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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1895
Page
8
Miss Mary Ne Haskell of Minneapolis has been appointed census taker for Cass county Minnesota. The population is widely scattered and the trip will be on horseback through unbroken wilderness with many Indians to enumerate. The undertaking is formidable and few women would attempt it.
Rev. C. H. Parkhurst argues in Ladies' Home Journal that the family is the basic cell of society. The home shapes both church and state, with the congregation and worship designed to honor family units. The vitality of civilization rests on affectionate family emphasis and domestic sanctity.
A London Spectator piece notes English distrust of the dukedom and how dukedoms depress political stature. It contrasts dukedoms with earls and marquises, suggesting rank can blunt public perception and hinder political careers in the house of Lords.
A New York Herald style piece recounts Mr Stuffer and family seeking candies and peanuts on a train ride. Vendors vanished, sparking complaints about railroad service and corporate control. It also includes recollections of General Butler and details on Rezin Bowie’s famous knife.
A Cushing Maine clergyman gathered slips with requested texts and had a young lady pick one at random from the hat. The chosen line What think ye sparked a sermon praised as excellent. The Augusta Journal notes old and new hat fashions and a Cambridge college boar’s head cost.
The piece explains how grocers in Broadway use fractions of a dozen to sell at wholesale prices while dodging retail prohibitions. A showy racket includes orders like one twelfth of a dozen brown derby hats, yielding bargains but revealing the limits of legal wholesale retail splits. Also notes Siam fish fighting as a popular amusement with dramatic bottle bouts and tail injuries.
At the Wigan pantomime two distant visitors with trains to catch left before the end. They paused in the stalls a performer burst out with There they go the only two women I ever loved. One I couldn't have the other I couldn't get. The crowd reacted with amusement and shock. London Spare Moments.
Chauncey Depew dismisses women as after dinner speakers noting they fail to connect with mixed audiences. He cites Sorosis and dinner settings where women do not suit the mood or spirit of the occasion. He advises women to quit the business, arguing coffee talk suits them less than a lively dinner crowd.
An Extremist recounts a tale from near Bal moral where a Scotchwoman questions the queen riding on Sunday. The response recalls Christ plucking wheat on the Sabbath and ends with a sharp retort about judging on religious observance.
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