rio de Janeiro. The United Confederate Veterans convention in Atlanta decided the next encampment will be in Charleston, South Carolina.
Washington reports downplay fears of German interference in the Philippine affair. German protests of neutrality are noted as credible. Even if Admiral von Diederichs opposed Dewey, American naval strength and reinforcements are deemed sufficient to prevail with no rupture expected between the nations.
The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company suspended operations after discharging 600 workers. Rev P F Jernagan vice president and manager, a Baptist minister, allegedly bought thousands in Government securities before leaving for Europe with stockholder funds. About 2 400 000 shares were claimed sold at $1 each.
Six infant bodies were discovered in a vacant Boston lot. Other items note gold standard duties at Santiago and a bid to convert found silver aboard the Maria Teresa into souvenir spoons to fund a torpedo boat destroyer.
A compendium of anecdotes from famous figures and events. Browning, Gladstone, bishops, and generals mingle with tales of Kalsy the chicken thief, a parson’s stubborn sermon, charity at the French Academy, Campbell’s misadventure, Beckford’s peacock prank, and a joke about French presidents and artists. The piece closes with a note on birds’ nesting materials observed by the Literary Digest.
A garbled passage discusses heat retention in paper and materials, mentioning a B600d-sized journey, Besancon, and a dog related detail. It references English hewn paper, metals as heat conductors, and an unidentified location where a detached nog and a coat fixeto 8 are noted.
A survey of cases discusses expert witness fees and obligations, losses from fermented hogsheads, assignee rights in rent and recovery, oil lease as sale of land, infant sales under statutory rules, testing of electricity infrastructure by a lineman, and the binding effect of fictitious-name instruments versus real ownership transfers.
A relic finds near Vilna recalls Napoleon Bonaparte's disastrous 1812 Russian campaign. As Moscow burned the army retreated in chaos, 12 million francs of war treasure were moved under Ney’s orders to be broken open and distributed. Soldiers fled with gold, many dying to safeguard or lose the prize.
A fragmented survey notes the yule-fire as a relic of Druidism with wheel log symbolism and sacred midsummer fires in Scotland Ireland France and Spain. It cites John Newton Charles Wesley and Thomas Moore as authors of noted hymns and briefly mentions a quirky line about marriage letters and reader perception.
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