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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
6
A tender poem depicts a mother describing a baby boy’s wardrobe and cradle care. She praises the infant's white garments and frail beauty as she settles him near her heart, noting the quiet house and the longing hours as evening fades. The verse ends with the baby nestled close, and the mother awaiting the night’s calm.
Lettie Clark pleads for a new shawl to replace a worn one. John Clark forbids it, and Lettie dies after a bull wrenches her from a hedge. A later rescue reveals Betsy stole the shawl, leading to a reconciliation and a happier home. The tale ends with Minnesota history notes.
Prof Graun of the Berlin Geographical Society estimates that outside polar areas at least 800000 square miles remain terra incognita. Europe is mapped except for the icebound summits while Asia Africa and Brazil hold vast dubious tracts. The text also notes the cost of keeping Montana lunatics at 50000 dollars annually.
A historical reminiscence recounts Edward K. Collins's failed American steamship venture, subsidy lobbying, and the Collins Line’s collapse. It covers Henry Clay’s 1842 Senate farewell, Texas annexation debates with Benton and Walker, and John Quincy Adams facing Southern threats in Congress.
An essayish piece narrates a family scene of a child showing off his piece at a Jenkins home and reflects on parental modosities. It then extols Paraguayan women for cleanliness, beauty, kindness, and devotion, praising Aryan beauty and domestic ideals, with a medical aside on Harkness and health advice.
A collection of sermons and reflections on faith and virtue discusses There Is No Death and insists mothers avoid marrying for money. It cites Bismarck and Gladstone, praising personal loyalty to God, household duty, and temperance while critiquing worldly wealth and social pressures.
A collage of excerpts on humor, orthography quirks, editorials, and social musings. Pieces touch on acting in a cyclone, jokes about doctors and undertakers, editorial fatigue with poor writing, and reflections from Arkansaw Traveler and Philadelphia News. Includes comments on public manners, posture, and Shakespearean parody.
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